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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number: 001-35263 and 333-197780

 

 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.)   45-2482685
Delaware (ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.)   45-1255683

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, AZ   85016
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(800) 606-3610

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class:

 

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.)   NASDAQ Stock Market
Series F Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.)   NASDAQ Stock Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

None

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933. American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.    Yes  ¨    No  x    ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.    Yes  ¨    No  x    ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.    Yes  x    No  ¨ ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web Site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.    Yes  x    No  ¨    ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨

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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.:

 

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

ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.:

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.    Yes  ¨    No  x    ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of June 30, 2014, the aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. was $11.3 billion based on the closing sale price of $12.53 as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 30, 2014. As of April 24, 2015, there were 905,238,956 shares of common stock outstanding. There is no public trading market for the units of limited partner interests of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. As a result, the aggregate market value of the common units held by non-affiliates of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. cannot be determined.

 

 

 


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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

 

         Page  

Explanatory Note

     3   
PART III   

Item 10.

 

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

     4   

Item 11.

 

Executive Compensation

     7   

Item 12.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

     33   

Item 13.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

     34   

Item 14.

 

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

     42   
PART IV   

Item 15.

 

Exhibit Index and Financial Statement Schedules

     44   

Signatures

     51   

 

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Explanatory Note

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“ARCP”) and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) are filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Form 10-K/A”) to their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2015 (the “Original Filing”) to include in the Original Filing the information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of Form 10-K. As used herein, the terms the “Company”, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to ARCP, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.

Except as set forth in Part III and the exhibit index contained in Part IV below, no other changes are made to the Original Filing. The Original Filing continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing. Unless expressly stated, this Form 10-K/A does not reflect events occurring after the filing date of the Original Filing, nor does it modify or update in any way the disclosures contained in the Original Filing.

 

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Directors and Executive Officers

The table set forth below lists the names and ages of each of the directors and officers as of the date of this Form 10-K/A and the position and office that each currently holds with the Company:

 

Name

   Age   

Positions

Glenn J. Rufrano

   65   

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Michael J. Sodo

   37   

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Richard A. Silfen

   52   

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Gavin B. Brandon

   39   

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Paul H. McDowell

   55   

President, Office & Industrial Group

Thomas W. Roberts

   56   

Executive Vice President, Real Estate

Michael T. Ezzell

   40   

Executive Vice President, Private Capital Markets

Thomas A. Andruskevich

   64   

Independent Director

Bruce D. Frank

   61   

Independent Director

Hugh R. Frater

   59   

Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (Independent Director)

Julie G. Richardson

   52   

Independent Director

William G. Stanley

   59   

Independent Director

Glenn J. Rufrano became the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a director on April 1, 2015. Mr. Rufrano has served and continues to serve as a director of Ventas, Inc., a publicly traded senior housing and healthcare REIT, since June 2010 and of O’Connor Capital Partners, a privately-owned, independent real estate investment, development and management firm, since October 2013. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of O’Connor Capital Partners from November 2013 through March 2015. He also served as a director for Columbia Property Trust, Inc., a publicly traded commercial real estate REIT, from January 2015 until March 2015. Previously, Mr. Rufrano was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., a privately-held commercial property and real estate services company, and a member of its Board of Directors from March 2010 to June 2013. From January 2008 through February 2010, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Centro Properties Group, an Australian-based shopping center company. From April 2007 through January 2008, Mr. Rufrano served as Chief Executive Officer of Centro Properties Group U.S., until its acquisition by Centro Properties Group in April 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, a commercial retail REIT, from 2000 to 2007, and he was a co-founder of O’Connor Capital Partners. He presently serves on the Board of New York University’s Real Estate Institute.

Michael J. Sodo has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 29, 2014. Mr. Sodo joined the Company in August 2014, as our Senior Vice President, Director of Financial Reporting and Treasury. Until July 2014, Mr. Sodo worked at Capital Automotive, a real estate investment trust, where he served since 2003 in a number of roles of increasing seniority, including most recently as Senior Vice President, Director of Financial Reporting and Treasurer. Prior to joining Capital Automotive, Mr. Sodo worked as an auditor for KPMG LLP. Mr. Sodo is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the College of William & Mary.

Richard A. Silfen has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel since March 2014 and as its Secretary since November 2014. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate and securities law. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Silfen led the capital markets group of Philadelphia-based law firm Duane Morris, LLP where he practiced corporate law with concentrations in securities and mergers and acquisitions from January 2007 until March 2014. Throughout his career, Mr. Silfen has advised publicly traded companies in connection with public and private debt and equity securities offerings. He has also advised a broad variety of companies, including a number of real estate investment trusts, in complex mergers and acquisition transactions as well as capital markets transactions. Mr. Silfen is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of Alabama School of Law.

Gavin B. Brandon has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since October 28, 2014. He joined the Company after the Company’s merger (the “Cole Merger”) with Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. (“Cole”), and most recently served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Managed Office and Industrial REITs, Private Capital Markets. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brandon worked as the Principal Accounting Officer of Cole Corporate Income Trust, Inc. and Cole Corporate Income Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Cole in August 2011, Mr. Brandon worked for nine years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, most recently as a senior manager. Mr. Brandon is a Certified Public Accountant and has Bachelor Degrees in Accounting and Spanish from Weber State University.

 

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Paul H. McDowell has served as the Company’s President, Office & Industrial Group since January 2014, shortly after the Company acquired CapLease, Inc. (“CapLease”) in 2013. Prior to joining ARCP, Mr. McDowell was a founder of CapLease, a publicly traded net-lease REIT, where he served as CEO from 2001 to 2014 and as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 1994 until 2001. Mr. McDowell served on the CapLease Board of Directors from 2003 to 2014 and was elected Chairman of the Board in December 2007. He served on the Board of Directors of CapLease’s predecessor from 2001 until 2004. From 1991 until 1994, Mr. McDowell was corporate counsel for Sumitomo Corporation of America, the principal U.S. subsidiary of one of the world’s largest integrated trading companies. As corporate counsel, he advised on a wide range of domestic and international corporate legal matters, including acquisitions, complex financing transactions, power plant development, shipping, litigation management and real estate. From 1987 to 1990, Paul was an associate in the corporate department at the Boston law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish. He received a JD with honors from Boston University School of Law in 1987, and received a BA from Tulane University in 1982. Paul is active in educational, philanthropic and community organizations including Tulane University and the Gnu Foundation.

Thomas W. Roberts has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Real Estate since the Company’s merger with Cole in February 2014. Mr. Roberts is Chairman of the Company’s Investment Committee and oversees all real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, build-to-suit transactions and dispositions for the Company. He served as Executive Vice President-Head of Real Estate Investments for Cole prior to the Cole Merger. During his tenure at Cole, he was responsible for the acquisition of over $15 billion of office, industrial and retail properties. Mr. Roberts is a 30-year veteran of the real estate industry. Prior to joining Cole, Mr. Roberts served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Opus West Corporation (“Opus”), a Phoenix-based real estate developer, from March 1993 until May 2009. During his career at Opus, he was responsible for the design, construction and development of more than 50 million square feet of commercial real estate valued in excess of $8 billion. From 1986 until 1990, Mr. Roberts worked as Vice President, Real Estate Development for the Koll Company. In July 2009, Opus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Mr. Roberts earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a specialization in real estate from Arizona State University. Mr. Roberts has been active in many professional and community organizations including the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Industrial and Office and Properties, Young Presidents Organization, Urban Land Institute, Phoenix Boys and Girls Club, and Xavier College Preparatory Board of Trustees.

Michael T. Ezzell has served as Executive Vice President, Private Capital Markets at Cole Capital, our private capital management business, since March 2014. In his current role, Mr. Ezzell provides strategic direction and oversees all aspects of the management of Cole Capital, including product development, external and internal sales, marketing, broker-dealer relations, due diligence and securities operations. Mr. Ezzell has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc., Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. and Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. since December 2014. Mr. Ezzell served as Senior Vice President, Product and Business Development at Cole Capital from January 2010 until March 2014. Prior to joining Cole Capital and its affiliates in January 2010, Mr. Ezzell was employed by AIG Advisor Group from November 2004 until January 2010, most recently as Director of Investment Research. Mr. Ezzell was actively involved in the due diligence and research of all packaged investment products and programs for AIG Advisor Group’s four independent broker-dealers with a network of approximately 6,000 independent financial advisors. Mr. Ezzell also served with J.P. Carey Asset Management from 1998 until 2004, most recently as Vice President. Mr. Ezzell received a B.A. degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science from Stetson University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.

Thomas A. Andruskevich has been an independent director of ARCP since February 7, 2014. He became a member of the Board’s Audit Committee on April 1, 2015, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on December 31, 2014, and Chairman of the Compensation Committee on November 20, 2014. Previously, he served as an independent director of Cole from April 2013 until the closing of the Cole Merger and of Cole’s predecessor, Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc., from October 2008 until April 2013. Mr. Andruskevich served as a member of Cole’s and its predecessor’s Audit Committee from May 2012 until the closing of the Cole Merger and as Chairman of Cole’s Compensation Committee and as a member of Cole’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee from June 2013 until the closing of the Cole Merger. Currently, he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TAA Consulting, LLC and an Operating Partner for Jewelry and Timepieces at Marvin Traub Associates. Mr. Andruskevich served as Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of Birks & Mayors, Inc., a luxury jewelry retailer, formerly Henry Birks & Sons, and Non-Executive Chairman of Mayors Jewelers, Inc. from April 2012 until July 2013 and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Birks & Mayors, Inc. from June 1996 until March 2012. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Andruskevich was President and Chief Executive Officer of the clothing retailer, Mondi of America, which followed a distinguished career at Tiffany & Co., a retailer of fine jewelry and luxury goods (“Tiffany”), from 1982 to 1994. At Tiffany, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, engineered a leveraged buyout of Tiffany from Avon Products Inc., led the Company’s IPO and was appointed Executive Vice President of International and Trade in 1992. Mr. Andruskevich serves on the board of directors of Robbins Bros. Jewelry Acquisition Holdings, LLC. He has served as a member of the boards of directors of Birks & Mayors, Inc., Mayors Jewelers, Inc. and Jewelers of America from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Andruskevich earned a B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University and is a former Certified Public Accountant. We believe that Mr. Andruskevich’s prior service on the Board of Cole, his prior service as chief executive officer and chief financial officer at the public companies listed above, his extensive retail industry experience and accounting background make him well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

 

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Bruce D. Frank has served as an independent director of the Company and member of the Board’s Audit Committee since July 2014 and became the Chairman of the Audit Committee on December 31, 2014. He also serves on both the Board’s Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee beginning November 20, 2014. He has more than 35 years of experience providing assurance services to prominent public and private owners, investors and developers, both domestically and globally, on a wide range of real estate holding types. Mr. Frank served at Ernst & Young LLP from 1997 to 2014 and most recently worked as a Senior Partner within the assurance line of Ernst & Young’s real estate practice. Prior to Ernst & Young, Mr. Frank was at KPMG LLP for 17 years. Mr. Frank also serves on the Board of ACRE Realty Investors, Inc., a public commercial real estate REIT. His extensive experience has included working on initial public offerings and assisting acquirers in consummating acquisition transactions. He serves on the Real Estate Advisory Board of the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate and is an active member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Frank received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Bentley College, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. We believe that Mr. Frank’s investment management and real estate finance experience and strong accounting background make him well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

Hugh R. Frater has served as Non-Executive Chairman and as an independent director of the Company’s Board of Directors since April 1, 2015. Mr. Frater serves on the Board’s Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since April 2014, he has served as Chairman of Berkadia, an industry-leading commercial real estate company that is owned 50% by Berkshire Hathaway and 50% by Leucadia National Corporation, providing comprehensive capital solutions and investment sales advisory and research services for multifamily and commercial properties. Mr. Frater formerly served as Berkadia’s Chief Executive Officer from August 2010 until April 2014. From November 2007 until June 2010, Mr. Frater was the Chief Operating Officer at Good Energies, Inc. and from February 2004 until May 2007, Mr. Frater was Executive Vice President at PNC Financial Services, where he led the real estate division. He was also a Founding Partner and Managing Director, from August 1988 until February 2004, of BlackRock, Inc., the largest global investment manager, where he also led the real estate practice. Mr. Frater is active in industry affairs, serving on the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Bankers Association (“MBA”) since January 2014, as Vice Chair of the MBA GSE Multifamily Task Force and Chair of the MBA Affordable Rental Task Force, as well as a member of the MBA Audit Committee. He has also served on the Real Estate Advisory Board at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 2004. He has an MBA degree from the Columbia Business School where he also serves as a member of the Board of Overseers and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Dartmouth College. We believe that Mr. Frater’s long-standing real estate and policy and government relations experience, in addition to his finance and business operations background, make him well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

Julie G. Richardson has served as an independent director of the Company since April 1, 2015 and serves on the Board’s Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She was most recently a Senior Advisor from November 2012 to October 2014 to Providence Equity Partners, a global asset management firm with over $40 billion in assets. From April 2003 to November 2012, she was a Partner and Managing Director at Providence Equity, and oversaw the firm’s New York office. While at Providence Equity, her responsibilities included leading the initiation and execution of deals, and optimizing operating results and strategic positioning of portfolio companies throughout Providence Equity’s ownership period. Prior to Providence Equity, Ms. Richardson served as Global Head of JP Morgan’s Telecom, Media and Technology Group, and was previously a Managing Director in Merrill Lynch’s investment banking group. Ms. Richardson has served on the Board of The Hartford Financial Group, an insurance and financial services company, since January 2014. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We believe that Ms. Richardson’s risk management skills and investment management and financial services experience make her well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

William G. Stanley has served as a director of the Company since January 2014 and serves on the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He also served as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 15, 2014 until March 31, 2015. Mr. Stanley is the Founder and Managing Member of Stanley-Laman Securities, LLC (“SLS”), a FINRA member broker-dealer, since 2003, and the Founder and President of The Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd. (“SLG”), a registered investment advisor for high net worth clients since 1991. SLG has built a multi-member staff that critically and extensively studies the research of the world’s leading economists and technical analysts to support its tactical approach to portfolio management. SLG was an early adopter of the fee-only Registered Investment Advisor Model. Over their history, SLG and SLS have assembled an array of intellectual property in the investment, estate, tax and business planning arena. From 1997 through 1991, Mr. Stanley was a registered representative with Capital Analysts, Inc., a national wealth advisory firm, serving on the Advisory and Leadership Board for eight years. He was a Regional Field Auditor with General Electric Credit Corporation from 1976 until 1979. Mr. Stanley has earned designations as a Chartered Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter, and received his Master of Science in Financial Services from the American College in 1997. Mr. Stanley holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 24 licenses. We believe that Mr. Stanley’s extensive capital markets, business operations and financial services backgrounds make Mr. Stanley well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

