0001144204-11-054245.txt : 20110922 0001144204-11-054245.hdr.sgml : 20110922 20110922060304 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-11-054245 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-11 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 14 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110922 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110922 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001507385 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-11 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-176952 FILM NUMBER: 111102222 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 405 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-415-6500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 405 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 S-11 1 v234345_s11.htm FORM S-11

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2011

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549



 

Form S-11

FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OF SECURITIES
OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES



 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its governing instruments)

405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500

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



 

Nicholas S. Schorsch
Chief Executive Officer
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500

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



 

Copies to:

 
Peter M. Fass, Esq.
Steven L. Lichtenfeld, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York
10036-8299
Tel: (212) 969-3000
Fax: (212) 969-2900
  Stephen E. Older
Andrew T. Turney
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
10173-1922
Tel: (212) 547-5400
Fax: (212) 547-5444


 

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

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, check the following box: o

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) 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. o

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. o

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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box. o

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 o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer x   Smaller reporting company o
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

   
Title of securities to be registered   Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price(1)(2)
  Amount of
registration fee(1)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share   $ 18,687,500     $ 2,169.62  

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Includes the offering price of common stock that may be purchased by the underwriters upon exercise of their over-allotment option.


 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


 
 

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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2011   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

[GRAPHIC MISSING]

1,300,000 Shares

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL
PROPERTIES, INC.

Common Stock

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. is an externally managed real estate company that focuses on owning and acquiring single tenant freestanding commercial real estate properties subject to medium-term net leases with high credit quality tenants. We are offering 1,300,000 shares of our common stock. Our common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market, or NASDAQ, under the symbol ARCP. On         , 2011, the last reported sale price of our common stock on NASDAQ was $      . All of the shares of common stock being offered pursuant to this prospectus are being sold by us. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or REIT, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011.

Shares of our common stock are subject to restrictions on ownership and transfer that are intended, among other purposes, to assist us in qualifying and maintaining our qualification as a REIT. Our charter, subject to certain exceptions, limits ownership to no more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock. Consistent with our charter, our board of directors has further limited such ownership of our common stock to no more than 6.0% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock. See “Description of Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 31 for a description of various risks you should consider in evaluating an investment in the shares.

   
  Per share   Total
Public offering price of common stock   $     $  
Underwriting discounts and commissions   $     $  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $     $  

We estimate the total expenses of this offering, excluding the underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $      . Pursuant to an option granted by us, the underwriters may also purchase from us up to an additional 195,000 shares of our common stock at the price to the public less the underwriting discounts and commissions to cover over-allotments, if any, within 30 days of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission 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.

The shares of our common stock sold in this offering will be ready for delivery on or about     , 2011.

 
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.   Realty Capital Securities, LLC

The date of this prospectus is     , 2011.


 
 

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus provided or approved by us. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the respective dates, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any free writing prospectus or of any sale of shares of our common stock.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY     1  
RISK FACTORS     31  
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS     61  
USE OF PROCEEDS     62  
CAPITALIZATION     63  
DILUTION     64  
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY     65  
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA     67  
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS     70  
BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES     85  
MANAGEMENT     115  
OUR MANAGER AND ARC     127  
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS     138  
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES     143  
STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF OUR COMPANY     146  
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS     150  
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK     152  
MATERIAL PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS     158  
DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.     164  
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE     168  
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS     171  
CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS     189  
UNDERWRITING     190  
LEGAL MATTERS     194  
EXPERTS     194  
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION     194  
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS     F-1  
PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS     II-1  


 

We use market data and industry forecasts and projections throughout this prospectus, including data from publicly available information and industry publications. The forecasts and projections are based on industry surveys and the preparers’ experience in the industry and there can be no assurance that any of the projections will be achieved. We believe that the surveys and market research others have performed are reliable, but we have not independently verified this information.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding our company, including under the caption “Risk Factors” and the historical and pro forma financial statements, including the related notes, appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. Unless the context otherwise requires or indicates, references in this prospectus to “we,” “our,” “us,” “our company,” and “the company” refer to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner, which we refer to in this prospectus as our “operating partnership”; “our Manager” refers to ARC Properties Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, our external manager; “ARC” refers to American Realty Capital II, LLC and its affiliated companies, our sponsor; and “the contributor” refers to ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of our sponsor, which contributed its 100% indirect ownership interests in our continuing properties (as defined below) and our TRS properties (as defined below) to our operating partnership in the formation transactions related to our initial public offering, or our IPO, described elsewhere in this prospectus, or the formation transactions. Our common stock and a separate class of our stock which was granted and issued to our Manager pursuant to our Equity Plan and bears a dividend deferral feature, or “Manager’s Stock,” are sometimes collectively referred to in this prospectus as our “common stock.” Reference to (1) our “continuing properties” refers to, collectively, the 59 properties that are presently leased to RBS Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, or collectively, Citizens Bank, the property presently leased to Community Bank, N.A., or Community Bank, and the property presently leased to Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., or Home Depot, indirect interests which were contributed to our operating partnership in the formation transactions, (2) our “TRS properties” refers to the two vacant properties that were formerly leased to Citizens Bank with respect to which strategic alternatives such as sale or lease are being considered by us, which were transferred to our taxable REIT subsidiary in the formation transactions and (3) our “properties” refers to collectively our 61 continuing properties and our two TRS properties.

For accounting purposes, the existing entities that directly or indirectly owned our properties prior to the closing of the formation transactions have been classified as “ARC Predecessor Companies.” In addition, unless the context otherwise requires or indicates, the information set forth in this prospectus assumes that (1) the common stock to be sold in this offering is sold at $       per share (which was the last reported sale price of our common stock on NASDAQ on         , 2011), (2) the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised, and (3) all property information is as of June 30, 2011.

As used in this prospectus, the “principals” refers to Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane, principals of ARC, and “fully diluted basis” assumes the exchange of all OP units for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, which is not the same as the meaning of “fully diluted” under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. In addition, “pro forma,” “pro forma consolidated,” or “on a pro forma basis” means that the information presented gives effect to our IPO, the formation transactions, this offering and the proposed property acquisitions (each as described herein), in each case as if such transactions had occurred on January 1, 2010, with respect to statement of operations data, and on December 31, 2010, with respect to balance sheet data, all as set forth in our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements, which we call our “pro forma financials” or our “pro forma financial information.”

Company Overview

We are a Maryland corporation that was formed to own and acquire single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. On September 6, 2011 we completed our IPO pursuant to which we sold 5,580,000 shares of our common stock at $12.50 per share (subject to certain discounts described in the prospectus for our IPO). After deducting dealer manager fees, selling commissions and offering expenses payable by us, the aggregate net proceeds we received from our IPO were approximately $64.2 million. The net proceeds from our IPO were used to refinance mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our TRS properties, repay approximately $30.6 million of senior unsecured indebtedness (including prepayment penalties related thereto) and acquire our existing portfolio of properties.

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We will use the net proceeds from this offering to acquire additional properties consistent with our investment strategy and to further grow and diversity our existing property portfolio.

As of the date of this registration statement, our portfolio consists of 63 single tenant, freestanding properties, located in 10 states and containing an aggregate of approximately 768,730 leasable square feet. Our portfolio is 99.1% occupied (based on total leasable square footage) and all the occupied properties are subject to triple-net leases that, as of June 30, 2011, have a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.3 years. Our existing properties consist of 60 bank branches and one distribution center. The 60 bank branches are leased to RBS Citizens N.A. (55 properties), Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (four properties) and Community Bank N.A. (one property). The distribution facility is leased to Home Depot USA, Inc.

Since the completion of the IPO we have entered into three letters of intent to purchase 29 additional properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $20.8 million (including estimated closing costs). These proposed property acquisitions consist of seven retail stores leased to Advance Auto Parts, a portfolio of 21 retail stores leased to Dollar General and one pharmacy leased to Walgreens. If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we will own 92 properties containing approximately 1,018,000 leasable square feet. If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, they will further diversify our portfolio as follows:

Geography:  Our portfolio will consist of properties located in 13 states, including Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Vermont.
Tenants:  We will have six credit tenants, including: Citizens Bank, Community Bank, Home Depot, Advance Auto Parts, Dollar General and Walgreens (including for this purpose, affiliates of such tenants).
Industry:  Our tenants will operate in five industry sectors, including retail banking, home improvement, automotive retail, discount retail and pharmacy.

These additional acquisitions provide for accretive cash flows representing an approximately 18% increase in our portfolio since the closing of our IPO based upon average annual rents and on a pro forma basis will increase modified funds from operations by $1.7 million, or $0.07 per share. See pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus. Additionally, this offering will have the effect of reducing our overall portfolio leverage, calculated as long term debt divided by book value, from 53% to 49%.

When we refer to properties that are net leased on a “medium-term basis,” we mean properties originally leased long term (10 years or longer) that are currently subject to net leases with remaining lease terms of generally three to eight years, on average. We were formed to continue and expand ARC’s business of investing in these types of properties. We refer to the ARC entities through which ARC conducted its medium-term net lease business as our “predecessor.” We use the term “net lease” throughout this prospectus. Under a net lease, the tenant occupying the leased property (usually as a single tenant) does so in much the same manner as if the tenant were the owner of the property. There are various forms of net leases, most typically classified as triple net or double net. Triple net leases typically require the tenant to pay all costs associated with a property, including real estate taxes, insurance, utilities and routine maintenance in addition to the base rent. Double net leases typically require the tenant to pay all the costs as triple net leases, but hold the landlord responsible for capital expenditures, including the repair or replacement of specific structural and/or bearing components of a property, such as the roof or structure of the building. Accordingly, the owner receives the rent “net” of these expenses, rendering the cash flow associated with the lease predictable for the term of the lease. Under a net lease, the tenant generally agrees to lease the property for a significant term and agrees that it will have either no ability or only limited ability to terminate the lease or abate rent prior to the expiration of the term of the lease as a result of real estate driven events such as casualty, condemnation or failure by the landlord to fulfill its obligations under the lease. Historically, our predecessor’s participation in net lease transactions has included investing in net leased properties where a significant portion of the terms of the leases have lapsed, leaving remaining lease terms of typically three to eight years, on average. We also use the term “modified gross lease” throughout the prospectus. Under a modified gross lease, the tenants occupying the leased property pay base rent plus a proportional share of

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some of the other costs associated with the property, such as property taxes, utilities, insurance and maintenance. We expect that some (but not a material portion) of our properties will be subject to modified gross leases.

We are externally managed and advised by ARC Properties Advisors, LLC, or our Manager, pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. We also rely on American Realty Capital II, LLC, our sponsor, for certain acquisition and debt capital services, pursuant to the terms of an acquisition and capital services agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, William M. Kahane, our president, chief operating officer and one of our directors, Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our executive vice president and secretary. Our Manager is an affiliate of ARC, a privately held vertically integrated real estate company founded and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Since its inception in 2006, and through June 30, 2011, ARC has originated, structured and closed over $1.9 billion in net lease transactions, involving more than 450 properties with more than 50 credit tenants. When we refer to a “credit tenant,” we mean a tenant that has entered into a lease and that we determine is creditworthy and may include tenants with an investment grade or below investment grade credit rating or unrated tenants. To the extent we determine that a tenant is a “credit tenant” even though it does not have an investment grade credit rating, we do so based on ARC’s reasonable determination that a tenant should have the financial wherewithal to honor its obligations under its lease with us. This reasonable determination is based on ARC’s substantial experience closing net lease transactions and is made after evaluating all tenant due diligence materials that are made available to us, including financial statements and operating data.

We focus on investing in properties that are net leased to (i) credit tenants, which are generally large public companies with investment grade or below investment grade ratings and (ii) governmental, quasi-governmental and not-for-profit entities. Our historical net lease investments include investments leased to tenants such as Citizens Bank and Home Depot. We intend to invest in the future in properties with tenants that reflect a diversity of industries, geographies, and sizes (although our current portfolio does not reflect a diversity of tenants or industries). A significant majority of our net lease investments have been and will continue to be in properties net leased to investment grade tenants, although at any particular time our portfolio may not reflect this. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our continuing properties were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants” based on the criteria described above and 75% of our tenants (based on average annual rent from our continuing properties) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies.

As of June 30, 2011, our portfolio consisted of 63 single tenant, freestanding properties, located in 10 states and containing an aggregate of approximately 768,730 leasable square feet. Our continuing properties are 100% occupied and our overall portfolio is 99.1% occupied (based on total leasable square footage). Our continuing properties are subject to triple-net leases that, as of June 30, 2011, have a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.3 years (a weighed average lease term of 6.7 years with respect to our continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, a lease term of 5.1 years with respect to our continuing property leased to Community Bank and a lease term of 18.4 years with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot) to three different credit tenants. None of our leases on our continuing properties are scheduled to expire before July 2016. Both of our TRS properties are unoccupied and we are evaluating strategic alternatives, including re-leasing or selling the properties, to maximize their value to us. To date, there have been no delinquencies in rent payment on any of these net lease transactions since the ARC Predecessor Companies have owned the properties. To our knowledge, we are one of the few public REITs that are traded on a national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused on investing in single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants.

Although we are focused on acquiring single tenant, freestanding properties that are net leased on a medium-term basis, we acquired in the formation transactions a warehouse facility leased to Home Depot. The Home Depot property has a remaining lease term of 18.4 years, which is substantially longer than our target lease term range of three to eight years, on average. In making the decision to acquire this property, we balanced the long remaining lease duration against the fact that the property fits our target property profile, as

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it is a recently constructed property and is leased to a tenant that we believe is a “credit tenant”. In addition, the Home Depot property increases our initial portfolio geographic and tenant diversification. The properties that were contributed to us in the formation transactions, including the Home Depot property, are the only properties owned and controlled entirely by our principals other than six properties leased to Tractor Supply Company, or the Tractor Supply portfolio, with respect to which we hold a 10-year right of first offer. See “Business and Properties — Excluded Properties.” Accordingly, balancing the Home Depot property benefits with the fact that the remaining lease duration exceeds our target, our management determined to include the Home Depot property in the formation transactions.

We conduct all of our business activities through our operating partnership, of which we are the sole general partner. We commenced operations upon the closing of our IPO. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011.

Developments Since Our IPO

Set forth below is a summary of the significant developments involving the company since the closing of our IPO:

Refinancing of the Continuing Properties Leased to Citizens Bank and Community Bank and the TRS Properties

On September 7, 2011, we closed a $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility with RBS Citizens, N.A. (of which $51.5 million, all of which has been borrowed, is available). Assuming all of the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we expect that an additional approximately $5.0 million will be available to us under the credit facility. Additionally, we repaid the $82.6 million of mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties by utilizing approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from our IPO and a $51.5 million draw from our senior secured revolving credit facility. See “Structure and Formation of Our Company — The Financing Transactions — Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.”

Repayment of Unsecured Indebtedness

On September 7, 2011 we repaid approximately $30.6 million of senior unsecured indebtedness (together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $112,000) owed by ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, two property subsidiaries that were contributed to us by our contributor in the formation transactions, to the holders of such indebtedness. We utilized net proceeds from our IPO in order to satisfy this indebtedness.

Proposed Property Acquisitions

Since the closing of our IPO, we have entered into non-binding letters of intent to purchase 29 additional single tenant, free standing properties with an aggregate of approximately 249,000 leasable square feet located in five states, which we refer to collectively as the“proposed property acquisitions,” for purchase prices aggregating approximately $20.8 million (including estimated closing costs). Our purchase of each of the proposed property acquisitions is subject to the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, completion of due diligence and execution of tenant estoppels and, therefore, no assurances can be given that these acquisitions will be completed. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — We may be unable to complete acquisitions, including the proposed property acquisitions, that would grow our business, and even if consummated, we may fail to successfully integrate and operate acquired properties.'' If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, will own 92 properties containing approximately 1,018,000 leasable square feet. This represents an approximately 18% increase in our portfolio since the closing of our IPO based upon average annual rents. See “Business and Properties — Developments Since Our IPO — Proposed Property Acquisitions.''

Our Manager and ARC

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provides us with our management team and appropriate support personnel. Pursuant to an acquisition and capital services agreement between us and ARC, we have access to the personnel and resources of ARC necessary for the implementation and execution of our business and growth strategies.

Our Manager is an affiliate of ARC, a privately held real estate firm founded and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. ARC is almost exclusively focused on investing in single tenant properties net leased to credit tenants. Since its inception in 2006, and through June 30, 2011, ARC has invested over $1 billion in equity in over 450 net leased properties, with more than 50 credit tenants (representing approximately $1.9 billion in assets). As of June 30, 2011, ARC had approximately $1.7 billion of net leased properties under management. ARC also acts as advisor to nine other publicly-offered direct investment programs, eight of which are REITs whose shares do not trade on any exchange, which we refer to as a “non-traded REIT,” that also may invest generally in net leased real estate assets, but not primarily in our target assets, of which six are currently selling securities to the public.

Prospective investors are advised that Mr. Schorsch previously was president, chief executive officer and vice chairman, and Mr. Kahane previously was a trustee, of American Financial Realty Trust, Inc., or AFRT, a NYSE listed REIT. AFRT maintained a leveraged balance sheet. Net total debt to total real estate investments as of December 31, 2006 was approximately 55%, with $233.9 million of variable rate debt. As of June 30, 2007, according to published information provided by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc., or NAREIT, the debt ratio of all office REITs covered by the NAREIT’s REIT WATCH was approximately 44%. The amount of indebtedness had the potential of adversely affecting AFRT’s ability to repay debt through refinancings. If it was unable to refinance indebtedness on acceptable terms, or at all, it may have been forced to dispose of one or more of its properties on unfavorable terms, which may have resulted in losses to it and which may have adversely affected cash available for distributions to shareholders. If prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing resulted in higher interest rates on refinancing, interest expense would increase, which could have had a material adverse effect on its operating results and financial condition and its ability to pay dividends to shareholders at historical levels or at all. Additionally, a number of other investment programs sponsored by ARC, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, each had incurred net losses that were primarily attributable to non-cash items and acquisition expenses incurred for the purchases of properties, which are not ongoing expenses for the operation of the properties and not the impairment of the entities’ real estate assets. See “Our Manager and ARC — Adverse Business Developments and Conditions” for additional details regarding these adverse business developments and conditions.

Our ability to make investments in our target assets is governed by our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC provides that no entity controlled by ARC or its affiliates, including its principals, will sponsor or manage any public or private U.S. investment vehicle that has as its principal investment strategy to invest in net leased properties that are subject to leases that have remaining terms of less than 10 years but not less than three years other than us for so long as either Mr. Schorsch or Mr. Kahane are affiliated with our Manager and our management agreement is in effect.

Our Manager is able to draw upon the experience and expertise of ARC’s team of over 50 professionals and support personnel. Our Manager also benefits from ARC’s dedicated asset management group and portfolio management, finance and administration functions, which address legal, compliance, investor relations and operational matters, asset valuation, risk management and information technologies in connection with the performance of our Manager’s duties.

We have structured our arrangements with our Manager and ARC in a manner that we believe provides significant benefits to our stockholders. Our company is not burdened by the high administrative expenses associated with employing our own management team and instead relies on our Manager to provide these services in exchange for a management fee. In addition, these arrangements provide us access to a team of management, investment, capital markets and administrative personnel that, because we are recently formed, hold limited assets and have only a limited ability to pay substantial salaries and benefits, we believe is likely

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to be more capable and diverse than we would otherwise be able to attract. Through our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC, we will be able to leverage off of ARC’s extensive net leased properties operating platform in order to execute our business and growth strategies. ARC has a successful track record in acquiring and financing net leased properties, as evidenced by the fact that none of the nearly 500 net leased properties acquired and financed by ARC since its inception have ever been lost to foreclosure or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or suffered a default in the payment of rent. We will continue to be able to access ARC’s network of industry relationships in order to source and underwrite acquisition candidates in our target properties and ARC’s debt capital markets expertise in order to achieve an efficient execution of our financing and refinancing needs.

We do not have any employees. Our Manager and ARC will at all times be subject to the supervision and oversight of our board of directors and will have only such functions and authority as we delegate to each of them pursuant to the management agreement and acquisition and capital services agreement, respectively.

Market Opportunity

We believe that there is a significant market opportunity to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in the medium-term lease duration net lease market. Corporations and many other users of real estate utilize single tenant properties for a variety of purposes, including office buildings for corporate headquarters and regional operations, industrial facilities for the storage and distribution of goods, and freestanding retail stores such as major discount stores, drug stores, gas stations and convenience stores, casual dining and quick-service restaurants, automotive maintenance and repair, big box retail and home improvement stores. While investments in credit tenant net lease properties are subject to the same credit risk as unsecured bond obligations (the failure of the underlying tenant or bond issuer), we believe the yields on credit tenant net lease properties generally exceed the yields on comparably rated bonds. In addition, unlike unsecured bond obligations, the value of the real estate underlying a credit tenant and lease may increase recovery in any tenant bankruptcy or default, thereby providing an overall lower risk investment.

The U.S. net lease market is comprised of a wide range of property types and tenant operations and includes virtually every geographic market in the country. We will target properties net leased to investment grade and other credit worthy tenants, which are typically larger companies operating at multiple locations. The market overview below focuses on ten of the larger market segments (by annual sales) that we encounter when evaluating acquisition opportunities. We estimate that the combined total value of real estate used in these selected industries is approximately $1.2 trillion. We will target the acquisition of these net leased properties as the terms of the existing leases have been reduced to three to eight years. During 2010, members of our Manager’s management team underwrote approximately $1.75 billion of potential net lease property acquisitions and closed on approximately $544 million of those properties. Based on this sample size, we estimate that of the total real estate in the table below, approximately 20 – 30% are operated or guaranteed by investment grade companies, or operators that we would consider credit tenants, which represents a total target market for us of approximately $245 billion to $367 billion. Further, we estimate that, based on the 2010 net leased acquisition opportunities that our Manager’s management team was exposed to, the typical initial lease duration for these types of properties is 15 to 25 years, with an average initial lease duration of 20 years and that approximately 20 – 30% of these properties have a remaining lease duration that matches our target remaining lease duration of three to eight years. Assuming the sample size of the net leased acquisition opportunities that were made available to our Manager’s management team in 2010 is representative of the entire market, we believe that there are approximately $49 billion to $110 billion of net leased properties that have credit tenants and have remaining lease terms of three to eight years that currently exist in the market. Not all of these properties will be available for purchase or suitable for us. In addition, we will evaluate acquisition opportunities in many other market segments in addition to those described below.

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Segment   Annual Sales
($ Million)(1)
  Number of
Stores(1)
  Average
Square Feet
per Store(1)
  Estimated
Value Per
Square
Foot(2)
  Estimated Real
Estate Value
($ Million)(3)
Banks   $ 700,000       98,500 (4)      4,700 (5)    $ 556     $ 257,400  
Warehouse Clubs and Superstores     360,000       4,000       150,000       236       141,600  
Convenience Stores     350,000       120,000       2,500       600       180,000  
Drugstores     220,000       20,000       12,000       349       83,760  
Automobile Parts Wholesale-Retail     200,000       35,000       7,000       284       69,580  
Fast Food and Quick Service Restaurants     155,000       200,000       3,000       602       361,200  
Home Improvement     150,000       23,000       9,000       64       13,248  
Discount Stores     130,000       5,000       100,000       99       49,500  
Gas Stations     115,000       22,000       2,500       542       29,810  
Dollar Stores     50,000       33,000       8,000       140       36,960  
Total                           $ 1,223,058  

   
  Range ($ million)
Investment grade/Creditworthy portion of Estimated Real Estate Value     20% or $244,612       30% or $366,917  
Medium-term lease portion of Estimated Real Estate Value     20% or $244,612       30% or $366,917  
Estimated Target Market(6)      4% or  $48,922        9% or $110,075  

(1) Source: First Research Company Data (except as set forth in footnotes 4 and 5 below).
(2) Represents ARC’s estimate of value per square foot based on its historical experience in valuing these types of assets.
(3) Represents, with respect to each segment, ARC’s estimate of the product of (i) the number of stores times (ii) the average square feet per store times (iii) the estimated price per square foot.
(4) Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(5) Represents ARC’s estimate based on its historical experience in investing in these types of assets.
(6) Represents ARC’s estimate of the real estate value of properties meeting the company’s investment criteria with respect to property and tenant type, tenant credit and remaining lease duration.

Our primary business objective is to generate dependable monthly cash distributions from a consistent and predictable level of funds from operations, or FFO, per share and capital appreciation associated with extending expiring leases or repositioning our properties for lease to new credit tenants upon the expiration of a net lease. We believe that the acquisition of properties that are subject to remaining lease durations of between three and eight years, on average, will give us the best opportunity to meet our objectives by achieving recurring income and residual value. We expect to achieve these objectives by acquiring additional net leased properties that either (a) have in-place rental rates below current average asking rents in the applicable submarket and are located in submarkets with stable or improving market fundamentals, or (b) provide an essential location or infrastructure that is essential to the business operations of the tenant, which we believe will incent the existing tenant or a new credit tenant to re-lease the property at a higher rental rate upon the expiration of the existing lease. ARC has observed that the acquisition opportunities available in the net lease market are predominantly long term leases. Therefore, based on ARC’s experience, we believe that the market for net leased properties that are subject to leases with credit tenants and a medium-term remaining lease duration is both limited and fragmented. We believe this creates a unique buying opportunity for the company given its differentiated strategy to exclusively focus on these types of properties.

In the past three years, fundamental changes in the real estate capital markets, combined with the severe decline in the U.S. economy, have resulted in many holders of real estate (including holders of net leased properties) to become much more risk averse. As a result, many traditional institutional type holders of net leased properties, including insurance companies, finance companies and real estate fund managers have determined to reduce their exposure to net leased properties that are subject to leases expiring in the medium-term. At the same time, the number of purchasers who are interested in acquiring these types of properties is both limited and fragmented. To our knowledge, we are one of the few public REITs that are traded on a

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national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused on investing in single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. We expect to capitalize on these market dislocations and this capital void by acquiring net leased properties that have medium-term remaining lease durations with less competition than when the real estate capital debt markets were more liquid and at prices where we believe the profile of the investment has the potential to provide not only recurring income but capital appreciation as well. We also expect to capitalize on value opportunities resulting from ARC’s reputation for historically closing substantially all transactions contemplated under definitive purchase and sale agreements.

Our Competitive Strengths

We benefit from the deep experience and significant expertise of our Manager’s and ARC’s management team, headed by Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, William M. Kahane, our president and chief operating officer, Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our executive vice president and secretary. Each of our chief executive officer, president and chief investment officer has more than 20 years of real estate experience.

The team has a successful investment track record in net leased properties as demonstrated by ARC’s prior performance. We believe the team’s relevant experience in commercial net leased property acquisition, ownership and operation across all major industry sectors will enable us to better identify and underwrite investment opportunities.

We believe that our Manager’s and ARC’s competitive strengths will enable us to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our stockholders. These strengths include the following:

Experienced and Well-Known Investment Team.  On behalf of ARC and as of June 30, 2011, our Manager’s management team has been responsible for sourcing, structuring, and acquiring over 2,900 net leased properties, representing approximately 45 million leasable square feet at a purchase price of over $6 billion. As of June 30, 2011, ARC had approximately $1.7 billion of net leased properties under management. As former president, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of AFRT, a NYSE listed REIT that invested in properties and assets net leased to the financial services industry, Mr. Schorsch enjoys long-standing relationships with both public and private owners of net leased properties, brokers, and other key industry participants that provide a source of transaction flow not otherwise available to the general investment community. Additionally, his broad operating and investing experience for approximately a fifth of a century gives him an ideal vantage point for steering our investment strategy.

Exceptional Domain Expertise.  Our Manager’s management team has particular expertise structuring and investing in net leased properties throughout all stages of real estate investment cycles, which is well matched to the opportunities in the current volatile real estate market. As exemplified by Mr. Schorsch’s prominent role in forming and managing AFRT, and Mr. Kahane’s role as a trustee of AFRT, this team has considerable expertise in organizing and managing publicly-traded vehicles investing in net leased properties and executing effective value realization strategies.

Expertise in Real Estate Capital Markets, Corporate Acquisitions and Operations.  Our Manager’s management team’s real estate capital markets, corporate acquisition and operating experience sets it apart from most traditional real estate investors. Our Manager’s management team has executed large corporate and portfolio transactions, demonstrating a sophisticated structuring capability and an ability to execute complex capital markets transactions. On behalf of ARC, members of our Manager’s management team have sponsored eight other real estate companies in addition to AFRT, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc., American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., ARC — Northcliffe Income Properties, Inc. and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., of which American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc., American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. are currently selling securities to the public. Additionally, members of

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our Manager’s management team have sponsored Business Development Corporation of America, Inc., a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Focus on Capital Preservation.  On behalf of ARC, our Manager’s management team has placed a premium on protecting and preserving capital by performing a comprehensive risk-reward analysis on each investment, with a rigorous focus on relative values among the target assets that are available in the market. ARC utilizes appropriate leverage to enhance equity returns while avoiding unwarranted levels of debt or excessive interest rate or re-financing exposure. Our Manager intends to employ a similar capital preservation strategy for us.

Disciplined Approach to Underwriting and Due Diligence.  Before acquiring a property, ARC’s team of investment professionals, led by Mr. Budko, implements a disciplined underwriting and due diligence process. The focus of the due diligence falls into the following four primary areas: (1) credit and financial reviews of the tenant as well as an assessment of the tenant’s business, the overall industry segment and the tenant’s market position within the industry; (2) lease quality, including an analysis of the term, tenant termination and abatement rights, landlord obligations and other lease provisions; (3) a real estate fundamentals review and analysis, including an evaluation of the replacement cost of the property and assessment of alternative uses; and (4) an analysis of the risk adjusted returns on the investment.

Dedicated Asset Management Team and In-House Operational and Professional Services.  Attaining attractive returns from investing in real estate requires both wise investment decision making and prudent asset management. ARC has an in-house real estate services team that employs over 50 professionals. This team is responsible for managing all of the investments made by ARC. Through an acquisition and capital services agreement between us and ARC, we are able to utilize ARC’s in-house asset management team and legal, accounting and tax capabilities on our behalf.

Established Investment and Portfolio Management Capabilities.  ARC has an experienced in-house team of investment professionals that source, structure, underwrite and close our transactions. In addition, ARC has developed an extensive national network of property owners, investment sale brokers, tenants, borrowers, mortgage brokers, lenders, institutional investors and other market participants that helps us to identify and evaluate a variety of single tenant net leased investment opportunities. ARC’s management team is comprised of individuals with expertise in commercial real estate, credit capital markets, asset management and legal.

Financing Expertise.  ARC’s management team has substantial experience in financing single tenant net leased assets. ARC has developed and continues to enhance financing structures that have enabled us to efficiently finance a portion of the acquired properties through term loan and securitization transactions. These financing structures enable us to enhance portfolio returns without reducing tenant credit quality in search of yield.

Reduced General and Administrative Expenses.  Under the administrative support agreement between us and ARC, ARC will pay or reimburse us for our general administrative expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees, audit fees, board of director fees, insurance, marketing and investor relation fees, until September 6, 2012, which is one year after the closing of our IPO, to the extent the amount of our FFO, adjusted to exclude acquisition-related fees and expenses, or AFFO, is less than the amount of the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units during such one year period. To the extent these amounts are paid by ARC, they would not be subject to reimbursement by us.

Business and Growth Strategies

Our principal business objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted investment returns by assembling a high-quality well located portfolio of net leased properties diversified by tenant, industry, geography and lease duration. We intend to pursue a fully-integrated origination and investment approach that will allow us to maximize cash flow and achieve sustainable long-term growth in FFO, thereby maximizing total return to our stockholders. We plan to expand our existing medium-term net lease business and create a diversified portfolio of medium-term net leased properties.

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with remaining lease durations of not less than three years, we expect not to have any lease expirations until at least 2014. The anticipated stability of our cash flows during the next three years differentiates our portfolio from other publicly traded REITs that invest in net lease properties that have annual lease expirations that require management time and focus. We intend to focus all of our efforts during this period on expanding our business and creating a diversified portfolio of high quality properties with credit tenants.

Investing in High Quality Cash Flows.

Our portfolio of continuing properties consists of freestanding, single tenant net leased properties where 100% of the underlying tenants are of high credit quality (as determined by us based on the credit ratings of our Citizens Bank tenants and our internal due diligence with respect to the creditworthiness of our Home Depot tenant) and it is our intention to continue to invest in properties leased to high credit quality tenants only. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our continuing properties were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants” based on our underwriting criteria described herein and 75% of our tenants (based on average annual rent from our continuing properties) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. Our Citizens Bank tenants each individually have an investment grade credit rating; however, neither their parent entity, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., or CFG, nor CFG’s parent entity, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, would have any obligation to us if either of our Citizen’s Bank tenants defaulted under their respective leases with us. Further, as of June 30, 2011, 100% of the proposed property acquisitions were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants” based on our underwriting criteria described herein and 44% of these tenants (based on average annual rent from the proposed property acquisitions) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. Investing in properties leased to credit tenants provides us with a stable and reliable source of cash flow from our properties.

Acquiring “Critical-Use” Properties Net Leased to Clients.

We intend to acquire and own additional commercial properties subject to net leases to credit tenants, with a focus on acquiring properties that are of “critical use” to the tenants occupying such properties or that have a clear alternative use. When we say that a property is of “critical use” to a tenant, we mean that we believe that because of its location and physical characteristics, it is positioned to be fundamentally important to our tenant’s business. We will be focused on acquiring net leased properties at or below replacement cost and in geographies where the market fundamentals will give us the flexibility to renew or extend the lease with the existing tenant or reposition the property for alternative uses.

Prior to effecting any acquisitions, we analyze the (1) property’s design, construction quality, efficiency, functionality and location with respect to the immediate sub-market, city and region; (2) lease integrity with respect to the term, rental rate increases, corporate guarantees and property maintenance provisions, if any; (3) present and anticipated conditions in the local real estate market; and (4) prospects for selling or re-leasing the property on favorable terms in the event of a vacancy. We also evaluate each potential tenant’s financial strength, growth prospects, competitive position within its respective industry and a property’s strategic location and function within a tenant’s operations or distribution systems. We believe that our comprehensive underwriting process is critical to the assessment of long-term profitability of any investment by us.

Strong Risk-Adjusted Cash Flows.

We intend to acquire additional net leased properties that have remaining lease terms of approximately three to eight years, on average. We believe that the competition to acquire net leased properties that have lease expirations in the medium-term is minimal and fragmented and, to our knowledge, we are one of the few public REITs that are traded on a national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused exclusively on making investments of this type. We expect to acquire net leased properties that have medium-term remaining lease durations with less competition than when the real estate capital debt markets were more liquid and at prices where we believe the profile of the investment has the potential to provide not only recurring income but capital appreciation as well. We also expect to capitalize on value opportunities resulting from ARC’s reputation for historically closing substantially all transactions contemplated under definitive purchase and sale agreements.

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acquiring and managing a large portfolio of relatively small assets, based on ARC’s experience, we believe these types of properties have not experienced significant institutional ownership interests or the corresponding yield reduction experienced by larger income producing properties. We believe the minimal property management required by net leases, coupled with the active management of a large portfolio of similar properties, is an effective investment strategy.

Diversification.

We will seek to assemble a high-quality well located portfolio of net leased properties diversified by tenant, industry, geography and lease duration. As of June 30, 2011, our 63 properties were located in 10 states and with leases with three different tenants in two different tenant industries. If all of the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, our 92 properties will be located in 13 states and with leases with six different tenants in five different tenant industries.

Maximize Cash Flow Through Internal Growth.

We seek investments that provide for attractive returns initially and increasing returns over the remaining lease term with fixed rent escalations and/or percentage rent features that allow participation in the financial performance of the property. We have typically structured our property acquisitions to achieve a positive spread between our cost of capital and the rental amounts paid by our tenants. We have also embedded rental rate growth into our existing leases. During such lease term and any renewal periods, our leases typically provide for periodic increases in rent and/or percentage rent based upon a percentage of the tenant’s prior sales over a predetermined level. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our leases relating to our continuing properties provided for fixed periodic increases in rent, which increases average 2.38% per annum on a weighted average basis. None of the leases include performance based rent escalations. As of June 30, 2011, 24% of the leases relating to the proposed property acquisitions provided for fixed periodic increases in rent. We also have the opportunity to generate incremental revenue growth by rolling existing leases to market rents in many of our markets.

Aggressive Asset Management.

Unlike many owners of net leased properties who treat their assets more like corporate bonds, we and our Manager intend to implement an aggressive asset management approach for net leased properties in order to maximize our return on investment. Initially our Manager will create an asset specific management plan for each of our properties. Our Manager then intends to manage the properties aggressively against the plan with the goal of achieving a re-leasing of the property at an enhanced rent upon the expiration of the existing lease. As part of this plan, our team will be engaging in regular dialogues with our tenants to determine their ongoing property needs and how they can best position or reposition the property in order to meaningfully increase the likelihood that the existing tenant will renew its lease.

Value-Added Repositioning.

As part of our investment strategy, we will opportunistically make capital improvements to a property or offer rent abatements in order to induce an existing tenant to renew its lease or reposition the property to be leased to a new credit tenant. In the event we are successful in implementing this strategy, we may, on an opportunistic basis and subject to compliance with certain restrictions on selling properties applicable to REITs, resell such properties to buyers of long-term net leased properties. We are presently undertaking a strategic review of our two TRS properties to determine the optimal repositioning approach to maximize stockholder value for these assets.

Selectively Engaging in Gain-on-Sale Transactions.

On a limited and opportunistic basis, we intend to acquire and promptly resell medium-term net lease properties for immediate gain. To the extent we engage in these activities, to avoid adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, we generally must do so through a taxable REIT subsidiary, or TRS. In general, a TRS is treated as a regular “C corporation” and therefore must pay corporate-level taxes on its taxable income. Thus, our yield on such activities will be reduced by such taxes borne by the TRS. Depending on the strategic alternative we ultimately decide to pursue, our two TRS properties may be an example of the execution of this strategy.

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Scalable Operating Model.

We expect to leverage off of ARC’s experienced in-house team of investment professionals to source, structure, underwrite and close acquisitions of our target properties allowing for a rapid deployment of available funds earmarked for such purposes. In addition, ARC has developed an extensive national network of property owners, investment sale brokers, tenants, borrowers, mortgage brokers, lenders, institutional investors and other market participants that help it to identify and evaluate a variety of single tenant investment opportunities. ARC’s management team is comprised of individuals with expertise in commercial real estate, credit capital markets, asset management and legal. ARC also places significant focus on anticipating and meeting the needs of net leased tenants by focusing on their expansion, consolidation and relocation requirements. We believe that ARC’s presence, size and resources provide market intelligence that strengthens our growth and acquisition capabilities.

Our Portfolio

Our existing portfolio of properties consists of 63 freestanding net leased properties situated in 10 states. Our existing portfolio of properties is approximately 768,730 leasable square feet, of which approximately 465,600 leasable square feet comprises a distribution facility in the consumer retail industry, approximately 296,330 leasable square feet comprises properties in the retail banking industry and approximately 6,800 leasable square feet is vacant. As of June 30, 2011, our existing portfolio of properties was 99.1% occupied. Our real estate portfolio generated $9.1 million of rental revenue for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2011 on a historical combined basis.

The chart below presents a summary of our portfolio of properties as of June 30, 2011:

         
Tenant/Property   Number of
Properties
  Total Leasable
Square Footage
(%)(1)
  Total Leasable
Square Footage
  Average
Annual Rent
(in thousands)(2)
  Percentage
(%)(3)
Citizens Bank(4)     59       38.0 %      291,920     $ 6,777.8       74 % 
Community Bank(5)     1       0.6 %      4,410       36.7       1 % 
Home Depot     1       60.5 %      465,600       2,287.7       25 % 
Total Continuing Properties     61       99.1 %      761,930     $ 9,102.2       100 % 
TRS Properties(6)     2       0.9 %      6,800       0.0       0 % 
Total Portfolio     63       100.0 %      768,730     $ 9,102.2       100 % 

Certain percentages and totals may not sum due to rounding.

(1) Calculated as leasable square feet by tenant divided by the portfolio total of 768,730 leasable square feet.
(2) Reflects average annual rent under the lease reflecting straight line rent adjustments associated with contractual rent increases in the leases as required under GAAP. Tenant concessions are not reflected in this calculation because they were not incurred by either us or an ARC Predecessor Company.
(3) Calculated as Average Annual Rent divided by total Average Annual Rent of $9,102,200.
(4) Our Citizens Bank tenant was granted a reduction in rent in respect of these properties in connection with the restructuring of the leases on these properties that occurred in August 2010. In exchange for this reduction in rent of the Citizens Bank tenant beginning in the final year of the original lease term, Citizens Bank agreed to (1) renew the leases on these properties for an average lease option term of 7.6 years, an increase of 2.6 years from the original 5 year renewal lease option term, and (2) fixed annual rent escalations of 2.5% per year (the original leases did not provide for increases in rent).
(5) Community Bank took assignment of the former Citizens Bank lease and executed a new lease effective August 1, 2011.
(6) We are in the process of evaluating the strategic alternatives for maximizing the value of our two TRS properties, which are currently vacant, including re-leasing these properties or selling them with or without a tenant.

Proposed Property Acquisitions

We have entered into letters of intent to purchase the proposed property acquisitions for purchase prices aggregating approximately $20.8 million (including estimated closing costs). Our purchase of each of the proposed property acquisitions is subject to the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation,

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completion of due diligence and execution of tenant estoppels and, therefore, no assurances can be given that these acquisitions will be completed. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — We may be unable to complete acquisitions, including the proposed property acquisitions, that would grow our business, and even if consummated, we may fail to successfully integrate and operate acquired properties.” If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we will own 92 properties containing approximately 1,018,000 leasable square feet. This represents an approximately 18% increase in our portfolio since the closing of our IPO based upon average annual rents. See “Business and Properties — Proposed Property Acquisitions.” Set forth below are summary descriptions of the proposed property acquisitions:

Advance Auto Portfolio

On September 15, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire seven retail auto parts stores in Caro, Charlotte, Alpena, Cheboygan, Flint, Sault Ste. Marie, and Ypsilanti, Michigan. The tenant of these properties is Advance Stores Company, Inc., which has an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. We deposited $294,000 in escrow upon executing the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than 30 days after the expiration of the 30 day due diligence period, or November 1, 2011, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is an option to adjourn closing by 30 days. If estoppels are not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit.

The potential acquisition consists of a fee simple interest in seven freestanding, single-story commercial buildings totaling approximately 49,000 square feet. The properties are subject to double-net leases with an average remaining lease term of 8.2 years. Each lease is subject to two five-year renewal options. The average annual base rent is approximately $523,300.

Capitalization

The contract purchase price for these properties is approximately $5,925,000, or an 8.74% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net operating income (rental revenue from these properties as noted above minus property-related expenses, if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of these properties with proceeds from this offering and with funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Dollar General Portfolio

On September 19, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire twenty-one retail stores located in Missouri (Ellsinore, Lilborn, Steele, Qulin, Strafford, Hallsville, Cartersville, Lawson, Ash Grove, Bernie, Clarkton, Bloomfield, Appleton City, and Palmyra), Oklahoma (Commerce), Illinois (Jonesboro), and Arkansas (Carlisle, Ashland, Diamond, Bella Vista and Green Forest). The tenants of these properties are Dolgencorp, Inc, DG Retail LLC and Dolgencorp LLC, or our Dollar General tenants. Each of our Dollar General tenants is wholly owned by Dollar General Corp. and all of the leases are guaranteed by Dollar General Corp., which we believe is a “credit tenant” based on the criteria described herein. We deposited $500,000 in escrow upon execution of the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than 30 days after the expiration of the 30 day due diligence period, or November 1, 2011, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is an option to adjourn closing by 30 days. If estoppels are not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit.

The potential acquisition consists of a fee simple interest in twenty-one freestanding, single-story commercial buildings totaling approximately 185,000 square feet. The properties are subject to double-net and modified gross leases with a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.6 years. Fourteen percent of these leases have one five-year renewal option; 29% of these leases have two five-year renewal options; 10% of these leases have three five-year renewal options; 14% of these leases have four five-year renewal options; and 33% of these leases have five five-year renewal options. Nineteen percent of these leases have rent escalations of 3.0% in the eleventh year of their respective terms. The average annual base rent is approximately $1,103,000.

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Capitalization

The contract purchase price for these properties is approximately $10,500,000, or a 9.38% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net operating income (rental revenue from these properties as noted above minus property-related expenses, if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of these properties with proceeds from this offering and with funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Walgreens Pharmacy

On September 20, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire one pharmacy in Eastpointe, Michigan. The tenant of the property is Walgreen Co., which has an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. We deposited $189,000 in escrow upon execution of the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than January 19, 2012, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is a one-time right to adjourn closing up to 15 days. If the estoppel is not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit. The due diligence period is 45 days.

The potential acquisition consists of a fee simple interest in one freestanding, single-story commercial building with approximately 15,120 square feet, with a primary lease term of 20 years and a remaining lease term of 7.5 years. The aggregate rent payments under the lease are $345,700 per year. The lease is triple-net, pursuant to which the tenant is required to pay all operating expenses and capital expenditures in addition to base rent. The tenant has eight five-year renewal options.

Capitalization

The contract purchase price for the property is approximately $3,778,000, or a 9.15% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net income (rental revenue from the property as noted above minus property-related expenses, if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of this property with proceeds from this offering and funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Financing Strategy

We intend to finance future acquisitions with the most advantageous source of capital available to us at the time of the transaction, which may include a combination of public and private offerings of our equity and debt securities, secured and unsecured corporate-level debt, property-level debt and mortgage financing and other public, private or bank debt. In addition, we may acquire properties in exchange for the issuance of our common stock or OP units.

We may also acquire a property subject to (and may assume) a fixed rate mortgage. We intend to enter into mortgage and financing arrangements that provide for amortization of part of the principal balance during the term, thereby reducing the refinancing risk at maturity, but also at the same time reducing our cash available for distribution. Some of our properties may be financed on a cross-defaulted or a cross-collateralized basis, and we may collateralize a single financing with more than one property.

Our strategy for additional acquisitions is to finance our properties with, or acquire our properties subject to, secured long-term fixed rate non-recourse debt at a positive spread to the yield on those properties. We seek to finance our properties with, or acquire our properties subject to, non-recourse long-term fixed rate debt through “match-funded” or substantially “match-funded” debt, meaning that we seek to obtain debt whose maturity matches as closely as possible the lease maturity of the property financed. By doing so, we seek to lock-in the positive spread on the properties (representing the difference between our yield and our cost of financing) for the lease term. Through non-recourse debt, we seek to limit our overall exposure in the event we default on the debt to the amount we have invested in the property or properties financed.

For properties that have not yet been financed with long-term fixed rate debt, we may employ a hedging strategy to manage our exposure to interest rate fluctuations prior to the time we obtain permanent fixed rate financing. We will do so by entering into hedging transactions that we expect to offset changes in interest rates. As interest rates increase, the hedge transactions are intended to offset the increased interest cost on the expected financing with gains on the hedge positions. Our hedging transactions will consist primarily of

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forward starting interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange, at particular intervals, payment streams calculated on a specified notional amount. We will not hedge those properties that we have financed with long-term fixed rate debt, as our yields and spreads on those properties are fixed and, therefore, not impacted by fluctuations in interest rates.

As of September 7, 2011, our outstanding debt (all of which is secured) was approximately 53.4% of the book value of our portfolio. We have a remaining borrowing capacity of $98.5 million under our $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which will be available to us, upon notice, provided that no default exists, and we satisfy certain collateral requirements and other financial ratio requirements. We anticipate that we will borrow an additional $5.0 million under our senior secured credit facility in order to pay a portion of the purchase price of the proposed property acquisitions. See “Structure and Formation of Our Company — The Financing Transactions — Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. We expect that we will incur additional corporate-level debt and property level debt in the future. Although we are not required to maintain any particular leverage ratio, we expect to maintain an overall net debt to gross asset value of approximately 45% to 55%. However, our organizational documents do not limit the amount or percentage of debt that we may incur. The amount of leverage we will deploy for particular investments in our target assets will depend upon our or our Manager’s assessment of a variety of factors, which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the target assets in our investment portfolio, the potential for losses, the availability and cost of financing the assets, the creditworthiness of our tenants, the health of the U.S. economy and commercial mortgage markets, our outlook for the level, slope and volatility of interest rates, and the credit quality of the properties securing the applicable financing. Since this ratio is based, in part, upon market values of equity, it will fluctuate with changes in the market value of our common stock. However, we believe that this ratio provides an appropriate indication of leverage for a company whose assets are primarily net leased properties with medium-term lease durations.

Summary Risk Factors

An investment in our common stock involves various risks, and prospective investors should carefully consider the matters discussed in the section “Risk Factors” beginning on page 31 prior to deciding whether to invest in our common stock. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

we may be unable to consummate the acquisition of one or more of the proposed property acquisitions which would result in the undesignation of all or a portion of the net proceeds of this offering which, in turn, would reduce our anticipated cash available for distribution;
each of our continuing properties is leased to a single tenant and all of our continuing properties are leased to only three tenants (including for this purpose, all affiliates of such tenants) and, therefore, the financial failure of, or default by, one of these tenants under their leases is likely to cause a complete reduction in the cash flows of the properties subject to those leases;
the failure of any of our tenants with leases in multiple locations to make rental payments to us, because of a deterioration in its financial condition, bankruptcy or otherwise, or the termination or non-renewal of a lease by a major tenant, would have a material adverse effect on our cash from operations;
our principals and their affiliates own approximately 29.7% of our common stock on a fully diluted basis (19.5% on a pro forma basis assuming the completion of this offering), which provides them with significant influence over our affairs, including the election of our board of directors;
each of the management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC was not negotiated on an arm’s-length basis, including the term of each agreement which exceeds the term of most other externally advised REITs, and may not be as favorable to us as if each agreement had been negotiated with an unaffiliated third party, and each agreement may be difficult to terminate;
there are various conflicts of interest in our relationship with ARC, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interest of our stockholders;

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we are dependent on ARC and its key personnel who provide services to us through the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement, and we may not find a suitable replacement for our Manager and ARC if the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement are terminated, or for our key personnel if they leave ARC or otherwise become unavailable to us. Our Manager is not required to make available any particular individual personnel to us;
on behalf of ARC, members of our Manager’s management team have sponsored eight other real estate companies, of which seven are in the process of either having their offerings registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, or have only recently had their offerings declared effective by the SEC, and it is expected that such members of our Manager’s management team will be required to devote substantial time and attention to these other real estate companies which will divert from the time and attention such management team members can devote to us;
our management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC is non-cancelable by us until September 6, 2021, which is ten years following the closing of our IPO, except for acts constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of our Manager’s or ARC’s duties, as applicable, and it may therefore be difficult to remove our Manager or ARC;
as a result of the completion of this offering and assuming one or more of the proposed property acquisitions are not consummated, our cash available for distribution may not be sufficient to cover our assumed dividend and accordingly we may be unable to pay or maintain such dividend rate without utilizing cash raised from this offering in order to cover such dividend;
we may fund distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, including borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets in order to fund distributions if we are unable to make distributions with our cash flow from our operations, which distributions may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in our target assets and adversely impact our operations and the market price of our common stock;
our administrative support agreement with ARC, which requires ARC to pay our general and administrative expenses to the extent the amount of our AFFO is less than the amount of distributions declared in respect of our OP units, expires on September 6, 2012, which is one year following the closing of our IPO, and, as a result, we may be required to reduce our distributions to stockholders following the expiration of this agreement;
our Manager and ARC will be paid substantial fees, most of which are payable regardless of the performance of our portfolio, for services performed for us pursuant to the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement, which reduces the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to stockholders;
the incentive fee payable to our Manager under the management agreement is paid quarterly and is based on our Core Earnings (as defined herein) and, therefore, may cause our Manager to select investments in more risky assets to increase its incentive compensation;
ARC will be paid acquisition fees and financing fees with respect to properties acquired and financings obtained and, may in the future, receive property management fees, and, therefore, ARC may attempt to cause us to acquire properties and incur financings in order to earn these fees;
the supermajority voting provisions applicable to our board of directors in connection with our consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or engaging in a share exchange will limit our independent directors’ ability to influence such corporate matters;
our operating performance is subject to risks associated with the real estate industry;
our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax, and would adversely affect our operations and the market price of our common stock;

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we closed our IPO on September 6, 2011 and had not previously operated as a REIT or as a public company and, therefore, there can be no assurance that we will successfully and profitably operate our business in compliance with the regulatory requirements applicable to REITs and to public companies;
we rely on external sources of capital to fund future capital needs, and if we encounter difficulty in obtaining such capital, we may not be able to make future investments necessary to grow our business or meet maturing commitments;
our organizational documents have no limitation on the amount of indebtedness that we may incur, and as a result, we may become highly leveraged in the future, which could adversely affect our financial condition;
the cash available for distribution to stockholders may not be sufficient to make distributions, nor can we assure you of our ability to make distributions in the future;
the price we paid for our properties in the formation transactions may have exceeded their aggregate fair market value;
we expect to use leverage in executing our business strategy, which may adversely affect the return on our assets and may reduce cash available for distribution to our stockholders, as well as increase losses when economic conditions are unfavorable;
purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate dilution in the net tangible book value of the common stock purchased in this offering because the price per share of common stock in this offering is substantially higher than the net tangible book value of each share of common stock outstanding immediately after this offering; and
we have agreed with the contributor, which contributed indirect interests in our properties to us in the formation transactions, to indemnify it against adverse tax consequences if we were to sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of these interests, in a taxable transaction, in these properties other than the two TRS properties prior to September 6, 2021, which is 10 years following the closing of our IPO. Although it may be in our stockholders’ best interest that we sell a property, it may be economically disadvantageous for us to do so because of these obligations. We have also agreed to make up to $25.0 million of debt available for the contributor to guarantee. As a result, we may be required to incur and maintain more debt than we would otherwise.

Formation Transactions and Benefits to Related Parties

In connection with the closing of our IPO and as part of the formation transactions, our Manager, our contributor and each of our executive officers and directors received certain benefits. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”.

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Our Structure

The following diagram depicts our ownership structure upon completion of this offering (assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised). Our operating partnership will own 100% of our properties, directly or indirectly, and in some cases through special purpose entities that were created in connection with various financings.

[GRAPHIC MISSING]

(1) Each of our non-executive directors owns 3,000 restricted shares of common stock, which vest ratably in annual installments over a five-year period beginning on September 6, 2012, subject to the director’s continued service on our board of directors.
(2) Our Manager owns 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock, which will vest ratably in quarterly installments over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011.
(3) American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a non-traded REIT sponsored by, and whose advisor is wholly owned by, our sponsor, and for which Mr. Schorsch is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board and Mr. Kahane is the president, chief operating officer and treasurer, owns 282,000 shares of our common stock.

Our principals may be deemed to be our “promoters” based on their ownership and various relationships with us, the property subsidiaries and our Manager.

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Management Agreement

Pursuant to the management agreement between us and our Manager, our Manager will implement our business strategy and perform certain services for us, subject to oversight by our board of directors. Our Manager is responsible for, among other duties, (1) performing all of our day-to-day functions, (2) determining our investment strategy and guidelines in conjunction with our board of directors, (3) sourcing, analyzing and executing investments, asset sales and financings, and (4) performing asset management duties.

The initial term of the management agreement will end on September 6, 2021, which is ten years after the closing of our IPO, with automatic one-year renewal terms thereafter. During the initial term of the management agreement, it may be terminated by us only for cause. Cause is defined in the management agreement as:

our Manager’s continued breach of any material provision of the management agreement following a period of 30 days after written notice thereof (or 45 days after written notice of such breach if our Manager, under certain circumstances, has taken steps to cure such breach within 30 days of the written notice);
the occurrence of certain events with respect to the bankruptcy or insolvency of our Manager, including an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case or our Manager authorizing or filing a voluntary bankruptcy petition;
any change of control of our Manager which a majority of our independent directors determines is materially detrimental to us;
our Manager commits fraud against us, misappropriates or embezzles our funds, or acts grossly negligent in the performance of its duties under the management agreement; provided, however, that if any of these actions is caused by an employee of our Manager or one of its affiliates and the Manager takes all necessary and appropriate action against such person and cures the damage caused by such actions within 30 days of the Manager’s knowledge of its commission, the management agreement shall not be terminable; and
the dissolution of our Manager.

Following the initial term, the management agreement may be terminated annually upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our independent directors based upon: (1) our Manager’s unsatisfactory performance that is materially detrimental to us, or (2) our determination that the management fees payable to our Manager are not fair, subject to our Manager’s right to prevent termination based on unfair fees by accepting a reduction of management fees agreed to by at least two-thirds of our independent directors. We will provide our Manager with 180 days prior notice of such a termination. Our Manager may also decline to renew the management agreement by providing us with 180 days written notice.

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The following table summarizes the fees we will pay to our Manager pursuant to the management agreement:

 
Type   Description
Management   We will pay our Manager a management fee equal to 0.50% per annum of our average unadjusted book value of our real estate assets, calculated and payable monthly in advance, provided that the full amount of the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units for the six immediately preceding months is equal to or greater than the amount of our AFFO. Our Manager will waive such portion of its management fee that, when added to our AFFO, without regard to the waiver of the management fee, would increase our AFFO so that it equals the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units for the prior six months. The management fee is payable in cash.
Incentive Fee   Our Manager will be entitled to an incentive fee with respect to each calendar quarter (or part thereof that the management agreement is in effect) in arrears. The incentive fee will be an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (1) the product of (x) 20% and (y) the difference between (i) our Core Earnings (as defined below) for the previous 12-month period, and (ii) the product of (A) the weighted average of the issue price per share of our common stock of all of our public offerings multiplied by the weighted average number of all shares of common stock outstanding (including any restricted shares of common stock and other shares of common stock underlying awards granted under our equity incentive plans) in the previous 12-month period, and (B) 8.0%, and (2) the sum of any incentive fee paid to our Manager with respect to the first three calendar quarters of such previous 12-month period; provided, however, that no incentive fee is payable with respect to any calendar quarter unless Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed calendar quarters is greater than zero. Core Earnings is a non-GAAP measure and is defined as GAAP net income (loss) excluding non-cash equity compensation expense, incentive fees, acquisition fees, financing fees, depreciation and amortization, any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items recorded in net income for the period, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income. The amount will be adjusted to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges after discussions between our Manager and our independent directors and after approval by a majority of our independent directors.
     The following example illustrates how we would calculate our quarterly incentive fee in accordance with the management agreement. Our actual results may differ materially from the following example.
     Assume the following:
    

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Core Earnings for the 12-month period equals $7,500,000;

    

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6,880,000 shares of common stock are outstanding and the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the 12-month period is 6,880,000;

    

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weighted average price per share of common stock is $12.59;

    

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incentive fees paid during the first three quarters of such 12-month period are $50,000; and

    

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Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed calendar quarters is $7,500,000.

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  Under these assumptions, the quarterly incentive fee payable to our Manager would be $63,600 as calculated below:
    

  1.

Core Earnings

  $7,500,000
    

  2.

Weighted average price per share of common stock of $12.59 multiplied by the weighted average number of
shares of common stock outstanding of 6,880,000
multiplied by 8%

  $6,932,000
    

  3.

Excess of Core Earnings over amount calculated in 2 above

  $  568,000
    

  4.

20% of the amount calculated in 3 above

  $   113,600
    

  5.

Incentive fee equals the amount calculated in 4 above less the incentive fees paid during the first three quarters of such 12-month period ($113,600 – $50,000); the quarterly incentive fee is payable to our Manager as Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed quarters is greater than zero

  $    63,600

 
  Pursuant to the calculation formula, if Core Earnings increases and the weighted average share price and weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding remain constant, the incentive fee will increase.
     For purposes of calculating the incentive fee prior to the completion of a 12-month period following this offering, Core Earnings will be calculated on the basis of the number of days that the management agreement has been in effect on an annualized basis.
     One half of each quarterly installment of the incentive fee will be payable in shares of our common stock so long as the ownership of such additional number of shares by our Manager would not violate the 9.8% stock ownership limit set forth in our charter, after giving effect to any waiver from such limit that our board of directors may grant to our Manager in the future. The remainder of the incentive fee will be payable in cash.
     The number of shares to be issued to our Manager will be equal to the dollar amount of the portion of the quarterly installment of the incentive fee payable in shares divided by the average of the closing prices of our common stock on NASDAQ for the five trading days prior to the date on which such quarterly installment is paid.

Acquisition and Capital Services Agreement

We are party to an acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Pursuant to this agreement, we will be provided with access to ARC’s acquisition and debt capital markets team to acquire and finance our target properties. The services provided by ARC will include, among others, review and evaluation of all potential acquisitions, financial and market analysis, property underwriting, due diligence review, sourcing and negotiation of debt financing and preparation and distribution of materials relating to potential acquisitions and financings to our board of directors. See “Our Manager and ARC — Acquisition and Capital Services Agreement.”

The initial term of the acquisition and capital services agreement will end on September 6, 2021, which is ten years after the closing of our IPO, with automatic one-year renewal terms thereafter. Following the initial term, the acquisition and capital services agreement will be terminable by us or ARC upon 180 days prior written notice. We may also terminate the acquisition and capital services agreement at any time, including during the initial term, for cause. ARC may also decline to renew the acquisition and capital services agreement by providing us with 180 days written notice.

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The following table summarizes the fees and expense reimbursements we will pay to ARC pursuant to the acquisition and capital services agreement:

 
Type   Description
Acquisition   We will pay ARC an acquisition fee equal to 1.0% of the contract purchase price (including assumed indebtedness) of each property that we acquire which is originated by ARC. The acquisition fee is payable in cash at the closing of each acquisition.
Financing   We will pay ARC a financing fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available under any secured mortgage financing or refinancing that we obtain and use for the acquisition of properties that is arranged by ARC. The financing fee is payable in cash at the closing of each financing.
Expense reimbursement   We will be required to reimburse ARC for all out of pocket costs actually incurred by ARC related to us, including without limitation, legal fees and expenses, due diligence fees and expenses, other third party fees and expenses, costs of appraisals, travel expenses, nonrefundable option payments and deposits on properties not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums and other closing costs, personnel costs and miscellaneous expenses relating to the selection, acquisition and due diligence of properties. Our reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation. Expenses will be reimbursed in cash on a monthly basis following the end of each month. However, we will not reimburse ARC for the salaries and other compensation of its personnel.

Registration Rights Agreement

We are party to a registration rights agreement with regard to (i) the common stock issuable in exchange for the OP units acquired by the contributor in the formation transactions, (ii) the shares of our common stock that are issuable upon the vesting and conversion of the restricted shares of Manager’s Stock granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan concurrently with the completion of our IPO, (iii) any equity-based awards granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan in the future, and (iv) any shares of common stock that our Manager may receive pursuant to the incentive fee provisions of the management agreement in the future, which we refer to collectively as the registrable shares. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we have granted the contributor, our Manager and its direct and indirect transferees:

unlimited demand registration rights to have the registrable shares registered for resale; and
in certain circumstances, the right to “piggy-back” the registrable shares in registration statements we might file in connection with any future public offering so long as we retain our Manager as our Manager under the management agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any registration will be subject to cutback provisions, and we will be permitted to suspend the use, from time to time, of the prospectus that is part of the registration statement (and therefore suspend sales under the registration statement) for certain periods, referred to as “blackout periods.”

Conflicts of Interest and Related Policies

Supermajority Voting of the Board. Two-thirds of our board of directors will be required to vote in favor of our consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or our engaging in a share exchange. The existence of these supermajority voting provisions, which means that at least one of our directors who is also a principal of ARC will be required to vote in favor of any one or more of these significant corporate transactions, could delay, defer or prevent a change of control transaction that might involve a premium price for our shares of common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Management.  We are dependent on our Manager for our day-to-day management and do not have any independent officers or employees. Messrs. Schorsch, Kahane, Budko, Block and Weil, who are our executive officers, are also executives of ARC. Each of our management agreement with our Manager and our

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acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC was negotiated between related parties and its terms, including fees and other amounts payable, may not be as favorable to us as if it had been negotiated at arm’s length with an unaffiliated third party. In addition, the obligations of our Manager and ARC and their respective officers and personnel to engage in other business activities may reduce the time that our Manager and ARC and their respective officers and personnel spend managing us.

Future Investment Opportunity Allocation Provisions.  Pursuant to our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC, no entity controlled by ARC or its affiliates, including its principals, will sponsor or manage any public or private U.S. investment vehicle that has as its principal investment strategy to invest in net leased properties that are subject to leases that have remaining terms of less than 10 years but not less than three years other than us for so long as either Mr. Schorsch or Mr. Kahane are affiliated with our Manager and our management agreement is in effect. However, ARC and its affiliates may sponsor or manage another public or private U.S. investment vehicle that invests generally in real estate assets but not primarily in our target assets, including net leased properties.

Transactions with ARC.  In order to avoid any actual or perceived conflicts of interest between our Manager, ARC, any of their affiliates or any investment vehicle sponsored or managed by ARC or any of its affiliates, which we refer to as the ARC parties, and us, the approval of a majority of our independent directors will be required to approve (i) any purchase of our assets by ARC, our principals or any of their respective affiliates, and (ii) any purchase by us of any assets of ARC, our principals or any of their respective affiliates.

Excluded Properties.  ARC and its affiliates, including our principals, own direct and indirect interests in the excluded properties, which consist entirely of interests in 34 freestanding, single tenant net leased properties containing an aggregate of 1.2 million leasable square feet. Twenty-eight of the excluded properties were not contributed to us in connection with the formation transactions because they are not practical to be owned by us due to the fact that a third party holds a majority interest in the properties and such third party was unwilling to contribute the interests in such properties to us on terms which were acceptable to us. The remaining six excluded properties, which are leased to Tractor Supply, were not contributed to us because they are subject to secured leverage of approximately 73% (on a loan-to-value basis) and the prepayment of this debt would involve the incurrence of a prepayment penalty, as of June 30, 2011, of approximately $3.7 million. The existence of this prepayment penalty, when added to the overall leverage encumbering the Tractor Supply portfolio of over 96% (on a loan-to-value basis), would result in the cost of these properties to us exceeding their then market value. At no cost to us, ARC has granted us a 10-year right of first offer which commenced on September 6, 2011 to acquire the Tractor Supply portfolio should ARC desire to sell the portfolio.

Limitations on Personal Investments.   Our board of directors has adopted a policy with respect to any proposed investments by our directors or officers or the officers of our Manager, which we refer to as the covered persons, in our target properties. This policy provides that any proposed investment by a covered person for his or her own account in any of our target properties will be permitted if the capital required for the investment does not exceed the lesser of (i) $5 million, or (ii) 1% of our total stockholders’ equity as of the most recent month end, or the personal investment limit. To the extent that a proposed investment exceeds the personal investment limit, we expect that our board of directors will only permit the covered person to make the investment (i) upon the approval of the disinterested directors, or (ii) if the proposed investment otherwise complies with terms of any other related party transaction policy our board of directors may adopt in the future.

Formation Transactions.  We did not conduct arm’s-length negotiations with our sponsor with respect to all of the terms of the formation transactions. In the course of structuring the formation transactions, our sponsor had the ability to influence the type and level of benefits that it, its affiliates (including our principals and our Manager) and our other officers will receive from us. In addition, although the portfolio of our continuing properties was subject to a recent independent third-party investment valuation, the portfolio was not subject to a recent appraisal and the price paid by us to our sponsor for the acquisition of the interests in our properties in the formation transactions may have exceeded the fair market value of the portfolio.

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properties that is located in the same market. Similarly, if one of our properties becomes vacant we could be competing with another ARC-controlled or ARC Fund-controlled property for a new tenant at such property. We refer to all present and future REITs and funds managed by ARC as the “ARC Funds”. In such event, we may be competing with another ARC-controlled or ARC Fund-controlled property for a lease from the same tenant. In such an instance, the management agreement will require our Manager to advise our independent directors of this potential conflict. After being advised of this potential conflict, our independent directors will determine if the potential lease is in our best interests and, if so, our independent directors (and not our Manager) will take responsibility for negotiating the lease with the potential tenant.

Operating Partnership.  We have adopted policies that are designed to eliminate or minimize certain potential conflicts of interest, and the limited partners of our operating partnership have agreed that in the event of a conflict between the duties owed by our directors to our company and our company’s duties, in its capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership, to such limited partners, we are under no obligation to give priority to the interests of such limited partners. See “Policies with Respect to Certain Activities” and “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.”

Restrictions on Transfer

Under the agreement governing our operating partnership, holders of OP units do not have redemption or exchange rights and may not otherwise transfer their OP units, except under certain limited circumstances, until September 6, 2012, which is 12 months after completion of our IPO.

Restrictions on Ownership of Our Stock

In order to assist us in complying with the limitations on the concentration of ownership of REIT stock imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, among other purposes, our charter generally prohibits any person from actually or constructively owning more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock, subject to certain exceptions. Subject to certain limitations, our charter permits exceptions to be made with the approval of our board of directors. Consistent with our charter, our board of directors has further limited such ownership of our common stock to no more than 6.0% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock.

Tax Status

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Our qualification will depend upon our ability to meet, on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Code relating to, among other things, the sources of our gross income, the composition and values of our assets, our distribution levels and the diversity of ownership of our shares of stock. We believe that we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and that our manner of operation will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT. If we fail to qualify, or lose our qualification, as a REIT, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income.

As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our net taxable income that we distribute currently to our stockholders. To maintain our REIT qualification, we must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income, as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. If we have previously qualified as a REIT and fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any subsequent taxable year and do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, our income for that year will be taxed at regular corporate rates, and we will be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which we ceased to qualify as a REIT. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to some federal, state and local taxes on our income or property. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

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Distribution Policy

We intend to pay regular monthly dividends to holders of our common stock and make regular monthly distributions to holders of OP units in our operating partnership. U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its taxable income. On September 7, 2011, our board of directors authorized an annual dividend rate of $0.875 per share, or approximately 7.0% based on the sales price of $12.50 per share in our IPO, which is equal to a monthly dividend rate of $0.0729 per share. The dividends will be payable monthly, beginning in October 2011, on the fifteenth day of each month to stockholders of record at the close of business on the eighth day of such month. We intend to maintain this initial dividend rate until at least September 2012 (12 dividends periods since the closing of our IPO) unless our actual results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ materially from the assumptions used in our estimate. We have the ability to fund distributions from any source, including borrowing funds and using the proceeds of this offering. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to this Offering — We may be unable to pay or maintain distributions from cash available from operations or increase distributions over time.” Distributions made by us will be authorized by our board of directors in its sole discretion out of funds legally available therefor and will be dependent upon a number of factors, including restrictions under applicable law and the capital requirements of our company.

Distributions that you receive (not designated as capital gain dividends or, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) will be taxed as ordinary income to the extent they are paid from our earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes). However, distributions that we designate as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable as long-term capital gain to our stockholders to the extent that they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year. Some portion of your distributions may not be subject to tax in the year in which they are received because depreciation expense reduces our earnings and profits, but does not reduce cash available for distribution. The portion of your distribution which is not designated as a capital gain dividend and is in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits is considered a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will reduce the adjusted tax basis of your investment, but not below zero, deferring such portion of your tax until your investment is sold or our company is liquidated, at which time you will be taxed at capital gains rates. If such portion of your distribution exceeds the adjusted tax basis of your investment, such excess will be treated as capital gain if you hold your shares of common stock as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Please note that each stockholder’s tax considerations are different, therefore, you should consult with your own tax advisor and financial planners prior to making an investment in our shares. You also should review the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Corporate Information

We were incorporated as a Maryland corporation on December 2, 2010 and intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Our corporate offices are located at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Our telephone number is (212) 415-6500. Additional information about us and ARC and its affiliates may be obtained at www.americanrealtycapitalproperties.com or www.americanrealtycap.com. The information contained on, or accessible through, our website, or any other website of ARC, is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and should not be considered a part of this prospectus.

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The Offering

Common stock offered by us    
    1,300,000 shares of common stock (plus up to an additional 195,000 shares of our common stock that we may issue and sell upon the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option)
Common stock to be outstanding after the offering    
    7,056,400 shares of common stock(1)
Common Stock and OP units (redeemable or, at our option, exchangeable into common stock 12 months after our IPO on a one-for-one basis) to be outstanding after the offering    
    7,056,400 shares of common stock and 7,366,400
OP Units(1)
Use of proceeds    
    We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to pay approximately 75.9% of the cash part of the purchase price of the proposed property acquisitions (including closing costs), or $15.8 million, and for general working capital purposes.
NASDAQ Symbol    
    “ARCP”

(1) The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering assumes that all of the shares offering hereby are sold and is based on 5,580,000 shares of common stock outstanding on            , 2011. Includes (a) an aggregate of 9,000 shares of our common stock granted to our three independent directors that are subject to certain vesting restrictions, and (b) 167,400 shares of our common stock that are issuable upon conversion of an equal number of shares of Manager’s Stock, which are subject to certain vesting restrictions. Excludes (a) an aggregate of 679,000 shares of common stock which are reserved but unissued under our Equity Plan and our Director Stock Plan and (b) 195,000 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

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Summary Selected Financial Data

The following table sets forth summary financial and operating data on a pro forma basis for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and on a historical basis for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and the ARC Predecessor Companies.

You should read the following summary of historical and pro forma financial data in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, and the combined financial statements and related notes of the ARC Predecessor Companies included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data is presented as if our IPO, the formation transactions, this offering and the proposed property acquisitions all had occurred on the balance sheet date, and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations and other data for the year ended December 31, 2010 is presented as if our IPO, the formation transactions, this offering and the proposed property acquisitions all had occurred at the beginning of the period presented. Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statement is presented based on the carryover basis of accounting as required by GAAP and include the effects of the contribution of the entities included in the ARC Predecessor Companies, a combination of entities and real estate assets that were under common management by the principals of ARC.

Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements are presented as if the contribution of the membership interests of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. As a result, we measured the recognized assets and liabilities transferred at their historical cost at the date of transfer. All material intercompany balances have been eliminated in the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been as of and for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to represent our future financial position or results of operations.

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(Amounts in thousands, excluding per share data)

           
  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Pro forma(1)
  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies(2)
     Six Months Ended June 30,   Year ended December 31,   Six Months Ended June 30,   Year Ended December 31,   Period Ending December 31,
     2011   2010   2011   2010   2009   2008
Revenues:
                                                     
Rental income   $ 4,518     $ 9,102     $ 4,518     $ 9,145     $ 5,683     $ 1,337  
Operating expense reimbursement                             5        
Total revenues     4,518       9,102       4,518       9,145       5,688       1,337  
Operating expenses:
                                                     
Management fee     150       300                          
Acquisition and transaction related                       10       3,705        
Property, general and administrative     133       346       133       346       77       5  
Depreciation and amortization     2,715       5,385       2,715       5,386       3,731       909  
Total operating expenses     2,998       6,031       2,848       5,742       7,513       914  
Operating income (loss)     1,520       3,071       1,670       3,403       (1,825 )      423  
Other income (expense):
                                                     
Interest expense     (1,390 )      (2,850 )      (5,245 )      (10,805 )      (6,963 )      (1,608 ) 
Interest income                             17       3  
Other income                       100              
Total other income (expense)     (1,390 )      (2,850 )      (5,245 )      (10,705 )      (6,946 )      (1,605 ) 
Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interest adjustment     130       221       (3,575 )      (7,302 )      (8,771 )      (1,182 ) 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest holders     (7 )      (12 )                         
Net income (loss) attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ 123     $ 209     $ (3,575 )    $ (7,302 )    $ (8,771 )    $ (1,182 ) 
Per Share Data:
                                                     
Weighted average shares outstanding     5,580       5,580                          
Income per share basic and fully diluted   $ 0.02     $ 0.04                          
Reconciliation of net loss to funds from operations(3):
                                                     
Net income attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ 123     $ 209                                      
Plus: Depreciation and amortization     2,715       5,385                                      
Less: Depreciation and amortization attributable to noncontrolling interest holders     (151 )      (299 )                         
FFO attributable to common stockholders
and OP units holders in operating partnership
  $ 2,687     $ 5,295                          
Per Share Data:
                                                     
Weighted average shares outstanding     5,580       5,580                          
FFO per share   $ 0.48     $ 0.95                          

(1) Pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the explanatory information and notes to the pro forma financial statements elsewhere in this prospectus.
(2) Historical financial information for the ARC Predecessor Companies (i) with respect to our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010, the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2008 and (ii) with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010, and the period from September 8, 2009 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2009.
(3) For a definition and reconciliation of FFO and a statement disclosing the reasons why our management believes that presentation of FFO provides useful information to investors and, to the extent material, any additional purposes for which our management uses FFO, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Funds From Operations.”

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Amounts in thousands

           
  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Pro forma(1)
  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies
     June 30,   December 31,   June 30,   December 31,
     2011   2010   2011   2010   2009   2008
Assets
                                                     
Real estate investments, at cost:
                                                     
Land   $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 8,121  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     97,262       97,262       97,262       97,262       97,262       46,019  
Acquired intangible lease assets     7,605       7,605       7,605       7,605       7,605       2,038  
Total real estate investments, at cost     122,213       122,213       122,213       122,213       122,213       56,178  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (12,701 )      (10,008 )      (12,701 )      (10,008 )      (4,641 )      (909 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     109,512       112,205       109,512       112,205       117,572       55,269  
Cash and cash equivalents     1,765       1,676       704       614       923       315  
Restricted cash                             3,561        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     1,301       688       1,301       688       246       85  
Deferred offering costs                 1,784       279              
Deferred financing costs, net     1,624       2,067       1,425       2,266       3,422       1,537  
Total assets   $ 114,202     $ 116,636     $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  
Liabilities and Equity/Deficiency
                                                     
Mortgage notes payable   $ 65,350     $ 65,350     $ 96,472     $ 96,472     $ 97,557     $ 45,356  
Long-term notes payable                 30,626       30,626       30,780       10,681  
Due to affiliates                             845       322  
Due to seller                             2,069        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     801       747       2,585       1,026       1,008       643  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     674       674       674       674       579       319  
Total liabilities     66,825       66,771       130,357       128,798       132,838       57,321  
Member’s deficiency                 (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Preferred stock                                    
Common stock     56       56                          
Additional paid in capital     43,446       45,934                          
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. equity     43,502       45,990       (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Noncontrolling interests     3,875       3,875                          
Total liabilities and equity   $ 114,202     $ 116,636     $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  

(1) Pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the explanatory information and notes to the pro forma financial statements elsewhere in this prospectus.

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The following table presents certain pro forma financial information, including the 29 proposed property acquisitions, which are detailed elsewhere in this prospectus (amounts in thousands except per share data):

           
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2011   Year Ended December 31, 2010
     American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Pro Forma(1)   Acquisitions(2)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Pro Forma with Acquisitions   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Pro Forma(1)   Acquisitions(2)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Pro Forma with Acquisitions
Revenues:
 
Rental income   $ 4,518     $ 986     $ 5,504     $ 9,102     $ 1,972     $ 11,074  
Total revenues     4,518       986     $ 5,504       9,102       1,972     $ 11,074  
Operating expenses:  
Acquisition fees           202       202             202       202  
Management fee     150             150       300             300  
Property, General and administrative     133       10       143       346       20       366  
Depreciation and amortization     2,715       677       3,392       5,385       1,354       6,739  
Total operating expenses     2,998       889       3,887       6,031       1,576       7,607  
Operating income     1,520       97       1,617       3,071       396       3,467  
Other expense:
 
Interest expense     (1,390 )            (1,390 )      (2,850 )      (156 )      (3,006 ) 
Net income (loss) before noncontroling interest adj     130       97       227       221       240       461  
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest holders     (7 )      (5 )      (12 )      (12 )      (13 )      (25 ) 
Net loss attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ 123     $ 92     $ 215     $ 209     $ 227     $ 436  
Per share data:
 
Weighted average shares outstanding     5,580             6,880 (3)      5,580             6,880 (3) 
Earnings per share basic and fully diluted   $ 0.02           $ 0.03     $ 0.04           $ 0.06  
Reconciliation of net loss to funds from operations:
 
Net loss attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ 123              $ 215     $ 209              $ 436  
Plus: Depreciation and amortization     2,715                3,392       5,385                6,739  
Less: Depreciation and amortization attributable to noncontrolling interest holders     (151 )            (188 )      (299 )            (374 ) 
FFO attributable to common stockholders   $ 2,687              $ 3,419     $ 5,295              $ 6,801  
Modified funds from operations:
 
Plus: Acquisition fees                 202                   202  
     $ 2,687           $ 3,621     $ 5,295           $ 7,003  
FFO per share   $ 0.48           $ 0.50     $ 0.95           $ 0.99  
MFFO per share   $ 0.48           $ 0.53     $ 0.95           $ 1.02  
Weighted average shares outstanding     5,580             6,880       5,580             6,880  

(1) The balances represent the pro forma income statements for the periods indicated of American Realty Capital Inc. including the predecessor properties. Pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the explanatory information and notes to the pro forma financial statements elsewhere in this prospectus.
(2) The balances represent the balance attributable for the periods indicated to the properties identified for purchase by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
(3) Includes pro forma shares outstanding and shares from this offering to be used to purchase identified properties.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this prospectus before purchasing our common stock. The following risks comprise all the material risks of which we are aware; however, these risks and uncertainties may not be the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also adversely affect our business or financial performance. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations or business prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose some or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations

We may be unable to consummate the acquisition of one or more of the proposed property acquisitions which would result in the undesignation of all or a portion of the net proceeds of this offering which, in turn, would reduce our anticipated cash available for distribution.

We have entered into three letters of intent to acquire the 29 proposed property acquisitions. The purchase of each of the proposed property acquisitions is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions (certain of which are material and beyond our control and, unless satisfied, could result in one or more of such properties not being acquired), and should any of these purchases not occur, for whatever reason, a portion of the net proceeds of this offering will not have any specific designated use. Further, we anticipate utilizing an approximately $5.0 million draw under our senior secured revolving credit facility in order to consummate the proposed property acquisitions. Our ability to make this draw under our senior secured credit facility is also subject to a number of conditions (certain of which are material and also beyond our control). Our inability to make the anticipated $5.0 million draw under our senior secured credit facility will jeopardize our ability to acquire one of the proposed property acquisitions unless we can arrange alternative debt financing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to locate and acquire sufficient additional properties meeting our acquisition criteria to utilize any such undesignated net proceeds and, in such event, our anticipated cash available for distribution could be adversely affected.

We may be unable to renew leases, lease vacant space or re-lease space as leases expire on favorable terms or at all, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, cash available for distribution to our stockholders, per share trading price of our common stock and our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

Because we compete with a number of real estate operators in connection with the leasing of our properties, the possibility exists that one or more of our tenants will extend or renew its lease with us when the lease term expires on terms that are less favorable to us than the terms of the then-expiring lease, or that such tenant or tenants will not renew at all. Because we depend, in large part, on rental payments from our tenants, if one or more tenants renews its lease on terms less favorable to us, does not renew its lease or we do not re-lease a significant portion of the space made available, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, cash available for distribution to our stockholders, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations could be materially adversely affected.

We are dependent on single tenant leases for our revenue and, accordingly, lease terminations or tenant defaults could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We expect to focus our investment activities on ownership of freestanding, single-tenant commercial properties that are net leased to a single tenant. Therefore, the financial failure of, or other default in payment by, a single tenant under its lease is likely to cause a significant reduction in our operating cash flows from that property and a significant reduction in the value of the property, and could cause a significant reduction in our revenues. If a lease is terminated or defaulted on, we may experience difficulty or significant delay in re-leasing such property, or we may be unable to find a new tenant to re-lease the vacated space, which could result in us incurring a loss. The current economic conditions and the credit crisis may put financial pressure on and increase the likelihood of the financial failure of, or other default in payment by, one or more of the tenants to whom we have exposure.

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Because we lease our properties to a limited number of tenants, and to the extent we depend on a limited number of tenants in the future, failure by any major tenant with leases in multiple locations to make rental payments to us, because of a deterioration of its financial condition or otherwise, or the termination or non-renewal of a lease by a major tenant, would have a material adverse effect on us.

As of June 30, 2011, we had three tenants (including for this purpose, all affiliates of such tenants) in 61 total continuing properties, all of which are single-tenant properties. In addition, our 29 proposed property acquisitions, which are also single tenant properties, are leased to only three additional tenants. We expect to derive substantially all of our revenue from a limited number of tenants. Therefore, our ability to generate cash from operations is dependent on the rents that we are able to charge and collect from our tenants. While we evaluate the creditworthiness of our tenants by reviewing available financial and other pertinent information, there can be no assurance that any tenant will be able to make timely rental payments or avoid defaulting under its lease. At any time, our tenants may experience an adverse change in their business. For example, the recent downturn in the global economy already may have adversely affected, or may in the future adversely affect, one or more of our tenants. If any of our tenants’ business experience significant adverse changes, they may decline to extend or renew leases upon expiration, fail to make rental payments when due, close a number of stores, exercise early termination rights (to the extent such rights are available to the tenant) or declare bankruptcy. If a tenant defaults, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment.

If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could result in the termination of the tenant’s leases and the loss of rental income attributable to the terminated leases. If a lease is terminated or defaulted on, we may be unable to find a new tenant to re-lease the vacated space at attractive rents or at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our financial condition. Furthermore, the consequences to us would be exacerbated if one of our major tenants were to experience an adverse development in their business that resulted in them being unable to make timely rental payments or to default under their lease. The occurrence of any of the situations described above would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our financial condition.

We rely significantly on two major tenants (including for this purpose, all affiliates of such tenants), and will rely on three major tenants on a pro forma basis assuming the acquisition of the proposed property acquisitions, and therefore, are subject to tenant credit concentrations that make us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to those tenants.

99% of our average annual rent is expected to be derived from two major tenants (including for this purpose, all affiliates of such tenants):

approximately 74% (61% on a pro forma basis assuming the acquisition of the proposed property acquisitions) of our average annual rent is expected to be derived from Citizen’s Bank;
approximately 25% (21% on a pro forma basis assuming the acquisition of the proposed property acquisitions) of our average annual rent is expected to be derived from Home Depot; and
assuming the acquisition of the proposed property acquisitions, approximately 10% of our pro forma average annual rent is expected to be derived from Dollar General.

Therefore, the financial failure of a major tenant is likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our financial condition. In addition, the value of our investment is historically driven by the credit quality of the underlying tenant, and an adverse change in a major tenant’s financial condition or a decline in the credit rating of such tenant may result in a decline in the value of our investments and have a material adverse effect on our results from operations.

Our net leases may require us to pay property related expenses that are not the obligations of our tenants.

Under the terms of all of our net leases, in addition to satisfying their rent obligations, our tenants are responsible for the payment of real estate taxes, insurance and ordinary maintenance and repairs. However, under the provisions of future leases with our tenants, we may be required to pay some expenses, such as the costs of environmental liabilities, roof and structural repairs, insurance, certain non-structural repairs and maintenance. If our properties incur significant expenses that must be paid by us under the terms of our

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leases, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected and the amount of cash available to meet expenses and to make distributions to holders of our common stock may be reduced.

Any of our properties that incurs a vacancy could be difficult to sell or re-lease.

One or more of our properties may incur a vacancy either by the continued default of a tenant under its lease or the expiration of one of our leases. Certain of our properties may be specifically suited to the particular needs of a tenant (e.g., a retail bank branch or distribution warehouse) and major renovations and expenditures may be required in order for us to re-lease vacant space for other uses. We may have difficulty obtaining a new tenant for any vacant space we have in our properties, including our two TRS properties, which are presently vacant. If the vacancy continues for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in less cash available to be distributed to stockholders. In addition, the resale value of a property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property will depend principally upon the value of the leases of such property.

We are subject to tenant industry concentrations that make us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to certain industries.

We are subject to industry concentrations, the most significant of which are the following as of June 30, 2011, on a pro forma basis:

approximately $87.6 million or 80%, of our net investments in real estate represent properties leased to companies in the financial industry (e.g., Citizens Bank); and
approximately $21.8 million, or 20%, of our net investments in real estate represent properties leased to companies in the home improvement industry (e.g., Home Depot).

Any downturn in one or more of these industries, or in any other industry in which we may have a significant credit concentration in the future, could result in a material reduction of our cash flows and/or material losses to our company.

Our properties may be subject to impairment charges.

We periodically evaluate our real estate investments for impairment indicators. The judgment regarding the existence of impairment indicators is based on factors such as market conditions, tenant performance and legal structure. For example, the early termination of, or default under, a lease by a tenant may lead to an impairment charge. Since our investment focus is on properties net leased to a single tenant, the financial failure of, or other default in payment by, a single tenant under its lease may result in a significant impairment loss. If we determine that an impairment has occurred, we would be required to make an adjustment to the net carrying value of the property, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and FFO in the period in which the impairment charge is recorded.

Our real estate investments are relatively illiquid, and therefore we may not be able to dispose of properties when appropriate or on favorable terms.

The real estate investments made, and to be made, by us are relatively difficult to sell quickly. Return of capital and realization of gains, if any, from an investment generally will occur upon disposition or refinancing of a property. In addition, the Code imposes restrictions on the ability of a REIT to dispose of properties that are not applicable to other types of real estate companies. We may be unable to realize our investment objectives by disposition or refinancing of a property at attractive prices within any given period of time or may otherwise be unable to complete any exit strategy. In particular, these risks could arise from weakness in or even the lack of an established market for a property, changes in the financial condition or prospects of prospective purchasers, changes in national or international economic conditions, and changes in laws, regulations or fiscal policies of jurisdictions in which the property is located.

Our investments in properties backed by below investment grade credits will have a greater risk of default.

Our Home Depot tenant and our Dollar General tenants each do not have an investment grade credit rating. We also may invest in other properties in the future where the underlying tenant’s credit rating is below investment grade. These investments will have a greater risk of default and bankruptcy than investments in properties leased exclusively to investment grade tenants.

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Our investments in properties where the underlying tenant does not have a publicly available credit rating will expose us to certain risks.

Our Home Depot tenant and our Dollar General tenants each do not have a publicly available credit rating. Additionally, if in the future we invest in additional properties where the underlying tenant does not have a publicly available credit rating, we will rely on our own estimates of the tenant’s credit rating and usually subsequently obtain a private rating from a reputable credit rating agency to allow us to finance the property as we had planned. If our lender or a credit rating agency disagrees with our ratings estimates, or our ratings estimates are inaccurate, we may not be able to obtain our desired level of leverage and/or our financing costs may exceed those that we projected. This outcome could have an adverse impact on our returns on that asset and hence our operating results.

Operating expenses of our properties will reduce our cash flow and funds available for future distributions.

For certain of our properties, we are responsible for operating costs of the property. In some of these instances, our leases require the tenant to reimburse us for all or a portion of these costs, either in the form of an expense reimbursement or increased rent. Our reimbursement may be limited to a fixed amount or a specified percentage annually. To the extent operating costs exceed our reimbursement, our returns and net cash flows from the property and hence our overall operating results and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.

We have greater exposure to operating costs if we invest in properties leased to the United States Government.

We may invest in properties leased to the United States Government. Any leases with the United States Government generally will be typical Government Services Administration type leases. These leases do not provide that the United States Government is wholly responsible for operating costs of the property, but include an operating cost component within the rent we receive that increases annually by an agreed upon percentage based upon the Consumer Price Index, or CPI. Thus, we will have greater exposure to operating costs on our properties leased to the United States Government, if any, because if the operating costs of the property increase faster than the CPI, we will bear those excess costs.

We would face potential adverse effects from tenant defaults, bankruptcies or insolvencies.

The bankruptcy of our tenants may adversely affect the income generated by our properties. If our tenant files for bankruptcy, we generally cannot evict the tenant solely because of such bankruptcy. In addition, a bankruptcy court could authorize a bankrupt tenant to reject and terminate its lease with us. In such a case, our claim against the tenant for unpaid and future rent would be subject to a statutory cap that might be substantially less than the remaining rent actually owed under the lease, and it is unlikely that a bankrupt tenant would pay in full amounts it owes us under the lease. Any shortfall resulting from the bankruptcy of one or more of our tenants could adversely affect our cash flow and results of operations.

The price we paid for the assets we acquired in the formation transactions, all of which were purchased from the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, may have exceeded their aggregate fair market value.

The amount of consideration we paid the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, for the contributed properties may have been greater than the value of such properties, as determined by a recent independent third-party investment valuation, because the amount of consideration for such properties was not determined as a result of arm’s-length negotiations. Further, we have not obtained a recent appraisal of the fair market value of the properties nor solicited third-party bids for the properties for purposes of creating a market check on their value. Conflicts of interest existed in connection with the transaction in which interests in these properties were contributed to our operating partnership. There can be no assurance that the values reflected in the independent third-party investment valuation that we obtained reflect the fair market value of the properties were they to be sold in an arm’s-length transaction. As a result, the price paid by us for the acquisition of the assets in the formation transactions may have exceeded the fair market value of those assets. The aggregate historical combined net book value of the real estate assets acquired by us in the formation transactions was approximately $109.5 million as of June 30, 2011.

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We assumed liabilities in connection with the formation transactions, including unknown liabilities.

As part of the formation transactions, we assumed existing liabilities of our property subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, liabilities in connection with our properties, some of which may have been unknown or unquantifiable at the time the formation transactions were consummated. Unknown liabilities might include liabilities for cleanup or remediation of undisclosed environmental conditions, claims of tenants or other persons dealing with the entities prior to the consummation of the formation transactions, tax liabilities, employment-related issues, and accrued but unpaid liabilities whether incurred in the ordinary course of business or otherwise. If the magnitude of such unknown liabilities is high, either singly or in the aggregate, they could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders.

We face intense competition, which may decrease or prevent increases in the occupancy and rental rates of our properties.

We compete with numerous developers, owners and operators of retail, industrial and office real estate, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same markets in which our properties are located. If one of our properties becomes vacant and our competitors (which would include ARC or any ARC Fund) offer space at rental rates below current market rates, or below the rental rates we currently charge our tenants, we may lose existing or potential tenants and we may be pressured to reduce our rental rates below those we currently charge or to offer substantial rent abatements. As a result, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders may be adversely affected.

Our operating performance and value are subject to risks associated with our real estate assets and with the real estate industry.

Our real estate investments are subject to various risks and fluctuations and cycles in value and demand, many of which are beyond our control. Certain events may decrease cash available for distributions, as well as the value of our properties. These events include, but are not limited to:

adverse changes in international, national or local economic and demographic conditions such as the recent global economic downturn;
vacancies or our inability to rent space on favorable terms, including possible market pressures to offer tenants rent abatements, tenant improvements, early termination rights or tenant-favorable renewal options;
adverse changes in financial conditions of buyers, sellers and tenants of properties;
inability to collect rent from tenants;
competition from other real estate investors with significant capital, including other real estate operating companies, REITs and institutional investment funds;
reductions in the level of demand for commercial space generally, and freestanding net leased properties specifically, and changes in the relative popularity of our properties;
increases in the supply of freestanding single tenant properties;
fluctuations in interest rates, which could adversely affect our ability, or the ability of buyers and tenants of our properties, to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all;
increases in expenses, including, but not limited to, insurance costs, labor costs, energy prices, real estate assessments and other taxes and costs of compliance with laws, regulations and governmental policies, all of which have an adverse impact on the rent a tenant may be willing to pay us in order to lease one or more of our properties; and
changes in, and changes in enforcement of, laws, regulations and governmental policies, including, without limitation, health, safety, environmental, zoning and tax laws, governmental fiscal policies and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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In addition, periods of economic slowdown or recession, such as the recent global economic downturn, rising interest rates or declining demand for real estate, or the public perception that any of these events may occur, could result in a general decline in rents or an increased incidence of defaults under existing leases. If we cannot operate our properties to meet our financial expectations, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders could be materially and adversely affected. We cannot assure you that we will achieve our return objectives.

A potential change in U.S. accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of our properties less attractive to our potential tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services.

Under current authoritative accounting guidance for leases, a lease is classified by a tenant as a capital lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership are considered to reside with the tenant. Under capital lease accounting for a tenant, both the leased asset and liability are reflected on their balance sheet. If the lease does not meet any of the criteria for a capital lease, the lease is considered an operating lease by the tenant, and the obligation does not appear on the tenant’s balance sheet; rather, the contractual future minimum payment obligations are only disclosed in the footnotes thereto. Thus, entering into an operating lease can appear to enhance a tenant’s balance sheet in comparison to direct ownership. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, and the International Accounting Standards Board, or the IASB, conducted a joint project to re-evaluate lease accounting. In August 2010, the FASB and the IASB jointly released exposure drafts of a proposed accounting model that would significantly change lease accounting. The final standards are expected to be issued in 2011. Changes to the accounting guidance could affect both our accounting for leases as well as that of our current and potential tenants. These changes may affect how our real estate leasing business is conducted. For example, if the accounting standards regarding the financial statement classification of operating leases are revised, then companies may be less willing to enter into leases with us in general or desire to enter into leases with us with shorter terms because the apparent benefits to their balance sheets could be reduced or eliminated. This in turn could cause a delay in investing our offering proceeds and make it more difficult for us to enter into leases on terms we find favorable.

We will rely on external sources of capital to fund future capital needs, and if we encounter difficulty in obtaining such capital, we may not be able to make future acquisitions necessary to grow our business or meet maturing obligations.

In order to qualify as a REIT under the Code, we will be required, among other things, to distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. Because of this distribution requirement, we may not be able to fund, from cash retained from operations, all of our future capital needs, including capital needed to make investments and to satisfy or refinance maturing obligations.

We expect to rely on external sources of capital, including debt and equity financing to fund future capital needs. However, the recent U.S. and global economic slowdown has resulted in a capital environment characterized by limited availability, increasing costs and significant volatility. If we are unable to obtain needed capital on satisfactory terms or at all, we may not be able to make the investments needed to expand our business, or to meet our obligations and commitments as they mature.

Any additional debt we incur will increase our leverage. Our access to capital will depend upon a number of factors over which we have little or no control, including:

general market conditions;
the market’s perception of our growth potential;
our current debt levels;
our current and expected future earnings;
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the market price per share of our common stock.

We may not be in a position to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities for growth if we are unable to access the capital markets on a timely basis on favorable terms.

Our ability to sell equity to expand our business will depend, in part, on the market price of our common stock, and our failure to meet market expectations with respect to our business could negatively affect the market price of our common stock and limit our ability to sell equity.

The availability of equity capital to us will depend, in part, on the market price of our common stock which, in turn, will depend upon various market conditions and other factors that may change from time to time, including:

the extent of investor interest;
our ability to satisfy the distribution requirements applicable to REITs;
the general reputation of REITs and the attractiveness of their equity securities in comparison to other equity securities, including securities issued by other real estate-based companies;
our financial performance and that of our tenants;
analyst reports about us and the REIT industry;
general stock and bond market conditions, including changes in interest rates on fixed income securities, which may lead prospective purchasers of our common stock to demand a higher annual yield from future distributions;
a failure to maintain or increase our dividend, which is dependent, to a large part, on FFO which, in turn, depends upon increased revenue from additional acquisitions and rental increases; and
other factors such as governmental regulatory action and changes in REIT tax laws.

Our failure to meet market expectations with regard to future earnings and cash distributions would likely adversely affect the market price of our common stock and, as a result, the availability of equity capital to us.

We will have substantial amounts of indebtedness outstanding following this offering, which may affect our ability to make distributions, may expose us to interest rate fluctuation risk and may expose us to the risk of default under our debt obligations.

As of June 30, 2011, on a pro forma basis, our aggregate indebtedness would have been approximately $65.4 million. We may incur significant additional debt for various purposes including, without limitation, the funding of future acquisitions, capital improvements and leasing commissions in connection with the repositioning of a property.

Payments of principal and interest on borrowings may leave us with insufficient cash resources to make the distributions currently contemplated or necessary to maintain our REIT qualification. Our substantial outstanding indebtedness, and the limitations imposed on us by our debt agreements, could have other significant adverse consequences, including the following:

our cash flow may be insufficient to meet our required principal and interest payments;
we may be unable to borrow additional funds as needed or on satisfactory terms, which could, among other things, adversely affect our ability to capitalize upon emerging acquisition opportunities or meet needs to fund capital improvements and leasing commissions;
we may be unable to refinance our indebtedness at maturity or the refinancing terms may be less favorable than the terms of our original indebtedness;
we may be forced to dispose of one or more of our properties, possibly on disadvantageous terms;
we may violate restrictive covenants in our loan documents, which would entitle the lenders to accelerate our debt obligations;

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certain of the property subsidiaries’ loan documents may include restrictions on such subsidiary’s ability to make distributions to us;
we may be unable to hedge floating rate debt, counterparties may fail to honor their obligations under our hedge agreements, these agreements may not effectively hedge interest rate fluctuation risk, and, upon the expiration of any hedge agreements, we would be exposed to then-existing market rates of interest and future interest rate volatility;
we may default on our obligations and the lenders or mortgagees may foreclose on our properties that secure their loans and receive an assignment of rents and leases; and
our default under any of our indebtedness with cross-default provisions could result in a default on other indebtedness.

If any one of these events were to occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, any foreclosure on our properties could create taxable income without accompanying cash proceeds, which could adversely affect our ability to meet the REIT distribution requirements imposed by the Code.

Our existing loan agreements contain, and future financing arrangements will likely contain, restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

We are subject to certain restrictions pursuant to the restrictive covenants of our outstanding indebtedness, which may affect our distribution and operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan documents evidencing our existing indebtedness contain, and loan documents entered into in the future will likely contain, certain operating covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage the property or discontinue insurance coverage. In addition, future agreements may contain, and any future company credit facilities likely will contain, financial covenants, including certain coverage ratios and limitations on our ability to incur secured and unsecured debt, make distributions, sell all or substantially all of our assets, and engage in mergers and consolidations and certain acquisitions. Specifically, our ability to make distributions may be limited by our senior secured revolving credit facility, pursuant to which our distributions may not exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of our AFFO or (ii) the amount required for us to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT. Covenants under any future indebtedness may restrict our ability to pursue certain business initiatives or certain acquisition transactions. In addition, failure to meet any of these covenants, including the financial coverage ratios, could cause an event of default under or accelerate some or all of our indebtedness, which would have a material adverse effect on us.

Increases in interest rates would increase the amount of our variable-rate debt payments and could limit our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders.

Indebtedness under our senior secured revolving credit facility is subject to, and we may incur additional indebtedness in the future subject to, floating interest rates, and as a result, increases in interest rates on such indebtedness would reduce our cash flows and our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders. In addition, if we are required to repay existing debt during periods of higher interest rates, we may need to sell one or more of our investments in order to repay the debt, which might reduce the realization of the return on such investments.

Our organizational documents have no limitation on the amount of indebtedness that we may incur. As a result, we may become highly leveraged in the future, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

Our business strategy contemplates the use of both secured and unsecured debt to finance long-term growth. While we intend to limit our indebtedness to maintain an overall net debt to gross asset value of approximately 45% to 55%, provided that we may exceed this amount for individual properties in select cases where attractive financing is available, our governing documents contain no limitations on the amount of debt that we may incur, and our board of directors may change our financing policy at any time without stockholder approval. As a result, we may be able to incur substantial additional debt, including secured debt, in the future, which could result in an increase in our debt service and harm our financial condition.

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Adverse global market and economic conditions may continue to adversely affect us and could cause us to recognize impairment charges or otherwise harm our performance.