 

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Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has a standing Audit Committee, established in accordance with the requirements of the SEC and NASDAQ. The Board of Directors has adopted a charter for the Audit Committee, which is available in the “Governance Documents” section of the Company’s website at www.arcpreit.com and may also be obtained free of charge by writing to Investor Relations, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016. The current members of the Audit Committee are Bruce D. Frank (Chairman), Thomas A. Andruskevich and Hugh R. Frater. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Frank is qualified as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the SEC regulations and that he is independent under the NASDAQ listing standards.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The Company has adopted a written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all of the officers, employees and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available in the “Governance Documents” section of the Company’s website at www.arcpreit.com. The Company intends to satisfy the disclosure requirement regarding any amendment to or waiver of a provision of the Code of Ethics for the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, by posting such information on the Company’s website.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Based solely upon a review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations from our executive officers and directors, we believe that during the year ended December 31, 2014, all persons subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) filed the required reports on a timely basis, other than in relation to seven transactions, of which one was reported on a Form 4 filing for Bruce D. Frank, one was reported on a Form 3 filing for Thomas A. Andruskevich, one was reported on a Form 4 for William G. Stanley and four should have been reported on the departure Form 4 filings for each of Nicholas S. Schorsch, David S. Kay, Brian S. Block and Lisa E. Beeson.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Overview of 2014

Audit Committee Investigation and Significant Organizational Changes

Fiscal year 2014 was a year of challenge for American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. On January 3, 2014, the Company acquired American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.; on January 8, 2014, the Company terminated its management agreement with ARC Properties Advisors, LLC (the “Former Manager”), completed its transition to self-management and closed its acquisition from affiliates of funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”) of the remaining 79 properties in the previously-announced 120-property portfolio acquisition from Fortress; on February 7, 2014, the Company acquired Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. (“Cole”); in the first half of 2014, the Company completed the previously-announced 33-property portfolio acquisition from Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (excluding one property it determined not to purchase); on July 30, 2014, the Company closed the final portion of its acquisition of over 500 Red Lobster restaurants and related properties; and on October 17, 2014, the Company closed the sale of 71 properties (including 64 multi-tenant shopping centers) to a joint venture between Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII L.P. and DDR Corp. These transactions, along with other acquisitions, increased the Company’s property portfolio from approximately 1,300 at December 31, 2013 to over 4,600 properties at December 31, 2014, added a new private capital management business segment and increased the number of employees from 12 at December 31, 2013 to approximately 400 employees in multiple locations at December 31, 2014.

In September 2014, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) commenced an independent investigation into certain concerns regarding accounting practices and other matters that had been reported to it (the “Audit Committee Investigation”). On October 29, 2014, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting that the Audit Committee had concluded that the previously-issued financial statements and other financial information contained in its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first two quarters of 2014, as well as the Company’s earnings releases and other financial communications for these periods, should no longer be relied upon. Information concerning the findings of the Audit Committee Investigation with respect to certain executive compensation matters is presented below. For additional information concerning the findings of the Audit Committee Investigation, see the Explanatory Note at the beginning of any of the following reports, each filed on March 2, 2015: Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 or the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2014 or June 30, 2014. The Company completed its restatement on March 2, 2015 and became current in its reporting obligations on March 30, 2015.

 

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During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company underwent a change in senior leadership as a result of the resignations of the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. On October 29, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed Michael J. Sodo as Chief Financial Officer, and on October 28, 2014, Gavin B. Brandon as Chief Accounting Officer. On December 15, 2014, William G. Stanley, who had been serving as the Company’s Lead Independent Director, became Interim Chief Executive Officer pending completion of the Board of Directors’ search, with the assistance of an independent search firm, for a new permanent Chief Executive Officer. On March 10, 2015, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had appointed Glenn J. Rufrano to serve as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer and a director, effective April 1, 2015.

Named Executive Officers for 2014

In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, we describe our 2014 compensation practices, programs and decisions for executives who served as our Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) during the year. In many cases, the compensation policies and programs discussed in this CD&A reflect compensation opportunities that were terminated due to the resignation of the executive officer in question, or reflect partial year or interim pay arrangements for executive officers who served in their role for less than a full year.

For 2014, our NEOs and their related service periods were:

Former Executives

 

    Nicholas S. Schorsch, former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from January 8, 2014, the date upon which the Company completed its transition to self-management, until October 1, 2014, when Mr. Schorsch stepped down as Chief Executive Officer. Executive Chairman from January 8, 2014 until his resignation on December 12, 2014.

 

    Brian S. Block, former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary from January 8, 2014 until his resignation on October 28, 2014.

 

    David S. Kay, former President from January 8, 2014 until October 1, 2014, when he succeeded Mr. Schorsch as Chief Executive Officer. Resigned on December 15, 2014.

 

    Lisa E. Beeson, former Chief Operating Officer from January 8, 2014 until October 1, 2014, when she succeeded Mr. Kay as President, until her resignation from both positions on December 15, 2014.

Messrs. Schorsch and Block were affiliates of the Former Manager.

Interim Executive

 

    William G. Stanley, Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 15, 2014 until March 31, 2015, succeeded by Mr. Rufrano. Mr. Stanley has resumed serving as an independent director.

Continuing Executives

 

    Michael J. Sodo, appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on October 29, 2014 following the resignation of Mr. Block. Previously served as the Senior Vice President, Director of Financial Reporting and Treasury from the commencement of his employment on August 5, 2014 until his October 29, 2014 promotion.

 

    Paul H. McDowell, President of the Office and Industrial Group, who joined the Company in January 2014 following the Company’s acquisition of CapLease.

 

    Thomas W. Roberts, Executive Vice President, Real Estate, who joined the Company on February 7, 2014 from Cole.

 

    Michael T. Ezzell, Executive Vice President, Private Capital Markets, who joined the Company on February 7, 2014 from Cole.

 

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Effects of Termination - Former Executives

As a result of the resignations of Messrs. Schorsch, Block and Kay and Ms. Beeson, the Company recovered approximately 3 million shares of stock under previously granted equity incentive awards. In addition, 12.7 million long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) units outstanding under the Company’s 2014 Multi-Year Outperformance Plan (the “OPP”) were relinquished. There are no further awards outstanding under the OPP and the OPP has been terminated. Further, upon the departures of each of those executive officers, no cash severance or bonus payments were made. In the table immediately below, under the column “Net 2014 Compensation Received”, and in the table adjacent to the “Summary Compensation Table” below, information is presented regarding the net total 2014 compensation actually received by the former executives for the periods presented in comparison to the total 2014 compensation initially awarded to such individuals.

For each of the individual former executives in question, the prior compensation entitlements, the effects of their termination of employment and net compensation retained were as follows:

Nicholas S. Schorsch, former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Initial 2014 Compensation Entitlements Treatment upon Termination Net 2014 Compensation Received

•      $1,100,000 base salary

 

•      350% target annual cash bonus

 

•      450% target annual equity bonus

 

•      42.5% OPP participation percentage

 

•      2,000,000 share Retention Award vesting over nine years

•      Forfeited all rights to severance payments provided under employment agreement

 

•      Relinquished all of his equity awards and LTIP units other than 1.0 million restricted shares, which were accelerated effective December 12, 2014. The accelerated shares, however, are subject to clawback by the Company if in any proceeding in which he is a party, after all appeals, he is found to have breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty or is found to have committed or admits to fraud or misconduct by him, in connection with his responsibilities as a director or officer of the Company.

 

•      No bonus payments made for 2014

 

•      Aside from accelerated shares, only entitled to receive:

 

•      First-year premium of life insurance policy

 

•      Company-paid medical and dental for executive and family for one year

 

•      Reimbursement of expenses and accrued and vested benefits

 

•      Standard indemnification rights

•      $13.8 million of 2014 compensation consisting of:

 

•      Salary of $1.0 million

 

•      1.0 million shares with a fair value on the vesting date of $9.0 million, of the 2.0 million restricted shares initially granted on January 8, 2014. The 1.0 million shares retained are subject to clawback as described in the preceding column.

 

•      Dividends on restricted shares of common stock of $2.2 million

 

•      Dividends on LTIP units of $741,822

 

•      Accrued vacation of $193,194

 

•      Aggregate taxable fringe benefits of $728,103

 

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Brian S. Block, former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

Initial 2014 Compensation Entitlements Treatment upon Termination Net 2014 Compensation Received

•      $500,000 base salary

 

•      250% target annual cash bonus

 

•      350% target annual equity bonus

 

•      10% OPP participation percentage

 

•      804,506 share Retention Award vesting over seven years

•      Forfeited all rights to severance payments provided under employment agreement

 

•      Relinquished all of his equity awards and LTIP units

 

•      No bonus payments made for 2014

 

•      Only entitled to receive:

 

•      Reimbursement of expenses and accrued and vested benefits

 

•      Standard indemnification rights

•      $1.3 million of 2014 compensation consisting of:

 

•      Salary of $401,773

 

•      Dividends on restricted shares of common stock of $731,666

 

•      Dividends on LTIP units of $145,309

 

•      Accrued vacation of $46,153

David S. Kay, former President and former Chief Executive Officer

 

Initial 2014 Compensation Entitlements Treatment upon Termination Net 2014 Compensation Received

•      $600,000 base salary until October 1, 2014

 

•      $854,000 base salary commencing on October 1, 2014

 

•      250% target annual cash bonus

 

•      350% target annual equity bonus

 

•      15% OPP participation percentage (in total)

 

•      $2 million of fully vested shares of common stock for Promotion Award issued on October 1, 2014

 

•      331,675 share Time-based Award vesting over four years issued on October 1, 2014

 

•      169,205 share Performance-based Award vesting over four years issued on October 8, 2014

•      Forfeited all rights to severance or other payments provided under employment agreement

 

•      Returned Promotion Award and relinquished all of his other equity awards and LTIP units

 

•      No bonus payments made for 2014

 

•      Only entitled to receive:

 

•      Reimbursement of expenses and accrued and vested benefits

 

•      Standard indemnification rights

•      $1.4 million of 2014 compensation consisting of:

 

•      Salary of $627,917

 

•      Dividends on restricted shares of common stock of $333,816

 

•      Dividends on LTIP units of $171,330

 

•      Accrued vacation of $113,320

 

•      Aggregate taxable fringe benefits of $155,885

 

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Lisa E. Beeson, former Chief Operating Officer and former President

 

Initial 2014 Compensation Entitlements Treatment upon Termination Net 2014 Compensation Received

•      $450,000 base salary until October 1, 2014

 

•      $600,000 base salary commencing on October 1, 2014

 

•      250% target annual cash bonus (effective following promotion to President on October 1, 2014)

 

•      350% target annual equity bonus (effective following promotion to President on October 1, 2014)

 

•      5% OPP participation percentage (in total)

 

•      83,126 share Time-Based Award vesting over four years issued on October 6, 2014

 

•      84,603 share Performance-based Award vesting over four years issued on October 8, 2014

•      Forfeited all rights to severance payments provided under employment agreement

 

•      Relinquished all of her unvested equity awards and LTIP units

 

•      No bonus payments made for 2014

 

•      Only entitled to receive:

 

•      Reimbursement of expenses and accrued and vested benefits

 

•      Standard indemnification rights

•      $710,533 of 2014 compensation consisting of:

 

•      Salary of $480,000

 

•      Dividends on restricted shares of common stock of $88,020

 

•      Dividends on LTIP units of $70,937

 

•      Accrued vacation of $63,063

 

•      401(k) Company match of $8,513

New Compensation Governance Framework

In connection with the resignations and new appointments of executive officers in the fourth quarter of 2014 and early 2015, the reconstituted Compensation Committee (commencing November 20, 2014), reexamined the Company’s executive and director compensation programs with the assistance of a new independent compensation advisor hired directly by the Compensation Committee and undertook to make significant changes to the Company’s compensation governance framework, with the goal of implementing a best-practices compensation policy and ensuring any deficiencies of the prior programs were remedied or eliminated. These improvements are further described below. As part of its comprehensive review of the Company’s compensation practices, the Compensation Committee also took into account that, at the Company’s most recent annual meeting of stockholders held on May 29, 2014, the ‘say-on-pay’ advisory vote with respect to prior compensation policies received approval from approximately 32% of the shares voted on the matter.

 

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Accordingly, the Company, with direction from the reconstituted Compensation Committee, has developed a comprehensive compensation and governance framework that is aligned with ‘best-in-class’ market practice and standards. The below tables entitled “What We Do” and “What We Do Not Do” present: (i) the best practices the Compensation Committee has adopted; and (ii) practices which the Compensation Committee has determined are not appropriate or practices adopted by the prior Compensation Committee which the reconstituted Compensation Committee has determined should be eliminated, respectively. For an overview of the composition of the Compensation Committee from late 2013 to the present, see “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” below.

What We Do

 

ü       

Tie pay to performance - Two-thirds of annual long-term incentive awards for executive officers is tied to our Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) performance 100% relative to peers. Our new annual incentive plan will be subject to explicit performance objectives established by the Compensation Committee in collaboration with the CEO.

ü       

Engage an independent compensation consultant firm - The Compensation Committee retained its own independent advisor, Semler Brossy Consulting Group (“Semler Brossy”), as its new compensation consultant to provide independent, third-party advice on executive compensation, including advice on the design of our executive compensation program for fiscal 2015. Semler Brossy does not provide any other services to the Company.

ü       

Use comparable peers to benchmark pay - The Compensation Committee, with the advice of its new independent consultant, reviewed and revised the peer group used to benchmark executive pay to ensure the comparable companies were reasonable relative to the asset size, revenues and enterprise value of the Company.

ü       

Target the median of market – Although pay levels may vary from this target for individual executives based on their individual performances, our new overall pay philosophy targets the median of competitive practices, including the pay for our new CEO, when determining executive pay levels.

ü       

Offer limited perquisites - We provide modest perquisites to our executives, including our CEO and our other NEOs.

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Maintain robust stock ownership requirements - We have adopted new stock ownership guidelines for executive officers at 6x base salary for CEO, 3x base salary for the CFO, 2x base salary for other NEOs and 5x annual cash retainers for directors, which can be achieved over a specified time period.

ü       

Double trigger vesting upon change of control - We intend for future equity awards to be subject to a “double trigger” requiring a qualified termination of employment following a change in control before vesting is accelerated for named officers going forward, beginning with our new CEO’s awards.

ü       

Provide reasonable severance benefits – Severance benefits, including following a change in control, for our new CEO have been competitively benchmarked and are reasonable compared to market. We intend to continue to reference reasonable market practice for any future employment agreements or other arrangements.

ü       

 

 

Prohibit pledging and hedging of our securities – We have adopted a policy applicable to our directors, officers, any other individuals subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other designated employees (and any of their respective beneficially-owned entities), which prohibits:

 

•    pledging the Company’s securities for any purpose not approved by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee; and

 

•    engaging in short sales with respect to our securities, purchasing our securities on margin or otherwise hedging our securities, including through options or derivative transactions.

ü       

Prohibit repricing of stock options – We have adopted a policy prohibiting the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee from reducing the aggregate exercise, base or purchase price of any award granted under an equity incentive plan of the Company without the approval of the Company’s stockholders.

What We Intend to Do

The Compensation Committee also intends to adopt a clawback policy in 2015.

 

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What We Do Not Do

 

  ×   Combine the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

  ×   Gross up “golden parachute” excise taxes upon a change in control

 

  ×   Gross up taxes on any standard perquisites or benefits going forward *

 

  ×   Provide special or supplemental retirement benefits to any executive

 

  ×   Grant long-term employment agreements exceeding three-year initial terms

 

  ×   Provide severance payments that are not in-line with the market or include large payments upon a voluntary resignation

 

  ×   Grant equity awards heavily weighted toward time-based vesting

 

* Certain executives were eligible for tax gross-ups on relocation or housing benefits in 2014 and may be eligible for such benefits in the future under legacy agreements. See footnote 14 to the Summary Compensation Table below regarding “All Other Compensation” for detail.

DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

Former Executives

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Compensation Committee, which was then composed of Leslie D. Michelson (Chair), Scott J. Bowman and Edward G. Rendell, consulted with a compensation consultant hired by Company’s management, FTI Consulting, Inc. (“FTI”), in designing a compensation program for Messrs. Schorsch, Block and Kay and Ms. Beeson, our former named executive officers. FTI assisted the Compensation Committee in structuring compensation for our former named executive officers by providing comparative data from the peer group listed below related to the following compensation components: (i) base salary; (ii) annual incentive bonuses payable in cash and equity; (iii) one-time retention equity awards (for Messrs. Schorsch and Block) or cash awards (for Mr. Kay and Ms. Beeson); and (iv) OPP awards. FTI advised the Compensation Committee that the proposed total compensation (before factoring in the OPP) was within the standards of the Company’s peer group and that the ultimate value of the OPP was wholly contingent on the extent by which the Company outperformed plan hurdles on both an absolute and relative basis in the future. The compensation program approved by the Compensation Committee and ultimately established for our former named executive officers is further described below under “2014 Named Executive Officer Compensation Decisions—Former Executives.”

The peer group presented by FTI for assessing competitive pay practices in 2014 was comprised of the following REITs: Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.; American Tower Corporation; Boston Properties, Inc.; General Growth Properties, Inc.; HCP, Inc.; ProLogis, Inc.; Public Storage; Realty Income Corporation; Simon Property Group, Inc.; SL Green Realty Corp.; and Ventas, Inc.

Interim and Current Executives

When the Compensation Committee was restructured in November 2014, with the appointment of Mr. Andruskevich as Chairman and Mr. Frank as a member, it replaced the Company-hired compensation consultant with Semler Brossy, an independent outside compensation consultant, which reports directly to the Compensation Committee, and made significant changes to the Company’s compensation governance practices. Semler Brossy advised the Compensation Committee on the compensation arrangements for certain of the Company’s current executive officers, including that of the Company’s newly-hired Chief Executive Officer, Glenn J. Rufrano, and other senior management, the special activity compensation for certain directors paid through March 31, 2015, and the general compensation arrangements for directors that took effect on January 1, 2015. The Compensation Committee has determined that Semler Brossy is an independent compensation advisor because it does not provide any other services to the Company, and Semler Brossy takes direction from, and reports directly to, the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the sole authority to determine the compensation for and to terminate Semler Brossy’s services. The Compensation Committee’s determination of Semler Brossy’s independence is consistent with NASDAQ listing standards. Semler Brossy also assisted the Compensation Committee with the reexamination of the Company’s compensation governance framework and in recommending the new governance practices as outlined above.

 

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As part of its initial engagement with the Compensation Committee, Semler Brossy completed a review of the peer group used to assess executive and director pay practices. Semler Brossy recommended a number of changes to the peer group to focus more specifically on peers in the retail, office and net-lease markets, rather than broad diversified REITs. As a result of this review, the Compensation Committee approved the following changes to the peer group for pay decisions in late 2014 and early 2015:

 

    Added Brixmor Property Group, Inc.; DDR Corporation.; Duke Realty Corporation; Kimco Realty Corporation; The Macerich Company; Vornado Realty Trust; and W.P. Carey, Inc.; and

 

    Removed Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.; American Tower Corporation; and Public Storage.

The compensation arrangement for Mr. Sodo was determined by the Compensation Committee in collaboration with Mr. Kay, who was previously our Chief Executive Officer, and Semler Brossy. Compensation for Mr. Stanley, our Interim Chief Executive Officer, was determined by the full Board of Directors (other than Mr. Stanley) based upon the recommendation of Semler Brossy. Semler Brossy had completed an analysis of pay practices of interim chief executive officers for the Board of Directors’ review.

The compensation arrangements for Messrs. McDowell, Roberts, and Ezzell, each of whom joined the Company in connection with an acquisition and who were not executive officers at the time of their initial employment, were determined by the former executive leadership of the Company at that time and based on employment letters or agreements provided to each executive as part of each transaction.

New Chief Executive Officer

The compensation arrangement for Mr. Rufrano was determined by the Compensation Committee in collaboration with Semler Brossy. During the term of his employment, Mr. Rufrano will receive an annual base salary of not less than $1,000,000. Commencing in 2016, Mr. Rufrano’s base salary will be reviewed at least annually to determine if his base salary should be increased in the discretion of the Compensation Committee.

Consistent with the components of our new compensation governance framework described above, Mr. Rufrano’s annual cash bonus is targeted at 150% of his annual base salary based upon the achievement of performance goals established by the Compensation Committee. Mr. Rufrano received a one-time equity award with a fair market value as of the date of grant of $2,000,000 on April 1, 2015 in the form of restricted shares or restricted share units, which vests over a three-year period. In addition, Mr. Rufrano will receive an annual long-term incentive equity award with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock for each calendar year during the term of his employment (an “Annual LTI Award”). Mr. Rufrano’s initial Annual LTI Award; granted April 1, 2015, had a target fair market value as of the date of the grant of $4,000,000, in the form of restricted shares or units and, beginning in 2016, the Annual LTI Award will be in the form of restricted shares or restricted share units and have a target fair market value as of the date of the grant of not less than $6,000,000. Subject to Mr. Rufrano’s continued employment, one-third of each of the Annual LTI Awards will be subject to time-based vesting and that portion will vest in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, and two-thirds of each such award will vest based on the achievement of certain performance conditions over a three-year performance period. The performance measures for the Annual LTI Awards granted in 2015, 2016 and 2017 will be based equally on the Company’s total shareholder return relative to a specified triple net lease peer group of companies and relative to a specified NAREIT equity market index. Annual LTI Awards will include Mr. Rufrano’s right to receive dividend or dividend equivalent rights with respect to the shares subject to the award, which will be subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying shares.

 

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2014 NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION DECISIONS

Former Executives

Below are descriptions of the elements of the Company’s compensation program for the former named executive officers, as had been adopted by the former members of the Compensation Committee after taking into consideration the analysis and recommendations of the Company’s former compensation consultant, FTI.

Base Salary

Base salaries for each of the former named executive officers were determined in light of comparative base salaries for executive officers in similar positions at the 12 peer group companies identified above, based on FTI’s survey data of such companies. The 2014 annual base salaries for such individuals were as follows:

 

Name

   Annual Base Salary  

Nicholas S. Schorsch

   $ 1,100,000   

Brian S. Block

   $ 500,000   

David S. Kay

   $ 600,000

Lisa E. Beeson

   $ 450,000

 

* Effective October 1, 2014, Mr. Kay’s base salary was increased to $854,000 and Ms. Beeson’s base salary was increased to $600,000 in connection with their promotions.

Annual Incentive Compensation

Each of the former named executive officers was eligible for an annual incentive award payable in both equity and cash in early 2015 based on 2014 performance. In connection with their respective terminations of employment, no annual incentive cash or equity awards were actually paid to any of the former named executive officers for fiscal 2014.

In order to promote retention, the annual incentive plan emphasized equity over cash and the equity bonuses were in the form of restricted stock that was to vest over a three-to-five year period. For each of the executives, both types of annual incentive awards were to be earned 80% based on the Compensation Committee’s evaluation of quantitative goals tied to the Company’s performance and 20% based on the Compensation Committee’s qualitative assessment of individual performance. With respect to the quantitative goals tied to the Company’s performance, performance was to be weighted among several specified components, further broken down by threshold, target and maximum levels of performance for each component. The specific goals and objectives for each executive were disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2014. In determining overall achievement, the Compensation Committee was to consider each component to determine if the executive should receive a threshold, target or maximum award for such component and then appropriately weight such component with the other components. The threshold, target and maximum annual cash and equity bonus opportunities (as a percentage of base salary) are set forth below:

 

Name

   Threshold
Equity
Bonus
    Target
Equity
Bonus
    Maximum
Equity
Bonus
    Threshold
Cash
Bonus
    Target
Cash
Bonus
    Maximum
Cash
Bonus
 

Nicholas S. Schorsch

     350     450     550     250     350     450

Brian S. Block

     250     350     450     150     250     350

David S. Kay

     250     350     450     150     250     350

Lisa E. Beeson

     250     350     450     150     250     350

Retention Grants

In connection with entering into their employment agreements, each of the former named executive officers received a retention or sign-on grant of restricted stock under the Company’s Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan”). FTI had provided the Compensation Committee with comparative data for officers at other REITS in order to appropriately design a retention award for each of the executives. In determining the retention grants for Messrs. Schorsch and Block, FTI also took into consideration the value of the Company’s management agreement with its Former Manager, which was being terminated upon the Company’s transition to self-management. Mr. Schorsch was the chief executive officer of the Former Manager and Mr. Block was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Former Manager. All the equity interests in AR Capital, LLC, the parent of our Former Manager, were owned by Messrs. Schorsch and Block and the following other former officers and/or directors of the Company: William M. Kahane; Peter M. Budko; and Edward M. Weil, Jr.

 

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The retention grants were intended as a one-time award in light of the successful completion of the Company’s transition to self-management and also to provide meaningful time periods for the awards to vest in order to promote the continued employment of the executives. Under the terms of their respective employment agreements, the former named executive officers were entitled to receive retention grants of restricted stock at the following values and vesting schedules:

 

Name

       Value of Equity
Retention Award
    

Vesting Schedule

Nicholas S. Schorsch

     $ 24,860,000       1/9 per year for 9 years

Brian S. Block

     $ 10,000,000       1/7 per year for 7 years

David S. Kay

     $ 3,200,000       1/3 per year for 3 years

Lisa E. Beeson

     $ 750,000       1/3 per year for 3 years

However, in connection with their respective terminations of employment, the retention awards for Messrs. Block and Kay and Ms. Beeson were wholly forfeited. Mr. Schorsch relinquished all of his equity awards and other potential compensation in exchange for the accelerated vesting of 1,000,000 restricted shares under his retention grant. These shares are subject to clawback if Mr. Schorsch is ultimately found to have breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty to the Company or is found to have committed, or admits to committing, fraud or misconduct in connection with his responsibilities as a director or an officer of the Company.

The Audit Committee Investigation determined that the agreements relating to the retention awards and OPP awards made to Messrs. Schorsch and Block were more favorable to them than the Compensation Committee had authorized. Immediately prior to his resignation from the Company, Mr. Schorsch and the Company agreed that the terms of his retention and OPP awards should have been consistent with the Compensation Committee’s original approval. Mr. Schorsch entered into a Reformation of Employment Agreement, a restricted share award agreement, and a Clarification of Award Agreement under the OPP. These documents were intended to reform Mr. Schorsch’s Employment Agreement and equity awards, as of January 8, 2014, to be consistent with vesting provisions authorized by the Compensation Committee and to make certain other corrections. Among other things, the reformed agreements provided that, upon a termination for Cause (as defined in his employment agreement) by the Company or a voluntary resignation by Mr. Schorsch without Good Reason (as defined in his employment agreement), Mr. Schorsch’s restricted share award and award under the OPP would not accelerate and such awards would be forfeited immediately.

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The OPP was based on an Out-Performance Plan in effect for 2013 and was established in order to provide long-term, performance-based incentive compensation to participants. Pursuant to the OPP, the former named executive officers were issued LTIP units. All LTIP units were forfeited in connection with the termination of employment of our former named executive officers and the OPP has been terminated.

The LTIP units were to be earned based on the specified performance metrics on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, with earned awards vesting in 1/3 tranches on each of the 3rd, 4th and 5th anniversaries of the grant date. The performance metrics under the OPP were based on total return to stockholders over a three-year performance period, on both an absolute hurdle and relative to a peer group of companies as follows: (i) absolute measure: 4% of any excess total return achieved above an absolute hurdle of a simple 7% for each annual measurement period, 14% for the interim measurement period and 21% for the full three-year performance period, and (ii) relative measure: 4% of any excess total return achieved above the median total return of the specified peer group companies. The below table provides the participation percentage initially awarded to each former named executive officer and the total number of corresponding LTIP units:

 

Name

       Participation
Percentage
    Number of LTIP
Units Issued Under
the OPP
 

Nicholas S. Schorsch

       42.5     7,455,504   

Brian S. Block

       10     1,754,236   

David S. Kay

       5     877,118

Lisa E. Beeson

       3.75     657,839

 

* On October 1, 2014, Mr. Kay’s participation percentage increased to 15% and Ms. Beeson’s percentage increased to 5% in connection with their promotions.