Recent market and economic conditions have been challenging, with tighter credit conditions in 2008 through 2010. Continued concerns about the availability and cost of credit, the U.S. mortgage market, inflation, unemployment levels, geopolitical issues and declining equity and real estate markets have contributed to increased market volatility and diminished expectations for the U.S. economy. The commercial real estate sector in particular has been adversely affected by these market and economic conditions. These conditions may result in our tenants requesting rent reductions, declining to extend or renew leases upon expiration or renewing at lower rates. These conditions also have forced tenants, in some cases, to declare bankruptcy or vacate leased premises. We may be unable to re-lease vacated space at attractive rents or at all. We are unable to predict whether, or to what extent or for how long, these adverse market and economic conditions will persist. The continuation or intensification of these conditions may impede our ability to generate sufficient operating cash flow to pay expenses, maintain properties, make distributions and repay debt.

Uninsured losses or losses in excess of our insurance coverage could adversely affect our financial condition and cash flows, and there can be no assurance as to future costs and the scope of coverage that may be available under insurance policies.

We carry comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption and rental loss insurance covering all of the properties in our portfolio under a blanket insurance policy with policy specifications, limits and deductibles customarily carried for similar properties. In addition, we carry professional liability and directors’ and officers’ insurance. We have selected policy specifications and insured limits that we believe are appropriate and adequate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice. We do not carry insurance for certain losses, including, but not limited to, losses caused by riots or war. Certain types of losses may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable, such as losses due to earthquakes, riots or acts of war. Should an uninsured loss occur, we could lose both our investment in and anticipated profits and cash flow from a property. If any such loss is insured, we may be required to pay a significant deductible on any claim for recovery of such a loss prior to our insurer being obligated to reimburse us for the loss, or the amount of the loss may exceed our coverage for the loss. In addition, future lenders may require such insurance, and our failure to obtain such insurance could constitute a default under our loan agreements. In addition, we may reduce or discontinue terrorism, earthquake, flood or other insurance on some or all of our properties in the future if the cost of premiums for any of these policies exceeds, in our judgment, the value of the coverage discounted for the risk of loss. Our title insurance policies may not insure for the current aggregate market value of our portfolio, and we do not intend to increase our title insurance coverage as the market value of our portfolio increases. As a result, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders may be materially and adversely affected.

If we or one or more of our tenants experiences a loss that is uninsured or which exceeds policy limits, we could lose the capital invested in the damaged properties as well as the anticipated future cash flows from those properties. In addition, if the damaged properties are subject to recourse indebtedness, we would continue to be liable for the indebtedness, even if these properties were irreparably damaged.

If any of our insurance carriers become insolvent, we could be adversely affected.

We carry several different lines of insurance, placed with several large insurance carriers. If any one of these large insurance carriers were to become insolvent, we would be forced to replace the existing insurance coverage with another suitable carrier, and any outstanding claims would be at risk for collection. In such an event, we cannot be certain that we would be able to replace the coverage at similar or otherwise favorable terms. Replacing insurance coverage at unfavorable rates and the potential of uncollectible claims due to carrier insolvency could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

Terrorism and other factors affecting demand for our properties could harm our operating results.

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Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, and other acts of terrorism or war could have a negative impact on our operations. Such terrorist attacks could have an adverse impact on our business even if they are not directed at our properties. In addition, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have substantially affected the availability and price of insurance coverage for certain types of damages or occurrences, and our insurance policies for terrorism include large deductibles and co-payments. The lack of sufficient insurance for these types of acts could expose us to significant losses and could have a negative impact on our operations.

We may be required to make significant capital expenditures to improve our properties in order to retain and attract tenants, causing a decline in operating revenue and reducing cash available for debt service and distributions to stockholders.

If adverse economic conditions continue in the real estate market and demand for freestanding single tenant properties remains low, we expect that, upon expiration of leases at our properties, we will be required to make rent or other concessions to tenants, and/or accommodate requests for renovations, build-to-suit remodeling and other improvements. As a result, we may have to make significant capital or other expenditures in order to retain tenants whose leases expire and to attract new tenants. Additionally, we may need to raise capital to make such expenditures. If we are unable to do so or capital is otherwise unavailable, we may be unable to make the required expenditures. This could result in non-renewals by tenants upon expiration of their leases, which would result in declines in revenue from operations and reduce cash available for debt service and distributions to stockholders.

Difficult conditions in the commercial real estate markets may cause us to experience market losses related to our holdings, and these conditions may not improve in the near future.

Our results of operations are materially affected by conditions in the real estate markets, the financial markets and the economy generally and may cause commercial real estate values, including the values of our properties, and market rental rates, including rental rates that we are able to charge, to decline significantly. Current economic and credit market conditions have contributed to increased volatility and diminished expectations for real estate markets, as well as adversely impacted inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues and the availability and cost of credit, and will continue to do so going forward. The further deterioration of the real estate market may cause us to record losses on our assets, reduce the proceeds we receive upon sale or refinance of our assets or adversely impact our ability to lease our properties. Declines in the market values of our properties may adversely affect our results of operations and credit availability, which may reduce earnings and, in turn, cash available for distributions to our stockholders. Current economic and credit market conditions may also cause one or more of the tenants to whom we have exposure to fail or default in their payment obligations, which could cause us to record material losses or a material reduction in our cash flows.

Because we own real property, we are subject to extensive environmental regulation, which creates uncertainty regarding future environmental expenditures and liabilities.

Environmental laws regulate, and impose liability for, releases of hazardous or toxic substances into the environment. Under various provisions of these laws, an owner or operator of real estate, such as us, is or may be liable for costs related to soil or groundwater contamination on, in, or migrating to or from its property. In addition, persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may be liable for the costs of cleaning up contamination at the disposal site. Such laws often impose liability regardless of whether the person knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of the hazardous or toxic substances that caused the contamination. The presence of, or contamination resulting from, any of these substances, or the failure to properly remediate them, may adversely affect our ability to sell or lease our property or to borrow using such property as collateral. In addition, persons exposed to hazardous or toxic substances may sue us for personal injury damages. For example, certain laws impose liability for release of or exposure to asbestos-containing materials and contamination from past operations or from off-site sources. As a result, in connection with our current or former ownership, operation, management and development of real properties, we may be potentially liable for investigation and cleanup costs, penalties, and damages under environmental laws.

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consultants that identify certain liabilities, Phase I assessments are limited in scope, and may not include or identify all potential environmental liabilities or risks associated with the property. Further, any environmental liabilities that arose since the date the studies were done would not be identified in the assessments. Unless required by applicable laws or regulations, we may not further investigate, remedy or ameliorate the liabilities disclosed in the Phase I assessments.

We cannot assure you that these or other environmental studies identified all potential environmental liabilities, or that we will not incur material environmental liabilities in the future. If we do incur material environmental liabilities in the future, we may face significant remediation costs, and we may find it difficult to sell any affected properties.

As a result of becoming a public company, we implemented additional financial and accounting systems, procedures and controls which are applicable to such companies, which has increased our costs and requires substantial management time and attention.

As a public company, we have incurred, and in the future will continue to incur, significant legal, accounting and other expenses that our predecessor did not incur as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements and corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As an example, in order to comply with such reporting requirements, we are evaluating our internal control systems in order to allow management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If we fail to implement proper overall business controls, including as required to integrate the property subsidiaries and support our growth, our results of operations could be harmed or we could fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, if we identify significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that we cannot remediate in a timely manner, or if we are unable to receive an unqualified report from our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to our internal control over financial reporting, investors and others may lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and the trading price of our common stock and our ability to obtain any necessary equity or debt financing could suffer.

Furthermore, the design and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting may not prevent all errors, misstatements, or misrepresentations. Although management will continue to review the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, there can be no guarantee that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective in accomplishing all control objectives all of the time. Deficiencies, including any material weaknesses, in our internal control over financial reporting which may occur in the future could result in misstatements of our results of operations, restatements of our financial statements, a decline in the trading price of our common stock, or otherwise materially adversely affect our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.

We may be unable to complete acquisitions, including the proposed property acquisitions, that would grow our business, and even if consummated, we may fail to successfully integrate and operate acquired properties.

We have entered into letters of intent to acquire the proposed property acquisitions. The purchase of the proposed property acquisitions is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, certain of which are material and beyond our control and, unless satisfied, could result in one or more of such properties not being acquired. Should any of these purchases not occur, for whatever reason, a portion of the net proceeds of this offering that we have allocated will not have any specific designated use.

In addition, our growth strategy includes the disciplined acquisition of properties as opportunities arise. Our ability to acquire properties on satisfactory terms and successfully integrate and operate them is subject to the following significant risks:

we may be unable to acquire desired properties because of competition from other real estate investors with more capital, including other real estate operating companies, REITs and investment funds;

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we may acquire properties that are not accretive to our results upon acquisition, and we may not successfully manage and lease those properties to meet our expectations;
competition from other potential acquirers may significantly increase the purchase price of a desired property;
we may be unable to generate sufficient cash from operations, or obtain the necessary debt or equity financing to consummate an acquisition or, if obtainable, financing may not be on satisfactory terms;
we may need to spend more than budgeted amounts to make necessary improvements or renovations to acquired properties;
agreements for the acquisition of properties are typically subject to customary conditions to closing, including satisfactory completion of due diligence investigations, and we may spend significant time and money on potential acquisitions that we do not consummate;
the process of acquiring or pursuing the acquisition of a new property may divert the attention of our Manager from our existing business operations;
we may be unable to quickly and efficiently integrate new acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of properties, into our existing operations;
market conditions may result in future vacancies and lower than expected rental rates; and
we may acquire properties without any recourse, or with only limited recourse, for liabilities, whether known or unknown, such as clean-up of environmental contamination, claims by tenants, vendors or other persons against the former owners of the properties and claims for indemnification by general partners, directors, officers and others indemnified by the former owners of the properties.

If we cannot complete property acquisitions, including the proposed property acquisitions, on favorable terms, or operate acquired properties to meet our goals or expectations, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders could be materially and adversely affected.

Payment of fees to our Manager and ARC reduces cash available for investment and distribution.

Our Manager and ARC will perform services for us in connection with the selection, acquisition, financing, leasing and management of us and our properties. Our Manager and ARC will be paid substantial fees for these services, which reduce the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to stockholders. Such fees and reimbursements include: (i) a management fee payable to our Manager equal to 0.50% per annum of our average unadjusted book value of our real estate assets, calculated and payable monthly in advance, provided that the full amount of the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units for the six immediately preceding months is equal to or greater than the amount of our AFFO; (ii) incentive fees equal to the difference between (1) the product of (x) 20% and (y) the difference between (I) our Core Earnings (as defined below) for the previous 12-month period, and (II) the product of (A) the weighted average of the issue price per share of our common stock of all of our public offerings multiplied by the weighted average number of all shares of common stock outstanding (including any restricted shares of common stock and other shares of common stock underlying awards granted under our equity incentive plans) in the previous 12-month period, and (B) 8.00%, and (2) the sum of any incentive fee paid to our Manager with respect to the first three calendar quarters of such previous 12-month period; provided, however, that no incentive fee is payable with respect to any calendar quarter unless Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed calendar quarters is greater than zero; (iii) an acquisition fee payable to ARC equal to 1.0% of the contract purchase price (including assumed indebtedness) of each property that we acquire which is originated by ARC; (iv) a financing fee payable to ARC equal to 0.75% of the amount available under any secured mortgage financing or refinancing that we obtain and use for the acquisition of properties that is arranged by ARC; and (v) reimbursement for all out of pocket costs actually incurred by ARC in connection with the performance of services under the acquisition and capital services agreement, including without limitation, legal fees and expenses, due diligence fees and expenses, other third party fees and expenses, costs of appraisals, travel expenses, nonrefundable option payments and deposits on properties not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance premiums and other closing costs, personnel costs and

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miscellaneous expenses relating to the selection, acquisition and due diligence of properties. See “Our Manager and ARC — Management Agreement” and “— Acquisition and Capital Services Agreement.” Also, in the future we may contract with ARC to perform property management and leasing services with respect to our properties in respect of which we will pay fees equal to 1.5% of gross revenues from such properties plus certain expense reimbursements.

Risks Related to Our Relationship with Our Manager and ARC

We are dependent on ARC and its key personnel, especially Messrs. Schorsch, Kahane, Budko, Block and Weil, who provide services to us through the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement, and we may not find a suitable replacement for our Manager and ARC if the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement is terminated, or for these key personnel if they leave ARC or otherwise become unavailable to us.

We have no separate facilities and are completely reliant on our Manager and ARC. Our chief executive officer, our president, our executive vice president and chief investment officer and our two other executive officers are executives of ARC. We do not have and do not expect to have any employees. Our Manager and ARC have significant discretion as to the implementation of our investment and operating policies and strategies. Accordingly, we believe that our success will depend to a significant extent upon the efforts, experience, diligence, skill and network of business contacts of the officers and key personnel of our Manager and ARC. The officers and key personnel of our Manager and ARC will evaluate, negotiate, close and monitor our investments; therefore, our success will depend on their continued service. The departure of any of the officers or key personnel of our Manager could have a material adverse effect on our performance and slow our future growth. We have not obtained and do not expect to obtain “key person” life insurance on any of our key personnel.

Neither our Manager nor ARC is obligated to dedicate any specific personnel exclusively to us. In addition, none of our officers or the officers of our Manager or ARC are obligated to dedicate any specific portion of their time to our business. Each of them has significant responsibilities for other investment vehicles currently managed by affiliates of ARC, including as a result of being part of the senior management or key personnel of the other eight ARC-sponsored REITs and their advisors. One of the ARC-sponsored REITs has a registration statement that is not yet effective and is in the development phase, and six of the ARC-sponsored REITs have registration statements that became effective recently. As a result, such REITs will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition and operational phases as us, which may cause conflicts of interest to arise throughout the life of our company. Additionally, based on our sponsor’s experience, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised and funds are initially being invested, and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. As a result, these individuals may not always be able to devote sufficient time to the management of our business. Further, when there are turbulent conditions in the real estate markets or distress in the credit markets, the attention of our Manager’s and ARC’s personnel and our executive officers and the resources of ARC will also be required by the other investment vehicles managed by affiliates of ARC. In such situations, we may not receive the level of support and assistance that we may receive if we were internally managed.

In addition, we offer no assurance that our Manager will remain our investment manager or that we will continue to have access to ARC to provide us with acquisition and capital services following the initial term of the acquisition and capital services agreement. The initial term of our management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement between us and ARC extends until September 6, 2021, which is the tenth anniversary of the closing of our IPO, with automatic one-year renewals thereafter of our management agreement and our acquisition and capital services agreement, subject to a 180-day prior written notice of termination period. If the management agreement is terminated or the acquisition and capital services agreement is terminated and no suitable replacement is found to provide the services needed by us under those agreements, we may not be able to execute our business plan.

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There are various conflicts of interest in our relationship with ARC and our Manager, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our stockholders.

We are subject to conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with ARC and our Manager. Specifically, Mr. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and the chairman of our board of directors, Mr. Kahane, our president and one of our directors, Mr. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Mr. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Mr. Weil, our executive vice president and secretary, are executives of ARC. Our Manager and executive officers may have conflicts between their duties to us and their duties to, and interests in, ARC and other ARC Funds. Our ability to make investments in our target assets is governed by an acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC provides that no entity controlled by ARC or its affiliates, including its principals, will sponsor or manage any public or private U.S. investment vehicle that has as its principal investment strategy to invest in net leased properties that are subject to leases that have remaining terms of less than 10 years but not less than three years other than us for so long as either Mr. Schorsch or Mr. Kahane are affiliated with our Manager and our management agreement is in effect. However, ARC and its affiliates may sponsor or manage another public or private U.S. investment vehicle that invests generally in real estate assets but not primarily in our target assets, including net leased properties.

Our board of directors has adopted a policy with respect to any proposed investments by our directors or officers or the officers of our Manager, which we refer to as the covered persons, in our target properties. This policy provides that any proposed investment by a covered person for his or her own account in any of our target properties will be permitted if the capital required for the investment does not exceed the lesser of (i) $5 million, or (ii) 1% of our total stockholders’ equity as of the most recent month end, or the personal investment limit. To the extent that a proposed investment exceeds the personal investment limit, our board of directors will only permit the covered person to make the investment (i) upon the approval of the disinterested directors, or (ii) if the proposed investment otherwise complies with terms of any other related party transaction policy our board of directors may adopt in the future. Subject to compliance with all applicable laws, these individuals may make investments for their own account in our target properties which may present certain conflicts of interest not addressed by our current policies.

We may acquire properties in geographic areas where ARC or other ARC Funds own competing properties. Also, we may acquire properties from, or sell properties to, ARC or other ARC-sponsored programs. If ARC or any one of the other ARC-sponsored programs attracts a tenant that we are competing for, we could suffer a loss of revenue due to delays in locating another suitable tenant.

We will pay our Manager and ARC substantial management fees, incentive fees, acquisition fees and financing fees and may, in the future, pay them property management fees, most of which are payable regardless of the performance of our portfolio. Our Manager’s and ARC’s entitlement to such fees, which are not based upon performance metrics or goals, might reduce their incentive to devote their time and effort to seeking investments that provide attractive risk-adjusted returns for our portfolio. Additionally, because of the payment of acquisition fees and financing fees to ARC with respect to properties acquired and financings obtained, ARC may attempt to cause us to acquire properties and incur financings in order to earn these fees. This in turn could hurt both our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and the market price of our common stock.

ARC and its affiliates, including our principals, own direct and indirect interests in 34 net leased properties containing an aggregate of 1.2 million leasable square feet. See “Business and Properties  — Excluded Properties.” The ownership of these properties may create conflicts of interest relating to the amount of attention our principals devote to our business since they may be more focused on the financial success of these excluded properties.

Concurrently with the completion of our IPO, we granted to our Manager 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the number of shares sold in our IPO. This award will vest ratably in quarterly installments over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011. Once vested, to the extent our Manager sells some of the shares, its interests may be less aligned with our interests.

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Each of the management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC was not negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and may not be as favorable to us as if each agreement had been negotiated with an unaffiliated third party and each agreement may be costly and difficult to terminate.

Our executive officers and two of our five directors are executives of ARC. Each of our management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC was negotiated between related parties and their terms, including amounts payable under each agreement and the term of each agreement, which exceeds the term of most other externally advised REITs, may not be as favorable to us as if it had been negotiated with an unaffiliated third party.

Termination of the management agreement with our Manager and the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC without cause is difficult. During the initial term of the management agreement, the management agreement may be terminated by us only for cause. Following the initial ten-year term (which commenced on September 6, 2011), the management agreement may be terminated annually upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our independent directors based upon: (1) our Manager’s unsatisfactory performance that is materially detrimental to us, or (2) a determination that the management fees payable to our Manager are not fair, subject to our Manager’s right to prevent termination based on unfair fees by accepting a reduction of management fees agreed to by at least two-thirds of our independent directors. Our Manager will be provided 180 days prior written notice of any such termination. Additionally, the acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC has a ten year term (which commenced on September 6, 2011) and then continues on a yearly basis thereafter subject to 180 days prior written notice of any termination. These provisions may adversely affect our ability to terminate our Manager and ARC without cause.

Both our Manager and ARC are only contractually committed to serve us until September 6, 2021, which is the tenth anniversary of the closing of our IPO. Thereafter, the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement are each renewable for one-year terms; provided, however, that (1) our Manager may terminate the management agreement annually upon 180 days prior written notice and (2) ARC may terminate the acquisition and capital services agreement annually upon 180 days prior written notice. If the management agreement is terminated or the acquisition and capital services agreement is terminated and, in each case, no suitable replacement is found to manage us or provide acquisition and capital services to us, we may not be able to execute our business plan.

Pursuant to each of the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement, neither our Manager nor ARC will assume any responsibility other than to render the services called for thereunder and neither will be responsible for any action of our board of directors in following or declining to follow its advice or recommendations. Each of our Manager and ARC maintains a contractual as opposed to a fiduciary relationship with us. Under the terms of the management agreement and the acquisition and capital services agreement, none of our Manager, ARC, or any of their respective officers, members or personnel, any person controlling or controlled by our Manager or ARC or any person providing sub-advisory services to our Manager or ARC will be liable to us, any subsidiary of ours, our directors, our stockholders or any subsidiary’s stockholders or partners for acts or omissions performed in accordance with and pursuant to the management agreement or the acquisition and capital services agreement, except because of acts constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of their duties under the management agreement or the acquisition and capital services agreement. In addition, we have agreed to indemnify our Manager, ARC and each of their respective officers, stockholders, members, managers, directors and personnel, any person controlling or controlled by our Manager or ARC and any person providing sub-advisory services to our Manager or ARC with respect to all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims arising from acts or omissions of our Manager or ARC not constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties, performed in good faith in accordance with and pursuant to the management agreement or the acquisition and capital services agreement.

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The incentive fee payable to our Manager under the management agreement is payable quarterly and is based on our Core Earnings and therefore, may cause our Manager to select investments in more risky assets to increase its incentive compensation.

Our Manager is entitled to receive incentive compensation based upon our achievement of targeted levels of Core Earnings. In evaluating investments and other management strategies, the opportunity to earn incentive compensation based on Core Earnings may lead our Manager to place undue emphasis on the maximization of Core Earnings at the expense of other criteria, such as preservation of capital, in order to achieve higher incentive compensation. Investments with higher yield potential are generally riskier or more speculative. This could result in increased risk to the value of our investment portfolio.

The conflicts of interest policy we have adopted may not adequately address all of the conflicts of interest that may arise with respect to our investment activities and also may limit the allocation of investments to us.

In order to avoid any actual or perceived conflicts of interest with our Manager, ARC or any of the ARC parties, we have adopted a conflicts of interest policy to specifically address some of the conflicts relating to our investment opportunities. Although under this policy the approval of a majority of our independent directors will be required to approve (i) any purchase of our assets by any of the ARC parties and (ii) any purchase by us of any assets of any of the ARC parties, there is no assurance that this policy will be adequate to address all of the conflicts that may arise or will address such conflicts in a manner that is favorable to us. In addition, as a result of the investment opportunity allocation provisions applicable to us, other ARC Funds may in the future, participate in some of our investments. Participating investments will not be the result of arm’s length negotiations and will involve potential conflicts between our interests and those of the other participating ARC Funds in obtaining favorable terms. Since our executives are also executives of ARC, the same personnel may determine the price and terms for the investments for both us and these ARC Funds and there can be no assurance that any procedural protections, such as obtaining market prices or other reliable indicators of fair market value, will prevent the consideration we pay for these investments from exceeding their fair market value or ensure that we receive terms for a particular investment opportunity that are as favorable as those available from an independent third party.

We will compete for investors with other programs of our sponsor, which could adversely affect the amount of capital we have to invest.

In addition to sponsoring this offering, ARC is currently the sponsor of eight public offerings of non-traded REIT shares, seven of which will be ongoing during our offering period. These programs all have filed registration statements for the offering of common stock and intend to elect to be taxed as REITs. Such offerings will occur concurrently with our offering, and our sponsor may sponsor other offerings during our offering period. Realty Capital Securities, our affiliated underwriter, is the dealer manager for these other offerings. We will compete for investors with these other programs, and the overlap of these offerings with our offering could adversely affect our ability to raise all the capital we seek in this offering, the timing of sales of our shares and, accordingly, the amount of proceeds that we might have available to invest in our target properties.

Risks Related to this Offering

The historical performance of the ARC Predecessor Companies may not be indicative of our future results or an investment in our common stock.

We have presented in this prospectus under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” certain information relating to the combined historical performance of the ARC Predecessor Companies. When considering this information you should bear in mind that the combined historical results of the ARC Predecessor Companies may not be indicative of the future results that you should expect from us or any investment in our common stock. In particular, our results could vary significantly from these combined historical results due to the fact that:

the ownership interests in the property subsidiaries that were contributed to us by the contributor in the formation transactions may be at values in excess of their book value and their fair market value;

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we did not benefit from any value that was created in the properties that we acquired in connection with the formation transactions prior to our acquisition;
we are operating all of the acquired properties under one ongoing company, as opposed to individual investment partnerships with defined terms;
we are operating as a public company, and, as such, our cost structure varies from the historical cost structure of the ARC Predecessor Companies;
we may not incur indebtedness at the same level relative to the value of our properties as was incurred by the ARC Predecessor Companies;
our approaches to disposition and refinancing of properties and the use of proceeds of such transactions are likely to differ from those of the ARC Predecessor Companies;
our distribution policy differs from that of the ARC Predecessor Companies;
the value realized by our stockholders will depend not only on the cash generated by our properties but also by the market price for our common stock, which may be influenced by a number of other factors;
the size and type of investments that we make as a public company, and the relative riskiness of those investments, may differ materially from those of the ARC Predecessor Companies, which could significantly impact the rates of return expected from an investment in our common stock; and
as described elsewhere in this prospectus, our future results are subject to many uncertainties and other factors that could cause our returns to be materially lower than the returns previously achieved by the ARC Predecessor Companies.

We may be unable to pay or maintain distributions, from cash available from operations or increase distributions over time.

There are many factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders. Distributions will be based principally on cash available from our operations, but we may be required to borrow funds, utilize proceeds from this offering or sell assets to fund these distributions. The amount of cash available for distributions is affected by many factors, such as our ability to buy properties, rental income from these properties and our operating expense levels, as well as many other variables. Actual cash available for distributions may vary substantially from estimates. Additionally, our ability to make distributions may be limited by our senior secured revolving credit facility, pursuant to which our distributions may not exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of our AFFO or (ii) the amount required for us to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT. We cannot assure you that we will be able to pay or maintain our anticipated level of distributions or that distributions will increase over time. We cannot give any assurance that rents from the properties we acquire will increase or that future acquisitions of real properties or other investments will increase our cash available for distributions to stockholders. Our actual results may differ significantly from the assumptions used by our board of directors in establishing the distribution rate to stockholders. We may not have sufficient cash from operations to make a distribution required to qualify for or maintain our REIT status. We may pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law. Distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties and other permitted investments. This, in turn, would reduce the value of your investment.

We may be required to reduce our distributions to stockholders following the expiration of the administrative support agreement.

Our administrative support agreement with ARC, pursuant to which ARC will pay or reimburse us for our general administrative expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees, audit fees, board of director fees, insurance, marketing and investor relation fees, until September 6, 2012, which is one year following the closing of our IPO, to the extent the amount of our AFFO is less than the amount of distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units during such period, has a one year term. Upon expiration of this agreement, we

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may not have sufficient funds available to pay distributions at the rate we had paid distributions during prior periods and may be required to reduced the rate of distributions.

Certain dividends payable on shares of the Manager’s Stock may limit our ability to pay dividends on shares of our common stock.

No dividends may be authorized, set aside or paid to the record holders of the outstanding shares of the Manager's Stock until such time that we cover the payment of cash dividends declared on shares of our common stock with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months. Following this event, to the extent any shares of Manager's Stock remain outstanding, no dividends will be paid on our common stock until the holders of Manager's Stock then outstanding have received dividends per share of Manager’s Stock equal to the cash dividends that were paid on each share of our common stock, that were not so paid on the Manager's Stock during the period in which such shares of our common stock and Manager’s Stock were outstanding. As a result, our ability to pay dividends on shares of our common stock may be limited by this restriction and holders of our common stock may not receive dividends when and in the amounts expected. This, in turn, could reduce the value of your investment.

Purchasers in this offering will experience immediate dilution in the net tangible book value of their investment.

Purchasers of our common stock in this offering will experience an immediate dilution in the net tangible book value of the common stock purchased in this offering because the price per share of common stock in this offering is substantially higher than the net tangible book value of each share of common stock outstanding immediately after this offering. Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2011 was approximately $      , or $     per share of common stock. Based on the public offering price of $     per share in this offering, if you purchase shares of common stock in this offering, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution of $     per share in the net tangible book value of the common stock.

The number of shares of our common stock available for future sale, including by ARC and other of our affiliates, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock, and future sales by us of shares of our common stock or issuances by our operating partnership of OP units may be dilutive to existing stockholders.

Sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock in the public market, or upon exchange of OP units or exercise of any equity awards, or the perception that such sales might occur could adversely affect the market price of the shares of our common stock. The exchange of OP units for common stock, the vesting of any equity-based awards granted to certain directors, executive officers and other employees or us, our Manager and ARC under our Equity Plan, the issuance of our common stock or OP units in connection with property, portfolio or business acquisitions and other issuances of our common stock or OP units could have an adverse effect on the market price of the shares of our common stock. Also, the contributor holds 310,000 OP units and our Manager holds 167,400 restricted shares, and the contributor and our Manager are party to a registration rights agreement that provides for registration rights. The exercise of these registration rights, which would require us to prepare, file and have declared effective a resale registration statement permitting the public resale of any shares issued upon redemption of such OP units, and shares of our common stock issued upon the vesting and conversion of the restricted Manager’s Stock granted to our Manager could depress the price of our common stock. The existence of these OP units and restricted shares, as well as additional OP units that may be issued in the future, equity awards, and shares of our common stock reserved for issuance as restricted shares or upon exchange of any such OP units and any related resales may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the terms upon which we may be able to obtain additional capital through the sale of equity securities. In addition, future sales by us of shares of our common stock may be dilutive to existing stockholders.

Increases in market interest rates may result in a decrease in the value of our common stock.

One of the factors that will influence the price of our common stock will be the dividend yield on our common stock (as a percentage of the price of our common stock) relative to market interest rates. An increase in market interest rates may lead prospective purchasers of our common stock to expect a higher dividend yield and, if we are unable to pay such yield, the market price of our common stock could decrease.

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The market price of our common stock could be adversely affected by our level of cash distributions.

The market’s perception of our growth potential and our current and potential future cash distributions, whether from operations, sales or refinancings, as well as the real estate market value of the underlying assets, may cause our common stock to trade at prices that differ from our net asset value per share. If we retain operating cash flow for investment purposes, working capital reserves or other purposes, these retained funds, while increasing the value of our underlying assets, may not correspondingly increase the market price of our common stock. Our failure to meet the market’s expectations with regard to future earnings and distributions likely would adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

There was no public market for our common stock prior to our IPO, which was recently completed.

Prior to the closing our IPO, which was completed on September 6, 2011, there was no public market for our common stock. Our common stock is traded on NASDAQ but the trading volume since the closing of our IPO has been limited and we cannot assure you that an active trading market will develop or be sustained. The market value of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected by general market conditions, including the extent to which an active secondary market develops for our common stock, the extent of institutional investor interest in us, the general reputation of REITs and the attractiveness of their equity securities in comparison to other equity securities (including securities issued by other real estate-based companies), our financial performance and general stock and bond market conditions. Some other factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in the price of our common stock include:

actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results;
changes in our FFO or earnings estimates;
publication of research reports about us or the real estate industry;
increases in market interest rates, which may lead purchasers of our shares to demand a higher yield;
adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness we incur in the future;
additions or departures of key personnel;
speculation in the press or investment community;
the realization of any other risk factors presented in this prospectus;
changes in accounting principles;
general market and economic conditions; and
passage of legislation or other regulatory developments that adversely affect us or our industry.

If securities analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they downgrade our common stock or our sector, the price of our common stock could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will rely in part on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. We do not control these analysts. Furthermore, if one or more of the analysts who do cover us downgrades our stock or our industry, or the stock of any of our competitors, the price of our common stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company, we could lose attention in the market, which in turn could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure

The supermajority voting requirements applicable to our board of directors in connection with our consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or our engaging in a share exchange will limit our independent directors’ ability to influence such corporate matters.

Our charter provides that we may not consolidate, merge, sell all or substantially all of our assets or engage in a share exchange, unless such actions are approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our board of directors. As a result, at least one of our directors who is also a principal of ARC will have to approve such significant corporate transactions. This concentrated control limits the ability of our independent

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directors to influence such corporate matters and could delay, deter or prevent a change of control transaction that might otherwise involve a premium for our shares of common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. As a result, our directors who are also principals of ARC may block certain transactions that our independent directors otherwise view as being in the best interests of our stockholders. Additionally, the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected because of the such imbalance of control.

Our sponsor exercised significant influence with respect to the terms of the formation transactions, including transactions in which it determined the compensation our principals ultimately received.

We did not conduct arm’s-length negotiations with our sponsor with respect to the formation transactions. In the course of structuring the formation transactions, our sponsor had the ability to influence the type and level of benefits that it, its affiliates (including our principals and our Manager) and our other officers ultimately received from us. In addition, our principals had substantial pre-existing indirect ownership interests in the property subsidiaries that we acquired in the formation transactions and received substantial economic benefits as a result of the formation transactions. In addition, our principals have certain executive management and director positions with us, our Manager and ARC, for which they will receive certain other benefits such as any profits associated with the fees earned by our Manager and ARC and equity-based awards. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Formation Transactions.”

Our charter, the partnership agreement of our operating partnership and Maryland law contain provisions that may delay or prevent a change of control transaction.

Our charter contains a 9.8% ownership limit. Our charter, subject to certain exceptions, limits any person to actual or constructive ownership of no more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock. Our board of directors, in its sole discretion and upon receipt of certain representations and undertakings, may exempt a person (prospectively or retroactively) from the ownership limits. However, our board of directors may not, among other limitations, grant an exemption from the ownership limits to any person whose ownership, direct or indirect, in excess of the 9.8% ownership limit would cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT. The ownership limits and the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock contained in our charter may delay or prevent a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. See “Description of Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

Tax protection provisions on certain properties could limit our operating flexibility.

We have agreed with the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, to indemnify it against adverse tax consequences if we were to sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the interests in the continuing properties acquired by us in the formation transactions, in a taxable transaction. However, we can sell these properties in a taxable transaction if we pay the contributor cash in the amount of its tax liabilities arising from the transaction and tax payments. These tax protection provisions apply until September 6, 2021, which is the tenth anniversary of the closing of our IPO. Although it may be in our stockholders’ best interest that we sell a property, it may be economically disadvantageous for us to do so because of these obligations. We have also agreed to make debt available for the contributor to guarantee. We agreed to these provisions in order to assist the contributor in preserving its tax position after its contribution of its interests in the continuing properties. As a result, we may be required to incur and maintain more debt than we would otherwise.

We may pursue less vigorous enforcement of certain agreements because of conflicts of interest with certain of our directors and officers.

Our principals and certain of our other executive officers and employees had indirect interests in all of the property subsidiaries that we acquired in the formation transactions, which property subsidiaries entered into the contribution agreement and other agreements with us in connection with such acquisitions. We may choose not to enforce, or to enforce less vigorously, our rights under these agreements due to our ongoing relationship with our principals and our other executive officers.

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Tax consequences to holders of OP units upon a sale or refinancing of our properties may cause the interests of our principals to differ from the interests of our other stockholders.

As a result of the unrealized built-in gain that may be attributable to one or more of the contributed properties at the time of contribution, some holders of OP units, including the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, may experience different tax consequences than holders of our common stock upon the sale or refinancing of the properties owned by our operating partnership, including disproportionately greater allocations of items of taxable income and gain upon a realization event. As those holders will not receive a correspondingly greater distribution of cash proceeds, they may have different objectives regarding the appropriate pricing, timing and other material terms of any sale or refinancing of certain properties, or whether to sell or refinance such properties at all, than those that would be in the best interests of our stockholders taken as a whole.

Our sponsor, the contributor and our principals will have significant influence over our affairs.

Our sponsor and its affiliates hold a substantial percentage of the shares of our common stock. The contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, owns 310,000 OP units, which are convertible into 310,000 shares of our common stock, our Manager, which is wholly owned by our sponsor, owns 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock, which will vest ratably in quarterly installments over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011, ARCT, an ARC-sponsored non-traded REIT for which Mr. Schorsch is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board and Mr. Kahane is the president, chief operating officer and treasurer and whose advisor is wholly owned by our sponsor, owns 282,000 shares of our common stock, and our sponsor owns 1,043,478 shares of our common stock. Upon completion of this offering, (i) the contributor will own 3.3% of our operating partnership’s outstanding OP units, or approximately 3.3% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, (ii) our Manager will own approximately 1.9% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, (iii) ARCT will own approximately 3.0% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis and (iv) our sponsor will own approximately 11.6% of our outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis. If the contributor exercises its redemption rights with respect to its OP units and we issue common stock in exchange therefor, and all of the restricted shares granted to our Manager vest, our sponsor, through its ownership of our common stock, affiliation with the contributor, ownership and control of our Manager and control of ARCT, will own collectively approximately 19.5% of our common stock on a fully diluted basis. In such an instance, our sponsor will have influence over our affairs and could exercise such influence in a manner that is not in the best interests of our other stockholders, including by attempting to delay, defer or prevent a change of control transaction that might otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. In addition, our two principals serve on our board of directors. These indicia of control are in addition to the control our sponsor, our executive officers, who also are members of our sponsor, and our principals will have over our affairs attributable to their direct and indirect ownership interests in our Manager.

We are a holding company with no direct operations. As a result, we will rely on funds received from our operating partnership to pay liabilities and dividends, our stockholders’ claims will be structurally subordinated to all liabilities of our operating partnership and our stockholders will not have any voting rights with respect to our operating partnership’s activities, including the issuance of additional OP units.

We are a holding company and will conduct all of our operations through our operating partnership. We do not have, apart from our ownership of our operating partnership, any independent operations. As a result, we will rely on distributions from our operating partnership to pay any dividends we might declare on shares of our common stock. We will also rely on distributions from our operating partnership to meet any of our obligations, including tax liability on taxable income allocated to us from our operating partnership (which might make distributions to the company not equal to the tax on such allocated taxable income).

In addition, because we are a holding company, stockholders’ claims will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations (whether or not for borrowed money) of our operating partnership and its subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization, claims of our stockholders will be satisfied only after all of our and our operating partnership’s and its subsidiaries’ liabilities and obligations have been paid in full.

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After giving effect to this offering, we will own approximately 96.7% of the OP units in our operating partnership. However, our operating partnership may issue additional OP units in the future. Such issuances could reduce our ownership percentage in our operating partnership. Because our common stockholders will not directly own any OP units, they will not have any voting rights with respect to any such issuances or other partnership level activities of our operating partnership.

Our board of directors may create and issue a class or series of common or preferred stock without stockholder approval.

Our board of directors is empowered under our charter to amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of our stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have authority to issue, to designate and issue from time to time one or more classes or series of stock and to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of our common stock or preferred stock without stockholder approval. Our board of directors may determine the relative preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of stock issued. As a result, we may issue series or classes of stock with voting rights, rights to distributions or other rights, senior to the rights of holders of our common stock. The issuance of any such stock could also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control transaction that might otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Certain provisions in the partnership agreement of our operating partnership may delay or prevent unsolicited acquisitions of us.

Provisions in the partnership agreement of our operating partnership may delay or make more difficult unsolicited acquisitions of us or changes in our control. These provisions could discourage third parties from making proposals involving an unsolicited acquisition of us or change of our control, although some stockholders might consider such proposals, if made, desirable. These provisions include, among others:

redemption rights of qualifying parties;
transfer restrictions on the OP units;
the ability of the general partner in some cases to amend the partnership agreement without the consent of the limited partners;
the right of the limited partners to consent to transfers of the general partnership interest of the general partner and mergers or consolidations of our company under specified limited circumstances; and
restrictions relating to our qualification as a REIT under the Code.

Our charter and bylaws and the partnership agreement of our operating partnership also contain other provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. See “Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws — Removal of Directors,” “— Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business” and “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.”

Certain rights which are reserved to our stockholders may allow third parties to enter into business combinations with us that are not in the best interest of the stockholders, without negotiating with our board of directors.

Certain provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or the MGCL, may have the effect of requiring a third party seeking to acquire us to negotiate with our board of directors, including:

“business combination” provisions that, subject to limitations, prohibit certain business combinations between us and an “interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or associate of our company who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our then outstanding stock) or an affiliate

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of an interested stockholder for five years after the most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, and thereafter imposes special appraisal rights and stockholder supermajority voting requirements on these combinations; and
“control share” provisions that provide that “control shares” of our company (defined as shares which, when aggregated with other shares controlled by the stockholder (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), entitle the stockholder to exercise one of three increasing ranges of voting power in electing directors) acquired in a “control share acquisition” (defined as the direct or indirect acquisition of ownership or control of issued and outstanding “control shares”) have no voting rights except to the extent approved by our stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all interested shares.

As permitted by the MGCL, our board of directors has by resolution exempted business combinations (1) between us and any person, provided that such business combination is first approved by our board of directors (including a majority of directors who are not affiliates or associates of such person) and (2) between us and our sponsor, our Manager, our operating partnership or any of their respective affiliates. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the supermajority vote requirements will not apply to such business combinations. As a result, any person described above may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders without compliance by us with the supermajority vote requirements and other provisions of the statute. This resolution, however, may be altered or repealed in whole or in part at any time by our board of directors. If this resolution is repealed, or our board of directors does not otherwise approve a business combination with a person other than our sponsor, our Manager, our operating partnership or any of their respective affiliates, the statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.

Pursuant to a provision in our bylaws, we have opted out of the control share provisions of the MGCL. However, we may, by amendment to our bylaws, opt in to the control shares provisions of the MGCL in the future.

Additionally, Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the MGCL permits our board of directors, without stockholder approval and regardless of what is currently provided in our charter or bylaws, to implement certain takeover defenses, such as a classified board, some of which we do not yet have. These provisions may have the effect of inhibiting a third-party from making an acquisition proposal for us or of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us under the circumstances that otherwise could provide our common stockholders with the opportunity to realize a premium over the then current market price. See “Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws — Business Combinations, “— Control Share Acquisitions,” and “Policies with Respect to Certain Activities — Other Policies.”

Our fiduciary duties as sole general partner of our operating partnership could create conflicts of interest.

We are the sole general partner of our operating partnership, and, as such, will have fiduciary duties to our operating partnership and the limited partners in the operating partnership, the discharge of which may conflict with the interests of our stockholders. The limited partnership agreement of our operating partnership provides that, in the event of a conflict between the duties owed by our directors to our company and the duties that we owe, in our capacity as the sole general partner of our operating partnership, to such limited partners, our directors are under no obligation to give priority to the interests of such limited partners. In addition, those persons holding OP units will have the right to vote on certain amendments to the limited partnership agreement (which require approval by a majority in interest of the limited partners, including us) and individually to approve certain amendments that would adversely affect their rights, as well as the right to vote on mergers and consolidations of us in our capacity as sole general partner of the operating partnership in certain limited circumstances. These voting rights may be exercised in a manner that conflicts with the interests of our stockholders. For example, we cannot adversely affect the limited partners’ rights to receive distributions, as set forth in the limited partnership agreement, without their consent, even though modifying such rights might be in the best interest of our stockholders generally.

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We have never operated as a REIT and have only recently begun operating as a public company and, therefore, we cannot assure you that we will successfully and profitably operate our business in compliance with the regulatory requirements applicable to REITs and to public companies.

We have not previously operated as a REIT and have only operated as a public company beginning the date of the closing of our IPO on September 6, 2011. In addition, certain members of our board of directors and certain of our executive officers have no experience in operating a publicly-traded REIT that is traded on a securities exchange. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully operate our company as a REIT or a publicly-traded company, including satisfying the requirements to timely meet disclosure requirements and complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including implementing effective internal controls. Failure to maintain our qualification as a REIT or comply with other regulatory requirements would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders.

Our board of directors may change significant corporate policies without stockholder approval.

Our investment, financing, borrowing and dividend policies and our policies with respect to other activities, including growth, debt, capitalization and operations, will be determined by our board of directors. These policies may be amended or revised at any time and from time to time at the discretion of the board of directors without a vote of our stockholders. See “Policies with Respect to Certain Activities.” In addition, the board of directors may change our policies with respect to conflicts of interest provided that such changes are consistent with applicable legal requirements. A change in these policies could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to make distributions to our stockholders.

We are highly dependent on information systems of ARC and systems failures could significantly disrupt our business, which may, in turn, negatively affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to pay dividends.

Our business is highly dependent on communications and information systems of ARC. Any failure or interruption of ARC’s systems could cause delays or other problems in our securities trading activities, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and negatively affect the market price of our common stock and our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks

Our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax, and would adversely affect our operations and the market price of our common stock.

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. However, we may terminate our REIT qualification, if our board of directors determines that not qualifying as a REIT is in the best interests of our stockholders, or inadvertently. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. We currently intend to structure our activities in a manner designed to satisfy all of the requirements for qualification as a REIT. However, the REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex and interpretation of the U.S. federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT is limited. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will be successful in operating so we can qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests depends on our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent appraisals. Our compliance with the REIT income or quarterly asset requirements also depends on our ability to successfully manage the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, if certain of our operations were to be recharacterized by the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, such recharacterization could jeopardize our ability to satisfy all of the requirements for qualification as a REIT. Furthermore, future legislative, judicial or administrative change to the U.S. federal income tax laws could be applied retroactively, which could result in our disqualification as a REIT.

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If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year of losing our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of the additional tax liability. In addition, distributions to stockholders would no longer qualify for the dividends paid deduction, and we would no longer be required to make distributions. If this occurs, we might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.

Even if we qualify as a REIT, in certain circumstances, we may incur tax liabilities that would reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

Even if we qualify as a REIT, we may be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. For example, net income from the sale of properties that are “dealer” properties sold by a REIT (a “prohibited transaction” under the Code) will be subject to a 100% tax. We may not make sufficient distributions to avoid excise taxes applicable to REITs. We also may decide to retain net capital gain we earn from the sale or other disposition of our property and pay U.S. federal income tax directly on such income. In that event, our stockholders would be treated as if they earned that income and paid the tax on it directly. However, stockholders that are tax-exempt, such as charities or qualified pension plans, would have no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax liability unless they file U.S. federal income tax returns and thereon seek a refund of such tax. We also may be subject to state and local taxes on our income or property, including franchise, payroll and transfer taxes, either directly or at the level of our operating partnership or at the level of the other companies through which we indirectly own our assets, such as TRSs, which are subject to full U.S. federal, state, local and foreign corporate-level income taxes. Any taxes we pay directly or indirectly will reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

To qualify as a REIT we must meet annual distribution requirements, which may force us to forgo otherwise attractive opportunities or borrow funds during unfavorable market conditions. This could delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce your overall return.

In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our undistributed taxable income and net capital gain and to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on any amount by which distributions we pay with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (a) 85% of our ordinary income, (b) 95% of our capital gain net income and (c) 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. These requirements could cause us to distribute amounts that otherwise would be spent on investments in real estate assets and it is possible that we might be required to borrow funds, possibly at unfavorable rates, or sell assets to fund these distributions. Although we intend to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings while we qualify as a REIT, it is possible that we might not always be able to do so.

Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to the prohibited transaction tax, which could reduce the return on your investment.

For so long as we qualify as a REIT, our ability to dispose of property during the first few years following acquisition may be restricted to a substantial extent as a result of our REIT qualification. Under applicable provisions of the Code regarding prohibited transactions by REITs, while we qualify as a REIT, we will be subject to a 100% penalty tax on any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of any property (other than foreclosure property) that we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding our TRSs, that is deemed to be inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of trade or business. Whether property is inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business depends on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each property. While we qualify as a REIT, we intend to avoid the 100% prohibited transaction tax by (a) conducting activities that may otherwise be considered prohibited

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transactions through a TRS (but such TRS will incur income taxes), (b) conducting our operations in such a manner so that no sale or other disposition of an asset we own, directly or through any subsidiary, will be treated as a prohibited transaction or (c) structuring certain dispositions of our properties to comply with a prohibited transaction safe harbor available under the Code for properties held for at least two years. However, despite our present intention, no assurance can be given that any particular property we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding our TRSs, will not be treated as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. Our two TRS Properties will be held in a TRS because we are contemplating various strategies including selling them as a means of maximizing our value from those properties.

Our TRSs are subject to corporate-level taxes and our dealings with our TRSs may be subject to 100% excise tax.

A REIT may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more TRSs. Both the subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a TRS. A corporation of which a TRS directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value of the stock will automatically be treated as a TRS. Overall, no more than 25% of the value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more TRSs.

A TRS may hold assets and earn income that would not be qualifying assets or income if held or earned directly by a REIT, including gross income from operations pursuant to management contracts. We may use TRSs generally to hold properties for sale in the ordinary course of business or to hold assets or conduct activities that we cannot conduct directly as a REIT. Our TRSs will be subject to applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax on its taxable income. In addition, the rules, which are applicable to us, also impose a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

If our operating partnership failed to qualify as a partnership or is not otherwise disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we would cease to qualify as a REIT.

We intend to maintain the status of our operating partnership as a partnership or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, if the IRS were to successfully challenge the status of our operating partnership as a partnership or disregarded entity for such purposes, it would be taxable as a corporation. In such event, this would reduce the amount of distributions that our operating partnership could make to us. This also would also result in our failing to qualify as a REIT, and becoming subject to a corporate level tax on our income. This substantially would reduce our cash available to pay distributions and the yield on your investment. In addition, if any of the partnerships or limited liability companies through which our operating partnership owns its properties, in whole or in part, loses its characterization as a partnership and is otherwise not disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it would be subject to taxation as a corporation, thereby reducing distributions to the operating partnership. Such a recharacterization of an underlying property owner could also threaten our ability to maintain our REIT qualification.

We may choose to make distributions in our own stock, in which case you may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes in excess of the cash dividends you receive.

In connection with our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. In order to satisfy this requirement, we may distribute taxable dividends that are payable in cash and shares of our common stock at the election of each stockholder. Under IRS Revenue Procedure 2010-12, up to 90% of any such taxable dividend with respect to the taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2011 could be payable in our common stock. Taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. stockholders may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash dividends received. Accordingly, U.S. stockholders receiving a distribution of our shares may be required to sell shares received in such distribution or may be required to sell other stock or assets owned by them, at a time that may be disadvantageous, in order to satisfy any tax imposed on such distribution. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock

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that it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to certain non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock, by withholding or disposing of part of the shares in such distribution and using the proceeds of such disposition to satisfy the withholding tax imposed. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends, such sale may put downward pressure on the trading price of our common stock.

Further, while Revenue Procedure 2010-12 applies only to taxable dividends payable by us in a combination of cash and stock with respect to the taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2011, and it is unclear whether and to what extent we will be able to pay taxable dividends in cash and stock in later years. Moreover, various tax aspects of such a taxable cash/stock dividend are uncertain and have not yet been addressed by the IRS. No assurance can be given that the IRS will not impose additional requirements in the future with respect to taxable cash/stock dividends, including on a retroactive basis, or assert that the requirements for such taxable cash/stock dividends have not been met.

The taxation of distributions to our stockholders can be complex; however, distributions that we make to our stockholders generally will be taxable as ordinary income.

Distributions that we make to our taxable stockholders out of current and accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends, or, for tax years beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) generally will be taxable as ordinary income. However, a portion of our distributions may (1) be designated by us as capital gain dividends generally taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent that they are attributable to net capital gain recognized by us, (2) be designated by us, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, as qualified dividend income generally to the extent they are attributable to dividends we receive from our TRSs, or (3) constitute a return of capital generally to the extent that they exceed our accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A return of capital is not taxable, but has the effect of reducing the basis of a stockholder’s investment in our common stock.

Dividends payable by REITs generally do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends.

The maximum tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income payable to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts and estates has been reduced to 15% for tax years beginning before January 1, 2013. Dividends payable by REITs, however, generally are not eligible for the reduced rates. Although this legislation does not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or dividends payable by REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate qualified dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts and estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of REITs, including our common stock.

If we were considered to actually or constructively pay a “preferential dividend” to certain of our stockholders, our status as a REIT could be adversely affected.

In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. Currently, there is uncertainty as to the IRS’s position regarding whether certain arrangements that REITs have with their stockholders could give rise to the inadvertent payment of a preferential dividend (e.g., the pricing methodology for stock purchased under a distribution reinvestment plan inadvertently causing a greater than 5% discount on the price of such stock purchased). There is no de minimis exception with respect to preferential dividends; therefore, if the IRS were to take the position that we inadvertently paid a preferential

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dividend, we may be deemed to have failed the 90% distribution test, and our status as a REIT could be terminated for the year in which such determination is made if we were unable to cure such failure. While we believe that our operations have been structured in such a manner that we will not be treated as inadvertently paying preferential dividends, we can provide no assurance to this effect.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.

The REIT provisions of the Code may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities. Any income from a hedging transaction we enter into to manage risk of interest rate changes, price changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets, if properly identified under applicable Treasury Regulations, does not constitute “gross income” for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions will likely be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both of the gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we may need to limit our use of advantageous hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a TRS. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our TRSs would be subject to tax on gains or expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, losses in a TRS generally will not provide any tax benefit, except for being carried forward against future taxable income of such TRS.

Complying with REIT requirements may force us to forgo and/or liquidate otherwise attractive investment opportunities.

To qualify as a REIT, we must ensure that we meet the REIT gross income tests annually and that at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash items, government securities and qualified REIT real estate assets, including certain mortgage loans and certain kinds of mortgage-related securities. The remainder of our investment in securities (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) generally cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. In addition, in general, no more than 5% of the value of our assets (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) can consist of the securities of any one issuer, and no more than 25% of the value of our total securities can be represented by securities of one or more TRSs. If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate assets from our portfolio or not make otherwise attractive investments in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.

The ability of our board of directors to revoke our REIT qualification without stockholder approval may subject us to U.S. federal income tax and reduce distributions to our stockholders.

Our charter provides that our board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without the approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT. While we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we may not elect to be treated as a REIT or may terminate our REIT election if we determine that qualifying as a REIT is no longer in the best interests of our stockholders. If we cease to be a REIT, we would become subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income and would no longer be required to distribute most of our taxable income to our stockholders, which may have adverse consequences on our total return to our stockholders and on the market price of our common stock.

We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating flexibility and reduce the market price of our common stock.

In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made in the provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws applicable to investments similar to an investment in shares of our common stock. Additional changes to the tax laws are likely to continue to occur, and we cannot assure you that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. Any such changes could have an

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adverse effect on an investment in our shares or on the market value or the resale potential of our assets. You are urged to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the impact of recent legislation on your investment in our shares and the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our shares. You also should note that our counsel’s tax opinion is based upon existing law, applicable as of the date of its opinion, all of which will be subject to change, either prospectively or retroactively.

Although REITs generally receive better tax treatment than entities taxed as regular corporations, it is possible that future legislation would result in a REIT having fewer tax advantages, and it could become more advantageous for a company that invests in real estate to elect to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a corporation. As a result, our charter provides our board of directors with the power, under certain circumstances, to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election and cause us to be taxed as a regular corporation, without the vote of our stockholders. Our board of directors has fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders and could only cause such changes in our tax treatment if it determines in good faith that such changes are in the best interest of our stockholders.

The share ownership restrictions of the Code for REITs and the 9.8% share ownership limit in our charter may inhibit market activity in our shares of stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.

In order to qualify as a REIT, five or fewer individuals, as defined in the Code, may not own, actually or constructively, more than 50% in value of our issued and outstanding shares of stock at any time during the last half of a taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. Attribution rules in the Code determine if any individual or entity actually or constructively owns our shares of stock under this requirement. Additionally, at least 100 persons must beneficially own our shares of stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year for each taxable year after December 31, 2011. To help insure that we meet these tests, among other purposes, our charter restricts the acquisition and ownership of our shares of stock.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT while we so qualify. Unless exempted by our board of directors, for so long as we qualify as a REIT, our charter prohibits, among other limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, any person from beneficially or constructively owning (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock. Our board of directors may not grant an exemption from these restrictions to any proposed transferee whose ownership in excess of the 9.8% ownership limit would result in the termination of our qualification as a REIT. These restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply, however, if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.

These ownership limits could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of the stockholders.

Non-U.S. stockholders will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax and may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on distributions received from us and upon the disposition of our shares.

Subject to certain exceptions, distributions received from us will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends ordinarily will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the distributions are treated as “effectively connected” with the conduct by the non-U.S. stockholder of a U.S. trade or business. Pursuant to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, or FIRPTA, capital gain distributions attributable to sales or exchanges of “U.S. real property interests,” or USRPIs, generally will be taxed to a non-U.S. stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. However, a capital gain dividend will not be treated as effectively connected income if (a) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the United States; and (b) the non-U.S. stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of our stock at any time during the one year period ending on the date the distribution is received. We anticipate that our shares will be “regularly traded” on an established securities market for the foreseeable

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future, although, no assurance can be given that this will be the case. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders.”

Gain recognized by a non-U.S. stockholder upon the sale or exchange of our common stock generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless such stock constitutes a USRPI under FIRPTA. Our common stock will not constitute a USRPI so long as we are a “domestically-controlled qualified investment entity.” A domestically-controlled qualified investment entity includes a REIT if at all times during a specified testing period, less than 50% in value of such REIT’s stock is held directly or indirectly by non-U.S. stockholders. We believe, but cannot assure you, that we will be a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity, and because our common stock will be publicly traded, no assurance can be given that we will be a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity.

Even if we do not qualify as a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity at the time a non-U.S. stockholder sells or exchanges our common stock, gain arising from such a sale or exchange would not be subject to U.S. taxation under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI if: (a) our common stock is “regularly traded,” as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market, and (b) such non-U.S. stockholder owned, actually and constructively, 5% or less of our common stock at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders — Sale of Shares.” We encourage you to consult your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences applicable to you if you are a non-U.S. stockholder. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders.”

Potential characterization of distributions or gain on sale may be treated as unrelated business taxable income to tax-exempt investors.

If (a) we are a “pension-held REIT,” (b) a tax-exempt stockholder has incurred debt to purchase or hold our common stock, or (c) a holder of common stock is a certain type of tax-exempt stockholder, dividends on, and gains recognized on the sale of, common stock by such tax-exempt stockholder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax as unrelated business taxable income under the Code.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “anticipates” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Statements regarding the following subjects may be impacted by a number of risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements:

our use of the proceeds of this offering;
our business and investment strategy;
our ability to renew leases as they expire;
the performance and economic condition of our tenants;
our ability to make additional investments in a timely manner or on acceptable terms;
current credit market conditions and our ability to obtain long-term financing for our property investments in a timely manner and on terms that are consistent with what we project when we invest in the property;
the effect of general market, real estate market, economic and political conditions, including the recent economic slowdown and dislocation in the global credit markets;
our ability to make scheduled payments on our debt obligations;
our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to make distributions to our stockholders;
the degree and nature of our competition;
the availability of qualified personnel;
our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT; and
other subjects referenced in this prospectus, including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors.”

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus reflect our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these risks before you make an investment decision with respect to our common stock.

For more information regarding risks that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors.” We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $    million (or approximately $    if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and estimated expenses of the offering, assuming a public offering price of $    per share (which was the last reported sale price of our common stock on NASDAQ on            , 2011). We will contribute the net proceeds of this offering to our operating partnership in exchange for OP units, and following such contribution will own 96.7% of the OP units (or 96.8% of the OP units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). The operating partnership intends to use such net proceeds as follows: (i) approximately $15.8 million to pay approximately 75.9% of the cash part of the purchase price of the proposed property acquisitions and (ii) the remainder for general working capital purposes.

Pending the use of the net proceeds, we intend to invest the net proceeds in interest-bearing, short-term investment-grade securities, money-market accounts or other investments which are consistent with our intention to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

We do not intend to use any of the net proceeds from the offering to fund distributions to our stockholders, but to the extent we use the net proceeds to fund distributions, these payments will be treated as a return of capital to our stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table presents capitalization information as of June 30, 2011 on (1) a historical basis for the ARC Predecessor Companies, and (2) a pro forma as adjusted basis for our company taking into account both the formation transactions and our IPO and assuming completion of this offering and the use of net proceeds from this offering as described in “Use of Proceeds.”

You should read this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds,” “Selected Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and the more detailed information contained in the ARC Predecessor Companies’ combined financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

   
  Historical ARC Predecessor Companies   Pro Forma American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
     As of June 30, 2011
     (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
Mortgages and notes payable   $ 127,098     $  
Stockholders’/members’ (deficit) equity:
 
Members’ (deficit)     (15,631 )          
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 240,000,000 shares authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding, actual, 7,056,400 shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis(1)               
Additional paid-in capital               
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. equity     (15,631 )          
Noncontrolling interests               
Total equity     (15,631 )          
Total capitalization   $ 111,458     $  

(1) The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering assumes that all of the shares offering hereby are sold and is based on 5,580,000 shares of common stock outstanding on           , 2011. Includes (a) an aggregate of 9,000 shares of our common stock granted to our three independent directors that are subject to certain vesting restrictions, and (b) 167,400 shares of our common stock that are issuable upon conversion of an equal number of shares of Manager’s Stock, which are subject to certain vesting restrictions. Excludes (a) an aggregate of 679,000 shares of common stock which are reserved but unissued under our Equity Plan and our Director Stock Plan and (b) 195,000 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

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DILUTION

Purchasers of our common stock offered by this prospectus will experience dilution to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share and the tangible net book value per share. On a pro forma basis at June 30, 2011, after giving effect to the receipt by us of the net proceeds from this offering, the deduction of the underwriting discounts and commissions, and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma tangible net book value would have been $    million or $    per share of common stock. This would represent an increase in pro forma tangible net book value attributable to the sale of shares of common stock to new investors of     million or $    per share and an immediate dilution in pro forma tangible net book value of $    per share from the assumed public offering price of $    per share (which was the last reported sale price of our common stock on NASDAQ on              , 2011). The following table(1) illustrates this per share dilution:

 
Assumed public offering price per share   $  
Tangible net book value per share as of June 30, 2011, before this offering         
Increase in pro forma tangible net book value per share attributable to this offering         
Net increase in pro forma net book value per share attributable to this offering
        
Pro forma tangible net book value per share after this offering      
Dilution in pro forma tangible net book value per share to new investors(2)   $  

(1) Excludes (a) an aggregate of 9,000 shares of our common granted to our three independent directors concurrently with the completion of our IPO, which will vest ratably in annual installments over a five-year period beginning on September 6, 2012, subject to the director’s continued service on our board of directors, (b) 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock granted to our Manager concurrently with the completion of our IPO, which will vest ratably in quarterly installments over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011, (c) an aggregate of 679,000 shares of common stock which are reserved but unissued under our Equity Plan and our Director Stock Plan and (d) 195,000 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
(2) Assuming all the restricted shares granted to our three independent directors had vested on June 30, 2011, new investors would have experienced additional dilution of $    per share attributable to such restricted shares. Assuming all the restricted shares granted to our Manager had vested on June 30, 2011, new investors would have experienced additional dilution of $    per share attributable to such restricted shares. Assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, new investors would have experienced additional dilution of $    per share attributable to such additional shares. Assuming all the restricted shares granted to our three independent directors and our Manager vested on June 30, 2011, and the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option in full, new investors would have experienced additional dilution of $    per share attributable to such restricted and additional shares.

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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

Our common stock began trading on NASDAQ on September 7, 2011 under the symbol “ARCP.'' On           , 2011, the last reported sale price per share of our common stock on NASDAQ was $    and there were     holders of record of our common stock. The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low closing sale prices per share of our common stock reported on NASDAQ and the cash distribution declared per share by us with respect to such period.

     
  Price Range   Cash Dividends
Declared
Per Share
2011   High   Low   2011
Third Quarter, from September 7, 2011  
     $         $         $ 0.0729 (1) 

(1) Represents the monthly dividend rate based on the company’s declared annual dividend rate of $0.875 per share, or approximately 7.0% based on the sales price of $12.50 per share in our IPO. The dividends will be payable monthly, beginning in October 2011, on the fifteenth day of each month to stockholders of record at the close of business on the eighth day of such month.

We intend to maintain our initial dividend rate until at least September 2012 (12 dividend periods since the closing of our IPO) unless actual results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ materially from the assumptions used in our estimate. Our ability to make distributions may be limited by our senior secured revolving credit facility, pursuant to which our distributions may not exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of our AFFO or (ii) the amount required for us to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT.

It is possible that our distributions may exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, a portion of our distributions may represent a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Stockholders” for more information.

United States federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually to its stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain, and that it in general pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its net taxable income, including net capital gain. For more information, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations-Annual Distribution Requirements.” Although we anticipate that our cash available for distribution will exceed the annual distribution requirements applicable to REITs, under some circumstances we may be required to borrow funds, utilize net proceeds of this offering, liquidate otherwise attractive investments or make taxable distributions of our stock or other property in order to meet these distribution requirements.

Distributions that you receive (not designated as capital gain dividends, or, for the taxable year beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) will be taxed as ordinary income to the extent they are paid from our earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes). However, distributions that we designate as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable as long-term capital gain to our stockholders to the extent that they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year. Some portion of your distributions may not be subject to tax in the year in which they are received because depreciation expense reduces the amount of taxable income, but does not reduce cash available for distribution. The portion of your distribution which is not designated as a capital gain dividend and is in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits is considered a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will reduce the adjusted tax basis of your investment, but not below zero, deferring such portion of your tax until your investment is sold or our company is liquidated, at which time you will be taxed at capital gains rates. To the extent such portion of your distribution exceeds the adjusted tax basis of your investment, such excess will be treated as capital gain if you hold your shares of common stock as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Please note that each stockholder’s tax considerations are

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different, therefore, you should consult with your own tax advisor and financial planners prior to making an investment in our shares. You also should review the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

We cannot assure you that our estimated distributions will be made or sustained. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Any distributions we pay in the future will depend upon our actual results of operations, economic conditions and other factors that could differ materially from our current expectations. Our actual results of operations will be affected by a number of factors, including the revenue we receive from our properties, our operating expenses, interest expense, our occupancy levels, the ability of our tenants to meet their obligations and unanticipated expenditures. For more information regarding risk factors that could materially adversely affect our actual results of operations, see “Risk Factors.” If our properties do not generate sufficient cash flow to allow cash to be distributed by us, we may be required to fund distributions from working capital, borrowings, the net proceeds of this offering or reduce such distributions. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to this Offering — We may be unable to pay or maintain distributions from cash available from operations or increase distributions over time.”

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth summary financial and operating data on a pro forma basis for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and on a historical basis for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and the ARC Predecessor Companies.

You should read the following summary of historical and pro forma financial data in conjunction with “Selected Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, and the combined financial statements and related notes of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and the ARC Predecessor Companies included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet data is presented as if our IPO, the formation transactions, this offering and the proposed property acquisitions all had occurred on the balance sheet date, and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of operations and other data for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, is presented as if our IPO, the formation transactions, this offering and the proposed property acquisitions all had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements are presented based on the carryover basis of accounting as required by GAAP and include the effects of the contribution of the entities included in the ARC Predecessor Companies, a combination of entities that are under common management by the principals of ARC.

Our unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements are presented as if the contribution of the membership interests of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. As a result, we measured the recognized assets and liabilities transferred at their historical cost at the date of transfer. All material intercompany balances have been eliminated in the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been as of and for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to represent our future financial position or results of operations.

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(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

           
  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Pro forma(1)
  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies(2)
     Six Months Ended June 30,   Year ended December 31,   Six Months Ended June 30,   Year Ended December 31,   Period Ending December 31,
     2011   2010   2011   2010   2009   2008
Revenues:
                                                     
Rental income   $ 4,518     $ 9,102     $ 4,518     $ 9,145     $ 5,683     $ 1,337  
Operating expense reimbursement                             5        
Total revenues     4,518       9,102       4,518       9,145       5,688       1,337  
Operating expenses:
                                                     
Management fee     150       300                          
Acquisition and transaction related                       10       3,705        
Property, general and administrative     133       346       133       346       77       5  
Depreciation and amortization     2,715       5,385       2,715       5,386       3,731       909  
Total operating expenses     2,998       6,031       2,848       5,742       7,513       914  
Operating income (loss)     1,520       3,071       1,670       3,403       (1,825 )      423  
Other income (expense):
                                                     
Interest expense     (1,390 )      (2,850 )      (5,245 )      (10,805 )      (6,963 )      (1,608 ) 
Interest income                             17       3  
Other income                       100              
Total other income (expense)     (1,390 )      (2,850 )      (5,245 )      (10,705 )      (6,946 )      (1,605 ) 
Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interest adjustment     130       221       (3,575 )      (7,302 )      (8,771 )      (1,182 ) 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest holders     (7 )      (12 )                         
Net income (loss) attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ 123     $ 209     $ (3,575 )    $ (7,302 )    $ (8,771 )    $ (1,182 ) 
Per Share Data:
                                                     
Weighted average shares outstanding     5,580       5,580                          
Income per share basic and fully diluted   $ 0.02     $ 0.04                          

(1) Pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the explanatory information and notes to the pro forma financial statements elsewhere in this prospectus.
(2) Historical financial information for the ARC Predecessor Companies (i) with respect to our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010, the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2008 and (ii) with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010, and the period from September 8, 2009 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2009.

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Amounts in thousands

           
  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Pro forma(1)
  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies
     June 30,   December 31,   June 30,   December 31,
     2011   2010   2011   2010   2009   2008
Assets
                                                     
Real estate investments, at cost:
                                                     
Land   $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 8,121  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     97,262       97,262       97,262       97,262       97,262       46,019  
Acquired intangible lease assets     7,605       7,605       7,605       7,605       7,605       2,038  
Total real estate investments, at cost     122,213       122,213       122,213       122,213       122,213       56,178  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (12,701 )      (10,008 )      (12,701 )      (10,008 )      (4,641 )      (909 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     109,512       112,205       109,512       112,205       117,572       55,269  
Cash and cash equivalents     1,765       1,676       704       614       923       315  
Restricted cash                             3,561        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     1,301       688       1,301       688       246       85  
Deferred offering costs                 1,784       279              
Deferred financing costs, net     1,624       2,067       1,425       2,266       3,422       1,537  
Total assets   $ 114,202     $ 116,636     $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  
Liabilities and Equity/Deficiency
                                                     
Mortgage notes payable   $ 65,350     $ 65,350     $ 96,472     $ 96,472     $ 97,557     $ 45,356  
Long-term notes payable                 30,626       30,626       30,780       10,681  
Due to affiliates                             845       322  
Due to seller                             2,069        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     801       747       2,585       1,026       1,008       643  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     674       674       674       674       579       319  
Total liabilities     66,825       66,771       130,357       128,798       132,838       57,321  
Member’s deficiency                 (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Preferred stock                                    
Common stock     56       56                          
Additional paid in capital     43,446       45,934                          
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. equity     43,502       45,990       (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Noncontrolling interests     3,875       3,875                          
Total liabilities and equity   $ 114,202     $ 116,636     $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  

(1) Pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the explanatory information and notes to the pro forma financial statements elsewhere in this prospectus.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis is based on, and should be read in conjunction with, the audited financial statements and notes thereto of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and the ARC Predecessor Companies for the periods ended June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 and the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. For more information regarding these companies, see “Selected Financial Data.” All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the financial statements discussed below.

Overview

We are a Maryland corporation that was formed to own and acquire single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. We were formed to continue and expand ARC’s business of investing in these types of properties. Historically, our predecessor’s participation in net lease transactions has included investing in net leased properties where a significant portion of the terms of the leases have lapsed, leaving remaining lease terms of typically three to eight years.

We are externally managed and advised by our Manager pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. We also rely on our sponsor for certain acquisition and debt capital services pursuant to the terms of an acquisition and capital services agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, William M. Kahane, our president, chief operating officer and one of our directors, Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our executive vice president and secretary. Our Manager is an affiliate of ARC, a privately held vertically integrated real estate company founded and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Since its inception in 2006, and through June 30, 2011, ARC has originated, structured and closed over $1.9 billion in net lease transactions, involving more than 450 properties with more than 50 credit tenants.

Our principal business objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted investment returns by assembling a high-quality well located portfolio of net leased properties diversified by tenant, industry, geography and lease duration. We intend to pursue a fully-integrated origination and investment approach that will allow us to maximize cash flow and achieve sustainable long-term growth in FFO, thereby maximizing total return to our stockholders. We plan to expand our existing medium-term net lease business and create a diversified portfolio of medium-term net leased properties.

We rely on leverage to allow us to invest in a greater number of assets and enhance our asset returns. Our pro forma overall portfolio leverage, defined as secured mortgage notes payable as a percentage of total real estate investments at cost, as of June 30, 2011, was approximately 53.5%. We expect our leverage levels to decrease over time, as a result of one or more of the following factors: recapitalization of certain existing outstanding debt with net proceeds from this offering, scheduled principal amortization on our debt and lower leverage on new asset acquisitions. We expect to continue to strengthen our balance sheet through debt repayment and/or repurchase and also opportunistically grow our portfolio through new property acquisitions.

Our portfolio financing strategy is to finance our assets with medium-term fixed rate debt as soon as practicable after we invest or by acquiring properties subject to medium- or long-term fixed rate debt, generally on a secured, non-recourse basis. Through non-recourse debt, we seek to limit the overall company exposure in the event of default on the debt to the amount we have invested in the asset or assets financed. We seek to finance our assets with “match-funded” or substantially “match-funded” debt, meaning that we seek to obtain debt whose maturity matches as closely as possible the lease maturity of the asset financed.

Business Environment

While conditions within the United States credit markets in general, and United States real estate credit markets in particular, have improved from the historic levels of dislocation and stress that began in the summer of 2007, these markets remain significantly stressed. We do not know when market conditions will normalize, if adverse conditions will intensify or the full extent to which the disruptions will affect us. If market weakness persists or intensifies, the trends discussed above may continue and we may be impacted in

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a variety of additional ways. For example, we may experience challenges in refinancing debt as it matures or raising additional capital, and impairment charges on our assets. Current economic and credit market conditions may cause commercial real estate values and market rental rates to decline significantly. These declines could adversely impact us in a number of ways, including by causing us to record losses on our assets, reducing the proceeds we receive upon sale or refinance of our assets or adversely impacting our ability to re-let, sell or refinance our properties. Current economic conditions have contributed to unexpected bankruptcies and rapid declines in the financial condition at a number of companies, particularly in the retail and financial sectors. Although our current tenants have performed positively in the six months ended June 30, 2011 and fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the conditions in the market could cause our current tenants and one or more of our future tenants to whom we have exposure to fail or default in their payment obligations, which could cause us to record material losses or a material reduction in our revenue and cash flows. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — We would face potential adverse effects from tenant defaults, bankruptcies or insolvencies.” If any of our tenants are unable to satisfy their obligations under their leases with us we will be able to enforce all of the remedies available to us under the leases and will look for new tenants for our properties if necessary.

Taxation

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Our current and continuing qualification as a REIT depends on our ability to meet various tax law requirements, including, among others, requirements relating to the sources of our income, the nature of our assets, the ownership of our stock and the timing and amount of distributions that we make.

If we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we will generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our net income that is currently distributed to stockholders. We may nevertheless be subject to certain state, local and foreign income and other taxes, and to U.S. federal income and excise taxes and penalties in certain situations, including taxes on our undistributed income. In addition, our stockholders may be subject to state, local or foreign taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which they or we transact business or reside. The state, local and foreign tax treatment of our stockholders and us may not conform to the U.S. federal income tax treatment.

If, in any taxable year, we fail to satisfy one or more of various requirements relating to REIT qualification, we could fail to qualify as a REIT. If we fail to qualify as a REIT for a particular tax year, our income in that year would be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax), and we might need to borrow funds or liquidate certain investments in order to pay the applicable tax. In addition, we would no longer be required to make distributions to our stockholders. Unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, we would also be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.

Although we currently intend to operate in a manner designed to qualify as a REIT, it is possible that future economic, market, legal, tax or other developments may cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT, or may cause our board of directors to revoke the REIT election, which our board may do without stockholder approval. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Factors Impacting Our Operating Results

Factors which may influence our business and the business of our tenants

The primary source of our operating revenue is rental income from our properties. The primary sources of our expenses are interest expense on our financed properties, depreciation expense, and general and administrative expenses.

Factors affecting our tenants’ profitability

Our revenue is derived primarily from rents we receive from leases with our tenants. Certain economic factors present both opportunities and risks to our tenants and, therefore, may influence their ability to meet their obligations to us. These factors directly affect our tenants’ operations and, given our reliance on their performance under our leases, present risks to us that may affect our results of operations or ability to meet our financial obligations.

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Trends which may influence results of operations

We believe that there is a significant market opportunity to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in the medium-term lease duration net lease market. Corporations and many other users of real estate utilize single tenant properties for a variety of purposes, including office buildings for corporate headquarters and regional operations, industrial facilities for the storage and distribution of goods, retail branches for banks and freestanding retail stores such as major discount stores, drug stores, gas stations and convenience stores, casual dining and quick-service restaurants, automotive maintenance and repair, big box retail and home improvement stores. While investments in credit tenant net lease assets are subject to the same credit risk as unsecured bond obligations (the failure of the underlying tenant or bond issuer), we believe the yields on credit tenant net lease assets generally exceed the yields on comparably rated bonds. In addition, unlike unsecured bond obligations, the value of the real estate underlying a credit tenant and lease may increase recovery in any tenant bankruptcy or default, thereby providing an overall lower risk investment.

The U.S. net lease market is comprised of a wide range of property types and tenant operations and includes virtually every geographic market in the country. We will target properties net leased to investment grade and other credit worthy tenants, which are typically larger companies operating at multiple locations. The market overview discussed in the “Business and Properties — Market Opportunity” section of this prospectus focuses on ten of the larger market segments (by annual sales) that we encounter when evaluating acquisition opportunities. We estimate that the combined total value of real estate used in these selected industries is approximately $1.2 trillion, approximately $49 billion to $110 billion of which matches our target remaining lease duration. We will target the acquisition of these net leased properties as the terms of the existing leases have been reduced to three to eight years. Not all of these properties will be available for purchase or suitable for us. In addition, we will evaluate acquisition opportunities in many other market segments in addition to those described below.

In the past three years, fundamental changes in the real estate capital markets, combined with the severe decline in the U.S. economy, have resulted in many holders of real estate (including holders of net leased properties) to become much more risk-averse. As a result, many traditional institutional type holders of net leased properties, including insurance companies, finance companies and real estate fund managers have determined to reduce their exposure to net leased properties that are subject to leases expiring in the medium-term. At the same time the number of purchasers who are interested in acquiring these types of properties is both limited and fragmented. To our knowledge, we are one of the few public REITs that are traded on a national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused on investing in single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. We expect to capitalize on these market dislocations and this capital void by acquiring net leased properties that have remaining medium-term lease durations with less competition than when the real estate debt capital markets were more liquid and at prices where we believe the profile of the investment has the potential to provide not only recurring income but capital appreciation as well. We also expect to capitalize on value opportunities resulting from ARC’s reputation for historically closing substantially all transactions contemplated under definitive purchase and sale agreements.

Access to capital

To continue to raise capital necessary to expand our portfolio, we will rely on access to the capital markets on an ongoing basis for the funds to make investments as opportunities arise. On a pro forma basis, as of June 30, 2011, our aggregate indebtedness was approximately $65.4 million, which takes into account the refinancing of an $82.6 million mortgage loan as described below.

On September 7, 2011, we closed a $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility with RBS Citizens, N.A. (of which $51.5 million, all of which has been borrowed, is available). Assuming all of the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we expect that an additional approximately $5.0 million will be available to us under the credit facility. Additionally, we refinanced the $82.6 million (as of June 30, 2011) mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties but utilizing approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from our IPO and a $51.5 million draw against our senior secured revolving credit facility.

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Significant Accounting Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

Set forth below is a summary of the significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies that management believes are important to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Certain of our accounting estimates are particularly important for an understanding of our financial position and results of operations. Our accounting policies have been established to conform with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use significant judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. If management’s judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions had been different, it is possible that different accounting policies would have been applied, thus, resulting in a different presentation of the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact the comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses. As a result, these estimates are subject to a degree of uncertainty.

These significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies include:

Revenue Recognition

Our revenues, which are derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Since many of our leases provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires us to record a receivable, and include in revenues, unbilled rent receivables that we will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease.

We continually review receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, we record an increase in our allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the receivable in our consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in Real Estate

Investments in real estate are recorded at cost. Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life of the asset. Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of up to forty years for buildings and improvements, five to ten years for fixtures and improvements and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.

We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because if we were to shorten the expected useful lives of our investments in real estate, we would depreciate these investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis.

We are required to present the operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, Properties that are intended to be sold are to be designated as “held for sale” on the balance sheet.

Long-lived assets are carried at cost and evaluated for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate such an evaluation is warranted or when they are designated as held for sale. Valuation of real estate is considered a “critical accounting estimate” because the evaluation of impairment and the determination of fair values involve a number of management assumptions relating to future economic events that could materially affect the determination of the ultimate value, and therefore, the carrying amounts of our real estate. Additionally, decisions regarding when a property should be classified as held for sale are also highly subjective and require significant management judgment.

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Events or changes in circumstances that could cause an evaluation for impairment include the following:

a significant decrease in the market price of a long-lived asset;
a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which a long-lived asset is being used or in its physical condition;
a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of a long-lived asset, including an adverse action or assessment by a regulator;
an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of a long-lived asset; and
a current-period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset.

We review our portfolio on an on-going basis to evaluate the existence of any of the aforementioned events or changes in circumstances that would require us to test for recoverability. In general, our review of recoverability is based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. These estimates consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value expected, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. We are required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the values of our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.

Purchase Price Allocation

We allocate the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets include land, buildings, equipment and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. We utilize various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, which may include data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Identifiable intangible assets include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates, the value of in-place leases, and the value of customer relationships.

Amounts allocated to land, buildings, equipment and fixtures may be based on cost segregation studies performed by independent third-parties or on our analysis of comparable properties in our portfolio. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building equipment and fixtures, and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements.

The aggregate value of intangible assets related to in-place leases is primarily the difference between the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and the property valued as if vacant. Factors we consider in our analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, we include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period, which typically ranges from six to 18 months. We also estimate costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses.

Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and our estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values will be

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amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods provided within the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, we initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

The aggregate value of intangibles assets related to customer relationship is measured based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with the tenant. Characteristics we consider in determining these values include the nature and extent our existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.

The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the initial term of the respective leases, which range primarily from 2 to 20 years. The value of customer relationship intangibles is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.

In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we may utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. We also consider information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed. The allocations presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are substantially complete; however, there are certain items that we will finalize once the Company receives additional information. Accordingly, these allocations are subject to revision when final information is available, although we do not expect future revisions to have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Valuation of Real Estate Assets

We will continually monitor events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable, we assess the recoverability of the assets by determining whether the carrying value of the assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the real estate and related intangible assets to the fair value and recognize an impairment loss.

Projections of expected future cash flows require us to estimate future market rental income amounts subsequent to the expiration of current lease agreements, property operating expenses, discount rates, the number of months it takes to re-lease the property and the number of years the property is held for investment. The use of inappropriate assumptions in the future cash flow analysis would result in an incorrect assessment of the property’s future cash flow and fair value and could result in the overstatement of the carrying value of our real estate and related intangible assets and net income.

Our Manager will evaluate potential acquisitions of real estate and real estate related assets and engage in negotiations with sellers and borrowers on our behalf. Investors should be aware that after a purchase contract is executed that contains specific terms the property will not be purchased until the successful completion of due diligence and negotiation of final binding agreements. During this period, we may decide to temporarily invest any unused proceeds from this offering in certain investments that could yield lower returns than the properties. These lower returns may affect our ability to make distributions.

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Our Revenue, Expenses and Cash Flow

Revenue

Our revenue consists primarily of the rents we bill to our tenants as stipulated in leases. In addition, rental and related revenue includes lease termination fees, non-cash charges and adjustments related to straight-lining of rents and amortization of acquired above- and below-market lease intangibles. Factors that affect our revenue include our occupancy and rental rates. For example, 100% of our continuing properties were occupied as of June 30, 2011. If our occupancy rates decrease, we will lose revenue from our existing portfolio.

Expenses

We recognize a variety of cash and non-cash charges in our financial statements. Our expenses consist primarily of the interest expense on the borrowings we incur in order to acquire our properties, acquisition expenses, depreciation expense and general and administrative expenses.

Cash flow

Cash Provided by (used in) Operating Activities.  Cash provided by (used in) operating activities is derived largely from net income by adjusting our revenue (i) for those amounts not collected in cash during the period in which the revenue is recognized, (ii) for cash collected that was billed in prior periods or will be billed in future periods and (iii) by adding back expenses charged during the period that are not paid in cash during the same period. We expect to make our distributions based largely on cash provided by operations.

Cash Used in Investing Activities.  Cash used in investing activities consists of cash that is used during a period for new acquisitions and capital expenditures.

Cash Provided by (used in) Financing Activities.  Cash provided by (used in) financing activities consists of cash we receive from issuances of debt and equity capital net of financing costs, offering costs and the repayment of debt principal. This cash provides the primary basis for the investments in new properties and capital expenditures. We may seek to raise additional debt or equity financing for our investment activity.

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Results of Operations

We were formed in December 2010 to continue the business of the ARC Predecessor Companies. The following tables summarize the combined historical results of operations of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and the Predecessor Companies for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010 and the periods ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands).

       
  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies
     Six Months Ended June 30,   Year Ended December 31,   Period Ending
December 31,(1)
     2011   2010   2009   2008
Revenues:
                                   
Rental income   $ 4,518     $ 9,145     $ 5,683     $ 1,337  
Operating expense reimbursement                 5        
Total revenues     4,518       9,145       5,688       1,337  
Operating expenses:
                                   
Management fee                        
Acquisition and transaction related           10       3,705        
Property, general and administrative     133       346       77       5  
Depreciation and amortization     2,715       5,386       3,731       909  
Total operating expenses     2,848       5,742       7,513       914  
Operating income (loss)     1,670       3,403       (1,825 )      423  
Other income (expense):
                                   
Interest expense     (5,245 )      (10,805 )      (6,963 )      (1,608 ) 
Interest income                 17       3  
Other income           100              
Total other income (expense)     (5,245 )      (10,705 )      (6,946 )      (1,605 ) 
Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interest adjustment     (3,575 )      (7,302 )      (8,771 )      (1,182 ) 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest holders                        
Net loss attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.   $ (3,575 )    $ (7,302 )    $ (8,771 )    $ (1,182 ) 

(1) Historical financial information for the ARC Predecessor Companies (i) with respect to our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010, the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (the date of inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2008 and (ii) with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot, is for the six months ended June 30, 2011, the year ended December 31, 2010 and the period from September 8, 2009 (the date of inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2009.

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  Historical American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
and ARC Predecessor Companies
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
  December 31,   December 31,
     2011   2010   2009   2008
Assets
                                   
Real estate investments, at cost:
                                   
Land   $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 17,346     $ 8,121  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     97,262       97,262       97,262       46,019  
Acquired intangible lease assets     7,605       7,605       7,605       2,038  
Total real estate investments, at cost     122,213       122,213       122,213       56,178  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (12,701 )      (10,008 )      (4,641 )      (909 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     109,512       112,205       117,572       55,269  
Cash and cash equivalents     704       614       923       315  
Restricted cash                 3,561        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     1,301       688       246       85  
Deferred offering costs     1,784       279              
Deferred financing costs, net     1,425       2,266       3,422       1,537  
Total assets   $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  
Liabilities and Equity/Deficiency
                                   
Mortgage notes payable   $ 96,472     $ 96,472     $ 97,557     $ 45,356  
Long-term notes payable     30,626       30,626       30,780       10,681  
Due to affiliates                 845       322  
Due to seller                 2,069        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     2,585       1,026       1,008       643  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     674       674       579       319  
Total liabilities     130,357       128,798       132,838       57,321  
Member’s deficiency     (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Preferred stock                        
Common stock                        
Additional paid in capital                        
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. equity     (15,631 )      (12,746 )      (7,114 )      (115 ) 
Noncontrolling interests                        
Total liabilities and equity   $ 114,726     $ 116,052     $ 125,724     $ 57,206  

The discussion that follows provides a comparison of the historical combined results of operations for the periods noted below.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

Rental Income

Rental income decreased 2% to $4.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 from $4.6 for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease in rental income is primarily due to a restructuring of leases in August 2010. In exchange for a reduction in rent of the tenant beginning in the final year of the original lease term, the tenant agreed to (1) renew the leases on 60 properties for an average lease option term of 7.6 years, an increase of 2.6 years from the original 5 year renewal lease option term, and (2) fixed annual rent escalations of 2.5% per year (the original leases did not provide for increases in rent). Rental revenue attributable to the two vacant TRS properties was $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Property, General and Administrative Expense

Property operating and administrative expenses were $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. These fees were mainly legal and professional fees.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense was $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased by 4% to $5.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 from $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. This decrease in interest expense was primarily related to a mortgage that was refinanced in June 2010.

Period Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Period Ended December 31, 2009

On a combined historical basis, we purchased 27 properties between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 and one additional property during October 2009, therefore the period ended December 31, 2009 includes the results of operations for a partial period for the properties purchased during that period. Accordingly, our results of operations for the period ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2009 reflect significant increases in most categories.

Rental Income

Rental income increased by 61% to $9.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $5.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009. Of this increase, $3.5 million was attributable to rental revenue from properties purchased during 2009. Additionally, we had 35 properties that, on an aggregate same-store basis had reductions in rental revenue of $2,411 due to a restructuring of leases in August 2010. In exchange for this reduction in rent of the tenant beginning in the final year of the original lease term, the tenant agreed to (1) renew the leases on 60 properties for an average lease option term of 7.6 years, an increase of 2.6 years from the original 5 year renewal lease option term, and (2) fixed annual rent escalations of 2.5% per year (the original leases did not provide for increases in rent). Rental revenue attributable to the two vacant TRS properties was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $79,841 for the period ended December 31, 2009 due to the purchase of the properties during 2009. Monthly rental income on the two TRS properties was approximately $18,000 per month. The aggregate same-store basis properties are properties owned by the company for the entire comparative period.

Operating Expense Reimbursements

Operating expense reimbursements of $5,130 in the period ended December 31, 2009 were related to reimbursements of insurance expenses paid on behalf of the property tenants.

Acquisition and Transaction Related Costs

We incurred acquisition and transaction related costs of $3.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 related to acquisitions with a total cost of approximately $66.0 million. We incurred acquisition and transaction related costs of $10,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Acquisition and transaction costs are mainly comprised of legal costs, deed transfer costs and other costs related to real estate purchase transactions.

General and Administrative Expense

Our general and administrative expense increased to $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $77,321 for the period ended December 31, 2009. This increase was attributable to increased legal fees and other professional fees related to lease renewals and audit fees for the annual audits of the portfolios.

Depreciation and Amortization

Our depreciation and amortization expense increased by 44% to $5.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $3.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was the result of our acquisition of properties during 2009. These properties were placed into service when acquired and are being depreciated for the period held.

Interest Expense

Our interest expense increased by 55% to $10.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 from $7.0 million for the period ended December 31, 2009. This increase in interest expense was due to increased

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borrowings during 2009 to finance property acquisitions and the write-off of $0.1 million of deferred financing costs in the year ended December 31, 2010 related to a mortgage that was refinanced during the period.

Interest Income

Interest income was $17,074 for the period ended December 31, 2009 and was the result of the proceeds from the sale of long-term notes held in interest bearing accounts prior to use for property acquisitions.

Other Income

Other income was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 and a fee collected for the early termination of the two TRS properties leases.

Period Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Period Ended December 31, 2008

On a combined historical basis, we purchased 35 properties between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008 and we purchased an additional 28 properties between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009, therefore the period ended December 31, 2008 includes the results of operations for a partial period for the properties purchased during that year and exclude the results of operations related to properties purchased in 2009. Accordingly, our results of operations for the period ended December 31, 2009 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2008 reflect significant increases in most categories.

The historical financial information of the ARC Predecessor Companies includes the historical financial information of our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank our continuing property leased to Home Depot. Historical financial information for our continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank is for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2008. Historical financial information for our continuing property leased to Home Depot is for the period from September 8, 2009 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2009.

Rental Income

Rental income increased by 325% to $5.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 from $1.3 million for the period ended December 31, 2008. This increase was attributable to rental revenue from properties purchased during 2008 and 2009.

Operating Expense Reimbursements

Operating expense reimbursements of $5,130 in the period ended December 31, 2009 were related to reimbursements of insurance expenses paid on behalf of the property tenants.

Acquisition and Transaction Related Costs

We incurred acquisition and transaction related costs of $3.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 related to acquisitions with a total cost of approximately $66.0 million. Prior to January 1, 2009, acquisition costs were capitalized as part of the purchase price of the assets acquired in accordance with GAAP. Acquisition and transaction costs are mainly comprised of legal costs, deed transfer costs and other costs related to real estate purchase transactions.

General and Administrative Expense

Our general and administrative expenses increased to $77,321 for the period ended December 31, 2009 from $4,875 for the period ended December 31, 2008. This increase was attributable to increased legal fees and other professional fees related to corporate matters and audit fees for the annual audits of the portfolios.

Depreciation and Amortization

Our depreciation and amortization expense increased by 310% to $3.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 from $0.9 million for the period ended December 31, 2008. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was the result of our acquisition of real estate during 2008 and 2009. These properties were placed into service when acquired and are being depreciated for the period held.

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Interest Expense

Our interest expense increased by 333% to $7.0 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 from $1.6 million for the period ended December 31, 2008. This increase in interest expense was due to increased borrowings during 2008 and 2009 to finance property acquisitions.

Interest Income

Interest income was $17,074 for the period ended December 31, 2009, an increase from $3,254 for the period ended December 31, 2008, and was the result of the proceeds from the sale of long-term notes held in interest bearing accounts prior to use for property acquisitions.

Funds From Operations

We consider funds from operations, or FFO, a useful indicator of the performance of a REIT. Because FFO calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), they facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs in our peer group. Accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, we believe that the use of FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance relative to our peers and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities. Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, definition (as we do) or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. Consequently, our presentation of FFO may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs.

FFO is a non-GAAP financial measures and does not represent net income as defined by GAAP. FFO does not represent cash flows from operations as defined by GAAP, is not indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs and liquidity, including our ability to pay distributions and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, as determined in accordance with GAAP, for purposes of evaluating our operating performance.

Our calculation of FFO, which we believe is consistent with the calculation of FFO as defined by NAREIT, is presented in the following table for the applicable periods (in thousands):

           
  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Pro Forma
     Six Months
Ended
June 30,
  Year
Ended
December 31,
  Historical Six Months Ended
June 30,
  Historical Year Ended
December 31,
     2011   2010   2011   2010   2009   2008
 
Net income (loss)   $ 123     $ 209     $ (3,575 )    $ (7,302 )    $ (8,771 )    $ (1,182 ) 
Add:
                                                     
Depreciation of real estate assets     2,112       4,179       2,112       4,161       2,803       669  
Amortization of intangible lease assets     603       1,206       603       1,225       928       240  
Noncontrolling interest adjustment     (151 )      (299 )                         
FFO   $ 2,687     $ 5,295     $ (860 )    $ (1,916 )    $ (5,040 )    $ (273 ) 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

We refinanced our existing $82.6 million (as of June 30, 2011) mortgage loan secured by our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties with a $51.5 million draw against our $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility.

As a REIT, we will be required generally to distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. Therefore, as a general matter, it is unlikely that, after the net proceeds of this offering are expended, we will have substantial cash balances that could be used to meet liquidity needs. Instead, these needs will likely need to be met from cash generated from operations, proceeds from sales of properties and external sources of capital.

Our primary long-term liquidity requirement is repayment of our debt obligations. We intend generally to manage our debt maturities by refinancing or repaying the related debt at maturity. We expect to utilize a combination of (i) cash on hand, (ii) cash from sales of assets which may include the collateral for the debt, and (iii) cash from future debt or equity capital raises to fund any liquidity needed to satisfy these obligations. These actions, however, may not enable us to generate sufficient liquidity to satisfy our borrowings and, therefore, we cannot provide any assurance we will be able to refinance or repay our debt obligations as they come due. Our ability to refinance debt, sell assets and/or raise capital on favorable terms will be highly dependent upon prevailing market conditions. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — We will have substantial amounts of indebtedness outstanding, which may affect our ability to make distributions, may expose us to interest rate fluctuation risk and may expose us to the risk of default under our debt obligations”

As an owner of commercial real estate, we will be required to make capital expenditures to maintain and upgrade our properties. We expect the vast majority of these expenditures will be made as the leases mature and we renew existing leases or find new tenants to occupy the property because most of our leases will be triple-net, requiring that such recurring expenses incurred during the lease term be paid for by the tenant. Any estimates we make of expected capital expenditures are highly subjective and actual amounts we spend may differ materially and will be impacted by a variety of factors, including market conditions which are beyond our control. Our ability to satisfy our long-term liquidity requirements could be materially adversely affected by capital expenditures we make on our properties.

Indebtedness

All of the properties in our existing portfolio are encumbered by first mortgage liens. These mortgages were provided by securitized lenders, insurance companies, and banks prior to the date hereof. As of June 30, 2011, within our existing portfolio of 63 properties, we have 29 mortgage loans, some of which encumbered more than one property and were cross-collateralized.

Our indebtedness outstanding is comprised almost entirely of mortgage indebtedness secured by properties in our existing portfolio. The following table sets forth the terms of our indebtedness on our existing portfolio with balances outstanding as of June 30, 2011 (in thousands):

           
Property   Secured/
Unsecured
  Balance at
6/30/11
  Fixed
Interest
Rate
  Amortization
Period (Yrs)
  Maturity   Balance at
Maturity
Citizens Bank
Portfolio(1)
    Secured     $ 82,622       6.30 %      Interest only       August 11, 2011     $ 82,622 (2) 
Home Depot     Secured       13,850       5.25 %      30 year (3)      July 6, 2015     $ 13,488  
Citizens Bank Portfolio subordinated loan     Unsecured       19,408       9.94 %(4)      None        July 11, 2011     $ 19,408 (5) 
Home Depot subordinated loan     Unsecured       11,218       8.50 %      None        September 8, 2013     $ 11,218 (6) 
Total         $ 127,098                          

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mortgage loans is individually significant and all of these loans bear the same interest rate, amortization period and maturity date. Accordingly, we have presented information with respect to the mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 60 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our two TRS properties on a portfolio basis.
(2) We refinanced this mortgage indebtedness, which encumbered our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizen’s Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties in connection with our IPO. In connection with this refinancing, we utilized approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from our IPO to repay this mortgage indebtedness with the balance coming from a $51.5 million draw against our senior secured revolving credit facility.
(3) Commencing in July 2013, principal will begin amortizing on a 30 year amortization schedule.
(4) Represents the average interest rate on the indebtedness. Interest rates range from 9.625% to 10.0%.
(5) In connection with our IPO, we repaid this outstanding unsecured indebtedness.
(6) In connection with our IPO, we repaid this outstanding unsecured indebtedness, together with $112,218 of prepayment penalties.

Contractual obligations

The following table shows the amounts due in connection with the contractual obligations described below as of June 30, 2011 (including future interest payments) (in thousands):

             
    Payments due by period
Obligation   Total   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   Thereafter
Mortgage notes payable principal(1)   $ 96,472     $ 82,622     $     $ 74     $ 189     $ 13,587     $  
Mortgage notes payable interest(1)     4,774       2,150       739       737       729       419        
Long-term debt principal(2)     30,626       19,408             11,218                    
Long-term debt
interest(2)
    3,167       1,460       987       720                         —  
Total   $ 135,039     $ 105,640     $ 1,726     $ 12,749     $ 918     $ 14,006        

(1) Includes $82.6 million of mortgage indebtedness which encumbered our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizen’s Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties, which was subsequently refinanced with approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from our IPO and a $51.5 million draw against our senior secured revolving credit facility.
(2) In connection with our formation transactions, we repaid this outstanding unsecured indebtedness (together with prepayment penalties related thereto in an aggregate amount of $112,218) owed by our two property subsidiaries that were contributed to us by our contributor.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Cash Flows

The following tables summarize the combined historical cash flows of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and ARC Predecessor Companies for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands).

       
  Six Months
Ended June 30,
2011
  Year Ended
December 31,
2010
  Period Ended December 31,(1)
     2009   2008
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   $ (601 )    $ (1,929 )    $ (3,039 )    $ 1,154  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities           1,493       (14,419 )      (9,755 ) 
Net cash provided by financing activities     691       128       18,066       8,916  

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months ended June 30, 2011, the year end December 31, 2010, the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2008 and (ii) with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot, is for the period from September 8, 2009 (the date of the inception of the applicable ARC Predecessor Company) to December 31, 2009.

The Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash used in operating activities was $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses, the timing of the payment of rent and the decreases in cash revenues due to the restructuring of leases in August 2010.

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Cash provided by financing activities was $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 related primarily to equity contributions by an affiliate. Cash provided by financing activities of $2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 related primarily to a decrease in restricted cash.

Period Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Period Ended December 31, 2009

Cash used in operating activities

Cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $3.0 for the period ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of 39%. The decrease of cash used by operating activities was primarily attributable to increases in cash revenues from the larger portfolio.

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Cash provided by investing activities was $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 related primarily to the finalization of the purchase price for a property purchased in 2009. Cash used in investing activities of $14.4 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 was for property purchases.

Cash provided by financing activities

Cash provided by financing activities was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 related primarily to equity contribution by an affiliate in 2010. Cash provided by financing activities of $18.1 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 related primarily to proceeds from mortgage financing and long term notes used for the purchase of property and payment of closing costs on such properties.

Period Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Period Ended December 31, 2008

Cash provided by (used by) operating activities

Cash used by operating activities was $3.0 million for the period ended December 31, 2009, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $1.1 million for the period ended December 31, 2008. The increase in 2009 of cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to increase in operating and interest expenses to support the larger portfolio of properties.

Cash used in investing activities

Cash used in investing activities was $14.4 million for the period ended December 31, 2009, compared to $9.8 million for the period ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 48% and was attributable to purchases of property.

Cash provided by financing activities

Cash provided by financing activities was $18.1 million for the period ended December 31, 2009 compared to cash provided by financing activities of $8.9 million for the period ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 103%. The increase in 2009 was primarily attributable to increases in proceeds from mortgage financing and long term notes used for the purchase of property and payment of closing costs on such properties.

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BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES

Overview

We are a Maryland corporation that was formed to own and acquire single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. On September 6, 2011 we completed our IPO pursuant to which we sold 5,580,000 shares of our common stock at $12.50 per share (subject to certain discounts described in the prospectus for our IPO). After deducting dealer manager fees, selling commissions and offering expenses payable by us, the aggregate net proceeds we received from our IPO were approximately $64.2 million. The net proceeds from our IPO were used to refinance mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our TRS properties, repay approximately $30.6 million of senior unsecured indebtedness (including prepayment penalties related thereto) and acquire our existing portfolio of properties.

We will use the net proceeds from this offering to acquire additional properties consistent with our investment strategy and to further grow and diversity our existing property portfolio.

As of the date of this registration statement, our portfolio consists of 63 single tenant, freestanding properties, located in 10 states and containing an aggregate of approximately 768,730 leasable square feet. Our portfolio is 99.1% occupied (based on total leasable square footage) and all the occupied properties are subject to triple-net leases that, as of June 30, 2011, have a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.3 years. Our existing properties consist of 60 bank branches and one distribution center. The 60 bank branches are leased to RBS Citizens N.A. (55 properties), Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (four properties) and Community Bank N.A. (one property). The distribution facility is leased to Home Depot USA, Inc.