 

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However, in connection with their respective terminations of employment, no LTIP units were actually earned under this plan by any of the former named executive officers and all outstanding interests in the OPP were relinquished.

The Audit Committee Investigation determined that the Compensation Committee approved an aggregate award pool equal to approximately 5% of the Company’s market capitalization as of the date of such approval on October 3, 2013; however, as executed, the OPP measured market capitalization on a pro forma basis as of the Company’s transition to self-management on January 8, 2014 (including the pro forma impact of various transactions expected to be consummated prior to the Company’s transition to self-management on January 8, 2014). Thus, the maximum award opportunity under the OPP should have been $120.0 million, not $218.1 million as used to calculate the OPP awards to the former named executive officers.

Promotion Awards

Effective as of October 1, 2014, Mr. Kay was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Beeson to President. In connection with his promotion, the Company awarded $2,000,000 of fully vested shares of the Company’s common stock to Mr. Kay. Additionally, Mr. Kay was also awarded $4,000,000 in restricted shares that were to vest in equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of October 1, 2014 and $2,000,000 in restricted shares that were to vest based on performance metrics to be determined by the Company in consultation with Mr. Kay. Ms. Beeson received a time-based and performance-based award grant on the same terms as Mr. Kay, except that each of her awards was valued at $1,000,000. In connection with their respective terminations of employment, Mr. Kay’s promotion grant and Mr. Kay’s and Ms. Beeson’s time-based and performance-based grants were wholly recouped or forfeited.

Severance and Change in Control Payments

Each of the former named executive officers’ employment agreements provided for the payment or provision of certain compensation and benefits upon termination of employment under various circumstances. However, the former named executive officers generally did not actually receive such benefits at the time of their respective terminations of employment, and forfeited other compensation and benefits, as further described above. See the “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below.

Deductibility of Executive Compensation

The Compensation Committee’s policy is to consider the tax treatment of compensation paid to our executive officers while simultaneously seeking to provide our executives with appropriate rewards for their performance. Under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a publicly-held corporation may not deduct compensation of more than $1 million paid to any “covered employee” unless certain exceptions are met, primarily relating to performance-based compensation. Substantially all of the services rendered by our executive officers are performed on behalf of our operating partnership or its subsidiaries, including one or more of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a series of private letter rulings which indicate that compensation paid by an operating partnership to executive officers of a REIT that serves as its general partner is not subject to the limitation under Section 162(m) to the extent such compensation is attributable to services rendered to the operating partnership. We have not obtained a ruling on this issue, but have no reason to believe that the same conclusion would not apply to us. To the extent that compensation paid to our executive officers is subject to and does not qualify for deduction under Section 162(m), our Compensation Committee is prepared to exceed the limit on deductibility under Section 162(m) to the extent necessary to establish compensation programs that we believe provide appropriate incentives and reward our executives relative to their performance. Because we qualify as a REIT under the Code and we generally distribute at least 100% of our REIT taxable income each year, we do not pay federal income tax on our REIT taxable income. However, our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to federal corporate income tax. As a result, and based on the level of cash compensation paid to our executive officers, the possible loss of a federal tax deduction could have a material impact on us to the extent that such compensation is paid to executive officers providing services to one or more of our taxable REIT subsidiaries.

Interim Executive

Mr. Stanley served in the full-time positions of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chairman of the Board from December 15, 2014 through March 31, 2015. During this period, as approved by the Board of Directors, Mr. Stanley received $150,000 per month for his services (in lieu of any other cash compensation payable to directors) and was entitled to receive the equity retainer to be paid to directors in respect of this period. Mr. Stanley was also eligible to be considered for additional discretionary compensation at the conclusion of his interim service, but ultimately the Board of Directors determined not to pay any additional discretionary compensation to Mr. Stanley or any other directors.

 

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Current Executives

Mr. Sodo was appointed Chief Financial Officer, following the departure of Mr. Block, and each of Messrs. McDowell, Roberts and Ezzell joined the Company in 2014 through acquisitions. At the time, the Compensation Committee was consulting with FTI in designing a compensation program for its senior executive officers and it was not anticipated that any of the foregoing individuals would become a named executive officer in 2014.

Mr. McDowell’s employment agreement with ARC Advisory Services, LLC (an affiliate of the Former Manager) was assumed by the Company in connection with its transition to self-management on January 8, 2014. With respect to Messrs. Sodo, Roberts and Ezzell, their arrangements with the Company generally represent the product of individualized negotiations between the executive and existing or former members of senior management. In the case of Mr. Sodo, although his employment agreement was ultimately negotiated, reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee, it was also based upon the commitments made to him by Mr. Kay. The material terms of all of these arrangements are described below. For a description of termination scenarios applicable to each of the current named executive officers, see the “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below.

Annual Incentive Plan

Each of the current executives was eligible for an annual incentive plan payout for 2014 based on overall Company performance. The Compensation Committee determined that, in light of the Audit Committee’s Investigation and related matters, none of the performance goals for the Company were achieved under the plan as originally established for the Company. However, due to the continued dedication and efforts of the current executives in responding to the results of the Audit Committee’s Investigation and continuing to operate the business during a period of substantial duress, the Board and its Compensation Committee decided to provide a discretionary incentive bonus to the current named executive officers, as well as other employees of the Company.

Based on an evaluation of the performance and contribution of each of the current named executive officers, the Compensation Committee approved the discretionary bonuses for each as reported in the Summary Compensation Table below.

Michael J. Sodo

In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Sodo, dated as of January 9, 2015, memorializing the terms of his employment which commenced on October 29, 2014 (the “Sodo Commencement Date”). The employment agreement provides for an annual base salary of $450,000 and eligibility to receive an annual cash bonus and an annual grant of equity incentive awards. Mr. Sodo is entitled to receive a cash bonus award of $275,000 on each of May 31, 2015 and May 31, 2016 (the “Promotion Cash Grant”), subject to his continued employment through such dates. On April 1, 2015, Mr. Sodo was granted a one-time equity award in the form of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $650,000. Subject to his continued employment, 50% of such award will vest in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the Sodo Commencement Date and 50% will vest in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the Sodo Commencement Date subject to the Company’s common stock achieving a closing trading price of at least $10.00 per share for any 20 consecutive days prior to December 31, 2017. Mr. Sodo also received a $100,000 signing bonus, $100,000 of fully-vested shares of common stock and $100,000 of restricted shares of common stock in August 2014, upon his initial commencement of employment with the Company.

Paul H. McDowell

In connection with the Company’s transition to self-management, the Company assumed the employment agreement of Mr. McDowell, effective as of January 8, 2014. The agreement has an initial term of three years, effective as of November 5, 2013, upon the Company’s acquisition of CapLease. The employment agreement provides for an annual base salary of $495,000 and eligibility to receive an annual bonus equal to up to 100% of his base salary (which may not be less than $180,000 for each year of the initial term (the “Minimum Bonus”)) and an annual restricted stock grant up to 150% his base salary. The Company also reimburses Mr. McDowell for the premiums on his life insurance policy. On April 1, 2015, Mr. McDowell was granted a long-term equity incentive award in the form of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $300,000. Subject to Mr. McDowell’s continued employment, one-third of the award is subject to time-based vesting and two-thirds is subject to performance-based vesting, consistent with the award to our newly-hired CEO.

 

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Thomas W. Roberts

Pursuant to an employment letter with the Company, dated January 16, 2014, Mr. Roberts is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $400,000 and was eligible to receive an annual bonus of up to 100% of his base salary and an annual restricted stock grant up to 200% of his base salary. Mr. Roberts also received a retention stock award with a grant date value of $800,000 on February 10, 2014 and a cash award of $800,000 on February 7, 2014. Mr. Roberts was also entitled to an acquisition incentive bonus at 1.5 basis points on certain real estate acquisitions during the 2014 fiscal year. Mr. Roberts and the Company are finalizing the terms of a new employment letter, under which Mr. Roberts may discontinue receiving acquisition incentive bonuses in the future in exchange for increases to his base salary, target annual bonus and equity target.

Michael T. Ezzell

Pursuant to an employment letter with the Company, dated March 7, 2014, Mr. Ezzell is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $350,000 and is eligible, subject to the discretion of the senior management, to receive an annual bonus and an annual restricted stock grant, each equal to an amount of up to 100% of his base salary. Mr. Ezzell also received a retention bonus of $400,000 and a discretionary bonus of $100,000 on February 7, 2014. In March 2015, the Company and Mr. Ezzell entered into an amendment to his employment letter, setting forth certain retention awards. Pursuant to the amendment, Mr. Ezzell received a cash bonus retention award payment of $350,000 contingent upon Mr. Ezzell’s continued service and was granted a long-term equity incentive award in the form of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $600,000. Subject to Mr. Ezzell’s continued employment, one-third of the award is subject to time-based vesting and two-thirds is subject to performance-based vesting, consistent with the award to our newly-hired CEO.

COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board of Director Compensation Prior to January 1, 2015

For service by independent directors on the Board of Directors prior to January 1, 2015, the Company paid an annual fee of $100,000, half in cash and half in restricted stock vesting over three years from the date of grant. Additionally, the lead independent director was entitled to an additional annual retainer of $105,000, which he was entitled to take in the form of restricted stock, vesting over three years, at his election. Each member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was entitled to one $30,000 annual retainer, paid in cash or restricted stock, vesting over three years, at the election of such independent director. Upon the transition to self-management on January 8, 2014, the then independent directors were granted 40,000 shares of the Company’s restricted stock vesting over a five-year period.

In respect of per meeting fees, independent directors received $2,000 for each Board or Board committee meeting the director attended 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 attended by telephone. If there was a meeting of the Board of Directors and one or more committees in a single day, the fees were limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the Audit Committee if there was a meeting of such committee). Each of the Company’s independent directors could 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 the Company pay such amounts to a charitable cause or institution designated by such director. The Company also reimbursed directors for their travel expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at full Board of Directors and committee meetings and for other required meetings.

Previously, the Board of Directors approved certain transactions at electronic meetings and received $750 for each transaction reviewed and voted upon electronically with a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per electronic meeting (including such meetings conducted via unanimous written consent).

The Company also paid each independent director for each external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event attended in person and in which the independent director actively participated, solely in his or her capacity as an independent director of the Company, in the following amounts:

 

    $2,500 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that did not exceed four hours, or

 

    $5,000 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that exceeded four hours.

 

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In either of the above cases, the Company reimbursed, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed, an independent director’s reasonable expenses associated with attendance at such external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event. An independent director was not paid or reimbursed for attendance at a single external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event by us and another company for which he or she is a director.

Current Director Compensation Effective January 1, 2015

In January 2015, the Compensation Committee completed a review of the compensation arrangements for the Board of Directors as part of the overall review and revision of the Company’s compensation practices and policies. The Compensation Committee engaged Semler Brossy to conduct a study of market practices based on the new peer group approved for reviewing executive pay. Semler Brossy recommended a number of changes to make the compensation for directors consistent with best practices among the Company’s peers and the Compensation Committee recommended these changes to the full Board of Directors.

Effective January 1, 2015, upon consideration of and consistent with the recommendations of the Compensation Committee and Semler Brossy, the Board of Directors approved and adopted the following retainers and fees for each independent director to replace the previously-established Board retainers and fees: a $60,000 annual cash retainer (the “Annual Cash Board Retainer”); meeting fees of $2,000 per in-person meeting and $1,500 per telephonic meeting for each meeting of the Board and of an established committee of the Board (the “Meeting Fees” and, together with the Annual Cash Board Retainer, the “Board Cash Compensation”); and a $110,000 annual equity retainer in the form of restricted stock units (the “Annual Equity Board Retainer”). The Board Cash Compensation for 2015 is payable to the independent directors quarterly in arrears commencing with the end of the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The Annual Equity Board Retainer for 2015 will be granted to each independent director on or around May 15, 2015 and will be made in subsequent years at each regularly scheduled annual meeting of stockholders and if an independent director is elected to the Board between annual meetings of stockholders, a pro-rata Annual Equity Board Retainer will be made at such independent director’s election measured from the effective date of the election to the one-year anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders.

Additional annual leadership retainers are payable in cash as follows: the non-executive Chairman of the Board - $150,000; the Audit Committee Chair - $20,000; the Compensation Committee Chair - $15,000; the Nominating and Corporate Governance Chair - $10,000.

The Annual Equity Board Retainer will consist of restricted stock units, fully vested at issuance. The directors will generally agree to hold the restricted stock units for three years from the date of grant or, if they end their tenure for any reason prior thereto, the end of their tenure. The restricted stock units will entitle the holder to dividend equivalent payments consistent with the dividends paid on the Company’s common stock.

Special Activity Compensation for Directors

On January 12, 2015, the Board established compensation arrangements for independent directors who substantially increased their time commitments and leadership responsibilities while the Company completed its restatements, became current in its reporting obligations and transitioned to a permanent Chief Executive Officer. These compensation arrangements ended on March 31, 2015.

Interim Lead Independent Director. On December 31, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed Thomas A. Andruskevich as the Interim Lead Independent Director upon the commencement of Mr. Stanley’s service in his executive role. Mr. Andruskevich committed to devote 70% of his business time to this position and to leading two initiatives: the search and transition process for a permanent Chief Executive Officer and permanent independent Chairman of the Board; and the Board’s oversight of the Company’s operations. While in this role, which ended on March 31, 2015, Mr. Andruskevich received $100,000 per month in lieu of the annual retainer of the Lead Independent Director and fees for any Board or committee meeting principally devoted to one or both initiatives described above. Mr. Andruskevich continued to receive all other Board and committee retainers and fees.

Audit Committee Leadership. On January 12, 2015, the Board of Directors established interim compensation arrangements for two members of the Audit Committee, Messrs. Leslie D. Michelson and Bruce D. Frank, in recognition of their respective roles and effort in overseeing the Audit Committee Investigation and the process of the Company becoming current in its SEC reporting obligations. For the period from September 7, 2014 through December 14, 2014 in the case of Mr. Michelson, and for the period from December 15, 2014 through March 30, 2015 in the case of Mr. Frank, each received $50,000 per month in lieu of Audit Committee meeting fees and the other fees referred to in the following sentence. During the period when Mr. Michelson or Mr. Frank was entitled to receive the fees described in the preceding sentence, the other was entitled to receive, in addition to regular Audit Committee meeting fees, a fee of $2,500 (not subject to the daily meeting fee limit) for each day on which he attended one or more in-person or telephonic meetings with the Audit Committee’s advisors or the Company’s independent auditor pertaining to the investigation or the process of the Company becoming current in its SEC reporting obligations. Each of Messrs. Michelson and Frank received all other Board and committee retainers and fees. On December 31, 2014, Mr. Frank became Chairman of the Audit Committee in a planned transition from Mr. Michelson.

 

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Company established a Compensation Committee on July 6, 2011. The table below presents the members of the Compensation Committee and their respective service terms beginning January 1, 2014. During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Compensation Committee was composed of Leslie D. Michelson (Chairman), Edward G. Rendell and Scott J. Bowman. With the exception of Mr. Stanley, who served as an executive officer of the Company from December 15, 2014 through March 31, 2015 (after the conclusion of his tenure as a member of the Compensation Committee), none of these persons had, at any time, served as an officer or employee of the Company and none of these persons had any relationships with the Company requiring disclosure under applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

Name

  

Dates

Scott J. Bowman (Former Director)*    January 1, 2014 – September 8, 2014
Edward G. Rendell (Former Director)*    January 1, 2014 – April 1, 2015
Leslie D. Michelson (Former Director) *(1)    January 1, 2014 – November 19, 2014
William G. Stanley (Independent Director) (2)    January 3, 2014 – December 14, 2014
Thomas A. Andruskevich (Independent Director) (3)    November 20, 2014 – Present
Bruce D. Frank (Independent Director)    November 20, 2014 – Present
Julie G. Richardson (Independent Director)    April 1, 2015 – Present

 

* Tenure on the Compensation Committee began prior to January 1, 2014.
(1) Mr. Michelson served as the Compensation Committee Chairman until November 19, 2014.
(2) Mr. Stanley served as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 15, 2014 until March 31, 2015.
(3) Mr. Andruskevich has served as a member and Chairman of the Compensation Committee since November 20, 2014.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Form 10-K/A.

 

  Compensation Committee  
  Thomas A. Andruskevich (Chairman)  
  Julie G. Richardson  
  Bruce D. Frank  
 

 

 

 

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides certain summary information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 relating to compensation paid to, or accrued by us, on behalf of, persons serving as our Chief Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officers in 2014, each of our three other most highly compensated executive officers for fiscal 2014, and one additional named executive officer, who would have qualified as one of the other three most highly paid officers if she had served as an executive officer at December 31, 2014. As noted in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above, the footnotes to this table and the “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below, the former executives did not retain the full compensation initially awarded to them during fiscal 2014, in connection with their resignations. As such, in a separate tabular presentation to the right of the “Summary Compensation Table”, we have also presented the fiscal 2014 compensation, net of amounts relinquished by the former executives upon resignation. Additionally, we have presented summary compensation information for each of Mr. Kay and Ms. Beeson for fiscal 2013, as they were the only named executive officers of the Company prior to 2014. The detail summary and philosophy regarding the information presented below is further discussed in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section above.

 

Name and Principal Position

  Year     Salary ($)(2)     Bonus
($)
    Stock Awards
($)(7)
    All Other
Compensation
($)(15)
    Total
Compensation
($)
       

Current Executives

             

Michael J. Sodo
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

    2014      $ 154,539      $ 292,500 (3)(4)    $ 200,018 (8)    $ 35,283      $ 682,340     

 

Paul McDowell
President, Office & Industrial Group

    2014        435,235        300,000 (3)      244,916        13,724        993,875     

 

Thomas W. Roberts
Executive Vice President, Real Estate

    2014        389,146        1,896,921 (3)(4)(5)      2,787,291        123,016        5,196,374     

 

Michael T. Ezzell
Executive Vice President, Private Capital Markets

    2014        327,917        725,000 (3)(4)      606,141        58,502        1,717,560     

 

Interim Chief Executive Officer

             

 

William G. Stanley
Interim Chief Executive Officer(1)

    2014        82,258        —          —          —          82,258       
          Net Total
Compensation
for Former
Executives as
of Resignation($)
 

Former Executives

               

Nicholas S. Schorsch
Chief Executive Officer

    2014        1,032,443        —          90,197,551 (9)      3,815,372        95,045,366        $ 13,837,815   

David S. Kay
Chief Executive Officer

    2014        627,917        —          13,626,025 (10)      774,351        15,028,293          1,402,268   
    2013        25,000        4,615,000 (4)(6)      3,216,548 (11)      —          7,856,548          4,640,000   

Brian S. Block
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

    2014        401,773        —          25,450,350 (12)      923,128        26,775,251          1,324,901   

Lisa E. Beeson
Chief Operating Officer

    2014        480,000        —          6,717,017 (13)      230,533        7,427,550          710,533   
    2013        68,182        750,000 (4)      732,313 (14)      —          1,550,495          993,444   

 

(1) Compensation presented in this table represents amounts earned while serving in capacity of the chief executive officer. Refer to “Compensation, Discussion and Analysis” above and to “Compensation of Directors” table below for amounts paid while serving in capacity of a director.

 

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(2) Reflects salary earned while employed by the Company. None of the current or former executives were employed by the Company for the full year.
(3) Includes a cash bonus paid to each of Messrs. Sodo, McDowell, Roberts and Ezzell, of $192,500, $300,000, $340,000 and $225,000, respectively, in 2015 in recognition of performance in 2014.
(4) Reflects cash retention, sign-on and other awards paid in connection with the commencement of the named executive officer’s employment.
(5) Includes $756,921 of aggregate bonuses earned related to real estate acquisitions in 2014.
(6) Includes a $15,000 signing bonus.
(7) Reflects the grant date fair value of stock awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For further information on how we account for stock-based compensation and the assumptions used, see Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2015. These amounts reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards and do not correspond to the actual values, if any, that will be realized by the current officers, or in the case of the former executives, the values that were actually realized. The underlying grants are presented in further detail in the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below.
(8) Includes fully vested shares of common stock issued with a grant date fair value of $100,009, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(9) Includes 2.0 million restricted shares of common stock with a grant date fair value of $25.3 million issued under the Equity Plan and LTIP units with a grant date fair value of $64.9 million issued under the OPP. All outstanding interests in the OPP and 1.0 million of the restricted shares of common stock were relinquished upon Mr. Schorch’s resignation. Although the other 1.0 million shares were vested and retained by Mr. Schorsch upon resignation, these shares are subject to clawback by the Company if in any proceeding in which Mr. Schorsch is a party, after all appeals, he is found to have breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty or is found to have committed or admits to fraud or misconduct by him, in connection with his responsibilities as a director or officer of the Company. The vested 1.0 million restricted shares had a fair value upon vesting of $9.0 million.
(10) Includes 331,675 restricted shares of common stock with a grant date fair values of $4.0 million, 165,838 fully vested shares of common stock, with a grant date fair value $2.0 million and 877,118 LTIP units issued under the OPP in January 2014, with a grant date fair value of $22.9 million. All of these shares of common stock and outstanding interests in the OPP were relinquished upon Mr. Kay’s resignation. In addition, the Company granted Mr. Kay 1,754,236 LTIP units and 169,205 performance stock units in October 2014. As these were relinquished in December 2014 upon Mr. Kay’s resignation, which was within the same reporting period as the grant date, the grant date fair value of the stock awards was not computed and therefore is not included in the table above.
(11) Reflects the grant date fair value of retention stock awards granted by the Company in connection with the commencement of the named executive officer’s employment. These shares were relinquished upon the respective resignation of Mr. Kay.
(12) Includes restricted shares of common stock, with a grant date fair value of $10.2 million and LTIP units, with a grant date fair value of $15.3 million, issued under the OPP. All of these shares of common stock and outstanding interests in the OPP were relinquished upon Mr. Block’s resignation.
(13) Includes 83,126 restricted shares of common stock with a grant date fair value of $992,524 and 657,839 LTIP units issued under the OPP, with a grant date fair value of $5.7 million. All of these shares of common stock and outstanding interests in the OPP were relinquished upon Ms. Beeson’s resignation. In addition, the Company granted Ms. Beeson 219,280 LTIP Units and 84,603 performance stock units in October 2014. As these were relinquished in December 2014 upon Ms. Beeson’s resignation, which was within the same reporting period as the grant date, the grant date fair value of the stock awards was not computed and therefore is not included in the table above.
(14) Reflects the grant date fair value of retention stock awards granted by the Company in connection with the commencement of the named executive officer’s employment. On December 6, 2014, one-third of the 57,212 restricted shares of common stock that were issued to Ms. Beeson on December 6, 2013 became vested and had a fair value upon vesting of $175,262. This was the only portion of the award that was retained by Ms. Beeson, and the remaining portion of the award was relinquished upon her resignation.

 

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(15) The table below shows the components of “All Other Compensation” for 2014, which includes dividends paid on restricted shares of common stock and LTIP units, vacation benefits, 401(K) matching contributions, long-term disability insurance and other taxable fringe benefits.

 

Name

   Dividends on
Restricted
Shares of
Common Stock
     Dividends on
LTIP Units
     Vacation
Benefits
     401(k)
Match
     Other     Total  

Current Executives

                

Michael J. Sodo

   $ 2,537       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 32,746 (1)    $ 35,283   

Paul H. McDowell

     13,724         —           —           —           —          13,724   

Thomas W. Roberts

     115,386         —           —           6,750         880 (2)      123,016   

Michael T. Ezzell

     50,872         —           —           6,750         880 (2)      58,502   

Former Executives

                

Nicholas S. Schorsch

   $ 2,152,253       $ 741,822       $ 193,194       $ —         $ 728,103 (3)    $ 3,815,372   

David S. Kay

     333,816         171,330         113,320         —           155,885 (4)      774,351   

Brian S. Block

     731,666         145,309         46,153         —           —          923,128   

Lisa E. Beeson

     88,020         70,937         63,063         8,513         —          230,533   

 

(1) Mr. Sodo’s taxable fringe benefits primarily related to rent expense for an apartment in New York of $32,746, which includes tax gross-ups.
(2) Represents long-term disability insurance costs.
(3) Mr. Schorsch’s taxable fringe benefits primarily related to car service, driver and security personnel of $433,000, tax preparation, financial planning and a financial assistant of $130,000, life insurance of $145,000 and $20,000 of medical and dental insurance.
(4) Mr. Kay’s taxable fringe benefits primarily related to non-business related airfare costs of $83,000, rent expense for an apartment in New York of $50,000, and the purchase of a bicycle for $20,000.

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table sets forth information with respect to awards granted to current and former executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. As noted in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above, the “Summary Compensation Table” above, the footnotes to this table and the “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below, the former executives did not retain the full compensation initially awarded to them during fiscal 2014, in connection with their resignations. As such, in a separate tabular presentation to the right of the table below, we have also presented the total 2014 stock award grants, net of amounts relinquished by the former executives upon resignation. No other grants of plan-based awards were made to the named executive officers during fiscal 2014.

 

            Estimated Possible Payouts under
Non-equity Incentive Plan
Awards*
   

 

 

Estimated Future Payouts
under Equity Incentive Plan
Awards

    All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number

of
Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)
   

Grant

Date Fair
Value of

Stock and
Option
Awards

($)**

     

Name

  Grant
Date
  Approval
Date
  Threshold
($)
    Target
($)
    Maximum
($)
    Threshold
(#)
    Target
(#)
    Maximum
(#)
       

Current Executives

                     

Michael J. Sodo (1)

  8/26/14   7/15/14   $ —        $ —        $ —          —          —          —          7,611      $100,009(2)  
  8/26/14   7/15/14           —          —          —          7,611      100,009  
        160,000        320,000        480,000        —          —          —          —        —    

 

Paul H. McDowell

  3/17/14   5/29/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          17,163      244,916  
        180,000        N/A        497,110        —          —          —          —        —    

 

Thomas W. Roberts

  2/14/14   2/10/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          58,436      808,170  
  10/15/14   10/15/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          168,723      1,979,121  
        N/A        N/A        400,000        —          —          —          —        —    

 

Michael T. Ezzell

  2/14/14   2/10/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          43,828      606,141  
        N/A        N/A        350,000        —          —          —          —        —    

 

Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

 

William G. Stanley

  —     —       —          —          —          —          —          —          —        —  (3)    
        Net Award ($)
for Former
Executives as
of Resignation
 

Former Executives

                       

 

Nicholas S. Schorsch

  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          —          —          —          2,000,000      25,320,000(4)     $ 8,990,000   
  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          N/A        3,727,702        7,455,404        —        64,877,551(5)       —     
        2,750,000        3,850,000        4,950,000        —          —          —          —        —  (8)       —     

 

David S. Kay

  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          N/A        438,559        877,118        —        7,632,652(5)       —     
  10/1/14   9/9/14     —          —          —          N/A        877,118        1,754,236        —        —  (5)(6)       —     
  10/1/14   9/9/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          165,838      2,000,006(7)       —     
  10/1/14   9/9/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          331,675      3,993,367(7)       —     
  10/8/14   9/9/14     —          —          —          N/A        84,603        169,205        —        —  (6)       —     
        1,035,370        1,725,616        2,413,863        —          —          —          —        —  (8)       —     

 

Brian S. Block

  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          —          —          —          804,506      10,185,046(7)       —     
  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          N/A        877,118        1,754,236        —        15,265,304(5)       —     
        750,000        1,250,000        1,750,000        —          —          —          —        —  (8)       —     

 

Lisa E. Beeson

  1/8/14   12/29/13     —          —          —          N/A        328,920        657,839        —        5,724,493(5)       —     
  10/6/14   10/6/14     —          —          —          —          —          —          83,126      992,524(7)       —     
  10/8/14   10/6/14     —          —          —          N/A        109,640        219,280        —        —  (5)(6)       —     
  10/8/14   9/9/14     —          —          —          N/A        42,302        84,603        —        —  (6)    
        552,740        829,110        1,105,480        —          —          —          —        —  (8)       —     

 

* Payments were not subject to formulaic metrics and were to be determined by the Compensation Committee, in its discretion. Refer to the Bonus column of the “Summary Compensation Table” for actual amounts paid to the current executives.
** Unless otherwise stated, all awards were made under the Equity Plan. The grant date value of each award was computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. These amounts reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards and do not correspond to the actual values, if any, that will be realized by the current officers, or in the case of the former executives, the values, that were actually realized.