Since the completion of the IPO we have entered into three letters of intent to purchase 29 additional properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $20.8 million (including estimated closing costs). These proposed property acquisitions consist of seven retail stores leased to Advance Auto Parts, a portfolio of 21 retail stores leased to Dollar General and one pharmacy leased to Walgreens. If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we will own 92 properties containing approximately 1,018,000 leasable square feet. If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, they will further diversify our portfolio as follows:

Geography:  Our portfolio will consist of properties located in 13 states, including Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Vermont.
Tenants:  We will have six credit tenants, including: Citizens Bank, Community Bank, Home Depot, Advance Auto Parts, Dollar General and Walgreens (including for this purpose, affiliates of such tenants).
Industry:  Our tenants will operate in five industry sectors, including retail banking, home improvement, automotive retail, discount retail and pharmacy.

These additional acquisitions provide for accretive cash flows representing an approximately 18% increase in our portfolio since the closing of our IPO based upon average annual rents and on a pro forma basis will increase modified funds from operations by $1.7 million, or $0.07 per share. See pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus. Additionally, this offering will have the effect of reducing our overall portfolio leverage, calculated as long term debt divided by book value, from 53% to 49%.

When we refer to properties that are net leased on a “medium-term basis,” we mean properties originally leased long term (10 years or longer) that are currently subject to net leases with remaining lease terms of generally three to eight years, on average. We were formed to continue and expand ARC’s business of investing in these types of properties. We refer to the ARC entities through which it conducted its medium-term net lease business as our “predecessor.” We use the term “net lease” throughout this prospectus. Under a net lease, the tenant occupying the leased property (usually as a single tenant) does so in much the same manner as if the tenant were the owner of the property. There are various forms of net leases, most typically

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classified as triple net or double net. Triple net leases typically require the tenant to pay all costs associated with a property, including real estate taxes, insurance, utilities and routine maintenance in addition to the base rent. Double net leases typically require the tenant to pay all the costs as triple net leases, but hold the landlord responsible for capital expenditures, including the repair or replacement of specific structural and/or bearing components of a property, such as the roof or structure of the building. Accordingly, the owner receives the rent “net” of these expenses, rendering the cash flow associated with the lease predictable for the term of the lease. Under a net lease, the tenant generally agrees to lease the property for a significant term and agrees that it will have either no ability or only limited ability to terminate the lease or abate rent prior to the expiration of the term of the lease as a result of real estate driven events such as casualty, condemnation or failure by the landlord to fulfill its obligations under the lease. Historically, our predecessor’s participation in net lease transactions has included investing in net leased properties where a significant portion of the terms of the leases have lapsed, leaving remaining lease terms of typically three to eight years, on average. We also use the term “modified gross lease” throughout the prospectus. Under a modified gross lease, the tenants occupying the leased property pay base rent plus a proportional share of some of the other costs associated with the property, such as property taxes, utilities, insurance and maintenance. We expect that some (but not a material portion) of our properties will be subject to modified gross leases.

We are externally managed and advised by our Manager pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. We also rely on our sponsor for certain acquisition and debt capital services, pursuant to the terms of an acquisition and capital services agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, William M. Kahane, our president, chief operating officer and one of our directors, Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our executive vice president and secretary. Our Manager is an affiliate of ARC, a privately held vertically integrated real estate company founded and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Since its inception in 2006, and through June 30, 2011, ARC has originated, structured and closed over $1.9 billion in net lease transactions, involving more than 450 properties with more than 50 credit tenants.

We focus on investing in properties that are net leased to (i) credit tenants, which are generally large public companies with investment grade or below investment grade ratings and (ii) governmental, quasi-governmental and not-for-profit entities. When we refer to a “credit tenant,” we mean a tenant that has entered into a long-term lease and that we determine is creditworthy and may include tenants with an investment grade or below investment grade credit rating or unrated tenants. To the extent we determine that a tenant is a “credit tenant” even though it does not have an investment grade credit rating, we do so based on ARC’s reasonable determination that a tenant should have the financial wherewithal to honor its obligations under its lease with us. This reasonable determination is based on ARC’s substantial experience closing net lease transactions and is made after evaluating all tenant due diligence materials that are made available to us, including financial statements and operating data. Our historical net lease investments include investments leased to tenants such as Citizens Bank and Home Depot. We intend to invest in the future in properties with tenants that reflect a diversity of industries, geographies, and sizes (although our current portfolio does not reflect a diversity of tenants or industries). A significant majority of our net lease investments have been and will continue to be in properties net leased to investment grade tenants, although at any particular time our portfolio may not reflect this. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our continuing properties were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants” based on the criteria described above and 75% of our tenants (based on average annual rent from our continuing properties) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies.

As of June 30, 2011, our portfolio consisted of 63 single tenant, freestanding properties, located in 10 states and containing an aggregate of approximately 768,730 leasable square feet. Our continuing properties are 100% occupied and our overall portfolio is 99.1% occupied (based on total leasable square footage). Our continuing properties are subject to triple-net leases that, as of June 30, 2011, have a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.3 years (a weighed average lease term of 6.7 years with respect to our continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, a lease term of 5.1 with respect to our continuing property leased to Community Bank and a lease term of 18.4 years with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot) to three different credit tenants. None of our leases on our continuing properties are scheduled to

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expire before July 2016. Both of our TRS properties are unoccupied and we are evaluating strategic alternatives, including re-leasing or selling the properties, to maximize their value to us. To date, there have been no delinquencies in rent payment on any of these net lease transactions since the ARC Predecessor Companies have owned the properties. To our knowledge, we are one of the few public REITs that are traded on a national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused on investing in single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants.

Although we are focused on acquiring single tenant, freestanding properties that are net leased on a medium-term basis, we acquired in the formation transactions a warehouse facility leased to Home Depot. The Home Depot property has a remaining lease term of 18.4 years, which is substantially longer than our target lease term range of three to eight years. In making the decision to acquire this property, we balanced the long remaining lease duration against the fact that the property fits our target property profile, as it is a recently constructed property and is leased to a tenant that we believe is a “credit tenant”. In addition, the Home Depot property increases our initial portfolio geographic and tenant diversification. The properties that were contributed to us in the formation transactions, including the Home Depot property, are the only properties owned and controlled entirely by our principals other than six properties leased to Tractor Supply, with respect to which we hold a 10-year right of first offer. See “Excluded Properties” below. Accordingly, balancing the Home Depot property benefits with the fact that the remaining lease duration exceeds our target, our management determined to include the Home Depot property in the formation transactions.

We conduct all of our business activities through our operating partnership, of which we are the sole general partner. We commenced operations upon the closing of our IPO. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011.

Our primary business objective is to generate dependable monthly cash distributions from a consistent and predictable level of FFO per share and capital appreciation associated with extending expiring leases or repositioning our properties for lease to new credit tenants upon the expiration of a net lease. We believe that the acquisition of properties that are subject to remaining lease durations of three to eight years, on average, will give us the best opportunity to meet our objectives by achieving recurring income and residual value. We expect to achieve these objectives by acquiring net leased properties that either (a) have in-place rental rates below current average asking rents in the applicable submarket and are located in submarkets with stable or improving market fundamentals or (b) provide an essential location or infrastructure that is essential to the business operations of the tenant, which we believe will incent the existing tenant or a new credit tenant to re-lease the property at a higher rental rate upon the expiration of the existing lease. ARC has observed that the acquisition opportunities available in the net lease market are predominantly long term leases. Therefore, based on ARC’s experience, we believe that the market for net leased properties that are subject to leases with credit tenants and a medium-term remaining lease duration is both limited and fragmented. We believe this creates a unique buying opportunity for the company given its differentiated strategy to exclusively focus on these types of properties.

Developments Since Our IPO

Set forth below is a summary of the significant developments involving the company since the closing of our IPO:

Refinancing of the Continuing Properties Leased to Citizens Bank and Community Bank and the TRS Properties

On September 7, 2011, we closed a $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility with RBS Citizens, N.A. (of which $51.5 million, all of which has been borrowed, is available). Assuming all of the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we expect that an additional approximately $5.0 million will be available to us under the credit facility. Additionally, we repaid the $82.6 million of mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties by utilizing approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from our IPO and with a $51.5 million draw from our senior secured revolving credit facility. See “Structure and Formation of Our Company — The Financing Transactions —  Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.”

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Repayment of Unsecured Indebtedness

On September 7, 2011, we repaid approximately $30.6 million of senior unsecured indebtedness (together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $112,000) owed by ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, two property subsidiaries that were contributed to us by our contributor in the formation transactions, to the noteholders of such indebtedness. We utilized net proceeds from our IPO in order to satisfy this indebtedness.

Market Opportunity

We believe that there is a significant market opportunity to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in the medium-term lease duration net lease market. Corporations and many other users of real estate utilize single tenant properties for a variety of purposes, including office buildings for corporate headquarters and regional operations, industrial facilities for the storage and distribution of goods, and freestanding retail stores such as major discount stores, drug stores, gas stations and convenience stores, casual dining and quick-service restaurants, automotive maintenance and repair, big box retail and home improvement stores. While investments in credit tenant net lease properties are subject to the same credit risk as unsecured bond obligations (the failure of the underlying tenant or bond issuer), we believe the yields on credit tenant net lease properties generally exceed the yields on comparably rated bonds. In addition, unlike unsecured bond obligations, the value of the real estate underlying a credit tenant and lease may increase recovery in any tenant bankruptcy or default, thereby providing an overall lower risk investment.

The U.S. net lease market is comprised of a wide range of property types and tenant operations and includes virtually every geographic market in the country. We will target properties net leased to investment grade and other credit worthy tenants, which are typically larger companies operating at multiple locations. The market overview below focuses on ten of the larger market segments (by annual sales) that we encounter when evaluating acquisition opportunities. We estimate that the combined total value of real estate used in these selected industries is approximately $1.2 trillion. During 2010, members of our Manager’s management team underwrote approximately $1.75 billion of potential net lease property acquisitions and closed on approximately $544 million of those properties. Based on this sample size, we estimate that of the total real estate in the table below, approximately 20 – 30% are operated or guaranteed by investment grade companies, or operators that we would consider credit tenants, which represents a total target market for us of approximately $245 billion to $367 billion. Further, we estimate that, based on the 2010 net leased acquisition opportunities that our Manager’s management team was exposed to, the typical initial lease duration for these types of properties is 15 to 25 years, with an average initial lease duration of 20 years and that approximately 20 – 30% of these properties have a remaining lease duration that matches our target remaining lease duration of three to eight years. Assuming the sample size of the net leased acquisition opportunities that were made available to our Manager’s management team in 2010 is representative of the entire market, we believe that there are approximately $49 billion to $110 billion of net leased properties that have credit tenants and have remaining lease terms of three to eight years that currently exist in the market. Not all of these properties will be available for purchase or suitable for us. In addition, we will evaluate acquisition opportunities in many other market segments in addition to those described below.

         
Segment   Annual Sales
($ Million)(1)
  Number of
Stores(1)
  Average
Square Feet
per Store(1)
  Estimated
Price Per
Square
Foot(2)
  Estimated Real
Estate Value
($ Million)(3)
Banks   $ 700,000       98,500 (4)      4,700 (5)    $ 556     $ 257,400  
Warehouse Clubs and Superstores     360,000       4,000       150,000       236       141,600  
Convenience Stores     350,000       120,000       2,500       600       180,000  
Drugstores     220,000       20,000       12,000       349       83,760  
Automobile Parts Wholesale – Retail     200,000       35,000       7,000       284       69,580  
Fast Food and Quick Service Restaurants     155,000       200,000       3,000       602       361,200  
Home Improvement     150,000       23,000       9,000       64       13,248  
Discount Stores     130,000       5,000       100,000       99       49,500  
Gas Stations     115,000       22,000       2,500       542       29,810  
Dollar Stores     50,000       33,000       8,000       140       36,960  
Total                           $ 1,223,058  

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  Range ($ million)
Investment grade/Creditworthy portion of Estimated Real Estate Value     20% or $244,612       30% or $366,917  
Medium-term lease portion of Estimated Real Estate Value     20% or $244,612       30% or $366,917  
Estimated Target Market(6)     4% or $48,922       9% or $110,075  

(1) Source: First Research Company Data (except as set forth in footnotes 4 and 5 below).
(2) Represents ARC’s estimate of value per square foot based on its historical experience in valuing these types of assets.
(3) Represents, with respect to each segment, ARC’s estimate of the product of (i) the number of stores times (ii) the average square feet per store times (iii) the estimated price per square foot.
(4) Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(5) Represents ARC’s estimate based on its historical experience in investing in these types of assets.
(6) Represents ARC’s estimate of the real estate value of properties meeting the company’s investment criteria with respect to property and tenant type, tenant credit and remaining lease duration.

Banks

The U.S. banking industry consists of approximately 6,800 commercial banks, 1,200 savings banks, and 8,000 credit unions with combined annual revenue of approximately $700 billion. The industry is concentrated: the 50 largest firms generate 70% of revenue. Major financial institutions include Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Commercial banks account for approximately 80% of industry revenue; savings banks account for approximately 15% of industry revenue; and credit unions account for approximately 5% of industry revenue. This summary focuses on commercial and savings banks, which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reports operated more than 98,500 branches in the United States as of June 30, 2010.

Demand for banking services is closely tied to economic activity and the level of interest rates. Large economies of scale exist in some segments of the industry, which has encouraged industry consolidation. Smaller banks can compete successfully in segments where customer service or knowledge of the local market is more important. Major products include bank loans, account services, brokerage services, credit card and leasing services, trust management and investment services. Bank loans provide approximately 60% of industry revenue, securities financing provide approximately 12% of industry revenue, and the other major services each provide less than 5% of industry revenue. Commercial banks and savings institutions provide many of the same products. However, commercial banks generate a large percentage of their revenue from services, while savings banks generate a majority of their revenue from loans. Banks generate revenue primarily through interest income and service fees. For commercial banks, interest income generates more than half of total revenues.

Commercial banks receive their revenue from both commercial customers and consumers. Revenue comes from the gathering and lending of deposits as well as from fees for providing a wide range of services. Banks are one of the largest sources of real estate lending, including home mortgages, land commercial construction loans, and commercial mortgages. On average, about half of a commercial bank loan portfolio consists of real estate loans, a third consists of commercial and industrial loans, and a fifth consists of consumer loans (e.g., credit cards and auto loans).

Savings institutions, also known as thrifts, include savings banks and savings and loan associations. Under tight oversight, savings institutions are largely restricted to investing in U.S. treasury securities or mortgage-backed securities. The main purpose of thrifts is to provide mortgage loans to homeowners, funded by consumer deposits. Many thrifts are becoming increasingly diversified, and offer an array of financial products and services, such as retail banking operations and commercial lending. A typical thrift loan portfolio consists of approximately 70% residential mortgages, approximately 20% commercial real estate loans, approximately 5% warehouse loans, and approximately 5% consumer loans. To raise new funds, mortgages are often sold to the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or “Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or “Freddie Mac”). Most thrifts belong to the private Federal Home Loan Bank system, which extends credit to its members.

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Warehouse Clubs and Superstores

Warehouse clubs and superstores sell products across many categories, including food, and compete with grocery stores, mass merchandisers, department stores, drugstores, specialty retailers, and wholesalers. The U.S. warehouse club and superstore industry consists of approximately 20 companies with approximately 4,000 stores and combined annual revenue of approximately $360 billion. Major companies include Sam’s Club (Wal-Mart); Costco Wholesale; BJ’s Wholesale Club; and Meijer. The industry is highly concentrated: the top four companies hold over 90% of sales.

Warehouse clubs differ from superstores by requiring a membership to shop. Superstores typically offer a wide range of products, while warehouse clubs offer a limited selection. Warehouse clubs offer multiple types of membership plans, including programs for both consumers and businesses. Annual fees range from $35 to $50 for a standard membership and $90 to $100 for a premium membership. Renewals are important; the renewal rate for Costco members is over 85%. Membership figures range from approximately 10 million members for smaller warehouse chains to more than 50 million members for larger chains.

Demographics and small business growth drive demand, and spending in warehouse clubs generally resists economic cycles. Major products sold by warehouse clubs include: groceries (35% of revenue); drug, health, and beauty aids (10% of revenue); children’s apparel (8% of revenue); and toys, games, and hobby goods (8%). Other products include cleaning products, electronics, and appliances. Most products are available only in large sizes or bulk quantity. Warehouse clubs may also have onsite gas stations, pharmacies, optical centers, or food courts. Profitability depends on high volume sales, low-cost purchasing, and efficient distribution.

Warehouse clubs have grown rapidly. Industry sales increased at an annual average rate of 20% between 1999 and 2009, compared to 5% for all general merchandise stores. Some retailers, such as Wal-Mart, operate warehouse and superstores as well as traditional discount stores. Warehouse clubs demand a large amount of real estate space; most retail locations range from 110,000 to 190,000 square feet. A typical BJ’s, including parking, requires about 14 acres of land.

Convenience Stores

The convenience store industry includes gas station/convenience store combinations (80%) as well as convenience stores that do not sell fuel (20%). The U.S. convenience store industry consists of approximately 120,000 stores, with combined annual sales of more than $350 billion. Major companies include 7-Eleven, Circle K, and The Pantry, although the industry is highly fragmented and includes national chains, franchises and independent retailers.

Convenience stores sell more than 80% of the gas sold in the United States, and fuel typically comprises more than 70% of sales. Typical non-fuel merchandise includes high volume goods (e.g., beverages and cigarettes); impulse items (e.g., snacks and candy); staples (e.g., milk); and prepared foods (e.g., sandwiches, pizzas, and hot dogs). Fuel sales, which have very low margins, typically drive traffic and the sales of other products, which contribute approximately 2/3 of gross margin dollars.

Oil companies, traditionally a large owner of convenience stores, are increasingly divesting their holdings, converting company-owned stores to franchises or independently owned dealers. Moreover, convenience stores are facing increased competition from various retailers for gas sales, including grocery stores, mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs. Convenience store operators are responding by increasing offerings of high margin products, including prepared foods and coffee.

Drugstores

The U.S. drugstores industry is a growing segment with demand driven by the aging of the population and advances in medical treatment. The industry consists of approximately 20,000 stores with combined annual revenue of approximately $220 billion, excluding pharmacy locations inside discount stores and grocery stores. Major companies include Walgreens, CVS Caremark and Rite Aid. Because large companies have economies of scale in purchasing and access to large groups of customers through medical insurance groups, the industry is concentrated: the 50 largest companies generate approximately 70% of revenue.

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Drugstores sell two types of products: prescription drugs and “front-store” products, including over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, health and beauty aids, greeting cards, photo-finishing services, and general merchandise. Prescription drugs draw customers to the store, and stores focus their efforts on the number of new prescriptions they fill. The larger drugstore chains typically generate approximately 70% of their sales from prescriptions, while front-end items account for approximately 30% of sales. The number of front-end items has increased in recent years, as stores have started to offer a wider variety of items to customers.

Many stores are freestanding, contain approximately 12,000 square feet of space, and generally include a drive-through window to more easily accommodate customers. A convenient location is often the most important factor that draws customers. Most pharmacies also offer free shipping of prescriptions to customers who want prescriptions mailed to them. Traditional chain drugstores make up approximately 50% of the market. Since drugstores generally make most of their prescription drug sales from repeat customers, they typically emphasize friendly, helpful, and discrete service. Other services offered may include in-store clinics, health condition management programs, or online refill services.

Automobile Parts — Wholesale and Retail

The automobile parts — wholesale and retail industry sells parts and other products used to maintain and repair cars and trucks and counts two primary groups of customers: do-it-yourself (DIY) customers, who work on their own cars; and do-it-for-me (DIFM) customers, which include commercial installers such as auto repair shops, gas stations, fleet operators, and car dealer service departments. The U.S. market consists of approximately 35,000 companies with combined annual revenue of approximately $200 billion. Top companies include Advance Auto Parts, AutoZone, Genuine Parts, O’Reilly Automotive, and The Pep Boys.

Retail automobile parts stores may inventory as many as 20,000 different parts, while a wholesale store may stock as many as 400,000 different parts. Products include “hard parts” such as brakes, mufflers, batteries, starters, alternators, and pumps; maintenance items including oil, oil filters, lubricants, additives, spark plugs, fuel injectors, lights, wipers, paints, waxes, and hoses; tools such as wrenches and diagnostic equipment; and accessories such as trim, wheel covers, and audio systems.

Demand for aftermarket parts is driven by the age and mileage of vehicles in use and generally increases when fewer new cars are sold and older cars are kept on the road longer. The profitability of individual companies depends largely on inventory management and marketing. Large companies have economies of scale in purchasing and distribution. The DIFM market represents the largest growth segment and is less price-sensitive. Many retailers are adding DIFM services to increase sales and profits.

Fast Food and Quick Service Restaurants

The U.S. fast food and quick service restaurant industry consists of more than 200,000 restaurant locations with combined annual revenue of approximately $150 billion. Major companies include Burger King, Chickfil-A, McDonald’s, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, and YUM! Brands. The industry is highly fragmented, with the 50 largest companies accounting for approximately 20% of the market, but many independent operators are franchises of large national chains, such as Popeyes, Quiznos, and Subway. The industry includes limited service restaurants, which differ from full-service restaurants in that customers generally order at a counter and pay before eating. Most quick service restaurants serve simple, average quality food, which is typically packaged “to-go” for consumption off-premise.

Fast food and quick service restaurant demand is driven by demographics, consumer tastes, and personal income. Profitability depends on efficient operations, high traffic locations and high volume sales. Operators typically specialize in certain types of cuisine or entrée items. Hamburger restaurants represent approximately 45% of industry revenue, while pizza parlors account for approximately 15% of industry revenue. Other restaurants serve chicken items, Mexican food, and submarine-style sandwiches. The industry includes national and regional chains, franchises, and independent operators. Many chains heavily promote their use of organic ingredients and healthy cooking techniques in order to set themselves apart from other fast food concepts. Operators also seek to drive traffic during non-peak periods by offering snack menu items. Snack sales account for almost 20% of traffic at quick service restaurants, reports QSR Magazine (quoting research from NPD Group).

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Most quick service restaurants have a food preparation area, dining area, and parking lot, and many have a drive-thru; some have children’s play areas. The average size of a quick service restaurant varies, depending on seating and equipment requirements. For example, a typical Burger King location averages between 1,900 and 4,300 square feet with seating for 40 to 120 customers; and a Domino’s Pizza delivery unit, with no in-store seating, ranges between 1,000 and 1,300 square feet. Some companies may also operate kiosks with no seating area in high-traffic locations such as airports and retail area food courts.

Home Centers and Hardware Stores

The U.S. home center and hardware store, or home improvement retail, industry consists of approximately 23,000 hardware stores and home centers with combined annual revenue of approximately $150 billion. Home centers account for approximately 30% of retail locations but approximately 85% of industry revenue; hardware stores account for approximately 15% of revenues and approximately 70% of retail locations. Major home center companies include The Home Depot and Lowe’s Companies; major hardware store companies include True Value Company and Ace Hardware. The home center segment of the industry is highly concentrated, while the hardware store segment of the industry is more fragmented.

Home remodeling and repair and new homebuilding drive sales for home improvement retailers. Home centers offer more building supplies (such as lumber and flooring) and appliances than hardware stores. Major products for home centers include lumber and building supplies (35% of sales); hardware, tools, and plumbing and electrical supplies (20% of sales); and lawn and garden products (10% of sales); and paint and sundries (10% of sales). Hardware stores tend to make more of their sales (approximately 60%) from hardware, tools, plumbing, and electrical supplies. Home centers often carry a full line of appliances. Companies may also offer installation, delivery, design, or tool rental services, which are typically provided by third-party contractors.

Large stores require significant amounts of real estate space and are typically located in major retail centers to capitalize on heavy traffic. Locations for independent retailers include secondary strip malls and small town centers. A typical hardware store is approximately 9,000 square feet, and averages approximately $150 in sales per square foot, according to Hardware Retailing. Home centers are approximately 12,000 square feet and average approximately $320 in sales per square foot.

Gas Stations

The U.S. gas station industry consists of approximately 22,000 establishments (single-location companies and units of multi-location companies) with combined annual revenue of approximately $115 billion. Although no major companies dominate, large oil companies own many stations. The industry is fragmented: the top 50 companies hold approximately 30% of industry sales. Operators include regional chains, independent retailers, and corporate-owned stations. The industry includes some truck stops but excludes establishments that are combination gas station/convenience stores (see “— Convenience Stores” above).

The volume of consumer and commercial driving generates gas station sales. Fuel for motor vehicles accounts for more than 80% of industry sales. Major products sold include unleaded regular gas (approximately 60% of fuel sales) and diesel fuel (approximately 30% of fuel sales). Gas stations also sell unleaded mid-grade and unleaded premium gas. Truck stops tend to sell more diesel fuel, since most commercial vehicles run on diesel. The profitability of individual companies depends on the ability to secure high-traffic locations, generate high-volume sales, and buy gas at the lowest possible cost. Large companies have advantages in purchasing and finance whereas small companies can compete effectively by having superior locations. As more retailers add gas to their merchandising mix, the competitive landscape for gas stations has expanded to include convenience stores, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, and grocery stores.

Common locations include high-traffic intersections, major highways, interstates, and resort markets. Sites near highway entrance and exit ramps are popular due to ease of access. Because high-volume traffic is critical, competing gas stations may be located adjacent to one another at the same intersection. Almost all are self-service and allow customers to pump their own gas. Many stations operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Truck stops serve much larger vehicles than traditional gas stations and require significantly more space. Truck stops may have weigh stations to help truckers minimize overweight violations. Many truck stops dedicate fuel lanes for trucks, and most allow truckers to park overnight. Some truck stops offer food, phones, showers, and lounges. Gas stations without convenience stores can still provide ancillary products and services

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to boost sales and traffic. Many stations provide ATMs, car washes, and food items, which can improve margins. Providing car repair services can be lucrative and offer customers a more convenient alternative to car dealers or repair shops.

Discount Stores

Discount stores aim to provide “one-stop shopping” for price-conscious consumers by providing a wide range of merchandise at low prices. The U.S. discount department store industry consists of approximately 5,000 stores with combined annual revenue of approximately $130 billion. Major companies include Kmart, Kohl’s, Target, and Wal-Mart and the industry is highly concentrated: the eight largest companies have nearly 100% of the market.

Population growth and consumer spending drive sales for discount stores. Major products sold include apparel (20% of sales); personal care products (15% of sales); groceries (7% of sales); and toys (6% of sales). Apparel includes women’s, men’s, and children’s apparel. Companies may also sell electronics, kitchenware, sporting goods, towels and sheets, and footwear. Discount department stores may have in-store pharmacies, photo processing services, or restaurants. Discount department stores occupy a big footprint and require large amounts of real estate space, with the average size approximately 100,000 square feet.

Most companies also have a supercenter format, which averages approximately 200,000 square feet and offers a more extensive merchandise selection and a complete grocery section (see “— Warehouse Clubs and Superstores” above). The popularity of this store format is increasing, as offering a full selection of groceries helps drive traffic. At the same time, smaller format stores are also being used to drive growth, especially in large urban centers with high real estate costs. Companies are also seeking to increase sales and margins by offering private-label and co-branded products.

Dollar Stores

The dollar and other general merchandise stores industry includes single-price merchandisers as well as general merchandise stores. The U.S. market is comprised of approximately 33,000 retail outlets with combined annual revenue of approximately $50 billion. Major companies include Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree. The industry is concentrated, as these three companies account for nearly 60% of the retail establishments.

Demand is driven by consumer spending, particularly among less affluent consumers, as most companies target the lower- to middle-income demographic. Typical customers are low or middle-income residents of communities that surround the stores. The profitability of individual companies depends on their ability to effectively locate stores, to maintain value in the eyes of the consumer, and to maximize their revenue per square foot. The industry is highly competitive, as companies must compete within the industry, as well as with other retail categories such as discount department stores (e.g., Wal-Mart and Target), grocery stores, and drug stores. Increasingly, some stores are targeting higher income patrons depending on their location and their merchandise mix (some products have a wider appeal).

Many stores in the industry follow a “fixed-price” strategy, selling most products for a fixed amount, typically $1. Stores also offer products at other price points, but usually less than $10 per item. Major products are consumables (primarily food items), housewares, seasonal items, and clothing. Consumables are the biggest sellers, accounting for up to 70% of some companies’ annual sales. Market share of housewares, seasonal items, and apparel varies, with each accounting for between 10% and 15% of sales, depending on the store. Store managers generally have the flexibility to order merchandise that is particularly relevant for one location. Stores in the industry range in size from 7,000 to 10,000 square feet, depending on the specific location and the size of the surrounding community.

Business and Growth Strategies

Our principal business strategy is to generate attractive risk-adjusted investment returns by assembling a high-quality well located portfolio of net leased properties diversified by tenant, industry, geography and lease duration. We intend to pursue a fully-integrated origination and investment approach that will allow us to maximize cash flow and achieve sustainable long-term growth in FFO thereby maximizing total return to our stockholders. We plan to expand our existing medium-term net lease business and create a diversified portfolio of medium-term net leased properties.

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Because no leases in our initial portfolio of continuing properties expire before July 2016, none of the leases on the proposed property acquisitions expire before February 2014, and we will focus on acquisitions with remaining lease durations of not less than three years, we expect not to have any lease expirations until at least 2014. The anticipated stability of our cash flows during the next three years differentiates our portfolio from other publicly traded REITs that invest in net lease properties that have annual lease expirations that require management time and focus. We intend to focus all of our efforts during this period on expanding our business and creating a diversified portfolio of high quality properties with credit tenants.

Investing in High Quality Cash Flows

Our portfolio of continuing properties consists of freestanding, single tenant net leased properties where 100% of the underlying tenants are of high credit quality (as determined by us based on the credit ratings of our Citizens Bank tenants and our internal due diligence with respect to the creditworthiness of our Home Depot tenant) and it is our intention to continue to invest in properties leased to high credit quality tenants only. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our continuing properties were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants” based on our underwriting criteria described herein and 75% of our tenants (based on average annual rent from our continuing properties) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. Our Citizens Bank tenants each individually have an investment grade credit rating; however, neither their parent entity, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., or CFG, nor CFG’s parent entity, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, would have any obligation to us if either of our Citizen’s Bank tenants defaulted under their respective leases with us. Further, as of June 30, 2011, 100% of the proposed property acquisitions were leased to companies that we believe are “credit tenants'' based on our underwriting criteria described herein and 44% of these tenants (based on average annual rent from the proposed property acquisitions) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. Investing in properties leased to credit tenants provides us with a stable and reliable source of cash flow from our properties.

Acquiring “Critical Use” Properties Net Leased to Clients

We intend to acquire and own additional commercial properties subject to net leases to credit tenants, with a focus on acquiring properties that are of “critical use” to the tenants occupying such properties or that have a clear alternative use. When we say that a property is of “critical use” to a tenant, we mean that we believe that because of its location and physical characteristics, it is positioned to be fundamentally important to our tenant’s business. We will be focused on acquiring net leased properties at or below replacement cost and in geographies where the market fundamentals will give us the flexibility to renew or extend the lease with the existing tenant or reposition the property for alternative uses.

Prior to effecting any acquisitions, we analyze the (1) property’s design, construction quality, efficiency, functionality and location with respect to the immediate sub-market, city and region; (2) lease integrity with respect to the term, rental rate increases, corporate guarantees and property maintenance provisions, if any; (3) present and anticipated conditions in the local real estate market; and (4) prospects for selling or re-leasing the property on favorable terms in the event of a vacancy. We also evaluate each potential tenant’s financial strength, growth prospects, competitive position within its respective industry and a property’s strategic location and function within a tenant’s operations or distribution systems. We believe that our comprehensive underwriting process is critical to the assessment of long-term profitability of any investment by us.

We also believe smaller leased properties, that are approximately 3,000 to 10,000 square feet in size, represent an attractive investment opportunity in today’s real estate environment. Due to the complexities of acquiring and managing a large portfolio of relatively small assets, based on ARC’s experience, we believe these types of properties have not experienced significant institutional ownership interests or the corresponding yield reduction experienced by larger income producing properties. We believe the minimal property management required by net leases, coupled with the active management of a large portfolio of similar properties, is an effective investment strategy.

Strong Risk-Adjusted Cash Flows

We intend to acquire additional net leased properties that have remaining lease terms of approximately three to eight years, on average. We believe that the competition to acquire net leased properties that have lease expirations in the medium-term is minimal and fragmented and, to our knowledge, we are one of the

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few public REITs that are traded on a national securities exchange, if not the only public REIT that is traded on a national securities exchange, focused exclusively on making investments of this type. We expect to acquire additional net leased properties that have medium-term remaining lease durations with less competition than when the real estate capital debt markets were more liquid and at prices where we believe the profile of the investment has the potential to provide not only recurring income but capital appreciation as well. We also expect to capitalize on value opportunities resulting from ARC’s reputation for historically closing substantially all transactions contemplated under definitive purchase and sale agreements.

Diversification

We will seek to assemble a high-quality well located portfolio of net leased properties diversified by tenant, industry, geography and lease duration. As of June 30, 2011, our 63 properties were located in 10 states and with leases with three different tenants in two different tenant industries. However, our two TRS Properties are currently vacant. If all of the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, our 92 properties will be located in 13 states and with leases with six different tenants in five different tenant industries.

Maximize Cash Flow Through Internal Growth

We seek investments that provide for attractive returns initially and increasing returns over the remaining lease term with fixed rent escalations and/or percentage rent features that allow participation in the financial performance of the property. We have typically structured our property acquisitions to achieve a positive spread between our cost of capital and the rental amounts paid by our tenants. We have also embedded rental rate growth in our existing leases. During such lease term and any renewal periods, our leases typically provide for periodic increases in rent and/or percentage rent based upon a percentage of the tenant’s prior sales over a predetermined level. As of June 30, 2011, 100% of our leases relating to our continuing properties provided for fixed periodic increases in rent, which increases average 2.38% per annum on a weighted average basis. None of the leases include performance based rent escalations. As of June 30, 2011, 24% of the leases relating to the proposed property acquisitions provided for fixed periodic increases in rent. We also have the opportunity to generate incremental revenue growth by rolling existing leases to market rents in many of our markets.

Aggressive Asset Management

Unlike many owners of net leased properties who treat their assets more like corporate bonds, we and our Manager intend to implement an aggressive asset management approach for net leased properties in order to maximize our return on investment. Initially our Manager will create an asset specific management plan for each of our properties. Our Manager then intends to manage the properties aggressively against the plan with the goal of achieving a releasing of the property at an enhanced rent upon the expiration of the existing lease. As part of this plan, our team will be engaging in regular dialogues with our tenants to determine their ongoing property needs and how they can best position or reposition the property in order to meaningfully increase the likelihood that the existing tenant will renew its lease.

Value-Added Repositioning

As part of our investment strategy, we will opportunistically make capital improvements or offer rent abatements to a property in order to induce an existing tenant to renew its lease or reposition the property to be leased to a new credit tenant. In the event we are successful in implementing this strategy, we may, on an opportunistic basis and subject to compliance with certain restrictions on selling properties applicable to REITs, resell such properties to buyers of long-term net leased properties. We are presently undertaking a strategic review of our two TRS properties to determine the optimal repositioning approach to maximize stockholder value for these assets.

Selectively Engaging in Gain-on-Sale Transactions

On a limited and opportunistic basis, we may acquire and promptly resell medium-term net lease assets for immediate gain. To the extent we engage in these activities, to avoid adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, we generally must do so through a TRS. In general, a TRS is treated as a regular

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“C corporation” and therefore must pay corporate-level taxes on its taxable income. Thus, our yield on such activities will be reduced by such taxes borne by the TRS. Depending on the strategic alternative we ultimately decide to pursue, our two TRS properties may be an example of the execution of this strategy.

Scalable Operating Model

We expect to leverage off of ARC’s experienced in-house team of investment professionals to source, structure, underwrite and close acquisitions of our target properties allowing for a rapid deployment of available funds, if any, earmarked for such purposes. In addition, ARC has developed an extensive national network of property owners, investment sale brokers, tenants, borrowers, mortgage brokers, lenders, institutional investors and other market participants that helps it to identify and evaluate a variety of single tenant investment opportunities. ARC’s management team is comprised of individuals with expertise in commercial real estate, credit capital markets, asset management and legal. ARC also places significant focus on anticipating and meeting the needs of net leased tenants by focusing on their expansion, consolidation and relocation requirements. We believe that ARC’s presence, size and resources provide market intelligence that strengthens our growth and acquisition capabilities.

Our Competitive Strengths

We benefit from the deep experience and significant expertise of our Manager’s and ARC’s management team, headed by Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, William M. Kahane, our president and chief operating officer, Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our executive vice president and secretary. Each of our chief executive officer, president and chief investment officer has more than 20 years of real estate experience.

The team has a successful investment track record in net leased properties as demonstrated by ARC’s prior performance. We believe the team’s relevant experience in commercial net leased property acquisition, ownership and operation across all major industry sectors will enable us to better identify and underwrite investment opportunities.

We believe that our Manager’s and ARC’s competitive strengths will enable us to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our stockholders. These strengths include the following:

Experienced and Well-Known Investment Team.  On behalf of ARC and as of June 30, 2011, our Manager’s management team has been responsible for sourcing, structuring, and acquiring over 2,900 net leased properties, representing approximately 45 million leasable square feet at a purchase price of over $6 billion. As of June 30, 2011, ARC had approximately $1.7 billion of net leased properties under management. As former president, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of AFRT, a NYSE listed REIT that invested in properties and assets net leased to the financial services industry, Mr. Schorsch enjoys long-standing relationships with both public and private owners of net leased properties, brokers, and other key industry participants that provide a source of transaction flow not otherwise available to the general investment community. Additionally, his broad operating and investing experience for approximately a fifth of a century gives him an ideal vantage point for steering our investment strategy.

Exceptional Domain Expertise.  Our Manager’s management team has particular expertise structuring and investing in net leased properties throughout all stages of real estate investment cycles, which is well matched to the opportunities in the current volatile real estate market. As exemplified by Mr. Schorsch’s prominent role in forming and managing AFRT, and Mr. Kahane’s role as a trustee of AFRT, this team has considerable expertise in organizing and managing publicly-traded vehicles investing in net leased properties and executing effective value realization strategies.

Expertise in Real Estate Capital Markets, Corporate Acquisitions and Operations.  Our Manager’s management team’s real estate capital markets, corporate acquisition and operating experience sets it apart from most traditional real estate investors. Our Manager’s management team has executed large corporate and portfolio transactions, demonstrating a sophisticated structuring capability and an ability to execute complex capital markets transactions. On behalf of ARC, members of our Manager’s management team have sponsored eight other real estate companies in addition to AFRT, including American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., or ARCT, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., or NYRR, Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping

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Center REIT, Inc., or PEARC, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., or ARC HT, American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc., or ARC RCA, American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., or ARC NAV, ARC — Northcliffe Income Properties, Inc., or ARC — Northcliffe, and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., or ARCT III, of which NYRR, PEARC, ARC HT, ARC RCA, ARC NAV and ARCT III are currently selling securities to the public. Additionally, members of our Manager’s management team have sponsored Business Development Corporation of America, Inc., or Business Development Corporation, a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.

Focus on Capital Preservation.  On behalf of ARC, our Manager’s management team has placed a premium on protecting and preserving capital by performing a comprehensive risk-reward analysis on each investment, with a rigorous focus on relative values among the target assets that are available in the market. Amplifying this capital preservation strategy further, on our behalf our Manager expects to utilize appropriate leverage to enhance equity returns while avoiding unwarranted levels of debt or excessive interest rate or re-financing exposure.

Disciplined Approach to Underwriting and Due Diligence.  Before acquiring a property, ARC’s team of investment professionals, led by Mr. Budko, implements a disciplined underwriting and due diligence process. The focus of the due diligence falls into the following four primary areas: (1) credit and financial reviews of the tenant as well as an assessment of the tenant’s business, the overall industry segment and the tenant’s market position within the industry; (2) lease quality, including an analysis of the term, tenant termination and abatement rights, landlord obligations and other lease provisions; (3) a real estate fundamentals review and analysis, including an evaluation of the replacement cost of the property and assessment of alternative uses; and (4) an analysis of the risk adjusted returns on the investment.

Dedicated Asset Management Team and In-House Operational and Professional Services.  Attaining attractive returns from investing in real estate requires both wise investment decision making and prudent asset management. ARC has an in-house real estate services team that employs over 50 professionals. This team is responsible for managing all of the investments made by ARC. Through an acquisition and capital services agreement between us and ARC, we are able to utilize ARC’s in-house asset management team and legal, accounting and tax capabilities on our behalf.

Established Investment and Portfolio Management Capabilities.  ARC has an experienced in-house team of investment professionals that source, structure, underwrite and close our transactions. In addition, ARC has developed an extensive national network of property owners, investment sale brokers, tenants, borrowers, mortgage brokers, lenders, institutional investors and other market participants that helps us to identify and evaluate a variety of single tenant net leased investment opportunities. ARC’s management team is comprised of individuals with expertise in commercial real estate, credit capital markets, asset management and legal.

Reduced General and Administrative Expenses.  Under the administrative support agreement between us and ARC, ARC will pay or reimburse us for our general administrative expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees, audit fees, board of director fees, insurance, marketing and investor relation fees, until September 6, 2012, which is one year after the closing of our IPO, to the extent the amount of our AFFO is less than the amount of distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units during such one year period. To the extent these amounts are paid by ARC, they would not be subject to reimbursement by us.

Financing Expertise.  ARC’s management team has substantial experience in financing single tenant net leased assets. ARC has developed and continues to enhance financing structures that have enabled us to efficiently finance a portion of the acquired properties through term loan and securitization transactions. These financing structures enable us to enhance portfolio returns without reducing tenant credit quality in search of yield.

Our Portfolio

Our existing portfolio of properties consists of 63 free standing net leased properties situated in 10 states. Our real estate portfolio generated $9.1 million of rental revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2011 on a historical combined basis. Because substantially all rental revenue is derived from triple net leases, the

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average annual rent from our portfolio (taking into account expenses relating to our two TRS properties, which are vacant) was $9.1 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2011, which translates into a capitalization rate (which is average annual rent (as defined below) divided by the investment value of $131 million) of 7.0%.

The table below presents a summary of our portfolio of properties as of June 30, 2011:

         
Tenant/Property   Number of
Properties
  Total Leasable
Square Footage (%)(1)
  Total Leasable
Square Footage
  Average
Annual Rent
(in thousands)(2)
  Percentage
(%)(3)
Citizens Bank(4)     59       38.0 %      291,920     $ 6,777.8       74 % 
Community Bank(5)     1       0.6 %      4,410       36.7       1 % 
Home Depot     1       60.5 %      465,600       2,287.7       25 % 
Total Continuing Properties     61       99.1 %      761,930     $ 9,102.2       100 % 
TRS Properties(6)     2       0.9 %      6,800       0.0       0 % 
Total Portfolio     63       100.0 %      768,730     $ 9,102.2       100 % 

Certain percentages and totals may not sum due to rounding.

(1) Calculated as leasable square feet by tenant divided by the portfolio total of 768,730 leasable square feet.
(2) Reflects average annual rent under the lease reflecting straight line rent adjustments associated with contractual rent increases in the leases as required under GAAP. Tenant concessions are not reflected in this calculation because they were not incurred by either us or an ARC Predecessor Company.
(3) Calculated as Average Annual Rent divided by total Average Annual Rent of $9,102,200.
(4) Our Citizens Bank tenant was granted a reduction in rent in respect of these properties in connection with the restructuring of the leases on these properties that occurred in August 2010. In exchange for this reduction in rent of the Citizens Bank tenant beginning in the final year of the original lease term, Citizens Bank agreed to (1) renew the leases on these properties for an average lease option term of 7.6 years, an increase of 2.6 years from the original 5 year renewal lease option term, and (2) fixed annual rent escalations of 2.5% per year (the original leases did not provide for increases in rent).
(5) Community Bank took assignment of the former Citizens Bank lease and executed a new lease effective August 1, 2011.
(6) We are in the process of evaluating the strategic alternatives for maximizing the value of our two TRS properties, which are currently vacant, including re-leasing these properties or selling them with or without a tenant.

The following table sets forth information regarding our two TRS properties that are currently vacant. We are currently evaluating strategic alternatives for maximizing the value of our two TRS properties, including re-leasing these properties or selling them with or without a tenant. Real estate taxes, insurance and routine annualized maintenance on our two TRS properties aggregated approximately $70,000 (annualized since the date such properties became vacant).

       
Location   Property Type   Leaseable Square Feet   Form of Ownership   Vacant Since
Worth, IL   Free standing/Bank   3,200   Fee simple   August 1, 2010
Havertown, PA   Free standing/Bank   3,600   Fee simple   August 1, 2010

We invest in commercial property types (e.g., office, warehouse and retail), and our investment underwriting includes an analysis of the credit quality of the underlying tenant and the strength of the related lease. We also analyze the property’s real estate fundamentals, including location and type of the property, vacancy rates and trends in vacancy rates in the property’s market, rental rates within the property’s market, recent sales prices and demographics in the property’s market. We believe that over time, the value of our owned real estate will appreciate. For more detail on our underwriting process, please see “— Underwriting and Due Diligence Process” below. We target properties that have one or more of the following characteristics:

flexible asset type that will facilitate a re-let of the property if the tenant does not renew;

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barriers to entry in the property’s market, such as zoning restrictions or limited land for future development; and
core facility of the tenant.

As of June 30, 2011, on a pro forma basis, we had an approximately $122.2 million property portfolio, at cost, with a fair value of approximately $131 million. We believe the strength of this portfolio is exhibited by the following:

as of June 30, 2011, 100% of our continuing properties were occupied;
61 continuing properties in 10 states and leases with three different tenants;
100% of tenants are companies that we believe are credit tenants based on our underwriting criteria described herein and 74% of our tenants (based on average annual rent from our continuing properties) have an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies;
weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 9.3 years; and
reasonably diversified portfolio by geography.

Tenant Industry Diversification

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the tenant industry concentrations in our property portfolio as of June 30, 2011.

       
Industry   Number of Tenants   Credit Rating   Investment
(in thousands)
  Percent of Total
Home Improvement     1       Not Assigned     $ 30,400       23 % 
Financial     2       Investment Grade     $ 100,600       77 % 
Total     2              $ 131,000       100 % 

Leases by Tenant

Citizens Bank

We lease 59 of our continuing properties under triple net leases with Citizens Bank. These properties contain an aggregate of approximately 291,920 square feet and are located in nine states. The following table sets forth certain information regarding properties in our portfolio leased to Citizens Bank. Each of the properties in the following table located in Pennsylvania is leased to Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania and all the other properties in the following table are leased to RBS Citizens, N.A.

             
Location   Property
type/
Principal
nature of
business
  Leaseable
square feet
  Leaseable
square feet
occupied (%)
  Lease
maturity
  Renewal
options
  Form of
ownership
  Average
annual rent (in thousands)(2)
New London, CT     Financial       1,100       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       43.7  
Smyrna, DE     Financial       4,610       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       91.6  
Alsip, IL     Financial       4,850       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       106.0  
Chicago, IL     Financial       6,000       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       125.2  
Chicago, IL     Financial       3,600       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       89.4  
Evergreen Park, IL     Financial       2,686       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       73.1  
Detroit, MI     Financial       3,156       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       53.3  
Detroit, MI     Financial       5,782       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       97.7  
Harper Woods, MI     Financial       3,792       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       98.7  
Highland Park, MI(2)     Financial       4,227       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       71.4  
Richmond, MI     Financial       2,850       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       80.0  
Greene, NY(2)     Financial       8,062       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       108.2  
Port Jervis, NY     Financial       4,092       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       72.2  
Schenectady, NY     Financial       9,097       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       144.6  
Boardman, OH     Financial       3,602       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       134.2  
Brunswick, OH     Financial       3,000       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       89.4  
Cleveland, OH(1)     Financial       4,125       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       114.8  

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Location   Property
type/
Principal
nature of
business
  Leaseable
square feet
  Leaseable
square feet
occupied (%)
  Lease
maturity
  Renewal
options
  Form of
ownership
  Average
annual rent (in thousands)(2)
Cleveland, OH     Financial       3,895       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       100.6  
Cleveland, OH     Financial       5,848       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       87.2  
Massillon, OH     Financial       6,100       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       101.5  
Mentor, OH     Financial       2,812       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       83.8  
Poultney, VT     Financial       4,444       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       75.1  
White River Junct., VT     Financial       5,144       100 %      1/31/2017       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       92.0  
Higganum, CT     Financial       4,492       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       81.4  
Lyons, IL     Financial       3,705       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       101.6  
Wilmington, IL     Financial       13,675       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       165.2  
Dearborn, MI     Financial       5,614       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       192.1  
Dearborn, MI     Financial       6,313       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       216.0  
Southfield, MI     Financial       3,825       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       114.5  
Warren, MI     Financial       3,169       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       84.5  
Pittsfield, NH     Financial       5,044       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       76.1  
Rollinsford, NH     Financial       1,828       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       36.8  
East Aurora, NY     Financial       3,600       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       82.4  
Johnstown, NY     Financial       3,600       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       83.3  
Whitesboro, NY     Financial       3,234       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       67.5  
Lakewood, OH     Financial       3,665       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       99.6  
Louisville, OH     Financial       5,328       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       92.5  
Massillon, OH     Financial       8,664       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       137.5  
Wadsworth, OH     Financial       4,000       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       76.5  
Ambridge, PA     Financial       5,400       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       108.7  
Monesson, PA     Financial       5,000       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       100.6  
St. Albans, VT     Financial       2,904       100 %      1/31/2018       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       71.6  
Elmwood Park, IL     Financial       6,525       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       221.1  
Clinton Township, MI     Financial       7,474       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       259.0  
Grosse Pointe, MI     Financial       5,395       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       196.6  
Lathrup Village, MI     Financial       4,184       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       136.5  
Livonia, MI     Financial       3,296       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       127.7  
St. Clair Shores, MI     Financial       4,350       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       151.9  
Utica, MI     Financial       4,487       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       179.5  
Albany, NY     Financial       5,060       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       118.6  
Amherst (Buffalo), NY     Financial       5,300       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       122.9  
Rochester, NY     Financial       3,478       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       86.0  
Vails Gate, NY     Financial       6,442       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       144.5  
Alliance, OH     Financial       5,250       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       100.3  
Broadview Heights, OH     Financial       3,630       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       103.6  
Northfield, OH     Financial       6,000       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       152.1  
Rocky River, OH     Financial       8,172       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       143.7  
Willoughby, OH     Financial       7,500       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       191.1  
Narberth, PA     Financial       9,443       100 %      1/31/2019       3 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple       211.8  
Totals           291,920                             $ 6,780.0  

(1) The tenant under this lease has the option to terminate without penalty commencing on July 31, 2013, provided we have received notice by July 31, 2012.
(2) Reflects average annual rent under leases with the applicable tenants reflecting straight line rent adjustments required under GAAP.

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Separate audited financial statements for RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania are neither reported nor available to us and we have not received such audited financial statements. RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania are subsidiaries of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., or CFG, and their financial statements are reported on a consolidated basis with CFG. CFG is owned by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE: RBS), or RBS. Neither CFG nor RBS provides any credit support for, or otherwise guarantees, our leases with RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania report their financial information to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the FDIC. See the financial statements of RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania from the FDIC’s website elsewhere in this prospectus.

Community Bank

In addition to leasing to Citizens Bank, we lease one of our continuing properties under a triple net lease with Community Bank. This property is 4,410 square feet and is located in Whitehall, New York. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the property leased to Community Bank.

             
Location   Property
type/
Principal
nature of
business
  Leaseable
square feet
  Leaseable
square feet
occupied (%)
  Lease
maturity
  Renewal
options
  Form of
ownership
  Average
annual rent (in thousands)(1)
Whitehall, NY(1)     Financial       4,410       100 %      7/31/2016       NA       Fee Simple     $ 34.5  

(1) Reflects average annual rent under leases with the applicable tenants reflecting straight line rent adjustments required under GAAP.

Our Community Bank tenant is headquartered in DeWitt, New York, a suburb of Syracuse and has branch offices located in upstate New York.

Home Depot

In addition to leasing to Citizens Bank, we lease one of our continuing properties under a triple net lease with Home Depot. This property is 465,600 square feet and is located in West Columbia, South Carolina. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the property leased to Home Depot.

             
Location   Property type/ Principal
nature of
business
  Leasable
square feet
  Leasable
square feet
occupied
(%)
  Lease
maturity
  Renewal
options
  Form of
ownership
  Average
annual rent(1)
West Columbia, SC     Retail/
Distribution Facility
      465,600       100       11/30/2029       2 x 5 yrs       Fee Simple     $ 2,287.7  

(1) Reflects average annual rent under the lease taking into account straight line rent adjustments required under GAAP.

Our Home Depot tenant is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Home Depot, Inc. According to The Home Depot, Inc.’s annual report, our Home Depot tenant does business as “The Home Depot”. The Home Depot, Inc. is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer with, as of January 31, 2011, 2,248 retail stores in the United States (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Canada, Mexico and China that generated reported net sales of $68.0 billion. The Home Depot, Inc.’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index. The Home Depot, Inc. reports its annual financial statements on a consolidated basis for “The Home Depot, Inc. and Subsidiaries”, which includes our Home Depot tenant. However, separate financial statements for our Home Depot tenant are neither reported nor available to us.

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Lease Expirations

The following table sets forth certain information regarding scheduled lease expirations in our portfolio as of June 30, 2011.

           
Year of Lease
Expiration
  Number of
leases expiring
  Square feet
subject to
expiring
lease(1)
  Square feet
subject to
expiring lease
(%)(2)
  Average
Annual Rent(3)
  Average
Annual Rent
(%)(4)
  Average Annual
Rent per
expiring square
feet
2016     1       4,410       0.58 %    $ 37,277       0.41 %    $ 8.45  
2017     23       102,874       13.50 %    $ 2,137,119       23.50 %    $ 20.79  
2018     19       93,060       12.21 %    $ 1,990,535       21.81 %    $ 21.39  
2019     17       95,986       12.60 %    $ 2,647,575       29.09 %    $ 27.58  
2029     1       465,600       61.11 %    $ 2,281,697       25.13 %    $ 4.91  

(1) Leasable square feet represents the contracted square footage upon expiration.
(2) Calculated as leasable square feet expiring divided by the portfolio total of 761,930 leasable square feet.
(3) Reflects average annual rent under leases with the applicable tenants reflecting straight line rent adjustments required under GAAP.
(4) Calculated as Average Annual Rent divided by total Average Annual Rent of $9,102,203.

Percent Leased and Rent of Certain Properties

Citizens Bank and Community Bank

The following table sets forth the percentage leased and effective annual rent per leased square foot for the continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank (and our continuing property leased to Community Bank, which was leased to Citizens Bank prior to August 1, 2011) as of the dates indicated below:

   
Date*   Percent leased   Effective Annual
Rent Per Leased
Square Foot(1)
June 30, 2011     100 %    $ 21.07  
December 31, 2010     100 %    $ 20.66  
December 31, 2009     100 %    $ 19.17  
December 31, 2008     100 %    $ 19.17  

* Occupancy and rent information with respect to these properties has not been included for prior years because the ARC Predecessor Companies did not acquire the initial group of properties until July 2, 2008 and prior historical occupancy and rental rate information is not available to us.
(1) Calculated as (i) the historical rent under this lease during the applicable year, divided by (ii) 296,330 square feet.

Home Depot

The following table sets forth the percentage leased and effective annual rent per leased square foot for the property leased to Home Depot as of the dates indicated below:

   
Date*   Percent leased   Effective Annual
Rent Per Leased
Square Foot(1)
June 30, 2011     100 %    $ 4.08  
December 31, 2010     100 %    $ 4.08  
December 31, 2009     100 %    $ 4.00  

* Operations with respect to this property commenced on December 1, 2009.
(1) Calculated as (i) the historical rent under this lease during the applicable year, divided by (ii) 465,600 square feet.

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Depreciation

The following table sets forth for each material property in our portfolio and component thereof upon which depreciation is taken, the (i) tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon consummation of the offering and the formation transactions which, as required by GAAP, is a carryover basis from the ARC Predecessor Companies, (ii) method, and (iii) life claimed with respect to such property or component thereof for purposes of depreciation. Neither our continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank nor our TRS properties are individually material; accordingly, this depreciation related information is only being provided with respect to our continuing property leased to Home Depot.

             
Property   Address   City   State   Asset
Description
  Federal Tax Basis   Method(1)   Life Claimed (years)
Home Depot   420 Foster Brothers Drive   Columbia   SC   BUILDING   $13,194,996   MACRS   39
Home Depot   420 Foster Brothers Drive   Columbia   SC   FURNITURE AND FIXTURES   3,178,797   MACRS   5
Home Depot   420 Foster Brothers Drive   Columbia   SC   LAND   3,408,393   NOT APPLICABLE  
Home Depot   420 Foster Brothers Drive   Columbia   SC   LAND IMPROVMENTS   4,670,097   MACRS STRAIGHT-LINE   15

(1) Depreciation methods and life claimed for each property and component thereof is determined by reference to the IRS-mandated method for depreciating assets placed into service after 1986, known as the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS). The depreciation rates vary over the depreciable life of the asset.

Investment Valuation of Portfolio

General

As of January 1, 2011, the investment value of the portfolio of our continuing properties, as determined by Butler Burgher Group, was $131 million. Butler Burgher Group, an independent third-party appraiser, was engaged by our sponsor to render its opinion of the investment value of the leased fee interest in this portfolio, which is owned by the 29 property subsidiaries which were contributed by the contributor to our operating partnership in exchange for 310,000 OP units (valued at approximately $3.9 million) plus the assumption, as of June 30, 2011, of approximately $127.0 million of indebtedness in the contribution transaction.

Butler Burgher Group has delivered a written summary of its analysis, based upon the review, analysis, scope, assumptions, qualifications and limitations described therein, as to the investment value of the leased fee interest in the subject portfolio as of January 1, 2011, or the Portfolio Valuation. Some of the material assumptions, qualifications and limitations to the Portfolio Valuation are described below. Neither we, our sponsor nor the contributor made any contacts with any outside party regarding the preparation by Butler Burgher Group of the Portfolio Valuation.

Experience of Butler Burgher Group.  Butler Burgher Group is a full service provider of commercial property valuation products ranging from specialized due diligence and consulting services to full self-contained appraisals. Butler Burgher Group’s management team has over 100 years of combined leadership experience in the commercial valuation industry and a network of over 200 appraisers nationwide. Butler Burgher Group was formed in April 2009 as a successor to LandAmerica Valuation Corporation.

Summary of Methodology.  At the request of our sponsor, Butler Burgher Group evaluated the investment value of the leased fee interest in the subject portfolio of our continuing properties utilizing the income capitalization approach to valuation. The investment value of a property is the specific value of an investment to a particular investor or class of investors based on individual investment requirements, which is different than the market value of a property or portfolio of properties.

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the principal that the value is directly related to the present value of all future net income attributable to a property. The value of the real property is therefore derived by capitalizing net income either by direct capitalization or a discounted cash flow analysis. Regardless of the capitalization technique employed, the appraiser must attempt to estimate a reasonable net operating income based upon the best available market data; therefore, the derivation of this estimate requires the appraiser to (1) project potential gross income based upon a comparison of the subject property to competing properties, (2) project income loss from vacancy and collection loss based primarily upon supply and demand relationships in the subject property’s market, (3) derive effective gross income by subtracting the vacancy and collection income loss from potential gross income, (4) project the operating expenses associated with the production of the income stream by comparison of the subject property to similar competing properties, and (5) derive net operating income by subtracting the operating expenses from effective gross income.

Our sponsor, the contributor and we believe that use of the income capitalization approach in estimating the investment value of a portfolio of properties is the most appropriate way of assessing investment value of the subject portfolio of properties because, based on our sponsor’s experience, the method is consistent with that generally used by real estate brokers in marketing properties for sale and by purchasers valuing net leased properties. Butler Burgher Group concluded that the use of the income capitalization approach was reasonable and appropriate.

In conducting the Portfolio Valuation, representatives of Butler Burgher Group reviewed and relied upon, without independent verification, the leases and amendments thereto on the subject properties. In addition, Butler Burgher Group discussed with our sponsor our specific investment criteria.

The properties subject to the Portfolio Valuation were not subject to site inspections or an appraisal of their fair market values. The properties subject to the Portfolio Valuation were originally inspected and appraised by Butler Burgher Group’s predecessor, LandAmerica Valuation Corporation, in 2008.

The data was then analyzed to arrive at a conclusion of an investment value based on the income capitalization approach. The results of this analysis were reconciled into an investment value conclusion for the individual properties and the portfolio as a whole based on our stated investment criteria. The analysis assumed a stated required annual rate of return for investors of 6.25%, which we informed Butler Burgher Group was an appropriate initial market rate of return institutional investors such as ourselves would require when investing in the types of properties that were the subject of the Portfolio Valuation.

Conclusion as to Value.  Based on the valuation methodology described above, Butler Burgher Group estimated the investment value of the subject portfolio of properties as follows:

approximately $100,600,000 for our 60 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank (one of which is currently leased to Community Bank); and
approximately $30,400,000 for our continuing property leased to Home Depot.

Assumptions, Limitations and Qualifications.  The Portfolio Valuation report was prepared on a limited summary basis. As such, the report differs from a self-contained report in that the data is limited to the summary data and conclusions presented, and the investment value of the leased fee interest in the subject portfolio of properties utilizing the income capitalization approach to valuation is presented and not an appraisal of the market value of the subject properties on a standalone basis or the subject portfolio of properties as a whole. Additionally, the overall rate utilized within the Portfolio Valuation is based upon the analysis of the stated required initial return investors would seek to receive from an investment in these types of properties, i.e., those with net leases to the tenants with fixed annual rent increases and their specific investment criteria, and should not be construed as a market derived overall rate. The Portfolio Valuation report also is subject to customary general assumptions and limiting conditions.

The Portfolio Valuation represents Butler Burgher Group’s opinion of the estimated investment value of the subject portfolio of properties as of January 1, 2011 based on information available on such date and does not reflect the prices that would be realized in a sale of the properties. Actual prices could be higher or lower than the investment value of the portfolio. Events occurring after the valuation date and before the closing of the contribution transaction could have affected the properties or the assumptions used in preparing the

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Portfolio Valuation. Butler Burgher Group had no obligation to update the Portfolio Valuation on the basis of subsequent events. In connection with the preparation of the Portfolio Valuation, Butler Burgher Group did not prepare a written report or compendium of its analysis for internal or external use by us, the contributor or our sponsor beyond the analysis set forth in the report of the Portfolio Valuation. Butler Burgher Group did not deliver any additional written summary of the analysis other than the Portfolio Valuation.

Compensation and Material Relationships.  Our sponsor paid to Butler Burgher Group on our behalf an aggregate fee of $91,500 for preparing the Portfolio Valuation. In connection with the formation transactions, we reimbursed our sponsor for the fee it advanced to Butler Burgher Group. Butler Burgher Group is also entitled to indemnification against liabilities, including liabilities under federal securities laws. The fee was negotiated between our sponsor and Butler Burgher Group and payment thereof was not dependent upon completion of the contribution transaction. ARC has previously retained Butler Burgher Group to perform services with respect to its properties, including preparing an appraisal of the market value of the properties subject to the Portfolio Valuation in 2008.

Excluded Properties

ARC and its affiliates, including our principals, own direct and indirect interests in the excluded properties, which consist entirely of interests in 34 freestanding, single tenant net leased properties containing an aggregate of 1.2 million leasable square feet. Twenty-eight of the excluded properties were not contributed to us in connection with the formation transactions because they are not practical to be owned by us due to the fact that a third party holds a majority interest in the properties and such third party was unwilling to contribute the interests in such properties to us on terms which were acceptable to us. The remaining six excluded properties, which are leased to Tractor Supply, were not contributed to us because they are subject to secured leverage of approximately 73% (on a loan-to-value basis) and the prepayment of this debt would involve the incurrence of a prepayment penalty, as of June 30, 2011, of approximately $3.7 million. The existence of this prepayment penalty, when added to the overall leverage encumbering the Tractor Supply portfolio of over 96% (on a loan-to-value basis), would result in the cost of these properties to us exceeding their then market value. At no cost to us, ARC has granted us a 10-year right of first offer which commenced on September 6, 2011 to acquire the Tractor Supply portfolio should ARC desire to sell the portfolio.

Proposed Property Acquisitions

We have entered into non-binding letters of intent to purchase the proposed property acquisitions for purchase prices aggregating approximately $20.8 million (including estimated closing costs). Our purchase of each of the proposed property acquisitions is subject to the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, completion of due diligence and execution of tenant estoppels, and, therefore, no assurances can be given that these acquisitions will be completed. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — We may be unable to complete acquisitions, including the proposed property acquisitions, that would grow our business, and even if consummated, we may fail to successfully integrate and operate acquired properties.'' If the proposed property acquisitions are consummated, we will own 92 properties containing approximately 1,018,000 leasable square feet. This represents an approximately 18% increase in our portfolio since the closing of our IPO based upon average annual rents. See “Business and Properties — Proposed Property Acquisitions.” Set forth below are summary descriptions of the proposed property acquisitions:

Advance Auto Portfolio

On September 15, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire seven retail auto parts stores in Caro, Charlotte, Alpena, Cheboygan, Flint, Sault Ste. Marie, and Ypsilanti, Michigan. The tenant of these properties is Advance Stores Company, Inc., which has an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. We deposited $294,000 in escrow upon executing the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than 30 days after the expiration of the 30 day due diligence period, or November 1, 2011, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is an option to adjourn closing by 30 days. If estoppels are not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit.

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The potential acquisition consists of a fee simple interest in seven freestanding, single-story commercial buildings totaling approximately 49,000 square feet. The properties are subject to double-net leases with an average remaining lease term of 8.2 years. Each lease is subject to two five-year renewal options. The average annual base rent is approximately $523,300.

Capitalization

The contract purchase price for these properties is approximately $5,925,000, or an 8.74% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net operating income (rental revenue from these properties as noted above minus property-related expenses if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of these properties with proceeds from this offering and with funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Lease Expiration

The table below describes the occupancy rate and the average effective annual rent per square foot with respect to these properties as of December 31st for each of the last five years where such information is available:

           
  2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006
Occupancy Rate     100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 % 
Average Effective Annual Rental Per Square Foot   $                                                        

The table below sets forth the lease expiration with respect to these properties information for each of the next ten years:

         
Year Ending December 31   Number of Leases Expiring   Total Square Feet of Expiring Leases   % of Leased Area Represented by Expiring Leases   Initial
Annual Rent Under Expiring Leases
  % of Total Annual Rent Represented by Expiring
Leases
2011                                             
2012                                             
2013                                             
2014                                             
2015                                             
2016     2       14,000       28.6 %    $ 136,500       26.3 % 
2017                                             
2018                                             
2019                                             
2020                                             
2021     5       35,000       71.4 %    $ 381,500       73.5 % 

Other

We do not have any scheduled capital improvements with respect to these properties.

We believe that these properties are adequately insured.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2011 Federal tax return.

Our Advance Auto tenant is wholly owned by Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items primarily operating within the United States. The company’s stores carry a product line for cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light trucks. It serves both do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers.

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situation; economic factors that may cause a change in consumer preference favoring newer vehicles (with no need of parts or intensive service); and demographic shifts that may incentivize the tenant to abandon certain locations.

Dollar General Portfolio

On September 19, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire twenty-one retail stores located in Missouri (Ellsinore, Lilborn, Steele, Qulin, Strafford, Hallsville, Cartersville, Lawson, Ash Grove, Bernie, Clarkton, Bloomfield, Appleton City, and Palmyra), Oklahoma (Commerce), Illinois (Jonesboro), and Arkansas (Carlisle, Ashland, Diamond, Bella Vista and Green Forest). The tenants of these properties are Dolgencorp, Inc, DG Retail LLC and Dolgencorp LLC, or our Dollar General tenants. Each of our Dollar General tenants is wholly owned by Dollar General Corp. and all of the leases are guaranteed by Dollar General Corp., which we believe is a “credit tenant” based on the criteria described herein. We deposited $500,000 in escrow upon execution of the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than 30 days after the expiration of the 30 day due diligence period, or November 1, 2011, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is an option to adjourn closing by 30 days. If estoppels are not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit.

The potential acquisition consists of a fee simple interest in twenty-one freestanding, single-story commercial buildings totaling approximately 185,000 square feet. The properties are subject to double-net and modified gross leases with a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.6 years. Fourteen percent of these leases have one five-year renewal option; 29% of these leases have two five-year renewal options; 10% of these leases have three five-year renewal options; 14% of these leases have four five-year renewal options; and 33% of these leases have five five-year renewal options. Nineteen percent of these leases have rent escalations of 3.0% in the eleventh year of their respective terms. The average annual base rent is approximately $1,103,000.

Capitalization

The contract purchase price for these properties is approximately $10,500,000, or a 9.38% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net operating income (rental revenue from these properties as noted above minus property-related expenses if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of these properties with proceeds from this offering and with funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Lease Expiration

The table below describes the occupancy rate and the average effective annual rent per square foot with respect to these properties as of December 31st for each of the last five years where such information is available:

           
  2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006
Occupancy Rate     100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 % 
Average Effective Annual Rental Per Square Foot   $ 5.32     $ 5.32     $ 5.17     $ 4.63     $ 4.63     $ 4.39  
Properties Constructed     21       21       17       14       14       10  

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The table below sets forth the lease expiration information for each of the next ten years:

         
Year Ending Dec. 31   Number of Leases Expiring   Total Square Feet of Expiring Leases   % of Leased Area Represented by Expiring Leases   Annual Rent Under Expiring Leases   % of Total Annual Rent Represented by Expiring
Leases
2011                                             
2012                                             
2013                                             
2014     2       16,000       9 %    $ 58,177       6 % 
2015     5       45,316       24 %    $ 190,364       19 % 
2016     2       18,028       10 %    $ 106,100       11 % 
2017     4       36,056       19 %    $ 186,876       19 % 
2018     3       24,375       13 %    $ 94,585       10 % 
2019     1       9,014       5 %    $ 63,600       6 % 
2018                                             
2019                                             
2020                                             
2021                                             
2022                                             
2023                                             
2024     2       18,114       10 %    $ 142,792       14 % 
2025     2       18,200       10 %    $ 142,560       14 % 

Other

We do not have any scheduled capital improvements with respect to these properties.

We believe that these properties are adequately insured.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2011 Federal tax return.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) is the largest small-box discount retailer in the U.S. Dollar General Corp.’s store’s offer convenience and value to customers, by offering consumable basic items that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids and cleaning supplies, as well as a selection of basic apparel, house wares and seasonal items at everyday low prices. Dollar General Corp. is among the largest retailers of top-quality products made by America’s most trusted manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Unilever, Kellogg’s, General Mills, Nabisco, Fruit of the Loom, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. Dollar General Corp. was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

These properties are subject to competitive conditions including, but not limited to, the tastes and habits of consumers; the demographic forces acting upon the local market of each property; heavy competition in the discount retail market; and economic factors leading to a paucity of disposable income.

Walgreens Pharmacy

On September 20, 2011, we executed a letter of intent to acquire one pharmacy in Eastpointe, Michigan. The tenant of the property is Walgreen Co., which has an investment grade credit rating, as determined by major credit rating agencies. We deposited $189,000 in escrow upon execution of the letter of intent. The closing of the acquisition is expected to occur no later than January 19, 2012, and is conditioned on the execution of definitive purchase and sale documentation, the completion of due diligence and the execution of tenant estoppels. There is a one-time right to adjourn closing up to 15 days. If the estoppel is not executed, or if the information disclosed during due diligence proves unsatisfactory, we will be entitled to a refund of our entire deposit. The due diligence period is 45 days.

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term of 7.5 years. The aggregate rent payments under the lease are $345,700 per year. The lease is triple-net, pursuant to which the tenant is required to pay all operating expenses and capital expenditures in addition to base rent. The tenant has eight five-year renewal options.

Capitalization

The contract purchase price for the property is approximately $3,778,000, or a 9.15% unlevered capitalization rate (which is net income (rental revenue from the property as noted above minus property-related expenses, if applicable) divided by the purchase price). We intend to fund the acquisition of this property with proceeds from this offering and funds from our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Lease Expiration

The table below describes the occupancy rate and the average effective annual rent per square foot as of December 31st for each of the last five years where such information is available:

           
  2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006
Occupancy Rate                                                      
Average Effective Annual Rental Per Square Foot   $                                               

Other

The property was developed in 1998 and has been occupied since 1999.

We do not have any scheduled capital improvements.

We believe that the property is adequately insured.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2011 Federal tax return.

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) operates a chain of drugstores in the United States. The drugstores sell prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise. Its general merchandise comprises household items, personal care, convenience foods, beauty care, photofinishing, candy, and seasonal items. The company provides its services through drugstore counters, as well as through mail, telephone, and the Internet.

The property is subject to competitive conditions including but not limited to fluctuations in government health care policy and insurance reimbursements; demographic shifts; price competition from other national drugstore-retailers; and changes in consumer shopping preferences.

Financing Strategy

We intend to finance future acquisitions with the most advantageous source of capital available to us at the time of the transaction, which may include a combination of public and private offerings of our equity and debt securities, secured and unsecured corporate-level debt, property-level debt and mortgage financing and other public, private or bank debt. In addition, we may acquire properties in exchange for the issuance of common stock or OP units.

We may also acquire a property subject to (and may assume) a fixed rate mortgage. We intend to enter into mortgage and financing arrangements that provide for amortization of part of the principal balance during the term, thereby reducing the refinancing risk at maturity, but also at the same time reducing our cash available for distribution. Some of our properties may be financed on a cross-defaulted or a cross-collateralized basis, and we may collateralize a single financing with more than one property.

Our strategy for additional acquisitions is to finance our properties with, or acquire our properties subject to, secured medium-term fixed rate non-recourse debt at a positive spread to the yield on those properties. We seek to finance our properties with, or acquire our properties subject to, non-recourse long-term fixed rate debt through “match-funded” or substantially “match-funded” debt, meaning that we seek to obtain debt whose maturity matches as closely as possible the lease maturity of the property financed. By doing so, we seek to lock-in the positive spread on the properties (representing the difference between our yield and our cost of financing) for the lease term. Through non-recourse debt, we seek to limit the overall Company exposure in the event we default on the debt to the amount we have invested in the property or properties financed.

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As of June 30, 2011, our outstanding debt (all of which is secured) was approximately 60% of the book value of our portfolio. We have a remaining borrowing capacity of $98.5 million under our $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which will be available to us, upon notice, provided that no default exists, and we satisfy certain collateral requirements and other financial ratio requirements. We anticipate that we will borrow an additional $5.0 million under our senior secured credit facility in order to pay a portion of the purchase price of the proposed property acquisitions. See “Structure and Formation of Our Company — The Financing Transactions — Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. We expect that we will incur additional corporate-level debt and property level debt in the future. Although we are not required to maintain any particular leverage ratio, we expect to maintain an overall net debt to gross asset value of approximately 45% to 55%. However, our organizational documents do not limit the amount or percentage of debt that we may incur. The amount of leverage we will deploy for particular investments in our target assets will depend upon our or our Manager’s assessment of a variety of factors, which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the target assets in our investment portfolio, the potential for losses, the availability and cost of financing the assets, the creditworthiness of our tenants, the health of the U.S. economy and commercial mortgage markets, our outlook for the level, slope and volatility of interest rates, and the credit quality of the properties securing the applicable financing. Since this ratio is based, in part, upon market values of equity, it will fluctuate with changes in the market value of our common stock. However, we believe that this ratio provides an appropriate indication of leverage for a company whose assets are primarily net lease properties with medium-term lease durations.

We are not dependent on the structured credit markets for financing. The net lease asset class has long-attracted institutional financing and we expect that the deep contacts developed over each of our principals’ more than 20 years in the business will provide us with a wide variety of financing opportunities.

As of June 30, 2011, the following statistics summarize our overall portfolio financing position on a pro forma basis based on the adjusted book value of the properties:

leverage of approximately 60%, which includes only secured debt;
$51.5 million of non-recourse senior secured line of credit at a floating rate of 3.12% (as of September 7, 2011); and
$13.85 million of other non-recourse first mortgage debt at a fixed coupon of 5.25%.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our outstanding indebtedness as of June 30, 2011 on a proforma basis (dollar amounts in thousands).

           
Property   Type   Balance at
June 30, 2011
  Interest
Rate
  Amortization
Period (Yrs)
  Maturity   Balance at
Maturity
Citizens Bank Portfolio and Community Bank     Secured     $ 51,500       3.12 %(1)      N/A       September 7, 2014       51,500  
Home Depot     Secured       13,850       5.25%
Fixed
      30 year (2)      July 6, 2015     $ 13,488  
Total         $ 65,350                          

(1) Interest at LIBOR with respect to Eurodollar rate loans, and the greater of the U.S. federal funds rate plus 1.0% and the interest rate publicly announced by RBS Citizens, N.A., our leader, as its “prime rate” or “base rate” at such time with respect to base rate loans, plus a margin of 215 basis points to 290 basis points, depending on our leverage rate.
(2) Commencing in July 2013, principal will begin amortizing on a 30 year amortization schedule.

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Description of Prepayment Provisions of Certain Debt

The following is a summary of the prepayment provisions of the loan agreements evidencing our material outstanding debt. The following is only a summary of the prepayment provisions and it does not include all of the provisions of such agreements:

Citizens Bank Portfolio and Community Bank.  The borrower may, upon notice to the administrative agent, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay the outstanding balance of the loan in whole or in part without premium or penalty. If for any reason the total outstanding amounts under the credit agreement at any time exceed the available loan amount, then the borrower shall, within one business day, prepay the loans and/or cash collateralize the letter of credit obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the borrower shall not be required to cash collateralize the letter of credit obligations unless after the prepayment in full of the loans the total outstanding balance exceeds the available loan amount.
Home Depot.  The borrower may, on 15 days’ prior written notice, prepay the entire outstanding principal balance of the loan without any additional consideration on or after the date that is 4 months prior to the stated maturity date.

Investment Network

Our level of new investment activity is influenced by market conditions. Our Manager maintains a comprehensive marketing, advertising and public relations program that supports our investment efforts. The objective of the program is to build our name recognition and credibility. We believe, based upon ARC’s experience, ARC’s current net lease assets under management of $1.7 billion and responses from customers, that ARC has been successful in achieving such objectives of market awareness and prominence and that our Manager and we will continue to do so.

ARC enjoys long-standing relationships with both public and private owners of net leased properties and other key industry participants that provide a source of transaction flow not otherwise available to the general investment community. We will leverage ARC’s relationships within the net leased commercial real estate industry to further develop relationships with investment sale brokers, through which we will primarily identify real properties for purchase. We will also source property acquisition opportunities directly from developers and owners or investors in real estate assets.

Underwriting and Due Diligence Process

Once a prospective investment opportunity is identified, the potential transaction will undergo a comprehensive underwriting and due diligence process that is overseen by our Manager’s investment committee. The focus of the due diligence falls into four primary areas:

credit and financial reviews of the tenant as well as an assessment of the tenant’s business, the overall industry segment and the tenant’s market position within the industry;
lease quality, including an analysis of the term, tenant termination and abatement rights, landlord obligations and other lease provisions;
a real estate fundamentals review and analysis; and
an analysis of the risk adjusted returns on the investment.

The credit quality of the tenant under the lease is an important aspect of the due diligence of the transaction. Prior to entering into any transaction, we will conduct a review of the tenant’s credit quality. This review may include reviews of publicly available information, including any public credit ratings, financial statements, debt and equity analyst reports, and reviews of corporate credit spreads, stock prices, market capitalization and other financial metrics.

While we have no defined minimum credit rating or balance sheet size for tenants, we anticipate that a significant majority of the tenants underlying our investments will have investment grade credit ratings (as determined by major credit rating agencies) or will be companies that we determine to be credit tenants based on our own underwriting of the tenant’s financial condition. For those tenants that either are below investment grade or are unrated, we may conduct additional due diligence, including additional financial reviews of the tenant and a more comprehensive review of the business segment and industry in which the tenant operates.

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Assuming that the credit of the tenant under the lease is satisfactory, a thorough review is then conducted into the quality of the lease, focusing primarily on the landlord’s obligations under the lease and those provisions of the lease that would permit the tenant to terminate or abate rent prior to the conclusion of the primary lease term. We will analyze the lease to ensure that all or substantially all of the property expenses are borne by the tenant to assure that we can realize a predictable cash flow from the property. In addition, each lease will be reviewed by outside counsel and a lease summary will be provided to us for use in evaluating the transaction.

Finally, we will conduct a review with respect to the quality of the real estate subject to the lease. In all cases, the property will be reviewed from a traditional real estate perspective, including quality of construction and maintenance, location and value of the real estate and technical issues such as title, survey and environmental. Appraisals and environmental and, as necessary, engineering reports will be obtained from third-parties and reviewed by our Manager and/or legal counsel. We also will thoroughly review the property’s real estate fundamentals, including location and type of the property, vacancy rates and trends in vacancy rates in the property’s market, rental rates within the property’s market, recent sales prices and demographics in the property’s market. As described in detail under “— Our Portfolio” above, we target properties with one or more of the following: flexible asset type, barriers to entry in the market, and a core facility of the tenant. In addition, we may evaluate, or engage a third-party provider to evaluate, alternative uses for the real estate and the costs associated with converting to such alternative uses, as well as examine the surrounding real estate market in greater detail.

In addition to our review of the quality of any individual transaction, our Manager also will:

evaluate our current portfolio, including consideration of how the subject transaction affects asset diversity and credit concentrations in the tenant, industry or credit level;
determine whether we can implement appropriate legal and financial structures, including our ability to control the asset in a variety of circumstances, such as an event of default by the tenant;
evaluate the leveraged and unleveraged yield on the property and how that yield compares to our target yields for that property type and our analysis of the risk profile of the investment; and
determine our plans for repositioning the property for future growth upon the expiration of the tenant’s lease.

We will use integrated systems such as customized software and models to support our decisions on pricing and structuring investments. Before issuing any final form of commitment to acquire a property, the transaction must be approved by our Manager’s investment committee. The committee meets frequently and on an as-needed basis to evaluate potential investments.

Asset Management

Our Manager is responsible for, among other duties, day-to-day management of our properties, including without limitation:

meeting periodically with our tenants;
monitoring lease expirations and tenant space requirements and renewing or re-letting space as leases mature;
monitoring the financial condition and credit ratings of our tenants;
performing physical inspections of our properties;
making periodic improvements to properties where required;
monitoring portfolio concentrations (e.g., tenant, industry and credit); and
monitoring real estate market conditions where we own properties.

Asset Surveillance System

We also have created an on-going asset surveillance system that:

tracks the status of our investments and investment opportunities;

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maintains the underlying property acquisition documents;
monitors actual cash flows on each property;
identifies issues such as non-payment of rent; and
routinely monitors the credit ratings and financial conditions of underlying tenants.

Through this system we are able to track and document the entire lifecycle of our properties.

Closing Process

From the time we begin to consider an investment until the investment is closed, the prospective transaction undergoes a variety of defined steps and procedures. In connection with the closing process, we will typically need to rely on certain third parties not under our control, including tenants, sellers, lenders, brokers, outside counsel, insurance companies, title companies, environmental consultants, appraisers, engineering consultants and other product or service providers. Our Manager will carefully manage the closing process and has developed a streamlined set of procedures, checklists and relationships with many of the third-party providers with whom we do business on an on-going basis.

As set forth under “— Underwriting and Due Diligence Process” above, each transaction will go through a multi-stage process, including review by our Manager’s investment committee. All of our transactions will be closed by our Manager’s in-house closing staff, in some instances with the assistance of outside counsel. That staff will seek to close our property acquisitions two to four weeks after a purchase and sale agreement is signed, while at the same time maintaining our acquisition standards.

Insurance

We plan to carry comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption and rental loss insurance covering all of the properties in our portfolio under a blanket insurance policy. In addition, it is our practice to carry environmental coverage on properties we believe are at higher risk of environmental issues due to use or location. We will select the policy specifications and insured limits that we believe are appropriate and adequate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice; however, our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to fully cover our losses. We will not carry insurance for certain losses, including, but not limited to, losses caused by riots or war. Some of our policies, like those covering losses due to terrorism, earthquakes and floods, may be insured subject to limitations involving substantial self insurance portions and significant deductibles and co-payments for such events. We may reduce or discontinue terrorism, earthquake, flood or other insurance on some or all of our properties in the future if the cost of premiums for any of these policies exceeds, in our judgment, the value of the coverage discounted for the risk of loss. In addition, our title insurance policies may not insure for the current aggregate market value of our portfolio, and we do not intend to increase our title insurance coverage as the market value of our portfolio increases.

Competition

We are subject to competition in the acquisition of properties and intense competition in the leasing of our properties. We compete with a number of developers, owners and operators of industrial and office real estate, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same markets in which our properties are located, in the leasing of our properties. We also may face new competitors and, due to our focus on single tenant properties located throughout the United States, and because many of our competitors are locally and/or regionally focused, we will not encounter the same competitors in each region of the United States.

Many of our competitors have greater financial and other resources and may have other advantages over our company. Our competitors may be willing to accept lower returns on their investments and may succeed in buying the properties that we have targeted for acquisition. We may also incur costs on unsuccessful acquisitions that we will not be able to recover.

Environmental Matters

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responsible for the contamination. For example, liability can be imposed upon us based on the activities of our tenants or a prior owner. In addition to the cost of the cleanup, environmental contamination on a property may adversely affect the value of the property and our ability to sell, rent or finance the property, and may adversely impact our investment in that property.

Prior to acquisition of a property, we will obtain Phase I environmental reports. These reports will be prepared in accordance with an appropriate level of due diligence based on our standards and generally include a physical site inspection, a review of relevant federal, state and local environmental and health agency database records, one or more interviews with appropriate site-related personnel, review of the property’s chain of title and review of historic aerial photographs and other information on past uses of the property and nearby or adjoining properties. We may also obtain a Phase II investigation which may include limited subsurface investigations and tests for substances of concern where the results of the Phase I environmental reports or other information indicates possible contamination or where our consultants recommend such procedures.

To our knowledge, we believe that our portfolio is in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding hazardous or toxic substances and other environmental matters.

At June 30, 2011, we were not aware of any environmental concerns that would have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Employees

As of June 30, 2011, we did not have any employees and do not expect to have any employees in the future. Our chief executive officer, our president, our executive vice president and chief investment officer and our two other executive officers are executives of ARC.

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MANAGEMENT

Our Directors and Executive Officers

Our board of directors is comprised of five members, two of which are executives of ARC. Our directors have each be elected to serve a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. Our board of directors has determined that each of the three independent directors listed in the table below satisfy the listing standards for independence of NASDAQ. There are no familial relationship between any of our directors and executive officers.

Our charter provides that a majority of the entire board of directors may at any time increase or decrease the number of directors. However, unless our charter is amended, the number of directors may never be less than the minimum number required by the MGCL nor more than 15. Directors are elected by a plurality of all the votes cast. Any director may resign at any time. A director may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the stockholders entitled to cast not less than 66 2/3% of the total votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Any vacancy created by the death, resignation or removal of a director may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors. If at any time there are no directors in office, successor directors shall be elected in accordance with the MGCL. Each director will be bound by the charter and the bylaws.

The following sets forth certain information with respect to our directors and executive officers:

   
Name   Age   Position(s)
Nicholas S. Schorsch   50   Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
William M. Kahane   63   President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Peter M. Budko   51   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Brian S. Block   39   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Edward M. Weil, Jr.   44   Executive Vice President and Secretary
Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr.   78   Independent Director
David Gong   61   Independent Director
Edward G. Rendell   67   Independent Director

Set forth below is biographical information for our directors and executive officers.

Nicholas S. Schorsch has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of our company since its formation in December, 2010. In such capacity, Mr. Schorsch serves as a director. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chairman and chief executive officer of our Manager since its formation in November, 2010. Mr. Schorsch has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ARCT since its formation in 2007 and chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ARCT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in 2007. Since October 2009, Mr. Schorsch has also served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of NYRR and chief executive officer of the property manager and advisor of NYRR. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARC RCA and chief executive officer of the ARC RCA’s advisor since their formation in July and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARC HT and chief executive officer of the ARC HT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been chairman and the chief executive officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARC NAV and the chief executive officer of the advisor and property manager of ARC NAV since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been the president and director of ARC — Northcliffe since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARCT III and the chief executive officer of the advisor and property manager of ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. Mr. Schorsch also founded and formerly served as president, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of AFRT since its inception as a REIT in September 2002 until August 2006. AFRT was a publicly traded REIT that invested exclusively in offices, operation centers, bank branches, and other operating real estate assets net leased to tenants in the financial services industry, such as banks and insurance companies. Through American Financial Resource Group, or AFRG, and its successor

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corporation, now AFRT, Mr. Schorsch acquired in excess of 1,110 properties with transactional value of approximately $4.3 billion. In 2003, Mr. Schorsch received the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young. From 1995 to September 2002, Mr. Schorsch served as chief executive officer and president of AFRG, a private equity firm founded for the purpose of acquiring operating companies and other assets in a number of industries. Prior to AFRG, Mr. Schorsch served as president of a non-ferrous metal product manufacturing business, Thermal Reduction. From approximately 1990 until the sale of his interests in Thermal Reduction in 1994, Mr. Schorsch was involved in purchasing and leasing several commercial real estate properties in connection with the growth of Thermal Reduction’s business. He successfully built the business through mergers and acquisitions and ultimately sold his interests to Corrpro in 1994. Mr. Schorsch attended Drexel University. We believe that Mr. Schorsch’s current experience as chairman and chief executive officer of ARCT, NYRR, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC NAV and ARCT III and as president and a director of ARC — Northcliffe, his previous experience as president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of AFRT and his significant real estate acquisition experience make him well qualified to serve as our chairman of the board.

William M. Kahane has served as president, chief operating officer and a director of our company since its formation in December, 2010. In such capacity, Mr. Kahane serves as a director. He has been active in the structuring and financial management of commercial real estate investments for over 25 years. Mr. Kahane has also been the president and chief operating officer of our Manager since its formation in November, 2010. Mr. Kahane has served as a director and president, chief operating officer and treasurer of ARCT since its formation in 2007 and as president, chief operating officer and treasurer of ARCT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in 2007. Since October 2009, Mr. Kahane has also served as the president, treasurer and director of NYRR and president, chief operating officer and treasurer of both the property manager and advisor of NYRR. Mr. Kahane has been a director of PEARC since its formation in October 2009. Mr. Kahane has been a director and the president and chief operating officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010. Mr. Kahane has been the president and chief operating officer of ARC RCA’s advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Kahane has been a director and the president and treasurer of ARC HT since its formation in August 2010. Mr. Kahane has been the president and chief operating officer of ARC HT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Kahane has been a director, president and chief operating officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Kahane has been a director and the president and treasurer of ARC NAV since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Kahane has been the president and treasurer of the advisor and property manager for ARC NAV since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Kahane has been the chief operating officer of ARC — Northcliffe since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Kahane has been a director and the president and treasurer of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Kahane has been the president and treasurer of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. Mr. Kahane began his career as a real estate lawyer practicing in the public and private sectors from 1974 to 1979. From 1981 to 1992, Mr. Kahane worked at Morgan Stanley & Co., specializing in real estate, becoming a Managing Director in 1989. In 1992, Mr. Kahane left Morgan Stanley to establish a real estate advisory and asset sales business known as Milestone Partners which continues to operate and of which Mr. Kahane is currently the chairman. Mr. Kahane worked very closely with Mr. Schorsch while a trustee at AFRT (April 2003 to August 2006), during which time Mr. Kahane served as chairman of the finance committee of AFRT’s board of trustees. Mr. Kahane has been a managing director of GF Capital Management & Advisors LLC, a New York-based merchant banking firm, where he has directed the firm’s real estate investments since 2001. GF Capital offers comprehensive wealth management services through its subsidiary, TAG Associates LLC, a leading multi-client family office and portfolio management services company with approximately $5 billion of assets under management. Mr. Kahane also was on the board of directors of Catellus Development Corp., an NYSE growth-oriented real estate development company, where he served as chairman. Mr. Kahane also has served as a member of the investment committee at Aetos Capital Asia Advisors, a $3 billion series of opportunistic funds focusing on assets primarily in Japan and China, since 2008. Mr. Kahane received a B.A. from Occidental College, a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles Law School and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Kahane’s current experience as president, chief operating officer and treasurer of ARCT, NYRR, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC NAV and ACRT III, as a director of PEARC and as chief operating officer of

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ARC — Northcliffe, his prior experience as chairman of the board of Catellus Development Corp. and his significant investment banking experience in real estate make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Peter M. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of our company since our formation in December, 2010. Mr. Budko has also been the executive vice president and chief investment officer of our Manager since its formation in November, 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT since its formation in 2007 and as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in 2007. Since October 2009, Mr. Budko has also served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of NYRR and executive vice president of both the property manager and advisor of NYRR. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC RCA’s advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC HT since its formation in August 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC HT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and the chief investment officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC NAV since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of the advisor and property manager for ARC NAV since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. From January 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Budko was chief operating officer of ARC. Mr. Budko founded and formerly served as managing director and group head of the Structured Asset Finance Group, a division of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, from February 1997 to January 2006. The Wachovia Structured Asset Finance Group structured and invested in real estate net leased to corporate tenants. While at Wachovia, Mr. Budko acquired over $5 billion of net leased real estate assets. From 1987 to 1997, Mr. Budko worked in the Corporate Real Estate Finance Group at NationsBank Capital Markets (predecessor to Bank of America Securities), becoming head of the group in 1990. Mr. Budko received a B.A. in Physics from the University of North Carolina.

Brian S. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of our company since its formation in December, 2010. Mr. Block also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of our Manager since its formation in November, 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT since its formation in 2007 and as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in 2007. He is also executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Realty Capital, LLC and American Realty Capital Properties, LLC. Since October 2009, Mr. Block has also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of NYRR and of both the property manager and advisor of NYRR. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC RCA’s advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC HT since its formation in August 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC HT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Business Development Corporation since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC NAV since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the advisor and property manager for ARC NAV since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC — Northcliffe since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. Mr. Block also is responsible for the accounting, finance and reporting functions at ARC. He has extensive experience in SEC reporting requirements, as well as REIT tax compliance matters. Mr. Block has been instrumental in

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developing ARC’s infrastructure and positioning the organization for growth. Mr. Block began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen from 1994 to 2000. Subsequently, Mr. Block was the chief financial officer of a venture capital-backed technology company for several years prior to joining AFRT in 2002. While at AFRT, Mr. Block served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer and oversaw the financial, administrative and reporting functions of the organization. He is a certified public accountant and is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. Mr. Block serves on the REIT Committee of the Investment Program Association. Mr. Block received a B.S. from Albright College and an MBA from La Salle University.

Edward M. Weil, Jr. has served as executive vice president and secretary of our company since our formation in December, 2010. Mr. Weil has also been executive vice president of our Manager since its formation in November, 2010. Mr. Weil has been the chief executive officer of Realty Capital Securities, our affiliated underwriter for this offering, since December 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARCT since its formation in 2007 and as executive vice president and secretary of ARCT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in 2007. Since October 2009, Mr. Weil has also served as executive vice president and secretary of NYRR and of both the property manager and advisor of NYRR. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARC RCA since its formation in July 2010. Mr. Weill has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARC RCA’s advisor since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARC HT since its formation in August 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARC HT’s advisor and property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARC NAV since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of the advisor and property manager for ARC NAV since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of ARCT III since its formation in October 2010. Mr. Weil has served as executive vice president and secretary of the advisor and property manager for ARCT III since their formation in October 2010. He was formerly the senior vice president of sales and leasing for AFRT (as well as for its predecessor, AFRG) from April 2004 to October 2006, where he was responsible for the disposition and leasing activity for a 33 million square foot portfolio of properties. Under the direction of Mr. Weil, his department was the sole contributor in the increase of occupancy and portfolio revenue through the sales of over 200 properties and the leasing of over 2.2 million square feet, averaging 325,000 square feet of newly executed leases per quarter. From October 2006 to May 2007, Mr. Weil was managing director of Milestone Partners Limited. Mr. Weil also was president of Plymouth Pump & Systems Co. from July 1987 to April 2004. Mr. Weil attended George Washington University.

Edward G. Rendell has been an independent director since July 2011. Governor Rendell has served as a member of the board of directors of ARC HT and Business Development Corporation since January 2011 and of ARC RCA since February 2011. Governor Rendell served as the 45th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 2003 through January 2011. As the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he served as the chief executive of the nation’s 6th most populous state and oversaw a budget of $28.3 billion. He also served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from January 1992 through January 2000. As the Mayor of Philadelphia, he eliminated a $250 million deficit, balanced the city's budget and generated five consecutive budget surpluses. He was also the General Chairperson of the National Democratic Committee from November 1999 through February 2001. Governor Rendell served as the District Attorney of Philadelphia from January 1978 through January 1986. In 1986 he was a candidate for governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1987, he was a candidate for the mayor of Philadelphia. From 1988 through 1991, Governor Rendell was an attorney at the law firm of Mesirov, Gelman and Jaffe. From 2000 through 2002, Governor Rendell was an attorney at the law firm of Ballard Spahr. Governor Rendell worked on several real estate transactions as an attorney in private practice. An Army veteran, Governor Rendell holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova Law School. We believe that Governor Rendell’s over thirty years of legal, political and management experience gained from serving in his capacities as the Governor of Pennsylvania and as the Mayor and District Attorney of Philadelphia, including his experience in overseeing the acquisition and management of Pennsylvania’s real estate development transactions, including various state hospitals, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

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Dr. Walter Lomax, M.D. has been an independent director since July 2011. Dr. Lomax has served as a member of the board of directors of ARC HT since January 2011. From September 1958 through September 1990, Dr. Lomax was engaged as a physician in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During this time, he grew his practice from a private single physician office into Lomax Medical Associates, a multi-site group practice consisting of over 20 physicians located in five separate locations. Lomax Medical Associates provided high quality care in traditionally underserved areas. In July 1982, Dr. Lomax established Lomax Health Systems, a management company concentrating exclusively on healthcare. In 1984, Lomax Health Systems won a medical services contract to recruit physicians and physician assistants to supplement Philadelphia’s staff in the prison system. In January 1990, Dr. Lomax formed Correctional Healthcare Solutions, which specialized in the management and delivery of health services to correctional facilities. At the time of its sale in July 2000, Correctional Healthcare Solutions was providing health care in 60 correctional facilities in 16 states. From July 1989 through September 2002, Dr. Lomax was the co-founder and vice chairman of AmeriChoice, Inc., a Medicaid HMO with licenses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. In September 2002, AmeriChoice was sold to United Health Group Company. Since September 2002, Dr. Lomax has served as the chairman of The Lomax Companies, the Lomax family’s investment office, which manages a global portfolio of private equity investments with a particular emphasis on venture capital and real estate. We believe that Dr. Lomax’s ongoing real estate investments on behalf of The Lomax Companies, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

David Gong has been an independent director since July 2011. Mr. Gong has served as an independent director of ARCT III since January 2011. He has served as an independent director of ARC — RCA since February 2011. Mr. Gong has over 25 years of experience in global asset management. He has recently joined the Stanley-Laman Group as a senior portfolio manager. From August 2004 to February 2005, he served as a consultant to AFRT. During such time, he sourced and structured, from a tax and legal perspective, potential bank branch acquisitions in Asia. From August 2002 to July 2004, Mr. Gong served as the managing director of Ankar Capital Management, a New York based investment advisory firm. While at Ankar, Mr. Gong managed the firm’s private equity group in the Singapore office. From February 1990 to January 2001, Mr. Gong served as a senior partner and international portfolio manager at Ardsley Partners, also a New York based investment advisory firm, where he managed several emerging market hedge funds, including the Ardsley Pacific Fund. From September 1981 to January 1990, Mr. Gong served as an equity portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price where he also assisted in the establishment of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Gong has served as a director of Helios Capital LLC’s Helios Strategic Fund since its inception in January 2005. He previously served as a director of Alliance Capital Management, LLC’s Turkish Growth Fund from October 1993 to December 2000 and India Liberalization Fund from December 1993 to December 2003. Mr. Gong received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of California, Davis where he earned Order of the Coif honors and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Gong’s extensive experience in global asset management, his experience in sourcing and structuring potential bank branch acquisitions in Asia for AFRT, and his educational background, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Corporate Governance — Board of Directors and Committees

Our business is managed by our Manager, subject to the supervision and oversight of our board of directors, which has established investment guidelines described in “Business and Properties” for our Manager to follow in its day-to-day management of our business. A majority of our board of directors is “independent,” as determined by the requirements of NASDAQ and the regulations of the SEC. Our directors keep informed about our business by attending meetings of our board of directors and its committees and through supplemental reports and communications. Our independent directors meet regularly in executive sessions without the presence of our corporate officers or non-independent directors.

Our board of directors has formed an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee and has adopted charters for each of these committees. Each of these committees has three directors and is composed exclusively of independent directors, as defined by the listing standards of NASDAQ. Moreover, the compensation committee is composed exclusively of individuals intended to be, to the extent provided by Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or

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the Exchange Act, non-employee directors and will, at such times as we are subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, qualify as outside directors for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

Audit Committee

The audit committee is comprised of Edward G. Rendell, Dr. Walter Lomax and David Gong, each of whom is an independent director and “financially literate” under the rules of NASDAQ. David Gong is the chair of our audit committee and has been designated by our board as our audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined by the SEC, which will be disclosed in our proxy statement for our 2011 annual meeting of stockholders.

The committee will assist the board of directors in overseeing:

our financial reporting, auditing and internal control activities, including the integrity of our financial statements;
our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
the independent auditor’s qualifications and independence; and
the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditor.

The audit committee will also be responsible for engaging our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approving professional services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, considering the range of audit and non-audit fees and reviewing the adequacy of our internal accounting controls.

Compensation Committee

The compensation committee is comprised of Edward G. Rendell, Dr. Walter Lomax and David Gong, each of whom is an independent director. David Gong is the chair of our compensation committee.

The principal functions of the compensation committee will be to:

approve and evaluate all compensation plans, policies and programs as they affect the company’s executive officers;
review and oversee management’s annual process, if any, for evaluating the performance of our senior officers and review and approve on an annual basis the remuneration of our senior officers;
oversee our equity incentive plans, including, without limitation, the issuance of stock options, restricted shares of common stock, Manager’s Stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent shares and other equity-based awards;
assist the board of directors and the chairman in overseeing the development of executive succession plans; and
determine from time to time the remuneration for our non-executive directors.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The nominating and corporate governance committee is comprised of Edward G. Rendell, Dr. Walter Lomax and David Gong, each of whom is an independent director. David Gong is the chair of our nominating and corporate governance committee.

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The nominating and corporate governance committee will be responsible for the following:

providing counsel to the board of directors with respect to the organization, function and composition of the board of directors and its committees;
overseeing the self-evaluation of the board of directors and the board of director’s evaluation of management;
periodically reviewing and, if appropriate, recommending to the board of directors changes to, our corporate governance policies and procedures; and
identifying and recommending to the board of directors potential director candidates for nomination.

Investment Committee of Our Board of Directors

Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane serve as members of the investment committee of our board of directors. This committee will generally be responsible for the supervision of our Manager’s compliance with our investment guidelines and will also periodically review our investment portfolio at least on a quarterly basis or more frequently as necessary.