 

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(1) Under the Sodo Employment Agreement, as defined below, no threshold, target or maximum cash bonus opportunities are provided. We have presented threshold, target, maximum cash payments under his original employment letter, however, which was in effect as of December 31, 2014.
(2) Reflects total shares issued and related fair market value. Upon issuance, Mr. Sodo forfeited 2,468 shares with a fair market value of $32,430 for withholding taxes.
(3) Mr. Stanley received no stock awards in respect of his service as interim CEO. See the “Compensation of Directors” table below for stock awards granted to Mr. Stanley in respect of his service as independent director.
(4) Upon Mr. Schorsch’s resignation, 1.0 million restricted shares of common stock were relinquished. In connection with Mr. Schorsch’s resignation, 1.0 million shares vested. These shares are subject to clawback by the Company if in any proceeding in which Mr. Schorsch is a party, after all appeals, he is found to have breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty or is found to have committed or admits to fraud or misconduct by him, in connection with his responsibilities as a director or officer of the Company.
(5) Reflects awards made under the OPP. Upon resignation of the named executive officer, all outstanding interests in the OPP were relinquished.
(6) As these stock awards were relinquished upon the named executive officer’s resignation in December 2014, which was within the same reporting period as the grant date, the grant date fair value of the stock awards was not computed and therefore the grant date fair value of such awards are not shown in the table above.
(7) Upon resignation of the named executive officer, all shares of common stock related to this grant were relinquished.
(8) As previously discussed, no annual bonus payments were made to the former executives in respect of fiscal 2014.

Outstanding Equity Awards as of December 31, 2014

The following table provides a summary of the shares of restricted stock issued to current and former executive officers, which had not vested as of December 31, 2014. As disclosed in footnote 6 below, the former executives forfeited all unvested stock awards and all outstanding interests in the OPP upon their respective resignations. The market value of restricted stock awards is based on the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2014, which was $9.05.

 

     Stock Awards  

Name

   Number of
Shares or Units
of Stock that
have not Vested

(#)
    Market Value of
Shares or Units of
Stock that have not
Vested

($)
 

Current Executives

    

Michael J. Sodo

     7,611 (1)    $ 68,880   

Paul H. McDowell

     17,163 (2)      155,325   

Thomas W. Roberts

     227,159 (3)      2,055,789   

Michael T. Ezzell

     43,828 (4)      396,643   

Interim Chief Executive Officer

    

William G. Stanley (5)

     —          —     

Former Executives

    

Nicholas S. Schorsch (6)

     —          —     

David S. Kay (6)

     —          —     

Brian S. Block (6)

     —          —     

Lisa E. Beeson (6)

     —          —     

 

(1) Granted on August 26, 2014. These restricted shares vest in four equal installments on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of Mr. Sodo’s start date with the Company on August 5, 2014.
(2) Granted on March 17, 2014. These restricted shares vest in three equal installments on each the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.
(3) 58,436 of the restricted shares were granted on February 14, 2014 and vest in five equal installments on each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, 168,723 were granted on October 15, 2014 and vest in three equal installments on each the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.
(4) Granted on February 14, 2014. These restricted shares vest in five equal installments on each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date.
(5) No restricted stock awards were issued to Mr. Stanley in respect of his service as interim chief executive officer.
(6) Any unvested restricted shares of common stock or outstanding interests in the OPP were forfeited upon the respective named executive officer’s resignation.

 

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Stock Vested

The following table provides a summary of the shares of stock issued to current and former executive officers, which vested during the year ended December 31, 2014. As noted in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above, the “Summary Compensation Table” above, the footnotes to this table and the “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below, Mr. Kay did not retain any shares of stock that vested during fiscal 2014 upon resignation. As such, in a separate tabular presentation to the right of the table, we have also presented the vested shares of common stock, net of amounts relinquished upon resignation. The market value of restricted vested shares is based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on the respective vesting date.

 

Name

   Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting(#)
    Value Realized
on Vesting($)
       

Current Executives

      

Michael J. Sodo

     7,611 (1)    $ 100,009 (1)   

Paul H. McDowell

     —          —       

Thomas W. Roberts

     —          —       

Michael T. Ezzell

     —          —       

Interim Chief Executive Officer

      

William G. Stanley

     —          —          
                         Net Value Realized
on Vesting and
Retained as of
Resignation($)
 

Former Executives

         

Nicholas S. Schorsch

     1,000,000 (2)    $ 8,990,000 (2)       $ 8,990,000   

David S. Kay

     165,838 (3)      2,000,006 (3)         —     

Brian S. Block

     —          —             —     

Lisa E. Beeson

     19,071 (4)      175,262 (4)         175,262   

 

(1) Reflects fully vested shares of common stock issued to Mr. Sodo, of which 2,468 shares with a fair market value of $32,430 were immediately forfeited to pay withholding taxes.
(2) Prior to Mr. Schorsch’s resignation, 1.0 million shares vested. These shares are subject to clawback by the Company if in any proceeding in which Mr. Schorsch is a party, after all appeals, he is found to have breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty or is found to have committed or admits to fraud or misconduct by him, in connection with his responsibilities as a director or officer of the Company. For additional detail regarding the vesting of the 1.0 million shares, refer to “Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” section below.
(3) Upon resignation of the named executive, all shares of common stock related to this grant were relinquished.
(4) Reflects vesting, on December 6, 2014, of one-third of the 57,212 restricted shares of common stock that were issued to Ms. Beeson on December 6, 2013. These shares were retained by Ms. Beeson subsequent to her resignation.

Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control

Current Executives

Michael J. Sodo

Mr. Sodo was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company effective October 29, 2014. However, he only entered into an employment agreement with the Company (the “Sodo Employment Agreement”) in respect of the position of chief financial officer on January 9, 2015. Therefore, for the purposes of the “ – Termination Scenario Table” section below, we have presented Mr. Sodo’s termination scenarios as set forth under his initial employment arrangement which was entered into in July 2014 when Mr. Sodo joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Director of Financial Reporting and Treasury. Such arrangement was still in effect as of December 31, 2014 and constituted an at-will arrangement with no specific payouts specified upon any particular termination scenarios. For the purposes of this section, we have described Mr. Sodo’s various termination scenarios below as set forth in the Sodo Employment Agreement, which are quantified in a footnote to the table contained in the “- Termination Scenario Table” section below.

Death or Disability: If Mr. Sodo’s employment with the Company should terminate during the term of the Sodo Employment Agreement due to his death or at the election of the Company due to his Disability (as defined in the Employment Agreement), then the Company will provide Mr. Sodo with the Accrued Benefits (comprised of (i) any earned and accrued but unpaid installment of

 

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base salary through the termination date, (ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the termination date and (iii) all other applicable payments or benefits to which Mr. Sodo is entitled under, and paid or provided in accordance with, the terms of any Company-sponsored employee benefit plans) and any accrued but unpaid annual cash bonus for the year prior to the year of termination, if applicable. In addition, upon any such termination for death or Disability, Mr. Sodo’s promotion cash grant will become payable in full, and Mr. Sodo’s promotion share grant and any previously granted annual stock bonus will become fully vested and all restrictions thereon will lapse on the termination date, subject to the achievement of any applicable performance-vesting criteria applicable to Mr. Sodo’s equity awards prior to the termination date.

Termination by the Company without Cause or by Mr. Sodo for Good Reason: If Mr. Sodo’s employment with the Company should terminate during the term of the Employment Agreement at the election of the Company without Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement), or upon a resignation by Mr. Sodo for Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement), then the Company will pay Mr. Sodo (i) the Accrued Benefits, (ii) any accrued but unpaid annual cash bonus for the calendar year prior to the year in which termination occurs, and subject to signing a general release of claims, (iii) an amount equal to (y) twelve (12) months base salary plus (z) an amount equal to the target level of the annual cash bonus for the calendar year in which the termination occurs. Solely for purposes of calculating such severance payment, the target level of Mr. Sodo’s annual cash bonus will not be less than his annual base salary. In addition, upon any such termination without Cause or for Good Reason, the promotion cash grant will become payable in full, and the promotion share grant and any previously granted annual stock bonus will become fully vested and all restrictions thereon will lapse on the termination date, subject to the achievement of any applicable performance-vesting criteria applicable to Mr. Sodo’s awards prior to the termination date. Mr. Sodo will generally be subject to one-year post-employment noncompetition and non-solicitation covenants.

Termination by the Company for Cause, by Mr. Sodo without Good Reason or a Non-Renewal of the Sodo Employment Agreement: If Mr. Sodo’s employment with the Company should be terminated during the term of the Employment Agreement by the Company for Cause, by Mr. Sodo without Good Reason or upon the non-renewal of the term by either party, the Company will pay Mr. Sodo only the Accrued Benefits and the Company will have no further obligations to Mr. Sodo under the Employment Agreement.

Paul H. McDowell

Mr. McDowell is party to an employment arrangement which became effective with the Company on January 8, 2014. Details of his termination scenarios are presented below.

Death or Disability: If Mr. McDowell’s employment arrangement is terminated due to his death or at the election of the Company due to his disability, Mr. McDowell will be entitled to the “Accrued Benefits” which shall collectively consist of: (i) any earned and accrued but unpaid base salary through the date of termination; (ii) reimbursement of unreimbursed insurance premiums for the calendar year prior to the date of termination; (iii) payment for any accrued but unused vacation; (iv) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the date of termination; (v) payment of any accrued but unpaid tax indemnification payment; and (vi) all other applicable payments under the Company’s benefits plans. In addition to the Accrued Benefits, Mr. McDowell would be due any accrued but unpaid annual bonus for the year prior to the year of termination and a pro rata bonus for the year in which such termination occurs. Additionally, any outstanding restricted equity issued to Mr. McDowell may vest in this scenario, subject to the terms and conditions of his equity awards.

Termination by the Company without Cause; Non-Renewal by the Company: If Mr. McDowell’s employment arrangement is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined in his employment arrangement) or due to a non-renewal of his employment arrangement, Mr. McDowell will be entitled to: (i) the Accrued Benefits; (ii) a payment equal to the sum of: (A) the remaining base salary due for the remainder of the initial term of the arrangement; (B) an amount equal to the minimum bonuses due through the remainder of the initial term; (C) an amount equal to continued base salary for a period of up to 14 months following termination based upon the Company’s election whereby Mr. McDowell will be restricted from competition with the Company and solicitation of the Company’s clients and investors during such period (the “Election Period”); and (D) a pro rata minimum bonus determined by the length of the Election Period; (iii) any accrued but unpaid bonus for the year prior to the year of termination; (iv) a pro rata annual bonus; (v) subject to certain conditions, health coverage for 18 months following termination; (vi) subject to certain conditions, continued payment of life insurance premiums and disability coverage for 24 months following termination; and (vii) immediate vesting of all outstanding and unvested restricted share awards and other equity rights, unless superseded by the terms of an applicable award. Any severance benefits will be contingent upon Mr. McDowell’s execution of a release of claims against the Company.

Termination by the Company for Cause, Voluntary Resignation by Mr. McDowell or Non-Renewal by Mr. McDowell: Only the Accrued Benefits would be due to Mr. McDowell in connection with a termination by the Company for Cause, upon Mr. McDowell’s voluntary resignation or a non-renewal of Mr. McDowell’s employment arrangement by Mr. McDowell.

 

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Thomas W. Roberts

As previously discussed, the Company is currently renegotiating the terms of Mr. Roberts’ January 16, 2014 employment letter. Under the terms of the current employment letter, Mr. Roberts is entitled to severance benefits in connection with a termination of Mr. Roberts’ employment by the Company without Cause (as defined in his employment letter). Certain of his equity may vest in certain other scenarios though, as described further below.

Death or Disability: To the extent equity awards issued to Mr. Roberts provided for vesting upon his death or disability, Mr. Roberts’ equity issued pursuant to such awards may vest.

Termination by the Company without Cause: In connection with a termination of Mr. Roberts’ employment by the Company without Cause, Mr. Roberts would be due an amount equal to his trailing 12 months’ annual cash compensation (inclusive of his then current base salary, together with any annual cash bonus paid in the 12-month period prior to his termination). Additionally, he will be entitled to full vesting of his equity awards. Mr. Roberts will be subject to a one-year post- employment noncompetition covenant.

Resignation by Mr. Roberts with Good Reason: Although Mr. Roberts’ employment letter does not provide additional payouts in connection with his resignation from the Company with Good Reason, certain of Mr. Roberts’ equity may accelerate and become fully vested should he resign with Good Reason (as defined in the applicable equity award).

Michael T. Ezzell

Mr. Ezzell is party to an at-will employment letter with the Company. Therefore, in connection with the termination of his employment, there are no specific payouts provided for in his employment letter. However, pursuant to certain termination scenarios, such as a termination of Mr. Ezzell’s employment by the Company without Cause or upon Mr. Ezzell’s death or disability, certain of his equity may vest pursuant to the terms of his applicable equity awards, subject to his execution of a release of claims against the Company.

Equity Plan

As it applies to outstanding awards as of December 31, 2014, the Equity Plan provides that in the event of a change in control (as defined therein), all outstanding awards become fully vested and that any performance conditions on awards are deemed fully achieved.

Interim Executive

William G. Stanley

On December 15, 2014, the Board appointed William G. Stanley, then the Company’s Lead Independent Director, to serve in the full-time positions of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chairman of the Board. While in this role, Mr. Stanley received $150,000 per month (the “Monthly Retainer”) in lieu of any other Board cash retainers and cash fees. Mr. Stanley continued to be eligible to receive the equity retainer payable to directors. In connection with the appointments of Glenn J. Rufrano as Chief Executive Officer and Hugh R. Frater as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, each effective April 1, 2015, Mr. Stanley resigned from his positions as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chairman of the Board on such date. Mr. Stanley’s position as Interim Chief Executive Officer was not documented in a formal employment agreement and he was due no additional fees or benefits upon his resignation on April 1, 2015, aside from any accrued and unpaid amounts of his Monthly Retainer.