In addition, any proposed investment must be approved by a majority of our independent directors (or a committee established by our independent directors for this purpose). If a proposed investment is for less than $10 million, such approval may be sought via electronic board meetings, which entails emailing of the applicable materials to the independent directors (or the members of the committee established by our independent directors for this purpose) and any questions to be addressed in advance of voting on the proposed investment and requesting a response for approval, and whereby the independent directors (or the members of the committee established by our independent directors for this purpose) cast their votes in favor or against a proposed acquisition via email.

Executive and Director Compensation

Compensation of Directors

A member of our board of directors who is also an employee of ARC is referred to as an executive director. Executive directors will not receive compensation for serving on our board of directors. Each non-executive director will receive an annual fee for his or her services of $30,000, payable in quarterly installments in conjunction with quarterly meetings of the board of directors, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee) and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). Each non-executive director also will receive an annual award of 3,000 restricted shares of our common stock. Each of our non-executive directors may elect to forego receipt of all or any portion of the cash or equity compensation payable to them for service as one of our directors and direct that we pay such amounts to a charitable cause or institution designated by such director. We will also reimburse each of our directors for their travel expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at full board of directors and committee meetings.

Concurrently with the closing of our IPO offering, we granted 3,000 restricted shares of our common stock to each of our three independent directors, each of whom is a non-executive director, pursuant to our Director Stock Plan (described below under “— Director Stock Plan”). Awards of restricted stock will vest ratably over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum, subject to the director’s continued service on our board of directors, and shall provide for “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders.

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Executive Compensation

Because our management agreement provides that our Manager is responsible for managing our affairs, our chief executive officer and each of our other executive officers, each of whom is an executive of ARC, do not receive cash compensation from us for serving as our executive officers. Instead we will pay our Manager the management fees described in “Our Manager and ARC — Management Agreement — Management Fee” and, in the discretion of the compensation committee of our board of directors, we may also grant our Manager equity based awards pursuant to our Equity Plan described below.

In their capacities as executive officers, each executive officer will devote such portion of their time to our affairs as is necessary to enable us to operate our business.

We have adopted equity incentive plans for our officers, our non-employee directors, our Manager and our Manager’s personnel and other service providers to encourage their efforts toward our continued success, long-term growth and profitability and to attract, reward and retain key personnel. See “— Equity Incentive Plans” for detailed descriptions of our equity incentive plans.

Equity Incentive Plans

We have adopted equity incentive plans to provide incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including our Manager and affiliates and personnel of our Manager and its affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of ours. All of our equity incentive plans will be administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors. The compensation committee, as appointed by our board of directors, has the full authority to (1) administer and interpret the equity incentive plans, (2) authorize the granting of awards, (3) determine the eligibility of directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including our Manager and affiliates and personnel of our Manager and its affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of ours, to receive an award, (4) determine the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each award (subject to the individual participant limitations provided in the applicable equity incentive plan), (5) determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the applicable equity incentive plan), (6) prescribe the form of instruments evidencing such awards, and (7) take any other actions and make all other determinations that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the applicable equity incentive plan or the administration or interpretation thereof; however, neither the compensation committee nor the board of directors may take any action under any of our equity incentive plans that would result in a repricing of any stock option without having first obtained the consent of our stockholders.

In connection with this authority, the compensation committee may, among other things, establish performance goals that must be met in order for awards to be granted or to vest, or for the restrictions on any such awards to lapse. The compensation committee currently is and will continue to consist solely of non-executive directors, each of whom is intended to be, to the extent required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a non-employee director and will, at such times as we are subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, qualify as an outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, or, if no committee exists, the board of directors. The total number of shares that may be made subject to awards under our Equity Plan (described below) will be equal to 10.0% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis assuming the redemption of all OP units for shares of common stock) at any time other than the initial grant of 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the shares of common stock sold in our IPO, to our Manager which was also granted under the Equity Plan. Accordingly, immediately following the completion of this offering, we will have reserved 719,000 shares under the Equity Plan (other than the initial grant of Manager’s Stock to our Manager described above). We also have reserved a total of 99,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under our Director Stock Plan.

Equity Plan

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employees and independent contractors, including employees or directors of the Manager and its affiliates who are providing services to us. As noted above, under “— Equity Incentive Plans,” the maximum number of shares that may be made subject to awards under the Equity Plan will be equal to 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis assuming the redemption of all OP units for shares of common stock) at any time other than the initial grant of Manager’s Stock to our Manager. If any vested awards under the Equity Plan are paid or otherwise settled without the issuance of common stock, or any shares of common stock are surrendered to or withheld by us as payment of the exercise price of an award and/or withholding taxes in respect of an award, the shares that were subject to such award will not be available for re-issuance under the Equity Plan. If any awards under the Equity Plan are cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated without the issuance of shares of common stock (except as described in the immediately preceding sentence), the shares that were subject to such award will be available for re-issuance under the Equity Plan. Shares issued under the Equity Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been reacquired by us. In the event that the compensation committee determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, common stock, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the common stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of participants under the Equity Plan, then the compensation committee will make equitable changes or adjustments to any or all of: (i) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) that may thereafter be issued in connection with awards; (ii) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) issued or issuable in respect of outstanding awards; (iii) the exercise price, base price or purchase price relating to any award and (iv) the performance goals, if any, applicable to outstanding awards. In addition, the compensation committee may determine that any such equitable adjustment may be accomplished by making a payment to the award holder, in the form of cash or other property (including but not limited to shares of stock). Awards under the Equity Plan are intended to either be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Code.

Unless otherwise determined by the compensation committee and set forth in an individual award agreement, upon termination of an award recipient’s services to us, any then unvested awards will be cancelled and forfeited without consideration. Upon a change in control of us (as defined under the Equity Plan), any award that was not previously vested will become fully vested and/or payable, and any performance conditions imposed with respect to the award will be deemed to be fully achieved, provided, that with respect to an award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, a change in control of us must constitute a “change of control” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

In the event that a participant in the Equity Plan is subject to an excise tax on “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code as the result of any payments or benefits received by the participant in connection with a change in control of us (as defined under the Equity Plan) we will provide the participant with a gross-up payment, except that such gross-up payment will not be payable if the amount of the parachute payment exceeds the Section 280G threshold by 10% or less, in which case the amounts and benefits payable or to be provided to the participant shall be subject to reduction to the extent necessary to avoid the excise tax if the participant would benefit from such reduction as opposed to paying the excise tax.

Initial Grant of Equity Compensation to Our Manager

Under our Equity Plan, our compensation committee is authorized to approve grants of equity-based awards to our Manager. Concurrently with the closing of our IPO, we granted to our Manager 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the number of shares sold in our IPO. This award of restricted shares vests ratably on a quarterly basis over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011. Our Manager will be entitled to receive “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders, commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Our Manager will defer any distributions payable to it in connection with the restricted stock that it is granted under our Equity Plan until such time as we are covering the payment of distributions to our stockholders with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months.

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Other Grants of Equity Compensation under the Equity Plan

We also have authorized and reserved a total number of shares equal to 10.0% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis assuming the redemption of all OP units for shares of common stock) at any time under the Equity Plan for equity incentive awards other than the initial grant to our Manager. Accordingly, immediately following the completion of this offering, we will have authorized and reserved 719,000 shares under the Equity Plan. All such awards of shares will vest ratably on an annual basis over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and shall provide for “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders.

Director Stock Plan

We have adopted the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Non-Executive Director Stock Plan (referred to below as the Director Stock Plan), which provides for the issuance of restricted or unrestricted shares of our common stock or restricted stock units. The Director Stock Plan is intended, in part, to implement our program of non-executive director compensation described above under “— Executive and Director Compensation — Compensation of Directors.” We have authorized and reserved a total of 99,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Director Stock Plan. Awards of restricted stock under the Director Stock Plan will vest ratably over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum, subject to the director’s continued service on our board of directors, and shall provide for “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders. If any awards under the Equity Plan are cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated, the shares that were subject to such award will be available for re-issuance under the Director Stock Plan. Shares issued under the Director Stock Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been reacquired by us. In the event that the compensation committee determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, common stock, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the common stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of participants under the Director Stock Plan, then the compensation committee will make equitable changes or adjustments to any or all of: (i) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) that may thereafter be issued in connection with awards; (ii) the number and kind of shares of stock or other property (including cash) issued or issuable in respect of outstanding awards; and (iii) the performance goals, if any, applicable to outstanding awards. In addition, the compensation committee may determine that any such equitable adjustment may be accomplished by making a payment to the award holder, in the form of cash or other property (including but not limited to shares of stock). Awards under the Director Stock Plan are intended to either be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Code.

Each award of restricted stock or restricted stock units will be subject to such restrictions as will be set forth in the applicable award agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the compensation committee, upon a non-executive director’s removal or resignation from our board of directors, the director will forfeit any as yet unvested awards granted under the Director Stock Plan. Upon a change in control of us (as defined under the Director Stock Plan), any award that was not previously vested will become fully vested and/or payable, and any performance conditions imposed with respect to the award will be deemed to be fully achieved, provided, that with respect to an award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, a change in control of us must constitute a “change of control” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

In the event that a participant in the Director Stock Plan is subject to an excise tax on “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code as the result of any payments or benefits received by the participant in connection with a change in control of us (as defined under the Director Stock Plan) we will provide the participant with a gross-up payment, except that such gross-up payment will not be payable if the amount of the parachute payment exceeds the Section 280G threshold by 10% or less, in which case the amounts and benefits payable or to be provided to the participant shall be subject to reduction to the extent necessary to avoid the excise tax if the participant would benefit from such reduction as opposed to paying the excise tax.

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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has established a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our officers and directors and to our Manager’s officers and any personnel of ARC when such individuals are acting for or on our behalf. Among other matters, our code of business conduct and ethics is designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in our SEC reports and other public communications;
compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to appropriate persons identified in the code; and
accountability for adherence to the code.

Any waiver of the code of business conduct and ethics for our executive officers or directors may be made only by our board of directors or one of our board committees and will be promptly disclosed as required by law or NASDAQ regulations.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision and limits the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

Our charter obligates us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (1) any present or former director or officer of our company who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity or (2) any individual who, while serving as our director or officer and at our request, serves or has served another corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of such corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, 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 service in that capacity; provided, however, in the event that a claim for indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by our director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. Our charter also permits us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served any predecessor of our company in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or of any predecessor for an adverse judgment.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (1) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (A) was committed in bad faith or (B) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (2) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in

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money, property or services, or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (2) a written undertaking by him or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the appropriate standard of conduct was not met.

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OUR MANAGER AND ARC

General

We are externally managed and advised by our Manager. Each of our Manager’s, and our, executive officers is an executive officer of ARC. The executive offices of our Manager are located at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, and the telephone number of our Manager’s executive offices is 212-415-6500.

Our Manager may be required to register as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 in March 2012.

Officers of Our Manager

The following sets forth certain information with respect to each of the executive officers of our Manager:

   
Name   Age   Position(s)
Nicholas S. Schorsch   50   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
William M. Kahane   63   President and Chief Operating Officer
Peter M. Budko   51   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Brian S. Block   39   Chief Financial Officer
Edward M. Weil, Jr.   44   Executive Vice President

The backgrounds of Messrs. Schorsch, Kahane, Budko, Block and Weil are described in the “Management — Our Directors and Executive Officers” section of this prospectus.

Investment Committee of Our Manager

Our Manager has an investment committee which is comprised of Mr. Schorsch, the chairman of the committee, Mr. Kahane and Mr. Budko. Our Manager’s investment committee will meet periodically, at least every quarter, to discuss investment opportunities. The investment committee will review our investment portfolio and its compliance with our investment guidelines at least on a quarterly basis or more frequently as necessary.

Management Agreement

We are party to a management agreement with our Managers, pursuant to which our Manager provides for the day-to-day management of our operations. The management agreement requires our Manager to manage our business affairs in conformity with the investment guidelines and other policies that are approved and monitored by our board of directors. Our Manager’s role as our manager will be under the supervision and direction of our board of directors.

Management Services

Our Manager is responsible for, among other duties, (1) performing all of our day-to-day functions, (2) determining our investment strategy and guidelines in conjunction with our board of directors, (3) sourcing, analyzing and executing investments, financings, and dispositions of investments, and (4) performing asset management duties, which may include, without limitation, the following:

serving as our consultant with respect to the periodic review of the investment guidelines and other parameters for our investments, financing activities and operations, any modification to which will be approved by a majority of our independent directors;
investigating, analyzing and selecting possible investment opportunities and acquiring, financing, retaining, selling, restructuring or disposing of investments consistent with the investment guidelines;
with respect to prospective purchases, sales or exchanges of investments, conducting negotiations on our behalf with sellers, purchasers and brokers and, if applicable, their respective agents and representatives;
with respect to prospective lease transactions, conducting negotiations on our behalf with current and prospective tenants;

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analyzing prospective opportunities to reposition properties for alternative uses or make capital improvements or in order to retain existing tenants or attract new tenants at our properties;
serving as our consultant with respect to decisions regarding any of our financings or borrowings undertaken by us, including (1) sourcing financing alternatives, (2) assisting us in developing criteria for debt and equity financing that is specifically tailored to our investment objectives, and (3) advising us with respect to obtaining appropriate financing for our investments;
engaging and supervising, on our behalf and at our expense, independent contractors that provide investment banking, securities brokerage, mortgage brokerage, other financial services, due diligence services, underwriting review services, legal and accounting services, and all other services (including transfer agent and registrar services) as may be required relating to our operations or investments (or potential investments);
coordinating and managing operations of any joint venture or co-investment interests held by us and conducting all matters with the joint venture or co-investment partners;
providing executive and administrative personnel, office space and office services required in rendering services to us;
administering the day-to-day operations and performing and supervising the performance of such other administrative functions necessary to our management as may be agreed upon by our Manager and our board of directors, including, without limitation, the collection of revenues and the payment of our debts and obligations and maintenance of appropriate computer services to perform such administrative functions;
communicating on our behalf with the holders of any of our equity or debt securities as required to satisfy the reporting and other requirements of any governmental bodies or agencies or trading markets and to maintain effective relations with such holders;
counseling us in connection with policy decisions to be made by our board of directors;
counseling us regarding the maintenance of our qualification as a REIT and monitoring compliance with the various REIT qualification tests and other rules set out in the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder and using commercially reasonable efforts to cause us to qualify for taxation as a REIT;
furnishing reports and statistical and economic research to us regarding our activities and services performed for us by our Manager;
monitoring the operating performance of our investments and providing periodic reports with respect thereto to our board of directors, including comparative information with respect to such operating performance and budgeted or projected operating results;
investing and reinvesting any moneys and securities of ours (including investing in short-term investments pending investment in other investments, payment of fees, costs and expenses, or payments of dividends or distributions to our stockholders and partners) and advising us as to our capital structure and capital raising;
causing us to retain qualified accountants and legal counsel, as applicable, to assist in developing appropriate accounting procedures and systems, internal controls and other compliance procedures and testing systems with respect to financial reporting obligations and compliance with the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs and, if applicable, TRSs, and to conduct quarterly compliance reviews with respect thereto;
assisting us in qualifying to do business in all applicable jurisdictions and to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses;
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applicable regulations and contractual undertakings and all reports and documents, if any, required under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, or by NASDAQ;
assisting us in taking all necessary action to enable us to make required tax filings and reports, including soliciting stockholders for required information to the extent required by the provisions of the Code applicable to REITs;
handling and resolving all claims, disputes or controversies (including all litigation, arbitration, settlement or other proceedings or negotiations) in which we may be involved or to which we may be subject arising out of our day-to-day operations (other than with our Manager or its affiliates), subject to such limitations or parameters as may be imposed from time to time by the board of directors;
using commercially reasonable efforts to cause expenses incurred by us or on our behalf to be commercially reasonable or commercially customary and within any budgeted parameters or expense guidelines set by the board of directors from time to time;
advising us with respect to and structuring long-term financing vehicles for our portfolio of properties, and offering and selling securities publicly or privately in connection with any such structured financing;
providing us with portfolio management;
arranging marketing materials, advertising, industry group activities (such as conference participations and industry organization memberships) and other promotional efforts designed to promote our business;
performing such other services as may be required from time to time for management and other activities relating to our properties and business, as our board of directors shall reasonably request or our Manager shall deem appropriate under the particular circumstances; and
using commercially reasonable efforts to cause us to comply with all applicable laws.

Our Manager may retain a property manager and/or leasing agent for the purpose of managing and leasing our properties. Our Manager will pay such property manager and/or leasing agent market rates for the services provided. If our Manager wishes to retain a property manager and/or leasing agent affiliated with it, such property manager and/or leasing agent, as applicable, will receive a fee from us equal to 1.5% of gross revenues from the properties subject to such property management arrangement plus the reimbursement of customary expenses.

Liability and Indemnification

Pursuant to the management agreement, our Manager has not assumed any responsibility other than to render the services called for thereunder and is not responsible for any action of our board of directors in following or declining to follow its advice or recommendations. Our Manager maintains a contractual as opposed to a fiduciary relationship with us. Under the terms of the management agreement, our Manager, its officers, stockholders, members, managers, directors and personnel, any person controlling or controlled by our Manager and any person providing sub-advisory services to our Manager will not be liable to us, any subsidiary of ours, our directors, our stockholders or any subsidiary’s stockholders or partners for acts or omissions performed in accordance with and pursuant to the management agreement, except because of acts or omissions constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of their duties under the management agreement, as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. We have agreed to indemnify our Manager, its officers, stockholders, members, managers, directors and personnel, any person controlling or controlled by our Manager and any person providing sub-advisory services to our Manager with respect to all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims arising from acts of our Manager not constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties, performed in good faith in accordance with and pursuant to the management agreement. Our Manager has agreed to indemnify us, our directors, officers, personnel and agents and any persons controlling or controlled by us with respect to all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims arising from acts or omissions of our Manager constituting bad faith, willful misconduct,

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gross negligence or reckless disregard of its duties under the management agreement or any claims by our Manager’s personnel relating to the terms and conditions of their employment by our Manager. Our Manager carries errors and omissions and other customary insurance.

Management Team

Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, our Manager is required to provide us with our management team, including a chief executive officer, president and chief financial officer, along with appropriate support personnel, to provide the management services to be provided by our Manager to us. None of the officers or employees of our Manager will be dedicated exclusively to us. Members of our management team will be required to devote such time as is necessary and appropriate commensurate with the level of our activity.

Our Manager is required to refrain from any action that, in its sole judgment made in good faith, (1) is not in compliance with the investment guidelines, (2) would adversely and materially affect our status as a REIT under the Code, or (3) would violate any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over us or that would otherwise not be permitted by our charter or bylaws. If our Manager is ordered to take any action by our board of directors, our Manager will promptly notify the board of directors if it is our Manager’s judgment that such action would adversely and materially affect such status or violate any such law, rule or regulation or our charter or bylaws. Our Manager, its directors, members, officers, stockholders, managers, personnel and employees and any person controlling or controlled by our Manager and any person providing sub-advisory services to our Manager will not be liable to us, our board of directors or our stockholders, partners or members, for any act or omission by our Manager, its directors, officers, stockholders or employees except as provided in the management agreement.

Term and Termination

The management agreement may be amended or modified by agreement between us and our Manager. The initial term of the management agreement will end on September 6, 2021, which is ten years after the closing of our IPO, with automatic one-year renewal terms thereafter. During the initial term of the management agreement, it may be terminated by us only for cause. Cause is defined in the management agreement as:

our Manager’s continued breach of any material provision of the management agreement following a period of 30 days after written notice thereof (or 45 days after written notice of such breach if our Manager, under certain circumstances, has taken steps to cure such breach within 30 days of the written notice);
the occurrence of certain events with respect to the bankruptcy or insolvency of our Manager, including an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case or our Manager authorizing or filing a voluntary bankruptcy petition;
any change of control of our Manager which a majority of our independent directors determines is materially detrimental to us;
our Manager commits fraud against us, misappropriates or embezzles our funds, or acts grossly negligent in the performance of its duties under the management agreement; provided, however, that if any of these actions is caused by an employee of our Manager or one of its affiliates and the Manager takes all necessary and appropriate action against such person and cures the damage caused by such actions within 30 days of the Manager’s knowledge of its commission, the management agreement shall not be terminable; and
the dissolution of our Manager.

Following the initial term, the management agreement may be terminated annually upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our independent directors based upon: (1) our Manager’s unsatisfactory performance that is materially detrimental to us, or (2) our determination that the management fees payable to our Manager are not fair, subject to our Manager’s right to prevent termination based on unfair fees by accepting a reduction of management fees agreed to by at least two-thirds of our independent directors. We will provide our Manager with 180 days prior notice of such a termination. Our Manager may also decline to

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renew the management agreement by providing us with 180 days written notice. Our Manager may decline to renew the management agreement by providing us with 180 days written notice.

Assignment

Our Manager may assign the agreement in its entirety or delegate certain of its duties under the management agreement to any of its affiliates without the approval of our independent directors if such assignment or delegation does not require our approval under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

We may not assign our rights or responsibilities under the management agreement without the prior written consent of our Manager, except in the case of assignment to another REIT or other organization which is our successor, in which case such successor organization will be bound under the management agreement and by the terms of such assignment in the same manner as we are bound under the management agreement.

Management Fee

We do not currently, nor do we expect in the future to, maintain an office or directly employ personnel. Instead we will rely on the facilities and resources of our Manager to manage our day-to-day operations.

We will pay our Manager a management fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the average unadjusted book value of our properties, calculated and payable monthly in advance, provided that the full amount of the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units for the six immediately preceding months is equal to or greater than the amount of our AFFO. Our Manager will waive such portion of its management fee that, when added to our AFFO, without regard to the waiver of the management fee, would increase our AFFO so that it equals the distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units for the prior six months. Our Manager uses the proceeds from its management fee in part to pay compensation to its officers and personnel who, notwithstanding that certain of them also are our officers, receive no cash compensation directly from us. The management fee is payable independent of the performance of our portfolio.

The management fee of our Manager shall be calculated promptly after the end of each month and such calculation shall be promptly delivered to us. We are obligated to pay the management fee in cash within five business days after delivery to us of the written statement of our Manager setting forth the computation of the management fee for such month.

Incentive Fee

We will pay our Manager an incentive fee with respect to each calendar quarter (or part thereof that the management agreement is in effect) in arrears. The incentive fee will be an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (1) the product of (x) 20% and (y) the difference between (i) our Core Earnings (as defined below) for the previous 12-month period, and (ii) the product of (A) the weighted average of the issue price per share of our common stock of all of our public offerings of common stock multiplied by the number of all shares of common stock outstanding (including any restricted shares of common stock and any other shares of common stock underlying awards granted under our equity incentive plans) in the previous 12-month period, and (B) 8% and (2) the sum of any incentive fee paid to our Manager with respect to the first three calendar quarters of such previous 12-month period; provided, however, that no incentive fee is payable with respect to any calendar quarter unless Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed calendar quarters is greater than zero.

Core Earnings is a non-GAAP measure and is defined as GAAP net income (loss) excluding non-cash equity compensation expense, the incentive fee, acquisition fees, financing fees, depreciation and amortization, any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items recorded in net income for the period, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income. The amount will be adjusted to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges after discussions between our Manager and our independent directors and after approval by a majority of our independent directors.

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The following example illustrates how we would calculate our quarterly incentive fee in accordance with the management agreement. Our actual results may differ materially from the following example.

Assume the following:

Core Earnings for the 12-month period equals $7,500,000;
6,880,000 shares of common stock are outstanding and the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the 12-month period is 6,880,000;
weighted average price per share of common stock is $12.59;
incentive fees paid during the first three quarters of such 12-month period are $50,000; and
Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed calendar quarters is $7,500,000.

Under these assumptions, the quarterly incentive fee payable to our Manager would be $63,600 as calculated below:

 

1.

Core Earnings

  $ 7,500,000  

2.

Weighted average price per share of common stock of $12.59 multiplied by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding of 6,880,000 multiplied by 8%

  $ 6,932,000  

3.

Excess of Core Earnings over amount calculated in 2 above

  $ 568,000  

4.

20% of the amount calculated in 3 above

  $ 113,600  

5.

Incentive fee equals the amount calculated in 4 above less the incentive fees paid during the first three quarters of such 12-month period ($113,600 – $50,000); the quarterly incentive fee is payable to our Manager as Core Earnings for the 12 most recently completed quarters is greater than zero

  $ 63,600  

Pursuant to the calculation formula, if Core Earnings increases and the weighted average share price and weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding remain constant, the incentive fee will increase.

For purposes of calculating the incentive fee prior to the completion of a 12-month period following this offering, Core Earnings will be calculated on the basis of the number of days that the management agreement has been in effect on an annualized basis.

One half of each quarterly installment of the incentive fee will be payable in shares of our common stock so long as the ownership of such additional number of shares by our Manager would not violate the 9.8% stock ownership limit set forth in our charter, after giving effect to any waiver from such limit that our board of directors may grant to our Manager in the future. The remainder of the incentive fee will be payable in cash.

The number of shares to be issued to our Manager will be equal to the dollar amount of the portion of the quarterly installment of the incentive fee payable in shares divided by the average of the closing prices of our common stock on NASDAQ for the five trading days prior to the date on which such quarterly installment is paid.

Initial Grant of Equity Compensation to Our Manager

Under our Equity Plan, our compensation committee is authorized to approve grants of equity-based awards to our Manager. Concurrently with the closing of our IPO, we granted to our Manager 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the number of shares sold in our IPO. This award of restricted shares will vest ratably on a quarterly basis over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011. Our Manager will be entitled to receive “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders, commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Our Manager will defer any distributions payable to it in connection with the restricted stock that it is granted under our Equity Plan until

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such time as we are covering the payment of distributions to our stockholders with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months. This award was intended to further align the interests of our Manager and ARC with our stockholders.

Upon termination of the management agreement by us for cause or by our Manager for any reason other than for cause or due to a change in our Manager’s compensation under the management agreement, any then unvested restricted shares held by our Manager will be immediately forfeited and cancelled without consideration. Upon any other termination of the management agreement or change in control of us (as defined under the Equity Plan), any award that was not previously vested will become fully vested and/or payable, and any performance conditions imposed with respect to the award will be deemed to be fully achieved, provided, that with respect to an award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, a change in control of us must constitute a “change of control” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

In addition to the restricted stock that we have granted to our Manager concurrently with the completion of our IPO, we may from time to time grant additional equity incentive awards to our Manager pursuant to the Equity Plan. Our Manager may, in the future, allocate a portion of these awards or ownership or profits interests in it to officers of our Manager or other personnel of ARC in order to provide incentive compensation to them. See “Management — Equity Incentive Plans.”

Acquisition and Capital Services Agreement

We are party to an acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Pursuant to this agreement, our Manager will be provided with access to, among other things, ARC’s portfolio management, asset valuation, risk management and asset management services, as well as administration services addressing legal, compliance, investor relations and information technologies necessary for the performance of our Manager’s duties in exchange for the fees and expense reimbursements described below.

Fees and Expenses

We will pay ARC (i) an acquisition fee equal to 1.0% of the contract purchase price (including assumed indebtedness) of each property that we acquire which is originated by ARC; and (ii) a financing fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available under any secured mortgage financing or refinancing that we obtain and use for the acquisition of properties that is arranged by ARC. The acquisition fee and the financing fee are payable in cash at the closing of each respective acquisition or financing, as applicable.

Reimbursement of Expenses

We will be required to reimburse ARC for all out of pocket costs actually incurred by ARC related to us. Expense reimbursements to ARC will be made in cash on a monthly basis following the end of each month. Our reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation. The expenses required to be paid by us include, but are not limited to:

expenses in connection with the issuance and transaction costs incident to the acquisition, disposition and financing of our investments;
costs of legal, tax, accounting, consulting, auditing and other similar services rendered for us by providers retained by ARC or, if provided by ARC’s personnel, in amounts which are no greater than those which would be payable to outside professionals or consultants engaged to perform such services pursuant to agreements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis;
the compensation and expenses of our directors and the cost of liability insurance to indemnify our directors and officers;
costs associated with the establishment and maintenance of any of our credit facilities, other financing arrangements, or other indebtedness of ours (including commitment fees, accounting fees, legal fees, closing and other similar costs) or any of our securities offerings;
expenses connected with communications to holders of our securities or of our subsidiaries and other bookkeeping and clerical work necessary in maintaining relations with holders of such securities and in complying with the continuous reporting and other requirements of governmental bodies or agencies, including, without limitation, all costs of preparing and filing required reports with the

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SEC, the costs payable by us to any transfer agent and registrar in connection with the listing and/or trading of our stock on NASDAQ, the fees payable by us to NASDAQ in connection with its listing of our stock, costs of preparing, printing and mailing our annual report to our stockholders and proxy materials with respect to any meeting of our stockholders;
costs associated with any computer software or hardware, electronic equipment or purchased information technology services from third-party vendors that is used for us;
expenses incurred by managers, officers, personnel and agents of ARC for travel on our behalf and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by managers, officers, personnel and agents of ARC in connection with the purchase, financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of an investment or establishment and maintenance of any of our securitizations or any of our securities offerings;
costs and expenses incurred with respect to market information systems and publications, research publications and materials, and settlement, clearing and custodial fees and expenses;
compensation and expenses of our custodian and transfer agent, if any;
the costs of maintaining compliance with all federal, state and local rules and regulations or any other regulatory agency;
all taxes and license fees;
all insurance costs incurred in connection with the operation of our business except for the costs attributable to the insurance that ARC elects to carry for itself and its personnel;
all due diligence fees and expenses;
costs of appraisals, title insurance premiums and other closing costs;
non-refundable option payments on properties not acquired;
costs and expenses incurred in contracting with third parties;
all other costs and expenses relating to our business and investment operations, including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of acquiring, owning, protecting, maintaining, developing and disposing of investments, including appraisal, reporting, audit and legal fees;
expenses relating to any office(s) or office facilities, including, but not limited to, disaster backup recovery sites and facilities, maintained for us or our investments separate from the office or offices of ARC;
expenses connected with the payments of interest, dividends or distributions in cash or any other form authorized or caused to be made by the board of directors to or on account of holders of our securities or of our subsidiaries, including, without limitation, in connection with any dividend reinvestment plan;
any judgment or settlement of pending or threatened proceedings (whether civil, criminal or otherwise) against us or any subsidiary, or against any trustee, director, partner, member or officer of us or of any subsidiary in his capacity as such for which we or any subsidiary is required to indemnify such trustee, director, partner, member or officer by any court or governmental agency; and
all other expenses actually incurred by ARC which are reasonably necessary for the performance by ARC of its duties and functions under the management agreement.

We will not reimburse ARC for the salaries and other compensation of its personnel.

Term and Termination

The acquisition and capital services agreement commenced on September 6, 2011 and has an initial term of ten years, with automatic one-year renewal terms thereafter. Following the initial term, the acquisition and capital services agreement will be terminable by us or ARC upon 180 days prior written notice.

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Our independent directors will review ARC’s performance annually and, following the initial term, the acquisition and capital services agreement may be terminated upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our independent directors based upon: (1) ARC’s unsatisfactory performance that is materially detrimental to us, or (2) our determination that the fees payable to ARC under the acquisition and capital services agreement are not fair, subject to ARC’s right to prevent termination based on unfair fees by accepting a reduction of fees agreed to by at least two-thirds of our independent directors. We will provide ARC with 180 days prior notice of such a termination. We may also terminate the acquisition and capital services agreement at any time, including during the initial term, for cause. ARC may decline to renew the acquisition and capital services agreement by providing us with 180 days written notice.

Investment Opportunity Allocation Provisions

Our ability to make investments in our target assets is governed by our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC provides that no entity controlled by ARC or its affiliates, including its principals, will sponsor or manage any public or private U.S. investment vehicle that has as its principal investment strategy to invest in net leased properties that are subject to leases that have remaining terms of less than 10 years but not less than three years other than us for so long as either Mr. Schorsch or Mr. Kahane are affiliated with our Manager and our management agreement is in effect. However, ARC and its affiliates may sponsor or manage another public or private U.S. investment vehicle that invests generally in real estate assets but not primarily in our target assets, including net leased properties.

Conflicts of Interest and Related Policies

We are dependent on our Manager for our day-to-day management and do not have any independent officers or employees. Messrs. Schorsch, Kahane, Budko, Block and Weil, who are our executive officers, are also executives of ARC. Each of our management agreement with our Manager and our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC was negotiated between related parties and their respective terms, including fees and other amounts payable, may not be as favorable to us as if it had been negotiated at arm’s length with an unaffiliated third party.

The obligations of our Manager and its officers and personnel to engage in other business activities, including for ARC, may reduce the time that our Manager and its officers and personnel spend managing us and result in other conflicts of interest. Each of our executive officers and the officers of our Manager are part of the senior management or key personnel of the other eight ARC-sponsored REITs and their advisors. In addition, all of our executive officers also are officers of our Manager, Realty Capital Securities, our affiliated underwriter, and other affiliated entities. Based on our sponsor’s experience in sponsoring REITs that are in their operational stage, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised and funds are initially being invested, and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. We refer to the “development stage” of a REIT as the time period from the inception of the REIT until it raises a sufficient amount of funds to break escrow under its registration statement.

The management of multiple REITs, especially REITs in the development stage, may significantly reduce the amount of time our executive officers are able to spend on activities related to us. Additionally, given that one of the ARC-sponsored REITs has a registration statement that is not yet effective and is in the development phase, and six of the ARC-sponsored REITs have registration statements that became effective recently, in which our executive officers are involved, and will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition and operational phases, conflicts of interest related to these REITs will arise throughout the life of our company. As a result, these individuals may not always be able to devote sufficient time to the management of our business.

These individuals also owe fiduciary duties to these other entities and their stockholders and limited partners, which fiduciary duties may conflict with the duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, we may be unable to generate cash needed to make

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distributions to you and to maintain or increase the value of our assets. If these individuals act or fail to act in a manner that is detrimental to our business or favor one entity over another, they may be subject to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.

In addition to sponsoring this offering, ARC is currently the sponsor of seven public offerings of non-traded REIT shares, which offerings will be ongoing during our offering period. These programs all have filed registration statements for the offering of common stock and intend to elect to be taxed as REITs. The offerings will occur concurrently with our offering, and our sponsor may sponsor other offerings during our offering period. Realty Capital Securities, our affiliated underwriter, is the dealer manager for these other offerings. We will compete for investors with these other programs, and the overlap of these offerings with our offering could adversely affect our ability to raise all the capital we seek in this offering, the timing of sales of our shares and, accordingly, the amount of proceeds that we might have available to invest in our target properties. We will not, however, compete with these or any other ARC-sponsored entities in connection with the acquisition of our target properties because, for so long as the management agreement is in effect and our Manager is controlled by ARC, any investment opportunities presented to ARC or any ARC-sponsored entity that fits our target investment criteria, i.e., subject to net leases with remaining lease terms of generally three to eight years, will be offered to us. Further, for so long as the management agreement is in effect and our Manager is controlled by ARC, if ARC or any ARC-sponsored entity is presented with an investment opportunity consisting of a portfolio of net leased properties including both properties within and outside of our target lease term range, the acquisition of the portfolio will be bifurcated so that we are able to purchase those properties fitting our target lease term range.

Although our executive officers face conflicts of interest as a result of the foregoing, the following factors tend to ameliorate the effect of the resulting potential conflicts of interest. Our fundraising, including finding investors, will be handled principally by our underwriters, Realty Capital Securities and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., with our executive officers’ participation limited to participation in sales seminars. Our executive officers are not affiliated with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Additionally, Realty Capital Securities has a sales team that includes 90 professionals, as well as a wholesaling team for each offering dedicated to that offering. Realty Capital Securities believes its sales team is adequate and structured in a manner to handle sales for all of the offerings for which it is the underwriter or dealer manager, without adversely affecting its ability to act as underwriter in this offering. Some of the other ARC-sponsored REITs have sub-advisors or dedicated management teams who have the primary responsibility for investment activities of the REIT, which may mitigate some of these conflicts of interest. Five senior members, all of which are our executive officers, collectively indirectly own interests in Realty Capital Securities and the sponsors or co-sponsors of the ARC-sponsored investment programs. Controlling interests in Realty Capital Securities and the sponsors or co-sponsors of the ARC-sponsored investment programs are owned by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane. These members share responsibility for overseeing key management functions, including general management, investing, asset management, financial reporting, legal and accounting activities, marketing strategy and investor relations. This “bench” of senior members provides depth of management and is designed with succession planning in mind. Nonetheless, the competing time commitments resulting from managing multiple development stage and/or operational stage REITs may impact our investment activities and our executive officers’ ability to oversee these activities.

We have established policies with respect to conflicts of interest between us, our officers and directors, our Manager and its officers and directors, and ARC and its affiliates. For a description of such policies, see “Policies With Respect to Certain Activities — Conflicts of Interest and Related Policies.”

Adverse Business Developments and Conditions

AFRT maintained a leveraged balance sheet. Net total debt to total real estate investments as of December 31, 2006 was approximately 55%, with $233.9 million of variable rate debt. As of June 30, 2007, according to published information provided by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc., or NAREIT, the debt ratio of all office REITs covered by the NAREIT’s REIT WATCH was approximately 44%. The amount of indebtedness had the potential of adversely affecting AFRT’s ability to repay debt through refinancings. If it was unable to refinance indebtedness on acceptable terms, or at all, it may have been forced to dispose of one or more of its properties on unfavorable terms, which may have resulted in losses to it and which may have adversely affected cash available for distributions to shareholders.

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If prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing resulted in higher interest rates on refinancing, interest expense would increase, which could have had a material adverse effect on its operating results and financial condition and its ability to pay dividends to shareholders at historical levels or at all.

ARCT, NYRR, ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, each of which was sponsored by ARC or its affiliate, each incurred net losses that were primarily attributable to non-cash items and acquisition expenses incurred for the purchases of properties, which are not ongoing expenses for the operation of the properties and not the impairment of the entities’ real estate assets.

With respect to ARCT, ARC’s largest investment program to date, for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the entire net loss was attributable to depreciation and amortization expenses incurred on its properties during the ownership period; and for the year ended December 31, 2008, 71% of the net losses were attributable to depreciation and amortization, and the remaining 29% of the net losses were attributable to the fair market valuation of certain derivative investments held. Although a portion of the ARCT distributions were paid from proceeds received from the offering, as the property portfolio had increased, cash flows from operations improved, and in 2010 a greater proportion of cash flows from operations were used to pay distributions than in 2009. ARCT’s affiliated advisor and property manager each waived certain fees due from ARCT in order to provide additional capital to ARCT for purposes of distribution coverage, not due to adverse business conditions.

Each of ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Income Properties IV, LLC is an offering of notes, which incurred net losses to holders of their equity (which are affiliates of ARC) during certain periods. Despite incurring net losses during certain periods, all anticipated distributions to investors have been paid on these programs through interest payments on the debt securities. The equity interests in each of these entities are indirectly majority owned by Nicholas Schorsch and William Kahane. Any losses pursuant to a reduction in value of the equity in any of these entities (which has not occurred and which is not anticipated), will be borne by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane.

ARC Growth Fund, LLC is a non-public real estate program formed to acquire vacant bank branch properties and opportunistically sell such properties, either vacant or subsequent to leasing the bank branch to a financial institution or other third-party tenant. ARC Growth Fund, LLC’s losses from operations represented carrying costs on the properties as well as acquisition and disposition costs in addition to non-cash depreciation and amortization costs. Upon final distribution in 2010, all investors received their entire investment plus an incremental return based on a percentage of their initial investment and the sponsor retained the remaining available funds and four properties which were unsold at the end of the program.

None of the referenced investment programs have been subject to any tenant turnover and have experienced a non-renewal of only two leases. Further, none of the referenced programs have been subject to mortgage foreclosure or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or significant losses on the sales of properties.

Other than as disclosed above, there have been no major adverse business developments or conditions experienced by ARC or its affiliates that would be material to investors, including as a result of recent general economic conditions.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Formation Transactions

Our real estate portfolio consists of 63 properties, owned by 29 property subsidiaries that were contributed to our operating partnership by the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, in the formation transactions. In addition, as part of the formation transactions we repaid to certain noteholders (i) an aggregate of approximately $19.4 million of unsecured indebtedness payable by ARC Income Properties, LLC, the owner of 28 of these property subsidiaries, that had a weighted average interest rate of 9.94% and is interest-only until maturity ($1.0 million in interest payments were paid from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 and $1.9 million in interest payments were paid from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010) and (ii) an aggregate of approximately $11.2 million of unsecured indebtedness payable by ARC Income Properties III, LLC, the owner of one of these property subsidiaries, that has an interest rate of 8.50%, and is interest-only until maturity ($0.5 million in interest payments were paid from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 and $1.0 million in interest payments were paid from December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2010), together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.1 million, and certain other mortgage indebtedness assumed in connection with the formation transactions.

Part of the formation transactions included a contribution transaction whereby the contributor, which is the indirect owner of the ownership interests in the property subsidiaries described above, exchanged certain indirect ownership interests in the property subsidiaries owning our real estate portfolio for OP units pursuant to a contribution agreement. In connection with the formation transactions, the contributor exchanged all of its indirect ownership interests in our property subsidiaries for OP units, as described below:

 
ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC   310,000 OP units (with a combined aggregate value of approximately $3.9 million) in exchange for indirect interests in the property subsidiaries having an aggregate net book value (deficit) attributable to such interests as of June 30, 2011 of approximately $(14.1) million. All the equity interests in the contributor are owned by our executive officers as follows: 63.6% are held by Mr. Schorsch, our chairman and chief executive officer, 13.5% are held by Mr. Kahane, our president and chief operating officer, 16.4% are held by Mr. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, 3.0% are held by Mr. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer and 3.5% are held by Mr. Weil, our executive vice president and secretary. As a result of such ownership interests: Mr. Schorsch indirectly received 197,042 OP units with a value of $2,463,025, Mr. Kahane indirectly received 41,902 OP units with a value of $523,775, Mr. Budko indirectly received 50,826 OP units with a value of $635,325, Mr. Block indirectly received 9,325 OP units with a value of $116,563 and Mr. Weil indirectly received 10,905 OP units with a value of $136,313.

In addition to the OP units received in connection with the formation transactions, our sponsor, our principals and our executive officers also benefit from the following:

indemnification by us for certain liabilities and expenses incurred as a result of actions brought, or threatened to be brought, against them as an officer and/or director of our company;
registration rights afforded by a registration rights agreement (see “Shares Eligible for Future Sale — Registration Rights” and “— Registration Rights Agreement”);
indemnification in respect of certain personal guarantees related to real estate loans secured by our existing portfolio properties (see “Structure and Formation of our Company — The Financing Transactions”); and
tax protection afforded under the tax protection agreement (see “— Tax Protection Agreement”).

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Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision that limits such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The MGCL requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of:

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and
a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director’s or officer’s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter obligates us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

any present or former director or officer of our company who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or
any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served another corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of such corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, 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.

Our charter also permits us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company, including the ARC Predecessor Companies.

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We are party to indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. In addition, our charter provides that our officers and directors are indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions with ARC Prior to the Formation Transactions

Prior to the completion of the formation transactions, the day-to-day operations for our existing portfolio were managed by ARC and its affiliates, which included diverse entities that have separate ownership from the ownership of the property subsidiaries, pursuant to the terms and conditions of written agreements between the relevant services companies, on the one hand, and the property subsidiaries, on the other hand. For the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and year ended December 31, 2010, total fees collected by related parties were $0 and $148,000, respectively, representing primarily fees for the arrangement of mortgage financing. For further information on related party transactions and arrangements, see Note 7 to the financial statements of the ARC Predecessor Companies.

Our principals may be deemed to be our “promoters” based on their ownership and various relationships with us and the property subsidiaries.

Restricted Common Stock and Other Equity-Based Awards

Under our Equity Plan, our compensation committee is authorized to approve grants of equity-based awards to our Manager. Concurrently with the closing of our IPO, we granted to our Manager 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the number of shares sold our IPO. This award of restricted shares will vest ratably on a quarterly basis over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011. Our Manager will be entitled to receive “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders, commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Our Manager will defer any distributions payable to it in connection with the restricted stock that it is granted under our Equity Plan until such time as we are covering the payment of distributions to our stockholders with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months. In addition to the restricted stock that we granted to our Manager concurrently with the completion of our IPO, we may from time to time grant additional equity incentive awards to our Manager pursuant to the Equity Plan. Our Manager may, in the future, allocate a portion of these awards or ownership or profits interests in it to officers of our Manager or other personnel of ARC in order to provide incentive compensation to them. See “Management — Equity Incentive Plans.”

We also authorized and reserved a total number of shares equal to 10.0% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis assuming the redemption of all OP units for shares of common stock) at any time under the Equity Plan for equity incentive awards other than the initial grant to our Manager. Accordingly, immediately following the completion of this offering, we will have authorized and reserved 719,000 under the Equity Plan. All such awards of shares will vest ratably on an annual basis over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and shall provide for “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders. See “Management — Equity Incentive Plans.”

In addition, 99,000 shares of common stock are authorized and reserved for issuance under our Director Stock Plan, 9,000 shares of which were granted to our three independent directors concurrently with the completion of our IPO. See “Management — Executive and Director Compensation — Executive Compensation”.

Related Party Transaction Policies

Transactions with ARC.  In order to avoid any actual or perceived conflicts of interest between our Manager, ARC, any of their affiliates or any investment vehicle sponsored or managed by ARC or any of its affiliates, which we refer to as the ARC parties, and us, the approval of a majority of our independent

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directors will be required to approve (i) any purchase of our assets by any of the ARC parties, and (ii) any purchase by us of any assets of any of the ARC parties.

Limitations on Personal Investments.  Our board of directors has adopted a policy with respect to any proposed investments by our directors or officers or the officers of our Manager, which we refer to as the covered persons, in our target properties. This policy provides that any proposed investment by a covered person for his or her own account in any of our target properties will be permitted if the capital required for the investment does not exceed the lesser of (i) $5 million, or (ii) 1% of our total stockholders’ equity as of the most recent month end, or the personal investment limit. To the extent that a proposed investment exceeds the personal investment limit, our board of directors will only permit the covered person to make the investment (i) upon the approval of the disinterested directors, or (ii) if the proposed investment otherwise complies with the terms of any other related party transaction policy our board of directors may adopt in the future.

Lease Transactions.  In the event we are competing with another ARC-controlled or ARC Fund-controlled property for a lease from the same tenant, the management agreement requires our Manager to advise our independent directors of this potential conflict. After being advised of this potential conflict, our independent directors will determine if the potential lease is in our best interests and, if so, our independent directors (and not our Manager) will take responsibility for negotiating the lease with the potential tenant.

Operating Partnership.  We have adopted policies that are designed to eliminate or minimize certain potential conflicts of interest, and the limited partners of our operating partnership have agreed that in the event of a conflict between the duties owed by our directors to our company and our company’s duties, in its capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership, to such limited partners, we are under no obligation to give priority to the interests of such limited partners. See “Policies with Respect to Certain Activities” and “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership.”

Investment Opportunity Allocation Provisions

Our ability to make investments in our target assets is governed by our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC. Our acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC provides that no entity controlled by ARC or its affiliates, including its principals, will sponsor or manage any public or private U.S. investment vehicle that has as its principal investment strategy to invest in net leased properties that are subject to leases that have remaining terms of less than 10 years but not less than three years other than us for so long as either Mr. Schorsch or Mr. Kahane are affiliated with our Manager and our management agreement is in effect. However, ARC and its affiliates may sponsor or manage another public or private U.S. investment vehicle that invests generally in real estate assets but not primarily in our target assets, including net leased properties.

Tax Protection Agreement

We are party to a tax protection agreement with the contributor, pursuant to which we have agreed to indemnify the contributor for its tax liabilities (plus an additional amount equal to the taxes incurred as a result of such indemnity payment) attributable to its built-in gain, as of the closing of the formation transactions, with respect to its interests in the contributed properties (other than the TRS properties), if we sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of these interests in a taxable transaction on or prior to September 6, 2021, which is ten years after the closing of the formation transactions. The sole and exclusive rights and remedies of the contributor under the tax protection agreement will be a claim against our operating partnership for the contributor’s tax liabilities as calculated in the tax protection agreement, and the contributor shall not be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance or bring a claim against any person that acquires a protected party from our operating partnership in violation of the tax protection agreement. See “Risk Factors — Tax protection provisions on certain properties could limit our operating flexibility.”

Registration Rights Agreement

We are party to a registration rights agreement with regard to (i) the common stock issuable in exchange for the 310,000 OP units acquired by the contributor in the formation transactions, (ii) the shares of our common stock that are issuable upon the vesting and conversion of the 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s

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Stock granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan concurrently with the completion of our IPO, (iii) any equity-based awards granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan in the future, and (iv) any shares of common stock that our Manager may receive pursuant to the incentive fee provisions of the management agreement in the future, which we refer to collectively as the registrable shares. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we have granted the contributor, our Manager and its direct and indirect transferees:

unlimited demand registration rights to have the registrable shares registered for resale; and
in certain circumstances, the right to “piggy-back” the registrable shares in registration statements we might file in connection with any future public offering so long as we retain our Manager as our Manager under the management agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any registration will be subject to cutback provisions, and we will be permitted to suspend the use, from time to time, of the prospectus that is part of the registration statement (and therefore suspend sales under the registration statement) for certain periods, referred to as “blackout periods.”

Right of First Offer Agreement

At no cost to us, we have entered into a right of first offer agreement with ARC with respect to the six properties leased to Tractor Supply in which ARC and its affiliates, including our principals, own direct and indirect interests, or the Tractor Supply portfolio. Under this agreement, until September 6, 2021, which is ten years following the closing of our IPO, if ARC or any of its affiliates desire to sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of either the Tractor Supply portfolio or all or any portion of their direct or indirect interest in the Tractor Supply portfolio (other than to an affiliate of ARC), the seller will notify us of its intention to sell such interests. We will have 30 days from the receipt of such notice to deliver a proposal to the seller setting forth the material terms, including, without limitation, the proposed purchase price, any additional fees or other consideration and the date for the sale, and indicating that such proposal constitutes a binding offer to purchase the interests being sold at the price and on the terms set forth in our proposal. If the seller rejects our proposal, it will have 180 days from the date of our proposal to sell all, but not less than all, of the Tractor Supply portfolio or the interests offered to us to any person at a price which is not less than 95% of the offer price and on terms and conditions generally no less favorable than the terms and conditions in our proposal. If the seller does not consummate the sale with a third-party within such 180 day period, then any subsequent attempt to sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of either the Tractor Supply portfolio or all or any portion of the direct or indirect interest in the Tractor Supply portfolio (other than to an affiliate of ARC) will be subject to our right of first offer under this agreement.

Administrative Support Agreement

At no cost to us, we have entered into an administrative support agreement with ARC. Under this agreement, ARC has agreed to pay or reimburse us for our general and administrative expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees, audit fees, board of director fees, insurance, marketing and investor relation fees, until September 6, 2012, which is one year after the closing of our IPO to the extent the amount of our AFFO is less than the amount of distributions declared by us in respect of our OP units during such one year period. This agreement expires automatically at the end of the term on September 6, 2012. To the extent these amounts are paid by ARC, they would not be subject to reimbursement by us.

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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

Any change in our investment objectives or the policies discussed below requires the approval of our board of directors, but does not require stockholder approval.

Investment Policies

Investments in real estate or interests in real estate

We will conduct all of our investment activities through our operating partnership and its subsidiaries. Our primary business objectives are to generate dependable monthly cash distributions from a consistent and predictable level of FFO per share and capital appreciation associated with extending expiring leases and repositioning properties for lease to new credit tenants upon the expiration of a net lease. We have not established a specific policy regarding the relative priority of our investment objectives. In order to achieve these objectives, we will seek to maximize cash flow from our portfolio, capitalize on acquisition opportunities and recycle capital efficiently. We may seek to expand or upgrade our portfolio of properties if appropriate to protect or increase our potential for long-term capital appreciation. Our business will be focused primarily on acquiring commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis primarily to single tenants with investment grade credit ratings and other credit worthy tenants. For a discussion of our properties and our business and other strategic objectives, see “Business and Properties.” Historically, we have conducted our business through investments in real property through our property subsidiaries. Such real estate investments have historically involved wholly-owning the various entities holding the properties. See “Structure and Formation of Our Company.”

We may enter into joint ventures from time to time, if we determine that doing so would be the most cost-effective and efficient means of raising capital. Equity investments may be subject to existing mortgage financing and other indebtedness or such financing or indebtedness may be incurred in connection with acquiring investments. Any such financing or indebtedness will have priority over our equity interest in such property.

We do not have any specific policy as to the amount or percentage of our assets which will be invested in any specific property, other than the requirements under REIT qualification rules. We currently anticipate that our real estate investments will continue to be diversified in multiple net leased single tenant properties and in multiple geographic markets. As of June 30, 2011, our portfolio of investments included 63 freestanding properties, located in 10 states and containing an aggregate of approximately 768,730 leasable square feet.

Purchase and sale of investments

We may deliberately and strategically dispose of properties in the future and redeploy funds into new acquisitions that align with our strategic objectives. Further, on a limited and opportunistic basis, we intend to acquire and promptly resell medium-term net lease assets for immediate gain. To the extent we engage in these activities, to avoid adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, we generally must do so through a TRS. In general, a TRS is treated as a regular “C corporation” and therefore must pay corporate-level taxes on its taxable income. Thus, our yield on such activities will be reduced by such taxes borne by the TRS. Depending on the strategic alternative we ultimately decide to pursue, our two TRS properties may be an example of the execution of this strategy.

Investments in Real Estate Mortgages

While our current portfolio consists of, and our business objectives emphasize, equity investments in real estate, we may, at the discretion of our board of directors and without a vote of our stockholders, invest in mortgages and other types of real estate interests consistent with our qualification as a REIT. We do not presently intend to invest in mortgages or deeds of trust, other than in a manner that is ancillary to an equity investment. Investments in real estate mortgages run the risk that one or more borrowers may default under the mortgages and that the collateral securing those mortgages may not be sufficient to enable us to recoup our full investment. Investments in mortgages are also subject to our policy not to be treated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.

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Securities of or Interests in Persons Primarily Engaged in Real Estate Activities and Other Issuers

Subject to the asset tests and income tests necessary for REIT qualification, we may invest in securities of other REITs, other entities engaged in real estate activities or securities of other issuers (including partnership interests, limited liability company interests, common stock and preferred stock), where such investment would be consistent with our investment objectives, including for the purpose of exercising control over such entities. We have no current plans to invest in entities that are not engaged in real estate activities. There are no limitations on the amount or percentage of our total assets that may be invested in any one issuer, other than those imposed by the gross income and asset tests we must meet in order to qualify as a REIT under the Code. We do not intend that our investments in securities will require us to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, and we would generally divest appropriate securities before any such registration would be required.

Financing policies

We rely on leverage to allow us to invest in a greater number of assets and enhance our asset returns. We expect our leverage levels to decrease over time, as a result of one or more of the following factors: scheduled principal amortization on our debt and lower leverage on new asset acquisitions. We expect to continue to strengthen our balance sheet through debt repayment and/or repurchase and also opportunistically grow our portfolio through new property acquisitions.

We intend to finance future acquisitions with the most advantageous source of capital available to us at the time of the transaction, which may include a combination of public and private offerings of our equity and debt securities, secured and unsecured corporate-level debt, property-level debt and mortgage financing and other public, private or bank debt. In addition, we may acquire properties in exchange for the issuance of common stock or OP units and in many cases we may acquire properties subject to existing mortgage indebtedness.

We generally seek to finance our properties with or acquire properties subject to long-term, fixed rate, non-recourse debt, effectively locking in the spread we expect to generate on our properties and isolating the default risk to solely the properties financed. Through non-recourse debt, we seek to limit the overall company exposure in the event we default on the debt to the amount we have invested in the asset or assets financed. We seek to finance our assets with “match-funded” or substantially “match-funded” debt, meaning that we seek to obtain debt whose maturity matches as closely as possible the lease maturity of the asset financed. We expect that the leverage available on net leased properties with medium-term remaining lease durations will be approximately 45% to 55% of the property value.

We also may obtain secured debt to acquire properties, and we expect that our financing sources will include banks and life insurance companies. Although we intend to maintain a conservative capital structure, with limited reliance on debt financing, our charter does not contain a specific limitation on the amount of debt we may incur and our board of directors may implement or change target debt levels at any time without the approval of our stockholders.

Lending policies

We do not have a policy limiting our ability to make loans to other persons, although we may be so limited by applicable law, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Subject to REIT qualification rules, we may make loans to unaffiliated third parties. For example, we may consider offering purchase money financing in connection with the disposition of properties in instances where the provision of that financing would increase the value to be received by us for the property sold. We have not engaged in any lending activities in the past. We do not expect to engage in any significant lending in the future. We may choose to guarantee debt of certain joint ventures with third parties. Consideration for those guarantees may include, but is not limited to, fees, long-term management contracts, options to acquire additional ownership interests and promoted equity positions. Our board of directors may, in the future, adopt a formal lending policy without notice to or consent of our stockholders.

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Other Policies

Issuance of additional securities

If our board of directors determines that obtaining additional capital would be advantageous to us, we may, without stockholder approval, issue debt or equity securities, including causing our operating partnership to issue additional OP units, retain earnings (subject to the REIT distribution requirements for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or pursue a combination of these methods. As long as our operating partnership is in existence, the proceeds of all equity capital raised by us will be contributed to our operating partnership in exchange for additional OP units, which will dilute the ownership interests of the limited partners therein.

We may offer shares of our common stock, OP units, or other debt or equity securities in exchange for cash, properties or other investment targets, and to repurchase or otherwise re-acquire shares of our common stock, OP units or other debt or equity securities. We may issue preferred stock from time to time, in one or more classes or series, as authorized by our board of directors without the need for stockholder approval. We have not adopted a specific policy governing the issuance of senior securities at this time.

Repurchase of our securities

We may repurchase shares of our common stock or OP units from time to time. In addition, certain holders of OP units have the right, beginning on September 6, 2012, which is 12 months after completion of our IPO, to require us to redeem their OP units in exchange for cash or, at our option, shares of common stock. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale — Redemption/Exchange Rights.”

Reporting policies

We intend to make available to our stockholders audited annual financial statements and annual reports. We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, pursuant to which we will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information, including audited financial statements, with the SEC.

Stockholder rights plans

We have not adopted a stockholder rights plan, and we do not intend to adopt a stockholder rights plan at this time. If we adopt a stockholder rights plan in the future, such plan will automatically terminate if it is not approved and/or ratified by our stockholders within 12 months of our adoption of such plan.

Policies Related to Conflicts of Interest

We have adopted policies with respect to conflicts of interest and related party transactions. For details on such policies, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Related Party Transaction Policies” and “— Investment Opportunity Allocation Provisions.”

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STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF OUR COMPANY

Overview

Our real estate portfolio of 63 properties is owned by 29 property subsidiaries that were contributed to our operating partnership by the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, in the formation transactions. In addition, as part of the formation transactions we repaid to certain noteholders an aggregate of approximately $19.4 million and approximately $11.2 million of unsecured indebtedness payable by ARC Income Properties, LLC, and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, respectively, the owners of these property subsidiaries, together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.1 million.

Part of the formation transactions included a contribution transaction whereby the contributor, which is the indirect owner of the ownership interests in the property subsidiaries described above, exchanged certain indirect ownership interests in the property subsidiaries owning our real estate portfolio for OP units pursuant to a contribution agreement.

The significant elements of the formation transactions undertaken in connection with our IPO included:

formation of our company and our operating partnership;
the contribution transaction;
the repayment of certain indebtedness (together with prepayment penalties related thereto) held by certain holders and that related to a portion of our portfolio and certain other mortgage indebtedness encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties;
entering into a new $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility secured by our 59 continuing leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property Community Bank;
the assumption by us of indebtedness related to our existing portfolio (including the $13.9 million mortgage, as of June 30, 2011, secured by our continuing property leased to Home Depot), providing indemnity in respect of certain guarantees made by our sponsor and our principals in respect of such indebtedness and our refinancing of the $82.6 million (as of June 30, 2011) mortgage loan encumbering our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank and our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties, which we refer to as the financing transactions;
the transfer of the two TRS properties by our operating partnership into our wholly-owned TRS, which will provide us with more flexibility in pursuing strategic alternatives for these properties (including their sales) without violating the rules applicable to REITs;
entering into a management agreement with our Manager and an acquisition and capital services agreement with ARC; and
entering into a right of first offer agreement with the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, at no cost to us, to acquire the remaining six net leased properties owned and controlled entirely by ARC and that are leased to Tractor Supply.

Formation of Our Company and Our Operating Partnership

Our company, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., was incorporated on December 2, 2010 under the laws of the State of Maryland. We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Our operating partnership, ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., was organized as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware on January 13, 2011. We are and will continue to act as our operating partnership’s sole general partner and will hold general partner interests in our operating partnership. We will also hold OP units in our operating partnership. The combined number of general partner units and limited partnership units held by us in our operating partnership will equal the number of shares of our common stock outstanding from time to time.

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We established a TRS that is wholly owned by our operating partnership that holds our TRS properties and, in the future, we may establish one or more TRSs that will be owned by our operating partnership. We expect that our TRSs will earn income and engage in activities that might otherwise jeopardize our qualification as a REIT or that would cause us to be subject to a 100% tax on prohibited transactions. A TRS is taxed as a regular “C” corporation and its net income therefore will be subject to federal, state and local level corporate tax. Any income earned by our TRSs will not be included for purposes of the 90% distribution requirement discussed under “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations —  Annual Distribution Requirements,” unless such income is actually distributed to us. For a further discussion of TRSs, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of Our Company.”

Formation Transactions

Contribution and exchange of interests in the existing entities

Pursuant to the contribution transaction, the contributor, which was the indirect owner of the ownership interests in the 29 property subsidiaries that own the entire interest in our 63 properties, exchanged certain indirect ownership interests in the property subsidiaries owning our real estate portfolio for 310,000 OP units, with an aggregate value of approximately $3.9 million plus the assumption, as of June 30, 2011, of approximately $127.1 million of indebtedness, pursuant to a contribution agreement. The properties were contributed at carryover basis, which is cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, as required by GAAP; however, as of January 1, 2011, the investment value of the portfolio of our continuing properties, as determined by Butler Burgher Group, an independent third-party appraiser, was approximately $131.0 million. See the caption “Business and Properties — Investment Valuation of Portfolio” for a description of the methodology used to determine this investment value. Our sponsor and the contributor do not believe any lender consent was required in order to effectuate the transfer of the interests in our 59 continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our two TRS properties to our operating partnership. The contributor obtained the consent of the lender holding the mortgage indebtedness encumbering our continuing property leased to Home Depot to the transfer of the interests in such property to our operating partnership pursuant to the formation transactions.

Valuation

Although our portfolio of continuing properties was subject to a recent independent third-party investment valuation, we had not obtained any independent third-party property appraisals or fairness opinions in connection with the formation transactions. Further, we had not solicited third party bids for the properties for purposes of creating a market check on their value. The value of the portfolio was determined by Butler Burgher Group, an independent third-party appraiser. The required consents from the owners of interests in these properties to the contribution transaction had been received. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations — The price we paid for the assets we acquired in the formation transactions, all of which were purchased from the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, may have exceeded their aggregate fair market value.”

Consideration paid in formation transactions

In the formation transactions, in consideration for the acquisition of interests in our 29 property subsidiaries owning 63 properties that were contributed to our operating partnership by the contributor, we issued OP units having an aggregate value of approximately $3.9 million. Our principals hold an approximately 82% interest in the contributor.

The Financing Transactions

Treatment of existing financing

In connection with the formation transactions, we assumed or otherwise became liable for certain existing property-related indebtedness and related obligations. The indebtedness and related obligations we assumed or otherwise became liable for include indebtedness and related obligations of existing entities owning our existing portfolio. Where required by the applicable documents, instruments and agreements evidencing or securing existing indebtedness, we obtained such modifications, approvals and consents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with the formation transactions.

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In addition, we repaid to certain noteholders an aggregate of approximately $19.4 million and approximately $11.2 million of unsecured indebtedness payable by ARC Income Properties, LLC, and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, respectively, the owners of these property subsidiaries, together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.1 million.

Indemnification for certain guarantees

Our sponsor had provided customary guarantees of certain exceptions to the non-recourse provisions typically included in mortgage loans, such as fraud, misrepresentation of a material fact, misappropriation, material waste of the property, failure to deliver insurance or condemnation proceeds or awards or any security deposit to the lender, gross negligence, willful misconduct or criminal acts negatively impacting the property, filing for bankruptcy, and violation of any transfer covenants. We assumed these guarantees or otherwise became liable for them as of the closing of, and in connection with, the formation transactions. In connection with the assumption of the Home Depot loan by us, we have agreed to indemnify our sponsor and our principals from any liability (contingent or otherwise) for indebtedness and related obligations we have assumed or otherwise became liable for in connection with the formation transactions. Our indemnification in respect of these non-recourse carve-out guarantees is effective as of the closing of the formation transactions and does not apply to actions prior to the closing of the formation transactions.

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

On September 7, 2011, we refinanced the $82.6 million (as of June 30, 2011) mortgage loan secured by our continuing properties leased to Citizens Bank, our continuing property leased to Community Bank and our TRS properties in part with a $51.5 million draw against our $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility.

Our operating partnership is the borrower, and we and our operating partnership’s subsidiaries are the guarantors, under this senior secured revolving credit facility. RBS Citizens, N.A. is the administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole book runner for the senior secured revolving credit facility. The facility commenced on September 7, 2011 and has a term of three years. We used this facility principally to refinance existing debt, and may in the future use it to fund acquisitions and for other general corporate purposes. In connection with the consummation of the proposed property acquisitions, we expect to draw approximately $5.0 million under our senior secured revolving credit facility.

The secured revolving credit facility bears interest at the rate of: (i) LIBOR with respect to Eurodollar rate loans plus a margin of 215 basis points to 290 basis points, depending on our leverage ratio; and (ii) the greater of the U.S. federal funds rate plus 1.0% and the interest rate publically announced by RBS Citizens, N.A. as its “prime rate” or “base rate” at such time with respect to base rate loans plus a margin of 200 basis points to 225 basis points, depending on our leverage ratio. The amount available for us to borrow under the facility is subject to the lesser of 70% of the “as-is” appraisal value of our properties that form the borrowing base of the facility and a minimum implied debt service coverage ratio of 1.35 : 1.00 through September 7, 2012, and 1.4 : 1.00 thereafter, using an interest rate equal to the then 10-year treasury note plus 3% and a 25 year amortization (not less than 7%).

Our operating partnership’s ability to borrow under this secured revolving facility is subject to our ongoing compliance with a number of customary restrictive covenants, including:

a maximum corporate leverage ratio (defined as total indebtedness to consolidated total asset value) not to exceed 65%,
a minimum corporate fixed charge coverage ratio (defined as annualized adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to consolidated fixed charges) of 1.40 : 1.00,
a minimum tangible net worth equal to at least $26.4 million plus 85% of net proceeds of any future equity issuances,
a maximum recourse debt ratio (defined as recourse indebtedness other than indebtedness under the secured revolving facility to total asset value) of 0.20 : 1.00, and
a maximum variable rate debt ratio (defined as un-hedged variable rate indebtedness to total asset value) of 0.30 : 1.00.

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Under the senior secured revolving credit facility, our distributions may not exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of our AFFO or (ii) the amount required for us to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT. If a default or event of default occurs and is continuing, we may be precluded from making certain distributions (other than those required to allow us to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT).

We and certain of our operating partnership’s subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the facility and have pledged specified assets (including real property), stock and other interests as collateral for the revolving credit facility obligations.

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table presents information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock:

each person who beneficially owns more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
each of our independent directors;
each of our named executive officers; and
all directors and executive officers as a group.

Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the indicated person has sole voting and investment power.

   
  Percentage of Common Stock
Name of Beneficial Owner(1)   Shares
Owned(2)
  Percentage
Nicholas S. Schorsch(3)     1,210,878       21.07 % 
William M. Kahane(4)     1,210,878       21.07 % 
Brian S. Block           *  
Peter M. Budko           *  
Edward M. Weil, Jr.           *  
Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr.(5)     3,000       *  
David Gong(5)     3,000       *  
Edward G. Rendell(5)     3,000       *  
American Realty Capital II, LLC(6)     1,210,878       21.07 % 
All directors and executive officers as a group     1,219,878       21.22 % 

* Represents less than 1% of the shares of common stock outstanding.
(1) The address for each of the persons named in this table is c/o American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
(2) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares of common stock if that person has or shares voting power of investment power with respect to those shares, or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days of the date of the table. As used herein, “voting power” is the power to vote or direct the voting of shares and “investment power” is the power to dispose or direct the disposition of shares.
(3) Excludes 310,000 shares issuable upon the redemption of 310,000 OP units held by the contributor that will become redeemable on September 6, 2012, which is 12 months after the completion of our IPO, attributable to Mr. Schorsch’s controlling interest in the contributor which received such OP units in connection with the formation transaction. Includes 1,043,478 shares held by American Realty Capital II, LLC, our sponsor, of which Mr. Schorsch is a member-manager; and 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock held by our Manager, which is wholly owned by our sponsor, which will vest quarterly beginning on October 1, 2011, and all of which are currently unvested. No shares are held directly by Mr. Schorsch. Mr. Schorsch disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(4) Excludes 310,000 shares issuable upon the redemption of 310,000 OP units held by the contributor that will become redeemable on September 6, 2012, which is 12 months after the completion of our IPO, attributable to Mr. Kahane’s ownership interest in the contributor which received such OP units in connection with the formation transactions. Includes 1,043,478 shares held by American Realty Capital II, LLC, our sponsor, of which Mr. Kahane is a member-manager; and 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock held by our Manager, which is wholly owned by our sponsor, which will vest quarterly beginning on October 1, 2011, and all of which are currently unvested. No shares are held directly by Mr. Kahane. Mr. Kahane disclaims beneficial ownership ofthe shares except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

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(5) Represents a grant of restricted common stock to the independent director concurrently with the completion of our IPO.
(6) Includes 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock held by our Manager, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Realty Capital II, LLC, our sponsor, which will vest quarterly beginning on October 1, 2011, and all of which are currently unvested. American Realty Capital II, LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by our Manager and ARCT, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

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DESCRIPTION OF STOCK

The information in this section describes our capital structure and the terms of our governing documents.

Our authorized stock consists of 350.0 million shares, consisting of 240.0 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 10.0 million shares of Manager’s Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 100.0 million shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. Our charter authorizes our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without any action on the part of our stockholders, to amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock that we are authorized to issue or the number of authorized shares of any class or series. On September 20, 2011, we had 5,580,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock outstanding that we granted to our Manager, in each case, in connection with our IPO.

Common Stock

Subject to the preferential rights, if any, of holders of any other class or series of our stock and to the provisions of our charter relating to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, the holders of our common stock:

have the right to receive ratably any distributions from funds legally available therefor, when, as and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us; and
are entitled to share ratably in all of our assets available for distribution to holders of our common stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs.

All shares of our common stock and Manager’s Stock now outstanding are fully paid and nonassessable and the shares of common stock to be issued in this offering will be fully paid and nonassessable. There are no redemption, sinking fund, conversion or preemptive rights with respect to the shares of our common stock. Holders of our common stock generally will have no appraisal rights.

Subject to the provisions of our charter relating to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of any class or series of common stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which holders of our common stock are entitled to vote at all meetings of our stockholders. The holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights.

The holders of common stock shall vote together with the holders of shares of Manager’s stock as a single class on all matters. Holders of shares of our common stock shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors. Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast not less than 66-2/3% of the total votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Vacancies on the board of directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum). Any director elected to fill a vacancy will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

Manager’s Stock

Except as set forth below and in our charter, the Manager’s Stock has the same rights as our common stock, including, without limitation, the following:

The holders of the Manager’s Stock have the right to receive ratably any distributions from funds legally available therefor, when, as and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us and are entitled to share ratably in all of our assets available for distribution to holders of our common stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs.
The holders of the Manger’s Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which holders of our common stock are entitled to vote at all meetings of our stockholders. The holders of the Manager’s Stock do not have cumulative voting rights.
There are no redemption, sinking fund, conversion or preemptive rights with respect to the shares of the Manager’s Stock. The holders of the Manager’s Stock generally will have no appraisal rights.

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The holders of the Manager’s Stock will vote together with holders of our common stock as a single class on all matters, including voting for the election of directors.

The Manager’s Stock is a separate class of stock that, at such time as any dividends are paid on our common stock, shall receive a concurrent dividend per share in an amount equal to 1% of such dividend received on each share of common stock. At such time that we cover the payment of cash dividends declared on shares of our common stock with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months, to the extent any shares of Manager's Stock remain outstanding, no dividends will be authorized or paid or set aside for payment on shares of our common stock until the holders of the Manager's Stock then outstanding have received dividends per share of Manager’s Stock equal to the cash dividends that were paid on each share of common stock, less the amount of any concurrent dividends that were paid on the Manager’s Stock, that were not so paid on such shares of Manager’s Stock during the period in which such shares of common stock and Manager’s Stock were outstanding. Upon the occurrence of this dividend triggering event and the payment of all deferred dividends pursuant to the foregoing sentence, each share of Manager’s Stock will convert into a share of common stock, provided that to the extent any shares of Manager’s Stock remain subject to further vesting requirements, such vesting requirements will apply to the shares of common stock into which such shares of Manager’s Stock were converted. Except if our Manager is terminated for “cause” pursuant to the management agreement or resigns as manager under the management agreement other than for reason of our default in performance or observance of any material term condition or covenant contained in the management agreement beyond the applicable cure period, in the event that our Manager no longer manages our business affairs, holders of the Manager's Stock will be entitled to exchange their shares of Manager's Stock for shares of our common stock. The Manager's Stock will be subject to any further restrictions contained in the Equity Plan pursuant to which it is issued.

Power to Reclassify and Issue Stock

Our board of directors may classify any unissued shares of preferred stock, and reclassify any unissued shares of common stock or any previously classified but unissued shares of preferred stock into other classes or series of stock, including one or more classes or series of stock that have priority over our common stock with respect to voting rights, distributions or upon liquidation, and authorize us to issue the newly-classified shares. Prior to the issuance of shares of each class or series, our board of directors is required by the MGCL and our charter to set, subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption for each such class or series. These actions can be taken without stockholder approval, unless stockholder approval is required by applicable law, the terms of any other class or series of our stock or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. As of the date hereof, no shares of preferred stock are outstanding and we have no present plans to issue any preferred stock.

Power to Increase Authorized Stock and Issue Additional Shares of Our Common Stock and Preferred Stock

We believe that the power of our board of directors to amend our charter from time to time to increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have the authority to issue, to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of our common stock or preferred stock and to classify or reclassify unissued shares of our common stock or preferred stock and thereafter to cause us to issue such classified or reclassified shares of stock will provide us with flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs which might arise. Shares of additional classes or series of stock, as well as additional shares of common stock, will be available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless stockholder consent is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities are then listed or traded. Although our board of directors does not intend to do so, it could authorize us to issue a class or series of common stock or preferred stock that could, depending upon the terms of the particular class or series, delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for our stockholders or otherwise be in their best interest.

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Meetings and Special Voting Requirements

Subject to our charter restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and the terms of each class or series of stock, including with respect to the vote by the stockholders for the election of the directors, each holder of common stock is entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote per share owned by such stockholder on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. There is no cumulative voting in the election of our board of directors, which means that the holders of a majority of shares of our outstanding common stock and Manager’s Stock voting together as a single class can elect all the directors then standing for election and the holders of the remaining shares of common stock will not be able to elect any directors.

Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, sell all or substantially all of its assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business, unless declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for approval of these matters by a lesser percentage, but not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our charter provides for a lesser percentage for mergers, sales of all or substantially all of our assets or share exchanges. Our charter further provides that (a) except for amendments to the provisions of our charter relating to director removal and the vote required for certain charter amendments, which require the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the vote entitled to be cast in such matter, we may not amend or repeal the provisions of our charter without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the company then entitled to vote on such matter and (b) we may not dissolve without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the company then entitled to vote on such matter.

An annual meeting of our stockholders will be held each year. Special meetings of stockholders may be called upon the request of a majority of our directors, the chairman of the board, the president or the chief executive officer and must be called by our secretary to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting (subject to the stockholders’ compliance with certain procedures set forth in our bylaws). The presence of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter, either in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum.

One or more persons who together are and for at least six months have been stockholders of record of at least five percent of the outstanding shares of any class of our stock are entitled to receive a copy of our stockholder list upon request in accordance with Maryland law. The list provided by us will include each stockholder’s name and address and the number of shares owned by each stockholder and will be made available within 20 days of the receipt by us of the request. Stockholders and their representatives shall also be given access to our bylaws, the minutes of stockholder proceedings, our annual statements of affairs and any voting trust agreements on file at our principal office during usual business hours. We have the right to request that a requesting stockholder represent to us that the list and records will not be used to pursue commercial interests.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, shares of our stock must be owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made) or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. Also, under Section 856(h) of the Code, a REIT cannot be “closely-held.” In this regard, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made).

Our charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of shares of our common stock and other outstanding shares of stock. The relevant sections of our charter provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may own, or be deemed to own, by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% by number or value, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more

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restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock; we refer to these limitations as the “ownership limits.” Our board of directors granted our sponsor an exemption from these ownership limits, effective as of September 6, 2011, the date we closed our IPO, in connection with our sponsor’s purchase of shares of our common stock in our IPO. In addition, consistent with our charter, our board of directors has increased the ownership limits as they apply to our sponsor and its affiliates to no more than 25.0%, and has further limited the ownership limits as they apply to everyone else to no more than 6.0%, in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of any class or series of our shares of stock.

The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause shares of stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be owned constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% by number or value, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock (or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, shares of our stock by an individual or entity), could, nevertheless, cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to violate the ownership limits.

Our board of directors may, upon receipt of certain representations, undertakings and agreements and in its sole discretion, exempt (prospectively or retroactively) any person from the ownership limits or establish a different limit, or excepted holder limit, for a particular person if the person’s ownership in excess of the ownership limits will not then or in the future result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the person’s interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT. In order to be considered by our board of directors for exemption, a person also must not own, actually or constructively, an interest in one of our tenants (or a tenant of any entity which we own or control) that would cause us to own, actually or constructively, more than a 9.9% interest in the tenant unless the revenue derived by us from such tenant is sufficiently small that, in the opinion of our board of directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT. The person seeking an exemption must represent and covenant to the satisfaction of our board of directors that it will not violate these two restrictions. The person also must agree that any violation or attempted violation of these restrictions will result in the automatic transfer to a trust of the shares of stock causing the violation. As a condition of granting an exemption or creating an excepted holder limit, our board of directors may, but is not be required to, obtain an opinion of counsel or IRS ruling satisfactory to our board of directors with respect to our qualification as a REIT and may impose such other conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate.

In connection with granting an exemption from the ownership limits or establishing an excepted holder limit or at any other time, our board of directors may increase or decrease the ownership limits. Any decrease in the ownership limits will not be effective for any person whose percentage ownership of shares of our stock is in excess of such decreased limits until such person’s percentage ownership of shares of our stock equals or falls below such decreased limits (other than a decrease as a result of a retroactive change in existing law, which will be effective immediately), but any further acquisition of shares of our stock in excess of such percentage ownership will be in violation of the applicable limits. Our board of directors may not increase or decrease the ownership limits if, after giving effect to such increase or decrease, five or fewer persons could beneficially own or constructively own in the aggregate more than 49.9% in value of the shares of our stock then outstanding. Prior to any modification of the ownership limits, our board of directors may require such opinions of counsel, affidavits, undertakings or agreements as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure our qualification as a REIT.

Our charter further prohibits:

any person from beneficially or constructively owning, applying certain attribution rules of the Code, shares of our stock that would result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the stockholder’s interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT; and
any person from transferring shares of our stock if such transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution).

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Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that will or may violate the ownership limits or any of the other foregoing restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock will be required to immediately give written notice to us or, in the case of a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days’ prior written notice to us, and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on our qualification as a REIT. The ownership limits and the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock will not apply if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.

If any transfer of shares of our stock would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, such transfer will be void from the time of such purported transfer and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in such shares. In addition, if any purported transfer of shares of our stock or any other event would otherwise result in:

any person violating the ownership limits or such other limit established by our board of directors; or
our company being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the stockholder’s interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT,

then that number of shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share) that would cause us to violate such restrictions will automatically be transferred to, and held by, a charitable trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable organizations selected by us, and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in such shares. The transfer will be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the violative transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the charitable trust. A person who, but for the transfer of the shares to the charitable trust, would have beneficially or constructively owned the shares so transferred is referred to as a “prohibited owner,” which, if appropriate in the context, also means any person who would have been the record owner of the shares that the prohibited owner would have so owned. If the transfer to the charitable trust as described above would not be effective, for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable restriction on ownership and transfer contained in our charter, then our charter provides that the transfer of the shares will be void from the time of such purported transfer.

Shares of stock transferred to a charitable trust are deemed offered for sale to us, or our designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (1) the price paid per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the charitable trust (or, if the event that resulted in the transfer to the charitable trust did not involve a purchase of such shares of stock at market price, defined generally as the last reported sales price reported on NASDAQ (or other applicable exchange), the market price per share of such stock on the day of the event which resulted in the transfer of such shares of stock to the charitable trust) and (2) the market price on the date we, or our designee, accept such offer. We may reduce the amount payable to the charitable trust by the amount of distributions which have been paid to the prohibited owner and are owed by the prohibited owner to the charitable trust as described below. We may pay the amount of such reduction to the charitable trust for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. We have the right to accept such offer until the trustee of the charitable trust has sold the shares held in the charitable trust as discussed below. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates, and the charitable trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the prohibited owner.

If we do not buy the shares, the charitable trustee must, within 20 days of receiving notice from us of the transfer of the shares to the charitable trust, sell the shares to a person or entity designated by the charitable trustee who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described above. After that, the charitable trustee must distribute to the prohibited owner an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the price paid by the prohibited owner for the shares in the transaction that resulted in the transfer to the charitable trust (or, if the event that resulted in the transfer to the charitable trust did not involve a purchase of such shares at market price, the market price per share of such stock on the day of the event that resulted in the transfer to the charitable trust) and (2) the sales proceeds (net of commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the charitable trust for the shares. The charitable

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trustee may reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of distributions which have been paid to the prohibited owner and are owed by the prohibited owner to the charitable trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the prohibited owner will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any distributions thereon. In addition, if, prior to discovery by us that shares of stock have been transferred to a charitable trust, such shares of stock are sold by a prohibited owner, then such shares will be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the charitable trust and to the extent that the prohibited owner received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such prohibited owner was entitled to receive, such excess amount will be paid to the charitable trust upon demand by the charitable trustee. The prohibited owner will have no rights in the shares held by the charitable trust.

The charitable trustee will be designated by us and will be unaffiliated with us and with any prohibited owner. Prior to the sale of any shares by the charitable trust, the charitable trustee will receive, in trust for the charitable beneficiary, all distributions made by us with respect to such shares and may also exercise all voting rights with respect to such shares. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to our discovery that shares of stock have been transferred to the charitable trust will be paid by the recipient to the charitable trust upon demand by the charitable trustee. These rights will be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the charitable beneficiary.

Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the charitable trust, the charitable trustee will have the authority, at the charitable trustee’s sole discretion:

to rescind as void any vote cast by a prohibited owner prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the charitable trust; and
to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the charitable trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary.

However, if we have already taken irreversible action, then the charitable trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.

If our board of directors determines in good faith that a proposed transfer would violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our charter, our board of directors may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer, including, but not limited to, causing us to redeem shares of stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer.

Every owner of more than 5% (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of all classes or series of our stock, including common stock, will be required to give written notice to us within 30 days after the end of each taxable year stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class and series of our stock that the person beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner will be required to provide to us such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such beneficial ownership on our qualification as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, each stockholder will, upon demand, be required to provide to us such information as we may request, in good faith, in order to determine our qualification as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

Any certificates representing shares of our stock, or any written statements of information delivered in lieu of certificates, will bear a legend referring to the restrictions described above.

These restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar with respect to our common stock is DST Systems, Inc.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “ARCP.”

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MATERIAL PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS

Our Board of Directors

Our charter and bylaws provide that the number of directors we have may be established only by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of our entire board of directors, but may not be fewer than the minimum number permitted under Maryland law nor more than 15. We have five directors. Our bylaws provide that vacancies in our board of directors may be filled by the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum. Any individual elected to fill such vacancy will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Any director may resign at any time. Each of our directors is elected by our stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies under Maryland law. Holders of shares of our common stock will have no right to cumulative voting in the election of directors.

Our bylaws require that each director be an individual at least 21 years of age who is not under legal disability and that at least a majority of our directors will be individuals whom our board of directors has determined are “independent” under the standards established by our board of directors and in accordance with the then applicable NASDAQ listing standards.

Removal of Directors

Our charter provides that any director may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the stockholders entitled to cast not less than 66 2/3% of the total votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. This provision may preclude stockholders from removing incumbent directors and filling the vacancies created by such removal with their own nominees.

Business Combinations

Under the MGCL, certain “business combinations,” including a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in certain circumstances, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities, between a Maryland corporation and an “interested stockholder” or, generally, any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation, or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder, are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Thereafter, any such business combination must be recommended by the board of directors of such corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least (1) 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding voting stock of the corporation and (2) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom (or with whose affiliate) the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, unless, among other conditions, the corporation’s stockholders receive a minimum price (as defined in the MGCL) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. Under the MGCL, a person is not an “interested stockholder” if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. A corporation’s board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance with any terms and conditions determined by it.

These provisions of the MGCL do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by a board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. As permitted by the MGCL, our board of directors has by resolution exempted business combinations (1) between us and any person, provided that such business combination is first approved by our board of directors (including a majority of directors who are not affiliates or associates of such person) and (2) between us and our sponsor, our Manager, our operating partnership or any of their respective affiliates. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the supermajority vote requirements will not apply to such business combinations. As a result, any person described above may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders without compliance by us with the supermajority vote requirements and other provisions of the statute. This resolution, however, may be

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altered or repealed in whole or in part at any time by our board of directors. If this resolution is repealed, or our board of directors does not otherwise approve a business combination with a person other than our sponsor, our Manager, our operating partnership or any of their respective affiliates, the statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.

Control Share Acquisitions

The MGCL provides that “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding shares of stock in respect of which any of the following persons is entitled to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of such shares in the election of directors: (1) the person that has made or proposed to make the control share acquisition, (2) an officer of the corporation or (3) an employee of the corporation who is also a director of the corporation. “Control shares” are shares of voting stock which, if aggregated with all other such shares owned by the acquirer, or in respect of which the acquirer is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power: (A) one-tenth or more but less than one-third, (B) one-third or more but less than a majority or (C) a majority or more of all voting power. Control shares do not include shares that the acquirer is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A “control share acquisition” means the acquisition of issued and outstanding control shares, subject to certain exceptions.

A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of certain conditions (including an undertaking to pay expenses and making an “acquiring person statement” as described in MGCL), may compel the board of directors to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the shares. If no request for a meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders’ meeting.

If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquirer does not deliver an “acquiring person statement” as required by the statute, then, subject to certain conditions and limitations, the corporation may redeem any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have previously been approved) for fair value determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquirer or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders’ meeting and the acquirer becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights, unless the corporation’s charter provides otherwise. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquirer in the control share acquisition.

The control share acquisition statute does not apply to (1) shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction or (2) acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation.

Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any person of our shares. There is no assurance that such provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.

Subtitle 8

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions:

a classified board;
a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director;
a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors;

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a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred; and
a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

Through provisions in our charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already (1) require the affirmative vote of the stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors for the removal of a director from the board, (2) vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directors and (3) require, unless called by our chairman, chief executive officer, president or a majority of our directors, the request of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on such matter to call a special meeting of stockholders to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders.

Meetings of Stockholders

Pursuant to our bylaws, an annual meeting of our stockholders for the purpose of the election of directors and the transaction of any business will be held annually on a date and at the time and place set by our board of directors. Each of our directors is elected by our stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies under Maryland law. In addition, our chairman, chief executive officer or president or a majority of our directors may call a special meeting of our stockholders. Subject to the provisions of our bylaws, a special meeting of our stockholders to act on any matter that may properly be considered by our stockholders will also be called by our secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting on such matter, accompanied by the information required by our bylaws. Our secretary will inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice of meeting (including our proxy materials), and the requesting stockholder must pay such estimated cost before our secretary may prepare and mail the notice of the special meeting.

Amendment to Our Charter and Bylaws

Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally cannot amend its charter unless advised by its board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter unless a different percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is set forth in the corporation’s charter.

Except as set forth below, our charter may be amended only with the approval of our board of directors and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Any amendment, waiver, alteration or repeal of any provision of, or addition to, the charter or the bylaws affecting the supermajority voting provisions of the board of directors in connection with our consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or engaging in a share exchange, including the requisite vote or percentage required to approve or take such actions, must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the board of directors. Our charter further provides that, except for amendments to the provisions of our charter relating to director removal and the vote required for certain charter amendments, which require the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter, we may not amend or repeal the provisions of our charter without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the company then entitled to vote on such matter.

Our board of directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of our bylaws and to make new bylaws.

Extraordinary Transactions

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directors and may be approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Also, many of our operating assets are held by our subsidiaries, and these subsidiaries may be able to merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets without the approval of our stockholders. Any amendment, waiver, alteration or repeal of any provision of, or addition to, the charter or the bylaws affecting the supermajority voting provisions of the board of directors in connection with our consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of our assets or engaging in a share exchange, including the requisite vote or percentage required to approve or take such actions, must be approved by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the board of directors. As a result of this provision, if both of our directors who are also principals of ARC dissent from an extraordinary transaction, such as the merger of our company into another company, such directors would have the right to block such transaction from occurring. These supermajority voting provisions applicable to our board of directors could prevent a change in control of us that might involve a premium for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Our charter provides that, in the case of any reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger of us with or into another person in which shares of our common stock are converted into (or entitled to receive with respect thereto) shares of stock and/or other securities or property (including cash), each holder of a share of our common stock and each holder of a share of the Manager’s Stock will be entitled to receive with respect to each such share the same kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash).

Appraisal Rights

Our charter provides that our stockholders will not be entitled to exercise appraisal rights unless a majority of our entire board of directors determines that appraisal rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders of such shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights.

Dissolution

Our dissolution must be declared advisable by a majority of our entire board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter.

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business

Our bylaws provide that nominations of individuals for election to the board or proposals of other business may be made at an annual meeting (1) pursuant to the company’s notice of meeting, (2) by or at the direction of our board of directors, or (3) by any stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice pursuant to the bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws. Our bylaws currently require the stockholder to provide notice to the secretary containing the information required by our bylaws not earlier than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 150th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120the day prior to the first anniversary of the date of our proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting.

With respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in our notice of meeting may be brought before the meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the board may be made at a special meeting, (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors, (2) by a stockholder that has requested that a special meeting be called for the purpose of electing directors in accordance with our bylaws and has supplied the information required by our bylaws about each individual whom such stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director or (3) provided that the special meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder who is a holder of record both at the time of giving of notice and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in our bylaws. Such stockholder may nominate one or more individuals, as the case may be, for election as a director if the stockholder’s notice containing the information required by our bylaws is delivered to the secretary not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., eastern time, on the later of (1) the 90th day prior

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to such special meeting or (2) the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and the proposed nominees of our board of directors to be elected at the meeting.

Anti-takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws

If the applicable exemption in our bylaws is repealed and the applicable resolution of our board of directors is repealed, the control share acquisition provisions and the business combination provisions of the MGCL, respectively, as well as the provisions in our charter and bylaws, as applicable, on removal of directors and the filling of director vacancies and the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of stock, together with the advance notice and stockholder-requested special meeting provisions of our bylaws, alone or in combination, could serve to delay, deter or prevent a transaction or a change in our control that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interests.

Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision and limits the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

Our charter obligates us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (1) any present or former director or officer of our company who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity or (2) any individual who, while serving as our director or officer and at our request, serves or has served another corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of such corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, 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 service in that capacity. Our charter also permits us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served any predecessor of our company in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or of any predecessor.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (1) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (A) was committed in bad faith or (B) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (2) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for

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indemnification by the corporation and (2) a written undertaking by him or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the appropriate standard of conduct was not met.

We are party to indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

REIT Qualification

Our charter provides that our board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

A summary of the material provisions of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., which we refer to as the partnership agreement, is set forth below. The following description does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to applicable provisions of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the partnership agreement. We have filed a copy of the partnership agreement as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

General

Substantially all of our assets are, and will continue to be, held by, and substantially all of our operations are, and will continue to be, conducted through, our operating partnership, either directly or through subsidiaries. We are the sole general partner of our operating partnership and we own a general partner interest in our operating partnership. Pursuant to the partnership agreement, we have full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the operating partnership, including the ability to cause the operating partnership to enter into certain major transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings and selection of lessees, make distributions to partners, and to cause changes in the operating partnership’s business activities. We are also a limited partner of our operating partnership, and we own, either directly or through subsidiaries, 94.7% of the outstanding interests in our operating partnership through our ownership of OP units.

OP units are also held by the contributor, an affiliate of our sponsor, which contributed indirect interests in our properties to our operating partnership in the formation transactions. All holders of OP units in our operating partnership (including us in our capacity as a general or limited partner) are entitled to share in cash distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, our operating partnership in proportion to their respective percentage interests in our operating partnership. The OP units in our operating partnership will not be listed on any exchange or quoted on any national market system.

Provisions in the partnership agreement may delay or make more difficult unsolicited acquisitions of us or changes in our control. These provisions could discourage third parties from making proposals involving an unsolicited acquisition of us or change of our control, although some stockholders might consider such proposals, if made, desirable. Such provisions also make it more difficult for third parties to alter the management structure of our operating partnership without the concurrence of our board of directors. These provisions include, among others:

redemption rights of qualifying parties;
transfer restrictions on the OP units;
the ability of the general partner in some cases to amend the partnership agreement without the consent of the limited partners; and
the right of the limited partners to consent to transfers of our general partner interest and mergers or consolidations involving us under specified limited circumstances.

Transferability of Interests

We may not voluntarily withdraw from the operating partnership or transfer or assign our interest in the operating partnership or engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets in a transaction which results in a change of control of our company unless:

we receive the consent of limited partners holding more than 50% of the partnership interests of the limited partners (other than those held by us or our subsidiaries);
as a result of such transaction, all limited partners (other than us or our subsidiaries) will receive for each OP unit an amount of cash, securities or other property equal in value to the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid in the transaction to a holder of one share of our common stock, provided that if, in connection with the transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common stock,

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each holder of OP units (other than those held by us or our subsidiaries) shall be given the option to exchange its partnership units for the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property that a limited partner would have received had it (A) exercised its redemption right (described below) and (B) sold, tendered or exchanged pursuant to the offer common stock received upon exercise of the redemption right immediately prior to the expiration of the offer; or
we are the surviving entity in the transaction and either (A) our stockholders do not receive cash, securities or other property in the transaction or (B) all limited partners (other than us or our subsidiaries) receive for each OP unit an amount of cash, securities or other property having a value that is no less than the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property received in the transaction by our stockholders.

We also may merge with or into or consolidate with another entity if immediately after such merger or consolidation (1) substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving entity, other than OP units held by us, are contributed, directly or indirectly, to the partnership as a capital contribution in exchange for OP units with a fair market value equal to the value of the assets so contributed as determined by the survivor in good faith and (2) the survivor expressly agrees to assume all of our obligations under the partnership agreement and the partnership agreement shall be amended after any such merger or consolidation so as to arrive at a new method of calculating the amounts payable upon exercise of the redemption right that approximates the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably possible.

We also may (1) transfer all or any portion of our general partner interest to any of our wholly owned subsidiaries that (i) is taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) is a taxable REIT subsidiary, and following such transfer may withdraw as the general partner and (2) engage in a transaction required by law or by the rules of any national securities exchange or OTC interdealer quotation system on which our common stock are listed.

Capital Contribution

We contributed, directly, to our operating partnership substantially all of the proceeds of our IPO as our initial capital contribution in exchange for substantially all of the limited partnership interests in our operating partnership. The partnership agreement provides that if the operating partnership requires additional funds at any time in excess of funds available to the operating partnership from borrowing or capital contributions, we may borrow such funds from a financial institution or other lender and lend such funds to the operating partnership on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to our borrowing of such funds. Under the partnership agreement, we are obligated to contribute the net proceeds of any future offering of shares, including this offering, as additional capital to the operating partnership. When we contribute additional capital to the operating partnership, we will receive additional OP units and our percentage interest will be increased on a proportionate basis based upon the amount of such additional capital contributions and the value of the operating partnership at the time of such contributions. Conversely, the percentage interests of other limited partners will be decreased on a proportionate basis in the event of additional capital contributions by us. In addition, when we contribute additional capital to the operating partnership, we can revalue the property of the operating partnership to its fair market value (as determined by us) and the capital accounts of the partners will be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the capital accounts previously) would be allocated among the partners under the terms of the partnership agreement if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by us) on the date of the revaluation. The operating partnership may issue preferred partnership interests, in connection with acquisitions of property or otherwise, which could have priority over common partnership interests with respect to distributions from the operating partnership, including the partnership interests we own.

Redemption Rights

Pursuant to the partnership agreement, any future limited partners, other than us, will receive redemption rights, which will enable them to cause the operating partnership to redeem their OP units in exchange for cash or, at the option of the operating partnership, our common stock on a one-for-one basis. The cash redemption amount per unit is based on the market price of our common stock at the time of redemption. The number of shares of our common stock issuable upon redemption of limited partnership interests held by

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limited partners may be adjusted upon the occurrence of certain events such as share dividends, share subdivisions or combinations. We expect the operating partnership to fund any cash redemptions out of available cash or borrowings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a limited partner will not be entitled to exercise its redemption rights if the delivery of common stock to the redeeming limited partner would:

result in any person owning, directly or indirectly, common stock in excess of the share ownership limit in our charter;
result in our common stock being owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution);
result in our being “closely held” within the meaning of Code Section 856(h);
cause us to own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the ownership interests in a tenant (other than a TRS) of ours, the operating partnership’s or a subsidiary partnership’s real property, within the meaning of Code Section 856(d)(2)(B);
cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT under the Code, including, but not limited to, as a result of any management company failing to qualify as an eligible independent contractor under the Code; or
cause the acquisition of common stock by such redeeming limited partner to be “integrated” with any other distribution of common stock for purposes of complying with the registration provisions of the Securities Act.

We may, in our sole and absolute discretion, waive any of these restrictions.

REIT Qualifications

The partnership agreement requires that the operating partnership be operated in a manner that enables us to satisfy the requirements for being classified as a REIT, to avoid any federal income or excise tax liability imposed by the Code (other than any U.S. federal income tax liability associated with our retained net capital gain) and to ensure that the partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation under Code Section 7704.

In addition to the administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the operating partnership, the operating partnership generally will pay all of our administrative costs and expenses, including:

all expenses relating to our continuity of existence and our subsidiaries’ operations;
all expenses relating to offerings and registration of securities;
all expenses associated with any repurchase by us of any securities;
all expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any of our periodic or other reports and communications under federal, state or local laws or regulations;
all expenses associated with our compliance with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body;
all expenses associated with compensation of our employees;
all expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or other plan providing compensation to our employees;
all expenses incurred by us relating to any issuance or redemption of partnership interests; and
all of our other operating or administrative costs incurred in the ordinary course of business on behalf of the operating partnership.

These expenses, however, do not include any of our administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred that are attributable to properties that are owned by us directly rather than by the operating partnership or its subsidiaries.

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Fiduciary Responsibilities

Our directors and officers have duties under applicable Maryland law to manage us in a manner consistent with the best interests of the corporation. At the same time, we have fiduciary duties to manage our operating partnership in a manner beneficial to our operating partnership and its partners. Our duties to our operating partnership and its limited partners, therefore, may come into conflict with the duties of our directors and officers to the corporation.

The limited partners of our operating partnership expressly will acknowledge that, as general partner, we are acting for the benefit of the operating partnership, the limited partners and our stockholders collectively.

Distributions

The partnership agreement provides that the operating partnership will distribute cash from operations (including net sale or refinancing proceeds, but excluding net proceeds from the sale of the operating partnership’s property in connection with the liquidation of the operating partnership) at such time and in such amounts as determined by us in our sole discretion, to us and the other limited partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the operating partnership.

Upon liquidation of the operating partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts and obligations of the operating partnership, including any partner loans, any remaining assets of the operating partnership will be distributed to us and the limited partners with positive capital accounts in accordance with their respective positive capital account balances.

Allocations

Profits and losses of the operating partnership (including depreciation and amortization deductions) for each taxable year generally will be allocated to us and the other limited partners in accordance with the respective percentage interests in the operating partnership. All of the foregoing allocations are subject to compliance with the provisions of Code Sections 704(b) and 704(c) and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Code Section 704(c) permit, the general partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by the operating partnership for allocating items with respect to contributed property acquired in connection with our IPO for which fair market value differs from the adjusted tax basis at the time of contribution, and such election shall be binding on all partners.

Term

The operating partnership will continue indefinitely, or until sooner dissolved upon:

our bankruptcy, dissolution, removal or withdrawal (unless the limited partners elect to continue the partnership);
the passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the partnership;
the redemption of all OP units unless we decide to continue the partnership by the admission of one or more limited partners; or
an election us in our capacity as the general partner.

Tax Matters

Our partnership agreement provides that we will be the tax matters partner of the operating partnership and, as such, we will have authority to handle tax audits and to make tax elections under the Code and Treasury Regulation promulgated thereunder on behalf of the operating partnership.

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

General

Upon the completion of this offering, we will have outstanding 7,056,400 shares of our common stock, including the 9,000 restricted shares granted to our non-executive directors in the formation transactions, and 167,400 shares of Manager’s Stock. In addition, 477,400 shares of our common stock are authorized and reserved for issuance upon exchange of the 167,400 outstanding restricted shares of Manager’s Stock held by our Manager and 310,000 outstanding OP units held by the contributor, which, in each case, were issued in the formation transactions.

Of these shares, 6,880,000 shares of common stock will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, subject to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our charter, except for any shares held by our “affiliates,” as that term is defined by Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The shares purchased by affiliates in this offering and the shares of our common stock owned by our affiliates, including upon conversion of the Manager’s Stock and redemption of OP units, will be “restricted shares” as defined in Rule 144.

Prior to our recently completed IPO, there was no public market for our common stock. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of shares, or the availability of shares for future sale, will have on the market price prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued upon the exchange of OP units, shares issued to our Manager in the formation transactions, or the exercise of stock options), or the perception that such sales occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to this Offering — There was no public market for our common stock prior to our IPO, which was recently completed” and “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. — Transferability of Interests.”

Rule 144

In general, Rule 144 provides that if (i) one year has elapsed since the date of acquisition of common stock from us or any of our affiliates and (ii) the holder is not, and has not been, an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding the proposed sale, such holder may sell such common stock in the public market under Rule 144(b)(1) without regard to the volume limitations, manner of sale provisions, public information requirements or notice requirements under such rule. In general, Rule 144 also provides that if (i) six months have elapsed since the date of acquisition of common stock from us or any of our affiliates, (ii) we have been a reporting company under the Exchange Act for at least 90 days and (iii) the holder is not, and has not been, an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding the proposed sale, such holder may sell such common stock in the public market under Rule 144(b)(1) subject to satisfaction of Rule 144’s public information requirements, but without regard to the volume limitations, manner of sale provisions or notice requirements under such rule.

In addition, under Rule 144, if (i) one year (or, subject to us being a reporting company under the Exchange Act for at least the preceding 90 days, six months) has elapsed since the date of acquisition of common stock from us or any of our affiliates and (ii) the holder is, or has been, an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding the proposed sale, such holder may sell such common stock in the public market under Rule 144(b)(1) subject to satisfaction of Rule 144’s volume limitations, manner of sale provisions, public information requirements and notice requirements.

Redemption/Exchange Rights

In connection with the formation transactions, our operating partnership issued an aggregate of 310,000 OP units to the contributor. Beginning on or after September 6, 2012, which is 12 months after the completion of our IPO, limited partners of our operating partnership have the right to require our operating partnership to redeem part or all of their OP units for cash, or, at our election, shares of our common stock, based upon the fair market value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock at the time of the redemption, subject to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our charter and described under the section entitled “Description of Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.” See “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. — Redemption Rights.”

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Registration Rights

We are party to a registration rights agreement with regard to (i) the common stock issuable in exchange for the 310,000 OP units acquired by the contributor in the formation transactions, (ii) the shares of our common stock that are issuable upon the vesting and conversion of the 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan concurrently with the completion of our IPO, (iii) any equity-based awards granted to our Manager under our Equity Plan in the future, and (iv) any shares of common stock that our Manager may receive pursuant to the incentive fee provisions of the management agreement in the future, which we refer to collectively as the registrable shares. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we have granted the contributor, our Manager and its direct and indirect transferees:

unlimited demand registration rights to have the registrable shares registered for resale; and
in certain circumstances, the right to “piggy-back” the registrable shares in registration statements we might file in connection with any future public offering so long as we retain our Manager as our Manager under the management agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any registration will be subject to cutback provisions, and we will be permitted to suspend the use, from time to time, of the prospectus that is part of the registration statement (and therefore suspend sales under the registration statement) for certain periods, referred to as “blackout periods.”

Lock-Up Agreements

We, our sponsor, our Manager, the contributor, ARCT and certain of our officers and directors have agreed, subject to specified exceptions, not to directly or indirectly:

sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including any short sale), pledge, assign, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position'' within the meaning of Rule 16a-l(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
otherwise dispose of any shares of common stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially, or
enter into any swap, hedge or similar arrangement that transfers the economic risk of ownership of shares of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially, or
publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing,

for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities.

This restriction terminates after the close of trading of the shares of common stock on and including the 90 days after the date of this prospectus. However, subject to certain exceptions, in the event that either:

during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs, or
prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted period,

then in either case the expiration of the 90-day restricted period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of an earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or event, as applicable, unless Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities waive, in writing, such an extension.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities may, in their sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the 90-day period, without public notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements.

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Equity Plan

We have adopted the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Equity Plan, which provides for the grant of stock options, restricted shares of common stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and other equity-based awards to our Manager, non-executive directors, officers and other employees and independent contractors, including employees or directors of the Manager and its affiliates who are providing services to us.

Initial Grant of Equity Compensation to Our Manager

Under our Equity Plan, our compensation committee is authorized to approve grants of equity-based awards to our Manager. Concurrently with the closing of our IPO, we granted to our Manager 167,400 restricted shares of Manager’s Stock, which is equal to 3.0% of the number of shares sold in our IPO. This award of restricted shares will vest ratably on a quarterly basis over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2011. The Manager’s Stock is a separate class of stock that, at such time as any dividends are paid on our common stock, shall receive a concurrent dividend per share in an amount equal to 1% of such dividend received on each share of common stock, whether or not the Manager’s Stock is vested. At such time that we cover the payment of cash dividends declared on shares of our common stock with AFFO for the six immediately preceding months, to the extent any shares of Manager’s Stock remain outstanding, no dividends will be authorized or paid or set aside for payment on shares of our common stock until the holders of the Manager’s Stock then outstanding have received dividends per share of Manager’s Stock equal to the cash dividends that were paid on each share of common stock, less the amount of any concurrent dividends that were paid on the Manager’s Stock, that were not so paid on such shares of Manager’s Stock during the period in which such shares of common stock and Manager’s Stock were outstanding.

Other Grants of Equity Compensation under the Equity Plan

We also have reserved a total number of shares equal to 10.0% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis assuming the redemption of all OP units for shares of common stock) at any time under the Equity Plan for equity incentive awards other than the initial grant to our Manager. Accordingly, immediately following the completion of this offering, we will have authorized and reserved 719,000 shares under the Equity Plan. All such awards of shares will vest ratably on an annual basis over a three-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and shall provide for “distribution equivalents” with respect to this restricted stock, whether or not vested, at the same time and in the same amounts as distributions are paid to our stockholders.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following summary discusses the material U.S. federal income tax considerations associated with our qualification and taxation as a REIT and the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares of common stock. This summary is based upon the laws, regulations, and reported judicial and administrative rulings and decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change, retroactively or prospectively, and to possibly differing interpretations. This discussion does not purport to deal with the U.S. federal income and other tax consequences applicable to all investors in light of their particular investment or other circumstances, or to all categories of investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules (for example, insurance companies, entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and investors therein, trusts, financial institutions and broker-dealers and, except to the extent discussed below, tax-exempt organizations and Non-U.S. Stockholders, as defined below). No ruling on the U.S. federal, state, or local tax considerations relevant to our operation or to the purchase, ownership or disposition of our shares, has been requested from the IRS or other tax authority. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax consequences described below.

This summary is also based upon the assumption that the operation of the company, and of its subsidiaries and other lower-tier and affiliated entities, will in each case be in accordance with its applicable organizational documents or partnership agreements. This summary does not discuss the impact that U.S. state and local taxes and taxes imposed by non-U.S. jurisdictions could have on the matters discussed in this summary. In addition, this summary assumes that security holders hold our common stock as a capital asset, which generally means as property held for investment.

Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors in order to determine the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our shares, the tax treatment of a REIT and the effect of potential changes in the applicable tax laws.

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable provisions of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Furthermore, we intend to continue operating as a REIT; however, we cannot assure you that we will meet the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws, which are highly technical and complex.

In brief, a corporation that complies with the provisions in Code Sections 856 through 860, and qualifies as a REIT generally is not taxed on its net taxable income to the extent such income is currently distributed to stockholders, thereby completely or substantially eliminating the “double taxation” that a corporation and its stockholders generally bear together. However, as discussed in greater detail below, a corporation could be subject to U.S. federal income tax in some circumstances even if it qualifies as a REIT and would likely suffer adverse consequences, including reduced cash available for distribution to its stockholders, if it failed to qualify as a REIT.

Proskauer Rose LLP has acted as our tax counsel in connection with this registration statement. Proskauer Rose LLP is of the opinion that (i) assuming that we timely file an election to be treated as a REIT and such election is not either revoked or intentionally terminated, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2011, we have been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and our proposed method of operation will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and (ii) our operating partnership will be taxed as a partnership or a disregarded entity, and not an association or publicly traded partnership (within the meaning of Code Section 7704) subject to tax as a corporation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with its first taxable year. This opinion has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and is based and conditioned, in part, on various assumptions and representations as to factual matters and covenants made to Proskauer Rose LLP by us and based upon certain terms and conditions set forth in the opinion. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our ability to meet, through operation of the properties we acquire and our investment in other assets, the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws. Proskauer Rose LLP has not reviewed these operating results for compliance with the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our actual operating results allow us to satisfy the applicable requirements to qualify as a REIT under U.S. federal income tax laws in any taxable year.

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General

The term “REIT taxable income” means the taxable income as computed for a corporation which is not a REIT:

without the deductions allowed by Code Sections 241 through 247, and 249 (relating generally to the deduction for dividends received);
excluding amounts equal to: the net income from foreclosure property and the net income derived from prohibited transactions;
deducting amounts equal to: the net loss from foreclosure property, the net loss derived from prohibited transactions, the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(5) upon a failure to meet the 95% and/or the 75% gross income tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(c)(7)(C) upon a failure to meet the quarterly asset tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(g)(5) for otherwise avoiding REIT disqualification, and the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(7) on redetermined rents, redetermined deductions and excess interest;
deducting the amount of dividends paid under Code Section 561, computed without regard to the amount of the net income from foreclosure property (which is excluded from REIT taxable income); and
without regard to any change of annual accounting period pursuant to Code Section 443(b).

In any year in which we qualify as a REIT and have a valid election in place, we will claim deductions for the dividends we pay to the stockholders, and therefore will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on that portion of our taxable income or capital gain which is distributed to our stockholders.

Although we can eliminate or substantially reduce our U.S. federal income tax liability by maintaining our REIT qualification and paying sufficient dividends, we will be subject to U.S. federal tax in the following circumstances:

We will be taxed at normal corporate rates on any undistributed REIT taxable income or net capital gain.
If we fail to satisfy either the 95% Gross Income Test or the 75% Gross Income Test (each of which is described below), but our failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and we therefore maintain our REIT qualification, we will be subject to a tax equal to the product of (a) the amount by which we failed the 75% or 95% Gross Income Test (whichever amount is greater) multiplied by (b) a fraction intended to reflect our profitability.
We will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the “required distribution” with respect to a calendar year, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed under this formula and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.
We may be subject to the corporate “alternative minimum tax” on our items of tax preference, including any deductions of net operating losses.
If we have net income from prohibited transactions such income would be subject to a 100% tax. See the section entitled “— REIT Qualification Tests — Prohibited Transactions” below.
We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest corporate rate on any non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, although we will not own any foreclosure property unless we make loans or accept purchase money notes secured by interests in real property and foreclose on the property following a default on the loan, or foreclose on property pursuant to a default on a lease.

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If we fail to satisfy any of the REIT asset tests, as described below, other than a failure of the 5% or 10% REIT assets tests that does not exceed a statutory de minimis amount as described more fully below, but our failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect and we nonetheless maintain our REIT qualification because of specified cure provisions, we will be required to pay a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 or the amount determined by multiplying the highest corporate tax rate (currently 35%) by the net income generated by the non-qualifying assets during the period in which we failed to satisfy the asset tests.
If we fail to satisfy any other provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT (other than a gross income or asset test requirement) and that violation is due to reasonable cause, we may retain our REIT qualification, but we will be required to pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure.
We may be required to pay monetary penalties to the IRS in certain circumstances, including if we fail to meet record-keeping requirements intended to monitor our compliance with rules relating to the composition of our stockholders. Such penalties generally would not be deductible by us.
If we acquire any asset from a corporation that is subject to full corporate-level U.S. federal income tax in a transaction in which our basis in the asset is determined by reference to the transferor corporation’s basis in the asset, and we recognize gain on the disposition of such an asset for up to a 10-year period beginning on the date we acquired such asset, then the excess of the fair market value as of the beginning of the applicable recognition period over our adjusted basis in such asset at the beginning of such recognition period will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest regular corporate U.S. federal income tax rate. The results described in this paragraph assume that the non-REIT corporation will not elect, in lieu of this treatment, to be subject to an immediate tax when the asset is acquired by us.
A 100% tax may be imposed on transactions between us and a TRS that do not reflect arm’s-length terms.
The earnings of our subsidiaries that are C corporations, including any subsidiary we may elect to treat as a TRS will generally be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax.
We may elect to retain and pay income tax on our net capital gain. In that case, a stockholder would include his, her or its proportionate share of our undistributed net capital gain (to the extent we make a timely designation of such gain to the stockholder) in his, her or its income as long-term capital gain, would be deemed to have paid the tax that we paid on such gain, and would be allowed a credit for his, her or its proportionate share of the tax deemed to have been paid, and an adjustment would be made to increase the stockholder’s basis in our common stock. Stockholders that are U.S. corporations will also appropriately adjust their earnings and profits for the retained capital gain in accordance with Treasury Regulations to be promulgated.

In addition, notwithstanding our qualification as a REIT, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes, including state and local and foreign income, property, payroll and other taxes on our assets and operations. We could also be subject to tax in situations and on transactions not presently contemplated.

REIT Qualification Tests

The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:

that is managed by one or more trustees or directors;
the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;
that would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for its qualification as a REIT;
that is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company;
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the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons on at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for a short taxable year;
generally in which, at any time during the last half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include specified entities);
that makes an election to be taxable as a REIT for the current taxable year, or has made this election for a previous taxable year, which election has not been revoked or terminated, and satisfies all relevant filing and other administrative requirements established by the IRS that must be met to maintain qualification as a REIT; and
that uses a calendar year for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The first five conditions must be met during each taxable year for which REIT qualification is sought, while the sixth and seventh conditions do not have to be met until after the first taxable year for which a REIT election is made. We intend to adopt December 31 as our year end, thereby satisfying the last condition.

Although the 25% Asset Test (as defined below) generally prevents a REIT from owning more than 10% of the stock, by vote or value, of an entity other than another REIT, the Code provides an exception for ownership of stock in a qualified REIT subsidiary and in a TRS. A qualified REIT subsidiary is a corporation that is wholly owned by a REIT, and that is not a TRS. For purposes of the Asset Tests and Gross Income Tests (each as defined below), all assets, liabilities and tax attributes of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as belonging to the REIT. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to state or local tax. Although we expect to hold most of our investments through our operating partnership, we may hold some investments through qualified REIT subsidiaries. A TRS is described in the section entitled “— 25% Asset Test” below. With respect to the operating partnership, an entity taxed as a partnership is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, and instead allocates its tax attributes to its partners. The partners are subject to U.S. federal income tax on their allocable share of the income and gain, without regard to whether they receive distributions from the partnership. Each partner’s share of a partnership’s tax attributes generally is determined in accordance with the partnership agreement. For purposes of the Asset and Gross Income Tests, we will be deemed to own a proportionate share (based on our capital interest) of the assets of the operating partnership and we will be allocated a proportionate share of each item of gross income of the operating partnership.

In satisfying the tests described above, we must meet, among others, the following requirements:

Share Ownership Tests.  The common stock and any other stock we issue must be held by a minimum of 100 persons (determined without attribution to the owners of any entity owning our stock) for at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for partial taxable years. In addition, we cannot be “closely held”, which means that at all times during the second half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of our stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (determined by applying certain attribution rules under the Code to the owners of any entity owning our stock) as specifically defined for this purpose. However, these two requirements do not apply until after the first taxable year an entity elects REIT qualification.

Our charter contains certain provisions intended to enable us to meet the sixth and seventh requirement above. First, subject to certain exceptions, our charter provides that no person may beneficially or constructively own (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and not more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock, as well as in certain other circumstances. See the section entitled “Description of Stock — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” in this prospectus. Additionally, our charter contains provisions requiring each holder of our shares to disclose, upon demand, constructive or beneficial ownership of shares as deemed necessary to comply with the requirements of the Code. Furthermore, stockholders failing or refusing to comply with our disclosure request will be required, under Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, to submit a statement of such information to the IRS at the time of filing their annual income tax returns for the year in which the request was made.

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Asset Tests.  At the close of each calendar quarter of the taxable year, we must satisfy four tests based on the composition of our assets, or the Asset Tests. After initially meeting the Asset Tests at the close of any quarter, we will not lose our qualification as a REIT for failure to satisfy the Asset Tests at the end of a later quarter solely due to changes in value of our assets. In addition, if the failure to satisfy the Asset Tests results from an acquisition during a quarter, the failure generally can be cured by disposing of non-qualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter. We intend to maintain adequate records of the value of our assets to ensure compliance with these tests and will act within 30 days after the close of any quarter as may be required to cure any noncompliance.

75% Asset Test.  At least 75% of the value of our assets must be represented by “real estate assets,” cash, cash items (including receivables) and government securities, which we refer to as the 75% Asset Test. Real estate assets include (1) real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property), (2) shares in other qualifying REITs and (3) any property (not otherwise a real estate asset) attributable to the temporary investment of “new capital” in stock or a debt instrument, but only for the one-year period beginning on the date we received the new capital. Property will qualify as being attributable to the temporary investment of new capital if the money used to purchase the stock or debt instrument is received by us in exchange for our stock or in a public offering of debt obligations that have a maturity of at least five years. Assets that do not qualify for purposes of the 75% test are subject to the additional asset tests described below under “—25% Asset Test.”

We anticipate that substantially all of our gross income will be from sources that will allow us to satisfy the income tests described below. Further, our purchase contracts for such real properties will apportion no more than 5% of the purchase price of any property to property other than “real property,” as defined in the Code. However, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not contest such purchase price allocation. If the IRS were to prevail, resulting in more than 5% of the purchase price of property being allocated to other than “real property,” we may be unable to continue to qualify as a REIT under the 75% Asset Test, and also may be subject to additional taxes, as described below. In addition, we intend to invest funds not used to acquire properties in cash sources, “new capital” investments or other liquid investments which allow us to continue to qualify under the 75% Asset Test. Therefore, our investment in real properties should constitute “real estate assets” and should allow us to meet the 75% Asset Test.

25% Asset Test.  Except as described below, the remaining 25% of our assets generally may be invested without restriction, which we refer to as the 25% Asset Test. However, if we invest in any securities that do not qualify under the 75% Asset Test, such securities may not exceed either (1) 5% of the value of our assets as to any one issuer; or (2) 10% of the outstanding securities by vote or value of any one issuer. The 10% value test does not apply to certain “straight debt” and other excluded securities, as described in the Code, including but not limited to any loan to an individual or estate, any obligation to pay rents from real property and any security issued by a REIT. In addition, a partnership interest held by a REIT is not considered a “security” for purposes of the 10% value test; instead, the REIT is treated as owning directly its proportionate share of the partnership’s assets, which is based on the REIT’s proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership (disregarding for this purpose the general rule that a partnership interest is not a security), but excluding certain securities described in the Code.

Two modifications apply to the 25% Asset Test for “qualified REIT subsidiaries” or “TRSs.” As discussed above, the stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary is not counted for purposes of the 25% Asset Test. A qualified REIT subsidiary is a corporation that is wholly owned by a REIT and that is not a TRS. All assets, liabilities and tax attributes of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as belonging to the REIT. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to other taxes. Although we expect to hold all of our investments through the operating partnership, we also may hold investments separately, through qualified REIT subsidiaries. As described above, a qualified REIT subsidiary must be wholly owned by a REIT. Thus, any such subsidiary utilized by us would have to be owned by us, or another qualified REIT subsidiary, and would not be owned by the operating partnership.

Additionally, a REIT may own the stock of a TRS which is a corporation (other than another REIT) that is owned in whole or in part by a REIT, and joins in an election with the REIT to be classified as a TRS. A corporation that is 35% owned by a TRS also will be treated as a TRS. A TRS may not be a qualified REIT

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subsidiary, and vice versa. A TRS is subject to full corporate-level tax on its income. As described below regarding the 75% Gross Income Test, a TRS is utilized in much the same way an independent contractor is used to provide types of services without causing the REIT to receive or accrue some types of non-qualifying income. For purposes of the 25% Asset Test, securities of a TRS are excepted from the 10% vote and value limitations on a REIT’s ownership of securities of a single issuer. However, no more than 25% of the value of a REIT may be represented by securities of one or more TRSs. In addition to using independent contractors to provide services in connection with the operation of our properties, we also may use TRSs to carry out these functions.

We believe that our holdings of real estate assets and other securities will comply with the foregoing REIT asset requirements, and we intend to monitor compliance on an ongoing basis. We may make real estate-related debt investments, provided the underlying real estate meets our criteria for direct investment. A real estate mortgage loan that we own generally will be treated as a real estate asset for purposes of the 75% REIT asset test if, on the date that we acquire or originate the mortgage loan, the value of the real property securing the loan is equal to or greater than the principal amount of the loan.

A REIT is able to cure certain asset test violations. As noted above, a REIT cannot own securities of any one issuer representing more than 5% of the total value of the REIT’s assets or more than 10% of the outstanding securities, by vote or value, of any one issuer. However, a REIT would not lose its REIT qualification for failing to satisfy these 5% or 10% asset tests in a quarter if the failure is due to the ownership of assets the total value of which does not exceed the lesser of (1) 1% of the total value of the REIT’s assets at the end of the quarter for which the measurement is done, or (2) $10 million; provided that, in either case, the REIT either disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the REIT identifies the failure (or such other time period prescribed by the Treasury), or otherwise meets the requirements of those rules by the end of that period.

If a REIT fails to meet any of the asset test requirements for a quarter and the failure exceeds the de minimis threshold described above, then the REIT still would be deemed to have satisfied the requirements if (1) following the REIT’s identification of the failure, the REIT files a schedule with a description of each asset that caused the failure, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Treasury; (2) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect; (3) the REIT disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the identification occurred or such other time period as is prescribed by the Treasury (or the requirements of the rules are otherwise met within that period); and (4) the REIT pays a tax on the failure equal to the greater of (1) $50,000, or (2) an amount determined (under regulations) by multiplying (x) the highest rate of tax for corporations under Code Section 11, by (y) the net income generated by the assets that caused the failure for the period beginning on the first date of the failure and ending on the date the REIT has disposed of the assets (or otherwise satisfies the requirements).

Gross Income Tests.  For each calendar year, we must satisfy two separate tests based on the composition of our gross income, as defined under our method of accounting, or the Gross Income Tests.

The 75% Gross Income Test.  At least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) must result from (1) rents from real property, (2) interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on interests in real property, (3) gains from the sale or other disposition of real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) other than property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business, (4) dividends from other qualifying REITs and gain (other than gain from prohibited transactions) from the sale of shares of other qualifying REITs, (5) other specified investments relating to real property or mortgages thereon, and (6) for a limited time, temporary investment income (as described under the 75% Asset Test above). We refer to this requirement as the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in real properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test.

Income attributable to a lease of real property generally will qualify as “rents from real property” under the 75% Gross Income Test (and the 95% Gross Income Test described below) if such lease is respected as a true lease for U.S. federal income tax purposes (see — “Characterization of Property Leases”) and subject to the rules discussed below. Rent from a particular tenant will not qualify if we, or an owner of 10% or more of

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our stock, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the voting stock or the total number of shares of all classes of stock in, or 10% or more of the assets or net profits of, the tenant (subject to certain exceptions). The portion of rent attributable to personal property rented in connection with real property will not qualify, unless the portion attributable to personal property is 15% or less of the total rent received under, or in connection with, the lease.

Generally, rent will not qualify if it is based in whole, or in part, on the income or profits of any person from the underlying property. However, rent will not fail to qualify if it is based on a fixed percentage (or designated varying percentages) of receipts or sales, including amounts above a base amount so long as the base amount is fixed at the time the lease is entered into, the provisions are in accordance with normal business practice and the arrangement is not an indirect method for basing rent on income or profits.

If a REIT operates or manages a property or furnishes or renders certain “impermissible services” to the tenants at the property, and the income derived from the services exceeds 1% of the total amount received by that REIT with respect to the property, then no amount received by the REIT with respect to the property will qualify as “rents from real property.” Impermissible services are services other than services “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of real property and not otherwise considered “rendered to the occupant.” For these purposes, the income that a REIT is considered to receive from the provision of “impermissible services” will not be less than 150% of the cost of providing the service. If the amount so received is 1% or less of the total amount received by us with respect to the property, then only the income from the impermissible services will not qualify as “rents from real property.” However, this rule generally will not apply if such services are provided to tenants through an independent contractor from whom we derive no revenue, or though a TRS. With respect to this rule, tenants will receive some services in connection with their leases of the real properties. Our intention is that the services to be provided are those usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space, and therefore, providing these services will not cause the rents received with respect to the properties to fail to qualify as rents from real property for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test (and the 95% Gross Income Test described below). The board of directors intends to hire qualifying independent contractors or to utilize our TRSs to render services which it believes, after consultation with our tax advisors, are not usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space.

In addition, we have represented that, with respect to our leasing activities, we will not (1) charge rent for any property that is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person (excluding rent based on a percentage of receipts or sales, as described above), (2) charge rent that will be attributable to personal property in an amount greater than 15% of the total rent received under the applicable lease, or (3) enter into any lease with a related party tenant.

Amounts received as rent from a TRS are not excluded from rents from real property by reason of the related party rules described above, if the activities of the TRS and the nature of the properties it leases meet certain requirements. The TRSs will pay regular corporate rates on any income they earn. In addition, the TRS rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a TRS to its parent REIT to assure that the TRS is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. Further, the rules impose a 100% excise tax on transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT or the REIT’s tenants whose terms are not on an arm’s-length basis.

It is possible that we will be paid interest on loans secured by real property. All interest income qualifies under the 95% Gross Income Test, and interest on loans secured by real property qualifies under the 75% Gross Income Test, provided that, in both cases, the interest does not depend, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person (excluding amounts based on a fixed percentage of receipts or sales). If a loan is secured by both real property and other property, the interest on it may nevertheless qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test. Interest income constitutes qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test to the extent that the obligation upon which such interest is paid is secured by a mortgage on real property. If we receive interest income with respect to a mortgage loan that is secured by both real property and other property, and the highest principal amount of the loan outstanding during a taxable year exceeds the fair market value of the real property on the date that we committed to acquire the loan or agreed to modify the loan in a manner that is treated as an acquisition of a new loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then

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the interest income will be apportioned between the real property and the other collateral, and our income from the loan will qualify for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test only to the extent that the interest is allocable to the real property. For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, under recently issued IRS guidance we do not need to re-determine the fair market value of real property in connection with a loan modification that is occasioned by a default or made at a time when we reasonably believe the modification to the loan will substantially reduce a significant risk of default on the original loan, and any such modification will not be treated as a prohibited transaction. All of our loans secured by real property will be structured so that the amount of the loan does not exceed the fair market value of the real property at the time of the loan commitment. Therefore, income generated through any investments in loans secured by real property should be treated as qualifying income under the 75% Gross Income Test.

The 95% Gross Income Test.  In addition to deriving 75% of our gross income from the sources listed above, at least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for the taxable year must be derived from (1) sources which satisfy the 75% Gross Income Test, (2) dividends, (3) interest, or (4) gain from the sale or disposition of stock or other securities that are not assets held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business. We refer to this requirement as the 95% Gross Income Test. It is important to note that dividends and interest on obligations not collateralized by an interest in real property qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test, but not under the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test.

Our share of income from the properties primarily will give rise to rental income and gains on sales of the properties, substantially all of which generally will qualify under the 75% Gross Income and 95% Gross Income Tests. However, we may establish a TRS in order to engage on a limited basis in acquiring and promptly reselling medium-term net lease assets for immediate gain. The gross income generated by our TRS would not be included in our gross income. However, any dividends from our TRS to us would be included in our gross income and qualify for the 95% Gross Income Test, but not the 75% Gross Income Test.

If we fail to satisfy either the 75% Gross Income or 95% Gross Income Tests for any taxable year, we may retain our qualification as a REIT for such year if we satisfy the IRS that (1) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, (2) we attach to our return a schedule describing the nature and amount of each item of our gross income, and (3) any incorrect information on such schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade U.S. federal income tax. If this relief provision is available, we would remain subject to tax equal to the greater of the amount by which we failed the 75% Gross Income Test or the 95% Gross Income Test, as applicable, multiplied by a fraction meant to reflect our profitability.

Annual Distribution Requirements.  In addition to the other tests described above, we are required to distribute dividends (other than capital gain dividends) to our stockholders each year in an amount at least equal to the excess of: (1) the sum of: (a) 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and by excluding any net capital gain); and (b) 90% of the net income (after tax) from foreclosure property; less (2) the sum of some types of items of non-cash income. Whether sufficient amounts have been distributed is based on amounts paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if we: (1) declared a dividend before the due date of our tax return (including extensions); (2) distribute the dividend within the 12-month period following the close of the taxable year (and not later than the date of the first regular dividend payment made after such declaration); and (3) file an election with our tax return. Additionally, dividends that we declare in October, November or December in a given year payable to stockholders of record in any such month will be treated as having been paid on December 31st of that year so long as the dividends are actually paid during January of the following year. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is (1) pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and (2) in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. If we fail to meet the annual distribution requirements as a result of an adjustment to our U.S. federal income tax return by the IRS, or under certain other circumstances, we may cure the failure by paying a “deficiency dividend” (plus penalties and interest to the IRS) within a specified period.

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If we do not distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the undistributed portion. We also will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the “required distribution” with respect to a calendar year and avoid the excise tax, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.

We intend to pay sufficient dividends each year to satisfy the annual distribution requirements and avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings; however, it may not always be possible to do so. It is possible that we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the annual distribution requirements due to tax accounting rules and other timing differences. Other potential sources of non-cash taxable income include:

“residual interests” in REMICs or taxable mortgage pools;
loans or mortgage-backed securities held as assets that are issued at a discount and require the accrual of taxable economic interest in advance of receipt in cash; and
loans on which the borrower is permitted to defer cash payments of interest, distressed loans on which we may be required to accrue taxable interest income even though the borrower is unable to make current servicing payments in cash, and debt securities purchased at a discount.

We will closely monitor the relationship between our REIT taxable income and cash flow, and if necessary to comply with the annual distribution requirements, will attempt to borrow funds to fully provide the necessary cash flow or to pay dividends in the form of taxable in-kind distributions of property, including taxable stock dividends.

Failure to Qualify.  If we fail to qualify, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a REIT in any taxable year, we may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. If the applicable relief provisions are not available or cannot be met, we will not be able to deduct our dividends and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, thereby reducing cash available for distributions. In such event, all distributions to stockholders (to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits) will be taxable as ordinary dividend income. This “double taxation” would result if we fail to qualify as a REIT. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we would not be eligible to elect REIT qualification for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.

Recordkeeping Requirements.  We are required to maintain records and request on an annual basis information from specified stockholders. These requirements are designed to assist us in determining the actual ownership of our outstanding stock and maintaining our qualification as a REIT.

Prohibited Transactions.  As discussed above, we will be subject to a 100% U.S. federal penalty tax on any net income derived from “prohibited transactions.” Net income derived from prohibited transactions arises from the sale or exchange of property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business which is not foreclosure property. There is an exception to this rule for the sale of property that:

is a real estate asset under the 75% Asset Test;
generally has been held for at least two years;
has aggregate expenditures which are includable in the basis of the property not in excess of 30% of the net selling price;
in some cases, was held for production of rental income for at least two years;
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when combined with other sales in the year, either does not cause the REIT to have made more than seven sales of property during the taxable year (excluding sales of foreclosure property or in connection with an involuntary conversion) or occurs in a year when the REIT disposes of less than 10% of its assets (measured by U.S. federal income tax basis or fair market value, and ignoring involuntary dispositions and sales of foreclosure property).

Although we may eventually sell each of the properties, our primary intention in acquiring and operating the properties is the production of rental income and we do not expect to hold any property for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business. The 100% tax will not apply to gains from the sale of property that is held through a TRS or other taxable corporation, although such income will be subject to tax in the hands of the corporation at regular corporate income tax rates. As a general matter, any condominium conversions we might undertake must satisfy these restrictions to avoid being “prohibited transactions,” which will limit the annual number of transactions.

Characterization of Property Leases.  We intend to acquire and own commercial properties subject to net leases. We expect that such net leases will have been structured so that they qualify as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For example, with respect to each lease, we generally expect that:

our operating partnership and the lessee will intend for their relationship to be that of a lessor and lessee, and such relationship will be documented by a lease agreement;
the lessee will have the right to exclusive possession and use and quiet enjoyment of the properties covered by the lease during the term of the lease;
the lessee will bear the cost of, and will be responsible for, day-to-day maintenance and repair of the properties other than the cost of certain capital expenditures, and will dictate through the property managers, who will work for the lessee during the terms of the leases, and how the properties will be operated and maintained;
the lessee will bear all of the costs and expenses of operating the properties, including the cost of any inventory used in their operation, during the term of the lease, other than the cost of certain furniture, fixtures and equipment, and certain capital expenditures;
the lessee will benefit from any savings and will bear the burdens of any increases in the costs of operating the properties during the term of the lease;
in the event of damage or destruction to a property, the lessee will be at economic risk because it will bear the economic burden of the loss in income from operation of the properties subject to the right, in certain circumstances, to terminate the lease if the lessor does not restore the property to its prior condition;
the lessee will indemnify the lessor against all liabilities imposed on the lessor during the term of the lease by reason of (A) injury to persons or damage to property occurring at the properties or (B) the lessee’s use, management, maintenance or repair of the properties;
the lessee will be obligated to pay, at a minimum, substantial base rent for the period of use of the properties under the lease;
the lessee will stand to incur substantial losses or reap substantial gains depending on how successfully it, through the property managers, who work for the lessees during the terms of the leases, operates the properties;
we expect that each lease that we enter into, at the time we enter into it (or at any time that any such lease is subsequently renewed or extended) will enable the tenant to derive a meaningful profit, after expenses and taking into account the risks associated with the lease, from the operation of the properties during the term of its leases; and
upon termination of each lease, the applicable property will be expected to have a remaining useful life equal to at least 20% of its expected useful life on the date the lease is entered into, and a fair market value equal to at least 20% of its fair market value on the date the lease was entered into.

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If, however, the IRS were to recharacterize our leases as service contracts or partnership agreements, rather than true leases, or disregarded altogether for tax purposes, all or part of the payments that we receive from the lessees would not be considered rent and would not otherwise satisfy the various requirements for qualification as “rents from real property.” In that case, we might not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% gross income tests and, as a result, could lose our REIT qualification.

Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships

General.  We anticipate holding direct or indirect interests in one or more partnerships, including the operating partnership. We intend to operate as an Umbrella Partnership REIT, or UPREIT, which is a structure whereby we would own a direct interest in the operating partnership, and the operating partnership would, in turn, own the properties and may possibly own interests in other non-corporate entities that own properties. Such non-corporate entities would generally be organized as limited liability companies, partnerships or trusts and would either be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes (if the operating partnership were the sole owner) or treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The following is a summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of our investment in the operating partnership if the operating partnership is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This discussion should also generally apply to any investment by us in other entities taxable as partnerships for such purposes.

A partnership (that is not a publicly traded partnership taxed as a corporation) is not subject to tax as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Rather, partners are allocated their allocable share of the items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the partnership, and are potentially subject to tax thereon, without regard to whether the partners receive any distributions from the partnership. We will be required to take into account our allocable share of the foregoing items for purposes of the various REIT gross income and asset tests, and in the computation of our REIT taxable income and U.S. federal income tax liability. Further, there can be no assurance that distributions from the operating partnership will be sufficient to pay the tax liabilities resulting from an investment in the operating partnership.

Generally, an entity with two or more members formed as a partnership or limited liability company under state law will be taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless it specifically elects otherwise. Because the operating partnership was formed as a partnership under state law, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the operating partnership generally will be treated as a partnership, if it has two or more partners, or as a disregarded entity, if it is treated as having one partner. We intend that interests in the operating partnership (and any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) will fall within one of the “safe harbors” for the partnership to avoid being classified as a publicly traded partnership. However, our ability to satisfy the requirements of some of these safe harbors depends on the results of actual operations and accordingly no assurance can be given that any such partnership will at all times satisfy one of such safe harbors. We reserve the right to not satisfy any safe harbor. Even if a partnership is a publicly traded partnership, it generally will not be treated as a corporation if at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year is from certain sources, which generally include rents from real property and other types of passive income. We believe that our operating partnership will have sufficient qualifying income so that it would be taxed as a partnership, even if it were treated as a publicly traded partnership.

If for any reason the operating partnership (or any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) is taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the character of our assets and items of gross income would change, and as a result, we would most likely be unable to satisfy the applicable REIT requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws discussed above. In addition, any change in the status of any partnership may be treated as a taxable event, in which case we could incur a tax liability without a related cash distribution. Further, if any partnership was treated as a corporation, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of such partnership would be subject to corporate income tax, and the partners of any such partnership would be treated as stockholders, with distributions to such partners being treated as dividends.

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connection with a transaction (or series of related transactions) with a principal purpose of substantially reducing the present value of the partners’ aggregate U.S. federal tax liability in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions. The anti-abuse regulations contain an example in which a REIT contributes the proceeds of a public offering to a partnership in exchange for a general partnership interest. The limited partners contribute real property assets to the partnership, subject to liabilities that exceed their respective aggregate bases in such property. The example concludes that the use of the partnership is not inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions, and thus, cannot be recast by the IRS. However, the anti-abuse regulations are extraordinarily broad in scope and are applied based on an analysis of all the facts and circumstances. As a result, we cannot assure you that the IRS will not attempt to apply the anti-abuse regulations to us. Any such action could potentially jeopardize our qualification as a REIT and materially affect the tax consequences and economic return resulting from an investment in us.

Income Taxation of Partnerships and their Partners.  Although a partnership agreement generally will determine the allocation of a partnership’s income and losses among the partners, such allocations may be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. If any allocation is not recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the item subject to the allocation will be reallocated in accordance with the partners’ economic interests in the partnership. We believe that the allocations of taxable income and loss in the operating partnership agreement comply with the requirements of Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. For a description of allocations by the operating partnership to the partners, see the section entitled “Description of the Partnership Agreement of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.” in this prospectus.

In some cases, special allocations of net profits or net losses will be required to comply with the U.S. federal income tax principles governing partnership tax allocations. Additionally, pursuant to Code Section 704(c), income, gain, loss and deduction attributable to property contributed to the operating partnership in exchange for units must be allocated in a manner so that the contributing partner is charged with, or benefits from, the unrealized gain or loss attributable to the property at the time of contribution. The amount of such unrealized gain or loss is generally equal to the difference between the fair market value and the adjusted basis of the property at the time of contribution. These allocations are designed to eliminate book-tax differences by allocating to contributing partners lower amounts of depreciation deductions and increased taxable income and gain attributable to the contributed property than would ordinarily be the case for economic or book purposes. With respect to any property purchased by the operating partnership, such property generally will have an initial tax basis equal to its fair market value, and accordingly, Code Section 704(c) will not apply, except as described further below in this paragraph. The application of the principles of Code Section 704(c) in tiered partnership arrangements is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the IRS may assert a different allocation method than the one selected by the operating partnership to cure any book-tax differences. In certain circumstances, we create book-tax differences by adjusting the values of properties for economic or book purposes and generally the rules of Code Section 704(c) would apply to such differences as well.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, our depreciation deductions generally will be computed using the straight-line method. Commercial buildings, structural components and improvements are generally depreciated over 40 years. Shorter depreciation periods apply to other properties. Some improvements to land are depreciated over 15 years. With respect to such improvements, however, taxpayers may elect to depreciate these improvements over 20 years using the straight-line method. For properties contributed to the operating partnership, depreciation deductions are calculated based on the transferor’s basis and depreciation method. Because depreciation deductions are based on the transferor’s basis in the contributed property, the operating partnership generally would be entitled to less depreciation than if the properties were purchased in a taxable transaction. The burden of lower depreciation generally will fall first on the contributing partner, but also may reduce the depreciation allocated to other partners.

Gain on the sale or other disposition of depreciable property is characterized as ordinary income (rather than capital gain) to the extent of any depreciation recapture. Buildings and improvements depreciated under the straight-line method of depreciation are generally not subject to depreciation recapture unless the property was held for less than one year. However, individuals, trusts and estates that hold shares either directly or

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through a pass-through entity may be subject to tax on the disposition on such assets at a rate of 25% rather than at the normal capital gains rate, to the extent that such assets have been depreciated.

Some expenses incurred in the conduct of the operating partnership’s activities may not be deducted in the year they were paid. To the extent this occurs, the taxable income of the operating partnership may exceed its cash receipts for the year in which the expense is paid. As discussed above, the costs of acquiring properties must generally be recovered through depreciation deductions over a number of years. Prepaid interest and loan fees, and prepaid management fees are other examples of expenses that may not be deducted in the year they were paid.

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Stockholders

Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.  As long as we qualify as a REIT, distributions paid to our U.S. stockholders out of current or accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends, or, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, qualified dividend income) will be ordinary income. Generally, for purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Stockholder” is a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

an individual citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under current Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U. S. person.

If a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our common stock, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding our common stock should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the partner of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our stock by the partnership.

Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated first as a tax-deferred return of capital to the U.S. Stockholder, reducing the U.S. Stockholder’s tax basis in his or her common stock by the amount of such distribution. Such distributions that exceed tax basis are subject to tax as capital gain. Because our earnings and profits are reduced for depreciation and other non-cash items, it is possible that a portion of each distribution will constitute a tax-deferred return of capital. Additionally, because distributions in excess of earnings and profits reduce the U.S. Stockholder’s basis in our stock, this will increase the stockholder’s gain on any subsequent sale of the stock.

Distributions that we designate as capital gain dividends will be taxed as long-term capital gain to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, without regard to the period for which the U.S. Stockholder that receives such distribution has held its stock. However, corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of some types of capital gain dividends as ordinary income. We also may decide to retain, rather than distribute, our net capital gain and pay any tax thereon. In such instances, U.S. Stockholders would include their proportionate shares of such gain in income as long-term capital gain, receive a credit on their returns for their proportionate share of our tax payments, and increase the tax basis of their shares of stock by the after-tax amount of such gain.

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became ex-dividend with respect to the relevant distribution. The maximum amount of our distributions eligible to be designated as qualified dividend income for a taxable year is equal to the sum of:

(1)  the qualified dividend income received by us during such taxable year from C corporations (including any TRSs);

(2)  the excess of any “undistributed” REIT taxable income recognized during the immediately preceding year over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such undistributed REIT taxable income; and

(3)  the excess of any income recognized during the immediately preceding year attributable to the sale of a built-in-gain asset that was acquired in a carry-over basis transaction from a non-REIT corporation or had appreciated at the time our REIT election became effective over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such built-in gain.

Generally, dividends that we receive will be treated as qualified dividend income for purposes of (1) above if the dividends are received from a regular, domestic C corporation, such as any TRSs, and specified holding period and other requirements are met.

Dividend income is characterized as “portfolio” income under the passive loss rules and cannot be offset by a stockholder’s current or suspended passive losses. Corporate stockholders cannot claim the dividends-received deduction for such dividends unless we lose our REIT qualification. Although U.S. Stockholders generally will recognize taxable income in the year that a distribution is received, any distribution we declare in October, November or December of any year and is payable to a U.S. Stockholder of record on a specific date in any such month will be treated as both paid by us and received by the U.S. Stockholder on December 31st of the year it was declared even if paid by us during January of the following calendar year. Because we are not a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Stockholders may not use any of our operating or capital losses to reduce their tax liabilities.

We have the ability to declare a large portion of a dividend in shares of our stock. As long as a portion of such dividend is paid in cash (which portion can be as low as 10% for a REIT’s taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2011) and certain requirements are met, the entire distribution will be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. Stockholders will be taxed on 100% of the dividend in the same manner as a cash dividend, even though most of the dividend was paid in shares of our stock. In general, any dividend on shares of our preferred stock will be taxable as a dividend, regardless of whether any portion is paid in stock.

In general, the sale of our common stock held for more than 12 months will produce long-term capital gain or loss. All other sales will produce short-term gain or loss. In each case, the gain or loss is equal to the difference between the amount of cash and fair market value of any property received from the sale and the U.S. Stockholder’s basis in the common stock sold. However, any loss from a sale or exchange of common stock by a U.S. Stockholder who has held such stock for six months or less generally will be treated as a long-term capital loss, to the extent that the U.S. Stockholder treated our distributions as long-term capital gain. The use of capital losses is subject to limitations.

For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, the maximum tax rate applicable to individuals and certain other noncorporate taxpayers on net capital gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of shares has been reduced from 20% to 15%, and the maximum marginal tax rate payable by them on dividends received from corporations that are subject to a corporate level of tax has been reduced. Except in limited circumstances, as discussed above, this reduced tax rate will not apply to dividends paid by us.

Newly enacted legislation requires certain U.S. Stockholders who are individuals, estates or trusts to pay a 3.8% tax on, among other things, dividends on and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of shares of stock for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. U.S. Stockholders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on their ownership and disposition of shares of our common stock.

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Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders.  U.S. tax-exempt entities, including qualified employee pension and profit sharing trusts and individual retirement accounts, generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. However, they are subject to taxation on their unrelated business taxable income, or UBTI. While many investments in real estate may generate UBTI, the IRS has ruled that dividend distributions from a REIT to a tax-exempt entity do not constitute UBTI. Based on that ruling, our distributions to a U.S. Stockholder that is a domestic tax-exempt entity should not constitute UBTI unless such U.S. Stockholder borrows funds (or otherwise incurs acquisition indebtedness within the meaning of the Code) to acquire its common shares, or the common shares are otherwise used in an unrelated trade or business of the tax-exempt entity. Furthermore, even in the absence of acquisition debt, part or all of the income or gain recognized with respect to our stock held by certain domestic tax-exempt entities including social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts and qualified group legal service plans (all of which are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under Code Sections 501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20)), may be treated as UBTI.

Special rules apply to the ownership of REIT shares by some tax-exempt pension trusts. If we would be “closely held” (discussed above with respect to the share ownership tests) because the stock held by tax-exempt pension trusts was viewed as being held by the trusts rather than by their respective beneficiaries, tax-exempt pension trusts owning more than 10% by value of our stock may be required to treat a percentage of our dividends as UBTI. This rule applies if: (1) at least one tax-exempt pension trust owns more than 25% by value of our shares, or (2) one or more tax-exempt pension trusts (each owning more than 10% by value of our shares) hold in the aggregate more than 50% by value of our shares. The percentage treated as UBTI is our gross income (less direct expenses) derived from an unrelated trade or business (determined as if we were a tax-exempt pension trust) divided by our gross income from all sources (less direct expenses). If this percentage is less than 5%, however, none of the dividends will be treated as UBTI. Because of the restrictions in our charter regarding the ownership concentration of our common stock, we believe that a tax-exempt pension trust should not become subject to these rules. However, because our common shares may be publicly traded, we can give no assurance of this.

Prospective tax-exempt purchasers should consult their own tax advisors and financial planners as to the applicability of these rules and consequences to their particular circumstances.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting.  We will report to our U.S. Stockholders and the IRS the amount of dividends paid during each calendar year and the amount of any tax withheld. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. Stockholder may be subject to backup withholding at the current rate of 28% with respect to dividends paid, unless the U.S. Stockholder (1) is a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (2) provides a taxpayer identification number or social security number, certifies under penalties of perjury that such number is correct and that such U.S. Stockholder is not subject to backup withholding and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A U.S. Stockholder that does not provide his or her correct taxpayer identification number or social security number may also be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. In addition, we may be required to withhold a portion of capital gain distribution to any U.S. Stockholder who fails to certify its non-foreign status.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against such U.S. Stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, a U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends and, after December 31, 2014, proceeds of sale in respect of our common stock received by U.S. Stockholders who own their stock through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S. accounts or ownership are not satisfied. We will not pay any additional amounts in respect to any amounts withheld.

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Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders

General.  The rules governing the U.S. federal income taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders are complex, and as such, only a summary of such rules is provided in this prospectus. Non-U.S. investors should consult with their own tax advisors and financial planners to determine the impact that U.S. federal, state and local income tax or similar laws will have on such investors as a result of an investment in our REIT. A “Non-U.S. Stockholder” means a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a U.S. Stockholder.

Distributions — In General.  Distributions paid by us that are not attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs and not designated by us as capital gain dividends will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent that they are made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends to Non-U.S. Stockholders ordinarily will be subject to a withholding tax equal to 30% of the gross amount of the dividend unless an applicable tax treaty reduces or eliminates that tax. Under some treaties, however, lower rates generally applicable to dividends do not apply to dividends from REITs. If income from the investment in the common shares is treated as effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, the Non-U.S. Stockholder generally will be subject to a tax at the graduated rates applicable to ordinary income, in the same manner as U.S. stockholders are taxed with respect to such dividends (and also may be subject to the 30% branch profits tax in the case of a stockholder that is a foreign corporation that is not entitled to any treaty exemption). In general, Non-U.S. Stockholders will not be considered to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business solely as a result of their ownership of our stock. Dividends in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a stockholder to the extent they do not exceed the adjusted basis of the stockholder’s shares. Instead, they will reduce the adjusted basis of such shares. To the extent that such dividends exceed the adjusted basis of a Non-U.S. Stockholder’s shares, they will give rise to tax liability if the Non-U.S. Stockholder would otherwise be subject to tax on any gain from the sale or disposition of his shares, as described in the “Sale of Shares” portion of this Section below.

Distributions Attributable to Sale or Exchange of Real Property.  Pursuant to FIRPTA, distributions that are attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs will be taxed to a Non-U.S. Stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. Non-U.S. Stockholders would thus be taxed at the normal capital gain rates applicable to U.S. Stockholders, and would be subject to applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals. Also, such distributions may be subject to a 30% branch profits tax in the hands of a corporate Non-U.S. Stockholder not entitled to any treaty exemption. However, generally, pursuant to FIRPTA, such a distribution from a REIT is not treated as effectively connected income for a Non-U.S. Stockholder if (1) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the U.S.; and (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of stock at any time during the one year period ending on the date of the distribution. Distributions that qualify for this exception are subject to withholding tax in the manner described above as dividends of ordinary income. We anticipate that our shares will be “regularly traded” on an established securities market; although, no assurance can be given that this will be the case.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding on Distributions.  For U.S. federal income tax withholding purposes, we generally will withhold tax at the rate of 30% on the amount of any distribution (other than distributions designated as capital gain dividends) made to a Non-U.S. Stockholder, unless the Non-U.S. Stockholder provides us with appropriate documentation (1) evidencing that such Non-U.S. Stockholder is eligible for an exemption or reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty, generally an IRS Form W-8BEN (in which case we will withhold at the lower treaty rate) or (2) claiming that the dividend is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholder’s conduct of a trade or business within the U.S., generally an IRS Form W-8ECI (in which case we will not withhold tax). We are also generally required to withhold tax at the rate of 35% on the portion of any dividend to a Non-U.S. Stockholder that is or could be designated by us as a capital gain dividend, to the extent attributable to gain on a sale or exchange of an interest in U.S. real property. Such withheld amounts of tax do not represent actual tax liabilities, but rather, represent payments in respect of those tax liabilities described above. Therefore, such withheld amounts are creditable by the Non-U.S. Stockholder against its actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, including those

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described above. The Non-U.S. Stockholder would be entitled to a refund of any amounts withheld in excess of such Non-U.S. Stockholder’s actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, provided that the Non-U.S. Stockholder files applicable returns or refund claims with the IRS.

Sales of Shares.  Gain recognized by a Non-U.S. Stockholder upon a sale of shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation, provided that: (1) such gain is not effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S. Stockholder of a trade or business within the U.S.; (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder is an individual and is not present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other conditions apply; and (3) (A) our REIT is “domestically controlled,” which generally means that less than 50% in value of our shares continues to be held directly or indirectly by foreign persons during a continuous five year period ending on the date of disposition or, if shorter, during the entire period of our existence, or (B) our common shares are “regularly traded” on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not held more than 5% of our outstanding common shares at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale.

We cannot assure you that we will qualify as “domestically controlled”. If we were not domestically controlled, a Non-U.S. Stockholder’s sale of common shares would be subject to tax, unless the common shares were regularly traded on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not directly, or indirectly, owned during the five-year period ending on the date of sale more than 5% in value of our common shares. We anticipate that our common shares will be “regularly traded” on an established market; although, no assurance can be given that this will be the case. If the gain on the sale of shares were to be subject to taxation, the Non-U.S. Stockholder would be subject to the same treatment as U.S. Stockholders with respect to such gain, and the purchaser of such common shares may be required to withhold 10% of the gross purchase price.

If the proceeds of a disposition of common stock are paid by or through a U.S. office of a broker-dealer, the payment is generally subject to information reporting and to backup withholding unless the disposing Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies as to its name, address and non-U.S. status or otherwise establishes an exemption. Generally, U.S. information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to a payment of disposition proceeds if the payment is made outside the U.S. through a foreign office of a foreign broker-dealer. Under Treasury Regulations, if the proceeds from a disposition of common stock paid to or through a foreign office of a U.S. broker-dealer or a non-U.S. office of a foreign broker-dealer that is (1) a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (2) a person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for a three-year period was effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, (3) a foreign partnership with one or more partners who are U.S. persons and who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interest in the partnership, or (4) a foreign partnership engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S., then (A) backup withholding will not apply unless the broker-dealer has actual knowledge that the owner is not a Non-U.S. Stockholder, and (B) information reporting will not apply if the Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies its non-U.S. status and further certifies that it has not been, and at the time the certificate is furnished reasonably expects not to be, present in the U.S. for a period aggregating 183 days or more during each calendar year to which the certification pertains. Prospective foreign purchasers should consult their tax advisors and financial planners concerning these rules.

With respect to payments made after December 31, 2013, a withholding tax of 30% will be imposed on dividends from, and, after December 31, 2014, the gross proceeds of a disposition of, our common stock paid to certain foreign entities unless various information reporting requirements are satisfied. Such withholding tax will generally apply to non-U.S. financial institutions, which is generally defined for this purpose as any non-U.S. entity that (i) accepts deposits in the ordinary course of a banking or similar business, (ii) is engaged in the business of holding financial assets for the account of others, or (iii) is engaged or holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, partnership interests, commodities, or any interest in such assets. Non-U.S. Stockholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the implications of this legislation on their investment in our common stock.

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Other Tax Considerations

State, Local and Foreign Taxes.  We and you may be subject to state, local or foreign taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which we transact business or you reside. Our and your state, local and foreign tax treatment may not conform to the U.S. federal income tax consequences discussed above. Any foreign taxes incurred by us would not pass through to stockholders as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability. You should consult your own tax advisors and financial planners regarding the effect of state, local and foreign tax laws on an investment in the common shares.

Legislative Proposals.  You should recognize that our and your present U.S. federal income tax treatment may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative actions at any time, which may be retroactive in effect. The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by Congress, the IRS and the Treasury Department, and statutory changes as well as promulgation of new regulations, revisions to existing statutes, and revised interpretations of established concepts occur frequently. We are not currently aware of any pending legislation that would materially affect our or your taxation as described in this prospectus. You should, however, consult your advisors concerning the status of legislative proposals that may pertain to a purchase of our common shares.

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CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

A fiduciary of a pension, profit sharing, retirement or other employee benefit plan, or plan, subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA, should consider the fiduciary standards under ERISA in the context of the plan’s particular circumstances before authorizing an investment of a portion of such plan’s assets in the shares of common stock. Accordingly, such fiduciary should consider (i) whether the investment satisfies the diversification requirements of Section 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA, (ii) whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan as required by Section 404(a)(1)(D) of ERISA, and (iii) whether the investment is prudent under ERISA. In addition to the imposition of general fiduciary standards of investment prudence and diversification, ERISA, and the corresponding provisions of the Code, prohibit a wide range of transactions involving the assets of the plan and persons who have certain specified relationships to the plan (“parties in interest” within the meaning of ERISA, “disqualified persons” within the meaning of Code). Thus, a plan fiduciary considering an investment in shares of our common stock also should consider whether the acquisition or the continued holding of the shares of common stock might constitute or give rise to a direct or indirect prohibited transaction that is not subject to an exemption issued by the Department of Labor, or the DOL.

The DOL has issued final regulations, or the DOL Regulations, as to what constitutes assets of an employee benefit plan under ERISA. Under the DOL Regulations, if a plan acquires an equity interest in an entity, which interest is neither a “publicly offered security” nor a security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, the plan’s assets would include, for purposes of the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, both the equity interest and an undivided interest in each of the entity’s underlying assets unless certain specified exceptions apply. The DOL Regulations define a publicly offered security as a security that is “widely held,” “freely transferable,” and either part of a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act, or sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (provided the securities are registered under the Exchange Act within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer during which the public offering occurred). The shares of common stock are being sold in an offering registered under the Securities Act and will be registered under the Exchange Act.

The DOL Regulations provide that a security is “widely held” only if it is part of a class of securities that is owned by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of one another. A security will not fail to be “widely held” because the number of independent investors falls below 100 subsequent to the initial public offering as a result of events beyond the issuer’s control. Our common stock is “widely held” as a result of our IPO.

The DOL Regulations provide that whether a security is “freely transferable” is a factual question to be determined on the basis of all relevant facts and circumstances. The DOL Regulations further provide that when a security is part of an offering in which the minimum investment is $10,000 or less, as is the case with this offering, certain restrictions ordinarily will not, alone or in combination, affect the finding that such securities are “freely transferable.” We believe that the restrictions imposed under our charter on the ownership and transfer of our common stock are limited to the restrictions on transfer generally permitted under the DOL Regulations and are not likely to result in the failure of our common stock to be “freely transferable.” No assurance can be given that the DOL will not reach a contrary conclusion.

Accordingly, we believe that our common stock will be publicly offered securities for purposes of the DOL Regulations and that our assets will not be deemed to be “plan assets” of any plan that invests in our common stock.

Each holder of our common stock will be deemed to have represented and agreed that its purchase and holding of such common stock (or any interest therein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

Based on certain revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return, or Form 5500, that generally became effective on January 1, 2009, plans may be required to report certain compensation paid by us (or by third parties) to our service providers as “reportable indirect compensation” on Schedule C to Form 5500. To the extent any compensation arrangements described herein constitute reportable indirect compensation, any such descriptions are intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements for the alternative reporting option for “eligible indirect compensation,” as defined for purposes of Schedule C to the Form 5500.

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UNDERWRITING

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement to be dated on or about            , 2011, between us and our operating partnership and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities, as representatives of the several underwriters, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters and the underwriters have severally agreed to purchase from us the number of shares of common stock indicated in the table below:

 
UNDERWRITER   NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.         
Realty Capital Securities         
  
        
  
        
  
        
Total     1,300,000  

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent such as the receipt by the underwriters of officers’ certificates and legal opinions and approval of certain legal matters by their counsel. The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters will purchase all of the shares if any of them are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the underwriting agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the nondefaulting underwriter may be increased or the underwriting agreement may be terminated. We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters and certain of their controlling persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

Any underwriter may make a market in the shares of common stock. However, the underwriters are not obligated to do so and may discontinue any market-making activities at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the shares of common stock.

The underwriters are offering the shares of common stock subject to their acceptance of the shares from us and subject to prior sale. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.

Commissions and Discounts

The underwriters have advised us that they propose to offer the shares of common stock to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $     per share of common stock. The underwriters may allow, and certain dealers may reallow, a discount from the concession not in excess of $     per share of common stock to certain brokers and dealers. After the offering, the public offering price, concession and reallowance to dealers may be reduced by the underwriters. No such reduction will change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

The following table shows the public offering price, the underwriting discounts and commissions that we are to pay the underwriters and the proceeds, before expenses, to us in connection with this offering. Such amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.

     
  PER SHARE   WITHOUT OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION   WITH OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION
Public offering price   $            $            $         
Underwriting discount   $     $     $  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $     $     $  

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We estimate expenses payable by us in connection with this offering, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions referred to above, will be approximately $__ million.

Indemnification of Underwriters

The underwriting agreement provides that we will indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

Listing

Shares of our common stock are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ARCP.”

Over-allotment Option

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an aggregate of 195,000 additional shares of common stock from us at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, less underwriting discounts and commissions. If the underwriters exercise this option, each underwriter will be obligated, subject to specified conditions, to purchase a number of additional shares proportionate to that underwriter’s initial purchase commitment as indicated in the table above. This option may be exercised only if the underwriters sell more shares than the total number set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

No Sales of Similar Securities

We, our sponsor, our Manager, the contributor, ARCT and certain of our officers and directors will agree, subject to specified exceptions, not to directly or indirectly:

sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including any short sale), pledge, assign, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-l(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
otherwise dispose of any shares of common stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially, or
enter into any swap, hedge or similar arrangement that transfers the economic risk of ownership of shares of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially, or
publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing,

for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities.

This restriction terminates after the close of trading of the shares of common stock on and including the 90 days after the date of this prospectus. However, subject to certain exceptions, in the event that either:

during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs, or
prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted period,

then in either case the expiration of the 90-day restricted period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of an earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or event, as applicable, unless Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities waive, in writing, such an extension.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities may, in their sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the 90-day period, without public notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements.

There are no existing agreements between the underwriters and any of our shareholders who will execute a lock-up agreement, providing consent to the sale of shares prior to the expiration of the lock-up period.

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Stabilization

The underwriters have advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, certain persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions, including overallotment, stabilizing bids, syndicate covering transactions or the imposition of penalty bids, which may have the effect of stabilizing or maintaining the market price of the shares of common stock at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Overallotment involves syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position. Establishing short sales positions may involve either “covered” short sales or “naked” short sales.

“Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in this offering. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock or purchasing shares of our common stock in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the option to purchase additional shares.

“Naked” short sales are sales in excess of the option to purchase additional shares of our common stock. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares of our common stock in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering.

A stabilizing bid is a bid for the purchase of shares of common stock on behalf of the underwriters for the purpose of fixing or maintaining the price of the shares of common stock. A syndicate covering transaction is the bid for or the purchase of shares of common stock on behalf of the underwriters to reduce a short position incurred by the underwriters in connection with the offering. Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. A penalty bid is an arrangement permitting the underwriters to reclaim the selling concession otherwise accruing to a syndicate member in connection with the offering if the shares of common stock originally sold by such syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction and therefore have not been effectively placed by such syndicate member.

Neither we, nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our common stock. The underwriters are not obligated to engage in these activities and, if commenced, any of the activities may be discontinued at any time.

The underwriters may also engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of shares of our common stock in this offering and extending through the completion of distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.

Electronic Distribution

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available by e-mail or on the web sites or through online services maintained by one or more of the underwriters or their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and may be allowed to place orders online. The underwriters may agree with us to allocate a specific number of shares of common stock for sale to online brokerage account holders. Any such allocation for online distributions will be made by the underwriters on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ web sites and

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any information contained in any other web site maintained by any of the underwriters is not part of this prospectus, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters and should not be relied upon by investors.

Affiliations

The underwriters and certain of their affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. The underwriters and certain of their affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for the issuer, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and certain of their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of the issuer. The underwriters and certain of their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

Other Relationships

Realty Capital Securities is an affiliate of us, our Manager, our sponsor and our principals and certain of our executive officers indirectly own interests in Realty Capital Securities. Also, certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain matters in connection with this offering have been passed upon for us by Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York. Certain matters in connection with this offering have been passed upon for Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. by McDermott Will & Emory LLP, New York, New York. The validity of the common stock and certain matters of Maryland law have been passed upon for us by Venable LLP. Proskauer Rose LLP may rely as to certain matters of Maryland law upon the opinion of Venable LLP.

EXPERTS

The audited financial statements included in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so included in reliance upon the reports of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.

Butler Burgher Group, an independent third-party appraiser, has prepared for us an investment valuation of the portfolio of our continuing properties. Information relating to the investment valuation of the portfolio of our continuing properties in “Prospectus Summary — Formation Transactions”, “Business and Properties — Investment Valuation of Portfolio” and “Structure and Formation of Our Company — Formation Transactions” is included in this prospectus in reliance on Butler Burgher Group’s authority as an expert in such matters.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-11, including exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of our common stock to be sold in the offering. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information with respect to our company and the shares of our common stock to be sold in the offering, reference is made to the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Copies of the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement, may be examined without charge at the public reference room of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. Information about the operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0300. Copies of all or a portion of the registration statement can be obtained from the public reference room of the SEC upon payment of prescribed fees. Our SEC filings, including our registration statement, are also available to you on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

As a result of the offering, we will become subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and will file periodic reports, proxy statements and will make available to our stockholders annual reports containing audited financial information for each year.

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
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Financial Statements of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.:
        
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010     F-3  
Statements of Operations for Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and for the Period From December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)     F-4  
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity (Deficit) for the Period from December 2, 2010 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)     F-5  
Statement of Cash Flows for Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and the Period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)     F-6  
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)     F-7  
Financial Statements of ARC Income Properties, LLC and Subsidiaries:
        
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010     F-13  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)     F-14  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Deficiency for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)     F-15  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)     F-16  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)     F-17  
Financial Statements of ARC Income Properties III, LLC and Subsidiary:
        
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010     F-21  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)     F-22  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Deficiency for Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)     F-23  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited)     F-24  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)     F-25  
Financial Statements of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.:
        
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     F-29  
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2010     F-30  
Statement of Stockholder’s Equity for the Period from December 2, 2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010     F-31  
Statement of Cash Flows for the Period from December 2, 2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010     F-32  
Notes to Financial Statements     F-33  
Financial Statements of ARC Income Properties, LLC and Subsidiaries:
        
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     F-39  
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009     F-40  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the Period from June 5, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008     F-41  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Deficiency for the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the Period from June 5, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008     F-42  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the Period from June 5, 2008 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2008     F-43  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     F-44  

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Financial Statements of ARC Income Properties III, LLC and Subsidiary:
        
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     F-54  
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009     F-55  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2010 and the Period from September 8, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009     F-56  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Deficiency for the Year Ended December 31, 2010 and the Period from September 8, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009     F-57  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2010 and the Period from September 8, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009     F-58  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     F-59  
Pro Forma Financial Statements of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.:
 
Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011     F-69  
Notes to Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheets     F-70  
Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operation for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011     F-71  
Notes to Consolidated Pro Forma Statements of Operations     F-73  
Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operation for Year Ended December 31, 2010     F-74  
Notes to Consolidated Pro Forma Statements of Operations     F-76  
Financial Statements of RBS Citizens, NA:
        
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and 2009     F-78  
Consolidated Changes in Bank Equity Capital     F-79  
Consolidated Income Statements for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008     F-80  
Financial Statements of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania:
        
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and 2009     F-81  
Consolidated Changes in Bank Equity Capital     F-82  
Consolidated Income Statements for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008     F-83  

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
BALANCE SHEETS

   
  June 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
     (Unaudited)     
ASSETS
                 
Cash   $ 10     $ 10  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     166,500        
Deferred offering costs     1,783,901       278,976  
Total assets   $ 1,950,411     $ 278,986  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 1,966,411     $ 278,976  
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, 1,000 issued and outstanding     10       10  
Accumulated deficit during the development stage     (16,010 )       
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)     (16,000 )      10  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)   $ 1,950,411     $ 278,986  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

     
  Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
  Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
  For the Period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to June 30, 2011
Revenues   $     $     $  
Expenses:
                          
General and administrative     485       16,010       16,010  
Total expenses     485       16,010       16,010  
Net loss   $ (485 )    $ (16,010 )    $ (16,010 ) 
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding     1,000       1,000       1,000  
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.05 )    $ (16.01 )    $ (16.01 ) 

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
(Unaudited)

       
    
  
Common Stock
  Accumulated Deficit During the Development Stage   Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
     Number of Shares   Par Value
Balance, December 2, 2010         $     $     $  
Issuance of common stock     1,000       10             10  
Balance, December 31, 2010     1,000       10             10  
Net loss                 (16,010 )      (16,010 ) 
Balance, June 30, 2011     1,000     $ 10     $ (16,010 )    $ (16,000 ) 

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

   
  Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2011
  For the Period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to June 30, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net loss   $ (16,010 )    $ (16,010 ) 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
                 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     16,010       16,010  
Net cash provided by operating activities            
Cash flows from financing activities:
                 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock           10  
Payments of financing costs     (105,500 )      (105,500 ) 
Proceeds from affiliates     275,318       275,318  
Payments of offering costs     (169,818 )      (169,818 ) 
Net cash provided by financing activities           10  
Net change in cash           10  
Cash, beginning of period     10        
Cash, end of period   $ 10     $ 10  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization and Proposed Business Operations

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), incorporated on December 2, 2010, is a newly formed Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year ending December 31, 2011. On July 7, 2011, the Company commenced its initial public offering (the “IPO”) on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, offering for sale a minimum of 5.4 million and a maximum of 8.8 million shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $12.50 per share (the “Shares”) (subject to certain discounts as described in the prospectus forming a part of the registration statement on Form S-11), through its co-dealer managers, Realty Capital Securities, LLC (“RCS”) and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (the “Dealer Managers”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-172205) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The IPO will end no later than September 6, 2011, which is 61 days from the effective date of the IPO, irrespective of whether the Company sells the maximum number of the Shares in the IPO. The Company will deposit subscription payments in an escrow account. In order to close, the Company must sell 5.4 million Shares within 61 days following commencement of the IPO and the Company’s common stock must be listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market at such time, or the Company will terminate the IPO and promptly return subscription payments to subscribers for Shares with their pro rata share of the interest earned on these funds. The Company has been approved to have its common stock listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol ARCP pending its sale of the minimum number of shares and the escrow break.

The Company was formed to primarily own and acquire single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. The Company considers properties that are net leased on a “medium-term basis,” to mean properties originally leased long term (ten years or longer) that are currently subject to net leases with remaining lease terms of generally three to eight years, on average.

Substantially all of the Company’s business will be conducted through ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company will be the sole general partner of the OP. After holding units of limited partner interests (“OP Units”) for a period of one year, holders of OP Units have the right to convert OP units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of the Company’s common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of the Company’s common stock, as allowed by the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the holders of OP Units are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP’s assets.

The Company has retained ARC Properties Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) and American Realty Capital II, LLC (the “Sponsor”), to manage its affairs on a day to day basis. These related parties, including the Advisor, the Sponsor and RCS will receive compensation and fees for services related to the IPO and for the investment and management of the Company’s assets. These entities will receive fees during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.

At the completion of the IPO, ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, (“the Contributor”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, will contribute to the OP its indirect ownership interests in ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC which include 60 properties that are presently leased to RBS Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, a property presently leased to Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and two vacant properties in exchange for 310,000 OP Units.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the financial statements as of December 31, 2010 and for the period from December 2, 2010 to December 31, 2010, which are included in the Registration Statement filed with the SEC on July 5, 2011. There have been no significant changes to these policies during the six months ended June 30, 2011 other than the updates described below.

Deferred Offering Costs

The Company has incurred certain expenses in connection with registering to sell shares of its common stock as discussed in Note 1 — Organization and Proposed Business Operations. These costs principally relate to professional fees and fees paid to various regulatory agencies. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, such costs totaled $1,783,901 and $278,976, respectively, and are included in deferred offering costs in the accompanying balance sheets. Simultaneous with selling shares of common stock, the deferred offering costs will be charged to equity upon the completion of the IPO or to expenses if the IPO is not completed.

Note 3 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

The Advisor and its affiliates will receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to the IPO and the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The Advisor and its affiliates may incur and pay costs and fees on behalf of the Company. All organizational and offering costs incurred by the Company are reflected in the accompanying balance sheets. The Company reimburses these offering costs and fees to the Advisor, as applicable. All of the Company’s outstanding common stock is held by an entity wholly owned by the Sponsor. As of June 30, 2011, the Company had payables to affiliated entities of $275,318 and payables to the Advisor and affiliated Dealer Manager of $511,914 for services related to the IPO and offering costs paid on behalf of the Company. There were no such payables as of December 31, 2010.

Note 4 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company does not own any properties, has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim, and is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the results of operations.

Note 5 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged or will engage the Advisor and its affiliates to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon the Advisor and its affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 6 — Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations

The following unaudited pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2011 and pro forma Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 are presented as if the Company had acquired ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC as of January 1, 2011. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto. The pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet and pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations are unaudited and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the Company acquired these entities as of January 1, 2011, nor does it purport to present the future results of operations of the Company (amounts in thousands):

             
             
  ARC Income Properties, LLC(1)   ARC Income Properties III, LLC(2)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.(3)   Pro Forma Adjustments (Minimum)(4)   Pro Forma (Minimum)(4)   Pro Forma Adjustments (Maximum)(5)   Pro Forma (Maximum)(5)
Assets
                                                              
Real estate investments, at cost:
                                                              
Land   $ 14,435     $ 2,911     $     $     $ 17,346     $     $ 17,346  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     81,799       15,463                   97,262             97,262  
Acquired intangible lease assets     2,581       5,024                   7,605             7,605  
Total real estate investments, at cost     98,815       23,398                      122,213                122,213  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (11,187 )      (1,514 )                  (12,701 )            (12,701 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     87,628       21,884                      109,512                109,512  
Cash and cash equivalents     546       158             818 (6)      1,522       39,693 (6)      40,397  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     492       643       166             1,301             1,301  
Deferred costs, net     447       978             (240 )(7)      1,185       (240 )(7)      1,185  
Deferred offering costs                 1,784       (1,784 )(8)            (1,784 )(8)       
Total assets   $ 89,113     $ 23,663     $ 1,950           $ 113,520           $ 152,395  
Liabilities and Equity
                                                              
Mortgage notes payable   $ 82,622     $ 13,850     $       (27,622 )(9)    $ 68,850       (27,622 )(9)    $ 68,850  
Long-term notes payable     19,408       11,218             (30,626 )(10)            (30,626 )(10)       
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     453       166       1,966       (1,784 )(11)      801       (1,784 )(11)      801  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     516       158                   674             674  
Total liabilities     102,999       25,392       1,966                70,325                70,325  
Member’s deficiency     (13,886 )      (1,729 )      (16 )      15,631 (12)            15,631 (12)       
Preferred stock                                          
Common stock                       54 (13)      54       88 (13)      88  
Additional paid in capital                       39,266 (14)      39,266       78,107 (14)      78,107  
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. shareholder’s equity     (13,886 )      (1,729 )      (16 )            39,320             78,195  
Non-controlling interests                       3,875 (15)      3,875       3,875 (15)      3,875  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 89,113     $ 23,663     $ 1,950           $ 113,520           $ 152,395  

(1) Reflects the historical Balance Sheet of ARC Income Properties, LLC for the period indicated.
(2) Reflects the historical Balance Sheet of ARC Income Properties III, LLC for the period indicated.
(3) Reflects the historical Balance Sheet of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. for the period indicated.
(4) Adjustments and pro forma balances based on the offering of the minimum number of 5,400,000 shares of common stock offered.
(5) Adjustments and pro forma balances based on the offering of the maximum number of 8,800,000 shares of common stock offered.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 6 — Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations  – (continued)

(6) Represents net cash proceeds from the issuance of common stock and equity units after offering costs and acquisition costs from the predecessor companies as shown below:

   
  Minimum Offering Amount   Maximum Offering Amount
Gross offering proceeds   $ 67,500,000     $ 110,000,000  
Uses:
                 
Fees and expenses     1,783,901       2,008,901  
Selling commissions and dealer manager fees     5,400,000       8,800,000  
Repay existing indebtedness     58,248,195       58,248,195  
Property transfer, debt origination and transfer expenses     1,250,000       1,250,000  
Net cash proceeds   $ 817,904     $ 39,692,904  
(7) Represents write-off of $889,731 of deferred financing costs for long-term notes payable which are to be repaid upon the closing of the offering and the ARC Income Properties mortgage note payable which is expected to be refinanced with proceeds from an anticipated new $60,000,000 senior secured revolving acquisition facility, partially offset by estimated offering costs of $650,000 to be incurred in connection with obtaining the facility.
(8) Represents the reclassification of accumulated deferred offering costs to additional paid in capital which will occur upon the closing of the offering.
(9) Represents repayment of $82,622,049 mortgage notes payable and refinancing with a $55,000,000 draw on an anticipated new $60,000,000 senior secured revolving acquisition facility with a term of three years at a proposed annualized interest rate of The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.45%, or 2.65%. The actual interest rate will depend on the corporate leverage and the LIBOR rate at the time of the closing of the loan.
(10) Represents repayment of long-term notes with proceeds from the offering.
(11) Represents reclassification of accrued offering costs to cash to show cash balance after payment of offering costs
(12) Represents elimination of members’ deficiency related to predecessor companies.
(13) Represents the issuance of a minimum of 5,400,000 and maximum of 8,800,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.01 per share.
(14) Represents net proceeds after offering costs and par value of common stock based on the minimum offering of 5,400,000 shares of common stock offered or the maximum offering of 8,800,000 shares of common stock offered at an offering price of $12.50 per share and elimination of other balance sheet items as shown below:

   
  Minimum Offering   Maximum Offering
Gross offering proceeds   $ 67,500,000     $ 110,000,000  
Less: offering fees and expenses     (1,783,901 )      (2,008,901 ) 
Less: selling commissions and dealer manager fees     (5,400,000 )      (8,800,000 ) 
Less: property transfer, debt origination and transfer expenses     (1,250,000 )      (1,250,000 ) 
Less: common stock par value     (54,000 )      (88,000 ) 
Less: write-off of deferred financing costs on retired indebtedness     (240,731 )      (240,731 ) 
Less: net reclassification of historic member deficiency     (15,630,645 )      (15,630,645 ) 
Less: reclassification of non-controlling interests     (3,875,000 )      (3,875,000 ) 
Adjustment to additional paid in capital   $ 39,265,723     $ 78,106,723  
(15) Represents the value of 310,000 OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies.

  

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 6 — Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations  – (continued)

             
             
  ARC Income Properties, LLC(1)   ARC Income Properties III, LLC(2)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.(3)   Pro Forma Adjustments (Minimum)(4)   Pro Forma (Minimum)(4)   Pro Forma Adjustments (Maximum)(5)   Pro Forma (Maximum)(5)
Revenues:
                                                              
Rental income   $ 3,390     $ 1,128     $     $     $ 4,518     $     $ 4,518  
Total revenues     3,390       1,128                      4,518                4,518  
Operating expenses:
                                                              
Management fee                       306 (6)      306       306 (6)      306  
General and administrative     77       40       16       (7)      133       (7)      133  
Depreciation and amortization     2,261       454                   2,715             2,715  
Total operating expenses     2,338       494       16             3,154             3,154  
Operating income     1,052       634       (16 )               1,364                1,364  
Other expense:
                                                              
Interest expense     (4,197 )      (1,048 )            4,058 (8)      (1,187 )      4,058 (8)      (1,187 ) 
Interest income                                          
Other income                                          
Total other income (expense)     (4,197 )      (1,048 )                  (1,187 )            (1,187 ) 
Net income (loss)   $ (3,145 )    $ (414 )    $ (16 )            177             177  
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest holders                             (10 )            (6 ) 
Net income attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.                           $ 167           $ 171  
Per share data:
                                                              
Weighted average shares outstanding                             5,400 (9)            8,800 (10) 
Earnings per share basic and fully diluted                           $ 0.03           $ 0.02  

(1) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties, LLC for the period indicated.
(2) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties III, LLC for the period indicated.
(3) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. for the period indicated.
(4) Adjustments and pro forma balances based on the offering of the minimum number of shares of 5,400,000 shares of common stock offered.
(5) Adjustments and pro forma balances based on the offering of the maximum number of shares of 8,800,000 shares of common stock offered.
(6) Represents management fee of the maximum of 0.50% of unadjusted book value of assets that may be charged by affiliated Advisor. The determination of payment of fees to the Advisor will be made on a periodic basis based on available cash flow.
(7) Excludes our estimated general and administrative costs primarily for legal fees, audit fees, board of directors fees, insurance, marketing and investor relations fees related to operation as a public company, which are expected to have an ongoing effect on the results of operations of the Company, to be approximately $545,000 per year, an increase of approximately $279,000 over the annualized historical expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 6 — Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations  – (continued)

(8) Represents reversal of interest expense for long-term notes to be repaid at the closing of the offering and reversal of interest expense on $82,622,049 of mortgage debt which is expected to be refinanced by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., reversal of related deferred financing costs, amortization, addition of estimated interest expense for $55,000,000 drawn on an anticipated new $60,000,000 senior secured revolving acquisition facility with an estimated annualized interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.45%, or 2.65%, and amortization of deferred financing costs for the anticipated new $60,000,000 facility. The actual interest rate will be based on total corporate leverage and the actual LIBOR rate at the time of the closing of the loan. This proposed annualized interest rate is based on the facts that it was provided to the Company by one of the lenders with which the Company has been discussing the loan as indicative of a market interest rate for this type of loan and an affiliate of the Company’s sponsor recently closed on a loan commitment with similar terms. The detail of these amounts are as follows:

 
  Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
Reversal of interest expense for long-term notes   $ 1,444,714  
Reversal of interest expense for $82,622,049 mortgage note     2,617,053  
Reversal of deferred financing cost amortization on long-term notes and mortgage to be refinanced     789,623  
Interest expense for anticipated $55,000,000 draw     (738,872 ) 
Deferred financing amortization for new $60,000,000 credit facility     (54,167 ) 
     $ 4,058,351  

Every  1/8 of 1% change in the annualized interest rate on the anticipated new $60,000,000 senior secured revolving acquisition facility will result in a change in annualized interest expense of approximately $68,750, assuming an outstanding balance of $55,000,000.

(9) Excludes the effect of 310,000 of OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies exchangeable for 310,000 shares of common stock and 162,000 unvested restricted shares of Advisor’s Stock and 9,000 director unvested restricted shares of common stock to be issued at the closing of the offering as the effect of these shares would be anti-dilutive.
(10) Excludes the effect of 310,000 of OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies exchangeable for 310,000 shares of common stock and 264,000 unvested restricted shares of Advisor’s Stock and 9,000 director unvested restricted shares of common stock to be issued at the closing of the offering as the effect of these shares would be anti-dilutive.

Note 7 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Form 10-Q and has determined that there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the financial statements.

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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  June 30, 2011   December 31, 2010
     (Unaudited)     
Assets
                 
Real estate investments, at cost:
                 
Land   $ 14,435,060     $ 14,435,060  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     81,798,674       81,798,674  
Acquired intangible lease assets     2,580,874       2,580,874  
Total real estate investments, at cost     98,814,608       98,814,608  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (11,186,719 )      (8,948,328 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     87,627,889       89,866,280  
Cash     546,308       516,303  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     491,473       223,564  
Deferred costs, net     447,355       1,093,128  
Total assets   $ 89,113,025     $ 91,699,275  
Liabilities and Member’s Deficiency
                 
Mortgage notes payable   $ 82,622,049     $ 82,622,049  
Long-term notes payable     19,408,013       19,408,013  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     452,901       647,087  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     515,809       515,809  
Total liabilities     102,998,772       103,192,958  
Member’s deficiency     (13,885,747 )      (11,493,683 ) 
Total liabilities and member’s deficiency   $ 89,113,025     $ 91,699,275  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
  
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  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,
     2011   2010   2011   2010
Revenues:
                                   
Rental income   $ 1,695,164     $ 1,749,521     $ 3,390,328     $ 3,499,389  
Operating expenses:
                                   
General and administrative     30,171       45,592       77,340       68,713  
Depreciation and amortization     1,130,282       1,119,195       2,260,562       2,238,397  
Total operating expenses     1,160,453       1,164,787       2,337,902       2,307,110  
Operating income     534,711       584,734       1,052,426       1,192,279  
Other expenses:
                                   
Interest expense     2,108,517       2,110,003       4,197,290       4,203,050  
Net loss   $ (1,573,806 )    $ (1,525,269 )    $ (3,144,864 )    $ (3,010,771 ) 

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY
  
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Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2010   $ (11,493,683 ) 
Contributions     752,800  
Net loss     (3,144,864 ) 
Member’s deficiency – June 30, 2011   $ (13,885,747 ) 

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
  
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  Six Months Ended June 30,
     2011   2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net loss   $ (3,144,864 )    $ (3,010,771 ) 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                 
Depreciation     1,759,702       1,759,707  
Amortization of intangibles     478,689       478,690  
Amortization of deferred financing costs     623,601       623,601  
Amortization of deferred leasing costs     22,172        
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                 
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (267,909 )      (3,085 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (194,186 )      (86,232 ) 
Due to affiliated entities           20,444  
Net cash used in operating activities     (722,795 )      (217,646 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                 
Equity contributions     752,800        
Net cash provided by financing activities     752,800        
Net increase (decrease) in cash     30,005       (217,646 ) 
Cash, beginning of period     516,303       922,746  
Cash, end of period   $ 546,308     $ 705,100  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                 
Cash paid during the period for interest   $ 3,593,431     $ 3,600,291  

 
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2011
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Note 1 — Organization

ARC Income Properties, LLC (the “Company”) is a Delaware limited liability company formed on June 5, 2008. The Company is wholly-owned by ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of American Realty Capital II, LLC (“ARC II”). The Company is managed by an affiliate of ARC II and has no direct employees. The Company was formed to acquire, and exists to own, 100% of the membership interests in property-owning companies (collectively, “Property-Owning Companies”), which together own a portfolio of individual, free-standing, bank branches (collectively, the “Properties”) triple-net leased to RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (collectively the “Tenant”).

As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company owned 28 Property-Owning Companies, which together owned 62 Properties comprised of 303,130 square feet, which were 97% occupied at June 30, 2011. As of June 30, 2011, the remaining lease term of each of the Properties is approximately five years, expiring between July 2016 and January 2019, excluding extension periods. The Properties are located in Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

The Company’s sole assets will be its interests in the Property-Owning Companies, which are the owners of the Properties. The Company does not intend to engage in any other business. The Company has reported net losses since inception. A member of ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC has committed to provide financial support to the Company, if needed, through January 1, 2012.

On April 29, 2011, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announcing an initial public offering of Class A Common Stock (the “Offering”) and the intended contribution of the Company by ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC to this newly formed entity. Upon the closing of the Offering the Company’s long-term notes will be repaid and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. intends to refinance the current mortgage note payable with a new mortgage note payable. The Company will be contributed under the carryover basis of accounting as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for entities under common control. On July 7, 2011, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s registration statement became effective with the SEC and the Company was contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in connection with the completion of the Offering on September 7, 2011 (see Note 9 — Subsequent Events).

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, which are included elsewhere in this Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to these policies during 2011 other than the updates described below.

In-place Lease Intangible Assets

Acquired lease intangible assets consist of in-place lease intangibles. As of June 30, 2011 acquired lease intangible assets totaled $17,910, net of accumulated amortization of $2,562,964. At December 31, 2010 acquired lease intangible assets consisted of in-place lease intangibles totaling $496,599, net of accumulated amortization of $2,084,275. As of June 30, 2011, the remaining unamortized balance is $17,910, which will be fully amortized throughout the remainder of 2011.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 totaling $141,065 and $764,667, net of accumulated amortization of $3,061,278 and $2,437,676, respectively, represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other third-party costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing, which result in such financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or

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Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

repaid before maturity. As of June 30, 2011, the remaining unamortized balance is $141,065, which will be fully amortized throughout the remainder of 2011.

Deferred Leasing Costs

Deferred leasing costs As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were $306,290 and $328,461, net of accumulated amortization of $40,647 and $18,476, respectively. Deferred leasing costs represent third party costs, primarily legal fees, associated with obtaining new leases. Deferred leasing costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the new lease. Amortization expense is expected to be $22,750 for the remainder of 2011, $45,731 for each of the next 4 years and $100,617 thereafter.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance that expands the existing disclosure requirements for fair value measurements, primarily for Level 3 measurements, which are measurements based on unobservable inputs such as the Company’s own data. This guidance is largely consistent with current fair value measurement principles with few exceptions that do not result in a change in general practice. The guidance will be applied prospectively and will be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance requiring entities to present items of net income and other comprehensive income either in one continuous statement — referred to as the statement of comprehensive income — or in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. The new guidance does not change which components of comprehensive income are recognized in net income or other comprehensive income, or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. The guidance will be applied prospectively and will be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations but will change the location of the presentation of other comprehensive income to more closely associate the disclosure with net income.

Note 3 — Real Estate

There were no properties acquired during the three or six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. As of June 30, 2011 the Company owned the following properties:

     
  No. of Properties   Square Feet   Total Purchase Price(1)
Citizens Bank Branches     62       303,130     $ 101,616,962  

(1) Base purchase price plus acquisition related costs.

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Note 3 — Real Estate  – (continued)

Future Lease Payments Table

The following table presents future minimum base rental payments due to the Company over the next five years. As of June 30, 2011:

 
July 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011   $ 3,163,925  
2012     6,410,542  
2013     6,570,806  
2014     6,735,076  
2015     6,903,453  
Thereafter     15,492,877  
Total   $ 45,276,679  

The Tenant has the option to extend the term of each of the leases for three additional periods of five years each.

Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable

The Properties are subject to the Property-Owning Companies’ mortgage notes (collectively, the “Mortgage Notes”) pursuant to individual loan agreements (collectively, “Loan Agreements”), which are senior in priority to the long-term notes payable (see Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable). As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had Mortgage Notes payable of $82,622,049 encumbering the Properties described in Note 3. The Mortgage Notes have an annual effective interest rate of 6.39% and mature in August 2011. The Mortgage Notes require interest-only monthly payments until maturity, at which time the aggregate principal amount of the Mortgage Notes are due and payable. Subsequent to June 30, 2011, the Mortgage Notes were repaid. See Note 9 — Subsequent Events for more detail.

Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable

The Company funded-a portion of the purchase price of the Properties acquired from proceeds received from the issuance of long-term notes payable (the “Notes”) in connection with a private placement pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had issued Notes outstanding in the aggregate of $19,408,013. The class A Notes, with a balance of $9,644,620 at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, for subscribers prior to September 15, 2008, bear interest at 10.0% per annum and the remaining class B Notes, with a balance of $9,763,393 at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, bear interest at 9.625% per annum. The Company pays interest-only monthly payments to subscribers of the Notes until the maturity in July 2011. The Company has the right to extend the maturity date for two additional one-year periods. Subsequent to June 30, 2011, the Notes were repaid. See Note 9 — Subsequent Events for more detail.

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

There were no amounts incurred or payable to related parties As of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

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Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies  – (continued)

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any noncompliance, liability or other claim, and the Company is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated results of operations.

Note 8 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged in or will engage an affiliate of ARC II to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, thesale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations. As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon ARC II and its affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Registration Statement on Form S-11 and has determined there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to its disclosures in the consolidated financial statements except for the following:

On September 7, 2011, the Company was contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in connection with the Offering.

In conjunction with the closing of the Offering, mortgage notes payable in the amount of $82,622,049 were paid in full along with the accrued interest thereon. In addition, Notes in the amount of $19,408,013 were paid in full along with accrued interest thereon.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  June 30, 2011   December 31, 2010
     (Unaudited)     
Assets
                 
Real estate investments, at cost:
                 
Land   $ 2,911,241     $ 2,911,241  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     15,462,798       15,462,798  
Acquired intangible lease assets     5,023,824       5,023,824  
Total real estate investments, at cost     23,397,863       23,397,863  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (1,514,342 )      (1,060,040 ) 
Real estate investments, net     21,883,521       22,337,823  
Cash     158,291       98,129  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     643,461       464,225  
Deferred financing costs, net     978,392       1,172,932  
Total assets   $ 23,663,665     $ 24,073,109  
Liabilities and Member’s Deficiency
                 
Mortgage note payable   $ 13,850,000     $ 13,850,000  
Long-term notes payable     11,218,133       11,218,133  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     166,309       99,637  
Deferred rent     158,111       158,111  
Total liabilities     25,392,553       25,325,881  
Member’s deficiency     (1,728,888 )      (1,252,772 ) 
Total liabilities and member’s deficiency   $ 23,663,665     $ 24,073,109  

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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  Three Months Ended June 30,   Six Months Ended June 30,
     2011   2010   2011   2010
Revenues:
                                   
Rental income   $ 564,421     $ 500,177     $ 1,127,904     $ 1,108,103  
Operating expenses:
                                   
General and administrative     15,701       9,075       40,226       20,504  
Depreciation and amortization     227,151       216,980       454,303       470,353  
Total operating expenses     242,852       226,055       494,529       490,857  
Operating income     321,569       274,122       633,375       617,246  
Other expenses:
                                   
Interest expense     529,149       693,986       1,048,201       1,256,478  
Net loss   $ (207,580 )    $ (419,864 )    $ (414,826 )    $ (639,232 ) 

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY
  
(Unaudited)

 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2010   $ (1,252,772 ) 
Return of capital     (61,290 ) 
Net loss     (414,826 ) 
Member’s deficiency – June 30, 2011   $ (1,728,888 ) 

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
  
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  Six Months Ended June 30,
     2011   2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net loss   $ (414,826 )    $ (639,232 ) 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                 
Depreciation     329,744       345,795  
Amortization of intangibles     124,558       124,558  
Amortization of deferred finance charges     194,540       323,538  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                 
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (179,236 )      (25,313 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     66,672       (2,427,145 ) 
Due to affiliate           48,000  
Deferred rent           155,011  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     121,452       (2,094,788 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                 
Payments on mortgages payable           (1,084,340 ) 
Payments of deferred financing costs           (313,045 ) 
Return of capital     (61,290 )       
Restricted cash           3,561,591  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (61,290 )      2,164,206  
Net increase in cash     60,162       69,418  
Cash, beginning of period     98,129        
Cash, end of period   $ 158,291     $ 69,418  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                 
Cash paid during the period for interest   $ 795,764     $ 1,002,394  

 
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2011
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Note 1 — Organization

ARC Income Properties III, LLC (the “Company”) is a Delaware limited liability company formed on September 8, 2009. The Company is wholly-owned by American Realty Capital Partners, LLC, an affiliate of American Realty Capital II, LLC (“ARC II”). The Company is managed by an affiliate of ARC II and has no direct employees. As of June 30, 2011, the Company owned a Home Depot distribution facility comprised of 465,600 square feet (the “Property”). The primary lease term under the triple-net master lease agreement is twenty years, expiring in December 2029. The Property is located in Columbia, South Carolina.

In connection with the acquisition of the Property and arranging for mortgage financing (see Note 3 —  Mortgage Note Payable), an affiliate of ARC II received an acquisition fee and a debt placement fee. In addition, an affiliate of ARC II served as the exclusive dealer manager in connection with the sale of unsecured long-term notes used to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Property (see Note 4 — Long-Term Notes Payable).

The Company’s sole assets will be its interests in the Property. The Company does not intend to engage in any other business.

On April 29, 2011, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announcing an initial public offering of Class A Common Stock (the “Offering”) and the intended contribution of the Company by ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC to this newly formed entity. Upon the closing of the Offering the Company’s long-term notes will be repaid and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. intends to refinance the current mortgage note payable with a new mortgage note payable. The Company will be contributed under the carryover basis of accounting as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for entities under common control. On July 7, 2011, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s registration statement became effective with the SEC and the Company was contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in connection with the Offering on September 7, 2011 (see Note 9 — Subsequent Events).

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, which are included elsewhere in this Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to these policies during 2011 other than the updates described below.

In-place Lease Intangible Assets

Acquired lease intangible assets consisted of in-place lease intangibles. As of June 30, 2011 in-place lease intangibles totaled $4,608,632, net of accumulated amortization of $415,192. As of December 31, 2010, in-place lease intangibles totaled $4,733,190, net of accumulated amortization of $290,634. Amortization expense is expected to be $124,558 for the remainder of 2011 and $249,115 for each of the next five years.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 totaling $978,392 and $1,172,932, net of accumulated amortization of $636,390 and $441,850, respectively, represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other third party costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing, which resulted in such financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Amortization expense is expected to be approximately $200,235 for the remainder of 2011 and $400,154, $293,369, $56,777, and $27,857 for the years ending December 31, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance that expands the existing disclosure requirements for fair value measurements, primarily for Level 3 measurements, which are measurements based on unobservable inputs such as the Company’s own data. This guidance is largely consistent with current fair value measurement principles with few exceptions that do not result in a change in general practice. The guidance will be applied prospectively and will be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance requiring entities to present items of net income and other comprehensive income either in one continuous statement — referred to as the statement of comprehensive income — or in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. The new guidance does not change which components of comprehensive income are recognized in net income or other comprehensive income, or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. The guidance will be applied prospectively and will be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations but will change the location of the presentation of other comprehensive income to more closely associate the disclosure with net income.

Note 3 — Mortgage Note Payable

In connection with the acquisition of the Property, the Company financed a portion of the purchase price with a mortgage note obligation with an outstanding balance of $14,934,340 as of December 31, 2009, which bore interest at 6.25%. In connection with the adjustment of the purchase price of the Property in 2010, the mortgage note payable balance was reduced to maintain a certain leverage ratio as required by the note agreement. In June 2010, the Company refinanced the mortgage note with a new mortgage note in the amount of $13,850,000, which bears interest at 5.25%. The Company is required to pay interest only on the note until maturity in July 2015 when the principal balance will be due in full.

Note 4 — Long-Term Notes Payable

The Company funded a portion of the purchase price of the Property acquired from proceeds received from the issuance of notes (the “Notes”) in connection with a private placement pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had issued Notes outstanding in the aggregate amount of $11,218,133. The Notes bear an annual interest rate of 8.50%. The Company will pay interest-only monthly payments to subscribers of the Notes until the maturity in September 2013. Subsequent to June 30, 2011, the Notes were repaid. See Note 9 — Subsequent Events for more detail.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Note 5 — Future Lease Payments Table

In May 2010, the lease payments were amended in connection with the adjustment of the purchase price of the Property. The following table reflects such amendments and presents future minimum base rental payments due to the Company over the next five years and thereafter as of June 30, 2011:

 
July 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011   $ 951,829  
2012     1,938,505  
2013     1,977,275  
2014     2,016,820  
2015     2,057,157  
Thereafter     33,287,775  
Total   $ 42,229,361  

The lease expires in December 2029. The Tenant has the option to extend the term of the lease for two additional terms of five years each.

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

There were no amounts incurred or payable to related parties as of June 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any noncompliance, liability or other claim, and the Company is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated results of operations.

Note 8 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged in or will engage an affiliate of ARC II to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon ARC II and its affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Registration Statement on Form S-11 and has determined there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to its disclosures in the consolidated financial statements except for the following:

On September 7, 2011, the Company was contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. in connection with the Offering.

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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES III, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2011
(Unaudited)

Note 9 — Subsequent Events  – (continued)

In conjunction with the Offering, the Notes were repaid in full along with accrued interest and a prepayment penalty as required by the Note agreements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Stockholders
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage) (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2010 and the related statements of stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to December 31, 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage) as of December 31, 2010 and the results of its cash flows for the period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to December 31, 2010, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
March 21, 2011

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 2010

 
ASSETS
        
Cash   $ 10  
Deferred offering costs     278,976  
Total assets   $ 278,986  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 278,976  
Stockholder’s Equity
        
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, 1,000 issued and outstanding     10  
Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity   $ 278,986  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) December 31, 2010

     
  Common Stock  
     Shares   Amount   Total
Balance, December 2, 2010         $     $  
Issuance of common stock     1,000       10       10  
Balance, December 31, 2010     1,000     $ 10     $ 10  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Period from December 2, 2010 (date of inception) to December 31, 2010

 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock   $ 10  
Net cash provided by financing activities     10  
Net change in cash     10  
Cash, beginning of period      
Cash, end of period   $ 10  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 1 — Organization and Proposed Business Operations

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), incorporated on December 2, 2010, is a newly formed Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year ending December 31, 2011. The Company intends to offer for sale a minimum of 5.4 million and a maximum of 8.8 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $12.50 per share, through its co-dealer managers, Realty Capital Securities, LLC and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Offering”). The Company has applied to have its common stock listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol ARCP.

The Company was formed to primarily own and acquire single tenant, freestanding commercial real estate that is net leased on a medium-term basis, primarily to investment grade credit rated and other credit worthy tenants. The Company considers properties that are net leased on a “medium-term basis,” to mean properties originally leased long term (ten years or longer) that are currently subject to net leases with remaining lease terms of generally three to eight years, on average.

Substantially all of the Company’s business will be conducted through ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company will be the sole general partner of the OP. After holding OP units for a period of a year, limited partner interests have the right to convert OP units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock, as allowed by the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP’s assets.

The Company is managed by its affiliates, ARC Properties Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) and American Realty Capital II, LLC (the “Sponsor”), which provides certain acquisition and debt capital services to the Company. These related parties, including the Advisor, the Sponsor and Realty Capital Securities, LLC, will receive compensation and fees for services related to the Offering and for the investment and management of the Company’s assets. These entities will receive fees during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.

At the completion of the Offering, ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, (“the Contributor”), an affiliate of our Sponsor, will contribute to the OP its indirect ownership interests in 60 properties that are presently leased to RBS Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, a property presently leased to Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and two vacant properties. In exchange, the Contributor will receive 310,000 units in the OP.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Development Stage Company

The Company complies with the reporting requirements of development stage enterprises. The Company expects to incur organizational, accounting and offering costs in connection with the Offering. Offering and other organization costs, which may be advanced by the Advisor, are not expected to be paid before the commencement of the Offering and will be paid or reimbursed by the Company from proceeds of the Offering that are set aside for such purposes. It is the Company’s plan to complete the Offering; however, there can be no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital will be successful.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

Formation Transactions

After the effectiveness of the Offering, it is the Company’s intention to acquire certain properties from affiliated entities of the Company. The contribution of the properties from affiliates in the initial formation of the Company will be accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control and therefore all assets and liabilities related to the contributed properties will be accounted for on the carryover basis of accounting whereby the real estate investments will be contributed at amortized cost and all assets and liabilities of the predecessor entities will become assets and liabilities of the Company.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management makes significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, investments in real estate and purchase price allocations, as applicable.

Real Estate Investments

Upon the acquisition of properties, the Company will record acquired real estate at cost and make assessments as to the useful lives of depreciable assets. The Company will consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation will be computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building fixtures and improvements and the lesser of the useful life or remaining lease term for acquired intangible lease assets.

Impairment of Long Lived Assets

The Company will establish a single accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. Operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold will be presented as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, and properties intended to be sold will be designated as “held for sale” on the balance sheet.

When circumstances indicate the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable, the Company will review the asset for impairment. This review will be based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. These estimates will consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss will be recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property or properties to be held and used. For properties held for sale, the impairment loss will be the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. These assessments will have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.

Allocation of Purchase Price of Acquired Assets

Upon the acquisition of real properties, it is the Company’s policy to allocate the purchase price of properties to acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building, fixtures and improvements, and identified intangible lease assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, as applicable, the value of in-place leases and the value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values. The Company utilizes independent appraisals and information management obtains on each property as a result of pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, as applicable, to determine the fair values of the tangible assets of an acquired property, amongst other market data.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

The fair values of above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (a) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (b) an estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, which is generally obtained from independent appraisals, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The above-market and below-market lease values are capitalized as intangible lease assets or liabilities. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease intangibles are amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, the Company initially considers, and periodically evaluates on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a tenant will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

The fair values of in-place leases include direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant, opportunity costs associated with lost rentals which are avoided by acquiring an in-place lease, and tenant relationships. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, tenant improvements, and other direct costs and are estimated based on independent appraisals and management’s consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. The value of opportunity costs is calculated using the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases over a market absorption period for a similar lease. Customer relationships are valued based on expected renewal of a lease or the likelihood of obtaining a particular tenant for other locations. These intangibles are included in intangible lease assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and are amortized to depreciation and amortization, a component of operating expense, over the remaining term of the lease.

The determination of the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired requires the use of significant assumptions with regard to the current market rental rates, rental growth rates, discount rates and other variables. The use of inappropriate estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of the purchase price allocations, which could impact the amount of the Company’s reported net income. Initial purchase price allocations are subject to change until all information is finalized, which is generally within one year of the acquisition date.

Deferred Offering Costs

The Company has incurred certain expenses in connection with registering to sell shares of its common stock as discussed in Note 1 — Organization and Proposed Business Operations. These costs principally relate to professional fees. As of December 31, 2010, such costs totaled $278,976 and are included in deferred offering costs in the accompanying balance sheet. Simultaneous with selling shares of common stock, the deferred offering costs will be charged to equity upon the completion of the Offering or to expenses if the Offering is not completed.

Derivative Instruments

The Company may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. Certain of the techniques used to hedge exposure to interest rate fluctuations may also be used to protect against declines in the market value of assets that result from general trends in debt markets. The principal objective of such agreements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

The Company will record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting.