Former Executives

Nicholas S. Schorsch, David S. Kay, Lisa E. Beeson and Brian S. Block

As depicted in the “ –Termination Scenario Table” section below, each of Nicholas S. Schorsch, David S. Kay, Lisa E. Beeson and Brian S. Block voluntarily resigned from the Company prior to December 31, 2014. Therefore, in the table, we have only presented the actual payouts made to each of these individuals in respect of his or her voluntary resignation as it occurred. The details of the actual payments made in connection with their resignations are further described below.

Nicholas S. Schorsch

In connection with Mr. Schorsch’s resignation on December 12, 2014 from all of his capacities with the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Company’s subsidiaries and certain Company-related entities (including the non-traded real estate investment trusts sponsored or managed by the Company or its affiliates), Mr. Schorsch entered into an agreement (the “Schorsch Separation Agreement”) with the Company on such date pursuant to which he received accrued and unpaid salary (including salary in lieu of

 

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accrued but unused vacation), reimbursement of expenses and other accrued and vested benefits in accordance with the Company’s retirement, pension or benefit arrangements, in each case only due and owing up to and including December 12, 2014, as well as Company-paid medical and dental coverage for him and his family for one year (to the extent then currently provided) and the first-year premium of his life insurance policy. In consideration for the accelerated vesting of 1,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Subject Shares”) previously granted to Mr. Schorsch pursuant to a retention award (the “Retention Award”) under his employment agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013 (as reformed pursuant to documentation executed contemporaneously with the Schorsch Separation Agreement and attached as exhibits thereto, the “Schorsch Employment Agreement”), Mr. Schorsch agreed to relinquish and forfeit the other 1,000,000 restricted shares previously granted under the Retention Award that might otherwise vest subsequent to December 12, 2014, any participation or award under the OPP and any other equity award under the Schorsch Employment Agreement. Mr. Schorsch further agreed that the Subject Shares were in full satisfaction of any amounts currently owed to him or that may become owed to him in the future under the Schorsch Employment Agreement, a related restricted stock agreement, the OPP or any other compensatory or incentive arrangement (written or oral) or other document that Mr. Schorsch had entered into with the Company or the Operating Partnership, except for those described in the second sentence of this paragraph. Mr. Schorsch also agreed to use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company and the Operating Partnership in connection with any restatements of previously–issued financial statements and similar matters. Certain provisions of the Schorsch Employment Agreement that survive the end of Mr. Schorsch’s employment will remain in effect, including Mr. Schorsch’s right to receive continuing directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage.

The Subject Shares are subject to a clawback pursuant to which Mr. Schorsch has agreed to deliver the Subject Shares (together with the amount of dividends thereon declared and received after December 12, 2014) promptly to the Company if (a) a final adjudication is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding in which Mr. Schorsch is a party (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed) finding that Mr. Schorsch breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty or (b) there is a finding or admission of fraud or misconduct by Mr. Schorsch in connection with any regulatory, administrative or other proceeding in which Mr. Schorsch is a party (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted, forfeited or lapsed), in the case of either (a) or (b) in connection with his responsibilities as an officer or director of the Company.

David S. Kay

On December 14, 2014, Mr. Kay, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into a separation agreement and release (the “Kay Separation Agreement”) in connection with Mr. Kay’s resignation from his positions with the Company, the Operating Partnership and all other positions with the Company’s subsidiaries and certain Company-related entities (including the non-traded real estate investment trusts sponsored or managed by the Company or its affiliates) as of December 15, 2014. Pursuant to the Kay Separation Agreement, Mr. Kay was entitled to receive, through December 15, 2014, his accrued and unpaid salary (including salary in lieu of accrued but unused vacation), reimbursement of expenses and other accrued and vested benefits due in accordance with the Company’s retirement, pension or benefit arrangements. Mr. Kay agreed that he was not entitled to receive any unvested equity award, including a promotion grant of $4,000,000 in restricted shares, or any other payments and benefits under his amended and restated employment agreement, dated as of October 1, 2014, with the Operating Partnership (the “Kay Amended Employment Agreement”) or any participation in the OPP. The Company and Mr. Kay also agreed to rescind the transfer to Mr. Kay of fully vested shares of the Company’s common stock equal in value to $2 million originally issued to Mr. Kay on October 1, 2014 pursuant to the Kay Amended Employment Agreement, and Mr. Kay agreed to return such shares and all dividends paid with respect thereto to the Company prior to December 31, 2014. Such rescission was completed prior to December 31, 2014. Certain provisions of the Kay Amended Employment Agreement that survive the end of Mr. Kay’s employment will remain in effect, including Mr. Kay’s right to receive continuing directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage. Furthermore, the Company agreed to reduce the duration of Mr. Kay’s covenant not to compete from 12 to six months.

Lisa E. Beeson

On December 15, 2014, Ms. Beeson, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into a separation agreement and release (the “Beeson Separation Agreement”) in connection with Ms. Beeson’s resignation from her positions with the Company, the Operating Partnership and all other positions with the Company’s subsidiaries and certain Company-related entities (including the non-traded real estate investment trusts sponsored or managed by the Company or its affiliates) as of such date. Pursuant to the Beeson Separation Agreement, Ms. Beeson was entitled to receive, through December 15, 2014, her accrued salary (including salary in lieu of accrued but unused vacation), reimbursement of expenses, and other accrued and vested benefits due in accordance with the Company’s retirement, pension or benefit arrangements. Ms. Beeson agreed that she was not entitled to receive any unvested equity award or any other payments and benefits under her amended and restated employment agreement, dated as of October 1, 2014, with the Operating Partnership (the “Beeson Amended Employment Agreement”) or any participation in the OPP. Certain provisions of the Beeson Amended Employment Agreement that survive the end of Ms. Beeson’s employment will remain in effect including Ms. Beeson’s right to receive continuing directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage. Furthermore, the Company agreed to reduce the duration of Ms. Beeson’s covenant not to compete from 12 to six months.

 

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Brian S. Block

In connection with Mr. Block’s October 28, 2014 resignation from all of his positions with the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Company’s subsidiaries and the certain Company-related entities (including the non-traded real estate investment trusts sponsored or managed by the Company or its affiliates), he delivered a resignation letter to the Board of Directors. In the letter, Mr. Block confirmed that no portion of his retention awards or OPP award made pursuant to his employment agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013, had vested. Mr. Block also relinquished any portion of any equity awards that may have vested prior to his resignation date. Mr. Block remained entitled to receive any accrued and unpaid salary (including salary in lieu of accrued but unused vacation) and reimbursement of expenses.

Termination Scenario Table

The table below provides certain estimates of the payments and benefits that would be provided under the following terminations as if they had occurred as of December 31, 2014. The value of vested equity is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2014 of $9.05. As noted in “ – Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control”, the terminations of the Former Executives identified below were considered voluntary resignations on the specific terms pursuant to which they departed from the Company. Amounts paid to the Former Executives upon termination, as presented in the table below, are exclusive of certain ordinary course compensation payments made during 2014 while the Former Executive was employed by the Company, such as base salary and other compensation. See the “Summary Compensation Table” and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above for the total net amount of 2014 compensation received by each of the departed named executive officers.

 

Name and Termination Scenario

   Severance ($)     Vested Equity ($)      Benefits ($)     Total Payout ($)  

Current Executives

         

Michael J. Sodo(1)

         

Death or Disability

   $ —        $ 68,880       $ 8,106 (7)    $ 76,986   

Without Cause or Good Reason

     —          68,880         8,106 (7)      76,986   

For Cause or Non-Renewal

     —          —           8,106 (7)      8,106   

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           8,106 (7)      8,106   

Change in Control

     —          68,880         —          68,880   

Paul H. McDowell

         

Death or Disability

     180,000 (4)      155,325         75,856 (8)      411,181   

Without Cause

     1,436,884 (5)      155,325         119,356 (9)      1,711,565   

For Cause or Non-Renewal

     —          —           22,856 (7)      22,856   

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           22,856 (7)      22,856   

Change in Control

     —          155,325         —          155,325   

Thomas W. Roberts

         

Death or Disability

     —          528,846         19,483 (7)      548,329   

Without Cause or Good Reason

     1,933,970 (6)      2,055,789         19,483 (7)      4,009,242   

For Cause or Non-Renewal

     —          —           19,483 (7)      19,483   

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           19,483 (7)      19,483   

Change in Control

     —          2,055,789         —          2,055,789   

Michael T. Ezzell

         

Death or Disability

     —          396,643         26,923 (7)      423,566   

Without Cause

     —          396,643         26,923 (7)      423,566   

For Cause or Non-Renewal

     —          —           26,923 (7)      26,923   

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           26,923 (7)      26,923   

Change in Control

     —          396,643         —          396,643   

Interim Chief Executive Officer

         

William G. Stanley(2)

     —          —           —          —     

Former Executives

         

Nicholas S. Schorsch(3)

         

Voluntary Resignation

     —          8,990,000         193,194 (7)      9,183,194   

David S. Kay(3)

         

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           113,320 (7)      113,320   

Lisa E. Beeson(3)

         

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           63,063 (7)      63,063   

Brian S. Block(3)

         

Voluntary Resignation

     —          —           46,153 (7)      46,153   

 

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(1) Mr. Sodo was not yet party to the Sodo Employment Agreement as of December 31, 2014. The table below provides the estimates of the payments and benefits that would have been provided under the following terminations as if they had occurred and if the Sodo Employment Agreement was in effect on its original terms as of December 31, 2014.

 

Name and Termination Scenario

   Severance ($)      Vested Equity ($)      Benefits ($)      Total Payout ($)  

Michael J. Sodo

           

Death or Disability

   $ 696,667       $ 393,880       $ 8,106       $ 1,098,653   

Without Cause or Good Reason

     1,450,000         393,880         8,106         1,851,986   

For Cause or Non-Renewal

     —           —           8,106         8,106   

Voluntary Resignation

     —           —           8,106         8,106   

Change in Control

     —           68,880         —           68,880   

 

(2) As noted in “ – Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control” above, Mr. Stanley did not enter into a formal employment agreement with the Company upon his appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer on December 15, 2014 and was only entitled to the Monthly Retainer. Therefore, no amounts have been presented for Mr. Stanley in connection with the termination of his service as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
(3) Reflects actual amounts paid to the former executive upon their respective resignation.
(4) Reflects pro rata annual bonus for 2014.
(5) Reflects remaining base salary and minimum bonuses through end of initial term and pro rata annual bonus for 2014.
(6) Reflects cash compensation received in the immediately preceding 12 months.
(7) Reflects accrued vacation.
(8) Reflects 18 months of health coverage and continued payment of life insurance premiums and accrued vacation.
(9) Reflects 24 months of health coverage and continued payment of life insurance premiums and accrued vacation.

Compensation of Directors

The following table sets forth the information regarding the compensation of our current and former directors who served during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014:

 

Name

   Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)(1)
     Stock Awards
($)(2)
     Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
     All Other
Compensation
($)
    Total
Compensation
($)
 

William G. Stanley (3)

   $ 170,500       $ 587,010       $ —         $ 37,354 (4)    $ 794,864   

Thomas A. Andruskevich

     144,000         50,378         —           10,408 (5)      204,786   

Bruce D. Frank

     90,750         —           —           2,150 (5)      92,900   

Former Directors

             

Nicholas S. Schorsch

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —        $ —     

David S. Kay

     —           —           —           —          —     

William M. Kahane

     53,827         556,778         —           10,400 (4)      621,005   

Edward M. Weil, Jr.

     57,327         556,778         —           10,400 (4)      625,505   

Leslie D. Michelson

     214,750         692,817         —           77,674 (6)      985,241   

Scott J. Bowman

     173,944         587,010         —           38,298 (7)      799,252   

Edward G. Rendell

     224,000         556,778         —           37,118 (8)      817,896   

Scott P. Sealy, Sr.

     72,694         50,378         —           1,200 (4)      124,272   

 

(1) For a description of the annual non-employee director retainer fees and related payments, please see “Compensation of the Board of Directors – Board of Director Compensation Prior to January 1, 2015.”
(2) Reflects the grant date fair value of stock awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For further information on how we account for stock-based compensation and the assumptions used, see Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2015. These amounts reflect the Company’s accounting expense for these awards and do not correspond to the actual amounts, if any, that will be recognized by the named executive officers.
(3) Excludes compensation while serving as interim chief executive officer. Refer to the “Summary Compensation Table” above for amounts paid while serving in capacity of interim chief executive officer.
(4) Represents dividends on restricted stock.
(5) Represents reimbursement of travel and other expenses.
(6) Includes dividends on restricted stock of $43,010 and reimbursement of travel and other expenses of $34,664.
(7) Includes dividends on restricted stock of $33,541 and reimbursement of travel and other expenses of 4,757.
(8) Includes dividends on restricted stock of $35,738 and reimbursement of travel and other expenses of $1,380.

 

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Stock Ownership by Directors, Officers and Certain Stockholders

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock as of April 24, 2015, in each case including shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by such persons within 60 days, by:

 

  each person known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of its outstanding shares of Common Stock based solely upon the amounts and percentages contained in the public filings of such persons;

 

  each of the Company’s current executive officers and directors;

 

  all of the Company’s current executive officers and directors as a group; and

 

  each of the former executive officers.