Revenue Recognition

Upon the acquisition of real estate, certain properties will have leases where minimum rent payments increase during the term of the lease. The Company will record rental revenue for the full term of each lease on a straight-line basis. When the Company acquires a property, the term of existing leases will be considered to commence as of the acquisition date for the purposes of this calculation. Cost recoveries from tenants will be included in tenant reimbursement income in the period the related costs are incurred, as applicable.

The Company’s revenues, which will be derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Since many leases will provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires the Company to record a receivable, and include in revenues, unbilled rent receivables that the Company will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. The Company will defer the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates.

The Company will review receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located, as applicable. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, the Company will record an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the receivable in the consolidated statement of operations.

Loan Loss Provisions

The Company may purchase or originate commercial mortgages and mezzanine loans to be held as long-term investments. The loans will be evaluated for possible impairment on at least a quarterly basis.

The asset specific reserve component of the loan loss provision relates to reserves for losses on loans considered to be impaired and measured in accordance with the accounting guidance for impaired loans. A loan is considered to be impaired when, based upon current information and events, management believes that it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. A reserve is established when the present value of payments expected to be received or observable market prices for the estimated fair value of the collateral, if applicable, of an impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

The portfolio-based reserve component covers the pool of loans that do not have asset specific reserves. A portfolio-based reserve will be recorded when available information indicates that it is probable that the pool of loans will recognize losses and the amount of such losses can be reasonably estimated. Reserve balances for this pool of loans is derived using estimated default rates and estimated loss severities assuming a default occurs.

Upon determination of impairment, management will establish a reserve for loan losses and a corresponding charge to earnings through the provision for loan losses. Significant judgments are required in determining impairment, which include making assumptions regarding the value of the loan, the value of the real estate or partnership interests that secure the loan, and any other applicable provisions, including guarantees and cross-collateralization features, if any.

Net Income Per Share

The Company will calculate basic income per share by dividing net income for the period by weighted-average shares of Common Stock outstanding for a respective period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options and unvested restricted stock, but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted-average number of shares outstanding.

Income Taxes

The Company intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2011. Accordingly, the Company will generally not be subject to corporate U.S. federal or state income tax to the extent that qualifying distributions are paid to our stockholders, and provided the Company satisfies on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, the REIT requirements, including certain asset, income, distribution and stock ownership tests. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT, and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes and may be precluded from qualifying as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year in which the REIT qualification was lost. Accordingly, the failure to qualify as a REIT could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations and amounts available for distribution to its stockholders.

The dividends paid deduction of a REIT for qualifying dividends to its stockholders is computed using our taxable income as opposed to net income reported on the financial statements. Taxable income, generally, will differ from net income reported on the financial statements because the determination of taxable income is based on tax provisions and not financial accounting principles.

The Company may establish and elect to treat certain of its subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”). In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate-related business. A TRS is subject to U.S. federal, state and local corporate income taxes.

Note 3 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

The Advisor, the Sponsor, Realty Capital Securities, LLC and their affiliates will receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to the Offering and the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The Company had no related party transactions and payables to affiliated entities as of and for the period ended December 31, 2010.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Developmental Stage)
  
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2010

Note 4 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through March 21, 2011, the date which these financial statements have been issued and have determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the audited financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Member of
ARC Income Properties, LLC and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ARC Income Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s deficiency and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (date of inception) to December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ARC Income Properties, LLC and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 (date of inception) to December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
March 24, 2011

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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  Year Ended December 31,
     2010   2009
Assets
                 
Real estate investments, at cost:
                 
Land   $ 14,435,060     $ 14,435,060  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     81,798,674       81,798,674  
Acquired intangible lease assets     2,580,874       2,580,874  
Total real estate investments, at cost     98,814,608       98,814,608  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (8,948,328 )      (4,471,541 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     89,866,280       94,343,067  
Cash     516,303       922,746  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     223,564       348  
Deferred costs, net     1,093,128       2,011,869  
Total assets   $ 91,699,275     $ 97,278,030  
Liabilities and Member’s Deficiency
                 
Mortgage notes payable   $ 82,622,049     $ 82,622,049  
Long-term notes payable     19,408,013       19,537,178  
Due to affiliates           840,262  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     647,087       545,405  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     515,809       578,696  
Total liabilities     103,192,958       104,123,590  
Member’s deficiency     (11,493,683 )      (6,845,560 ) 
Total liabilities and member’s deficiency   $ 91,699,275     $ 97,278,030  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

     
  Year Ended December 31,   Period from
June 5, 2008
(date of
inception to
December 31,
2008
     2010   2009
Revenues:
                          
Rental income   $ 6,907,952     $ 5,342,066     $ 1,337,375  
Operating expense reimbursement           5,130        
Total revenues     6,907,952       5,347,196       1,337,375  
Operating expenses:
                          
Acquisition and transaction related     10,000       2,802,354        
General and administrative     309,711       61,984       4,875  
Depreciation and amortization     4,495,264       3,562,401       909,140  
Total operating expenses     4,814,975       6,426,739       914,015  
Operating income (loss)     2,092,977       (1,079,543 )      423,360  
Other income (expense):
                          
Interest expense     (8,459,572 )      (6,575,759 )      (1,608,503 ) 
Interest income           16,774       3,254  
Other income     100,000                 
Total other income (expense)     (8,359,572 )      (6,558,985 )      (1,605,249 ) 
Net loss   $ (6,266,595 )    $ (7,638,528 )    $ (1,181,889 ) 

 
 
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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY

 
Member’s deficiency – June 5, 2008      
Contributions     1,067,514  
Net loss     (1,181,889 ) 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2008     (114,375 ) 
Contributions     907,343  
Net loss     (7,638,528 ) 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2009     (6,845,560 ) 
Contributions     1,618,472  
Net loss     (6,266,595 ) 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2010   $ (11,493,683 ) 

 
 
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ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

     
  Year Ended December 31.   Period from
June 5, 2008
(Date of
Inception) to
December 31,
2008
     2010   2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net loss   $ (6,266,595 )    $ (7,638,528 )    $ (1,181,889 ) 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                          
Depreciation     3,519,409       2,675,908       668,736  
Amortization of intangibles     957,378       886,493       240,404  
Amortization of deferred financing costs     1,247,203       962,686       227,787  
Amortization of deferred leasing costs     18,476              
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                          
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (223,216 )      84,452       (84,801 ) 
Deferred leasing     (346,938 )             
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     101,682       (97,632 )      643,037  
Due to affiliated entities     (840,262 )      518,634       321,628  
Deferred rent and other liabilities     (62,887 )      259,469       319,227  
Net cash used in operating activities     (1,895,750 )      (2,348,518 )      1,154,129  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                 
Investment in real estate and related assets           (4,463,077 )      (9,754,624 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities           (4,463,077 )      (9,754,624 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                          
Payments of deferred financing costs           (1,437,361 )      (1,764,981 ) 
Payments on long-term notes payable     (129,165 )             
Proceeds from long-term notes payable           8,856,684       10,680,494  
Equity contribution     1,618,472              
Net cash provided by financing activities     1,489,307       7,419,323       8,915,513  
Net increase(decrease) in cash     (406,443 )      607,728       315,018  
Cash, beginning of period     922,746       315,018        
Cash, end of period   $ 516,303     $ 922,746     $ 315,018  
Supplemental Disclosures of Noncash Financing and Investing Activities:
                 
Mortgage loans assumed in real estate acquisitions   $     $ 37,265,801     $ 45,356,248  
Investment in real estate made by affiliate as equity contribution   $     $ 907,343     $ 1,067,514  
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
                          
Cash paid during the period for interest   $ 7,213,467     $ 6,677,993     $ 1,133,944  

 
 
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Note 1 — Organization

ARC Income Properties, LLC (the “Company”) is a Delaware limited liability company formed on June 5, 2008. The Company is wholly-owned by ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of American Realty Capital II, LLC (“ARC II”). The Company is managed by an affiliate of ARC II and has no direct employees. The Company was formed to acquire, and exists to own, 100% of the membership interests in property-owning companies (collectively, “Property-Owning Companies”), which together own a portfolio of individual, free-standing, bank branches (collectively, the “Properties”) triple-net leased to RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania (collectively the “Tenant”).

As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company owned 28 Property-Owning Companies, which together owned 62 Properties comprised of 303,130 square feet, and which were 97% and 100% occupied at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, the remaining lease term of each of the Properties is approximately five years, expiring between July 2016 and January 2019, excluding extension periods. The Properties are located in Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

In connection with the acquisitions of the Properties and arranging for the transfer of the mortgage loans to the Company (see Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable), ARC II or its affiliates received an acquisition fee and a debt placement fee (see Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements). In addition, an affiliate of ARC II served as the exclusive dealer manager in connection with the sale of unsecured notes used to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Properties (see Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable).

The Company’s sole assets will be its interests in the Property-Owning Companies, which are the owners of the Properties. The Company does not intend to engage in any other business. The Company has reported net losses since inception.

On February 11, 2011 American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing an initial public offering of common stock (the “Offering”) and the intended contribution of the Company by ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC to this newly formed entity. Upon the closing of the Offering the Company’s long-term notes will be repaid and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. intends to refinance the current mortgage note payable with a draw against a new anticipated senior secured revolving acquisition facility. The Company will be contributed under the carryover basis of accounting as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for entities under common control. To the extent the offering is unsuccessful, management may seek to refinance its existing mortgage prior to its maturity (see Note 4).

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management makes significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, investments in real estate and purchase price allocations, as applicable.

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Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Substantially all of the Company’s business activities are conducted through these subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash

The Company maintains its cash balances at a financial institution. The balances in that institution are insured (up to $250,000) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. At times, the balances may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts, and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.

Real Estate Investments

The Company records acquired real estate at fair value, primarily purchase price, and makes assessments as to the useful lives of depreciable assets. The Company considers the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation is computed using a straight-line method over the estimated useful life of forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building fixtures and improvements and the remaining lease term for acquired intangible lease assets. Expenditures for additions are capitalized and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or disposal of assets, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company establishes a single accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. Accounting guidance requires that the operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold be presented as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, and properties intended to be sold to be designated as “held for sale” on the balance sheet.

When circumstances indicate the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable, the Company reviews the asset for impairment. This review is based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. These estimates consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property for properties to be held and used. For properties held for sale, the impairment loss is the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. These assessments have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income. There are no impairment losses recognized during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.

Allocation of Purchase Price of Acquired Assets

The Company allocates the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets include land, buildings, equipment and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. The Company utilizes various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, which may include data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Identifiable intangible assets include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates, the value of in-place leases, and the value of customer relationships.

Amounts allocated to land, buildings, equipment and fixtures may be based on cost segregation studies performed by independent third-parties or on the Company’s analysis of comparable properties in its portfolio.

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Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building equipment and fixtures, and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements.

The aggregate value of intangible assets related to in-place leases is primarily the difference between the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and the property valued as if vacant. Factors considered by the Company in its analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, the Company includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period, which typically ranges from six to 18 months. The Company also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses.

Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values will be amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods provided within the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, the Company initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

The aggregate value of intangibles assets related to customer relationship is measured based on the Company’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with the tenant. Characteristics considered by the company in determining these values include the nature and extent of the Company’s existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.

The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the initial term of the respective leases, which range primarily from 2 to 20 years. The value of customer relationship intangibles is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.

In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, the Company may utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. The Company also considers information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed. The allocations presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are substantially complete; however, there are certain items that the Company will finalize once the Company receives additional information. Accordingly, these allocations are subject to revision when final information is available, although the Company does not expect future revisions to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

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Acquired lease intangible assets consist of in-place lease intangibles. As of December 31, 2010 acquired lease intangible assets totaled $496,599, net of accumulated amortization of $2,084,275. At December 31, 2009 acquired lease intangible assets consisted of in-place lease intangibles totaling $1,453,976, net of accumulated amortization of $1,126,897. As of December 31, 2010, the remaining unamortized balance is $496,599, which will be fully amortized in 2011.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 totaling $764,667and $2,011,869, net of accumulated amortization of $2,437,676 and $1,190,473, respectively, represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other third-party costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing, which result in such financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close. As of December 31, 2010, the remaining unamortized balance is $764,667, which will be fully amortized in 2011.

Deferred Leasing Costs

Deferred leasing costs as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 were $328,461 and $0, net of accumulated amortization of $18,476 as of December 31, 2010. Deferred leasing costs represent third part costs, primarily legal fees, associated with obtaining new leases. Deferred leasing costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the new lease. Amortization expense is expected to be $44,343 for each of the next 5 years and $106,746 thereafter.

Revenue Recognition

When the Company acquires a property, the term of existing leases is considered to commence as of the acquisition date for purposes of this calculation. The Company will defer the recognition of contingent rental income, such as percentage rents, until the specific target that triggers the contingent rental income is achieved. Cost recoveries from tenants are included in tenant reimbursement income in the period the related costs are incurred, as applicable.

The Company’s revenues, which are derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. The Company defers the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates.

The Company continually reviews receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determines collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, the Company will record an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts in the consolidated statements of operations.

Income Taxes

The Company is a single-member limited liability company and is treated as a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. As a result, income and losses of the Company are passed through to the member for federal and applicable state income tax purposes. Accordingly, no provision is made for federal or applicable state income taxes.

Reportable Segments

The Company’s investments in real estate generate rental revenue and other income through the leasing of properties, which comprised 100% of our total consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31,

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2010 and 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Although the Company’s investments in real estate are geographically diversified throughout the United States, management evaluates operating performance on an individual property level. The Company’s operating properties have been aggregated into one reportable segment with activities related to investing in real estate.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended the guidance on transfers of financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying special-purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarify and change the derecognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. This standard was effective January 1, 2010. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance which revised the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. This standard was effective January 1, 2010. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In January 2010, the FASB amended guidance to require a number of additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Specifically, the guidance revises two disclosure requirements concerning fair value measurements and clarifies two others. It requires separate presentation of significant transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and disclosure of the reasons for such transfers. Also, it requires the presentation of purchases, sales, issuances and settlements within Level 3 on a gross basis rather than on a net basis. The amendments clarify that disclosures should be disaggregated by class of asset or liability and that disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques should be provided for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements. This guidance is related to enhanced disclosure. The Company currently has no fair value measurements requiring such disclosure.

In March 2010, the FASB issued a clarification of previous guidance that exempts certain credit related features from analysis as potential embedded derivatives subject to bifurcation and separate fair value accounting. This guidance specifies that an embedded credit derivative feature related to the transfer of credit risk that is only in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another is not subject to bifurcation from a host contract. All other embedded credit derivative features should be analyzed to determine whether their economic characteristics and risks are “clearly and closely related” to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract and whether bifurcation and separate fair value accounting is required. The adoption of this guidance on July 1, 2010 had no material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In December 2010, the FASB updated its guidance related to goodwill which affected all entities that have recognized goodwill and have one or more reporting units whose carrying amount for purposes of performing Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test is zero or negative. The guidance modifies Step 1 so that for those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. In determining whether it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists, an entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that an impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with existing guidance, which requires that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. This guidance will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this

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guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as the Company has no goodwill.

In December 2010, the FASB updated the guidance related to business combinations to address diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations. The amendment specifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The amendment affects any public entity, as defined, that enters into business combinations that are material on an individual or aggregate basis. This guidance will be effective for the Company for acquisitions occurring on or after January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Note 3 — Real Estate Acquisitions

During the year ended December 31, 2009 and the period from June 5, 2008 to December 31, 2008, the Company acquired 62 Properties. There were no properties acquired in 2010. The following table presents the allocation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed during 2009:

   
  Year Ended
December 31,
2009
  Period from
June 5, 2008 to
December 31,
2008
Assets acquired:
                 
Real estate investments, at cost:
        
Land   $ 6,313,931     $ 8,121,129  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     35,778,946       46,019,728  
       42,092,877       54,140,857  
Intangibles and other assets:
                 
In-place leases     543,344       2,037,529  
Total assets acquired     42,636,221       56,178,386  
Liabilities assumed:
                 
Mortgage notes payable     (37,265,801 )      (45,356,248 ) 
Total liabilities assumed     (37,265,801 )      (45,356,248 ) 
Purchase price paid by affiliate as equity contribution     (907,343 )      (1,067,514 ) 
Cash paid   $ 4,463,077     $ 9,754,624  

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During the period from June 5, 2008 (date of inception) to December 31, 2010, the following Property-Owning Companies were acquired by the Company:

       
Property-Owning Company   Acquisition
Date
  No. of
Properties
  Square
Feet
  Total Purchase
Price(1)
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       2       5,592     $ 1,836,101  
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       3       13,305       4,638,456  
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       2       7,536       2,713,895  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC     08/28/08       2       11,299       5,904,748  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC     07/30/08       2       7,200       3,300,410  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       2       7,353       3,187,611  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC     07/30/08       3       10,679       3,615,505  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC     07/30/08       2       9,574       2,848,199  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC     12/15/08       2       9,882       5,433,749  
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       2       6,872       1,652,490  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC     09/19/08       3       16,312       6,162,710  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC     07/02/08       3       13,868       4,372,177  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC     07/02/08       3       10,602       4,323,392  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC     07/02/08       2       10,578       2,734,111  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC     07/02/08       2       14,764       3,454,832  
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC     03/13/09       1       4,610       1,348,659  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC     03/13/09       1       4,092       1,070,218  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC     03/13/09       1       3,630       1,483,468  
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC     03/13/09       3       12,492       3,522,703  
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC     05/21/09       1       6,525       3,140,691  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC     05/21/09       3       12,378       4,246,519  
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       2       16,875       3,608,617  
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       2       11,927       5,744,627  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       3       17,757       4,893,309  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       2       10,852       2,795,370  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       2       11,296       2,499,575  
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       2       11,837       3,403,050  
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC     08/19/09       4       23,443       7,681,770  
             62       303,130     $ 101,616,962  

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Future Lease Payments Table

The following table presents future minimum base rental payments due to the Company over the next five years as of December 31, 2010:

 
2011   $ 6,286,344  
2012     6,410,542  
2013     6,570,806  
2014     6,735,076  
2015     6,903,453  
Thereafter     15,492,877  
Total   $ 48,399,098  

The Tenant has the option to extend the term of each of the leases for three additional periods of five years each.

Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable

The Properties are subject to the Property-Owning Companies’ mortgage notes (collectively, the “Mortgage Notes”) pursuant to individual loan agreements (collectively, “Loan Agreements”), which are senior in priority to the long-term notes payable (see Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable). As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had Mortgage Notes payable of $82,622,049 encumbering the Properties described in Note 3. The Mortgage Notes have an annual effective interest rate of 6.39% and mature July 2011 through August 2011. The Mortgage Notes require interest-only monthly payments until maturity, at which time the aggregate principal amount of the Mortgage Notes are due and payable.

Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable

The Company funded a portion of the purchase price of the Properties acquired from proceeds received from the issuance of long–term notes payable (the “Notes”) in connection with a private placement pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had issued Notes outstanding in the aggregate of $19,408,013 and $19,537,178, respectively. The class A Notes, with a balance of $9,644,620 at December 31, 2010, for subscribers prior to September 15, 2008, bear interest at 10.0% per annum and the remaining class B Notes, with a balance of $9,763,393 at December 31, 2010, bear interest at 9.625% per annum. The Company pays interest-only monthly payments to subscribers of the Notes until the maturity in July 2011. The Company has the right to extend the maturity date for two additional one-year periods. If the Company exercises its extension rights, the Notes will bear interest at a rate of 10.125% per annum for the first extension period and a rate of 10.625% per annum during the second extension period.

The Company has the right to prepay the Notes in whole or in part at any time following the first anniversary of the applicable issuance date of the Notes. If repaid on or before the second anniversary of the issuance date, the Company will pay 2% of the remaining amount due on the Notes as a prepayment premium. If repaid after the second anniversary of the issuance date but before the third anniversary of the issuance date, the Company will pay 1% of the remaining amount due on the Notes as a prepayment premium. The foregoing not withstanding, the Company shall have the right to repay the amount due under the Notes in whole or in part without premium or penalty within ninety days of the maturity date. The Company will not have the right to prepay the amount due under the Notes during the two optional extension periods.

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The Company is required to prepay the Notes out of any proceeds derived from the sale or refinancing of the Properties after any required payments of the principal and interest due under the Mortgage Notes (see Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable). Such prepayment is subject to the prepayment premiums described above.

The Notes are unsecured. However, the Company does not have any indebtedness other than the Notes and the Mortgage Notes and has agreed that it will not incur any additional debt other than refinancing of the Mortgage Notes on the Properties. The Company has agreed that any available funds from the sale or refinancing of the Properties, following repayment of the amount due on the Mortgage Notes, will be paid to the holders of the Notes prior to any distribution of the equity. The Company intends to repay the notes with the proceeds from the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. offering (see Note — 1).

Two principals of ARC II, who own approximately 82% of ARC II in the aggregate, have unconditionally, jointly and severally, guaranteed repayment of 50% of the principal of the Notes.

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

In connection with the acquisition of the Properties and arranging for the refinancing of the Mortgage Notes, ARC II was paid a fee of $1,314,219 and $1,645,303, and $373,625 and $565,497, respectively for such services provided during 2009 and 2008. The acquisition fees for 2008 were capitalized and included with in the purchase price of the properties acquired in 2008. The acquisition fees for 2009 were expensed and are included in acquisition and transaction related expenses within the accompanying Statements of Operations. The finance coordination fees are included within deferred financing costs on the accompanying Balance Sheets. No such fees were paid in 2010.

The Company agreed to pay ARC II’s affiliated dealer manager a selling commission equal to 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Notes, allocated as follows: (i) 6% reallowed in full to unaffiliated soliciting dealers who sell the Notes, (ii) 3% for organizational and offering expenses, a portion of which may be paid to unaffiliated soliciting dealers who sell the Notes if they reach certain agreed-upon sales levels and (iii) 1% for marketing and due diligence expenses. Included in deferred financing costs, the total commission earned by the affiliated dealer manager during 2009 and 2008 aggregated $854,602 and $838,549, respectively, of which $496,811 and $411,606, was reallowed in full to unaffiliated soliciting dealers. No such fees were paid in 2010.

Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any noncompliance, liability or other claim, and the Company is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated results of operations.

Note 8 — Economic Dependency

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Note 8 — Economic Dependency  – (continued)

sale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon ARC II and its affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated its financial statements as of December 31, 2010 for subsequent events through March 24, 2011, the date the financial statements were issued and have determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in audited financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Member of
ARC Income Properties III, LLC and Subsidiary

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ARC Income Properties III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Subsidiary (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s deficiency and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the period from September 8, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ARC Income Properties III, LLC and Subsidiary as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the period from September 8, 2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
March 24, 2011

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  December 31, 2010   December 31, 2009
Assets
                 
Real estate investments, at cost:
                 
Land   $ 2,911,241     $ 2,911,241  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     15,462,798       15,462,798  
Acquired intangible lease assets     5,023,824       5,023,824  
Total real estate investments, at cost     23,397,863       23,397,863  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (1,060,040 )      (168,916 ) 
Real estate investments, net     22,337,823       23,228,947  
Cash     98,129        
Restricted cash           3,561,591  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     464,225       245,364  
Deferred financing costs, net     1,172,932       1,409,962  
Total assets   $ 24,073,109     $ 28,445,864  
Liabilities and Member’s Deficiency
                 
Mortgage note payable   $ 13,850,000     $ 14,934,340  
Long-term notes payable     11,218,133       11,243,133  
Due to affiliate           5,100  
Due to seller           2,068,888  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     99,637       462,547  
Deferred rent     158,111        
Total liabilities     25,325,881       28,714,008  
Member’s deficiency     (1,252,772 )      (268,144 ) 
Total liabilities and member’s deficiency   $ 24,073,109     $ 28,445,864  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

   
  Year Ended
December 30,
2010
  Period from
September 8,
2009 (Date of Inception) to December 31,
2009
Rental income   $ 2,237,102     $ 340,779  
Operating expenses:
                 
Acquisition and transaction related           903,010  
General and administrative     36,113       15,337  
Depreciation and amortization     891,124       168,916  
Total operating expenses     927,237       1,087,263  
Operating (loss) income     1,309,865       (746,484 ) 
Other income (expense):
                 
Interest expense     (2,345,273 )      (386,788 ) 
Interest income           300  
Total other income (expense)     (2,345,273 )      (386,488 ) 
Net loss   $ (1,035,408 )    $ (1,132,972 ) 

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY

 
Member’s equity – September 8, 2009 (date of inception)   $  
Equity contributions     864,828  
Net loss     (1,132,972 ) 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2009     (268,144 ) 
Equity contributions     50,780  
Net loss     (1,035,408 ) 
Member’s deficiency – December 31, 2010   $ (1,252,772 ) 

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   
  Year ended
December 31,
2010
  Period from
September 8,
2009 (Date of
Inception) to
December 31, 2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net loss   $ (1,035,408 )    $ (1,132,972 ) 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                 
Depreciation     642,009       127,397  
Amortization of intangibles     249,115       41,519  
Amortization of deferred finance charges     540,030       51,163  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                 
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (218,861 )      (245,364 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (362,910 )      462,547  
Due to affiliate     (5,100 )      5,100  
Deferred rent     158,111        
Net cash used in operating activities     (33,014 )      (690,610 ) 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                 
Investment in real estate and related assets     1,492,703       (9,956,226 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     1,492,703       (9,956,226 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                 
Payments of deferred financing costs     (303,000 )      (1,461,125 ) 
Payments on mortgage note payable     (1,084,340 )       
Proceeds from long-term notes payable           11,243,133  
Payments on long-term notes payable     (25,000 )       
Proceeds from equity contributions     50,780       864,828  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (1,361,560 )      10,646,836  
Net increase (decrease) in cash     98,129        
Cash, beginning of period            
Cash, end of period   $ 98,129     $  
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
                 
Cash paid during the period for interest   $ 1,785,295     $ 175,000  
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
                 
Acquisition purchase price adjustment   $     $ 1,492,703  
Mortgage loan incurred in real estate acquisition   $     $ 14,934,340  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2010

Note 1 — Organization

ARC Income Properties III, LLC (the “Company”) is a Delaware limited liability company formed on September 8, 2009. The Company is wholly-owned by American Realty Capital Partners, LLC, an affiliate of American Realty Capital II, LLC (“ARC II”). The Company is managed by an affiliate of ARC II and has no direct employees. As of December 31, 2010, the Company owned a Home Depot distribution facility comprised of 465,600 square feet (the “Property”). The primary lease term under the triple-net master lease agreement is twenty years, expiring in December 2029. The Property is located in Columbia, South Carolina.

In connection with the acquisition of the Property and arranging for mortgage financing (see Note 4 —  Mortgage Note Payable), an affiliate of ARC II received an acquisition fee and a debt placement fee (see Note 7 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements). In addition, an affiliate of ARC II served as the exclusive dealer manager in connection with the sale of unsecured long-term notes used to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Property (see Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable).

The Company’s sole assets will be its interests in the Property. The Company does not intend to engage in any other business.

On February 11, 2011 American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing an initial public offering of common stock (the “Offering”) and the intended contribution of the Company to this newly formed entity. Upon the closing of the offering, the Company’s long-term notes will be repaid. The Company will be contributed under the carryover basis of accounting as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for entities under common control.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management makes significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, purchase price allocations to record investments in real estate, and purchase price allocations.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. Substantially all of the Company’s business activities are conducted through this subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash

The Company maintains its cash balances in one financial institution. The balance in the institution is insured (up to $250,000) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. At times, the balance may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in this account, and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.

Real Estate Investments

The Company records acquired real estate at fair value, primarily purchase price, and makes assessments as to the useful lives of depreciable assets. The Company considers the period of future benefit of the asset to

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determine the appropriate useful lives. Depreciation is computed using a straight-line method over the estimated useful life of forty years for buildings, seven years for building fixtures and improvements and the remaining lease term for acquired intangible lease assets. Expenditures for additions are capitalized and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or disposal of assets, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is credited or charged to operations.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company establishes a single accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. Operations related to the property that has been sold or the property that is intended to be sold is presented as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, and the property intended to be sold is designated as “held for sale” on the balance sheet.

When circumstances indicate the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable, the Company reviews the asset for impairment. This review is based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. These estimates consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property for properties to be held and used. For property held for sale, the impairment loss is the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. These assessments have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income. There were no impairment losses recognized during the periods ended December 31, 2010 or 2009.

Allocation of Purchase Price of Acquired Assets

The Company allocates the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets include land, buildings, equipment and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. The Company utilizes various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, which may include data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Identifiable intangible assets include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates, the value of in-place leases, and the value of customer relationships.

Amounts allocated to land, buildings, equipment and fixtures may be based on cost segregation studies performed by independent third-parties or on the Company’s analysis of comparable properties in its portfolio. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of forty years for buildings, five to ten years for building equipment and fixtures, and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements.

The aggregate value of intangible assets related to in-place leases is primarily the difference between the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and the property valued as if vacant. Factors considered by the Company in its analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, the Company includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period, which typically ranges from six to 18 months. The Company also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses.

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difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values will be amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods provided within the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, the Company initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

The aggregate value of intangibles assets related to customer relationship is measured based on the Company’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with the tenant. Characteristics considered by the company in determining these values include the nature and extent of the Company’s existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.

The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the initial term of the respective leases, which range primarily from 2 to 20 years. The value of customer relationship intangibles is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.

In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, The Company may utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. The Company also considers information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed. The allocations presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are substantially complete; however, there are certain items that the Company will finalize once the Company receives additional information. Accordingly, these allocations are subject to revision when final information is available, although the Company does not expect future revisions to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Acquired lease intangible assets consisted of in-place lease intangibles. As of December 31, 2010 in-place lease intangibles totaled $4,733,190, net of accumulated amortization of $290,634. As of December 31, 2009, in-place lease intangibles totaled $4,982,305, net of accumulated amortization of $41,519. Amortization expense is expected to be $249,115 for each of the next five years.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred financing costs as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 totaling $1,172,932 and $1,409,962, net of accumulated amortization of $441,850 and $51,163, respectively, represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other third party costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing, which resulted in such financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in

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which it is determined that the financing will not close. Amortization expense is expected to be approximately $402,000, $402,000, $296,000, $60,000, and $30,000 for the years ending December 31, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company is a single-member limited liability company and is treated as a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. As a result, income and losses of the Company are passed through to the member for federal and applicable state income tax purposes. Accordingly, no provision is made for federal or state income taxes.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended the guidance on transfers of financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying special-purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarify and change the derecognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. This standard was effective January 1, 2010. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance which revised the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. This standard was effective January 1, 2010. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In January 2010, the FASB amended guidance to require a number of additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Specifically, the guidance revises two disclosure requirements concerning fair value measurements and clarifies two others. It requires separate presentation of significant transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and disclosure of the reasons for such transfers. Also, it requires the presentation of purchases, sales, issuances and settlements within Level 3 on a gross basis rather than on a net basis. The amendments clarify that disclosures should be disaggregated by class of asset or liability and that disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques should be provided for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements. This guidance is related to enhanced disclosure. The Company currently has no fair value measurements requiring such disclosure.

In March 2010, the FASB issued a clarification of previous guidance that exempts certain credit related features from analysis as potential embedded derivatives subject to bifurcation and separate fair value accounting. This guidance specifies that an embedded credit derivative feature related to the transfer of credit risk that is only in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another is not subject to bifurcation from a host contract. All other embedded credit derivative features should be analyzed to determine whether their economic characteristics and risks are “clearly and closely related” to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract and whether bifurcation and separate fair value accounting is required. The adoption of this guidance on July 1, 2010 had no material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In December 2010, the FASB updated its guidance related to goodwill which affected all entities that have recognized goodwill and have one or more reporting units whose carrying amount for purposes of performing Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test is zero or negative. The guidance modifies Step 1 so that for those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. In determining whether it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists, an entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors

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indicating that an impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with existing guidance, which requires that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. This guidance will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as the Company has no goodwill.

In December 2010, the FASB updated the guidance related to business combinations to address diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations. The amendment specifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The amendment affects any public entity, as defined, that enters into business combinations that are material on an individual or aggregate basis. This guidance will be effective for acquisitions occurring on or after January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations

Note 3 — Real Estate Acquisition

In November 2009, the Company acquired one property for which the purchase price was not finalized at December 31, 2009. As required by accounting guidance we recorded provisional amounts at December 31, 2009. In 2010, when the final purchase price was determined, the purchase and sale agreement related to the property was amended to reduce the purchase price from the original purchase price of $24,890,566 by approximately $1,492,703 to reflect lower costs for the construction of the property than originally anticipated. The adjustment was retrospectively applied to the provisional amounts.

The following table presents the allocation of the assets acquired based on provisional amounts and the final amounts. There were no liabilities assumed as part of the acquisition:

   
  Provisional
Allocation
  Final Allocation
Real estate investments
                 
Land   $ 3,135,146     $ 2,911,241  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     16,731,596       15,462,798  
       19,866,742       18,374,039  
Intangibles and other assets:
                 
In-place leases     5,023,824       5,023,824  
Total assets acquired   $ 24,890,566     $ 23,397,863  

Note 4 — Mortgage Note Payable

In connection with the acquisition of the Property, the Company financed a portion of the purchase price with a mortgage note obligation with an outstanding balance of $14,934,340 as of December 31, 2009, which bore interest at 6.25%. In connection with the adjustment of the purchase price of the property in 2010, the mortgage note payable balance was reduced to maintain a certain leverage ratio as required by the note agreement. In June 2010, the Company refinanced the mortgage note with a new mortgage note in the amount of $13,850,000, which bears interest at 5.25%. The Company is required to pay interest only on the note until maturity in July 2015 when the principal balance will be due in full.

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Note 5 — Long-Term Notes Payable

The Company funded a portion of the purchase price of the Property acquired from proceeds received from the issuance of notes (the “Notes”) in connection with a private placement pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009 the Company had issued Notes outstanding in the aggregate amount of $11,218,133 and $11,243,133, respectively. The Notes bear an annual interest rate of 8.50%. The Company will pay interest-only monthly payments to subscribers of the Notes until the maturity in September 2013. The Company has the right to extend the maturity date for two additional one-year periods.

The Company has the right to prepay the Notes in whole or in part at any time following the first anniversary of the closing date. If repaid on or before the second anniversary of the closing date, the Company will pay 1% of the remaining amount due on the Notes as a prepayment premium. If repaid after the second anniversary of the closing date but before the third anniversary of the closing date, the Company will pay 0.5% of the remaining amount due on the Notes as a prepayment premium. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company shall have the right to repay the amount due under the Notes in whole or in part without penalty within 360 days of the maturity date. The Company will not have the right to prepay the amount due under the Notes during the two optional extension periods.

The Company is required to prepay the Notes out of any proceeds derived from the sale or refinancing of the Property after any required payments of the principal and interest due under the mortgage note payable (see Note 4). Such prepayment is subject to the prepayment premiums described above.

The Notes are unsecured. However, the Company does not have any indebtedness other than the Notes and the mortgage note and has agreed that it will not incur any additional debt other than refinancing of the mortgage note. The Company has agreed that any available funds from the sale or refinancing of the properties, following repayment of the amount due on the mortgage note, will be paid to the holders of the Notes prior to any distribution of the equity. The Company intends to repay the notes with the proceeds from the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. offering (see Note 1).

Note 6 — Future Lease Payments Table

In May 2010, the lease payments were amended in connection with the adjustment of the purchase price of the Property. The following table reflects such amendments and presents future minimum base rental payments due to the Company over the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2010:

 
 
2011   $ 1,900,495  
2012     1,938,505  
2013     1,977,275  
2014     2,016,820  
2015     2,057,157  
Thereafter     33,287,775  
Total   $ 43,178,027  

The lease expires in December 2029. The Tenant has the option to extend the term of the lease for two additional terms of five years each.

Note 7 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

In connection with the acquisition of the Property and arranging for the mortgage financing for the Company, an affiliate of ARC II was paid fees of $148,000 and $771,607 for such services providing during 2010 and 2009, respectively.

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Note 7 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

The Company paid ARC II’s affiliated dealer manager a selling commission equal to 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Notes allocated as follows: (i) 6% reallowed in full to unaffiliated soliciting dealers who sold the Notes, (ii) 3% for organizational and offering expenses, a portion of which may be paid to unaffiliated soliciting dealers who sold the Notes if they reach certain agreed-upon sales levels and (iii) 1% for marketing and due diligence expenses. Included in deferred financing costs, the total commission earned by the affiliated dealer manager during 2009 aggregated $1,125,630, of which $459,582 relates to external commissions and reallowances paid and/or accrued to unaffiliated soliciting broker dealers. No such fees were paid in 2010.

Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any noncompliance, liability or other claim, and the Company is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated results of operations.

Note 9 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged in or will engage an affiliate of ARC II to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon ARC II and its affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 10 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated its financial statements as of March 24, 2011 for subsequent events the date the financial statements were issued and have determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in audited financial statements.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

The following unaudited pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“the Company”) are presented as of June 30, 2011 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010.

The contribution of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC to the Company occured as follows: Concurrently with the completion of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, an affiliate of the Company, contributed the membership interests of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC to ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, in exchange for 310,000 units of limited parternship interests in ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 805-50, Business Combinations-Related Issues, the transfer of membership interests as accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. As a result, the Company initially measured the recognized assets and liabilities transferred at their carrying amounts (historical cost) in the accounts of the transferring entity at the date of transfer.

In addition, upon the closing of the offering:

The Company sold 5,580,000 shares of common stock in the IPO, and contributed the net proceeds from the IPO to its operating partnership in exchange for 5,580,000 OP units.
The Company and its operating partnership consolidated the ownership of its portfolio of properties by acquiring the indirect interests in each of the property subsidiaries through a contribution transaction. Pursuant to the contribution transaction, the contributor contributed and exchanged all of its indirect ownership interests in 29 property subsidiaries that own the entire interest in 63 properties to the Company’s operating partnership in exchange for 310,000 OP units, with an aggregate value of approximately $3.9 million plus the assumption, as of June 30, 2011, of approximately $127 million of indebtedness. The properties were contributed at carryover basis, which is cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, as required by GAAP.
The Company repaid approximately $30.6 million of unsecured recourse indebtedness (together with prepayment penalties related thereto in the aggregate amount of approximately $112,000) incurred by two property subsidiaries that were contributed to the Company by the contributor and that were owed to certain noteholders.
The Company repaid $82.6 million of mortgage indebtedness encumbering 59 of its properties leased to Citizens Bank, its property leased to Community Bank and two vacant properties by utilizing approximately $31.1 million of net proceeds from the IPO and a draw of $51.5 million against the Company’s $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility.

The pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Operation are unaudited and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position or results of operations would have been had ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC been contributed to the Company or other formation transactions taken place as of June 30, 2011 or for the year ended December 31, 2010, nor does it purport to present the future financial position of the Company.

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The following table presents certain information about the contributed properties:

         
Tenant/Location   Fair Value   OP Units to be Issued   Debt
Citizens     Higganum       CT     $ 1,200,000     $ 2,839           
Citizens     New London       CT       650,000       1,538        
       1,850,000       4,377     $ 1,471,370  
Citizens     Smyrna       DE       1,370,000       3,241        
       1,370,000       3,241       1,080,200  
Citizens     Alsip       IL       1,590,000       3,762           
Citizens     Evergreen Park       IL       1,170,000       2,768        
       2,760,000       6,530       2,193,306  
Citizens     Chicago       IL       1,870,000       4,424           
Citizens     Chicago       IL       1,340,000       3,170           
Citizens     Lyons       IL       1,500,000       3,549           
       4,710,000       11,143       3,746,984  
Citizens     Elmwood Park       IL       3,230,000       7,642       2,598,800  
Citizens     Worth       IL                       
Citizens     Wilmington       IL       2,440,000       5,773           
       2,440,000       5,773       2,926,980  
Citizens     Clinton Township       MI       3,780,000       8,943           
Citizens     Southfield       MI       1,690,000       3,998           
       5,470,000       12,941       4,403,905  
Citizens     Dearborn       MI       3,190,000       7,548           
Citizens     Dearborn       MI       2,840,000       6,719           
       6,030,000       14,267       4,861,024  
Citizens     Detroit       MI       1,460,000       3,454           
Citizens     Harper Woods       MI       1,480,000       3,501           
       2,940,000       6,955       2,321,977  
Citizens     Detroit       MI       800,000       1,893           
Citizens     Highland Park       MI       1,070,000       2,531           
Citizens     Livonia       MI       1,860,000       4,401           
       3,730,000       8,825       2,962,352  
Citizens     Grosse Pointe       MI       2,870,000       6,790           
Citizens     Utica       MI       2,620,000       6,199           
       5,490,000       12,989       4,435,900  
Citizens     Lathrup Village       MI       1,990,000       4,708           
Citizens     Warren       MI       1,250,000       2,957           
       3,240,000       7,665       2,599,151  
Citizens     Richmond       MI       1,200,000       2,839           
Citizens     St. Clair Shores       MI       2,220,000       5,252           
       3,420,000       8,091       2,745,131  
Citizens     Pittsfield       NH       1,130,000       2,673           
Citizens     Rollinsford       NH       540,000       1,278           
       1,670,000       3,951       1,298,130  
Citizens     Albany       NY       1,730,000       4,093           
Citizens     Johnstown       NY       1,230,000       2,910           
Citizens     Schenectady       NY       2,160,000       5,110           
       5,120,000       12,113       4,031,963  

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Tenant/Location   Fair Value   OP Units to be Issued   Debt
Citizens     Amherst (Buffalo)       NY       1,790,000       4,235           
Citizens     East Aurora       NY       1,220,000       2,886           
Citizens     Rochester       NY       1,250,000       2,957           
       4,260,000       10,078       3,386,165  
Citizens     Greene       NY       1,620,000       3,833           
Citizens     Whitesboro       NY       1,000,000       2,366           
       2,620,000       6,199       2,028,376  
Citizens     Port Jervis       NY       1,080,000       2,555       844,888  
Citizens     Vails Gate       NY       2,110,000       4,992           
       2,670,000       6,317       2,292,944  
Citizens     Alliance       OH       1,460,000       3,454           
Citizens     Louisville       OH       1,370,000       3,241           
       2,830,000       6,695       2,216,075  
Citizens     Boardman       OH       2,010,000       4,755           
Citizens     Brunswick       OH       1,340,000       3,170           
Citizens     Wadsworth       OH       1,130,000       2,673           
       4,480,000       10,598       3,586,021  
Citizens     Broadview Heights       OH       1,510,000       3,572       1,209,935  
Citizens     Cleveland       OH       1,720,000       4,069           
Citizens     Cleveland       OH       1,510,000       3,572           
Citizens     Cleveland       OH       1,300,000       3,076           
       4,530,000       10,717       3,585,233  
Citizens     Lakewood       OH       1,470,000       3,478           
Citizens     Rocky River       OH       2,100,000       4,968           
       3,570,000       8,446       2,812,983  
Citizens     Massillon       OH       2,060,000       4,874           
Citizens     Massillon       OH       1,520,000       3,596           
       3,580,000       8,470       2,785,256  
Citizens     Mentor       OH       1,250,000       2,957           
Citizens     Northfield       OH       2,230,000       5,276           
Citizens     Willoughby       OH       2,780,000       6,601           
       6,260,000       14,834       5,005,457  
Citizens     Havertown       PA                       
Citizens     Ambridge       PA       1,610,000       3,809           
Citizens     Monesson       PA       1,490,000       3,525           
Citizens     Narberth       PA       3,080,000       7,312           
       6,180,000       14,646       6,395,039  
Citizens     Poultney       VT       1,120,000       2,650           
Citizens     St. Albans       VT       1,060,000       2,508           
Citizens     White River
Junction
      VT       1,370,000       3,265           
       3,550,000       8,423       2,796,504  
Community Bank     Whitehall       NY       560,000       1,325           
Home Depot     West Columbia       SC       30,410,000       71,947       13,850,000  
       Totals           $ 131,000,000     $ 310,000     $ 96,472,049  

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PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JUNE 30, 2011

The following unaudited pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet is presented as if ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC had been contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“the Company”) as of June 30, 2011. This financial statement should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations and the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto in this registration statement. The pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position would have been had ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC been contributed to the Company as of June 30, 2011, nor does it purport to present the future financial position of the Company (in thousands).

         
  ARC Properties, Inc   ARC Income Properties, LLC(1)   ARC Income Properties III, LLC(2)   Pro Forma Adjustments   Pro Forma
Assets
                                            
Real estate investments, at cost:
                                            
Land   $     $ 14,435     $ 2,911     $     $ 17,346  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements           81,799       15,463             97,262  
Acquired intangible lease assets           2,581       5,024             7,605  
Total real estate investments, at cost           98,815       23,398             122,213  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization           (11,187 )      (1,514 )            (12,701 ) 
Total real estate investments, net              87,628       21,884                109,512  
Cash and cash equivalents           546       158       1,061 (3)      1,765  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     166       492       643             1,301  
Deferred offering costs     1,784                   (1,784 )       
Deferred costs, net           447       978       199 (4)      1,624  
Total assets   $ 1,950     $ 89,113     $ 23,663           $ 114,202  
Liabilities and Equity
                                            
Mortgage notes payable   $     $ 82,622     $ 13,850       (31,122 )(5)    $ 65,350  
Long-term notes payable           19,408       11,218       (30,626 )(6)       
Due to affiliate                              
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     1,966       453       166       (1,784 )      801  
Deferred rent and other liabilities           516       158             674  
Total liabilities     1,966       102,999       25,392                66,825  
Member’s deficiency     (16 )      (13,886 )      (1,729 )      15,631 (7)       
Preferred stock                              
Common stock class                       56 (8)      56  
Additional paid in capital                       43,446 (9)      43,446  
Total American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. shareholder's equity     (16 )      (13,886 )      (1,729 )            43,502  
Noncontrolling interests                       3,875 (10)      3,875  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 1,950     $ 89,113     $ 23,663           $ 114,202  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2011:

(1) Reflects the historical Balance Sheet of ARC Income Properties, LLC for the period indicated.
(2) Reflects the historical Balance Sheet of ARC Income Properties III, LLC for the period indicated.
(3) Represents net cash proceeds from the issuance of common stock and equity units after offering costs and acquisition costs from the predecessor companies.
(4) Represents write-off of $0.9 million deferred financing costs for long-term notes payable which were repaid upon the closing of the IPO and the mortgage notes that were payable by ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, which were refinanced with proceeds from the IPO.
(5) Represents repayment of $82.6 million mortgage notes payable and refinancing with a $51.5 million draw on the Company’s $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a term of three years at an annualized interest rate of LIBOR plus 290 bps, or 3.12%.
(6) Represents repayment of long-term notes with proceeds from the IPO.
(7) Represents elimination of members' deficiency related to predecessor companies.
(8) Represents the issuance of of 5.6 million shares of common stock at a par value of $0.01 per share.
(9) Represents net proceeds after offering costs and par value of common stock based on the 5.6 million shares of common stock sold in the IPO at an offering price of $12.50 per share subject to discounts and elimination of other balance sheet.
(10) Represents the value of 310,000 OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies.

 
 
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PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2011

The following unaudited pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is presented as if ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC had been contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“the Company”) at the beginning of the period presented. This financial statement should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet and the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto in this registration statement. The pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC been contributed to the Company at the beginning of the period presented, nor does it purport to present the future results of operations of the Company (in thousands).

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR
THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2011

         
  ARC Properties, Inc   ARC Income Properties, LLC(1)   ARC Income Properties III, LLC(2)   Pro Forma Adjustments   Pro Forma
Revenues:
                                            
Rental income   $     $ 3,390     $ 1,128     $     $ 4,518  
Total revenues           3,390       1,128                4,518  
Operating expenses
                                            
Management fee                       150 (3)      150  
Property, general and administrative     16       77       40       (4)       133  
Depreciation and amortization           2,261       454             2,715  
Total operating expenses     16       2,338       494             2,998  
Operating income     (16 )      1,052       634                1,520  
Other expense
                                            
Interest expense           (4,197 )      (1,048 )      3,855 (5)      (1,390 ) 
Interest income                                 
Other income                              
Total other expense           (4,197 )      (1,048 )            (1,390 ) 
Net income (loss)   $ (16 )    $ (3,145 )    $ (414 )            130  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest holders                       2       (7 ) 
Net income attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.                           $ 123  
Per share data:
                                            
Weighted average shares outstanding                             5,580 (6) 
Earnings per share basic and fully diluted                           $ 0.02  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
  
NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011:

(1) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties, LLC for the period indicated.
(2) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties III, LLC for the period indicated.
(3) Represents estimate of management fee that may be charged by affiliated manager. The determination of payment of fees to the manager will be made on a periodic basis based on available cash flow. Maximum management fee is 0.50% of unadjusted book value of assets.
(4) Excludes our estimated general and administrative costs primarily for legal fees, audit fees, board of directors fees, insurance, marketing and investor relations fees related to operation as a public company, which are expected to have an ongoing effect on the results of operations of the Company, to be approximately $545,000 per year, an increase of approximately $516,000 over the annualized historical expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011.
(5) Represents reversal of interest expense for long-term notes to be repaid at the closing of the offering and reversal of interest expense on $82.6 million of mortgage debt which is expected to be refinanced by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., reversal of related deferred financing costs, amortization, addition of estimated interest expense for $51.5 million drawn on a senior secured revolving acquisition facility with an adjustable annualized interest rate of LIBOR plus 290 bps, or 3.12%, and amortization of deferred financing costs for the anticipated new $60.0 million facility. The detail of these amounts are as follows:

 
  Six Months Ended
June 30, 2011
Reversal of interest expense for long-term notes   $ 1,445  
Reversal of interest expense for $82.6 million mortgage note     2,617  
Reversal of deferred financing cost amortization on long-term notes and mortgage to be refinanced     790  
Interest expense for anticipated $51.5 million draw     (815 ) 
Deferred financing amortization for new credit facility     (182 ) 
     $ 3,855  

Every  1/8 of 1% change in the annualized interest rate on the senior secured revolving acquisition facility will result in a change in annualized interest expense of approximately $0.1 million, assuming an outstanding balance of $51.5 million.

(6) Excludes the effect of 310,000 of OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies exchangeable for 310,000 shares of common stock and 162,000 unvested restricted shares of Manager’s Stock and 9,000 director unvested restricted shares of common stock to be issued at the closing of the offering as the effect of these shares would be anti-dilutive.

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PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010

The following unaudited pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 is presented as if ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC had been contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“the Company”) at the beginning of the period presented. This financial statement should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma Consolidated Balance Sheet and the Company’s historical financial statements and notes thereto in this registration statement. The pro forma Consolidated Statement of Operations is unaudited and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC been contributed to the Company at the beginning of the period presented, nor does it purport to present the future results of operations of the Company (in thousands).

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010

       
  ARC Income Properties, LLC(1)   ARC Income Properties III, LLC(2)   Pro Forma Adjustments   Pro Forma
Revenues:
                                   
Rental income   $ 6,908     $ 2,237     $ (43 )(3)    $ 9,102  
Total revenues     6,908       2,237                9,102  
Operating expenses
                                   
Management fee                 300 (4)       300  
Acquisition and transaction related     10             (10) (5)        
General and administrative     310       36       (6)       346  
Depreciation and amortization     4,495       891       (1) (7)       5,385  
Total operating expenses     4,815       927             6,031  
Operating income     2,093       1,310                3,071  
Other expense
                                   
Interest expense     (8,460 )      (2,345 )      7,955 (8)      (2,850 ) 
Interest income                              
Other income     100             (100 )(9)       
Total other expense     (8,360 )      (2,345 )            (2,850 ) 
Net income (loss)   $ (6,267 )    $ (1,035 )            221  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest holders                       (12 ) 
Net income attributable to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.                     $ 209  
Per share data:
                                   
Weighted average shares outstanding                       5,580 (10) 
Earnings per share basic and fully diluted                     $ 0.04  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
  
NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2010:

(1) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties, LLC for the period indicated.
(2) Reflects the historical Statement of Operations of ARC Income Properties III, LLC for the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, as indicated.
(3) Represents adjustment for straight-line rent had the properties been acquired at the beginning of the period.
(4) Represents estimate of management fee that may be charged by affiliated manager. The determination of payment of fees to the manager will be made on a periodic basis based on available cash flow. Maximum fee of 0.50% of unadjusted book value of assets.
(5) Represents elimination of acquisition costs of Predecessor entities.
(6) Excludes our estimated general and administrative costs primarily for legal fees, audit fees, board of directors fees, insurance, marketing and investor relations fees related to operation as a public company, which are expected to have an ongoing effect on the results of operations of the Company, to be approximately $545,000 per year, an increase of approximately $199,176 over the historical expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010.
(7) Represents adjustment for additional depreciation and amortization of real estate investments had the properties been acquired at the beginning of the period.
(8) Represents reversal of interest expense for long-term notes to be repaid at the closing of the offering and reversal of interest expense on $82.6 million of mortgage debt which is expected to be refinanced by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., reversal of related deferred financing costs, amortization, addition of estimated interest expense for a $51.5 million drawn a senior secured revolving acquisition facility with an adjustable annualized interest rate of LIBOR plus 290 bps, or 3.12%, and amortization of deferred financing costs for the new facility.

 
  Year Ended December 31, 2010
Reversal of interest expense for long-term notes   $ 2,920  
Reversal of interest expense for $82.6 million mortgage note     5,277  
Reversal of deferred financing cost amortization on long-term notes and mortgage to be refinanced     1,748  
Interest expense for 51.5 million draw     (1,628 ) 
Deferred financing amortization for new line of credit
mortgage note
    (362 ) 
     $ 7,955  

Every  1/8 of 1% change in the annualized interest rate on the anticipated new senior secured revolving acquisition facility will result in a change in annualized interest expense of approximately $0.1 million assuming an outstanding balance of $51.5 million.

(9) Represents elimination of one-time income item.
(10) Excludes the effect of 310,000 of OP units issued to the owner of the predecessor companies exchangeable for 310,000 shares of common stock and 162,000 unvested restricted shares of Managers Stock and 9,000 director unvested restricted shares of common stock to be issued at the closing of the offering as the effect of these shares would be anti-dilutive.

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Non Recurring adjustments not reflected in the income statement for the year ended December 31, 2009:

Estimated expenses of $0.4 million to acquire the properties of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC from the predecessor entities are not included in the income statement above. These costs are primarily legal fees, deed transfer fees and closing costs required to transfer title of the property to the new entity.
Write-off of $1.6 million of capitalized financing costs related to long-term notes to be repaid and mortgage debt of ARC Income Properties, LLC to be refinanced.
Payment of $0.3 million prepayment fees for prepayment of ARC Income Properties III, LLC long-term notes.

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RBS CITIZENS, N.A.(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

       
  June 30,   December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Assets
                                   
Cash and due from depository institutions   $ 8,177,976     $ 3,959,295     $ 5,369,116     $ 2,897,642  
US Government securities     11,630,093       10,844,294       13,496,721       16,514,725  
Securities issued by state & political subdivisions     79,844       87,735       110,163       102,725  
Other investment securities     1,950,056       2,912,008       4,132,356       3,119,004  
Federal funds sold & reverse repurchase agreements                        
Trading account assets     854,517       875,937       837,828       1,525,662  
Loans and leases     73,957,411       76,431,666       80,074,208       92,238,785  
Less: Allowances for loan loss     (1,646,794 )      (1,730,326 )      (1,898,516 )      (1,482,780 ) 
Goodwill     9,344,052       9,344,052       9,344,052       9,337,171  
Other intangibles     205,320       212,774       239,668       268,395  
Bank premises and fixed assets     935,329       925,752       882,431       933,597  
Other real estate owned     120,671       109,925       52,223       164,103  
All other assets     3,675,516       3,862,585       4,280,865       4,106,928  
Total assets   $ 109,283,991     $ 107,835,697     $ 116,921,115     $ 129,725,957  
Liabilities and equity capital
                                   
Liabilities
                                   
Deposits   $ 74,932,916     $ 70,580,808     $ 73,387,180     $ 73,811,677  
Federal funds purchased & repurchase agreement     6,343,119       4,307,315       6,121,156       7,450,760  
Trading liabilities     765,408       58,286       707,532       1,366,226  
Other borrowed funds     7,127,646       12,919,170       16,768,325       27,881,237  
Subordinated debt     663,545       1,365,907       1,370,634       675,360  
All other liabilities     1,516,669       1,688,951       1,966,419       2,733,967  
Total liabilities     91,349,303       90,920,437       100,321,246       113,919,227  
Stockholders equity
                                   
Perpetual preferred stock     75       75       75       75  
Common stock     1       1       1       1  
Surplus     16,344,219       15,641,229       15,641,229       15,334,348  
Undivided profits     1,590,393       1,273,955       958,436       472,306  
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries                 128        
Total equity capital     17,934,688       16,915,260       16,599,869       15,806,730  
Total liabilities and equity capital   $ 109,283,991     $ 107,835,697     $ 116,921,115     $ 129,725,957  

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because RBS Citizens, N.A. is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirely from information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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RBS CITIZENS, N.A.(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED CHANGES IN BANK EQUITY CAPITAL

       
  As of June 30,   As of December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Bank equity capital, balance at previous year-end   $ 16,915,260     $ 16,599,741     $ 15,806,730     $ 17,853,396  
Restatements from amended reports of income, net                       (367 ) 
Net income (loss)     177,100       (39,170 )      (600,401 )      (760,706 ) 
Sale, conversion, retirement of capital stock, net     702,990                    
Treasury stock transactions, net                        
Changes incidental to business combinations, net                        
Cash dividends declared on preferred stock                        
Cash dividends declared on common stock                        
Other comprehensive income     139,338       354,689       1,086,530       (1,319,098 ) 
Other transactions with parent holding company                 306,882       33,505  
Total bank equity capital, balance at end of current period   $ 17,934,688     $ 16,915,260     $ 16,599,741     $ 15,806,730  

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because RBS Citizens, N.A. is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirely from information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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RBS CITIZENS, N.A.(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

       
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
  Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Interest Income
                                   
Domestic office loans   $ 1,449,221     $ 3,238,883     $ 3,829,100     $ 5,047,194  
Foreign office loans                        
Lease financing receivables     55,066       111,089       121,738       138,225  
Balances due from depository institutions     2,672       11,456       10,955       14,270  
Securities     245,596       612,401       869,989       1,007,860  
Trading accounts           1       56       31  
Federal funds sold     70       14       21       591  
Other interest income     17,067       33,911       36,028       57,591  
Total interest income     1,769,692       4,007,755       4,867,887       6,265,762  
Interest Expense
                                   
Domestic office deposits     (181,543 )      (554,396 )      (961,342 )      (1,495,127 ) 
Foreign office deposits     (989 )      (1,226 )      (1,649 )      (86,286 ) 
Federal funds purchased     (115,931 )      (115,205 )      (184,390 )      (515,335 ) 
Trading liabilities and other borrowed money     (139,368 )      (550,333 )      (711,224 )      (745,792 ) 
Subordinated notes and debentures     (14,570 )      (29,424 )      (30,876 )      (37,443 ) 
Total interest expense     (452,401 )      (1,250,584 )      (1,889,481 )      (2,879,983 ) 
Net interest income     1,317,291       2,757,171       2,978,406       3,385,779  
Provision for loan and lease losses     (441,041 )      (1,468,340 )      (2,484,891 )      (1,691,887 ) 
Net interest income after provisions for losses     876,250       1,288,831       493,515       1,693,892  
Noninterest Income
                                   
Fiduciary activities     12,550       23,889       23,545       25,855  
Service charges on deposit accounts     221,912       471,745       552,276       570,547  
Trading account gains and fees     15,937       16,346       (15,220 )      79,062  
Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and underwriting fees and commissions     43,167       82,497       75,956       77,087  
Venture capital revenue     21       (27 )      171       440  
Net servicing fees     13,255       35,659       76,685       6,802  
Net securitization income                        
Insurance commission fees and income     3,068       7,835       4,201       3,389  
Net gains(losses) on sales of loans     6,326       65,949       25,370       5,777  
Net gains (losses) on sales of other real estate owned     604       (1,573 )      (7,012 )      (9,026 ) 
Net gains (losses) on sales of other assets (excluding securities)     4,168       (17,737 )      (3,792 )      532  
Other non-interest income     309,830       300,959       571,432       692,306  
Total non-interest income     630,838       985,542       1,303,612       1,452,771  
Noninterest Expense
                                   
Salaries and employee benefits     (654,959 )      (1,342,839 )      (1,248,169 )      (1,200,787 ) 
Premises and equipment expense     (273,049 )      (557,162 )      (544,761 )      (520,479 ) 
Amortization and goodwill impairment losses     (6,457 )      (42,334 )      (93,195 )      (1,364,720 ) 
Other noninterest expense     (337,376 )      (774,237 )      (821,043 )      (700,369 ) 
Total noninterest expense     (1,271,841 )      (2,716,572 )      (2,707,168 )      (3,786,355 ) 
Pre-tax net operating Income     235,247       (442,199 )      (910,041 )      (639,692 ) 
Securities gains (losses)     44,174       328,226       18,211       78,481  
Applicable income tax     (102,321 )      74,798       291,456.00       (199,495 ) 
Income before extraordinary items     177,100       (39,175 )      (600,374 )      (760,706 ) 
Extraordinary gains – net                        
Net income attributable to banks     177,100       (39,170 )      (600,401 )      (760,706 ) 
Net Income attributable to non controlling interest           (5 )      27        
Net Income attributable to bank and non controlling interest   $ 177,100     $ (39,175 )    $ (600,374 )    $ (760,706 ) 

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because RBS Citizens, N.A. is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirely from information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

       
  June 30,   December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Assets
                                   
Cash and due from depository institutions   $ 6,033,033     $ 1,948,996     $ 1,943,928     $ 2,254,683  
US Government securities     7,631,966       5,563,972       8,252,770       6,098,482  
Securities issued by state & political subdivisions     11,757       11,887       17,453       16,753  
Other investment securities     463,379       670,081       805,019       642,248  
Federal funds sold & reverse repurchase agreements     1,500,000             2,500,000       3,500,000  
Trading account assets     172,434       193,179       193,487       314,787  
Loans and leases     14,164,221       21,337,158       16,078,619       18,955,297  
Less: Allowances for loan loss     (279,344 )      (274,623 )      (310,872 )      (248,218 ) 
Goodwill     1,967,080       1,967,080       1,967,080       1,967,080  
Other intangibles     21,549       32,049       70,812       118,668  
Bank premises and fixed assets     90,173       95,758       99,411       115,492  
Other real estate owned     10,150       3,746       3,387       17,328  
All other assets     775,413       753,955       842,909       960,085  
Total assets   $ 32,561,811     $ 32,303,238     $ 32,464,003     $ 34,712,685  
Liabilities and equity capital
                                   
Liabilities
                                   
Deposits   $ 25,278,075     $ 22,617,139     $ 25,237,763     $ 23,129,386  
Federal funds purchased & repurchase agreement     1,035,296       805,091       593,244       1,213,684  
Trading liabilities     153,046       2,155       171,447       287,034  
Other borrowed funds     1,051,621       3,932,059       1,728,626       5,502,916  
Subordinated debt     25,000       25,000       25,000       25,000  
All other liabilities     414,479       417,129       304,107       278,067  
Total liabilities     27,957,517       27,798,573       28,060,187       30,436,087  
Stockholders equity
                                   
Perpetual preferred stock                        
Common stock     200       200       200       200  
Surplus     3,794,419       3,794,419       3,794,419       3,794,419  
Undivided profits     809,675       710,046       609,197       481,979  
Total equity capital     4,604,294       4,504,665       4,403,816       4,276,598  
Total liabilities and equity capital   $ 32,561,811     $ 32,303,238     $ 32,464,003     $ 34,712,685  

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirely from information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED CHANGES IN BANK EQUITY CAPITAL

       
  As of June 30,   As of December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Bank equity capital, balance at previous year-end   $ 4,504,665     $ 4,403,816     $ 4,276,598     $ 4,501,917  
Restatements from amended reports of income, net                        
Net income (loss)     67,012       52,632       (92,870 )      (92,200 ) 
Sale, conversion, retirement of capital stock, net                        
Treasury stock transactions, net                        
Changes incidental to business combinations, net                        
Cash dividends declared on preferred stock                        
Cash dividends declared on common stock                        
Other comprehensive income     32,617       48,217       220,088       (133,119 ) 
Other transactions with parent holding company                        
Total bank equity capital, balance at end of current period   $ 4,604,294     $ 4,504,665     $ 4,403,816     $ 4,276,598  

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirely from information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA(1)
  
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

       
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
  Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)   2011   2010   2009   2008
     (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Interest Income
                                   
Domestic office loans   $ 306,716     $ 623,467     $ 700,266     $ 1,019,861  
Foreign office loans      —                     
Lease financing receivables      —                     
Balances due from depository institutions     529       1,502       1,908       539  
Securities     115,089       234,836       305,059       348,048  
Trading accounts      —                     
Federal funds sold     512       4,246       6,540       112,481  
Other interest income     129       242       94       5,613  
Total interest income     422,975       864,293       1,013,867       1,486,542  
Interest Expense
                                   
Domestic office deposits     (51,579 )      (177,180 )      (339,026 )      (531,630 ) 
Foreign office deposits     (323 )      (320 )      (405 )      (7,717 ) 
Federal funds purchased     (12,603 )      (19,773 )      (3,721 )      (94,884 ) 
Trading liabilities and other borrowed money     (30,266 )      (60,425 )      (104,193 )      (107,862 ) 
Subordinated notes and debentures     (127 )      (264 )      (401 )      (1,074 ) 
Total interest expense     (94,898 )      (257,962 )      (447,746 )      (743,167 ) 
Net interest income     328,077       606,331       566,121       743,375  
Provision for loan and lease losses     (59,058 )      (177,068 )      (279,105 )      (238,836 ) 
Net interest income after provisions for losses     269,019       429,263       287,016       504,539  
Noninterest Income
                                   
Fiduciary activities     981       1,429       1,353       1,577  
Service charges on deposit accounts     66,977       140,439       153,488       145,888  
Trading account gains and fees     1,285       3,002       2,246       14,142  
Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and underwriting fees and commissions     146       738       1,604       2,775  
Venture capital revenue     8       (18 )      76       (41 ) 
Net servicing fees     154       431       456       585  
Net securitization income                        
Insurance commission fees and income     19       52       58       70  
Net gains (losses) on sales of loans     (1 )      6,574       920       1,070  
Net gains (losses) on sales of other real estate owned     (8 )      466       (442 )      (552 ) 
Net gains (losses) on sales of other assets (excluding securities)     488       11       (1,610 )      223  
Other non-interest income     80,124       142,225       129,425       139,836  
Total non-interest income     150,173       295,349       287,574       305,573  
Noninterest Expense
                                   
Salaries and employee benefits     (126,572 )      (251,627 )      (249,780 )      (250,421 ) 
Premises and equipment expense     (48,175 )      (101,816 )      (104,179 )      (103,295 ) 
Amortization and goodwill impairment losses     (10,499 )      (38,763 )      (47,856 )      (316,453 ) 
Other noninterest expense     (160,564 )      (323,956 )      (319,379 )      (253,708 ) 
Total noninterest expense     (345,810 )      (716,162 )      (721,194 )      (923,877 ) 
Pre-tax net operating Income     73,382       8,450       (146,604 )      (113,725 ) 
Securities gains (losses)     26,893       67,870       1,540       4,309  
Applicable income tax     (33,263 )      (23,688 )      52,194       17,216  
Income before extraordinary items     67,012       52,632       (92,870 )      (92,200 ) 
Extraordinary gains – net                        
Net income attributable to banks     67,012       52,632       (92,870 )      (92,200 ) 
Net Income attributable to non controlling interest                                    
Net Income attributable to bank and non controlling interest   $ 67,012     $ 52,632     $ (92,870 )    $ (92,200 ) 

(1) The following financial statements are being presented pursuant to section 2340 of the Securities and Exchange Commission — Division of Corporation Finance’s Financial Reporting Manual because Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania is a significant lessee of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. The following financial statements are unaudited and the information contained therein is derived entirelyfrom information that is publicly available at http://www.fdic.gov/bank/statistical/.

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[GRAPHIC MISSING]

  

1,300,000 Shares

  

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL
PROPERTIES, INC.

  

Common Stock
  

  

PROSPECTUS

  

  

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.                 Realty Capital Securities, LLC

  

  

         , 2011

  

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to make any representations other than those contained in the prospectus and supplemental literature authorized by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and referred to in this prospectus, and, if given or made, such information and representations must not be relied upon. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it seeking an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of these securities. You should not assume that the delivery of this prospectus or that any sale made pursuant to this prospectus implies that the information contained in this prospectus will remain fully accurate and correct as of any time subsequent to the date of this prospectus.

  

Until          , 2011 (   days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as soliciting dealers with respect to subscriptions.


 
 

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PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 31. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

Expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereunder are below assuming the maximum 8.8 million shares of common stock offered are sold. All amounts set forth are estimates except for the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee and the NASDAQ filing fee. We will pay the expenses of this registration.

 
SEC registration fee   $ 2,169.62  
FINRA filing fee     2,368.75  
NASDAQ filing fee     *  
Legal fees and expenses     *  
Accounting fees and expenses     *  
Printing and engraving expenses     *  
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses     *  
Miscellaneous expenses     *  
Total     *  

* To be filed by amendment.

Item 32. Sales to Special Parties

On September 6, 2011, the Registrant issued 9,000 restricted shares of common stock to its independent directors. These shares were issued pursuant to the Registrant’s Non-Executive Director Stock Plan, and the issuances were registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-176714) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2011.

On September 6, 2011, in connection with the closing of the Registrant’s initial public offering pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-172205), the Registrant sold and issued shares of its common stock as follows:

2,141,000 shares at $11.50 per share for total gross proceeds of $24,621,500 pursuant to its directed share program to the Registrant’s directors, officers, employees and other individuals associated with it and members of their families; and
266,000 shares at $12.04 per share for total gross proceeds of $3,202,640 pursuant to its discounted share program to holders of notes that were payable by ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC, which were repaid by the Registrant in connection with its initial public offering.

Item 33. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

In connection with the formation transactions, on September 6, 2001, 310,000 OP units with an aggregate value of $3,875,000, were issued by our operating partnership to ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC in consideration of the transfer of its interests in the property subsidiaries to our operating partnership. ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC is an “accredited investor” as defined under Regulation D of the Securities Act. The issuance of such OP units was effected in reliance upon an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506 thereunder.

On February 2, 2011 we issued 1,000 shares of common stock that we sold to our sponsor at $0.01 per share in connection with the formation transactions in a private placement. This sale was consummated without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction not involving any public offering. Those shares were redeemed for $10 on September 6, 2011 concurrently with the completion of our IPO.

Item 34. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability

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resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision that limits such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The MGCL requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that: (1) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (A) was committed in bad faith or (B) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (2) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by or in the right of the corporation in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct, was adjudged liable to the corporation or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of: (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and (2) a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director’s or officer’s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter obligates us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (1) any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or (2) any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of another corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any 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.

Our charter also permits us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

We are party to indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that would provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

We have purchased and maintain insurance on behalf of all of our directors and executive officers against liability asserted against or incurred by them in their official capacities.

Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 35. Treatment of Proceeds From Stock Being Registered

None of the proceeds will be credited to an account other than the appropriate capital share account.

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Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements.  See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes thereto.

(b) Exhibits.  The list of exhibits following the signature pages of this registration statement on Form S-11 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 37. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(i) The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance under Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

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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-11 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on September 22, 2011.

 
  AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
    

By:

/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch

Nicholas S. Schorsch
Chief Executive Officer and Director

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

   
Signature   Title   Date
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch

Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  September 22, 2011
/s/ William M. Kahane

William M. Kahane
  President, Chief Operating Officer and
Director
  September 22, 2011
/s/ Brian S. Block

Brian S. Block
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)   September 22, 2011
*

Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr.
  Independent Director   September 22, 2011
*

David Gong
  Independent Director   September 22, 2011
*

Edward G. Rendell
  Independent Director   September 22, 2011

*By:

/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Attorney-in-fact

         


 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this registration statement on Form S-11 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

 
Exhibit
No.
  Description
 1.1(1)   Form of Underwriting Agreement between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Realty Capital Securities, LLC
 3.1(2)   Articles of Amendment and Restatement of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
 3.2(3)   Bylaws of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
 4.1(2)   Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
 5.1(1)   Opinion of Venable LLP
 8.1(1)   Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP as to tax matters
10.1(3)   Management Agreement among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and ARC Properties Advisors, LLC
10.2(3)   Acquisition and Capital Services Agreement between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and American Realty Capital II, LLC
10.3(3)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Equity Plan
10.4(3)   American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Director Stock Plan
10.5(3)   Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Non-Executive Directors
10.6(3)   Restricted Stock Award Agreement for ARC Properties Advisors, LLC
10.7(3)   Registration Rights Agreement among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC and ARC Properties Advisors, LLC
10.8(4)   Contribution Agreement, dated February 4, 2011, between ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
10.9(6)   Assignment and Assumption of Membership Interests between ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
10.10(3)   Right of First Offer Agreement between ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
10.11(3)   Tax Protection Agreement, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC
10.12(3)   Form of Indemnification Agreement between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and its directors and executive officers
10.13(5)   Triple Net Lease Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2009, by and between US Real Estate Limited Partnership and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
10.14(5)   First Amendment to Triple Net Lease Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2010, by and between ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
10.15(5)   Assignment and Assumption of Lease, dated November 6, 2009, by and between US Real Estate Limited Partnership and ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC
10.16(5)   Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2009, by and between ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC and US Real Estate Limited Partnership
10.17(5)    Promissory Note, dated November 9, 2009, made by ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC for the benefit of US Real Estate Limited Partnership
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Exhibit
No.
  Description
10.19(5)   Limited Guaranty, dated as of November 9, 2009, made by American Realty Capital II, LLC for the benefit of US Real Estate Limited Partnership
10.20(3)   Administrative Support Agreement between American Realty Capital II, LLC and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
10.21   Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and RBS Citizens, N.A.
10.22   Parent Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and RBS Citizens, N.A.
10.23   Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011, among each of the subsidiaries of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and RBS Citizens, N.A.
10.24   Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011, among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and each of its subsidiaries and RBS Citizens, N.A.
10.25   Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and each of its subsidiaries and RBS Citizens, N.A.
10.26   Note, dated September 7, 2011, made by ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of RBS Citizens, N.A.
21   Subsidiaries of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
23.1   Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2(1)   Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3(1)   Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
23.4(1)   Consent of Butler Burgher Group
24   Power of Attorney for Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr., David Gong and Edward G. Rendell
101   XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials for the period ended June 30, 2011, formatted in XBRL: (i) balance sheet at June 30, 2011, (ii) statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, (iii) statement of equity and accumulated deficit, (iv) statements of cash flows and (v) notes to financial statements. As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(1) To be filed by amendment.
(2) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 5 to Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2011.
(3) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 4 to Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2011.
(4) Previously filed with Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2011
(5) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2011.
(6) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2011.


EX-10.21 2 v234345_ex10-21.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
 
         
         

CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
Dated as of September 7, 2011
 
among
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
as Borrower,
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.,
as a Guarantor,
 
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer
 
and
 
The Other Lenders Party Hereto
 
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
as
Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
  
         
         
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section
   
Page
       
Article I. Definitions and Accounting Terms
 
1
       
1.01
Defined Terms
 
1
1.02
Other Interpretive Provisions
 
32
1.03
Accounting Terms
 
33
1.04
Rounding
 
33
1.05
Times of Day
 
33
1.06     
Letter of Credit Amounts
 
33
       
Article II. The Commitments and Credit Extensions
 
34
       
2.01
Committed Loans
 
34
2.02
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
 
34
2.03
Letters of Credit
 
36
2.04
RESERVED
 
45
2.05
Prepayments
 
45
2.06
Termination or Reduction of Commitments
 
45
2.07
Repayment of Loans
 
46
2.08
Interest
 
46
2.09
Fees
 
47
2.10
Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate
 
47
2.11
Evidence of Debt
 
48
2.12
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
 
48
2.13
Sharing of Payments by Lenders
 
50
2.14
Extension of Maturity Date
 
51
2.15
Increase in Commitments
 
52
2.16
Cash Collateral
 
53
2.17
Defaulting Lenders
 
54
2.18
Guaranties
 
56
       
Article III. Taxes, Yield Protection and Illegality
 
56
       
3.01
Taxes
 
56
3.02
Illegality
 
60
3.03
Inability to Determine Rates
 
61
3.04
Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans
 
61
3.05
Compensation for Losses
 
63
3.06
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
 
63
3.07
Survival
 
64
       
Article IV. Borrowing Base
 
64
       
4.01
Initial Borrowing Base
 
64
4.02
Changes in Borrowing Base Calculation
 
64
4.03
Requests for Admission into Borrowing Base
 
64
4.04
Eligibility
 
64

 
 

 

Section
   
Page
       
4.05
Approval of Borrowing Base Properties
 
65
4.06
Liens on Borrowing Base Properties
 
65
4.07
Notice of Admission of New Borrowing Base Properties
 
65
4.08
Appraisals
 
66
4.09
Release of Borrowing Base Property
 
66
4.10
Exclusion Events
 
66
4.11     
Documentation Required with Respect to Borrowing Base Properties
 
67
       
Article V. Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
 
69
       
5.01
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
 
69
5.02
Conditions to all Credit Extensions
 
71
       
Article VI. Representations and Warranties
 
72
       
6.01
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
 
72
6.02
Authorization; No Contravention
 
72
6.03
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
 
73
6.04
Binding Effect
 
73
6.05
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
 
73
6.06
Litigation
 
74
6.07
No Default
 
74
6.08
Ownership of Property; Liens; Equity Interests
 
74
6.09
Environmental Compliance
 
74
6.10
Insurance
 
75
6.11
Taxes
 
75
6.12
ERISA Compliance
 
76
6.13
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
 
76
6.14
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act
 
77
6.15
Disclosure
 
77
6.16
Compliance with Laws
 
77
6.17
Taxpayer Identification Number
 
77
6.18
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc
 
77
6.19
Representations Concerning Leases
 
78
6.20
Solvency
 
78
6.21
REIT Status of Parent
 
78
6.22
Labor Matters
 
78
6.23
Ground Lease Representation
 
79
6.24
Borrowing Base Properties
 
79
       
Article VII. Affirmative Covenants
 
79
       
7.01
Financial Statements
 
80
7.02
Certificates; Other Information
 
81
7.03
Notices
 
83
7.04
Payment of Obligations
 
83
7.05
Preservation of Existence, Etc
 
84
7.06
Maintenance of Properties
 
84
7.07
Maintenance of Insurance
 
84
7.08
Compliance with Laws
 
86
 
 
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Section
   
Page
       
7.09
Books and Records
 
86
7.10
Inspection Rights
 
87
7.11
Use of Proceeds
 
87
7.12
Environmental Matters
 
87
7.13
Condemnation, Casualty and Restoration
 
89
7.14
Ground Leases
 
95
7.15
Borrowing Base Properties
 
96
7.16     
Subsidiary Guarantor Organizational Documents
 
97
       
Article VIII. Negative Covenants
 
97
       
8.01
Liens
 
97
8.02
Investments
 
98
8.03
Fundamental Changes
 
99
8.04
Dispositions
 
100
8.05
Restricted Payments
 
100
8.06
Change in Nature of Business
 
101
8.07
Transactions with Affiliates
 
101
8.08
Burdensome Agreements
 
101
8.09
Use of Proceeds
 
101
8.10
Borrowing Base Properties; Ground Leases
 
101
8.11
Lease Approval
 
103
8.12
Environmental Matters
 
103
8.13
Negative Pledge; Indebtedness
 
104
8.14
Financial Covenants
 
105
       
Article IX. Events of Default and Remedies
 
105
       
9.01
Events of Default
 
105
9.02
Remedies Upon Event of Default
 
108
9.03
Application of Funds
 
109
       
Article X. Administrative Agent
 
109
       
10.01
Appointment and Authority
 
109
10.02
Rights as a Lender
 
110
10.03
Exculpatory Provisions
 
110
10.04
Reliance by Administrative Agent
 
111
10.05
Delegation of Duties
 
111
10.06
Resignation of Administrative Agent
 
112
10.07
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
 
112
10.08
No Other Duties, Etc
 
113
10.09
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
 
113
10.10
Collateral and Guaranty Matters
 
113
10.11
Administrative Agent Advances
 
114
       
Article XI. Miscellaneous
 
115
       
11.01
Amendments, Etc
 
115
11.02
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
 
116
11.03
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement
 
118

 
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Section
   
Page
       
11.04
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
 
119
11.05
Payments Set Aside
 
124
11.06
Successors and Assigns
 
124
11.07
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
 
129
11.08
Right of Setoff
 
130
11.09
Interest Rate Limitation
 
130
11.10
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
 
130
11.11
Survival of Representations and Warranties
 
131
11.12
Severability
 
131
11.13
Replacement of Lenders
 
131
11.14
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc
 
132
11.15
Waiver of Jury Trial
 
133
11.16
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
 
133
11.17
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
 
134
11.18
USA PATRIOT Act
 
134
11.19    
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
 
134

 
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Section
   
Page
           
SCHEDULES
   
2.01
Commitments and Applicable Percentages
  Schedule 2.01
4.01
Initial Borrowing Base Properties
  Schedule 4.01
       
6.06
Litigation
  Schedule 6.06
6.09
Environmental Matters
  Schedule 6.09
6.13
Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments and Equity Interests in Borrower and Each Mortgagor
  Schedule 6.13
6.18
Intellectual Property Matters
  Schedule 6.18
8.01
Existing Liens
  Schedule 8.01
       
8.13
Indebtedness
  Schedule 8.13
11.02    
Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
  Schedule 11.02
       
EXHIBITS
     
       
Form of
     
       
A
Committed Loan Notice
   
       
B
Note
  B - 1
C
Compliance Certificate
  C - 1
D- 1
Assignment and Assumption
  D-1 - 1
D-2
Administrative Questionnaire
  D-2 - 1
E
Borrowing Base Report
  E - 1
 
 
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of September 7, 2011, among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the Lenders and individually, a Lender”), and RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.
 
Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
 
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
 
Article I.
Definitions and Accounting Terms
 
1.01          Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
 
Acceptable Appraisal means an MAI appraisal that is (a) compliant with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, all other Laws applicable to Administrative Agent or Lenders, and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, (b) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Required Lenders, and (c) prepared by an independent appraisal firm selected by Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders.
 
Acceptable Environmental Report means, with respect to a Property, either (a) an ASTM E1527-05 compliant Phase I environmental site assessment with respect to such Property stating, among other things, that such Property is free of Recognized Environmental Conditions (as defined in ASTM E1527-05), relating to Hazardous Materials (other than with respect to de minimis conditions as that term is referenced in ASTM E1527-05), or (b) if the presence of Hazardous Materials (other than with respect to de minimis conditions) has been detected, an environmental report, which includes at a minimum, an ASTM E1903-97(2002) compliant Phase II environmental site assessment, indicating the nature and extent of the remediation necessary to address that contamination on such Property and, in each case, by a licensed environmental engineering firm, and of scope and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. All final written reports from such engineering firm shall promptly be made available and communicated to Administrative Agent.
 
Acceptable Ground Lease means a ground lease with respect to an Acceptable Property executed by a Mortgagor, as lessee, that has a remaining lease term (including extension or renewal rights) of at least thirty-five (35) years, calculated as of the date such Acceptable Property is admitted into the Borrowing Base, and that Administrative Agent determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, is a financeable ground lease.
 
 
 

 

Acceptable Property means a Property (a) that is approved by Administrative Agent and meets the following requirements, or (b) that is approved by Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
 
(i)           such Property is wholly-owned by, or ground leased pursuant to an Acceptable Ground Lease to, Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 8.01);
 
(ii)          such Property is a retail, industrial and/or office property located within the United States which is one hundred percent (100%) leased and occupied by a single tenant or has an Occupancy Rate of at least ninety percent (90%), with any Property which is leased to a single tenant having a lease expiration no earlier than December 31, 2015; and
 
(iii)         if such Property is owned by, or ground leased pursuant to an Acceptable Ground Lease to, a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor are owned, directly or indirectly by Borrower, free and clear of any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 8.01.
 
Adjusted Borrowing Base NOl means, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property for the prior quarter, annualized, Borrowing Base NOl for such Borrowing Base Property less the Capital Reserve for such Borrowing Base Property.
 
Administrative Agent means RBS in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
 
Administrative Agent Advances has the meaning specified in Section 10.11(a).
 
Administrative Agent’s Office means Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Borrower and the Lenders.
 
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit D-2 or any other form approved by Administrative Agent.
 
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
 
Aggregate Commitments means the Commitments of all the Lenders, which, as of the Closing Date, total Fifty One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($51,500,000.00).
 
Agreement means this Credit Agreement.
 
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans, and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most-recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
 
 
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Applicable Rate means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most-recent Compliance Certificate received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02(a):

Applicable Rate
 
Pricing
 
Consolidated
 
Letters of
   
Eurodollar
   
Base Rate
 
Level
 
Leverage Ratio
 
Credit
   
Rate +
    +  
1
 
< 40%
    2.15 %     2.15 %     2.00 %
2
 
40% but < 45%
    2.25 %     2.25 %     2.00 %
3
 
≥ 5% but < 50%
    2.35 %     2.35 %     2.00 %
4
 
≥ 50% but 55%
    2.45 %     2.45 %     2.10 %
5
 
≥ 55% but < 60%
    2.55 %     2.55 %     2.10 %
6
 
≥ 60% but < 65%
    2.90 %     2.90 %     2.25 %
 
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first (1st) Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) provided that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of Required Lenders, Pricing Level 4 shall apply as of the first (1st) Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered. The Applicable Rate in effect from the Closing Date until adjusted as set forth above shall be set at Pricing Level 6 (based upon the Pro Forma Financial Statements).
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b).
 
Appraised Value means, with respect to any Property as of any date, the appraised value of such Property on an “as-is” basis as set forth in the most-recent Acceptable Appraisal as received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.11(h), as applicable.
 
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
 
Assignee Group means two (2) or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two (2) or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

 
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Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 or any other form approved by Administrative Agent and Borrower.
 
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
 
Audited Financial Statements means initially, the financial statements of Parent required for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, then after the delivery of the financial statements of Parent required pursuant to Section 7.01(a) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the most-recent financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(a).
 
Availability Period means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans, and of the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
 
Available Loan Amount means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Commitments, and (b) the Borrowing Base.
 
Award means any compensation paid by any Governmental Authority in connection with a Condemnation in respect of all or any part of any Borrowing Base Property.
 
Balloon Payments shall mean with respect to any loan constituting Indebtedness, any required principal payment of such loan which is payable at the maturity of such Indebtedness, provided, however, that the final payment of a fully amortized loan shall not constitute a Balloon Payment.
 
Base Rate means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus one percent (1%) and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by RBS as its “prime rate” or “base rate”. The “prime rate” or “base rate” is a rate set by RBS based upon various factors including RBS’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate or base rate announced by RBS shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
 
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
 
Borrower has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
 
Borrower Materials has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
 
Borrowing means a Committed Borrowing.
 
 
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Borrowing Base means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the product of (i) seventy percent (70%), times (ii) the aggregate Borrowing Values of the Borrowing Base Properties, and (b) the Implied Loan Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the amount of the Borrowing Base attributable to any Dark Property shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base, and (b) any Borrowing Value or Borrowing Base NOI from the Home Depot Property shall no longer be included in the Borrowing Base after September 7, 2012.
 
Borrowing Base Debt Service Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Base NOT with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties plus, for as long as the Equity Interest in the Home Depot Property are pledged to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Home Depot Property, for the quarter most-recently ended for which financial statements are available divided by (b) pro forma annual debt service on an amount equal to Total Outstandings plus for as long as the Equity Interest in the Home Depot Property are pledged to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the outstanding balance of the Home Depot Debt, assuming a twenty five (25) year amortization and an interest rate equal to the greater of (i) seven percent (7.0%) per annum, or (ii) the sum of (A) the most-recent rate published on such date in the United States Federal Reserve Statistical Release (H. 15) for ten (10) year Treasury Constant Maturities plus (B) three percent (3.0%).
 
Borrowing Base NOI means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the aggregate NOI for the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported attributable to all Borrowing Base Properties owned for the entirety of such fiscal quarter as of the last day of such fiscal quarter plus, (b) in the case of any Borrowing Base Property that was owned as of the last day of such fiscal quarter by a Subsidiary Guarantor, but not so owned for the full fiscal quarter, the additional amount of NOI that would have been earned if such Borrowing Base Property had been so owned for the full fiscal quarter, plus (c) the aggregate NOI for the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial results have been reported for the Home Depot Property.
 
Borrowing Base Properties means each Acceptable Property that either (a) is an Initial Borrowing Base Property or (b) becomes a Borrowing Base Property pursuant to Section 4.03, but excluding any Acceptable Properties that have been released from the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 4.09, and Borrowing Base Property means any one of the Borrowing Base Properties, provided that after the date that is six (6) months after a Borrowing Base Property becomes a Dark Property, said Property shall no longer constitute a Borrowing Base Property and its Appraised Value and Adjusted Borrowing Base NOI shall be excluded when calculating the Borrowing Base.
 
Borrowing Base Report means a report in substantially the form of Exhibit E (or such other form approved by Administrative Agent) certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.
 
Borrowing Value means as of any date of determination, the aggregate Appraised Value of the Borrowing Base Properties.
 
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where Administrative Agent’s Office is located or the State of New York, and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

 
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Capital Lease means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.
 
Capital Lease Obligations means, with respect to any Person for any period, the capitalized amount of obligations under Capital Leases for such Person for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Capital Reserve means a capital reserve of $0.15 per weighted average gross leasable square foot for each Property.
 
Capitalization Rate means eight and 25/100 percent (8.25).
 
Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if L/C Issuer benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) Administrative Agent and (b) L/C Issuer. The term Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
 
Cash Equivalents means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by Guarantor, Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Security Documents and other Liens permitted hereunder):
 
(a)           readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;
 
(b)           demand or time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (A) is a Lender or (B) (i) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
 
(c)           commercial paper in an aggregate amount of no more than $5,000,000 per issuer outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof; and
 
 
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(d)           Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition.
 
Casualty has the meaning specified in Section 7.13(b).
 
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any Law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; without limiting the foregoing, Change in Law shall include the Dodd-Frank Act, Public Law 111-203, 12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq., enacted July 21, 2010, as well as all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
 
Change of Control means an event or series of events by which:
 
(a)           any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right”)), directly or indirectly, of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the Equity Interests of Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
 
(b)           William M. Kahane and Nicholas Scharsch shall cease to be members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Parent; or
 
(c)           Parent shall cease to (i) either be the sole general partner of, or wholly own and control the general partner of, Borrower or (ii) own, directly or indirectly, greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Equity Interests of Borrower; or
 
(d)           Borrower shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor that owns a Borrowing Base Property free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent) unless Borrower removes the Borrowing Base Property owned by such Subsidiary Guarantor from the Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 4.09.

 
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Closing Date means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.01.
 
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 
Collateral means the Real Estate Collateral, the Personal Property Collateral, the Equity Interest Collateral, and all other property of the Companies on which Liens have been granted to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, to secure the Obligations.
 
Committed Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
 
Committed Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
 
Committed Loan Notice means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
 
Commitment means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
 
Companies means, without duplication, Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including Borrower), and Company means any one of the Companies.
 
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
 
Condemnation means a temporary or permanent taking by any Governmental Authority as the result, in lieu, or in anticipation, of the exercise of the right of condemnation or eminent domain of all or any part of any Borrowing Base Property, or any interest therein or right accruing thereto, including any right of access thereto or any change of grade affecting any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof.
 
Condemnation Proceeds has the meaning specified in the definition of Restoration Net Proceeds.
 
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means (a) three (3) month trailing Consolidated EBITDA of the Consolidated Group, multiplied by (b) four (4), less (c) the Capital Reserve.
 
 
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Consolidated EBITDA means, for any Person for any period, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net Income for the trailing three months, plus (b) the sum of the following (without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period): (i) income tax expense; (ii) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness; (iii) depreciation and amortization expense; (iv) amortization of intangibles (including goodwill) and organization costs; (v) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business and costs and expenses incurred during such period with respect to acquisitions consummated); (vi) any other non-cash charges, and (vii) all commissions, guaranty fees, discounts and other fees and charges owed by such Person with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of such Person under Swap Contracts in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP; minus (c) the sum of the following (to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period): (i) interest income (except to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income); (ii) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business); (iii) any other non-cash income; and (iv) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (b)(v) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income.
 
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, on a consolidated basis annualized, for the Consolidated for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) provision for cash income taxes made by such Person on a consolidated basis in respect of such period, (c) scheduled principal amortization payments due during such period on account of Indebtedness of such Person (excluding Balloon Payments), and (d) Restricted Payments paid in cash with respect to preferred Equity Interests of such Person during such period.
 
Consolidated Group means the Parent and all Persons whose financial results are consolidated with the Parent for financial reporting purposes under GAAP.
 
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any Person for any period, the total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person for such period with respect to all outstanding Total Funded Debt (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by such Person with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of such Person under Swap Contracts in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP). Consolidated Interest Expenses shall exclude interest rate hedge termination payments or receipts, loan prepayment costs, and upfront loan fees, interest expense covered by an interest reserve established under a loan facility and any interest expense under any construction loan or construction activity that under GAAP is required to be capitalized.
 
Consolidated Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (a) Consolidated Total Debt, divided by (b) Total Asset Value.
 
 
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Consolidated Net Income means, for any Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Parent for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Company) in which any Company has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by such Company in the form of dividends or similar distributions, and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of any Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary.
 
Consolidated Subsidiary means any Person in which Parent or Borrower has a direct or indirect Equity Interest and whose financial results would be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of Parent on the consolidated financial statements of Parent.
 
Consolidated Total Debt means, as of any date of determination, (1) the Parent’s consolidated pro rata share of Indebtedness which includes all GAAP Indebtedness (adjusted to eliminate increases or decreases arising from FAS-141) including recourse and non-recourse mortgage debt, letters of credit, net obligations under uncovered interest rate contracts, contingent obligations to the extent the obligations are binding, unsecured debt, capitalized lease obligations (including ground leases), guarantees of indebtedness (excluding traditional carve-outs relating to non-recourse debt obligations), subordinated debt, and (2) the Parent’s pro rata share of preferred obligations that are structurally senior to the Obligations.
 
Construction in Progress means each Property that is either (a) new ground up construction which has commenced or is intended to be under construction within twelve (12) months or (b) under renovation in which (i) greater than thirty percent (30%) of the square footage of such Property is unavailable for occupancy due to renovation and (ii) no rents are being paid on such square footage. A Property will cease to be classified as “Construction in Progress” on the earlier to occur of (A) the time that such Property has an Occupancy Rate of greater than ninety percent (90%), or (B) one hundred eighty (180) days after completion of construction or renovation of such Property, as applicable.
 
Contamination means the presence of Hazardous Materials in amounts exceeding regulatory action levels.
 
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
 
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
 
 
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Credit Extension means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing, and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
 
Customary Recourse Exceptions means, with respect to any Indebtedness, personal recourse that is limited to fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste, environmental claims and liabilities, prohibited transfers, and violations of single purposes entity covenants.
 
Daily Usage means, as of any date, the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the Total Outstandings on such date, divided by (b) the Aggregate Commitments on such date.
 
Dark Property shall mean a Borrowing Base Property where one or more of the tenants previously occupying the Borrowing Base Property has vacated the Borrowing Base Property, but the Borrowing Base Property remains 100% leased (without regard to any subleases) to a tenant maintaining a rating of BBB-/Baa3 or better, which tenant is current on payments, has a minimum 8 years left on the applicable lease and does not have any right to terminate its lease.
 
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
 
Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
 
Default Rate means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus four percent (4%) per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus four percent (4%) per annum.
 
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that, as determined by Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has notified Borrower, Administrative Agent or any Lender that it will not comply with its funding obligations or has made an express public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, unless such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent (based on the reasonable belief that such Lender may not fulfill its funding obligations), to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, provided that any such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such confirmation, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company which controls such Lender that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
 
 
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Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, lease (other than a real estate lease entered into in the ordinary course of business as part of Property leasing operations) or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith but excluding any arrangement constituting a Lien.
 
Dollar and $ mean lawful money of the United States.
 
Eligible Assignee means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
 
Environmental Assessment has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b).
 
Environmental Claim means any investigative, enforcement, cleanup, removal, containment, remedial, or other private or governmental or regulatory action at any time instituted or completed pursuant to any applicable Environmental Requirement against any Company or against or with respect to any Real Property or any condition, use, or activity on any Real Property (including any such action against Administrative Agent or any Lender), and any claim at any time made by any Person against any Company or against or with respect to any Real Property or any condition, use, or activity on any Real Property (including any such claim against Administrative Agent or any Lender), relating to damage, contribution, cost recovery, compensation, loss, or injury resulting from or in any way arising in connection with any Hazardous Material or any Environmental Requirement.
 
Environmental Damages means all liabilities (including strict liability), losses, damages (excluding consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages except to the extent such damages were imposed upon an Indemnitee as a result of any claims made against such Indemnitee by a governmental entity or any other third party), judgments, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including fees, costs and expenses of attorneys, consultants, contractors, experts and laboratories), of any and every kind or character, at law or in equity, contingent or otherwise, matured or unmatured, foreseeable or unforeseeable, made, incurred, suffered, brought, or imposed at any time and from time to time, whether before or after the Release Date and arising in whole or in part from:
 
(a)           the presence of any Hazardous Material on any Borrowing Base Property in violation of any Environmental Requirement, or any escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, emission, release, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Material on or from any Borrowing Base Property, or the migration or release or threatened migration or release of any Hazardous Material to, from or through any Borrowing Base Property, on or before the Release Date; or

 
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(b)           any act, omission, event or circumstance existing or occurring in connection with the handling, treatment, containment, removal, storage, decontamination, clean up, transport or disposal of any Hazardous Material which is at any time on or before the Release Date present on any Borrowing Base Property; or
 
(c)           the breach, in any material respect, of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement relating to the presence of any Hazardous Material on any Borrowing Base Property because of any event or condition occurring or existing on or before the Release Date; or
 
(d)           any violation on or before the Release Date, of any Environmental Requirement in connection with any Borrowing Base Property in effect on or before the Release Date, regardless of whether any act, omission, event or circumstance giving rise to the violation constituted a violation at the time of the occurrence or inception of such act, omission, event or circumstance; or
 
(e)           any Environmental Claim, or the filing or imposition of any environmental Lien against any Borrowing Base Property, because of, resulting from, in connection with, or arising out of any of the matters referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (d) preceding;
 
and regardless of whether any of the foregoing was caused by Borrower, any other Loan Party or their respective tenant or subtenant, or a prior owner of a Borrowing Base Property or its tenant or subtenant, or any third party including (i) injury or damage to any person, property or natural resource occurring on or off of a Borrowing Base Property including the cost of demolition and rebuilding of any improvements on any Real Property; (ii) the investigation or remediation of any such Hazardous Material or violation of Environmental Requirement including the preparation of any feasibility studies or reports and the performance of any cleanup, remediation, removal, response, abatement, containment, closure, restoration, monitoring or similar work required by any Environmental Requirement or necessary to have full use and benefit of Borrowing Base Properties as contemplated by the Loan Documents (including any of the same in connection with any foreclosure action or transfer in lieu thereof); (iii) all liability to pay or indemnify any Person or Governmental Authority for costs expended in connection with any of the foregoing; (iv) the investigation and defense of any claim, whether or not such claim is ultimately withdrawn or defeated; and (v) the settlement of any claim or judgment. Costs as used in this definition shall also include any diminution in the value of the security afforded by the Borrowing Base Property or any future reduction of the sales price of any Borrowing Base Property by reason of any matter set forth in Section 7.12 or Section 8.12.
 
Environmental Indemnity Agreement means that certain Environmental Indemnity Agreement executed by Borrower and Parent (if required by Administrative Agent), and each Mortgagor, in favor of Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
 
Environmental Laws means any and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

 
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Environmental Requirement means any Environmental Law, agreement or restriction, as the same now exists or may be changed or amended or come into effect in the future, which pertains to any Hazardous Material or the environment including ground or air or water or noise pollution or contamination, and underground or aboveground tanks.
 
Equity Interest Collateral means (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in each Mortgagor, (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests in each Company, other than Borrower and Parent, that owns a direct or indirect interest in a Mortgagor, and (iii) forty nine percent of the Equity Interests in ARC HDCOLSC0O1, LLC, owner of the Home Depot Property.
 
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
 
Equity Issuance means the issuance or sale by any Person of any of its Equity Interests or any capital contribution to such Person by the holders of its Equity Interests.
 
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
 
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
 
ERISA Event means: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of Parent or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Parent or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042(a)(1) or (2) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Parent or any ERISA Affiliate.

 
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Eurodollar Rate means:
 
(a)           for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (A) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as may be reasonably designated by Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (B) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first (1st) day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by RBS’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and
 
(b)           for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two (2) London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one (1) month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one (1) month would be offered by RBS’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.
 
Eurodollar Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of  Eurodollar Rate.
 
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
 
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to Administrative Agent, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), (d) any withholding Taxes implied by Section 501 of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HR284), and (e) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under Section 11.13), any withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force (including FATCA, which shall be deemed to be in force as of the date hereof) at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (B) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or (c).

 
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Exclusion Event has the meaning specified in Section 4.10.
 
Exclusion Notice has the meaning specified in Section 4.10.
 
Extended Maturity Date means September 7, 2015.
 
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.
 
FASB ASC means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
 
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, then the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, then the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to RBS on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
 
Fee Letter means the letter agreement, dated May 4, 2011, among Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger.
 
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
 
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
 
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders, Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, or cancelled in accordance with the terms hereof.

 
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Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
 
Funds From Operations shall have the meaning promulgated by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts at the time of closing (or, if approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as such meaning may be updated from time to time) which is the basis of the Parent’s publicly filed financial statements, as adjusted by (a) real estate acquisition costs and expenses for acquisitions that were consummated and impairment of real estate assets for the Consolidated Group.
 
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
 
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
 
Guarantee means, as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, Equity Interests or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lesser of (y) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (z) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by Borrower in good faith. The term Guarantee as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 
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Guaranties means the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranties, and Guaranty means any one of the Guaranties.
 
Guarantors means, collectively, Parent and each Subsidiary Guarantor, and Guarantor means any one of the Guarantors.
 
Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
 
Home Depot Debt means that certain loan arrangement entered into between ARC HDCOLSCOO1, LLC and Ladder Capital Finance LLC secured by the Home Depot Property, and any replacement financing thereof permitted hereunder.
 
Home Depot Property means the premises owned by ARC HDCOLSCOO1, LLC located in Columbia, South Carolina.
 
Implied Loan Amount means, as of any date of determination, the amount of (a) hypothetical Outstanding Amount plus (b) for as long as the Equity Interests in the Home Depot Property are pledged to the Administrative Agent hereunder, the outstanding balance of the Home Depot Debt, that would result, on a proforma basis, in a Borrowing Base Debt Service Coverage Ratio as of such date of determination equal to 1.35 to 1.0 through the period ending September 7, 2012, and 1.40 to 1.0 thereafter.
 
Improvements means any Mortgagor’s interest in and to all on site improvements to the Borrowing Base Properties, together with all fixtures, tenant improvements, and appurtenances now or later to be located on the Borrowing Base Properties and/or in such improvements.
 
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
 
(a)           all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
 
(b)           all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

 
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(c)           all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, either (i) not past due for more than one hundred and eighty (180) days or (ii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted);
 
(d)          Capital Lease Obligations;
 
(e)           all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest (excluding perpetual preferred Equity Interests) in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus (without duplication and only to the extent required to be paid) accrued and unpaid dividends;
 
(f)           all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing;
 
(g)          all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, but limited to the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien and (ii) the aggregate amount of the obligations so secured; and
 
(h)          for purposes of Section 9.01(f) only, all obligations of such Person under Swap Contracts.
 
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capital Lease Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
 
Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
 
Indemnitees has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
 
Information has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
 
Initial Borrowing Base Properties means the Acceptable Properties listed on Schedule 4.01, and Initial Borrowing Base Property means any one of the Initial Borrowing Base Properties.
 
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Insurance Proceeds has the meaning specified in the definition of Restoration Net Proceeds.
 
Interest Payment Date means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three (3) months, then the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each month.
 
Interest Period means as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), two (2), three (3), six (6) or twelve (12) months (if available to all Lenders) thereafter, as selected by Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:
 
(i)           any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
 
(ii)          any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
 
(iii)         no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
 
Investment means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
 
IPO means the initial public offering of Parent’s common Equity Interests resulting in (a) such common Equity Interests being traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and (b) the Parent receiving gross cash proceeds of at least $65,000,000.00.
 
IP Rights has the meaning specified in Section 6.18.
 
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
 
ISP means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 
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Issuer Documents means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by L/C Issuer and Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
 
Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
 
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
 
L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing.
 
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
 
L/C Issuer means RBS in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
 
L/C Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
 
Lead Arranger means RBS, in its capacity as lead arranger and sole bookrunner.
 
Lease means each existing or future lease, sublease (to the extent of any Mortgagor’s rights thereunder), license, or other agreement (other than an Acceptable Ground Lease) under the terms of which any Person has or acquires any right to occupy or use any Property, or any part thereof, or interest therein, and each existing or future guaranty of payment or performance thereunder.
 
Lender has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
 
Lending Office means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and Administrative Agent.
 
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Letter of Credit Application means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by L/C Issuer.
 
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the day that is seven (7) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
 
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).
 
Letter of Credit Sublimit means, as of any date, an amount equal to Ten Million Dollars. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
 
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
 
Loan means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan.
 
Loan Documents means this Agreement, each Note, the Security Documents, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 of this Agreement, the Fee Letter, and the Guaranties.
 
Loan Notice means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
 
Loan Parties means, collectively, Borrower, each Guarantor, and each Pledgor, and Loan Party means any one of the Loan Parties.
 
London Banking Day means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
 
Major Lease means each Lease for space in a Borrowing Base Property (or any portion thereof).
 
Management Fees means, with respect to each Property for any period, an amount equal to the greater of (i) actual management fees payable with respect thereto or (ii) three percent (3.0%) per annum on the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and payable under leases at such Property.
 
Material Adverse Effect means: (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of the Companies, taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

 
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Material Environmental Event means, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, (a) a violation of any Environmental Law with respect to such Borrowing Base Property, or (b) the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, about, or under such Borrowing Base Property that, under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, would require remediation, if in the case of either (a) or (b), such event or circumstance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Property Event.
 
Material Property Event means, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, the occurrence of any event or circumstance occurring or arising after the date of this Agreement that could reasonably be expected to have a (a) material adverse effect with respect to the financial condition or the operations of such Borrowing Base Property, (b) material adverse effect on the Borrowing Value of such Borrowing Base Property, or (c) material adverse effect on the ownership of such Borrowing Base Property.
 
Material Title Defects means, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, defects, Liens (other than Liens for local real estate taxes and similar local governmental charges), and other encumbrances in the nature of easements, servitudes, restrictions, and rights-of-way that would customarily be deemed unacceptable title exceptions for a prudent lender (i.e., a prudent lender would reasonably determine that such exceptions, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the value or operations of such Borrowing Base Property, would prevent such Borrowing Base Property from being used in the manner in which it is currently being used, or would result in a violation of any Law which would have a material and adverse effect on such Borrowing Base Property); provided that Material Title Defects shall not include any Liens or other encumbrances that existed as of the date of this Agreement and that are reflected in the Title Insurance Commitments or that are listed on Schedule 8.01.
 
Maturity Date means (a) if the Initial Maturity Date is not extended to the Extended Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.14, then the Initial Maturity Date, and (b) if the Initial Maturity Date is extended to the Extended Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.14, then the Extended Maturity Date; provided that in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, then the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
 
Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
 
Mortgages means each Mortgage (or Deed of Trust or Deed to Secure Debt, as applicable), Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Leases or similarly titled document, each executed by a Mortgagor, to or for the benefit of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering the Real Estate Collateral and Personal Property Collateral.
 
Mortgagors means, collectively, each Subsidiary Guarantor executing a Mortgage, and Mortgagor means any one of the Mortgagors.
 
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Parent or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

 
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Multiple Employer Plan means a Plan which has two (2) or more contributing sponsors (including Parent or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
 
NOI means, with respect to any Property for any period, property rental and other income (as determined by GAAP) attributable to such Property accruing for such period (adjusted to eliminate the straight lining of rents) minus the amount of all expenses (as determined in accordance with GAAP) incurred in connection with and directly attributable to the ownership and operation of such Property for such period, including, without limitation, Management Fees and amounts accrued for the payment of real estate taxes and insurance premiums, but excluding any general and administrative expenses related to the operation of the Borrower or the Guarantors, any interest expense or other debt service charges and any non-cash charges such as depreciation or amortization of financing costs.
 
Non-Recourse Indebtedness means, for any Person, any Indebtedness of such Person for the repayment of which neither Parent or Borrower has any personal liability (other than for Customary Recourse Exceptions) or, if such Person is Parent or Borrower, in which recourse of the applicable holder of such Indebtedness for non-payment is limited to such holder’s Liens on a particular asset or group of assets (other than for Customary Recourse Exceptions). For the avoidance of doubt, if any Indebtedness is partially guaranteed by Parent or Borrower, then the portion of such Indebtedness that is not so guaranteed shall still be Non-Recourse Indebtedness if it otherwise satisfies the requirements in this definition.
 
Note means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting same evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
 
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that all references to the Obligations in the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Security Documents, and any other Guaranties, security agreements, or pledge agreements delivered to Administrative Agent to Guarantee, or create or evidence Liens securing, the Obligations shall, in addition to the foregoing, include all present and future indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations now or hereafter owed to Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Affiliate of Administrative Agent or any Lender arising from, by virtue of, or pursuant to any Swap Contract that relates solely to the Obligations.
 
Occupancy Rate means, for any Property, the percentage of the rentable area of such Property leased and occupied by bona fide tenants of such Property pursuant to bona fide tenant Leases, in each case, which tenants are not more than 30 days past due in the payment of all rent or other similar payments due under such Leases.

 
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Organization Documents means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement, and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
 
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
 
Outstanding Amount means (a) with respect to Committed Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date, and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
 
Parent has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
 
Parent Guaranty means the Guaranty Agreement executed by Parent in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.
 
Parent Share means a share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Parent.
 
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
 
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
 
Pension Act means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
 
Pension Funding Rules means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

Pension Plan means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

 
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Permitted Distributions means (a) for Parent for any fiscal year of Parent, Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate the greater of (i) ninety-five percent (95%) of Funds from Operations of the Parent, and (ii) the amount of distributions required to be paid by Parent in order for Parent to qualify as a REIT, and (b) for Borrower for any fiscal year of Borrower, Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate the greater of (i) ninety-five percent (95%) of Funds from Operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries thereafter, and (ii) the amount of distributions required to be paid by Borrower to Parent in order for Parent to qualify as a REIT.
 
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
 
Personal Property has the meaning specified in the granting clause of the Mortgages.
 
Personal Property Collateral means the Personal Property of a Mortgagor in which security interests are granted to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, under the Mortgages.
 
Plan means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of Parent or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which Parent or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
 
Platform has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
 
Pledge Agreement means each Pledge Agreement or similarly titled document, executed by a Pledgor, to or for the benefit of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering the Equity Interest Collateral.
 
Pledgors means, collectively, each Person that owns Equity Interests in a Mortgagor and the general partner of each Mortgagor that is a limited partnership; “Pledgor” means any one of the Pledgors.
 
Pro Forma Financial Statements has the meaning specified in Section 6.05(c).
 
Property means any Real Property which is owned or ground leased, directly or indirectly, by a Company.
 
Property Information has the meaning specified in Section 4.03.
 
Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
 
RBS means RBS Citizens, N.A., a national banking association.
 
Rating means, for any Person, its senior unsecured debt rating (or equivalent thereof, such as, but not limited to, a corporate credit rating, issuer rating/insurance financial strength rating (for an insurance company), general obligation rating (for a governmental entity), or revenue bond rating (for an educational institution)) from either of S&P or Moody’s.

 
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Real Estate Collateral means each Borrowing Base Property owned by a Mortgagor that has been pledged or mortgaged to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders.
 
Real Property of any Person means all of the right, title, and interest of such Person in and to land, improvements, and fixtures.
 
Recourse Indebtedness means Indebtedness that is not Non-Recourse Indebtedness; provided that personal recourse for Customary Recourse Exceptions shall not, by itself, cause such Indebtedness to be characterized as Recourse Indebtedness.
 
Register has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
 
REIT means a “real estate investment trust” in accordance with Section 856 of the Code.
 
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
 
Release Date means the earlier of: (a) the date on which the Obligations have been paid in full and the Mortgages have been released; and (b) the date on which the Liens of the Mortgages are fully and finally foreclosed or a conveyance by deed in lieu of such foreclosure is fully and finally effective and possession of the Borrowing Base Properties has been given to and accepted by the purchaser or Administrative Agent free of occupancy and claims to occupancy by the Companies and their respective heirs, devisees, representatives, successors, and assigns; provided that if such payment, performance, release, foreclosure, or conveyance is challenged, in bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise, the Release Date shall be deemed not to have occurred until such challenge is validly released, dismissed with prejudice, or otherwise barred by Law from further assertion.
 
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
 
Request for Credit Extension means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice and (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
 
Required Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans, and the obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided further that at all times when two or more Lenders are party to this Agreement, the term “Required Lenders” shall in no event mean less than two Lenders unless only two Lenders are party to this Agreement and one of such Lenders is a Defaulting Lender.

 
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Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party, and solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 5.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
 
Restoration means, following the occurrence of a Casualty or a Condemnation which is of a type necessitating the repair of a Borrowing Base Property, the completion of the repair and restoration of such Borrowing Base Property to a condition no worse than such Borrowing Base Property was in immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation, with such alterations as may be reasonably approved by Administrative Agent, and in accordance with applicable Laws.
 
Restoration Net Proceeds means: (a) the net amount of all insurance proceeds received by Administrative Agent as a result of a Casualty, after deduction of the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting the same (“Insurance Proceeds”); or (b) the net amount of the Award as a result of a Condemnation, after deduction of the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees), if any, in collecting the same (“Condemnation Proceeds”), whichever the case may be.
 
Restricted Payment means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, Equity Interests or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
 
S&P means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
 
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
 
Secured Debt means, as of any date of determination, that portion of Consolidated Total Debt which is secured by a lien on any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or its subsidiaries.

 
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Security Documents means:

(a)           the Pledge Agreements;
 
(b)           the Mortgages;
 
(c)           to the extent required by the Law of the state where a Borrowing Base Property is located, Assignments of Leases and Rents executed by the applicable Mortgagor;
 
(d)           financing statements to be filed with the appropriate state and/or county offices for the perfection of a security interest in any of the Collateral;
 
(e)           subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements executed by each tenant under a Major Lease; and
 
(f)           all other agreements, documents, and instruments securing the Obligations or any part thereof, as shall from time to time be executed and delivered by Borrower, Subsidiary Guarantors, or any other Person in favor of Administrative Agent.
 
Share means Borrower’s and Parent’s direct or indirect share of a Consolidated Subsidiary or an Unconsolidated Affiliate as reasonably determined by Borrower based upon Borrower’s and Parent’s economic interest (whether direct or indirect) in such Consolidated Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate, as of the date of such determination.
 
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than Equity Interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.
 
Subsidiary Guarantors means, as of any date, all Subsidiaries of Borrower owning a direct or indirect interest in a Borrowing Base Property, and the general partner of each Subsidiary that is a limited partnership and “Subsidiary Guarantor” means any one of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
 
Subsidiary Guaranty means the Guaranty Agreement executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.
 
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 
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Swap Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
 
Tangible Net Worth means, as of any date, (a) Total Asset Value minus (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Debt and (ii) to the extent included in the calculation of Total Asset Value, goodwill and other intangible assets (other than deferred leasing intangibles).
 
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
 
Threshold Amount means $15,000,000 for any Non-Recourse Indebtedness and $0 for any Recourse Indebtedness.
 
Title Company means Chicago Title Insurance Company or such other title insurance company reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
 
Title Insurance Commitments means the commitments to issue the Title Insurance Policies, issued by the Title Company for each Borrowing Base Property, along with copies of all instruments creating or evidencing exceptions or encumbrances to title.

 
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Title Insurance Policies means an ALTA title insurance policy (or a title insurance policy promulgated by the Laws of the state in which the Property is located if an ALTA insurance policy is not available), issued by the Title Company in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Borrowing Value of the relevant Property, insuring that the Mortgages constitute a valid lien covering the Property and all Improvements thereon, having the priority required by Administrative Agent and subject only to those exceptions and encumbrances (regardless of rank or priority) Administrative Agent approves, in a form acceptable to Administrative Agent, and as satisfactory to Administrative Agent with all “standard” exceptions which can be deleted, including the exception for matters which a current survey would show, deleted to the fullest extent authorized under applicable title insurance rules, and Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable Mortgagor to) satisfy all requirements therefor permitted; containing no exception for standby fees or real estate taxes or assessments other than those for the year in which the closing occurs to the extent the same are not then due and payable and endorsed “not yet due and payable” and for subsequent years; providing full coverage against mechanics’ and materialmens’ liens to the extent authorized under applicable title insurance rules, and Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable Mortgagor to) satisfy all requirements therefor; insuring that no restrictive covenants shown in the Title Insurance Policy have been violated, and that no violation of the restrictions will result in a reversion or forfeiture of title; insuring all appurtenant easements; insuring that fee simple indefeasible or marketable (as coverage is available) fee simple (or, for ground leasehold, valid leasehold) title to the Property and Improvements is vested in Borrower; containing such affirmative coverage and endorsements as Administrative Agent may require and are available under applicable title insurance rules (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, creditor’s rights or similar endorsements), and Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable Mortgagor to) satisfy all requirements therefor; insuring any easements, leasehold estates or other matters appurtenant to or benefiting the Property and/or the Improvements as part of the insured estate; insuring the right of access to the Property to the extent authorized under applicable title insurance rules, and Borrower shall (or shall cause the applicable Mortgagor to) satisfy all requirements therefor; containing provisions acceptable to Administrative Agent regarding advances and/or re-advances of Loan funds after closing, and Title Insurance Policy means any one of the Title Insurance Policies. Borrower and Borrower’s counsel shall not have any interest, direct or indirect, in the Title Company (or its agent) or any portion of the premium paid for the Title Insurance Policies.
 
Total Asset Value means the sum of (a) Consolidated Group’s pro rata share of NOI for the most recent quarter, multiplied by four, and divided by the Capitalization Rate (excluding the Consolidated Group’s pro rata share of the NOI for any Property not owned for the entire prior quarter), (b) the acquisition price paid for any Property acquired during the prior quarter, (c) cash and Cash Equivalents at quarter end, (d) vacant land at cost (e) mortgage notes receivable at GAAP, and (f) Construction In Process at cost.
 
Total Funded Debt means, as of any date, Consolidated Total Debt excluding intra-company Indebtedness, deferred income taxes, security deposits, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and any prepaid rents, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Total Outstandings means, as of any date, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
 
Type means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
 
Unconsolidated Affiliate means any Person in which a Company has an Equity Interest and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of Parent on the consolidated financial statements of Parent.
 
United States and U.S. mean the United States of America.

Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
 
 
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Unused Rate means the following percentages per annum based upon the Daily Usage as set forth below:

Daily Usage
 
Unused Rate
<50%
 
0.25%
>50%
  
0.15%

Variable Rate Indebtedness means any Indebtedness that bears interest at a variable rate without the benefit of a Swap Contract.
 
1.02       Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
 
(a)           The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include,” includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words hereto,” “herein,” “hereof and hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words asset and properly shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Equity Interests, accounts and contract rights.
 
(b)           In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including;” the words to and until each mean to but excluding;” and the word through means to and including.”
 
(c)           Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 
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1.03       Accounting Terms.
 
(a)           Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Pro Forma Financial Statements or the Audited Financial Statements, as applicable, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
 
(b)           Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrower or Required Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Required Lenders); provided that until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
 
(c)           Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Companies or to the determination of any amount for the Companies on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that Parent is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein, provided further that for all purposes in calculating consolidated covenants hereunder the Parent shall be deemed to own one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Borrower.
 
1.04       Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
 
1.05        Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
 
1.06        Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall, for purposes of determining the Total Outstandings, be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
 
 
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Article II.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
 
2.01      Committed Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a Committed Loan) to Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (a) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Available Loan Amount, and (b) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lenders Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment and the Available Loan Amount, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Committed Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
 
2.02      Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
 
(a)         Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(b), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Committed Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then (I) so long as no Event of Default exists, the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or continued to, a Eurodollar Rate Loan of the same Type and with an Interest Period of one (1) month and (II) if an Event of Default exists, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. If Borrower requests a Committed Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, then it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

 
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(b)         Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic continuation described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Committed Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to Borrower by 1:00 p.m. in like funds as received by Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of Borrower on the books of RBS with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) Administrative Agent by Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to Borrower as provided above.
 
(c)         Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of Required Lenders.
 
(d)        Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders of any change in RBS’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
 
(e)         After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.

 
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2.03      Letters of Credit.
 
(a)         The Letter of Credit Commitment.
 
(i)       Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Available Loan Amount, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans of any Lender plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
 
(ii)      L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
 
(A)        subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the initial stated expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit (notwithstanding evergreen” renewal provisions) would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
 
(B)         the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (1) all the Lenders have approved such expiry date, or (2) the Borrower agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent no later than sixty (60) days prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date Cash Collateral in an amount equal to the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit, with the Borrower hereby irrevocably requesting a Committed Borrowing of a Base Rate Loan to fund such Cash Collateral payment in the event the Borrower does not deliver such Cash Collateral to the Administrative Agent on the due date thereof.
 
(iii)      L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 
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(A)        any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
 
(B)         the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
 
(C)         except as otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $25,000;
 
(D)         the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
 
(E)          any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Lender or Borrower delivers Cash Collateral or enters into other arrangements with L/C Issuer satisfactory to L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) to eliminate L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
 
(F)          the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
 
(iv)     L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
 
(v)      L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
 
(vi)     L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Article X included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

 
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(b)         Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
 
(i)       Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other customary matters as L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, Borrower shall furnish to L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
 
(ii)      Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, L/C Issuer will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, L/C Issuer will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 
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(iii)     If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, then L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve (12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, or such later date (but no later than twelve (12) months after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date) if (1) all the Lenders have approved such expiry date, or (2) the Borrower agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent no later than sixty (60) days prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date Cash Collateral in an amount equal to the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit, with the Borrower hereby irrevocably requesting a Committed Borrowing of a Base Rate Loan to fund such Cash Collateral payment in the event the Borrower does not deliver such Cash Collateral to the Administrative Agent on the due date thereof; provided that L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from Administrative Agent that Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension, (2) from Borrower that Borrower has elected not to permit such extension, or (3) from Administrative Agent, any Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
 
(iv)     Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, L/C Issuer will also deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

 
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(c)         Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
 
(i)       Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof within one (1) Business Day after receipt of such notice and of the date required for payment of such drawing under such Letter of Credit. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an Honor Date), Borrower shall reimburse L/C Issuer through Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If Borrower fails to so reimburse L/C Issuer by such time, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice. If such Base Rate Loans are so disbursed to pay an Unreimbursed Amount, then no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred.
 
(ii)      Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of L/C Issuer at Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to Borrower in such amount. Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to L/C Issuer.
 
(iii)     With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

 
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(iv)     Until each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of L/C Issuer.
 
(v)      Each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery by Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
 
(vi)     If any Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Nothing contained in this Section 2.03(c), however, shall be deemed or otherwise construed to impose any liability upon Borrower for any default by any Lender in the performance of its obligations under this Section 2.03.
 
(d)         Repayment of Participations.
 
(i)       At any time after L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if Administrative Agent receives for the account of L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by Administrative Agent.

 
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(ii)      If any payment received by Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
 
(e)         Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
 
(i)       any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
 
(ii)      the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
 
(iii)     any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any material respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
 
(iv)     any payment by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, provided that, under such circumstances, the payment by the L/C Issuer does not constitute gross negligence of the L/C Issuer; or any payment made by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

 
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(v)      any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower or any Subsidiary.
 
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will promptly, and in any event within three (3) Business Days, notify L/C Issuer. Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
 
(f)          Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee or any other Person at law or under any other agreement. None of L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against L/C Issuer, and L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, and L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
 
(g)         Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit.

 
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(h)         Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided that any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to L/C Issuer for its own account. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first (1st) such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
 
(i)          Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at a rate per annum equal to one eighth of one percent (0.125%), computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most-recently ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first (1st) such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five (5) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
 
(j)          Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
 
(k)         Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of Borrower, and that Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

 
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2.04      RESERVED.
 
2.05      Prepayments.
 
(a)         Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $25,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by Borrower, then Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.17, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
 
(b)         If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Available Loan Amount, then Borrower shall, within one (1) Business Day, prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Available Loan Amount with any prepayment hereunder be applied first to any Base Rate Loans outstanding and then to the Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding.
 
2.06      Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
 
(a)         Voluntary.  Borrower may, upon notice to Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by Administrative Agent in writing) prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Available Loan Amount, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments or the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, then such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 
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2.07      Repayment of Loans. Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans outstanding on such date.
 
2.08      Interest.
 
(a)          Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
 
(b)
 
(i)       If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
 
(ii)      If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
 
(iii)     Upon the request of Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
 
(iv)     Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

 
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(c)         Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
 
2.09      Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, an unused fee equal to the Unused Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. The unused fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable monthly in arrears on the tenth (10th) Business Day of each month, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The unused fee shall be calculated montly in arrears.
 
2.10      Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.
 
(a)         All computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
 
(b)         if, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of Parent or for any other reason, then Parent, Borrower, Administrative Agent, or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by Parent and Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, then Borrower shall be obligated to pay to Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, within three (3) Business Days after demand by Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(i) or 2.08(b) or under Article IX. Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 
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2.11      Evidence of Debt.

(a)         The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through Administrative Agent, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
 
(b)         In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
 
2.12      Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
 
(a)         General. All payments to be made by Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower hereunder shall be made to Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. If and to the extent Administrative Agent shall not make such payments to a Lender when due as set forth in the preceding sentence, then such unpaid amounts shall accrue interest, payable by Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate from the due date until (but not including) the date on which Administrative Agent makes such payments to such Lender. All payments received by Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

 
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(b)         Clawback.

  (i)           Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent.  Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Committed Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. The Administrative Agent shall use its best efforts to provide the Borrower with notice (but failure to provide such notice shall not act as a waiver or limitation of any of the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Section 2.12(b) of its intent to so fund to the Borrower without having received all Lenders’ share of such Committed Borrowing. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and Borrower severally agree to pay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, then Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to Borrower the amount of such interest paid by Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing. Any payment by Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.
 
(ii)          Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or L/C Issuer hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, within one (1) Business Day. If and to the extent Administrative Agent shall not return such funds to a Lender when due as set forth in the preceding sentence, then such unpaid amounts shall accrue interest, payable by Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate from the due date until (but not including) the date on which Administrative Agent returns such funds to such Lender.

 
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A notice of Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
 
(c)         Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to Borrower by Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, then Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
 
(d)         Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(d) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(d) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(d).
 
(e)         Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
 
2.13      Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations L/C Obligations held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

 
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(i)       if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price immediately restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
 
(ii)      the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
 
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
 
2.14       Extension of Maturity Date.
 
(a)           Request for Extension. Parent and Borrower may, by written notice to Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) not earlier than ninety (90) days and not later than sixty (60) days prior to the Initial Maturity Date, request that the Initial Maturity Date be extended to the Extended Maturity Date.
 
(b)           Effectiveness of Extension. If so extended, then the Initial Maturity Date shall be extended to the Extended Maturity Date, effective as of the Initial Maturity Date or such earlier date that Administrative Agent shall have determined that the Borrower shall have met the conditions set forth herein, (the Extension Effective Date”) subject further to the Borrower’s continued satisfaction of such conditions as of the Initial Maturity Date as set forth below. Administrative Agent, Parent, and Borrower shall promptly confirm to the Lenders such extension. As a condition precedent to such extension, (i) Parent and Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Extension Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (A) providing evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that each Loan Party has taken all necessary action to authorize such extension and (B) in the case of Parent and Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (I) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Extension Effective Date and (as applicable) the Initial Maturity Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most-recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b), and (II) no Default exists before or after giving effect to such extension; and (ii) Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, an extension fee in an amount equal to thirty-five basis points (0.35%) times such Lender’s Commitment.

 
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(c)         Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 11.01 to the contrary.
 
2.15       Increase in Commitments.
 
(a)         Election to Increase.  Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), Parent and Borrower may from time to time, request an increase in the Aggregate Commitments to an amount not exceeding $150,000,000 (less the amount of any permanent reductions in the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Sections 2.06 (a) either by designating another bank or financial institution not theretofore a Lender to become a Lender (such designation to be effective only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, which consents will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and/or by agreeing with an existing Lender or Lenders that such Lender’s Commitment shall be increased; provided that (i) any such election for an increase by such other bank or financial institution not theretofore as Lender shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 in any one instance, (ii) Parent and Borrower may make a maximum of three (3) such requests, and (iii) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment hereunder. Upon execution and delivery by the Borrower and such Lender or other bank or financial institution of an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to effect such increase, including, as required, a new or amended Note, such existing Lender shall have a Commitment as therein set forth or such bank or financial institution shall become a Lender with a Commitment as therein set forth and all the rights and obligations of a Lender with such a Commitment hereunder.
 
(b)         Effective Date.  If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.15, then Administrative Agent, Parent, and Borrower shall determine the effective date (the Increase Effective Date”). Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Parent, Borrower, and the Lenders of the Increase Effective Date.
 
(c)         Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase.  As a condition precedent to such increase, Parent and Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent or Borrower (on behalf of each Loan Party) (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Parent and Borrower (on behalf of each Loan Party) approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most-recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b), and (B) no Default exists. Borrower shall prepay any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.15.

 
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(d)         Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.
 
2.16      Cash Collateral.
 
(a)         Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer if (i) L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, Borrower shall, in each case, within two (2) Business Days Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within five (5) Business Days of the request of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a) (iv), Section 11.13, and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
 
(b)         Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, interest-bearing deposit accounts at RBS. Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(c). If at any time Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, within five (5) Business Days after demand by Administrative Agent, pay or provide to Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
 
(c)         Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.17 or 9.02 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

 
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(d)         Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 9.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
 
2.17      Defaulting Lenders.
 
(a)         Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
 
(i)       Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
 
(ii)      Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be reasonably determined by Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to L/C Issuer hereunder; third, if so determined by Administrative Agent or requested by L/C Issuer, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit; fourth, as Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in an interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, or L/C Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, or L/C Issuer against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 
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(iii)     Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any unused fee pursuant to Section 2.09 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) pursuant to Section 2.09 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender and the Borrower shall not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender, and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).
 
(iv)     Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03, the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of that Lender.
 
(b)         Defaulting Lender Cure. If Borrower, Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 
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2.18      Guaranties. Pursuant to the Parent Guaranty, Parent shall unconditionally Guarantee in favor of Administrative Agent and Lenders the full payment and performance of the Obligations. Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty or an addendum thereto in the form attached to the Subsidiary Guaranty, Parent and Borrower shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to execute a Subsidiary Guaranty unconditionally guarantying in favor of Administrative Agent and Lenders the full payment and performance of the Obligations.
 
Article III.
Taxes, Yield Protection and Illegality
 
3.01       Taxes.
 
(a)           Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
 
(i)       Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require Borrower or Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
 
(ii)      If Borrower or Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) Administrative Agent or Borrower, as applicable, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) Administrative Agent or Borrower, as applicable, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

 
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(b)         Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.
 
(c)         Tax Indemnifications.
 
(i)       Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify Administrative Agent, each Lender and L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by Borrower or Administrative Agent or paid by Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender or L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
 
(ii)      Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Borrower or Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against Borrower or Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to Borrower or Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e). Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

 
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(d)       Evidence of Payments. Upon request by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by Borrower or by Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent shall deliver to Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
 
(e)       Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
 
(i)       Each Lender shall deliver to Borrower and to Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.
 
(ii)      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,
 
(A)        any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will enable Borrower or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
 
(B)         each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

 
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(1)        executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
 
(2)        executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
 
(3)        executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,
 
(4)        in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10 percent shareholder of Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
 
(5)         executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
 
(iii)     Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that Borrower or Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

 
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(f)         Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that Borrower, upon the request of Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer in the event Administrative Agent, such Lender or L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other Person.
 
3.02      Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower through Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

 
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3.03      Inability to Determine Rates. If Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, then Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

3.04      Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(a)        Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:
 
(i)       impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or L/C Issuer;
 
(ii)      subject any Lender or L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or L/C Issuer); or
 
(iii)     impose on any Lender or L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
 
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or L/C Issuer, then Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 
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(b)         Capital Requirements. If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
 
(c)         Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof.
 
(d)         Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-(9-)month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
 
(e)         Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided that Borrower shall have received at least ten (10) days’ prior notice (with a copy to Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice ten (10) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable ten (10) days from receipt of such notice.

 
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3.05      Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
 
(a)        any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
 
(b)        any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower; or
 
(c)         any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;
 
excluding any loss of anticipated profits and including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
 
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
 
3.06      Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
 
(a)         Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
 
(b)         Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, then Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.

 
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3.07      Survival .   All of Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of Administrative Agent.
 
Article IV.
Borrowing Base
 
4.01      Initial Borrowing Base. As of the Closing Date, the Borrowing Base shall consist of the Initial Borrowing Base Properties.
 
4.02     Changes in Borrowing Base Calculation. Each change in the Borrowing Base shall be effective upon receipt of a new Borrowing Base Report pursuant to Section 7.02(b); provided that any increase in the Borrowing Base reflected in such Borrowing Base Report shall not become effective until (a) the first (1st) Business Day following admission of any new Borrowing Base Property, and (b) the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of the new Borrowing Base Report in all other instances, and provided, further, that any change in the Borrowing Base as a result of the receipt of a new Acceptable Appraisal shall be effective upon the date that Administrative Agent and Required Lenders approve such Acceptable Appraisal, and any change in the Borrowing Base as a result of the admission of an Acceptable Property into the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be effective upon the date that such Acceptable Property is admitted into the Borrowing Base.
 
4.03      Requests for Admission into Borrowing Base.  Borrower shall provide Administrative Agent with a written request for an Acceptable Property to be admitted into the Borrowing Base. Such request shall be accompanied by the following information regarding such Acceptable Property (the Property Information) including the following, in each case reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent: (a) a general description of such Acceptable Property’s location, market, and amenities; (b) a property description; (c) UCC searches related to the applicable Mortgagor and the owners of the Equity Interests of such Mortgagor; (d) the documents and information with respect to such Acceptable Property listed in Section 4.11; (e) a Borrowing Base Report setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish the amount of the Borrowing Base with such Acceptable Property included in the Borrowing Base; (1) a Compliance Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to show that the Parent and Borrower will be in compliance with the terms of this Agreement with the inclusion of such Acceptable Property included the calculation of the Borrowing Base; and (g) such other customary information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent as shall be necessary in order for Administrative Agent to determine whether such Acceptable Property is eligible to be a Borrowing Base Property.
 
4.04      EligibilityIn order for an Acceptable Property to be eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base, such Acceptable Property shall satisfy the following unless otherwise approved by the Required Lenders:

 
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(a)      all Property Information with respect to such Acceptable Property shall be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent;
 
(b)      no Material Title Defect with respect to such Acceptable Property shall exist;
 
(c)      such Acceptable Property shall have reasonably satisfactory access to public utilities;
 
(d)      the admission of such Acceptable Property into the Borrowing Base shall not breach any obligation of the Borrower under any Contractual Obligation;
 
(e)      the Acceptable Environmental Report with respect to such Acceptable Property shall not reveal any Material Environmental Event; and
 
(f)       the property condition report with respect to such Acceptable Property shall not reveal any material defects.
 
4.05      Approval of Borrowing Base Properties. Each Acceptable Property shall be subject to Administrative Agent’s approval for admission into the Borrowing Base. Administrative Agent hereby approves all Initial Borrowing Base Properties for admission into the Borrowing Base.
 
4.06      Liens on Borrowing Base Properties. An Acceptable Property shall not be admitted into the Borrowing Base until: (a) the applicable Mortgagor shall have executed and delivered (or caused to be executed and delivered) to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the Subsidiary Guaranty and Security Documents covering such Acceptable Property, with the Mortgage being duly recorded or filed (as applicable) or subject to an customary escrow agreement satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to such recording; (b) the applicable Pledgors shall have executed and delivered (or caused to be executed and delivered) a Pledge Agreement covering the Equity Interests with respect to the applicable Mortgagor and such Mortgagor’s general partner, if such Mortgagor is a limited partnership; (c) Administrative Agent shall have a perfected, first priority Lien on such Acceptable Property (subject to Liens permitted under Section 8.01), for the benefit of the Lenders and such Mortgagor shall have caused to be delivered to Administrative Agent Title Insurance Policies covering such Acceptable Property; and (d) Borrower and the applicable Mortgagor shall have delivered to Administrative Agent all of the Property Information listed in Section 4.11.
 
4.07      Notice of Admission of New Borrowing Base Properties. If, after the date of this Agreement, an Acceptable Property meets all the requirements to be included in the Borrowing Base set forth in this Article IV, then Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and Lenders in writing (a) that such Acceptable Property is admitted into the Borrowing Base, and (b) of any changes to the Borrowing Base as a result of the admission of such Acceptable Property into the Borrowing Base.

 
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4.08      Appraisals. Administrative Agent will be entitled to obtain, and shall obtain at the request of the Required Lenders, at Borrower’s expense, a new Acceptable Appraisal for any Borrowing Base Property whose most-recent Acceptable Appraisal is more than eighteen (18) months old; provided that in addition to the foregoing, Administrative Agent will be entitled to obtain, and at the request of Required Lenders shall obtain, at Borrower’s expense, additional Acceptable Appraisals of any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof if (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time Administrative Agent orders such Acceptable Appraisal, (ii) Borrower has exercised the option to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.14, or (iii) an appraisal is required under applicable Law.
 
4.09      Release of Borrowing Base Property. Upon the written request of Borrower in connection with a sale, refinancing or other permanent disposition, Administrative Agent shall release a Borrowing Base Property from the Borrowing Base and any and all Liens in such Borrowing Base Property and, where appropriate, in the Equity Interests of the applicable Mortgagor or individually related to such Mortgagor granted pursuant to the Security Documents and, where appropriate, release such Mortgagor from the Subsidiary Guaranty; provided that no Default exists before and after giving effect thereto (other than Defaults solely with respect to such Borrowing Base Property that would no longer exist after giving effect to the release of such Borrowing Base Property from the Borrowing Base); provided, further, that Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to release any such Liens or obligations without a Borrowing Base Report setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish the amount of the Borrowing Base without such Borrowing Base Property and a Compliance Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to show that Parent and Borrower are in compliance with the terms of this Agreement without the inclusion of such Borrowing Base Property in the calculation of the Borrowing Base and the various financial covenants set forth herein, in each case as of the date of such release and after giving effect to any such release. In addition, to the extent the Administrative Agent has received a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or Equity Interest Collateral with respect to any Company or Property which does not own, directly or indirectly, a Borrowing Base Property, provided no Default is then in existence, the Administrative Agent will release such Subsidiary Guaranty and/or Equity Interest Collateral upon the request of the Borrower in connection with any sale or financing not prohibited under this Agreement or the creation of any joint venture Investment not prohibited hereunder.
 
4.10      Exclusion Events. Each of the following events shall be an Exclusion Event with respect to a Borrowing Base Property:
 
(a)         such Borrowing Base Property suffers a Material Environmental Event after the date of this Agreement which the Administrative Agent determines, acting reasonably and in good faith, materially impairs the Borrowing Value or marketability of such Borrowing Base Property;
 
(b)         Administrative Agent determines that such Borrowing Base Property has suffered a Material Property Event after the date such Property was admitted into the Borrowing Base (or in the case of an uninsured Casualty, in respect of such Borrowing Base Property, is reasonably likely to become a Material Property Event) which the Administrative Agent determines, acting reasonably and in good faith, materially impairs the Borrowing Value or marketability of such Borrowing Base Property;
 
(c)         the applicable Mortgagor of such Borrowing Base Property enters into any Lease that does not comply with the Loan Documents;

 
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(d)        a Lien for the performance of work or the supply of materials which is established against such Borrowing Base Property, or any stop notice served on the owner of such Borrowing Base Property, Administrative Agent or a Lender, remains unsatisfied or unbonded for a period of thirty (30) days after the date of filing or service and such Lien has priority over any Loan previously or thereafter made under this Agreement;
 
(e)         (i) any default by any Mortgagor, as tenant under any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease, in the observance or performance of any material term, covenant, or condition of any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease on the part of such Mortgagor to be observed or performed and said default is not cured following the expiration of any applicable grace and notice periods therein provided, or (ii) the leasehold estate created by any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease shall be surrendered or (iii) any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease shall cease to be in full force and effect or (iv) any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease shall be terminated or canceled for any reason or under any circumstances whatsoever, or any of the material terms, covenants or conditions of any applicable Acceptable Ground Lease shall be modified, changed, supplemented, altered, or amended in any manner not otherwise permitted hereunder without the consent of Administrative Agent; and
 
(f)         The Improvements have not been damaged (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and not repaired and are not the subject of any pending or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened Condemnation or adverse zoning proceeding, except as could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Property Event.
 
After the occurrence of any Exclusion Event, Administrative Agent, at the direction of Required Lenders in their sole discretion, shall have the right at any time and from time to time to notify Borrower (the Exclusion Notice”) that, effective ten (10) Business Days after the giving of such notice and for so long as such circumstance exists, such Property shall no longer be considered a Borrowing Base Property for purposes of determining the Borrowing Base. Borrowing Base Properties which have been subject to an Exclusion Event may, at Borrower’s request, be released from the Borrowing Base; provided that such release shall be subject to the conditions for release set forth in Section 4.09.
 
If Administrative Agent delivers an Exclusion Notice and such Exclusion Event no longer exists, then Borrower may give Administrative Agent written notice thereof (together with reasonably detailed evidence of the cure of such condition) and such Borrowing Base Property shall, effective with the delivery by Borrower of the next Borrowing Base Report, be considered a Borrowing Base Property for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base as long as such Borrowing Base Property meets all the requirements to be included in the Borrowing Base set forth in this Article IV. Any Property that is excluded from the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Section 4.10 may subsequently be reinstated as a Borrowing Base Property, even if an Exclusion Event exists, upon such terms and conditions as Required Lenders may approve.
 
4.11      Documentation Required with Respect to Borrowing Base PropertiesBorrower shall deliver, or shall cause the applicable Mortgagor to deliver, each of the following with respect to each Acceptable Property to be admitted to the Borrowing Base:

 
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(a)         unless otherwise agreed or approved by Administrative Agent: (i) two (2) prints of an original survey of each Borrowing Base Property and improvements thereon, as is satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Title Company; and (ii) a flood insurance policy in an amount required by Administrative Agent, but in no event less than the amount sufficient to meet the requirements of applicable Law and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, or evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that such Acceptable Property is not located in a flood hazard area;
 
(b)        (i) true and correct copies of each Major Lease and any Guarantees thereof and (ii) estoppel certificates and subordination and attornment agreements (including nondisturbance agreements if and to the extent agreed by Administrative Agent in its discretion) (“SNDA’s”), with respect to each Major Lease, in form and content reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, from the tenants and subtenants as Administrative Agent may reasonably require;
 
(c)         (i) evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that no portion of the Improvements of such Acceptable Property are located within “wetlands” under any applicable Law (unless all necessary approvals and permits have been obtained and remain in full force and effect) and (ii) an Acceptable Environmental Report for such Acceptable Property addressed to Administrative Agent (or subject to a reliance letter reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent), made within one hundred and eighty (180) days (or such longer period as may be approved by the Required Lenders) prior to the date such Acceptable Property is admitted to the Borrowing Base, showing that such Acceptable Property is in compliance with Environmental Requirements;
 
(d)         evidence that all applicable zoning ordinances, restrictive covenants, and Laws affecting such Acceptable Property (i) permit the use for which such Acceptable Property is intended and (ii) have been or will be complied with without the existence of any variance, non-complying use, nonconforming use (other than a legally nonconforming use) or other special exception or if a variance, permit or special exception is required, such has been obtained and remains in full force and effect;
 
(e)         (i) executed, acknowledged, and/or sworn to, as required, counterparts of the Mortgages shall have been delivered to the Title Company and released for recordation in the official records of the city or county in which such Acceptable Property is located, with the Administrative Agent agreeing that the principal amount secured by any Mortgage recorded in a jurisdiction with a material mortgage or similar tax shall be limited to one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Borrowing Value of such Acceptable Property, and (ii) UCC-1 financing statements which shall have been furnished for filing in all filing offices that Administrative Agent may reasonably require;
 
(f)         a pro forma Title Insurance Policy in the amounts set forth in the definition of Title Insurance Policies or a commitment to issue such Title Insurance Policy from the Title Company (Borrower and Borrower’s counsel shall not have any interest, direct or indirect, in the Title Company (or its agent) or any portion of the premium paid for the Title Insurance Policy);

 
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(g)         (1) if reasonably requested by Administrative Agent as a result of any pending material work conducted on such Acceptable Property, evidence that no contractor’s, supplier’s, mechanic’s or materialman’s Lien claim or notice, lis pendens, judgment, or other claim or encumbrance against such Acceptable Property has been filed for record in the county where such Acceptable Property is located or in any other public record which by Law provides notice of claims or encumbrances regarding such Acceptable Property (unless otherwise permitted under Section 8.01); (ii)a certificate or certificates of a reporting service acceptable to Administrative Agent, reflecting the results of searches made not earlier than forty five (45) days prior to the date such Acceptable Property is admitted to the Borrowing Base, (A) of the central and local Uniform Commercial Code records, showing no filings against any of the Collateral or against Borrower or the applicable Mortgagor related to the Acceptable Property otherwise, except as consented to by Administrative Agent; and (B) if required by Administrative Agent, of the appropriate judgment and tax Lien records, showing no outstanding judgment or tax Lien against Borrower or the applicable Mortgagor, in each case, unless otherwise permitted under Section 8.01;
 
(h)         an Acceptable Appraisal of such Acceptable Property;
 
(i)          if such Acceptable Property is held pursuant to an Acceptable Ground Lease: (i) true and correct copies of such Acceptable Ground Lease and any Guarantees thereof; and (ii) to the extent required by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their reasonable discretion, recognition agreements and estoppel certificates executed by the lessor under such Acceptable Ground Lease, in form and content reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable;
 
(j)          a true and correct rent roll for such Acceptable Property;
 
(k)         a current property conditions report performed by an engineer reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and
 
(1)         as to the Initial Borrowing Base Properties and except for the Title Insurance Policies required under clause (f) above, tenant estoppel certificates and SNDA’s required under clause (b) above, and updated environmental reports required under (c) above, Borrower may, subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, satisfy the requirements under this Section 4.11 for the delivery of surveys or third party reports by any existing reports in the possession of Borrower, regardless of the date of such survey or reports, together with current reliance letters.
 
Article V.
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
 
5.01      Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 
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(a)         Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
 
(i)       executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Guaranties, and the applicable Pledge Agreements, sufficient in number for distribution to Administrative Agent, each Lender, and Borrower together with duplicate (unless more than one original Mortgage is needed for recording, in which event three shall be executed) executed Mortgages for each Initial Borrowing Base Property;
 
(ii)      a Note executed by Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
 
(iii)     such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
 
(iv)     such documents and certifications as Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(v)      a favorable opinion of legal counsel to the Loan Parties and local counsel to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions in which the Initial Borrowing Base Properties are located, in each case, addressed to Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to matters concerning due formation and applicable good standing of the Loan Parties and the due execution and enforceability of the Loan Documents;
 
(vi)     a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
 
(vii)    a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied, and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Pro Forma Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

 
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(viii)   a duly completed Borrowing Base Report and Compliance Certificate as of the Closing Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower;
 
(ix)      the Property Information with respect to each of the Initial Borrowing Base Properties;
 
(x)       evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect; and
 
(xi)      such other customary assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Required Lenders reasonably may require.
 
(b)        Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.
 
(c)         Unless waived by Administrative Agent, Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced prior to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between Borrower and Administrative Agent).
 
(d)         The IPO shall have occurred.
 
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
 
5.02      Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
 
(a)           The representations and warranties of Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification)) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided, if any such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification)) as of such earlier date; provided, further, that, for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most-recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b).

 
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(b)         No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
 
(c)         Administrative Agent and, if applicable, L/C Issuer shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
 
(d)         After giving effect to such proposed Credit Extension, the Total Outstandings do not exceed the Available Loan Amount.
 
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a), (b), and (d) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
 
Article VI.
Representations and Warranties
 
Each of Parent and Borrower represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
 
6.01      Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Parent, Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) in the case of the Loan Parties, execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
6.02      Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.

 
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6.03       Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except for those that have been obtained, taken or made, as the case may be, and those specified herein.
 
6.04       Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws or general equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors rights generally.
 
6.05       Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
 
(a)           The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Parent as of the date thereof and their results of operations for each period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the each period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of Parent as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
 
(b)           The most recent unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Parent delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(b) (it being acknowledged that, as of the Closing Date, no such balance sheets or statements have been so delivered), and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, consolidated shareholders equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of Parent as of the date thereof and its results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
 
(c)           The consolidated and consolidating pro forma balance sheets of Parent as of the Closing Date, and the related consolidated and consolidating pro forma statements of income for the portion of the fiscal year then ended (the Pro Forma Financial Statements), certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of Parent, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present the consolidated and consolidating pro forma financial condition of Parent as of such date and the consolidated and consolidating pro forma results of operations of Parent for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP.

 
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(d)           From and after the date of the Audited Financial Statements, and thereafter, from and after the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
6.06       Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the actual knowledge of any Company without independent investigation, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Company or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.06, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there has been no adverse change in the status, or financial effect on any Company, of the matters described on Schedule 6.06.
 
6.07       No Default. No Company is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
 
6.08       Ownership of Property; Liens; Equity Interests. Each Mortgagor has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all Borrowing Base Properties necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each applicable Mortgagor has good record and marketable fee simple title (or, in the case of Acceptable Ground Leases, a valid leasehold) to the Borrowing Base Property owned by such Mortgagor, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 8.01. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in each Mortgagor have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the applicable Pledgors free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 8.01).
 
6.09       Environmental Compliance.
 
(a)           The Companies conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof Parent and Borrower have reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.09, such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
 
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(b)           To the best of the Borrowers knowledge, without independent investigation, and except as otherwise may be disclosed in any Environmental Assessment, or as may be indicated in the Acceptable Environmental Report delivered to Administrative Agent and except to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no Borrowing Base Property has been used (A) for landfilling, dumping, or other waste or Hazardous Material disposal activities or operations in violation of Environmental Laws, or (B) for generation, storage, use, sale, treatment, processing, or recycling of any Hazardous Material, in violation of Environmental Laws, or for any other use that has resulted in Contamination; (ii) there is no Hazardous Material, storage tank (or similar vessel) whether underground or otherwise, sump or well currently on any Property; (iii) no Company has received any written notice of, or has actual knowledge of, any Environmental Claim or any completed, pending, proposed or threatened investigation or inquiry concerning the presence or release of any Hazardous Material on any Property or concerning whether any condition, use or activity on any Property is in violation of any Environmental Requirement; (iv) the present conditions, uses, and activities on each Property do not violate any Environmental Requirement and the use of any Property which any Company (and each tenant and subtenant) makes and intends to make of any Property complies and will comply with all applicable Environmental Requirements; (v) no Property appears on the National Priorities List, any federal or state “superfund” or “superlien” list, or any other list or database of properties maintained by any local, state, or federal agency or department showing properties which are known to contain or which are suspected of containing a Hazardous Material; (vi) no Company has ever applied for and been denied environmental impairment liability insurance coverage relating to any Property; (vii) no Company has, nor, to any Companys knowledge, have any tenants or subtenants, obtained any permit or authorization to construct, occupy, operate, use, or conduct any activity on any Property by reason of any Environmental Requirement; and (viii) to any Companys knowledge, there are no underground or aboveground storage tanks on such Property.
 
(c)           Even though a Loan Party may have provided Administrative Agent with an Acceptable Environmental Report or other environmental report or assessment together with other relevant information regarding the environmental condition of the Borrowing Base Properties, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Administrative Agent is not accepting the Borrowing Base Properties as security for the Obligations based solely on that report, assessment, or information. Rather Administrative Agent has relied on the assessments, reports, and representations and warranties of Borrower in this Agreement and Administrative Agent is not waiving any of its rights and remedies in the environmental provisions of this Agreement, the Mortgages, or any other Loan Document.
 
6.10       Insurance. The properties of the Loan Parties are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Loan Party, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties operate.
 
6.11       Taxes. The Companies have filed all material Federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all material Federal, state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Company that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 
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6.12       ERISA Compliance.
 
(a)           Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state laws. Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of Parent and Borrower, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status. Parent and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
 
(b)           There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Parent and Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that would have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or would have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(c)           (i) No ERISA Event has occurred, and neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that would constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) Parent and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) as of the most-recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that would cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most-recent valuation date; (iv) neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v) neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that would cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan, in each case, that would result in a liability, individually, or in the aggregate, in excess of the Threshold Amount.
 
6.13       Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, Parent and Borrower have no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 6.13, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by a Company in the amounts specified on Part (a) of Schedule 6.13 free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent). As of the Closing Date, neither Parent nor Borrower has any direct or indirect Equity Interests in any other Person other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 6.13. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in each Mortgagor have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the applicable holders in the amounts specified on Part (c) of Schedule 6.13 free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of Administrative Agent).

 
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6.14       Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a)           Neither Parent nor Borrower is engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of their important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.
 
(b)           None of Parent, Borrower, any Person Controlling Borrower, or any other Company is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
6.15       Disclosure. Parent and Borrower have disclosed to Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Company is subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Company to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken as a whole, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or fail to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that with respect to projected financial information, Parent and Borrower represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made.
 
6.16       Compliance with Laws. Each Company is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
6.17       Taxpayer Identification Number. As of the date hereof, each Loan Partys true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number is set forth on Schedule 11.02.
 
6.18       Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each Loan Party owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, IP Rights) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person except, in each case, where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party infringes upon any rights held by any other Person except where such infringement would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.18, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of each Loan Party, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 
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6.19       Representations Concerning Leases. (a) A true and correct copy of each Major Lease, and each Guarantee thereof (if any), affecting any part of the Borrowing Base Properties has been delivered to Administrative Agent and no Lease or Guarantee thereof (if any) contains any option to purchase all or any portion of any Borrowing Base Property or any interest therein or contains any right of first refusal relating to any sale of any Borrowing Base Property or any portion thereof or interest therein; and (b) Borrower and the applicable Mortgagors have delivered true and correct copies of each rent roll as required by Section 4.11(j).

6.20       Solvency. No Loan Party (a) has entered into the transaction or executed this Agreement or any other Loan Document with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor and (b) has not received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under the Loan Documents. After giving effect to any Loan, the fair saleable value of each Loan Partys assets exceeds and will, immediately following the making of any such Loan, exceed such Loan Partys total liabilities, including subordinated, unliquidated, disputed and contingent liabilities. No Loan Partys assets constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted, nor will its assets constitute unreasonably small capital immediately following the making of any Loan. No Loan Party intends to incur debt and liabilities (including contingent liabilities and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debt and liabilities as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by such Loan Party and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of such Loan Party). No petition under any Debtor Relief Laws has been filed against any Loan Party in the last seven (7) years, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party in the last seven (7) years has ever made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or taken advantage of any insolvency act for the benefit of debtors. No Loan Party is contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any Debtor Relief Laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property, and no Loan Party has knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it or any other Loan Party.
 
6.21       REIT Status of Parent. Parent will elect to qualify as a REIT commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2011 and each taxable year thereafter.
 
6.22       Labor Matters. There is (a) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against any Company or, to the best of each Companys knowledge, threatened in writing against any Company, before the National Labor Relations Board, and no significant grievance or significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is pending on the date hereof against any Company or, to best of any Companys knowledge, threatened in writing against any Company which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) no significant strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage is pending against any Company or, to the best of any Companys knowledge, threatened in writing against any Company which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 
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6.23       Ground Lease Representation.
 
(a)           The applicable Mortgagor has delivered to Administrative Agent true and correct copies of each Acceptable Ground Lease as required by Section 4.11(i).
 
(b)           Each Acceptable Ground Lease is in full force and effect.
 
6.24       Borrowing Base Properties. To Borrowers knowledge and except where the failure of any of the following to be true and correct would not have a Material Adverse Effect:
 
(a)           Each Borrowing Base Property complies with all Laws, including all subdivision and platting requirements, without reliance on any adjoining or neighboring property. No Loan Party has received any notice or claim from any Person that a Borrowing Base Property, or any use, activity, operation, or maintenance thereof or thereon, is not in compliance with any Law, and has no actual knowledge of any such noncompliance except as disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent;
 
(b)           The Loan Parties have not directly or indirectly conveyed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, or transferred (or agreed to do so) any development rights, air rights, or other similar rights, privileges, or attributes with respect to a Borrowing Base Property, including those arising under any zoning or property use ordinance or other Laws;
 
(c)           All utility services necessary for the use of each Borrowing Base Property and the operation thereof for their intended purpose are available at each Borrowing Base Property;
 
(d)           The current use of each Borrowing Base Property complies in all material respects with all applicable zoning ordinances, regulations, and restrictive covenants affecting such Borrowing Base Property, all use restrictions of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction have been satisfied; and
 
(e)           No Borrowing Base Property is the subject of any pending or, to any Loan Partys knowledge, threatened Condemnation or material adverse zoning proceeding for which Administrative Agent has not been notified in accordance with Section 7.13.
 
Article VII.
Affirmative Covenants
 
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (excluding contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no unsatisfied claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding:

 
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7.01       Financial Statements.   Each of Parent and Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Required Lenders:
 
(a)           as soon as available, but in any event within one hundred five (105) days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent (or, if earlier, fifteen (15) days after the date required to be filed with the SEC) (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011), a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Parent as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, consolidated changes in shareholders equity, and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, such consolidated statements to be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, and such consolidating statements to be certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Parent to the effect that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the consolidated financial statements of Parent;
 
(b)           as soon as available, but in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent (or, if earlier, five (5) days after the date required to be filed with the SEC) (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011), a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Parent as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of Parents fiscal year then ended, and the related consolidated changes in shareholders equity, and cash flows for the portion of Parents fiscal year then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form, as applicable, the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, such consolidated statements to be certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Parent as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of Parent in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and such consolidating statements to be certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Parent to the effect that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the consolidated financial statements of Parent; and
 
(c)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), (i) a statement of all income and expenses in connection with each Borrowing Base Property, and (ii) for any Borrowing Base Property subject to more than one (1) Lease Agreement, a rent roll, each certified in writing as true and correct by Responsible Officer of Parent together with a status report regarding the leasing activities with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties and copies of any leases executed during the prior calendar quarter.

 
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As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.02, Parent and Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of Parent and Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.
 
7.02       Certificates; Other Information. Each of Parent and Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Required Lenders:
 
(a)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Borrower (which delivery may, unless Administrative Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes);
 
(b)           concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), upon the receipt by Administrative Agent of any new Acceptable Appraisal, upon the admission of an Acceptable Property into the Borrowing Base, and upon the removal of any Property from the Borrowing Base, a duly completed Borrowing Base Report signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Borrower (which delivery may, unless Administrative Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes);
 
(c)           promptly after any request by Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit opinions or review reports submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of Parent by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Parent;
 
(d)           promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Parent, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
 
(e)           as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, an annual budget for Parent, on a consolidated basis prepared by Parent in the ordinary course of its business;
 
 
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(f)           promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of debt securities of Parent or Borrower pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01 or any other clause of this Section 7.02;
 
(g)           promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by Parent or Borrower, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any material investigation or other material inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Company unless restricted from doing so by such agency; and
 
(h)           promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of Parent or Borrower or any Borrowing Base Property, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
 
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Parent and Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Parent and Borrowers website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Parent and Borrowers behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by Administrative Agent). Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by Parent and Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
 
Parent and Borrower hereby acknowledge that (a) Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arranger will make available to the Lenders and L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Parent and Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Parent, Borrower or their Affiliates, or the respective Equity Interests of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons Equity Interests. Parent and Borrower hereby agree that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” Parent and Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger, L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to Parent and Borrower or their Equity Interests for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

 
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7.03       Notices. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, upon becoming aware of same, promptly notify Administrative Agent who shall notify each Lender:
 
(a)           of the occurrence of any Default;
 
(b)           of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(c)           of the occurrence of any ERISA Event which has resulted or would result in liabilities of any Company in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount;
 
(d)           of any material litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding instituted or threatened in writing against any Borrowing Base Property, and which could reasonably be excepted to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(e)           of any actual or threatened in writing Condemnation of any portion of any Borrowing Base Property, and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(f)           of any Casualty with respect to any Borrowing Base Property to the extent such notice is required pursuant to Section 7.13(b);
 
(g)           of any material permit, license, certificate or approval required with respect to any Borrowing Base Property lapses or ceases to be in full force and effect or claim from any person that any Borrowing Base Property, or any use, activity, operation or maintenance thereof or thereon, is not in compliance with any Law except to the extent that the same would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
 
(h)           of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Company, including any determination by Borrower referred to in Section 2.10(b).
 
Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of Parent and Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Parent and/or Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
 
7.04       Payment of Obligations. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including: (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon a Loan Party or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Loan Party; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property other than Liens of the type permitted under Sections 8.01(a) through (g); and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable except, in each case, where the failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 
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7.05       Preservation of Existence, Etc. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.03; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its IP Rights, the non-preservation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
7.06       Maintenance of Properties. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Company to (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition except to the extent the failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its (i) Borrowing Base Properties, and, (ii) as to its other Properties except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (d) keep the Borrowing Base Properties in good order, repair, operating condition, and appearance, causing all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, and improvements to be promptly made, and not allow any of the Borrowing Base Properties to be misused, abused or wasted or to deteriorate (ordinary wear and tear excepted) except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
7.07       Maintenance of Insurance.
 
(a)           Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Company to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Company, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
 
 
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(b)           Without limiting the foregoing, each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, obtain and maintain, at Borrowers or the applicable Mortgagors sole expense: (i) property insurance with respect to all insurable property, against loss or damage by fire, lightning, windstorm, explosion, hail, tornado and such additional hazards as are presently included in special form (also known as “all-risk”) coverage and against any and all acts of terrorism and such other insurable hazards as Administrative Agent may reasonably require which at the time are commonly insured against in the case of premises similarly situated, due regard being given to the height, type, construction, location, use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and are commercially available at commercially reasonable rates, in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the full replacement cost, excluding costs for foundation or utility replacement but including the cost of debris removal, without deduction for depreciation and sufficient to prevent any Loan Party and Administrative Agent and Lenders from becoming coinsurers; (ii) if and to the extent any portion of any Borrowing Base Property or the Improvements is, under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (for purposes of this Section, “FDPA”), as it may be amended from time to time, in a Special Flood Hazard Area, within a Flood Zone designated A or V in a participating community, a flood insurance policy in an amount required by Administrative Agent, but in no event less than the amount sufficient to meet the requirements of applicable Law and the FDPA, as such requirements may from time to time be in effect; (iii) general liability insurance, on an “occurrence” basis against claims for “personal injury” liability, including bodily injury, death, or property damage liability, for the benefit of the applicable Loan Parties as named insureds and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, as additional insured; (iv) statutory workers compensation insurance with respect to any work on or about any of the Borrowing Base Properties (including employers liability insurance, if required by Administrative Agent), covering all employees and contractors of each applicable Loan Party; and (v) such other insurance on the Borrowing Base Properties and endorsements as may from time to time be reasonably required by Administrative Agent (including soft cost coverage, business interruption insurance, or delayed rental insurance, boiler and machinery insurance, earthquake insurance, wind insurance, sinkhole coverage, and/or permit to occupy endorsement) which risks at the time are commonly insured against in the case of premises similarly situated, due regard being given to the height, type, construction, location, use and occupancy of buildings and Improvements and are commercially available at commercially reasonable rates. All insurance policies shall be issued and maintained by insurers, in amounts, with deductibles, limits and retentions, and in forms satisfactory to Administrative Agent. All insurance companies providing insurance required pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document must be licensed to do business in the state in which the applicable Borrowing Base Property is located and must have an A. M. Best Company financial and performance ratings of A-:IX or better. All insurance policies maintained, or caused to be maintained, with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties, except for general liability insurance, shall provide that each such policy shall be primary without right of contribution from any other insurance that may be carried by the applicable Loan Party or its applicable Subsidiary or Administrative Agent or any Lender, and that all of the provisions thereof, except the limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured. If any insurer which has issued a policy of hazard, liability, or other insurance required pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes insolvent or is the subject of any petition, case, proceeding or other action pursuant to any Debtor Relief Law, or if in Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion the financial responsibility of such insurer is or becomes inadequate, then each applicable Loan Party shall in each instance promptly upon its discovery thereof or upon the request of Administrative Agent therefor, promptly obtain and deliver to Administrative Agent a like policy (or, if and to the extent permitted by Administrative Agent, acceptable evidence of insurance) issued by another insurer, which insurer and policy meet the requirements of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be.

 
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(c)           Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, cause all certificates of insurance or other evidence of each initial insurance policy to be delivered to Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, with all premiums fully paid current, and each renewal or substitute policy (or evidence of insurance) shall be delivered to Administrative Agent, with all premiums fully paid current, at least ten (10) days after the termination of the policy it renews or replaces.
 
(d)           Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, pay all premiums on policies required hereunder as they become due and payable and promptly deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent of the timely payment thereof. If any loss occurs at any time when the Loan Parties have failed to perform the Loan Parties’ covenants and agreements in this Section 7.07 with respect to any insurance payable because of loss sustained to any part of any Borrowing Base Property or otherwise, whether or not such insurance is required by Administrative Agent and the Lenders, then Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall nevertheless be entitled to the benefit of all insurance covering the loss and held by or for a Loan Party, to the same extent as if it had been made payable to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders.
 
(e)           Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, cause all insurance policies provided for or contemplated by this Section 7.07 with respect to the assets and properties of the Loan Parties that constitute Collateral, including any environmental insurance, to name the applicable Loan Party as the insured and Administrative Agent as the additional insured or loss payee, as its interests may appear, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, providing that the loss thereunder shall be payable directly to Administrative Agent. In addition, such insurance policies shall provide for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Administrative Agent of any termination, lapse, modification, or cancellation of such policy or ten (10) days notice in the case of non-payment of any premium.
 
7.08       Compliance with Laws. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor to, comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
7.09       Books and Records. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Company to: (a) maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of each Company, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over any Company, as the case may be.
 
 
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7.10       Inspection Rights. Subject to the rights of tenants, each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, permit representatives and independent contractors of Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect and photograph any Borrowing Base Property and any of its other properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and all recorded data of any kind or nature, regardless of the medium of recording including all software, writings, plans, specifications and schematics, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers all at the expense of Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the applicable Loan Party and no more often than once in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided that when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice, subject to the rights of tenants. Any inspection or audit of the Borrowing Base Properties or the books and records, including recorded data of any kind or nature, regardless of the medium of recording including software, writings, plans, specifications and schematics of any Loan Party, or the procuring of documents and financial and other information, by Administrative Agent on behalf of itself or on behalf of Lenders shall be for Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ protection only, and shall not constitute any assumption of responsibility to any Loan Party or anyone else with regard to the condition, construction, maintenance or operation of the Borrowing Base Properties nor Administrative Agent’s approval of any certification given to Administrative Agent nor relieve any Loan Party of Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s obligations.
 
7.11       Use of Proceeds. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Company to, use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to refinance the obligations of the Companies under existing facilities, (b) to finance the acquisition of Properties, (c) to pay operating and leasing expenses with respect to its Properties, and (d) for general corporate purposes, in each case, not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
 
7.12       Environmental Matters. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to:
 
(a)          Violations; Notice to Administrative Agent. Use reasonable efforts to:
 
(i)           Keep the Borrowing Base Properties free of Contamination;
 
(ii)           Promptly deliver to Administrative Agent a copy of each report pertaining to any Property or to any Loan Party prepared by or on behalf of such Loan Party pursuant to a material violation of any Environmental Requirement; and
 
(iii) As soon as practicable advise Administrative Agent in writing of any Environmental Claim or of the discovery of any Contamination on any Borrowing Base Property, as soon as any Loan Party first obtains knowledge thereof, including a description of the nature and extent of the Environmental Claim and/or Hazardous Material and all relevant circumstances.

 
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(b)           Site Assessments and Information. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then if requested by Administrative Agent, at Borrower’s expense, deliver to Administrative Agent from time to time, but no more frequently than once per calendar year unless an Event of Default exists, in each case within seventy five (75) days after Administrative Agent’s request, an Environmental Assessment (hereinafter defined) made after the date of Administrative Agent’s request. As used in this Agreement, the term “Environmental Assessment” means a report of an environmental assessment of any or all Borrowing Base Properties and of such scope so as to be compliant with the guidelines established by the ASTM (including the taking of soil borings and air and groundwater samples and other above and below ground testing) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request to be performed by a licensed environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. Each applicable Loan Party shall cooperate with each consulting firm making any such Environmental Assessment and shall supply to the consulting firm all information available to such Loan Party to facilitate the completion of the Environmental Assessment. If any Loan Party fails to furnish Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days after Administrative Agent’s request with a copy of an agreement with an acceptable environmental consulting firm to provide such Environmental Assessment, or if any Loan Party fails to furnish to Administrative Agent such Environmental Assessment within seventy five (75) days after Administrative Agent’s request, upon written notice to Parent and Borrower, Administrative Agent may cause any such Environmental Assessment to be made at Borrower’s expense and risk. Subject to the rights of tenant, Administrative Agent and its designees are hereby granted access to the Borrowing Base Properties upon written notice, and a license which is coupled with an interest and irrevocable, to make or cause to be made such Environmental Assessments. Administrative Agent may disclose to any Governmental Authority, to the extent required by Applicable Law, any information Administrative Agent ever has about the environmental condition or compliance of the Borrowing Base Properties, but shall be under no duty to disclose any such information except as may be required by Law. Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to make any Environmental Assessment of the Borrowing Base Properties, and in no event shall any such Environmental Assessment by Administrative Agent be or give rise to a representation that any Hazardous Material is or is not present on the Borrowing Base Properties, or that there has been or shall be compliance with any Environmental Requirement, nor shall any Company or any other Person be entitled to rely on any Environmental Assessment made by Administrative Agent or at Administrative Agent’s request but Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy of such report to Parent and Borrower. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender owes any duty of care to protect any Company or any other Person against, or to inform them of, any Hazardous Material or other adverse condition affecting the Borrowing Base Properties.
 
 
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(c)           Remedial Actions. If any Contamination is discovered on any Borrowing Base Property at any time and regardless of the cause, (i) promptly at the applicable Loan Parties’ sole expense, remove, treat, and dispose of the Hazardous Material in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements provided, however, that any cleanup standard approved by the applicable regulatory authority that is based on institutional or engineering controls must first be submitted for approval to Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, in addition to taking such other action as is necessary to have the full use and benefit of such Borrowing Base Property as contemplated by the Loan Documents, and provide Administrative Agent with satisfactory evidence thereof; and (ii) if reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, provide to Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of Administrative Agent’s request a bond, letter of credit, or other financial assurance, including self-assurance, evidencing to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction that all necessary funds are readily available to pay the costs and expenses of the actions required by the preceding clause (i) and to discharge any assessments or liens established against such Borrowing Base Property as a result of the presence of the Hazardous Material on the Borrowing Base Property. After completion of such remedial actions, the applicable Loan Party shall promptly request regulatory approval, take all reasonable measures to obtain issuance of such approval if available and issued, deliver to Administrative Agent a letter indicating that no further action is required with respect to the applicable Borrowing Base Property or similar confirmation by the applicable regulator that all required remedial action as stated above has been taken and successfully completed to the satisfaction of the applicable regulator. Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders may, but shall never be obligated to, remove or cause the removal of any Hazardous Material from any Borrowing Base Property (or if removal is prohibited by any Environmental Requirement, take or cause the taking of such other action as is required by any Environmental Requirement) if the Loan Parties fail to commence such remedial actions in accordance with the terms hereof and thereafter diligently prosecute the same to completion in accordance with the terms hereof (without limitation of the rights of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders to declare an Event of Default and to exercise all rights and remedies available by reason thereof); and Administrative Agent and its designees are hereby granted access subject to the rights of tenants to the Borrowing Base Properties at any time or times, upon reasonable notice (which may be written or oral), and a license which is coupled with an interest and irrevocable, to remove or cause such removal or to take or cause the taking of any such other action. In such instance, the Administrative Agent and its designees and the Lenders are acting as authorized agents of the Loan Parties, who shall be responsible for, and shall sign any required manifests for, offsite disposal.

7.13       Condemnation, Casualty and Restoration. Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to:
 
 
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(a)           Give Administrative Agent notice of the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding for the Condemnation of any Borrowing Base Property upon the applicable Mortgagor’s receipt of written notice thereof and deliver to Administrative Agent copies of any and all papers served in connection with such proceedings. Administrative Agent has the right (but not the obligation) to participate in any such proceedings and to be represented by counsel of its own choice, and the applicable Loan Parties shall from time to time deliver to Administrative Agent all instruments requested by it to permit such participation. Each applicable Loan Party shall, at its expense, diligently prosecute any such proceedings, and shall consult with Administrative Agent, its attorneys, and experts, and cooperate with them in the carrying on or defense of any such proceedings. Notwithstanding any taking by any public or quasi-public authority through Condemnation or otherwise (including any transfer made in lieu of or in anticipation of the exercise of such taking), Borrower shall continue to pay the Obligations at the time and in the manner provided for in this Agreement and the Obligations shall not be reduced until any Award shall have been actually received and applied by Administrative Agent, after the deduction of expenses of collection, to the reduction or discharge of the Obligations. All costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with any condemnation shall be a demand obligation owing by Borrower (which Borrower hereby promises to pay within thirty (30) Business Days after demand) to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement. If any Borrowing Base Property or any portion thereof is taken by a condemning authority, then to the extent such Property is not removed by Borrower as a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with Section 4.09, the applicable Mortgagor shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute the Restoration of such Borrowing Base Property and otherwise comply with the provisions of clause (d) below, provided that Administrative Agent makes any Restoration Net Proceeds available pursuant to clause (d) below.

(b)           If any Borrowing Base Property shall be damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty (a “Casualty”), and the aggregate cost of repair of such damage or destruction shall be equal to or in excess of the greater of (i) $1,000,000 and (ii) twenty five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Value of such Borrowing Base Property, give prompt notice of such Casualty to Administrative Agent. To the extent such Property is not removed by Borrower as a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with Section 4.09, the applicable Loan Party shall diligently prosecute the Restoration of such Borrowing Base Property in accordance with clause (d) below, so long as Administrative Agent makes any Restoration Net Proceeds available pursuant to clause (d) below. The applicable Loan Party shall pay all costs of such Restoration whether or not such costs are covered by insurance. Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make proof of loss if not made promptly by the applicable Loan Party. If an Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, then the applicable Loan Party shall adjust all claims for Insurance Proceeds in consultation with, and approval of, Administrative Agent.
 
(c)           Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, shall be entitled to receive all sums which may be awarded or become payable to a Loan Party for the Condemnation of any Borrowing Base Property, or any part thereof, and any insurance proceeds of a Casualty and the applicable Loan Party shall, upon request of Administrative Agent, promptly execute such additional assignments and other documents as may be necessary from time to time to permit such participation and to enable Administrative Agent to collect and receipt for any such sums. All such sums are hereby assigned to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, and shall be released or applied to the Restoration in accordance with clause (d) below. In any event the unpaid portion of the Obligations shall remain in full force and effect and the payment thereof shall not be excused. Administrative Agent shall not be, under any circumstances, liable or responsible for failure to collect or to exercise diligence in the collection of any such sum or for failure to see to the proper application of any amount paid over to the applicable Loan Party.

 
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(d)           If the Restoration Net Proceeds and the costs of completing the Restoration shall be less than the greater of (A) $1,000,000 and (B) twenty five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Value of such Borrowing Base Property, then the Restoration Net Proceeds will be disbursed by Administrative Agent to the applicable Loan Party upon receipt, provided that all of the conditions set forth in clause (i) (A) and (C) – (G) below are met and such Loan Party delivers to Administrative Agent a written undertaking to expeditiously commence and to satisfactorily complete with due diligence the Restoration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and if the Restoration Net Proceeds or the costs of completing the Restoration are equal to or greater than the greater of (A) $1,000,000 and (B) twenty five percent (25%) of the Borrowing Value of such Borrowing Base Property, then Administrative Agent shall make the Restoration Net Proceeds available for the Restoration in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.13(d).
 
(i)           The Restoration Net Proceeds shall be made available to the applicable Loan Party for Restoration; provided that each of the following conditions are met:
 
(A)           no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(B)           (1) in the event the Restoration Net Proceeds are Insurance Proceeds, less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the rentable area of the Improvements on such Borrowing Base Property has been damaged, destroyed, or rendered unusable as a result of a Casualty or (2) in the event the Restoration Net Proceeds are Condemnation Proceeds, less than ten percent (10%) of the land constituting such Borrowing Base Property is taken, such land is located along the perimeter or periphery of the Borrowing Base Property, and no portion of the Improvements is located on such land;
 
(C)           Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that any operating deficits, including all scheduled payments of principal and interest hereunder, which will be incurred with respect to such Borrowing Base Property as a result of the occurrence of any such Casualty or Condemnation, whichever the case may be, will be covered out of the insurance coverage referred to in Section 7.07 above or other security provided by Loan Parties;
 
(D)           Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that the Restoration will be completed twelve (12) months after commencement of the Restoration;
 
(E)           such Borrowing Base Property and the use thereof after the Restoration will be in compliance in all material respects with all Laws;

 
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(F)           the applicable Loan Party shall cause the Restoration to be done and completed in an expeditious and diligent fashion and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws;
 
(G)           such Casualty or Condemnation, as applicable, does not result in the complete loss of access to such Borrowing Base Property or the Improvements;
 
(H)           the applicable Loan Party shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Administrative Agent a signed detailed budget approved in writing by the applicable Loan Party’s architect or engineer stating the entire cost of completing the Restoration, which budget shall be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent; and
 
(I)           the Restoration Net Proceeds together with any cash or cash equivalent deposited by Borrower with Administrative Agent are sufficient in Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment to cover the cost of the Restoration.
 
(ii)          The Restoration Net Proceeds shall be held by Administrative Agent in an interest bearing account until disbursements commence, and, until disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.13(d), shall constitute additional security for the Obligations. The Restoration Net Proceeds shall be disbursed by Administrative Agent to, or as directed by, Borrower from time to time during the course of the Restoration, upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that (A) all the conditions precedent to such advance, including those set forth in clause (i) above, have been satisfied, (B) all materials installed and work and labor performed (except to the extent that they are to be paid for out of the requested disbursement and except for the Restoration Retainage (defined below)) in connection with the related Restoration item have been paid for in full, and (C) there exist no notices of pendency, stop orders, contractor’s, supplier’s, mechanic’s or materialman’s Liens, or notices of intention to file same, or any other Liens or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever on such Borrowing Base Property (other than Liens permitted under Section 8.01) which have not either been fully bonded to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent and discharged of record or in the alternative fully insured to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent by the Title Company.
 
 
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(iii)           All plans and specifications required in connection with the Restoration shall be subject to prior review and acceptance in all respects by Administrative Agent and by an independent consulting engineer selected by Administrative Agent (the Restoration Consultant) which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Administrative Agent shall have the use of the plans and specifications and all permits, licenses and approvals required or obtained in connection with the Restoration. The identity of the contractors, subcontractors, and materialmen engaged in the Restoration, as well as the contracts in excess of $500,000 under which they have been engaged, shall be subject to prior review and reasonable acceptance by Administrative Agent and the Restoration Consultant which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with making the Restoration Net Proceeds available for the Restoration, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements and the Restoration Consultant’s fees, shall be paid by Borrower. Administrative Agent shall act on requests from Borrower for any approval under this Section (iii) in a commercially reasonable manner and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to any such request within ten (10) Business Days following Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof. Administrative Agent’s response may consist of an approval or disapproval of the request, or a conditional approval thereof subject to specified conditions, or a request for further data or information, or any combination thereof. In order to expedite the processing of requests for such approvals, the applicable Borrower agrees to provide Administrative Agent with as much advance information as is possible in a commercially reasonable manner in advance of a Borrower’s formal request for an approval. If the request for approval contains printed in capital letters or boldface type, a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THIS COMMUNICATION REQUIRES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN FIFTEEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THIS COMMUNICATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEEMED APPROVAL BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OF THE ACTION REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER AND RECITED ABOVE”
 
then in the event that the Administrative Agent does not approve, reject or request additional information regarding any such request for consent or acceptance within the later to occur of (a) ten (10) Business Days of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such request and (a) ten (10) Business Days of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of all material information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent during the ten (10) Business Day period following receipt of the request, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have approved or consented to the action requested in the request.
 
 
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(iv)           In no event shall Administrative Agent be obligated to make disbursements of the Restoration Net Proceeds in excess of an amount equal to the costs actually incurred from time to time for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Restoration Consultant, minus the Restoration Retainage. The term “Restoration Retainage” means an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the costs actually incurred for work in place as part of the Restoration, as certified by the Restoration Consultant, until the Restoration has been completed. The Restoration Retainage shall be reduced to five percent (5%) of the costs incurred upon receipt by Administrative Agent of satisfactory evidence that fifty percent (50%) of the Restoration has been completed. The Restoration Retainage shall in no event, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 7.13(d), be less than the amount actually held back by the applicable Loan Party from contractors, subcontractors, and materialmen engaged in the Restoration. The Restoration Retainage shall not be released until the Restoration Consultant certifies to Administrative Agent that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.13(d) and that all approvals necessary for the re-occupancy and use of such Borrowing Base Property have been obtained from all appropriate Governmental Authorities, and Administrative Agent receives evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that the costs of the Restoration have been paid in full or will be paid in full out of the Restoration Retainage; provided, however, that Administrative Agent will release the portion of the Restoration Retainage being held with respect to any contractor, subcontractor, or materialman engaged in the Restoration as of the date upon which the Restoration Consultant certifies to Administrative Agent that the contractor, subcontractor or materialman has satisfactorily completed all work and has supplied all materials in accordance with the provisions of the contractor’s, subcontractor’s, or materialman’s contract, the contractor, subcontractor, or materialman delivers the Lien waivers and evidence of payment in full of all sums due to the contractor, subcontractor, or materialman as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or by the Title Company issuing the Title Insurance Policies, and Administrative Agent receives an endorsement to the Title Insurance Policies insuring the continued priority of the lien of the applicable Mortgage and evidence of payment of any premium payable for such endorsement. If required by Administrative Agent, the release of any such portion of the Restoration Retainage shall be approved by the surety company, if any, which has issued a payment or performance bond with respect to the contractor, subcontractor, or materialman.

(v)            Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make disbursements of the Restoration Net Proceeds more frequently than twice every calendar month.
 
(vi)           If at any time the Restoration Net Proceeds or the undisbursed balance thereof shall not, in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent in consultation with the Restoration Consultant, be sufficient to pay in full the balance of the costs which are estimated by the Restoration Consultant to be incurred in connection with the completion of the Restoration, the Loan Parties shall deposit the deficiency (the “Net Proceeds Deficiency”) with Administrative Agent before any further disbursement of the Restoration Net Proceeds shall be made. The Net Proceeds Deficiency deposited with Administrative Agent shall be held by Administrative Agent and shall be disbursed for costs actually incurred in connection with the Restoration on the same conditions applicable to the disbursement of the Restoration Net Proceeds, and until so disbursed pursuant to this Section 7.13(d) shall constitute additional security for the Obligations.
 
(vii)           The excess, if any, of the Restoration Net Proceeds and the remaining balance, if any, of the Net Proceeds Deficiency deposited with Administrative Agent after the Restoration Consultant certifies to Administrative Agent that the Restoration has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.13(d), and the receipt by Administrative Agent of evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that all costs incurred in connection with the Restoration have been paid in full, shall be remitted by Administrative Agent to Borrower, provided no Default exists.

 
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(e)           All Restoration Net Proceeds not required (i) to be made available for a Restoration or (ii) to be returned to Borrower as excess Restoration Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (vii) above may (x) be retained and applied by Administrative Agent toward the payment of the Obligations whether or not then due and payable in such order, priority, and proportions as Administrative Agent in its sole discretion shall deem proper, or (y) at the sole discretion of Administrative Agent, the same may be paid, either in whole or in part, to the applicable Loan Party for such purposes and upon such conditions as Administrative Agent shall designate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Borrowing Base Property requiring Restoration is released from the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 4.09, then Administrative Agent shall deliver the Restoration Net Proceeds to the applicable Loan Party upon such release from the Borrowing Base.
 
(f)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the terms and conditions of any SNDA provide that Administrative Agent shall make Restoration Net Proceeds available for Restoration of a Borrowing Base Property, then Administrative Agent will make such Restoration Net Proceeds available for Restoration in accordance with the terms of the applicable SNDA (provided that neither Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from the Loan Parties failure to comply with this Section 7.13).
 
7.14      Ground Leases. Solely with respect to Borrowing Base Property, each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to:
 
(a)           Diligently perform and observe in all material respects all of the terms, covenants, and conditions of any Acceptable Ground Lease as tenant under such Acceptable Ground Lease; and
 
(b)           Promptly notify Administrative Agent of (i) the giving to the applicable Mortgagor of any notice of any default by such Mortgagor under any Acceptable Ground Lease and deliver to Administrative Agent a true copy of each such notice within five (5) Business Days of such Mortgagor’s receipt thereof, and (ii) any bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency of the landlord under any Acceptable Ground Lease or of any notice thereof, and deliver to Administrative Agent a true copy of such notice within five (5) Business Days of the applicable Mortgagor’s receipt.
 
(c)           Exercise any individual option to extend or renew the term of an Acceptable Ground Lease upon demand by Administrative Agent made at any time within thirty (30) days prior to the last day upon which any such option may be exercised, and each applicable Mortgagor hereby expressly authorizes and appoints Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to exercise any such option in the name of and upon behalf of such Mortgagor, which power of attorney shall be irrevocable and shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest.

 
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If the applicable Mortgagor shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, or condition of any Acceptable Ground Lease on the part of such Mortgagor and shall fail to cure the same prior to the expiration of any applicable cure period provided thereunder, then Administrative Agent shall have the right, but shall be under no obligation, to pay any sums and to perform any act or take any action as may be appropriate to cause all of the terms, covenants, and conditions of such Acceptable Ground Lease on the part of such Mortgagor to be performed or observed on behalf of such Mortgagor, to the end that the rights of such Mortgagor in, to, and under such Acceptable Ground Lease shall be kept unimpaired and free from default. If the landlord under any Acceptable Ground Lease shall deliver to Administrative Agent a copy of any notice of default under such Acceptable Ground Lease, then such notice shall constitute full protection to Administrative Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by Administrative Agent, in good faith, in reliance thereon.
 
7.15       Borrowing Base Properties.
 
(a)           Except where the failure to comply with any of the following would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each other Loan Party or the applicable tenant, to:
 
(b)           Pay all real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, water rates or sewer rents, ground rents, maintenance charges, impositions, and any other charges, including vault charges and license fees for the use of vaults, chutes and similar areas adjoining any Borrowing Base Property, now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof (except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted).
 
(c)           Promptly pay (or cause to be paid) when due all bills and costs for labor, materials, and specifically fabricated materials incurred in connection with any Borrowing Base Property (except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted), and in any event never permit to be created or exist in respect of any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof any other or additional Lien or security interest other than Liens permitted by Section 8.01.
 
(d)           Operate the Borrowing Base Properties in a good and workmanlike manner and in all material respects in accordance with all Laws in accordance with such Loan Party’s prudent business judgment.
 
(e)           Cause each other Loan Party to, to the extent owned and controlled by a Loan Party, preserve, protect, renew, extend and retain all material rights and privileges granted for or applicable to each Borrowing Base Property.
 
 
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7.16       Subsidiary Guarantor Organizational Documents.   Each of Parent and Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Pledgor to, at its expense, maintain the Organization Documents of each Subsidiary Guarantor in full force and effect, without any cancellation, termination, amendment, supplement, or other modification of such Organization Documents, except as explicitly required by their terms (as in effect on the date hereof), except for amendments, supplements, or other modifications that do not adversely affect the interests of the Lenders under the applicable Pledge Agreement in any material respect, and except for Organization Documents in respect of Equity Interests of partnerships or limited liability companies that have been released from the applicable Pledgor’s Pledge Agreement.

7.17       Deposit Accounts. On or before December 7, 2011, the Parent and the Borrower shall establish and maintain, and shall cause the each Subsidiary Guarantor, other Loan Party and other Subsidiary to establish and maintain, all of their respective deposit and other bank accounts with the Agent, and shall cause all Property revenues, other proceeds of the Collateral and cash of such Persons to be deposited and maintained in such accounts.
 
Article VIII.
Negative Covenants
 
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (excluding contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no unsatisfied claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding:
 
8.01       Liens. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Collateral other than, withrespect to the Borrowing Base Properties, the following:
 
(a)           Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
 
(b)           Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01;
 
(c)           Liens for taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
 
(d)           carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;
 
(e)           easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, restrictive covenants, encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property disclosed in the Title Insurance Policies and which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the. applicable Person;
 
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(g)           the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of business of such Person;
 
(h)           Liens securing obligations in the nature of personal property financing leases for furniture, furnishings or similar assets, Capital Leases Obligations and other purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets; provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the obligations secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition, and (iii) with respect to Capital Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets other than the assets subject to such Capital Leases;
 
(i)           Liens securing obligations in the nature of the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
 
(j)           all Liens, encumbrances and other matters disclosed in the Title Insurance Policies issued in connection with the Mortgages; and
 
(k)           such other title and survey exceptions as Administrative Agent has approved in writing in Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion;
 
(1)           and, with respect to all other Collateral, Liens described in clauses (a) and (c) above.
 
8.02       Investments. Neither Parent nor Borrower shall have and shall not permit the Companies’ to have any Investments other than:
 
(a)           Investments in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;
 
(b)           Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.13;
 
(c)           advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
 
(d)           Investments of the Guarantor and the Borrower in the form of Equity Interests and investments of the Borrower in any wholly-owned Subsidiary, and Investments of Borrower directly in, or of any wholly-owned Subsidiary in another wholly-owned Subsidiary which owns, real property assets which are functional industrial, manufacturing, warehouse/distribution and/or office properties located within the United States, provided in each case the Investments held by Borrower or Subsidiary are in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.02 other than this Section 8.02(d);
 
(e)           Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 
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(f)           Investments in non-wholly owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates not to at any time exceed five (5%) of Total Asset Value;
 
(g)           Investments in mortgages and mezzanine loans not to at any time exceed fifteen percent (15%) of Total Asset Value;
 
(h)           Investments in unimproved land holdings not to at any time exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value;
 
(i)           Investments in Construction in Progress not to at any time exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value
 
(j)           Investments by the Parent for the redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity Interests of Parent or Borrower now or hereafter outstanding to the extent permitted under Section 8.05 below;
 
Provided, that the aggregate Investments of the types described in clauses (f) through (i) above shall not at any time exceed twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value.
 
8.03       Fundamental Changes. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom:
 
(a)           any Loan Party (other Parent or Borrower) may merge with (i) Parent or Borrower, provided that Parent or Borrower, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any other Loan Party, or (iii) any other Person provided that, if it owns a Borrowing Base Property and is not the surviving entity, then Borrower has complied with Section 4.09 to remove such Borrowing Base Property from the Borrowing Base;
 
(b)           any Loan Party (other than Parent or Borrower) may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Loan Party;
 
(c)           any Loan Party may Dispose of a Property owned by such Loan Party in the ordinary course of business and for fair value; provided that if such Property is a Borrowing Base Property, then Borrower shall have complied with Section 4.09; and
 
(d)           Parent or Borrower may merge or consolidate with another Person so long as either Parent or Borrower, as the case may be, is the surviving entity, shall remain in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.14 below after giving effect to such transaction, and Borrower obtains the prior written consent in writing of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion.

 
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Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the sale or leasing of Property or portions of Property in the ordinary course of business.
 
8.04       Dispositions. Each of the Parent, the Borrower or any Loan Party shall not make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
 
(a)           Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
 
(b)           Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
 
(c)           Any other Dispositions of Properties or other assets in an arm’s length transaction; provided that (i) if such Property is a Borrowing Base Property, then Borrower shall have complied with Section 4.09 and (ii) the Borrower and the Parent will remain in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.14 after giving effect to such transaction.
 
8.05       Restricted Payments. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Company to, directly or indirectly, declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, or issue or sell any Equity Interests, except that, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom:
 
(a)           each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Parent, Borrower, and any other Person that owns an Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Equity Interest in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;
 
(b)           any Company may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common Equity Interests or other Equity Interests of such Company including (i) “cashless exercises” of options granted under any share option plan adopted by Parent, (ii) distributions of rights or equity securities under any rights plan adopted by Borrower or Parent, and (iii) distributions (or effect stock splits or reverse stock splits) with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Equity Interests;
 
(c)           Borrower and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests issued by it with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common Equity Interests or other Equity Interests;
 
(d)           Prior to September 7, 2012, Parent may and Borrower may make any Permitted Distributions described in clauses (a) (ii) and (b)(ii) of the definition of Permitted Distributions; and
 
(e)           From and after September 7, 2012, Parent may and Borrower may make any Permitted Distributions.

 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the existence of any Event of Default, neither the Parent nor the Borrower may make any Restricted Payment.
 
8.06       Change in Nature of Business. Except for Investments permitted under Section 8.02, each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Companies on the date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
 
8.07       Transactions with Affiliates. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of a Company, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such Loan Party as would be obtainable by such Company at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower and the Parent acknowledge and agree that no asset management, advisory or other similar fees shall be paid to or accrued by the Parent or any Affiliate thereof from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent until September 7, 2012. For the period commencing September 7, 2012 and thereafter, such asset management, advisory or other similar fees may be accrued and paid provided there in no pending Default hereunder.
 
8.08       Burdensome Agreements. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that directly or indirectly prohibits any Company from (a) creating or incurring any Lien on any Borrowing Base Property unless simultaneously therewith, such Borrowing Base Property is released from the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 4.09, or (b) subject to rights of tenants under leases (i) that are approved in writing by Administrative Agent, (ii) that are subordinate to the Mortgage on the applicable Borrowing Base Property, or (iii) that do not materially and adversely affect Administrative Agent’s Liens on the applicable Borrowing Base Property or Administrative Agent’s ability to exercise its rights and remedies with respect to such Liens, transferring ownership of any Borrowing Base Property.
 
8.09       Use of Proceeds. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Company to, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
 
8.10       Borrowing Base Properties; Ground Leases. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly:
 
(a)           Use or occupy or conduct any activity on, or knowingly permit the use or occupancy of or the conduct of any activity on any Borrowing Base Properties by any tenant, in any manner which violates any Law or which constitutes a public or private nuisance in any manner which would have a Material Adverse Effect or which makes void, voidable, or cancelable any insurance then in force with respect thereto or makes the maintenance of insurance in accordance with Section 7.07 commercially unreasonable (including by way of increased premium);

 
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(b)           Without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), initiate or permit any zoning reclassification of any Borrowing Base Property or seek any variance under existing zoning ordinances applicable to any Borrowing Base Property or use or knowingly permit the use of any Borrowing Base Property in such a manner which would result in such use becoming a nonconforming use under applicable zoning ordinances or other Laws;
 
(c)           Without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) impose any material easement, restrictive covenant, or encumbrance upon any Borrowing Base Property, (ii) execute or file any subdivision plat or condominium declaration affecting any Borrowing Base Property, or (iii) consent to the annexation of any Borrowing Base Property to any municipality;
 
(d)           Do any act, or suffer to be done any act by any Company or any of its Affiliates, which would reasonably be expected to materially decrease the value of any Borrowing Base Property as reflected in the most-recent Acceptable Appraisal (including by way of negligent act);
 
(e)           Without the prior written consent of all the Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), permit any drilling or exploration for or extraction, removal or production of any mineral, hydrocarbon, gas, natural element, compound or substance (including sand and gravel) from the surface or subsurface of any Borrowing Base Property regardless of the depth thereof or the method of mining or extraction thereof;
 
(f)           Without the prior consent of the Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), surrender the leasehold estate created by any Acceptable Ground Lease or terminate or cancel any Acceptable Ground Lease or materially modify, change, supplement, alter, or amend any Acceptable Ground Lease, either orally or in writing; or
 
(g)           Enter into any Contractual Obligations related to any Borrowing Base Property providing for the payment a management fee (or any other similar fee) to anyone other than a Company if, with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent has reasonably required that such fee be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and an acceptable subordination agreement has not yet been obtained.
 
 
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8.11       Lease Approval.
 
(a)           Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, permit any Mortgagor to enter into or consent to any Major Lease unless approved by Administrative Agent prior to execution (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The applicable Mortgagor shall provide to Administrative Agent a correct and complete copy of each Major Lease, including any exhibits, and any Guarantees thereof, prior to execution. The Administrative Agent shall act on requests from Borrower for any approval under Section 8.11 in a commercially reasonable manner and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to any such request within seven (7) Business Days following Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof. Administrative Agent’s response may consist of an approval or disapproval of the request, or a conditional approval thereof subject to specified conditions, or a request for further data or information, or any combination thereof. In order to expedite the processing of requests for such approvals, the Borrower agrees to provide Administrative Agent with as much advance information as is possible in a commercially reasonable manner in advance of Borrower’s formal request for an approval. If the request for approval contains printed in capital letters or boldface type, a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THIS COMMUNICATION REQUIRES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THIS COMMUNICATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEEMED APPROVAL BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OF THE ACTION REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER AND RECITED ABOVE”
 
then in the event that the Administrative Agent does not approve, reject or request additional information regarding any such request for consent or acceptance within the later to occur of (a) seven (7) Business Days of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such request and (a) seven (7) Business Days of the receipt by the Administrative Agent of all material information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent during the seven (7) Business Day period following receipt of the request, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have approved or consented to the action requested in the request. Administrative Agent shall be provided, within seven (7) Business Days following execution thereof with a full and complete copy of the Lease.
 
(b)           Administrative Agent shall have the right to require each tenant under a Major Lease to execute and deliver an SNDA in form, content and manner of execution reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and, from time to time, an estoppel certificate in form and manner of execution reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. Upon the Borrower’s request, Administrative Agent shall execute an SNDA with each tenant under any Lease upon: (i) satisfaction of all landlord obligations under the applicable Lease such that the tenant has taken full possession of the leased premises and is obligated to pay rent, and (ii) receipt by Administrative Agent of a satisfactory estoppel certificate confirming the full performance of landlord obligations to date including, but not limited to, landlord obligations relating to the construction of tenant improvements, and the absence of any fact or circumstance which constitutes, or with the passage of time or giving of notice, or both, would constitute, a default under such Lease.
 
8.12       Environmental Matters. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not knowingly directly or indirectly:
 
 
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(a)           Cause, commit, permit, or allow to continue (i) any violation of any Environmental Requirement by or with respect to any Borrowing Base Property or any use of or condition or activity on any Borrowing Base Property, or (ii) the attachment of any environmental Liens on any Borrowing Base Property, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
 
(b)           Place, install, dispose of, or release, or cause, permit, or allow the placing, installation, disposal, spilling, leaking, dumping, or release of, any Hazardous Material on any Borrowing Base Property in any manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Any Hazardous Material disclosed in the Acceptable Environmental Report or otherwise permitted pursuant to any Lease affecting any Borrowing Base Property shall be permitted on any Borrowing Base Property so long as such Hazardous Material is maintained in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Requirements.
 
(c)           Place or install, or allow the placing or installation of any storage tank (or similar vessel) on any Borrowing Base Property except that any storage tank (or similar vessel or any replacement thereof) disclosed in the Acceptable Environmental Report or otherwise permitted pursuant to any Lease affecting any Borrowing Base Property shall be permitted on any Borrowing Base Property so long as such storage tank (or similar vessel) is maintained in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Requirements.
 
(d)           Use any Hazardous Material on any Borrowing Base Property except: (i) as reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of business; (ii) in compliance with applicable Environmental Requirements; and (iii) in such a manner which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
8.13       Negative Pledge; Indebtedness. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not permit:
 
(a)           The Equity Interests of Borrower held by Parent to be subject to any Lien.
 
(b)           Any Subsidiary (other than Parent or Borrower) that directly or indirectly owns Equity Interests in any Subsidiary Guarantor to (i) incur any Indebtedness (whether Recourse Indebtedness or Non-Recourse Indebtedness) (other than Indebtedness listed on Schedule 8.13), (ii) provide Guarantees to support Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness listed on Schedule 8.13), or (iii) have its Equity Interests subject to any Lien or other encumbrance (other than in favor of the Administrative Agent).
 
(c)           Any Mortgagor that owns a Borrowing Base Property to (i) incur any Indebtedness (whether Recourse Indebtedness or Non-Recourse Indebtedness) or (ii) provide Guarantees to support Indebtedness (other than, in each case, Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 8.01).
 
(d)           The Subsidiary that owns the Home Depot Site Property to incur any Indebtedness (whether Recourse Indebtedness or Non-Recourse Indebtedness) other than the existing Home Depot Debt.
 
 
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8.14        Financial Covenants. Parent shall not, directly or indirectly, permit:
 
(a)           Maximum Leverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed sixty five percent (65%).
 
(b)           Maximum Recourse Indebtedness. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, Recourse Indebtedness of the Parent and the Borrower (excluding Indebtedness under this Agreement) to exceed twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value of the Companies.
 
(c)           Minimum Fixed Charge Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of the Parent’s (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges, for the fiscal quarter then ended, to be equal to or less than 1.45 to 1.0.
 
(d)           Minimum Tangible Net Worth. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, Tangible Net Worth of Parent, on a consolidated basis, to be less than the sum of (i) $26,400,000.00, plus (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of net proceeds of any Equity Issuances received by Parent or Borrower after the Closing Date (other than proceeds received within ninety (90) days after the redemption, retirement or repurchase of ownership or equity interests in Borrower or Parent, up to the amount paid by Borrower or Parent in connection with such redemption, retirement or repurchase, where, for the avoidance of doubt, the net effect is that neither Borrower nor Parent shall have increased its Net Worth as a result of any such proceeds).
 
(e)          Variable Rate Indebtedness. The aggregate pro rata amount of the Indebtedness (including the Obligations) of the Consolidated Group which is Variable Rate Indebtedness shall not exceed thirty (30%) percent of the Total Asset Value.
 
Article IX.
Events of Default and Remedies
 
9.01        Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
 
(a)           Non-Payment. Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five (5) days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation due hereunder, except that there shall be no grace period for interest due on the Maturity Date, or (iii) within ten (10) days after notice from Administrative Agent, any other amount payable to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document except that there shall be no grace period for any amount due the Maturity Date; or
 
(b)           Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 7.11 or Article VIII (other than Sections 8.10 (b), (c) and (e), or 8.12) or Parent fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Parent Guaranty or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty; or
 
 
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(c)           Other Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, or 7.10 and such failure continues unremedied for ten (10) Business Days after such failure has occurred; or
 
(d)           Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a), (b), or (c) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues unremedied for thirty (30) days after the earlier of notice from Administrative Agent or the actual knowledge of the Loan Party, and in the case of a default that cannot be cured within such thirty (30) day period despite Borrower’s diligent efforts but is susceptible of being cured within ninety (90) days of Borrower’s receipt of Administrative Agent’s original notice, then Borrower shall have such additional time as is reasonably necessary to effect such cure, but in no event in excess of ninety (90) days from Borrower’s receipt of Administrative Agent’s original notice, subject in each instance to the Borrower’s remedial rights under Section 7.12(c); or
 
(e)           Representations and Warranties.       Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made and shall not be cured or remedied so that such representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact is no longer incorrect or misleading in any material respect within ten (10) days after the earlier of notice from Administrative Agent or the actual knowledge of any Loan Party thereof; or
 
(f)           Cross-Default. (i) Any Company (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise), after the expiration of any applicable grace periods, in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Company is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which any Company is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Company as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or
 
 
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(g)           Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
 
(h)           Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Parent or Borrower becomes unable to pay its debts as they become due, or any Loan Party admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Loan Party and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty (30) days after its issue or levy; or
 
(i)           Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments or orders) exceeding $15,000,000.00 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of ten (10) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
 
(j)           ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would result in liability of any Company under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) Parent or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
 
(k)           Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect in all material effects, or any Lien on a material portion of the Collateral granted under any Security Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect and as to any such Lien, such Lien remains outstanding for thirty (30) days notice from Administrative Agent; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any Lien granted under any Security Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document or any Lien granted under any Security Document; or
 
 
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(l)          Environmental Matters. The failure by the Consolidated Group to remediate within the time period permitted by law or governmental order (or within a reasonable time give the nature of the problem if no specific time period has been given) material environmental problems related to properties whose aggregate book values are in excess of $10,000,000 after all administrative hearings and appeals have been concluded; or
 
(m)        REIT Status of Parent. Parent ceases to be treated as a REIT in any taxable year after December 31, 2011, or the Parent Shares shall fail to be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange; or
 
(n)         Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
 
9.02       Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
 
(a)           declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
 
(b)           declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;
 
(c)           require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
 
(d)           exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents;
 
provided that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
 
 
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9.03       Application of Funds.   After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16 and 2.17, be applied by Administrative Agent in the following order:
 
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
 
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
 
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings, Administrative Agent Advances, and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders, and L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
 
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, Administrative Agent Advances, and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
 
Fifth, to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.16; and
 
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
 
Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.16, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be promptly applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
 
Article X.
Administrative Agent
 
10.01     Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints RBS Citizens, N.A. to act on its behalf as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and L/C Issuer, and neither Borrower nor any other Company shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions other than with respect to Section 10.06.
 
 
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10.02     Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative Agent and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Company or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
 
10.03     Exculpatory Provisions. Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent:
 
(a)           shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
 
(b)           shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law; and
 
(c)           shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
 
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to Administrative Agent by Borrower, a Lender or L/C Issuer.
 
 
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Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to Administrative Agent.
 
10.04     Reliance by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
 
10.05    Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
 
 
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10.06     Resignation of Administrative Agent.
 
(a)           Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, L/C Issuer, Parent and Borrower, and shall give such notice upon the request of the Borrower if the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, is a Defaulting Lender. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of Parent and Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default exists, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if Administrative Agent shall notify Parent, Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiringAdministrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and L/C Issuer directly, until such time as Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
 
(b)           Any resignation by RBS as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) unless all outstanding Letters of Credit are returned to the L/C Issuer, the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
 
10.07    Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
 
 
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10.08     No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Syndication Agent, Lead Arranger listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, a Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder.
 
10.09    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 
(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
 
(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
 
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C Issuer to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and L/C Issuer, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
 
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or L/C Issuer to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
 
10.10     Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders and L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
 
 
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(a)           to transfer or release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer shall have been made), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) subject to Section 11.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by Required Lenders, (iv) in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.09, or (v) after foreclosure or other acquisition of title if approved by Required Lenders;
 
(b)           to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty if such Person, or the limited partnership in which such Person is the general partner, ceases to own a Borrowing Base Property; and
 
(c)           if all or any portion of the Collateral is acquired by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, Administrative Agent shall take title to the collateral in its name or by an Affiliate of Administrative Agent, but for the benefit of all Lenders in their Applicable Percentages on the date of the foreclosure sale or recordation of the deed in lieu of foreclosure. Administrative Agent and all Lenders hereby expressly waive and relinquish any right of partition with respect to any Collateral so acquired.
 
Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, Required Lenders will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 10.10.
 
10.11     Administrative Agent Advances.
 
(a)           Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by Parent, Borrower, and Lenders, from time to time, in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to make advances under this Agreement, or otherwise expend funds, on behalf of Lenders (“Administrative Agent Advances”), (i) to pay any costs, fees, and expenses as described in Section 11.04(a), (ii) when Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral or any portion thereof (including with respect to property taxes and insurance premiums) and (iii) to pay any costs, fees, or expenses in connection with the operation, management, improvements, maintenance, repair, sale, or disposition of any Borrowing Base Property, (A) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or (B) subject to Section 10.10, after acquisition of all or a portion of the Collateral by foreclosure or otherwise; provided that Administrative Agent Advances (other than to pay taxes and insurance with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate without the prior consent of Required Lenders.’
 
(b)           Administrative Agent Advances shall constitute obligatory advances of Lenders under this Agreement, shall be repayable by Borrower within ten (10) Business Days after demand, secured by the Collateral, and shall bear interest as provided for herein. Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender in writing of each Administrative Agent Advance. Upon receipt of notice from Administrative Agent of its making of an Administrative Agent Advance, each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding principal amount of such Administrative Agent Advance available to Administrative Agent, in same day funds, to such account of Administrative Agent as Administrative Agent may designate, (i) on or before 4:00 p.m. on the day Administrative Agent provides Lenders with notice of the making of such Administrative Agent Advance if Administrative Agent provides such notice on or before 1:00 p.m., or (ii) on or before 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately following the day Administrative Agent provides Lenders with notice of the making of such advance if Administrative Agent provides notice after 1:00 p.m.
 
 
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Article XI.
Miscellaneous
 
11.01     Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by Required Lenders and Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
 
(a)           waive any condition set forth in Section 5.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender;
 
(b)           extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
 
(c)           postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to a Lender or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
 
(d)           reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
 
(e)           change Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
 
(f)           change any provision of this Section or the definition of Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
 
 
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(g)           release all or substantially all of the value of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of such Collateral is permitted pursuant to Sections 4.09 or 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by Administrative Agent acting alone); or
 
(h)           release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranties without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Sections 4.09 or 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by Administrative Agent acting alone);
 
and, provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
 
11.02     Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
 
(a)           Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
 
(i)           if to Borrower, Administrative Agent, or L/C Issuer, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
 
(ii)           if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to Borrower).
 
 
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Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below; shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
 
(b)           Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Administrative Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
 
Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
 
(c)           The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties”) have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Borrower’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) resulting therefrom.
 
 
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(d)           Change of Address, Etc. Each of Borrower, Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Borrower, Administrative Agent, and L/C Issuer. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one (1) individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its Equity Interests for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
 
(e)           Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and Lenders. Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Conimitted Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with Administrative Agent may be recorded by Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
 
11.03     No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
 
 
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and L/C Issuer; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by Required Lenders.
 
11.04     Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
 
(a)           Costs and Expenses. Each Loan Party shall jointly and severally pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including (a) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Administrative Agent; (b) fees and charges of each consultant, inspector, and engineer; (c) appraisal, re appraisal and survey costs; (d) title insurance charges and premiums; (e) title search or examination costs, including abstracts, abstractors’ certificates and uniform commercial code searches; (f) judgment and tax lien searches for Borrower and each Guarantor; (g) escrow fees; (h) fees and costs of environmental investigations site assessments and remediations; (i) recordation taxes, documentary taxes, transfer taxes and mortgage taxes; and (j) filing and recording fees), in connection with the initial syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Administrative Agent, any Lender (only if a Default shall be in existence) or L/C Issuer), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
 
 
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(b)           Indemnification. Parent and Borrower shall jointly and severally indemnify Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party resulting from any action, suit, or proceeding relating to (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of Administrative Agent (and any subagent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Damages related in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (w) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (x) result from a claim brought by Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for material breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (y) for which an Indemnitee has been compensated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Fee Letter or the Mandate Letter, or (z) to the extent based upon contractual obligations of such Indemnitee owing by such Indemnitee to any third party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.
 
 
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(c)           Environmental Indemnity. Each Loan Party hereby, jointly and severally, assumes liability for, and covenants and agrees at its sole cost and expense to protect, defend (at trial and appellate levels), indemnify and hold the Indemnitees harmless from and against, and, if and to the extent paid, reimburse them on demand for, any and all Environmental Damages. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNITEE WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF, OR ARE CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF, THE NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY OF SUCH (AND/OR ANY OTHER) INDEMNITEE. HOWEVER, SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PARTICULAR INDEMNITEE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE INDEMNIFICATION IS (W) CAUSED BY OR ARISES OUT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THAT PARTICULAR INDEMNITEE OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AS DETERMINED IN A NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, (X) INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES UNLESS SUCH DAMAGES WERE IMPOSED UPON SUCH INDEMNITEE AS A RESULT OF ANY CLAIMS MADE AGAINST SUCH INDEMNITEE BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY (Y) RESULTS FROM ANY CLAIMS RELATED TO ANY REMEDIAL WORK PERFORMED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON (OTHER THAN BORROWER OR ANOTHER LOAN PARTY) SO INDEMNIFIED TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH REMEDIAL WORK WAS NOT REQUIRED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OR (Z)AFTER THE RELEASE DATE, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES OR ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM THAT ARE (A) BASED ON AN EVENT THAT OCCURS SOLELY AFTER SUCH RELEASE DATE, AND (B) THAT IS IN NO WAY RESULTING FROM ANY STATE OF FACTS OR CONDITION THAT EXISTED ON OR BEFORE SUCH RELEASE DATE. Upon demand by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender, the applicable Loan Party shall diligently defend any Environmental Claim which affects a Borrowing Base Property or is made or commenced against Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lenders, whether alone or together with any other Loan Party or any other person, all at the Loan Parties’ own cost and expense and by counsel to be approved by Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable judgment which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the defendants in a claim include any Loan Party and any Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that (a) there are legal defenses available to it that are materially different from those available to such Loan Party, (b) the use of the counsel engaged by Parent and Borrower would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, or (c) the counsel engaged by Parent and Borrower are not properly representing the Indemnitees interests or were not promptly provided, any Indenmitee may, at the sole cost and expense of Parent and Borrower, engage its own counsel to assume its legal defenses and to defend or assist it, and, at the option of such Indemnitee, its counsel may act as co-counsel in connection with the resolution of any Indemnified Claim; provided, however, that no compromise or settlement, which would impose upon any Loan Party any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, and/or penalties, shall be entered into without the consent of Parent and Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and, provided, further, that Parent and Borrower shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel for all Indemnitees unless an Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to another Indemnitee and which legal defenses raise ethical and/or legal considerations which warrant separate counsel, provide that such Indethnitee shall make reasonable attempts to ensure that any environmental disbursements and legal expenses are not duplicative. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:
 
 
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(i)           The Indemnitees will endeavor to give Borrower notice of any Environmental Damage within thirty (30) days after an Indemnitee receives written notice of that Environmental Damage. However, if the Indemnitees fail to give Borrower timely notice of such Environmental Damage or otherwise default in their obligations under this Section 11.04(c) or Section 7.12, the Indemnitees shall retain the right to defend and control the settlement of the Environmental Damage. The Loan Parties’ sole remedy for such a default by the Indemnitees shall be to offset against the indemnification liability otherwise payable by the Loan Parties to the Indemnitees the amount of damages actually suffered by the Loan Parties as a result of the late notice or other default by the hidemnitees under this Section 11.04(c).
 
(ii)          The Loan Parties shall have the right to elect to defend and control the settlement of any Environmental Damage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
 
(A)           The Environmental Damage seeks only monetary damages and does not seek any injunction or other equitable relief against the Indemnitees;
 
(B)           The Loan Parties unconditionally acknowledge in writing, in a notice of election to contest or defend the Environmental Damage given to the Indemnitees within ten (10) days after the Indemnitees give the Borrower notice of the Environmental Damage, that the Loan Parties are obligated to indemnify the Indemnitees in full, but subject to the limitations, as set forth in this Section 11.04(c) above with respect to the Environmental Damage;
 
(C)           No Event of Default is then in existence under the Loan Documents;
 
(D)           The counsel chosen by the Loan Parties to defend the Environmental Damage is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
 
(E)           If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties furnish the Indemnitees with a letter of credit, surety bond, or similar security in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnitees in an amount sufficient to secure the Loan Parties’ potential indemnity liability to the Indemnitees in the full amount of the Environmental Damage.
 
(iii)         If the Loan Parties elect to defend against an Environmental Damage, the Indemnitees shall, at their own expense, be entitled to participate in (but not control) the defense of, and receive copies of all pleadings and other papers in connection with, such Environmental Damage. If the Loan Parties do not, or are not entitled to, elect to defend an Environmental Damage in conformity with the requirements of this Section, the Indemnitees shall be entitled to defend or settle (or both), with the reasonable approval of the Borrower unless an Event of Default is in existence, that Environmental Damage on such terms as the Indemnitees for that Environmental Damage shall be satisfied in the manner provided for in this Section 11.04(c).
 
 
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(iv)           The Indemnitees will permit the Loan Parties to control the settlement of an Environmental Damage only if: (A) the terms of the settlement require no more than the payment of money - that is, the settlement does not require the Indemnitees to admit any wrongdoing or take or refrain from taking any action; (B) the full amount of the monetary settlement will be paid by the Loan Parties; and (C) the Indemnitees receive, as part of the settlement, a legally binding and enforceable unconditional satisfaction or release, which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitees, providing that the Environmental Damage and any claimed liability of the Indemnitees with respect to it being fully satisfied because of the settlement and that the Indemnitees are being released from any and all obligations or liabilities they may have with respect to the Environmental Damage.
 
(d)           Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section to be paid by the Loan Parties to Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing (and without limiting their obligation to do so), each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (d) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
 
(e)           Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
 
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(f)           Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after demand therefor.
 
(g)          Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
 
11.05    Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Borrower is made to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender, or Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
 
11.06     Successors and Assigns.
 
(a)           Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
 
(b)           Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
 
 
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(i)            Minimum Amounts.
 
(A)           in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
 
(B)           in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 and the amount assigned to the Eligible Assignee shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.
 
(ii)           Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.
 
(iii)          Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
 
(A)           the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
 
 
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(B)           the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and
 
(C)           the consent of L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
 
(iv)         Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
 
(v)          No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to Parent or Borrower or any of their Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.
 
(vi)         Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Borrower and Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
 
 
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
 
(c)           Register. Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
 
(d)           Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or Parent or Borrower or any of their Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
 
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
 
 
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(e)           Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
 
(f)           Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
 
(g)           Resignation as L/C Issuer after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time RBS assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, RBS may, upon 30 days’ notice to Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer, Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided that no failure by Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of RBS as L/C Issuer. If RBS resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and (b) unless all outstanding Letters of Credit are returned to the L/C Issuer, the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to RBS to effectively assume the obligations of RBS with respect to such Letters of Credit.
 
 
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11.07    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives actively involved in the origination, syndication, closing, administration or enforcement of the Loans, (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process so long as Administrative Agent, LC Issuer and any Lender, as the case may be, requests confidential treatment of such Information to the extent permitted by Law (provided that the requesting Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lender shall not be responsible for the failure by any such party to keep the Information confidential), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same or at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(e), or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations hereunder, (g) with the consent of Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to Administrative Agent, any Lender, L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower provided that the source of such information was not at the time known by Administrative Agent, any Lender, L/C Isser or any of their respective Affiliates to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other legal or contractual obligation of confidentiality with respect to such Information. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from any Company relating to any Company or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Company, provided that in the case of information received from any Company after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

 
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11.08    Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and L/C Issuer under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender and L/C Issuer may have. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
 
11.09    Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the Maximum Rate”). If Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
 
11.10    Counterparts Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Administrative Agent and when Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 
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11.11    Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

11.12    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
 
11.13    Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
 
(a)           Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.06(b);
 
(b)           such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (excluding, in the case of any Defaulting Lender, any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
 
(c)           in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
 
(d)           such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

 
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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
 
11.14    Governing Law; Jurisdiction Etc.
 
(a)           GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
(b)          SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF PARENT, BORROWER, AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
 
(c)           WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH OF PARENT, BORROWER, AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 
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(d)           SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
 
11.15    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
11.16    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), Parent, Borrower, and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i)(A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Parent, Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger, on the other hand, (B) each of Parent, Borrower, and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii)(A) Administrative Agent, each Lender and Lead Arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for Parent, Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither Administrative Agent, any Lender nor Lead Arranger has any obligation to Parent, Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and their respective Affiliates, and neither Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Lead Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Parent, Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each of Parent, Borrower, and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Lead Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 
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11.17     Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
 
11.18    USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Act. Borrower or such Loan party shall, promptly following a request by Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

11.19     ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING
 
PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited
 
partnership
   
 
By: 
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President
     
 
PARENT:
   
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL
 
PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation
     
 
By: 
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

Signature Page to
Credit Agreement

 
 

 

 
RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
 
Lender and L/C Issuer
     
 
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Lyles
 
Name: 
Michelle L. Lyles
 
Title:
Assistant Vice President

Signature Page to
Credit Agreement

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS
AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES

   
 
   
Applicable
 
Lender
 
Commitment
   
Percentage
 
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
  $ 51,500,000.00       100.00 %
                 
Total
  $ 51,500,000.00       100.00 %

Schedule 2.01

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 4.01

INITIAL BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES

Owner
 
Location
             
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
 
458 Ocean Avenue (450)
 
New London
 
CT
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
 
6 Killingworth Road
 
Higganum
 
CT
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
 
5 West Commerce Street
 
Smyrna
 
DE
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
417 S Water Street
 
Wilmington
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
2854 W Cermak Street (Road)
 
Chicago
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
4231 Joliet Avenue
 
Lyons
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
9244 S Chicago Avenue
 
Chicago
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
7310 W Grand Avenue (7312)
 
Elmwood Park
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
12004 S Pulaski Road
 
Alsip
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
2917 W 95 Street
 
Evergreen Park
 
IL
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
24624 W 10 Mile Road
 
Southfield
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
36520 Moravian
 
Clinton Township
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
31231 Harper Avenue
 
St. Clair Shores
 
Ml
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
69055 Main Street
 
Richmond
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
2050 12 Mile Road
 
Warren
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
27777 Southfield Road
 
Lathrup Village
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
23801 Michigan Avenue
 
Dearborn
 
Ml
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
15930 Michigan Avenue
 
Dearborn
 
Ml
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
16841 Schaefer Road
 
Detroit
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
31441 Plymouth Road
 
Livonia
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
12380 Woodward Avenue
 
Highland Park
 
Ml
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
16530 E Warren
 
Detroit
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
19601 Vernier
 
Harper Woods
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
48950 van Dyke Avenue
 
Utica
 
MI
CRE JV Mixed Five Ml 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
633 Notre Dame
 
Grosse Pointe
 
Ml
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
 
405 Portland Avenue
 
Rollinsford
 
NH
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
 
54 Main Street
 
Pittsfield
 
NH
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
17 South Market Street
 
Johnstown
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
501 State Street
 
Schenectady
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
501 Western Avenue
 
Albany
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
118 Main Street
 
Whitehall
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Route 32
 
Vails Gate
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
  
89 Oriskany Boulevard
  
Whitesboro
  
NY

Schedule 4.01

 
 

 

CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
N Chenango & Genesee
 
Greene
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
2000 Monroe Avenue
 
Rochester
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
212 Main Street
 
East Aurora
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
3180 Sheridan Drive
 
Amherst (Buffalo)
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
5 S Broome Street
 
Port Jervis
 
NY
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
10300 Northfield
 
Northfield
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
38115 Euclid Avenue
 
Willoughby
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
7820 Plaza Boulevard
 
Mentor
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
16622 Harvard Avenue
 
Cleveland
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
17411 Lorain Avenue
 
Cleveland
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
4300 Clark Avenue
 
Cleveland
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
14534 Madison Avenue
 
Lakewood
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
21550 Center Ridge Road
 
Rocky River
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
9243 Broadview Road
 
Broadview Heights
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
214 High Street
 
Wadsworth
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
3720 Center Road
 
Brunswick
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
955 Boardman-Poland Road
 
Boardman
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
315 E Main Street
 
Louisville
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
780 W State Street
 
Alliance
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
2200 Wales Avenue, NW
 
Massillon
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
54 Federal Avenue NE
 
Massillon
 
OH
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
100 Essex Avenue
 
Narberth
 
PA
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
560 Donner Avenue
 
Monessen
 
PA
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
600 Market St/600 Merchant St
 
Ambridge
 
PA
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
 
152 S Main Street
 
St. Albans
 
VT
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
 
155 Maple Street
 
White River Junction
 
VT
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
  
177 Main Street
  
Poultney
  
VT

Schedule 4.01

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 6.06
 
LITIGATION
 
None.

Schedule 6.06

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 6.09

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

As disclosed in the Environmental Reports delivered to the Lenders.

Schedule 6.09

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 6.13

SUBSIDIARIES AND
OTHER EQUITY INVESTMENTS
AND EQUITY INTERESTS IN EACH MORTGAGOR
 
Part (a).              Subsidiaries.
 
Subsidiaries of Parent Guarantor: Borrower
 
Subsidiaries of Borrower:
 
1.   ARC Income Properties, LLC
2.   ARC TRS Corp.
3.   American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
 
Subsidiaries of ARC Income Properties, LLC:
 
1.   CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
2.   CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
3.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
4.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
5.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
6.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
7.   CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
8.   CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
9.   CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
10. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
11. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
12. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
13. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
14. CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
15. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
16. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
17. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
18. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
19. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
20. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
21. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
22. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
23. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
24. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Schedule 6.13

 
 

 

25. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
26. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
27. CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
28. CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
 
Subsidiaries of American Realty Capital Partners, LLC: ARC Income Properties III, LLC
 
Subsidiaries of ARC Income Properties III, LLC: ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC
 
Part (b).              Other Equity Investments.
 
None.
 
Part (c).              Owners of Equity Interests in each Mortgagor.
 
ARC Income Properties, LLC – 100%

Schedule 6.13

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 6.18
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
 
None.

Schedule 6.18

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 8.01
 
EXISTING LIENS
 
None.

Schedule 8.01

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 8.13
 
INDEBTEDNESS
 
None.

Schedule 8.13

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 11.02

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE;
CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
 
PARENT AND BORROWER:
 
c/o American Realty Capital
405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York
Attn: William M. Kahane
 
with a copy to:
 
c/o American Realty Capital
405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York
Attn: Jesse C. Galloway
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
 
Administrative Agent’s Office
(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):
 
RBS Citizens, N.A.
1215 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Ref: ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. Credit Facility
 
with a copy to (other for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):
 
Riemer & Braunstein LLP
Three Center Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Attn: Kevin J. Lyons, Esq.
 
L/C ISSUER:
 
RBS Citizens, N.A.
20 Cabot Road
Mail Stop: MMF470
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Ref: ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. Credit Facility

Schedule 11.02

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE
 
Date:  ___________, _____
 
To:         RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):
 
A Committed Borrowing of Committed Loans         A conversion or continuation of Committed Loans
 
 
1.
On ____________________________ (a Business Day).
 
 
2.
In the amount of $____________________.
 
 
3.
Comprised of ________________________________.
[Type of Loan requested]
 
 
4.
For Eurodollar Rate Loans:  with an Interest Period of [one (1)][three (3)][six (6)][twelve (12)] month(s).
 
The Borrowing, if any, requested herein complies with the provisos to the first sentence of Section 2.01 of the Agreement.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
 
Delaware limited partnership
     
 
By: 
  
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

[Form of Committed Loan Notice]

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B
 
FORM OF NOTE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to _____________________ or registered assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.
 
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to Administrative Agent for the account of Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.
 
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranties and is secured by the Collateral.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement.  Loans made by Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by Lender in the ordinary course of business. Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
 
Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
 
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
 
Delaware limited partnership
     
 
By: 
 
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

B - 1
Form of Note

 
 

 

LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

               
Amount of
       
               
Principal or
 
Outstanding
   
           
End of
 
Interest
 
Principal
   
   
Type of
 
Amount of
 
Interest
 
Paid This
 
Balance
 
Notation
Date
 
Loan Made
 
Loan Made
 
Period
 
Date
 
This Date
 
Made By
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 

B - 2
Form of Note

 
 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date: _______, ____

To:         RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.

The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the ____________________________ of Parent, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to Administrative Agent on the behalf of Parent, for itself and as general partner of Borrower, and that:
 
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

1.           Parent has delivered (i) the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 7.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of Parent ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section and (ii) the annual budget for Parent, on a consolidated basis prepared by Parent in the ordinary course of its business required by Section 7.02(e).
 
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]
 
1.           Parent has delivered the unaudited financial statements required by Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of Parent ended as of the above date.  Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Companies in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
 
2.           Parent has delivered (i) a statement of all income and expenses in connection with each Borrowing Base Property, and (ii) a rent roll, together with a status report regarding the leasing activities with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties and copies of any leases executed during the prior calendar quarter as required by Section 7.01(c) of the Agreement.  Such document are true and correct .
 
3.           The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Companies during the accounting period covered by such financial statements.
 
C - 1
Form of Compliance Certificate

 
 

 

4.           A review of the activities of the Companies during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Companies performed and observed all of their Obligations under the Loan Documents, and
 
[select one:]
 
[during such fiscal period each Company has performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and no Default has occurred and is continuing.]
 
—or—
 
[during such fiscal period the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default and its nature and status:]
 
5.           The representations and warranties of Parent and Borrower contained in Article VI of the Agreement, and any representations and warranties of any Loan Party that are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection with the Loan Documents, are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.05(b) shall be deemed to refer to the most-recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and/or Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement, in each case, including the statements delivered in connection with this Compliance Certificate.
 
6.           The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedules 1 and 2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of______________, 20__.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
 
Delaware limited partnership
   
 
By:
 
   
Name:  
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President
   
 
PARENT:
   
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a
 
Maryland corporation
   
 
By:
 
   
Name:
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President

C - 2
Form of Compliance Certificate
 
 

 

For the Quarter/Year ended ___________________(“Statement Date”)
 
SCHEDULE 1
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s)

I.
Section
8.14(a) – Maximum Leverage Ratio.
   
         
 
A.
Consolidated Total Debt as of the Statement Date:
 
$
         
 
B.
Total Asset Value as of the Statement Date (See
 
$
   
Schedule 2):
   
         
 
C.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio (Line I.A divided by Line I.B):
%
         
   
Maximum permitted:
 
65%
         
II.
Section
8.14(b) – Maximum Recourse Indebtedness.
   
         
 
A.
Recourse Indebtedness as of the Statement Date:
 
$
         
 
B.
Total Asset Value as of the Statement Date:
 
$
         
 
C.
Ratio of Line II.A divided by Line II.B:
 
%
         
   
Maximum permitted:
 
20%
         
III.
Section 8.14(c) – Minimum Fixed Charge Ratio.
   
         
 
A.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal quarter then
$
   
ended, annualized (the “Subject Period”) (See Schedule 2):
   
         
 
B.
Consolidated Fixed Charges for fiscal quarter then ended
 
$
   
(See Schedule 2):
   
         
 
C.
Fixed Charge Ratio (Line III.A. divided by Line III.B):
to 1
         
   
Minimum required:
 
1.45 to 1
         
IV.
Section 8.14(d) – Minimum Tangible Net Worth.
   
         
 
A.
$26,400
 
$26,400
         
 
B.
Net proceeds of Equity Issuances by the Parent or Borrower
  $0
   
from the Closing Date to the Statement Date (subject to
 
   
exclusion as provided in Section 8.14(d)) multiplied by 85%:
         
 
C.
Minimum Tangible Net Worth (Line IV.A plus Line IV.B):
 $
         
 
D
Tangible Net Worth as of the Statement Date (See Schedule 2):
 
$
         
 
E.
[Excess][Deficiency] for covenant compliance (Line IV.D
   $
   
minus Line IV.C):
   

C - 3
Form of Compliance Certificate
 
 

 

V.
Section 8.14(e) – Variable Rate Indebtedness.
 
       
 
A.
Aggregate Amount Variable Rate Indebtedness of
$0
   
Consolidated Group as of Statement Date:
 
       
 
B.
Total Asset Value as of Statement Date:
$
       
 
C.
Pro Rata Amount of Variable Rate Indebtedness (Line V.A.
 
   
divided by Line V.B):
0%
       
   
Maximum permitted:
30%

C - 4
Form of Compliance Certificate
 
 

 

For the Quarter/Year ended ___________________(“Statement Date”)
 
SCHEDULE 2
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s)
 
CALCULATION OF TOTAL ASSET VALUE, CONSOLIDATED ADJUSTED EBITDA,
CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGES, TANGIBLE NET WORTH, ETC.
(all in accordance with the definition for such term
as set forth in the Agreement)
 
[Provide Various Calculations]
 
The Microsoft Excel file delivered by Parent and Borrower to Agent on the date hereof in connection with this Compliance Certificate and the calculations contained therein are incorporated by reference into this Schedule 2.

C - 5
Form of Compliance Certificate
 
 

 

EXHIBIT D-1
 
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the Commitment described below (including the Letters of Credit included in such Commitment) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
 
1.
Assignor[s]:
   
       
       
       
2.
Assignee[s]:
   
       
       
 

1
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.
2
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.
3
Select as appropriate.
4
Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

D-1 - 1
Form of Assignment and Assumption
 
 

 

[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]
 
3.           Borrower:        ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
 
4.           Administrative Agent: RBS Citizens, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
 
5.           Credit Agreement:        Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer
 
6.           Assigned Interest[s]:5

       
Aggregate
         
Percentage
     
       
Amount of
   
Amount of
   
Assigned of
     
       
Commitment/Loans
   
Commitment/Loans
   
Commitment/
   
CUSIP
Assignor[s]6
 
Assignee[s]7
 
for all Lenders8
   
Assigned
   
Loans9
   
Number
        $       $           %    
        $       $           %    
        $       $           %    
  
[7.           Trade Date:      __________________]10
 
Effective Date: __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
 
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
 
 
ASSIGNOR
   
 
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
 

5
The reference to “Loans” in the table should be used only if the Credit Agreement provides for Term Loans.
6
List each Assignor, as appropriate.
7
List each Assignee, as appropriate.
8
Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
9
Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
10
To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

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By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:
     
 
ASSIGNEE
   
 
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
     
 
By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:

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Form of Assignment and Assumption
 
 

 

[Consented to and]11 Accepted:  
   
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.,
 
as Administrative Agent
 
     
By:
   
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 

11
To be added only if the consent of Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
 
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
 
 

 

[Consented to:]12
 
     
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
 
a Delaware limited partnership
 
     
By:
   
 
Name:
William M. Kahane
 
 
Title:
President
 
 

12
To be added only if the consent of Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

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Form of Assignment and Assumption
 
 

 

ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
 
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
 
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
 
1.
Representations and Warranties.
 
1.1.           Assignor.  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
 
1.2.           Assignee.  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most-recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b) thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
 
2.           Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
 
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3.           General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
 
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EXHIBIT D-2
 
FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
 
(see attached)
 
[NOTE: Please provide a copy of RBS Citizen’s form of Administrative Questionnaire]
 
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EXHIBIT E
 
BORROWING BASE REPORT
 
To:         RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 
Date: ____________, ______

A.
 
Aggregate Borrowing Value of all Borrowing Base
     
   
Properties (See Schedule I):
  $    
             
B.
 
Borrowing Value Borrowing Base Amount
       
   
(Line A multiplied by 65%):
  $    
             
C.
 
Implied Loan Amount (See Schedule II):
  $    
             
D.
 
Borrowing Base (Lesser of Line B and Line C):
  $    
             
E.
 
Aggregate Commitments:
  $    
             
F.
 
Available Loan Amount (Lesser of Line E and Line D):
  $    
             
G.
 
Total Outstandings:
  $    
             
H.
 
[Borrowing Availability][Borrowing Base Deficiency]
       
   
(Line F minus Line G):
  $    

This report (this “Report”) is submitted pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.  Pursuant to the Security Documents, the Administrative Agent has been granted a security interest in all of the Collateral referred to in this Report and has a valid perfected first priority security interest in the Borrowing Base Properties.
 
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Borrowing Base Report
 
 

 

The undersigned hereby certify, as of the date first written above, that (a) the amounts and calculations herein and in Schedule I and Schedule II accurately reflect the Borrowing Base, Available Loan Amount, and Total Outstandings and (b) no Default has occurred or is continuing.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
 
Delaware limited partnership
   
 
By:
 
   
Name:  
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President
   
 
PARENT:
   
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a
 
Maryland corporation
   
 
By:
 
   
Name:
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President
 
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Borrowing Base Report
 
 

 

SCHEDULE I
to Borrowing Base Report
 
Appraised Value of each Borrowing Base Property

Borrowing Base Property
 
Borrowing Value
1.
   
$
 
2.
   
$
 
3.
   
$
 
4.
   
$
 
5.
   
$
 
6.
   
$
 
7.
   
$
 
8.
   
$
 
9.
   
$
 
10.
   
$
 
11.
   
$
 
12.
   
$
 
13.
   
$
 
14.
   
$
 
15.
   
$
 
16.
   
$
 
         
 
Aggregate Borrowing Value of all Borrowing
     
 
Base Properties:
 
$
 
 
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Borrowing Base Report
 
 

 

SCHEDULE II
to Borrowing Base Report
 
Implied Loan Amount
 
[Provide Calculation]

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Borrowing Base Report
 
 

 
EX-10.22 3 v234345_ex10-22.htm PARENT GUARANTY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
EXECUTION VERSION
 
PARENT GUARANTY AGREEMENT
 
THIS PARENT GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this Guaranty”) is executed as of September 7, 2011, by AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation, (“Guarantor”), for the benefit of the Credit Parties (defined below).
 
RECITALS:
 
A.         ARC Properties Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Borrower) may, from time to time, be indebted to the Credit Parties pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Borrower, Guarantor, the Lenders now or hereafter party to the Credit Agreement (the Lenders), and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (Administrative Agent), as L/C Issuer (L/ C Issuer”) and as Swing Line Lender (“Swing Line Lender”) (Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are each a Credit Party, and collectively the Credit Parties”). Capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise indicated, have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

B.         Guarantor is a limited partner of, and holds Equity Interests in, Borrower and will benefit from the Credit Parties’ extension of credit to Borrower.
 
C.         This Guaranty is integral to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and the execution and delivery hereof is a condition precedent to the Credit Parties’ obligations to extend credit to Borrower under the Loan Documents.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Credit Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit to Borrower thereunder, and to extend such credit to Borrower as the Credit Parties may from time to time agree to extend, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby guarantees payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (hereinafter defined) and hereby agrees as follows:
 
Section 1.         NATURE OF GUARANTY. Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a guarantee of payment and not merely as a guarantee of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all existing and future Obligations including, without limitation, all indebtedness and liabilities of every kind, nature and character, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, voluntary or involuntary, of Borrower to the Credit Parties arising under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and restatements thereof and all costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by any Credit Party in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof) including, without limitation, any and all environmental indemnifications contained in the Loan Documents (collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations”). Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon Guarantor and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Guaranteed Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Guaranteed Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty.

 
 

 

Section 2.         NO SETOFF OR DEDUCTIONS; TAXES. Guarantor represents and warrants that it is incorporated and resident in the United States of America. All payments by Guarantor hereunder shall be paid in full, without setoff or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever, including, without limitation, for any and all present and future taxes. If Guarantor must make a payment under this Guaranty, then Guarantor represents and warrants that it will make the payment from its offices located in the United States of America to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, so that no withholding tax is imposed on such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Guarantor makes a payment under this Guaranty to which withholding tax applies, or any taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) are at any time imposed on any payments under or in respect of this Guaranty including, but not limited to, payments made pursuant to this Section 2, then Guarantor shall pay all such taxes to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law such that each Credit Party, as applicable, receives the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made and shall also pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, on demand, all additional amounts which Administrative Agent specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield the Credit Parties would have received if such taxes had not been imposed. Guarantor shall promptly provide Administrative Agent with an original receipt or certified copy issued by the relevant authority evidencing the payment of any such amount required to be deducted or withheld.
 
Section 3.         NO TERMINATION. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and any commitments of the Credit Parties or facilities provided by the Credit Parties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated. All payments under this Guaranty shall be made at Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars.
 
Section 4.        WAIVER OF NOTICES. Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and of the extension or continuation of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof. Guarantor further waives presentment, protest, notice, dishonor or default, demand for payment, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, and any other notices to which Guarantor might otherwise be entitled.
 
Section 5.         NO SUBROGRATION. Guarantor shall not exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and any commitments of the Credit Parties or facilities provided by the Credit Parties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated. If any amounts are paid to Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Credit Parties and shall forthwith be paid to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, to reduce the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
 
Section 6.         WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES. Guarantor agrees that the Credit Parties may, at any time and from time to time, and without notice to Guarantor, make any agreement with Borrower or with any other person or entity liable on any of the Guaranteed Obligations or providing collateral as security for the Guaranteed Obligations, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge, or release of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral (in whole or in part), or for any modification or amendment of the terms thereof or of any instrument or agreement evidencing the Guaranteed Obligations or the provision of collateral, all without in any way impairing, releasing, discharging, or otherwise affecting the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty. Guarantor waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of Borrower, or any claim that Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of Borrower and waives the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the liability of Guarantor hereunder. Guarantor waives any right to enforce any remedy which Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower and waives any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties. Further, Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of Guarantor.

 
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Section 7.         EXHAUSTION OF OTHER REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor waives diligence by any of the Credit Parties and action on delinquency in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, including, without limitation any provisions of law requiring any Credit Party to exhaust any right or remedy or to take any action against Borrower, any other guarantor, or any other person, entity, or property before enforcing this Guaranty against Guarantor.

Section 8.        REINSTATEMENT. Notwithstanding anything in this Guaranty to the contrary, this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is revoked, terminated, rescinded, or reduced or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or any other person or entity or otherwise, as if such payment had not been made and whether or not Administrative Agent is in possession of or has released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction.
 
Section 9.        SUBORDINATION. Guarantor hereby expressly subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of Borrower owing to Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether those obligations are (a) direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, (b) due or to become due to Guarantor, (c) held by or are to be held by Guarantor, (d) created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise, or (e) evidenced in writing (the Subordinated Debt) to the indefeasible payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor agrees not to accept any payment of such Subordinated Debt from Borrower if a Default exists. If Guarantor receives any payment of any Subordinated Debt in violation of the foregoing, then Guarantor shall hold that payment in trust for the Credit Parties and promptly turn it over to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, in the form received (with any necessary endorsements), to be applied in accordance with the Credit Agreement, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty.
 
Section 10.       STAY OF ACCELERATION. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or any other person or entity, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by Guarantor immediately upon demand by Administrative Agent.
 
Section 11.       INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES.
 
(a)        Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Credit Party from and against any and all claims, losses, and liabilities in any way relating to, growing out of, or resulting from this Guaranty and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Guaranty), except to the extent such claims, losses, or liabilities result from such Credit Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
 
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(b)          Guarantor shall indemnify each Credit Party and each Related Party of any of the Credit Parties (each such Person being called an Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and related expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges, and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or any Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery or enforcement of this Guaranty or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or, in the case of Administrative Agent and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Guaranty; or (ii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort, or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee and its Related Parties, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Parties.
 
(c)          Guarantor shall pay to Administrative Agent upon demand the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that Administrative Agent may incur in connection with the administration of this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any such costs and expenses incurred in the preservation, protection, or enforcement of any rights of any Credit Party in any case commenced by or against Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States Code) or any similar or successor statute. The obligations of Guarantor under the preceding sentence shall survive termination of this Guaranty.
 
Section 12.         AMENDMENTS. No amendment, modification, termination, or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by Guarantor from the terms and conditions hereof, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Administrative Agent and Guarantor. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.
 
Section 13.         NOTICES. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be made to the applicable address, as follows: (i) if addressed to Administrative Agent, then to the address specified for Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement; and (ii) if addressed to Guarantor, then to the address specified for Borrower set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. Any party to this Guaranty may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Section 11.02(d) of the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 14.         NO WAIVER; ENFORCEABILITY. No failure by any Credit Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law or in equity. The unenforceability or invalidity of any provision of this Guaranty shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other provision herein.
 
Section 15.        ASSIGNMENT. This Guaranty shall: (a) bind Guarantor and its successors and assigns, provided that Guarantor may not assign its rights or obligations under this Guaranty without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void); and (b) inure to the benefit of each of the Credit Parties and their respective successors and assigns and the Credit Parties may, without notice to Guarantor and without affecting Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, assign or sell participations in the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty, in whole or in part. Guarantor agrees that the Credit Parties may disclose to any prospective purchaser and any purchaser of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations any and all information in the Credit Parties’ possession concerning Guarantor, this Guaranty, and any security for this Guaranty to the extent permitted under, and in compliance with, the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 
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Section 16.         CONDITION OF BORROWER. Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from Borrower such information concerning the financial condition, business, and operations of Borrower as Guarantor requires, and that no Credit Party shall have any duty, and Guarantor is not relying on any Credit Party at any time, to disclose to Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations, or financial condition of Borrower.

Section 17.         RIGHTS OF SETOFF. If and to the extent any payment is not made when due hereunder, then Administrative Agent and each other Credit Party (with the prior consent of Administrative Agent) may setoff and charge from time to time any amount so due against any or all of Guarantor’s accounts or deposits with Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party.
 
Section 18.         OTHER GUARANTEES. Unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party and Guarantor in writing, this Guaranty is not intended to supersede or otherwise affect any other guaranty now or hereafter given by Guarantor for the benefit of the Credit Parties or any term or provision thereof.
 
Section 19.          GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
 
(a)         GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
(b)         SUBMISSION  TO  JURISDICTION. GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
 
(c)         WAIVER OF VENUE. GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 19(b). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 
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(d)         SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
 
(e)         WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 19.
 
Section 20.         COUNTERPARTS. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
 
Section 21.         FINAL AGREEMENT.  THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank;
Signature Pages Follow]

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor and Administrative Agent have caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
 
PARENT:
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
Name: William M. Kahane
Title:  President

Signature Page to
Parent Guaranty Agreement

 
 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
 
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Ly1es
Name: Michelle L. Ly1es
Title:  Assistant Vice President

Signature Page to
Parent Guaranty Agreement
 
 
 

 
EX-10.23 4 v234345_ex10-23.htm SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
EXECUTION VERSION
 
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT
 
THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this Guaranty”) is executed as of September 7, 2011, by EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARIES OF ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 ATTACHED HERETO or who become a party hereto pursuant to Section 21 below (each a Guarantor and collectively, Guarantors”), for the benefit of the Credit Parties (defined below).
 
RECITALS:
 
A.           Borrower may, from time to time, be indebted to the Credit Parties pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the Credit Agreement”), among Borrower, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, a limited partner of Borrower, the Lenders now or hereafter party to the Credit Agreement (the Lenders”), and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (“Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer (“LIC Issuer”) and as Swing Line Lender (“Swing Line Lender”) (Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are each a Credit Party,” and collectively the Credit Parties”). Capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise indicated, have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
 
B.           Each Guarantor is a Subsidiary of Borrower and will, directly or indirectly, benefit from the Credit Parties’ extension of credit to Borrower.
 
C.           This Guaranty is integral to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and the execution and delivery hereof is a condition precedent to the Credit Parties’ obligations to extend credit to Borrower under the Loan Documents.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Credit Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit to Borrower thereunder, and to extend such credit to Borrower as the Credit Parties may from time to time agree to extend, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (hereinafter defined) and hereby agree as follows:
 
Section 1.        NATURE OF GUARANTY. Each Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, as a guarantee of payment and not merely as a guarantee of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all existing and future Obligations including, without limitation, all indebtedness and liabilities of every kind, nature and character, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, voluntary or involuntary, of Borrower to the Credit Parties arising under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and restatements thereof and all costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by any Credit Party in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof) including, without limitation, any and all environmental indemnifications contained in the Loan Documents (collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations”). Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Guaranteed Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Guaranteed Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty.
 
 
 

 
 
Section 2.        NO SETOFF OR DEDUCTIONS; TAXES. Each Guarantor represents and warrants that it is formed and resident in the United States of America. All payments by any Guarantor hereunder shall be paid in full, without setoff or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever, including, without limitation, for any and all present and future taxes. If any Guarantor must make a payment under this Guaranty, then such Guarantor represents and warrants that it will make the payment from its offices located in the United States of America to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, so that no withholding tax is imposed on such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Guarantor makes a payment under this Guaranty to which withholding tax applies, or any taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) are at any time imposed on any payments under or in respect of this Guaranty including, but not limited to, payments made pursuant to this Section 2, then such Guarantor shall pay all such taxes to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law such that each Credit Party receives the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made and shall also pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, on demand, all additional amounts which Administrative Agent specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield the Credit Parties would have received if such taxes had not been imposed. Guarantors shall promptly provide Administrative Agent with an original receipt or certified copy issued by the relevant authority evidencing the payment of any such amount required to be deducted or withheld.
 
Section 3.         NO TERMINATION. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and any commitments of the Credit Parties or facilities provided by the Credit Parties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated. All payments under this Guaranty shall be made at Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars.
 
Section 4.        WAIVER OF NOTICES. Each Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and of the extension or continuation of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof. Each Guarantor further waives presentment, protest, notice, dishonor or default, demand for payment, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, and any other notices to which any Guarantor might otherwise be entitled.
 
Section 5.        NO SUBROGRATION. No Guarantor shall exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and any commitments of the Credit Parties or facilities provided by the Credit Parties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated. If any amounts are paid to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Credit Parties and shall forthwith be paid to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, to reduce the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
 
Section 6.        WAIVER OF SURETYSHIP DEFENSES. Each Guarantor agrees that the Credit Parties may, at any time and from time to time, and without notice to Guarantors, make any agreement with Borrower or with any other person or entity liable on any of the Guaranteed Obligations or providing collateral as security for the Guaranteed Obligations, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge, or release of the Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral (in whole or in part), or for any modification or amendment of the terms thereof or of any instrument or agreement evidencing the Guaranteed Obligations or the provision of collateral, all without in any way impairing, releasing, discharging, or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty. Each Guarantor waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of Borrower, or any claim that any Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of Borrower and waives the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the liability of any Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor waives any right to enforce any remedy which such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower and waives any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties. Further, each Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of such Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of such Guarantor.
 
 
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Section 7.        EXHAUSTION OF OTHER REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor waives diligence by any of the Credit Parties and action on delinquency in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, including, without limitation any provisions of law requiring any Credit Party to exhaust any right or remedy or to take any action against Borrower, any other guarantor, or any other person, entity, or property before enforcing this Guaranty against any Guarantor.
 
Section 8.        REINSTATEMENT. Notwithstanding anything in this Guaranty to the contrary, this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is revoked, terminated, rescinded, or reduced or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or any other person or entity or otherwise, as if such payment had not been made and whether or not Administrative Agent is in possession of or has released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction.
 
Section 9.        SUBORDINATION. Each Guarantor hereby expressly subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of Borrower owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether those obligations are (a) direct, indirect, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, (b) due or to become due to such Guarantor, (c) held by or are to be held by such Guarantor, (d) created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise, or (e) evidenced in writing (the Subordinated Debt”) to the indefeasible payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor agrees not to accept any payment of such Subordinated Debt from Borrower if a Default exists. If any Guarantor receives any payment of any Subordinated Debt in violation of the foregoing, then such Guarantor shall hold that payment in trust for the Credit Parties and promptly turn it over to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, in the form received (with any necessary endorsements), to be applied in accordance with the Credit Agreement, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty.
 
Section 10.      INFORMATION. Each Guarantor agrees to furnish promptly to Administrative Agent any and all financial or other information regarding such Guarantor or its property as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in writing.
 
Section 11.      STAY OF ACCELERATION. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or any other person or entity, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by Guarantors immediately upon demand by Administrative Agent.
 
Section 12.       INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES.
 
(a)          Each Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Credit Party from and against any and all claims, losses, and liabilities in any way relating to, growing out of, or resulting from this Guaranty and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Guaranty), except to the extent such claims, losses, or liabilities result from such Credit Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
 
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(b)          Each Guarantor shall indemnify each Credit Party and each Related Party of any of the Credit Parties (each such Person being called an Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and related expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges, and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemriitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or any Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery or enforcement of this Guaranty or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or, in the case of Administrative Agent and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Guaranty; or (ii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort, or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee and its Related Parties, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Parties.
 
(c)          Each Guarantor shall pay to Administrative Agent upon demand the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that Administrative Agent may incur in connection with the administration of this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any such costs and expenses incurred in the preservation, protection, or enforcement of any rights of any Credit Party in any case commenced by or against any Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States Code) or any similar or successor statute. The obligations of Guarantors under the preceding sentence shall survive termination of this Guaranty.
 
Section 13.      AMENDMENTS. No amendment, modification, termination, or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor from the terms and conditions hereof, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Administrative Agent and each Guarantor. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.
 
Section 14.      NOTICES. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be made to the applicable address, as follows: (i) if addressed to Administrative Agent, then to the address specified for Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement; and (ii) if addressed to any Guarantor, then to the address specified for Borrower set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. Any party to this Guaranty may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Section 11.02(d) of the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 15.      NO WAIVER; ENFORCEABILITY. No failure by any Credit Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law or in equity. The unenforceability or invalidity of any provision of this Guaranty shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other provision herein.
 
 
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Section 16.      ASSIGNMENT. This Guaranty shall: (a) bind each Guarantor and its successors and assigns, provided that no Guarantor may assign its rights or obligations under this Guaranty without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void); and (b) inure to the benefit of each of the Credit Parties and their respective successors and assigns and the Credit Parties may, without notice to any Guarantor and without affecting any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, assign or sell participations in the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty, in whole or in part. Each Guarantor agrees that the Credit Parties may disclose to any prospective purchaser and any purchaser of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations any and all information in the Credit Parties’ possession concerning any Guarantor, this Guaranty, and any security for this Guaranty to the extent permitted under, and in compliance with, the terms of the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 17.      CONDITION OF BORROWER. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from Borrower such information concerning the financial condition, business, and operations of Borrower as Guarantors require, and that no Credit Party shall have any duty, and Guarantors are not relying on any Credit Party at any time, to disclose to Guarantors any information relating to the business, operations, or financial condition of Borrower.
 
Section 18.     RIGHTS OF SETOFF. If and to the extent any payment is not made when due hereunder, then Administrative Agent and each other Credit Party (with the prior consent of Administrative Agent) may setoff and charge from time to time any amount so due against any or all of Guarantors’ accounts or deposits with Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party.
 
Section 19.     OTHER GUARANTEES. Unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, the applicable Credit Party and Guarantors in writing, this Guaranty is not intended to supersede or otherwise affect any other guaranty now or hereafter given by Guarantors for the benefit of the Credit Parties or any term or provision thereof.
 
Section 20.      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; LOAN DOCUMENTS. By execution hereof, each Guarantor covenants and agrees that certain representations, warranties, terms, covenants, and conditions set forth in the Loan Documents are applicable by their terms to such Guarantor and shall be imposed upon such Guarantor, and each Guarantor reaffirms that each such representation and warranty is true and correct and covenants and agrees to promptly and properly perform, observe, and comply with each such term, covenant, or condition. Moreover, each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this Guaranty is subject to the setoff provisions as noted in Section 18 above in favor of the Credit Parties. In the event the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall cease to remain in effect for any reason whatsoever during any period when any part of the Guaranteed Obligations remains unpaid, such terms, covenants, and agreements of the Credit Agreement or such other Loan Document incorporated herein by this reference and which are, by their terms, made applicable to any Guarantors shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect as obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty.
 
Section 21.       ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS. The initial Guarantors hereunder shall be each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Borrower that are signatories hereto and that are listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto. From time to time subsequent to the time hereof, additional Subsidiary Guarantors of Borrower may become parties hereto as additional Guarantors (each an Additional Guarantor”) by executing a counterpart of this Guaranty in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to Administrative Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor shall be a Guarantor and shall be a party hereto as if such Additional Guarantor were an original signatory hereof. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, or by any election by Administrative Agent not to cause any Subsidiary Guarantor of Borrower to become an Additional Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to any Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any such person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Guarantor hereunder.
 
 
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Section 22.      RELEASE OF GUARANTORS. Subject to Section 10.10 of the Credit Agreement, a Guarantor may be released from its obligations under this Guaranty by Administrative Agent’s execution of a Release of Guaranty in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the release of any other Guarantor hereunder.
 
Section 23.      GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
 
(a)         GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
(b)         SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
 
(c)         WAIVER OF VENUE.  EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 23(b). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
 
(d)         SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
 
 
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(e)          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 23.
 
Section 24.      COUNTERPARTS. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
 
Section 25.      ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BENEFITS; CONTRIBUTION; EFFECT OF AVOIDANCE PROVISIONS.
 
(a)    Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has received, or will receive, significant financial and other benefits, either directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement; that the benefits received by such Guarantor are reasonably equivalent consideration for such Guarantor’s execution of this Guaranty; and that such benefits include, without limitation, the access to capital afforded to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement from which the activities of such Guarantor will be supported, the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness of Borrower and such Guarantor secured by such Guarantor’s Borrowing Base Properties from the proceeds of the Loans, and the ability to refinance that indebtedness at a lower interest rate and otherwise on more favorable terms than would be available to it if the Borrowing Base Properties owned by such Guarantor’s were being financed on a stand-alone basis and not as part of a pool of assets comprising the security for the Obligations. Each Guarantor is executing this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in consideration of those benefits received by it.
 
(b)    Each Guarantor hereby agrees as among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have a right of contribution from each other Guarantor in accordance with applicable Law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid in full, and none of the Guarantors shall exercise any such contribution rights until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid in full.
 
(c)    It is the intent of each Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, such Guarantor’s maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders under the Loan Documents) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor in such proceeding as a result of applicable Laws, including, without limitation, (i) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States and (ii) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such proceeding, whether by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or otherwise. The Laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders under the Loan Documents) shall be determined in any such proceeding are referred to herein as “Avoidance Provisions”. Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of a Guarantor hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, the maximum Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to the greater of (A) the amount which, as of the time any of the Guaranteed Obligations are deemed to have been incurred by such Guarantor under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders under the Loan Documents), to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions or (B) the amount which, as of the time demand is made hereunder upon such Guarantor for payment on account of the Guaranteed Obligations, would not cause the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lender under the Loan Documents), to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. The provisions under this Section are intended solely to preserve the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lender hereunder to the maximum extent that would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and no Guarantor or any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section as against the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.
 
 
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Section 26.      FINAL AGREEMENT.     THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor and Administrative Agent have caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
   
 
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH S Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC,
 
each a Delaware limited liability company

 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

Signature Page to
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
 
 
 

 

 
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
 
ARC Income Properties III, LLC,
 
each a Delaware limited liability company
     
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President
     
 
ARCP TRS Corp, a Delaware corporation
     
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

Signature Page to
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
 
 
 

 

 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
   
   
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
       
   
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Lyles
     
Name: Michelle L. Lyles
     
Title:   Assistant Vice President

Signature Page to
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
 
 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1
INITIAL GUARANTORS
 
1.   ARC Income Properties, LLC
2.   CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
3.   CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
4.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
5.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
6.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
7.   CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
8.   CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
9.   CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
10. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
11. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
12. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
13. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
14. CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
15. CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
16. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
17. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
18. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
19. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
20. CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
21. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
22. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
23. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
24. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
25. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
26. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
27. CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
28. CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
29. CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
30. ARC TRS Corp.
31. American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
32. ARC Income Properties III, LLC
 
Schedule 1
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT A
 
COUNTERPART TO SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT
 
In witness whereof, the undersigned Additional Guarantor has caused this Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement to be executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of ___________, 20____.

   
 
[NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]
     
   
By:
 
     
Name:
 
     
Title:
 

Exhibit A

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B
 
FORM OF RELEASE OF GUARANTOR
 
In witness whereof, the undersigned Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Credit Parties, hereby releases and discharges ______________ from any and all obligations and liabilities of ______________________ to the Credit Parties under that certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of June ____, 2011 executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors of American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, described therein in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties.

RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent
 
       
By:
    
 
Name:
     
 
Title:
    
 
Exhibit B
 
 
 

 
 
EX-10.24 5 v234345_ex10-24.htm ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
EXECUTION VERSION

ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
 
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this Agreement), which is dated as of September 7, 2011, is executed by ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Borrower), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (Parent), and the subsidiaries of Borrower and its subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, together with any subsidiaries of Borrower that, after the date hereof, become party to this Agreement, Subsidiary Guarantors;” Parent and Subsidiary Guarantors are collectively, Guarantors), for the benefit of RBS CITIZENS, NA., a national banking association, acting in its capacity as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, Administrative Agent) under that certain Credit Agreement (defined below), L/C Issuer and the Lenders (defined below). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.
 
RECITALS:
 
A.          Borrower, Parent, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and certain other lenders (Lenders) are party to that certain Credit Agreement, entered into as of September 7, 2011 (as from time to time may be amended, modified, renewed, extended, or restated, the Credit Agreement).
 
B.           Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, Lenders agreed to provide certain revolving loans (Revolving Loans) to Borrower from time to time upon Borrower’s request. Furthermore, L/C Issuer agreed to issue letters of credit (“LICs”) to and for the account of Borrower from time to time upon Borrower’s request (the Revolving Loans and the L/Cs are referred to collectively as the Loans”). The Loans may be evidenced by certain promissory notes (Notes) executed by Borrower from time to time in connection with the Credit Agreement and in conjunction with the Loans.
 
C.           Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed, pursuant to that certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, executed as of September 6, 2011 (“Subsidiary Guaranty”), the Obligations and Parent has guaranteed, pursuant to that certain Parent Guaranty Agreement, executed as of September 6, 2011 (Parent Guaranty”), the Obligations.
 
D.           Borrower and Guarantors are required pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Credit Agreement to grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, as security for the full payment and performance of the Obligations, a valid, enforceable, first priority lien on each of the Borrowing Base Properties owned by Borrower or Guarantors.
 
E.           As part of the consideration for the continued extension of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Borrower and Guarantors have agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Borrower and Guarantors hereby agree as follows:

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1.
Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
 
(a)           Environmental Claim means any investigative, information request, notice of violation, enforcement, cleanup, removal, containment, remedial or other private or governmental or regulatory action at any time threatened, instituted or completed pursuant to any applicable Environmental Requirement (hereinafter defined), against Borrower or Guarantors or against or with respect to any of the Borrowing Base Properties or any condition, use or activity on any of the Borrowing Base Properties (including any such action against Administrative Agent or Lenders), and any claim at any time threatened or made by any person against Borrower or Guarantors or against or with respect to any Borrowing Base Property or any condition, use or activity on such Borrowing Base Property (including any such claim against Administrative Agent or Lenders), relating to damage, contribution, cost recovery, compensation, loss, property damage or personal injury resulting from or in any way arising in connection with any Hazardous Material (hereinafter defined) or any Environmental Requirement.
 
(b)           Environmental Law means any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, license, authorization, decision, order, injunction, decree, or rule of common law, and any judicial interpretation of any of the foregoing, which pertains to health, safety, any Hazardous Material, or the environment (including but not limited to ground or air or water or noise pollution or contamination, and underground or above-ground tanks) and shall include without limitation, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.; and any other state or federal environmental statutes, and all rules, regulations, orders and decrees now or hereafter promulgated under any of the foregoing, as any of the foregoing now exist or may be changed or amended or come into effect in the future.
 
(c)           Environmental Requirement means any Environmental Law, agreement or restriction (including but not limited to any condition or requirement imposed by any insurance or surety company), as the same now exists or may be changed or amended or come into effect in the future, which pertains to any Hazardous Material, or the environment, including but not limited to ground or air or water or noise pollution or contamination, and underground or aboveground tanks.
 
(d)           Hazardous Material means any substance, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, or electromagnetic field, or any other cause, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in concentration, quantity or location: which is listed, defined or regulated as a “hazardous substance”, “hazardous waste”, “medical waste”, “infectious waste” or “solid waste”, or otherwise classified as hazardous or toxic, in or pursuant to any Environmental Requirement; or which is or contains asbestos, radon, any polychlorinated biphenyl, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, explosive or radioactive material, or motor fuel or other petroleum hydrocarbons or constituent; or which causes or poses a threat to cause a contamination or nuisance on any of the Borrowing Base Properties or any adjacent property or a hazard to the environment or to the health or safety of persons. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as used in Sections 6 and 7 below, the term “Hazardous Material” shall not include minimal quantities of substances on a Borrowing Base Property that technically could be considered Hazardous Material, provided that such substances are of a type and are held only in a quantity normally used in connection with the construction, occupancy or operation of comparable buildings (such as cleaning fluids and supplies normally used in the day to day operation of commercial properties), and such substances are being held, stored and used in complete and strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements.
 
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(e)           On or on, when used with respect to a Borrowing Base Property or any property adjacent to a Borrowing Base Property, means “on, in, under, above or about”.
 
2.           Representations and Warranties. Borrower and Guarantors, after due inquiry and investigation in accordance with good commercial or customary practices to determine whether contamination is present on any of the Borrowing Base Properties or elsewhere in connection with hereby represent and warrant to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders, without regard to whether Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lenders has or hereafter obtains any knowledge or report of the environmental condition of any Borrowing Base Property, as follows:
 
(a)           During the period of Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s ownership of each of the Borrowing Base Properties, that Borrowing Base Property has not been used for landfill, dumping or other waste disposal activities or operations, generation, storage, use, sale, treatment, processing, recycling or disposal of any Hazardous Material, underground or aboveground storage tanks, or any other use that could give rise to the release of any Hazardous Material on that Borrowing Base Property; to the best of Borrower’s or Guarantors’ knowledge, no such use of that Borrowing Base Property occurred at any time prior to the period of Borrower’s or Guarantors’ ownership of that Borrowing Base Property; and to the best of Borrower’s or Guarantors’ knowledge, no such use on any adjacent property occurred at any time prior to the date hereof;
 
(b)           To the best of Borrower’s or Guarantors’ knowledge, except as disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, there is no Hazardous Material, storage tank (or similar vessel) whether underground or otherwise, sump or well currently on any of the Borrowing Base Properties;
 
(c)           Neither Borrower nor Guarantors has received any notice or has any knowledge of any Environmental Claim or any completed, pending or proposed or threatened investigation or inquiry concerning the presence or release of any Hazardous Material regarding any of the Borrowing Base Properties or any adjacent property or concerning whether any condition, use or activity on any of the Borrowing Base Properties or any adjacent property is in violation of any Environmental Requirement;
 
(d)           The present conditions, uses and activities on each Borrowing Base Property do not violate any Environmental Requirement and the use of each Borrowing Base Property which Borrower or Guarantors (and each tenant and subtenant, if any) makes and intends to make of that Borrowing Base Property complies and will comply with all applicable Environmental Requirements; and neither Borrower nor Guarantors, nor to Borrower’s or Guarantors’ knowledge, any tenant or subtenant, has obtained or is required to obtain any permit or other authorization to construct, occupy, operate, use or conduct any activity on any Borrowing Base Property by reason of any Environmental Requirement;
 
(e)           None of the Borrowing Base Properties appear on the National Priorities List or any other list or database of properties maintained by any local, state or federal agency or department showing properties which are known to contain or which are suspected of containing a Hazardous Material; and
 
(f)            Neither Borrower nor Guarantors has ever applied for and been denied environmental impairment liability insurance coverage relating to any Borrowing Base Property.
 
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3.           Violations. Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor will cause, commit, permit or allow to continue (a) any violation of any Environmental Requirement by (i) Borrower or any Guarantor, or (ii) by or with respect to any Borrowing Base Property or any use of or condition or activity on the Borrowing Base Property, or (b) the attachment of any environmental lien to any Borrowing Base Property. Borrower and Guarantors will not place, install, dispose of or release, or cause, permit, or allow the placing, installation, disposal, spilling, leaking, dumping or release of, any Hazardous Material or storage tank (or similar vessel) on each Borrowing Base Property and will keep each Borrowing Base Property free of Hazardous Material; provided, however, that any Hazardous Material or storage tanks (or similar vessels) permitted pursuant to any tenant lease affecting any Borrowing Base Property shall be permitted on any Borrowing Base Property so long as such Hazardous Material or storage tank (or similar vessel) is stored in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements.
 
4.           Notice to Administrative Agent. Borrower shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent each report pertaining to any Borrowing Base Property prepared by or on behalf of Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to any Environmental Requirement. Borrower and Guarantors shall immediately advise Administrative Agent in writing of any Environmental Claim or of the discovery of any Hazardous Material on the Borrowing Base Property, as soon as Borrower or such Guarantor first obtains knowledge thereof, including a full description of the nature and extent of the Environmental Claim and/or Hazardous Material and all relevant circumstances.
 
5.           Site Assessments and Information. If Administrative Agent or any Lender shall ever have reason to believe that any Hazardous Material affects any Borrowing Base Property, or if any Environmental Claim is made or threatened, or if a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or upon the occurrence of the Transition Date (defined below) if requested by Administrative Agent, Borrower will at its expense provide to Administrative Agent from time to time, in each case within thirty (30) days after Administrative Agent’s request, an Environmental Assessment (defined below) made after the date of Administrative Agent’s request. As used in this Agreement, the term Environmental Assessment means a report (including all drafts thereof) of an environmental assessment of a Borrowing Base Property of such scope (including but not limited to the taking of soil borings and air and groundwater samples and other above and below ground testing) as Administrative Agent may request, by a consulting firm acceptable to Administrative Agent and made in accordance with Administrative Agent’s established guidelines. Borrower and Guarantors will cooperate with each consulting firm making any such Environmental Assessment and will supply to the consulting firm, from time to time and promptly on request, all information available to Borrower or any Guarantor to facilitate the completion of the Environmental Assessment. If Borrower or Guarantors fail to furnish Administrative Agent within ten (10) days after Administrative Agent’s request with a copy of an agreement with an acceptable environmental consulting firm to provide such Environmental Assessment, or if Borrower or Guarantors fail to furnish to Administrative Agent such Environmental Assessment within thirty (30) days after Administrative Agent’s request, Administrative Agent may cause any such Environmental Assessment to be made at Borrower’s expense and risk. Administrative Agent and its designees are hereby granted access to the Borrowing Base Properties at any time or times, upon reasonable notice (which may be written or oral) and a license which is coupled with an interest and irrevocable, to make or cause to be made such Environmental Assessments. Administrative Agent may disclose to interested parties any information Administrative Agent ever has about the environmental condition or compliance of any Borrowing Base Property, but shall be under no duty to disclose any such information except as may be required by law. Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to make any Environmental Assessment of any Borrowing Base Property, and in no event shall any such Environmental Assessment by Administrative Agent be or give rise to a representation that any Hazardous Material is or is not present on a Borrowing Base Property, or that there has been or shall be compliance with any Environmental Requirement, nor shall Borrower, Guarantors or any other person be entitled to rely on any Environmental Assessment made by Administrative Agent or at Administrative Agent’s request. Neither Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer nor any Lender owes any duty of care to protect Borrower, Guarantors or any other person against, or to inform them of, any Hazardous Material or other adverse condition affecting the Borrowing Base Properties.
 
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6.
Remedial Actions.
 
(a)           If any Hazardous Material is discovered on any Borrowing Base Property at any time and regardless of the cause, (i) Borrower and Guarantors shall promptly at Borrower’s and Guarantors’ sole risk and expense remove, treat, and dispose of the Hazardous Material in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements and solely under Borrower’s or Guarantors’ name (or if removal is prohibited by any Environmental Requirement, take whatever action is required by any Environmental Requirement), in addition to taking such other action as is necessary to have the full use and benefit of that Borrowing Base Property as contemplated by the Loan Documents, and provide Administrative Agent with satisfactory evidence thereof; and (ii) if requested by Administrative Agent, provide to Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of Administrative Agent’s request a bond, letter of credit or other financial assurance evidencing to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction that all necessary funds are readily available to pay the costs and expenses of the actions required by clause (i) preceding and to discharge any assessments or liens established against that Borrowing Base Property as a result of the presence of the Hazardous Material on that Borrowing Base Property. Within fifteen (15) days after completion of such remedial actions, Borrower shall obtain and deliver to Administrative Agent an Environmental Assessment of that Borrowing Base Property made after such completion and confirming to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction that all required remedial action as stated above has been taken and successfully completed and that there is no evidence or suspicion of any contamination or risk of contamination on that Borrowing Base Property or any adjacent property, or of violation of any Environmental Requirement, with respect to any such Hazardous Material.
 
(b)           Administrative Agent may, but shall never be obligated to (nor shall L/C Issuer or any Lender be obligated), remove or cause the removal of any Hazardous Material from any Borrowing Base Property (or if removal is prohibited by any Environmental Requirement, take or cause the taking of such other action as is required by any Environmental Requirement) if Borrower or Guarantors fails to promptly commence such remedial actions following discovery and thereafter diligently prosecute the same to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent (without limitation of Administrative Agent’s rights to declare a default under any of the Loan Documents and to exercise all rights and remedies available by reason thereof); and Administrative Agent and its designees are hereby granted access to each Borrowing Base Property at any time or times, upon reasonable notice (which may be written or oral), and a license which is coupled with an interest and irrevocable, to remove or cause such removal or to take or cause the taking of any such other action.
 
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7.
Indemnity.
 
(a)           Borrower and Guarantors, jointly and severally, each hereby assume liability for, and covenants and agrees at its sole cost and expense to protect, defend (at trial and appellate levels), indemnify and hold (i) Administrative Agent; (ii) L/C Issuer, (iii) Lenders, (iv) any persons or entities owned or controlled by, owning or controlling, or under common control or affiliated with Administrative Agent, LIC Issuer or Lenders; (v) any participants under the Credit Agreement; (vi) the directors, officers, partners, employees and agents of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lenders, and/or such persons or entities; and (vii) the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing persons or entities (each an Indemnified Party and an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) harmless from and against, and, if and to the extent paid, reimburse them on demand for, any and all past, present or future Environmental Damages (as hereinafter defined). WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF, OR ARE CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF, THE NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY OF SUCH (AND/OR ANY OTHER) INDEMNIFIED PARTY.  HOWEVER, SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PARTICULAR INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE INDEMNIFICATION IS CAUSED BY OR ARISES OUT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THAT PARTICULAR INDEMNIFIED PARTY. Upon demand by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender, Borrower and Guarantors shall diligently defend any Environmental Claim which affects the Borrowing Base Property or is made or commenced against Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lenders, whether alone or together with Borrower, Guarantors or any other person, all at Borrower’s and Guarantors’ own cost and expense and by counsel to be approved by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and/or any Lender in the exercise of its reasonable judgment. In the alternative, at any time Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender may elect to conduct its own defense through counsel selected by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender and at the cost and expense of Borrower and Guarantors.
 
(b)           As used in this Agreement, the term Environmental Damages means all claims, demands, information requests, liabilities (including strict liability), losses, damages (including consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages), causes of action, judgments, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including fees, Costs and expenses of attorneys, consultants, contractors, experts and laboratories), of any and every kind or character, at law or in equity, contingent or otherwise, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseeable or unforeseeable, made, incurred, suffered, brought, or imposed at any time and from time to time, whether before or after the Transition Date (as hereinafter defined) and arising in whole or in part from:
 
(i)           The presence of any Hazardous Material on any Borrowing Base Property, or any escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, emission, release, discharge or disposal of any Hazardous Material on or from any Borrowing Base Property, or the migration or release or threatened migration or release of any Hazardous Material to, from or through any Borrowing Base Property, on or before the Transition Date; or
 
(ii)         any act, omission, event or circumstance existing or occurring in connection with the handling, treatment, containment, removal, storage, decontamination, clean-up, transport or disposal of any Hazardous Material which is at any time on or before the Transition Date present on any Borrowing Base Property; or
 
(iii)         the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement because of any event or condition occurring or existing on or before the Transition Date; or
 
(iv)        any violation on or before the Transition Date, of any Environmental Requirement in effect on or before the Transition Date, regardless of whether any act, omission, event or circumstance giving rise to the violation constituted a violation at the time of the occurrence or inception of such act, omission, event or circumstance; or
 
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(v)         any Environmental Claim, or the filing or imposition of any environmental lien against the Borrowing Base Property, because of, resulting from, in connection with, or arising out of any of the matters referred to in subparagraphs (i) through (iv) preceding;
 
and regardless of whether any of the foregoing was caused by Borrower, Guarantors or their respective tenant or subtenant, or a prior owner of a Borrowing Base Property or its tenant or subtenant, or any third party, including but not limited to (A) injury or damage to any person, property or natural resource occurring on or off of a Borrowing Base Property, including but not limited to the cost of demolition and rebuilding of any improvements on any real property; (B) the investigation or remediation of any such Hazardous Material or violation of Environmental Requirement, including but not limited to the preparation of any feasibility studies or reports and the performance of any cleanup, remediation, removal, response, abatement, containment, closure, restoration, monitoring or similar work required by any Environmental Requirement or necessary to have full use and benefit of the Borrowing Base Properties as contemplated by the Loan Documents (including any of the same in connection with any foreclosure action or transfer in lieu thereof); (C) all liability to pay or indemnify any person or governmental authority for costs expended in connection with any of the foregoing; (D) the investigation and defense of any claim, whether or not such claim is ultimately withdrawn or defeated; and (E) the settlement of any claim or judgment. Costs as used in this Agreement shall also include any diminution in the value of the security afforded by the Borrowing Base Property or any future reduction of the sales price of the Borrowing Base Property by reason of any matter set forth in this Agreement.
 
(c)           As used in this Agreement, the term Transition Date means the earlier of the following two dates: (i) the date on which the Obligations have been paid and performed in full and the applicable Mortgage has been released; or (ii) the date on which the lien of the applicable Mortgage is fully and finally foreclosed or a conveyance by deed in lieu of such foreclosure is fully and finally effective and possession of the Borrowing Base Property has been given to and accepted by the purchaser or grantee free of occupancy and claims to occupancy by Borrower, Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns; provided that, if such payment, performance, release, foreclosure or conveyance is challenged, in bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise, the Transition Date shall be deemed not to have occurred until such challenge is validly released, dismissed with prejudice or otherwise barred by law from further assertion.
 
8.           Joinder. The initial Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Borrower that are signatories hereto and that are listed on Exhibit A attached hereto. From time to time subsequent to the time hereof, additional Subsidiary Guarantors may become parties hereto as additional Guarantors (each an Additional Guarantor) by executing a counterpart of this Agreement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to Administrative Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Borrower and Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor and a party hereto as if such Additional Guarantor were an original signatory hereof. Borrower and Guarantors expressly agree that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition of any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, or by any election by Administrative Agent not to cause any Subsidiary Guarantor to become an Additional Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to any Subsidiary Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any such person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
 
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9.           Consideration; Survival; Cumulative Rights. Borrower and Guarantors acknowledge that Administrative Agent and Lenders have relied and will rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein in closing and funding the Loan and that the execution and delivery of this Agreement is an essential condition but for which Administrative Agent and Lenders would not close or fund the Loan. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall be binding upon Borrower, Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders and their respective successors, assigns and legal representatives and participants under the Credit Agreement; and shall not terminate on the Transition Date or upon the release, foreclosure or other termination of the applicable Mortgage, but will survive the Transition Date, the payment in full of the Obligations, foreclosure of the applicable Mortgage or conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, the release or termination of the applicable Mortgage and any and all of the other Loan Documents, any investigation by or on behalf of Administrative Agent or Lenders, any bankruptcy or other debtor relief proceeding, and any other event whatsoever. Any amount to be paid under this Agreement by Borrower or Guarantors shall be a demand obligation owing by Borrower and Guarantors (which Borrower and Guarantors hereby promise to pay). Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ rights under this Agreement shall be in addition to all rights of Administrative Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents or at law or in equity, and payments by Borrower or Guarantors under this Agreement shall not reduce Borrower’s and Guarantors’ obligations and liabilities under any of the Loan Documents. The liability of Borrower, Guarantors or any other person under this Agreement shall not be limited or impaired in any way by any provision in the Loan Documents or applicable law limiting Borrower’s or such other person’s liability or Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s recourse or rights to a deficiency judgment, or by any change, extension, release, inaccuracy, breach or failure to perform by any party under the Loan Documents, Borrower’s and Guarantor’s (and, if applicable, such other person’s) liability hereunder being direct and primary and not as a guarantor or surety. Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby assign and irrevocably transfer to Administrative Agent any and all rights of subrogation, contribution, indemnification, reimbursement or similar rights it may have against Borrower or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, or any other person for Environmental Damages. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall limit or impair any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent, Lenders, and/or any other Indemnified Party against Borrower, Guarantors or any other person under any Environmental Requirement or otherwise at law or in equity, including without limitation any rights of contribution or indemnification.
 
10.         No Waiver. No delay or omission by Administrative Agent or Lenders to exercise any right under this Agreement shall impair any such right nor shall it be construed to be a waiver thereof. No waiver of any single breach or default under this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default. Any waiver, consent or approval under this Agreement must be in writing to be effective.
 
11.         Notices. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be made to the applicable address, as follows: (i) if addressed to Administrative Agent, then to the address specified for Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement; and (ii) if addressed to Borrower or any of the Guarantors, then to the address specified for Borrower set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement.
 
12.         Invalid Provisions. A determination that any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable or invalid shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other provision and a determination that the application of any provision of this Agreement to any person or circumstance is illegal or unenforceable shall not affect the enforceability or validity of such provision as it may apply to other persons or circumstances.
 
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13.         Construction. Whenever in this Agreement the singular number is used, the same shall include plural where appropriate, and vice versa; and words of any gender in this Agreement shall include each other gender where appropriate. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall be disregarded in the interpretation hereof. Reference to “person” or “entity” means firms, associations, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, limited liability companies, corporations and other legal entities, including public or governmental bodies, agencies or instrumentalities, as well as natural persons.
 
14.         Applicable Law; Forum. This Agreement is performable in New York, and the laws of the State of New York and applicable United States federal law shall govern the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the validity, enforcement and interpretation hereof, except to the extent that any provision hereof is required to be performed in accordance with the law of the state where the applicable Borrowing Base Property is located, and in such case, the laws of such state shall govern those matters. Borrower and Guarantors hereby irrevocably submit generally and unconditionally for themselves and in respect of their property to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state court, or any United States federal court sitting in New York and, to the extent this Agreement is required to be performed in accordance with the law of the state in which the applicable Borrowing Base Property is located, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any state or United States federal court sitting in the state in which any of the Borrowing Base Property is located, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Borrower and Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that Borrower or Guarantors may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue in any such court and any claim that any such court is an inconvenient forum. Borrower and Guarantors hereby agree and consent that, in addition to any methods of service or process provided for under applicable law, all service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any state court or any United States federal court sitting in the state(s) specified above may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to Borrower or Guarantors at the address for notice to Borrower and Guarantors stated above, or at a subsequent address of which Administrative Agent received actual notice from Borrower and Guarantors in accordance with the Credit Agreement, and service so made shall be complete five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed. Nothing herein shall affect the right of Administrative Agent to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of Administrative Agent to bring proceedings against Borrower and/or Guarantors in any other court or jurisdiction.
 
15.         Execution; Modification. This Agreement has been executed in a number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes and all of which constitute, collectively, one agreement. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing intended for that purpose executed jointly by an authorized representative of each party hereto.
 
16.         Waiver of Jury Trial. BORROWER, GUARANTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH “DISPUTE” AND ANY ACTION ON SUCH “DISPUTE.” THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY BORROWER, GUARANTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND BORROWER, GUARANTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY REPRESENT THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. BORROWER, GUARANTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BORROWER AND GUARANTORS FURTHER REPRESENT AND WARRAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKJNG OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, OR HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.
 
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17.         Entire Agreement. THE WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
 
THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
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Executed and dated as of the date first written above.

  BORROWER:
     
  ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP,
  L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
     
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President
     
  PARENT:
     
  AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a
  Maryland corporation
     
 
By: 
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name: William M. Kahane
   
Title:   President

[Signature Page to Environmental Indemnity Agreement]

 
 

 

  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
       
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE CT BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JY MIXED FIVE DE BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE IL 2 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE IL 3 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE IL 4 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE IL 5 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 1 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 2 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 3 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 4 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 5 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JY MIXED FIVE MI 6 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE MI 7 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NH BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NY 1 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NY 2 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NY 3 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NY 4 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE NY 5 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 1 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 2 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 3 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 4 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 5 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 6 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE OH 7 BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE PA BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    CRE JV MIXED FIVE VT BRANCH HOLDINGS LLC
    ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC
    AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
    ARC INCOME PROPERTIES III, LLC
    each a Delaware limited liability company
       
   
By: 
/s/ William M. Kahane
     
Name: William M. Kahane
     
Title: President
       
    ARCP TRS CORP., a Delaware corporation
       
   
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
     
Name: William M. Kahane
     
Title: President

[Signature Page to Environmental Indemnity Agreement]

 
 

 

  ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
     
  RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
     
 
By: 
/s/ Michelle L. Lyles
   
Name: Michelle L. Lyles
   
Title: Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to Environmental Indemnity Agreement]

 
 

 

Exhibit A

SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER

   
Jurisdiction
 
 
of
Name
 
Organization
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five CT
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five DE
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five IL 2
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five IL 5
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five MI 7
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five MI 3
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five MI 4
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five MI 6
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five NH
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five NY 1
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five NY 4
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE TV Mixed Five NY 5
Branch Holdings LLC
  
DE

Environmental Indemnity Agreement
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Jurisdiction
 
 
of
Name
 
Organization
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five PA
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
CRE JV Mixed Five VT
Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
     
American Realty Capital
Partners, LLC
 
DE
     
ARC Income Properties III,
LLC
 
DE
     
ARCP TRS Corp.
  
DE

Environmental Indemnity Agreement
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Exhibit B
 
COUNTERPART TO ENVIRONMENTAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
 
In witness whereof, the undersigned Additional Guarantor has caused this Environmental Indemnity Agreement to be executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of                       ,20   .

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]
 
       
       
By: 
   
 
Name: 
   
 
Title:
    

Environmental Indemnity Agreement
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EX-10.25 6 v234345_ex10-25.htm PLEDGE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
 
EXECUTION VERSION
 
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
 
THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is entered into as of September 7, 2011, by ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ARC Income”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ARC Partners”), ARC INOCME PROPERTIES III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ARC Income III”, and together with ARC Income and ARC HDCOLSCOO1, a Delaware limited liability company, collectively, the HD Subsidiary Guarantors”) and ANY ADDITIONAL PLEDGOR (DEFINED HEREIN) THAT BECOMES PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 HEREOF (Borrower, ARC Income, ARC Partners, ARC Income III and each Additional Pledgor are each a Pledgor and collectively Pledgors), in favor of RBC CITIZENS, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (defined below).
 
RECITALS
 
A.            Reference is hereby made to that certain Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Borrower, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as a Guarantor, the Lenders now or hereafter patty to the Credit Agreement (the Lenders”), and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (“Administrative Agent”) and as L/C Issuer (“L/C Issuer”) (Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and the Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns, are each a Secured Party,” and collectively the Secured Parties”). Capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise indicated, have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
 
B.            Pledgors are the legal and beneficial owner of Equity Interests in the Subsidiary Guarantors, which include partnership interests in limited partnerships or general partnerships, as the case may be, and membership interests in limited liability companies, if any, described as owned by such Pledgor in Schedule 1 attached hereto.
 
C.            The Credit Agreement requires that each Pledgor grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Liens contemplated by this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit to Borrower thereunder, and to extend such credit to Borrower as the Secured Parties may from time to time agree to extend, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor hereby agrees as follows:
 
Section 1.                 PLEDGE OF SECURITY. Each Pledgor hereby pledges and assigns to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Lien in, all of such Pledgor’ s right, title, and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising (the Collateral):
 
(a)           the Equity Interests in each Subsidiary Guarantor other than the HD Subsidiary Guarantors, including without limitation all of such Pledgor’s right, title, and interest as a partner in each Subsidiary Guarantor (if it is a partnership) or as a member of each Subsidiary Guarantor (if it is a limited liability company), whether such right, title, and interest arises under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement (any such agreement being a Formation Agreement”) or otherwise (the Pledged Subsidiary Guarantor Equity Interests”);

 
 

 

(b)            49% of the Equity Interests in each HD Subsidiary Guarantor, including without limitation 49% of such Pledgor’s right, title, and interest as a member of each HD Subsidiary Guarantor, whether such right, title, and interest arises under any Formation Agreement or otherwise (the Pledged HD Subsidiary Guarantor Equity Interests”, and together with the Pledged Subsidiary Guarantor Equity Interests, the Pledged Equity Interests”);
 
(c)            all dividends, distribution rights, income rights, liquidation interest, accounts, contract rights, general intangibles, notes, instruments, drafts, documents, and other property relating to for any or all of the Pledged Equity Interests;
 
(d)            all voting rights and/or rights to control or direct the affairs of each Subsidiary Guarantor;
 
(e)            all ownership record books relating to the Pledged Equity Interests; and
 
(f)            to the extent not covered by clauses (a) through (e) above, all proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Collateral. For purposes of this Agreement, the term proceeds includes whatever is receivable or received when any Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes, without limitation, proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to such Pledgor, from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral and any all proceeds as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in the State of New York.
 
Section 2.                 SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement is made by each Pledgor in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the full and prompt payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a)) of all of the Obligations (including all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments, and restatements thereof and all costs, attorneys’ fees, and expenses incurred by any Secured Party in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof) whether for principal, interest, or fees (including, without limitation, interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to any Pledgor, would accrue on such Obligations), including, without limitation, all indebtedness and liabilities of every kind, nature and character, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, voluntary or involuntary, of Borrower arising under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (all such obligations and liabilities being the Underlying Debt”), and all obligations of each Pledgor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement (all such obligations of Pledgors, together with the Underlying Debt, being the Secured Obligations”).
 
Section 3.                 DELIVERY OF COLLATERAL. In the event that at any time after the date hereof the Collateral shall be evidenced by certificates or instruments, all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the Collateral shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery or, as applicable, shall be accompanied by the applicable Pledgor’ s endorsement, where necessary, or duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the right, at any time, in its discretion and without notice to any Pledgor, to transfer to or to register in the name of Administrative Agent, or any of its nominees, any or all of the Collateral. In addition, Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 
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Section 4.                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Pledgor represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, that:
 
(a)           Binding Obligation/ Perfection. The pledge of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid first priority and perfected Lien in the Collateral, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations. Once financing statements covering the Collateral have been properly filed in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 1 hereto, Administrative Agent’s Lien in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will be fñlly perfected and such Lien will constitute a first-priority Lien on such Collateral. Other than the financing statements with respect to this Agreement, there are no other financing statements covering any Collateral. The creation of the Lien in the Collateral does not require the consent of any Person that has not been obtained.
 
(b)           Due Authorization, Formation Documents, etc. (i) There have been no amendments, modifications, or supplements to any Formation Agreement of any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any certificate or agreement relating to such Subsidiary Guarantor, of which Administrative Agent has not been advised in writing; (ii) no default or breach or potential default or breach has occurred and is continuing under any Formation Agreement; (iii) no approval or consent of any Person is required as a condition to the validity and enforceability of the Lien created hereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby that has not been duly obtained by such Pledgor; (iv) each Pledgor has good title to the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances (except for the Lien granted hereby); (v) the Equity Interests are validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and are not subject to statutory, contractual, or other restrictions governing their transfer, ownership, or control, except as set forth in the applicable Formation Agreement or applicable securities Laws; and (vi) all capital contributions required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Formation Agreement for each Subsidiary Guarantor have been made.
 
(c)           Description of Collateral. Schedule 1 accurately lists all Equity Interests which each Pledgor has any rights, titles, or interest and the amount of such Equity Interests that constitute Pledged Equity Interests; provided that the failure to accurately list all Equity Interests pledged by any Pledgor shall not impair the Liens of the Secured Parties created hereby or otherwise adversely affect the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder with respect thereto.
 
(d)           Governmental Authorizations. No authorization, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for either (i) the pledge by any Pledgor of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and the grant by any Pledgor of the Liens granted hereby, (ii) the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by any Pledgor, or (iii) the exercise by Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of the voting or other rights, or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, provided for in this Agreement (except as may be required in connection with a disposition of Collateral by Laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally).
 
(e)           Margin Regulations. The pledge of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement does not violate Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 
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Section 5.                 ASSURANCES AND COVENANTS OF EACH PLEDGOR.
 
(a)           Transfers and Other Liens. No Pledgor shall:
 
(i)           sell, assign (by operation of Law or otherwise), pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to any of the Collateral (except for the Lien created under this Agreement); provided that each Pledgor may sell or dispose of any Collateral to the extent such sale or disposition is not otherwise prohibited under the Credit Agreement and, to the extent such sale or disposition is permitted by this Section 5(a), such sold or disposed of Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Agreement as provided in Section 15; or
 
(ii)           create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral (except for the Lien created under this Agreement).
 
(b)          Additional Collateral of Existing Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Pledgor (i) shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor not to issue any Equity Interests in addition to or in substitution for any Equity Interests issued by such Subsidiary Guarantor except to such Pledgor, and (ii) hereby pledges and assigns hereunder to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants hereunder a Lien to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to Section 5(d), in any and all additional Equity Interests of each Subsidiary Guarantor promptly upon such Pledgor’ s acquisition (directly or indirectly) thereof.
 
(c)           Additional Collateral of Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. Pursuant to Section 14 below, Borrower and ARC Income shall pledge and assign, or cause an Additional Pledgor to pledge and assign, the Equity Interests, of any additional Subsidiary Guarantor that becomes a Loan Party under the Credit Agreement after the date hereof.
 
(d)           Pledge Amendments. Each Pledgor shall, upon pledging any additional Equity Interests of any additional Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Sections 5(b) or (c), deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Pledge Amendment, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, duly executed by such Pledgor, in respect of the additional Equity Interests to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all Equity Interests listed on such Pledge Amendment delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall for all purposes hereunder be considered part of the Collateral; provided that the failure of any Pledgor to execute a Pledge Amendment with respect to any additional Equity Interests pledged pursuant to this Agreement shall not impair the Liens of the Secured Parties created hereby or otherwise adversely affect the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hereunder with respect thereto.
 
(e)           Taxes and Assessments. Each Pledgor shall pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments, and governmental charges, or levies imposed upon, and all claims against, the Collateral, except for those taxes, assessments and governmental charges, or levies which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, diligently conducted, and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP; provided that each Pledgor shall in any event pay such taxes, assessments, charges, levies, or claims not later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale under any judgment, writ, or warrant of attachment entered or filed against such Pledgor or any of the Collateral as a result of the failure to make such payment.

 
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(f)           Notices. (i) Except as otherwise may be expressly permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement, Pledgor shall promptly notify Administrative Agent of (A) any change in any fact or circumstances represented or warranted by such Pledgor with respect to any of the Collateral or Secured Obligations; (B) any claim, action, or proceeding affecting title to all or any of the Collateral; (C) any material change in the nature of the Collateral; (D) any material damage to or loss of Collateral; and (E) the occurrence of any other event or condition (including, without limitation, matters as to Lien priority) that could have a material adverse effect on any of the Collateral; and (ii) give Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days written notice before any proposed (A) relocation of such Pledgor’ s principal place of business or chief executive office; (B) change of such Pledgor’ s name, identity, or corporate structure; (C) relocation of the place where such Pledgor’s books and records concerning its accounts are kept; and (D) change of such Pledgor’s jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification number, as applicable. Prior to making any of the changes contemplated in clause (ii) preceding, Pledgor shall execute and deliver all such additional documents and perform all additional acts as Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in its sole discretion, may request in order to continue or maintain the existence and priority of the Liens in all of the Collateral.
 
(g)          Further Assurances Perfection. Each Pledgor shall from time to time, at the expense of such Pledgor, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary and desirable, or that Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect the Liens granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral of such Pledgor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor will:
 
(i)           authenticate and file, or authorize Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to file, such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the Liens granted or purported to be granted hereby;
 
(ii)           at Administrative Agent’s request, appear in and defend any action or proceeding that may affect any Pledgor’s title to or Administrative Agent’s Liens in all or any part of the Collateral; and
 
(iii)           take any and all action that may be necessary or appropriate to cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to register the Lien of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Equity Interests, including, without limitation, to deliver to cause such Subsidiary Guarantor to register the Lien granted hereby upon the books of such partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in accordance with Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in the State of New York (the Code).
 
(h)          Authorization to File Financing Statements.
 
(i)           Each Pledgor hereby authorizes Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Collateral, in such filing offices as Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, and each Pledgor shall authenticate and deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, such financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, promptly upon the request of Administrative Agent and, shall pay Administrative Agent’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

 
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(ii)          Each Pledgor hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Collateral without the signature of such Pledgor, and each Pledgor agrees that a carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Agreement, or of a financing statement authenticated by such Pledgor shall be sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed as a financing statement in any and all jurisdictions.
 
(i)           Formation Agreements. Each Pledgor shall, at its expense, maintain each applicable Formation Agreement in full force and effect, without any cancellation, termination, amendment, supplement, or other modification of such Formation Agreement, except as explicitly required by its terms (as in effect on the date hereof), except for amendments, supplements, or other modifications that do not adversely affect the interests of the Lenders in any material respect, and except for Formation Agreements in respect of Equity Interests of partnerships or limited liability companies that have been released from this Agreement under Section 15.
 
Section 6.                 VOTING RIGHTS; DIVIDENDS; ETC.
 
(a)           So long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
 
(i)           each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Loan Documents;
 
(ii)           each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free and clear of the Liens of this Agreement, any and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments, and other property or proceeds from time to time received or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any Collateral; and
 
(iii)           Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to Pledgors all such instruments as any Pledgor may from time to time reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above and to receive the payments which it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant to paragraph (ii) above.
 
(b)          Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default:
 
(i)           upon written notice from Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to Pledgors, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights;
 
(ii)           all rights of any Pledgor to receive the dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments, and other property or proceeds in respect of or in exchange for any Collateral which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 6(a)(ii) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, who shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Collateral such dividend payments; and

 
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(iii)             all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments, and other property or proceeds in respect of or in exchange for any Collateral which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of paragraph (ii) of this Section 6(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other funds of such Pledgor and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements).
 
(c)           In order to permit Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive under Section 6(b)(ii), each Pledgor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all such proxies, dividend payment orders, and other instruments as Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
 
(d)           Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that this Agreement shall not in any way be deemed to obligate Administrative Agent to assume any of such Pledgor’s obligations, duties, expenses, or liabilities arising out of this Agreement (including, without limitation, such Pledgor’s obligations as the holder Equity Interests) or under any and all other agreements now existing or hereafter drafted or executed (collectively, the Pledgor Obligations”) unless Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, otherwise expressly agrees to assume any or all of said Pledgor Obligations in writing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the grant of the Liens in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties as provided herein nor the exercise by any Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of any of its rights hereunder nor any action by any Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in connection with a foreclosure on the Collateral shall be deemed to constitute Administrative Agent as a partner of any partnership or a member of any limited liability company, provided that in the event Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, elects to become a substituted partner of any partnership or a member of any limited liability company in place of Pledgor while a Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled to and shall become such a substitute partner or member.
 
Section 7.                SECURED PARTY APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as such Pledgor’ s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor, Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or otherwise, from time to time in Administrative Agent’s discretion:
 
(a)           if a Default exists, to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive, and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
 
(b)           if a Default exists, to receive, endorse, and collect any instruments made payable to any Pledgor representing any dividend payment or other distribution in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same; and
 
(c)           if a Default exists, to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Secured Parties with respect to any of the Collateral.

 
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Section 8.                 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY PERFORM. If any Pledgor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, then Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of Administrative Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Pledgor under Section 12.
 
Section 9.                 STANDARD OF CARE. The powers conferred on Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties’ interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Administrative Agent to exercise any such powers. Except for the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Collateral in its possession or under its control and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, Administrative Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, it being understood that Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for: (a) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders, or other matters relating to any Collateral, whether or not Administrative Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters; (b) taking any necessary steps (other than steps taken in accordance with the standard of care set forth above to maintain possession or control of the Collateral) to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any Collateral; (c) taking any necessary steps to collect or realize upon the Secured Obligations or any guaranty therefor, or any part thereof, or any of the Collateral; or (d) initiating any action to protect the Collateral against the possibility of a decline in market value. Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of Collateral in its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accords its own property consisting of negotiable securities.
 
Section 10.               REMEDIES.
 
(a)           If any Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Code (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange or broker’s board or at any of Administrative Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, or for future delivery, at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable, irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral. Any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral at any such sale and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by Administrative Agent at such sale. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) all rights of redemption, stay, and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any Law now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by Law, at least ten (10) days’ prior notice to the applicable Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby waives any claims against Administrative Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if Administrative Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, provided that that Pledgors do not waive the requirements of Section 9-610 of the Code with respect to any sale or other disposition of the Collateral that is conducted under such Section.

 
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(b)           Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933 (as from time to time amended, the Securities Act”) and applicable state securities Laws, Administrative Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Collateral conducted without prior registration or qualification of such Collateral under the Securities Act and/or such state securities Laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Collateral for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including, without limitation, a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act) and, notwithstanding such circumstances, each Pledgor agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities Laws, even if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it.
 
(c)           If Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Collateral, then upon Administrative Agent’s written request, each Pledgor shall and shall cause each issuer of any Equity Interest to be sold hereunder from time to time to furnish to Administrative Agent all such information Administrative Agent may request in order to determine the number instruments included in the Collateral which may be sold by Administrative Agent in exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.
 
Section 11.               APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. All proceeds received by Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be held and applied in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 12.               INDEMNIFICATION AND EXPENSES.
 
(a)           Each Pledgor agrees to indemnify each Secured Party from and against any and all claims, losses, and liabilities in any way relating to, growing out of, or resulting from this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except to the extent such claims, losses, or liabilities result from such Secured Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 
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(b)           Each Pledgor shall indemnify each Secured Party and each Related Party of any of the Secured Parties (each such Person being called an Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Pledgor arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery or enforcement of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or, in the case of Administrative Agent and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement; or (ii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by a Pledgor or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c)            Each Pledgor shall pay to Administrative Agent upon demand the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that Administrative Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement; (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral; (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of Administrative Agent hereunder; or (iv) the failure by any Pledgor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof. The obligations of Pledgors under the preceding sentence shall survive termination of this Agreement.
 
Section 13.               CONTINUING LIEN; TRANSFER OF LOANS; TERMINATION OF LIENS. This Agreement shall create a continuing Lien in the Collateral and shall: (a) remain in full force and effect until the payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the termination of the obligations of (x) the Lenders to make Loans, (y) Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans and (z) L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, under the Loan Documents, and the expiration of all Letters of Credit; (b) be binding upon each Pledgor, its successors and assigns; and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), but subject to the relevant provisions of the Loan Documents, any Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer any Obligations held by it to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party herein or otherwise. Upon the indefeasible payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the termination of the obligations of (x) the Lenders to make Loans, (y) Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans and (z) L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, under the Loan Documents, and the expiration of all Letters of Credit, the Liens granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Pledgors. Upon any such termination, Administrative Agent will, at Pledgors’ expense, execute and deliver to Pledgors such documents as Pledgors shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and Pledgors shall be entitled to the return, upon their request and at their expense, against receipt and without recourse to Administrative Agent, of such Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
Section 14.               ADDITIONAL PLEDGORS. Borrower and ARC Income each hereby agree that it shall, concurrently with the pledge of any Equity Interests pursuant to Section 5(c) cause the Person that becomes the legal and beneficial owner of such Equity Interests if such Person is not already a Pledgor (an Additional Pledgor) to enter into a joinder hereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, together with a Pledge Amendment in the form of Exhibit A, listing the Collateral to be pledged by such Additional Pledgor, unless such Pledgor executes a separate Pledge Agreement covering such Collateral. Such Additional Pledgor hereby authorizes Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to attach any Pledge Amendment executed by an Additional Pledgor to this Agreement and agrees that all Equity Interests listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall, for all purposes hereunder, be considered Collateral. Such Additional Pledgor shall comply with the provisions of Section 3 with respect to delivery of the Equity Interests.

 
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Section 15.              RELEASE OF COLLATERAL. So long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall release Collateral from the Liens created by this Agreement upon any of the following events: (i) delivery to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the applicable Pledgor requesting the release of Equity Interests issued by a Subsidiary Guarantor identified in such certificate and stating that, on the date of certificate, such Subsidiary Guarantor no longer owns any Borrowing Base Properties; and (ii) upon termination of Liens pursuant to Section 13. Upon any release of Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Section 15, Administrative Agent shall thereupon return to the respective Pledgor or to its order any and all certificates and other instruments evidencing or relating to such released Collateral and Administrative Agent will, at Pledgors’ expense, file, or will authorize the respective Pledgor to file, an amendment to any financing statement releasing such Collateral.
 
Section 16.              AMENDMENTS; ETC. No amendment, modification, termination, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Pledgor from the terms and conditions hereof, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Pledgors and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.
 
Section 17.               NOTICES. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be made to the applicable address, as follows: (i) if addressed to Administrative Agent, then to the address specified for Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement; and (ii) if addressed to Borrower, ARC Income or any other Pledgor, then to the address specified for Borrower set forth on Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. Any party to this Agreement may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Section 11.02(d) of the Credit Agreement.
 
Section 18.              FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No failure or delay on the part of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the exercise of any power, right, or privilege hereunder shall impair such power, right, or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right, or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.
 
Section 19.               SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
Section 20.               HEADINGS. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 
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Section 21.               GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.

(a)           GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WiTH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
(b)           SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PLEDGOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY SECURED PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
 
(c)           WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH PLEDGOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 21(b). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
 
(d)           SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
 
(e)           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 21.

 
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Section 22.               COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
 
Section 23.              FINAL AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AMONG THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Pledgor and Administrative Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 
PLEDGORS:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP,
 
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
   
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name:
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President
   
 
ARC INCOME PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited
 
partnership
   
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name:  
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
 
ARC INCOME PROPERTIES III, LLC,
 
each a Delaware limited liability company
   
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name:  
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
   
 
RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
   
 
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Lyles
   
Name:  
Michelle L. Lyles
   
Title:
Assistant Vice President

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Acknowledged and Agreed as of the date first written above:

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
 
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
ARC Income Properties, LLC
American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
ARC Income Properties III, LLC
ARC HDCOLS001, LLC
each a Delaware limited liability company

By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
 
 
Name: William M. Kahane
 
 
Title: President
 
   
ARCP TRS Corp., a Delaware corporation
 
   
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
 
 
Name: William M. Kahane
 
 
Title: President
 

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SCHEDULE 1
 
Limited Liability Companies

Pledgor
 
Limited Liability Company
 
Jurisdiction
of
Organization
 
Percent Interest
 
Percent Pledged
ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
 
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
  
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
  
DE
  
100%
  
100%

Schedule 1
 
 
 

 

Pledgor
 
Limited Liability Company
 
Jurisdiction
of
Organization
 
Percent Interest
 
Percent Pledged
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
100%
ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
 
American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
49%
American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
 
ARC Income Properties III, LLC
 
DE
 
100%
 
49%
ARC Income Properties III, LLC
  
ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC
  
DE
  
100%
  
49%

Corporations

Pledgor
 
Stock Issuer
 
Jurisdiction of
Organization
 
Class of Stock
 
Stock 
Certificate
Nos.
 
Number of
Shares
ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
  
ARCP TRS Corp.
  
DE
  
 
  
 
  
 

Schedule 1

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A
 
PLEDGE AMENDMENT
 
This Pledge Amendment, dated ______________, 20 ___, is delivered pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Pledge Agreement referred to below. The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Pledge Agreement dated as of September 6, 2011, between the undersigned, each other Pledgor party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (the “Pledge Agreement;” capitalized terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), and that the Equity Interests listed on this Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be part of the Equity Interests and shall become part of the Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations.

 
PLEDGOR:
   
   
   
 
By:
 
   
Name: 
 
   
Title:
 

Exhibit A
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT B
 
COUNTERPART TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
 
In witness whereof, the undersigned Additional Pledgor has caused this Pledge Agreement to be executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of ____________, 20 ____, and has delivered herewith, all items required by Section 14 of this Pledge Agreement.

 
[NAME OF ADDITIONAL PLEDGOR]
   
 
By:
 
   
Name: 
 
   
Title:
 

Address for Notice:
 
   
   
   
   
   

Exhibit B

 
 

 
EX-10.26 7 v234345_ex10-26.htm NOTE
 
NOTE
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to RBS CITIZENS, N.A. or registered assigns (“Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September      , 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the Agreement; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHTP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Borrower”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation and the sole member of the sole general partner of Borrower (“Parent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.
 
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to Administrative Agent for the account of Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at Administrative Agent's Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.
 
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranties and is secured by the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. Loans made by Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by Lender in the ordinary course of business. Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
 
Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
 
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 
BORROWER:
   
 
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a
 
Delaware limited partnership
   
 
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
   
Name:  
William M. Kahane
   
Title:
President

Note
 
 
 

 
 
EX-21 8 v234345_ex21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.  
Subsidiaries of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

 
Name
 
Jurisdiction of
Formation/Incorporation
ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
 
Delaware
ARCP TRS Corp.
 
Delaware
ARC Income Properties, LLC
 
Delaware
ARC Income Properties III, LLC
 
Delaware
American Realty Capital Partners, LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five CT Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five DE Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NH Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five PA Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five VT Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 4 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 1 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 6 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 2 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five NY 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 3 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five IL 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five MI 5 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
CRE JV Mixed Five OH 7 Branch Holdings LLC
 
Delaware
ARC HDCOLSC001, LLC
 
Delaware
 
 
 

 
 
EX-23.1 9 v234345_ex23-1.htm CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP Unassociated Document
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our reports dated March 24, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of ARC Income Properties, LLC and subsidiaries, March 24, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of ARC Income Properties III, LLC and subsidiary, and March 21, 2011, with respect to the financial statements of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., contained in this Registration Statement and Prospectus on Form S-11. We consent to the use of the aforementioned reports in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts.”

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP                                                                       
                                                                        
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                                                                       
                                                                        
September 21, 2011                                                                       


 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-11 for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. any and all pre- and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent and his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Name   Title   Date
         
/s/ Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr.   Director   September 21, 2011
Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr.        
         
/s/ David Gong   Director   September 21, 2011
David Gong        
         
/s/ Edward G. Rendell   Director   September 21, 2011
Edward G. Rendell