 

     Percentage of Common Stock  

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Shares Owned(4)     Percentage(5)  

The Vanguard Group(1)

     124,491,238        13.40

Corvex Management LP(2)

     70,644,429        7.60

Directors and Executive Officers(3)

    

Hugh R. Frater

     —            

Julie G. Richardson

     —            

William G. Stanley(6)(8)

     102,146          

Thomas A. Andruskevich (7)(8)

     138,576          

Bruce Frank (8)

     4,010          

Glenn J. Rufrano

     15,000          

Michael J. Sodo(8)(10)

     48,666          

Richard A. Silfen(8)(9)

     31,898          

Gavin B. Brandon(8)

     12,464          

Paul H. McDowell(8)(11)

     34,019          

Thomas W. Roberts(8)

     315,503          

Michael T. Ezzell(8)

     123,948          
  

 

 

   

All directors and executive officers as a group

  826,230        

Former Executive Officers(12)

Nicholas S. Schorsch

  15,368,970 (13)    1.65

David S. Kay

  —          

Brian S. Block

  731,661 (14)      

Lisa E. Beeson

  9,907        

 

* Represents less than 1% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding.
(1) The address for The Vanguard Group is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355.
(2) The address for Corvex Management LP is 712 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, New York, 10019.
(3) The address for each of these persons is c/o American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.
(4) 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 or 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.
(5)

The total number of shares of Common Stock represents 929,002,753 shares outstanding as of April 24, 2015, which includes (i) 1,844,692 shares of Common Stock granted to our independent directors, employees and certain non-

 

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  employees that are subject to certain vesting restrictions, (ii) 97,356 of unvested restricted stock units and (iii) 23,763,797 OP units that are currently exchangeable for cash or, at our option as general partner of our Operating Partnership, shares of our Common Stock on a one-to-one basis. OP Units are exchangeable, except under certain limited circumstances, beginning one year from the date of issuance, which includes the holding period of any units that were converted into OP Units (e.g., LTIP Units) and have no expiration date.
(6) Excludes 1,583 Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
(7) Includes 123,699 shares of Common Stock held in the Thomas A. Andruskevich 2011 Revocable Trust.
(8) Some shares are subject to certain vesting restrictions.
(9) Includes 19,611 shares of Common stock subject to certain vesting restrictions and 4,850 shares of Common Stock held by a limited partnership of which the officer owns indirectly a general partnership interest. The officer and his spouse together indirectly own an undivided 1.0% general partnership interest in the limited partnership that purchased the equity securities. The balance of the ownership of the limited partnership is held equally by the officer’s two children who reside in his household.
(10) Excludes 35,912 performance-based restricted stock units granted April 1, 2015.
(11) Excludes 10,241 time-based restricted stock units and 20,481 performance-based restricted stock units granted April 1, 2015.
(12) Based on information available to the Company.
(13) Includes 14,368,970 OP units that are currently exchangeable for cash, or at our option as general of our Operating Partnership, shares of our Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.
(14) Includes 719,837 OP units that are currently exchangeable for cash, or at our option as general of our Operating Partnership, shares of our Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table shows the amount of securities remaining available for future issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2014.

 

Plan category

   Number of securities
remaining available for future
issuance under equity
compensation plans
 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (Equity Plan)

     85,251,708   

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2014 OPP)

     —     
  

 

 

 

Total

  85,251,708   

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Related Party Transactions with AR Capital, LLC, RCS Capital Corporation and their Affiliates

Throughout the early part of 2014 and in connection with various transactions, the Company entered into related party transactions with affiliates of AR Capital, LLC and RCS Capital Corporation (“RCAP”), as further described below. A substantial majority of these transactions closed in the first quarter of 2014 and the Company has taken significant steps to eliminate its relationships with such parties.

On December 31, 2014, our Board of Directors determined to assign responsibility for reviewing, and, if appropriate, approving related person transactions to its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. To implement this change, the Board adopted an amendment to the bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) to delete Section 3.11 (which had previously established a Conflicts Committee of the Board to review and, if appropriate, approve certain related person transactions) and amended the charters of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The amended charters of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are available on the Company’s website at www.arcpreit.com.

Transition to Self-Management

Prior to January 8, 2014, the Former Manager, a wholly owned subsidiary of AR Capital, LLC (“ARC”), managed the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis, with the exception of certain acquisition, accounting and portfolio management services performed by employees of the Company. On January 8, 2014, the Company completed its transition to self-management and in connection with becoming self-managed, it terminated the management agreement with the Former Manager. All of the equity interests in ARC were owned by the following former officers and/or directors of the Company: Nicholas S. Schorsch; William M. Kahane; Peter M. Budko; Edward M. Weil, Jr; and Brian S. Block while the management agreement was effective. Mr. Schorsch formerly served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of our Board of Directors and was the Chief Executive Officer of and owned a controlling interest in the Former Manager. Mr. Weil formerly served as director, President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company and was the President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and

 

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Secretary of the Former Manager. Mr. Block formerly served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer and was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Former Manager. Mr. Kahane, formerly an officer of the Company and one of the Company’s directors, controls ARC with Mr. Schorsch. Mr. Budko also previously held officer positions with the Company.

The Former Manager agreed to provide certain transition services to the Company for a 60-day period following the Company’s January 8, 2014 transition to self-management related to accounting, acquisition, investor and public relations, human resources and administration, payroll, benefits, insurance and risk management, information technology, telecommunications and Internet, and office management. Pursuant to this agreement, the Company paid $10.0 million to the Former Manager on January 8, 2014. In addition, on January 8, 2014, the Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into the Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Former Manager (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Former Manager agreed to transfer to the Company furniture, fixtures and equipment used by the Former Manager in connection with the business of the Company. Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid the Former Manager $10.0 million for the furniture, fixtures and equipment and certain unreimbursed expenses. In addition, the Company paid RCS Advisory Services, LLC (“RCS Advisory”), a subsidiary of RCAP, $2.9 million in respect of the Transaction Management Services Agreement. Pursuant to the Transaction Management Services Agreement, dated December 9, 2013, the Company and the Operating Partnership agreed to pay RCS Advisory an aggregate fee of $2.9 million in connection with providing the following services: transaction management support related to the Cole Merger up to the date of the Transaction Management Services Agreement and ongoing transaction management support, marketing support, due diligence coordination and event coordination up to the date of the termination of the Transaction Management Services Agreement. The Transaction Management Services Agreement expired on the consummation of the Company’s transition to self-management on January 8, 2014. Refer to “Provision of Investment Banking Services to the Company by RCS Capital” below for a description of the relationship between the Company and RCS Advisory and RCAP.

Management Agreements with the Former Manager and Affiliates

Prior to the termination of the amended and restated management agreement on January 8, 2014, the Company paid the Former Manager an annual base management fee equal to 0.50% per annum of average unadjusted book value of the Company’s real estate assets, calculated and payable monthly in advance, for the value of assets up to $3.0 billion and 0.40% per annum for the unadjusted book value of assets over $3.0 billion. The management fee was generally payable in cash; however in lieu of cash, on January 21, 2014, the Former Manager agreed to settle all outstanding balances in stock, resulting in the Company issuing 388,461 shares of common stock to the Former Manager. The management fee was payable independent of the performance of the Company’s portfolio. Prior to the termination of the amended and restated management agreement as a result of the Company’s transition to self-management, the Company was required to pay the Former Manager a quarterly incentive fee, calculated based on 20% of the excess of annualized core earnings (as defined in the management agreement with the Former Manager) over the weighted-average number of shares multiplied by the weighted-average price per share of common stock. One half of each quarterly installment of the incentive fee would be payable in shares of common stock. The remainder of the incentive fee would be payable in cash. No incentive fees were incurred or paid for the year ended December 31, 2014.

The Company agreed to pay certain fees and make certain reimbursement during the year ended December 31, 2014 to the Former Manager and its affiliates, as applicable, for their out-of-pocket costs, 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 or general operation of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2014, these expenses totaled $2.0 million.

In connection with the asset management services provided by American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC (“ARCT IV Advisor”), an affiliate of ARC, ARCT IV issued (subject to periodic approval by ARCT IV’s board of directors) to the ARCT IV Advisor performance-based restricted partnership units of the ARCT IV OP designated as “ARCT IV Class B Units,” which were intended to be profit interests and to vest, and no longer be subject to forfeiture, at such time as: (x) the value of the ARCT IV OP’s assets plus all distributions that equaled or exceeded the total amount of capital contributed by investors plus a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded annual return thereon (the “economic hurdle”); (y) any one of the following occurs: (1) the termination of the advisory agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of ARCT IV’s independent directors without cause; (2) a listing; or (3) another liquidity event; and (z) the ARCT IV Advisor was still providing advisory services to ARCT IV.

The calculation of the ARCT IV asset management fees was equal to: (i) 0.1875% of the cost of ARCT IV’s assets; divided by (ii) the value of one share of ARCT IV common stock as of the last day of such calendar quarter. When approved by the board of directors, the ARCT IV Class B Units were issued to the ARCT IV Advisor quarterly in arrears pursuant to the terms of the ARCT IV OP agreement. The performance condition related to the 498,857 ARCT IV Class B Units, which includes

 

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units issued during the year ended December 31, 2013 and for the period of January 1, 2014 through the ARCT IV Merger Date, was satisfied upon the completion of the ARCT IV Merger. These ARCT IV Class B Units immediately converted into OP Units at the 2.3961 exchange ratio and the Company recorded an expense of $13.9 million based on the fair value of the ARCT IV Class B Units at that time. No additional expense was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Provision of Investment Banking Services to the Company by RCS Capital

Mr. Schorsch was a direct and significant stockholder in 2014 of RCAP, the parent of American National Stock Transfer, LLC, Realty Capital Securities, LLC (“RCS Capital”) and RCS Advisory. Additionally, each of Messrs. Block, Budko, Kahane and Weil held direct and/or critical positions at RCAP. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company engaged RCS Capital to provide investment banking and strategic advisory services to the Company in connection with several mergers (including the ARCT IV Merger, the Cole Merger and the Multi-tenant Spin-off described below), large portfolio acquisitions and certain equity and debt offerings. Each engagement provided for a standard success-based fee or structuring fee that was paid or was payable at the closing of a particular transaction. Additionally, such engagements provided for the reimbursement of certain out of pocket expenses to RCS Capital in connection with the provision of services in respect of such engagements. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company paid a fee of $1.0 million (equal to 0.25% of the contract purchase price) to RCS Capital for strategic advisory services related to the Company’s acquisition of certain properties in the Fortress Portfolio and $0.6 million (equal to 0.25% of the contract purchase price) related to the Company’s acquisition of certain properties in the Inland Portfolio.

Acquisition of ARCT IV

On January 3, 2014, the Company acquired ARCT IV pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ARCT IV Merger Agreement”), dated as of July 2, 2013, as amended on October 6, 2013 and October 11, 2013, by and among the Company, ARCT IV, Thunder Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, American Realty Capital Operating Partnership IV, L.P. (the “ARCT IV Operating Partnership”) and the Operating Partnership. In addition, pursuant to the ARCT IV Merger Agreement, the ARCT IV Operating Partnership completed its merger with and into the Operating Partnership, with the Operating Partnership being the surviving entity (the “ARCT IV Partnership Merger”).

In connection with the consummation of the ARCT IV Merger and the ARCT IV Partnership Merger, certain entities affiliated with ARC received the following amounts from the Company or its subsidiary during the year ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

 

Recipient

  

Description

   Amount  

American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC

  

Brokerage commission

   $ 8,400   

American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC

  

Sale of certain furniture, fixtures, equipment and other assets and reimbursement of certain costs

   $ 5,800   

Realty Capital Securities, LLC, RCS Advisory Services, LLC and American National Stock Transfer, LLC

  

Retention as non-exclusive advisor and information agent, respectively, to the Company in connection with the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 640 (1) 

Realty Capital Securities, LLC

  

Provision of financial advisory and strategic services to the Company prior to the consummation of the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 7,662 (1) 

ARC Advisory Services, LLC and RCS Advisory Services, LLC

  

Provision of legal support services prior to the date of the ARCT IV Merger Agreement

   $ 500 (1) 

Realty Capital Securities, LLC, RCS Advisory Services, LLC and American National Stock Transfer, LLC

  

Retention as non-exclusive advisor and information agent, respectively, to ARCT IV in connection with the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 750 (1) 

ARC Advisory Services, LLC and RCS Advisory Services, LLC

  

Provision of certain transition services in connection with the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 2,000 (1) 

American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC

  

Asset management services following consummation of the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 1,352 (1) 

Realty Capital Securities, LLC

  

Provision of financial advisory and strategic services to ARCT IV prior to the consummation of the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 7,662 (1) 

Realty Capital Securities, LLC, RCS Advisory Services, LLC and American National Stock Transfer, LLC

  

Expense reimbursements in connection with the ARCT IV Merger

   $ 417   

 

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In addition, on January 3, 2014, the Operating Partnership entered into a Contribution and Exchange Agreement (the “ARCT IV Contribution and Exchange Agreement”) with American Realty Capital Trust IV Special Limited Partner, LLC (the “ARCT IV Special Limited Partner”), ARC Real Estate and the ARCT IV Operating Partnership. In connection with ARCT IV management’s successful attainment of the 6% performance hurdle and the return to the ARCT IV’s stockholders of approximately $358.3 million in addition to their initial investment (determined based on the value of the merger consideration per share of ARCT IV’s common stock of: (i) $9.00 in cash; (ii) 0.5190 of a share of the Common Stock (valued at $6.70 using the Common Stock closing price of $12.91 on the trading day of the ARCT IV Merger and representing 21.9% of the total nominal consideration); and (iii) 0.5937 of a share of the Company’s 6.70% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NASDAQ: ARCPP) (valued at $14.84 based on the liquidation preference of $25.00 per share and representing 48.6% of the total nominal consideration), for a fixed nominal consideration, as of January 3, 2014, of $30.54), the ARCT IV Special Limited Partner was entitled to receive a subordinated distribution of net sales proceeds from the ARCT IV Operating Partnership in an amount equal to approximately $63.2 million (the “ARCT IV Subordinated Distribution Amount”). Pursuant to the ARCT IV Contribution and Exchange Agreement, (i) the ARCT IV Special Limited Partner contributed its interest (with a value equal to the ARCT IV Subordinated Distribution Amount) to the ARCT IV Operating Partnership in exchange for an amount of common units of equity ownership of the ARCT IV Operating Partnership equivalent to 6,734,148 common units of equity ownership of the Operating Partnership, or $78.2 million, which were automatically converted into such Operating Partnership common units upon consummation of the ARCT IV Partnership Merger, and (ii) ARC Real Estate, contributed $750,000 in cash to the ARCT IV Operating Partnership, effective prior to the consummation of the ARCT IV Merger and ARCT IV Partnership Merger, in exchange for an amount of common units of equity ownership of the ARCT IV Operating Partnership equivalent to 79,872 common units of equity ownership of our Operating Partnership, which were automatically converted into such OP Units upon consummation of the ARCT IV Partnership Merger. For a description of the ownership interests of the Company’s officers and directors in AR Capital, LLC, see “— Transition to Self-Management” above.

Acquisition of Cole

On February 7, 2014, the Company acquired Cole (the “Cole Merger”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Cole Merger Agreement”), dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among the Company, Cole and Clark Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

In connection with the consummation of the Cole Merger, each of RCAP, RCS Advisory and ANST received the following amounts from the Company during the year ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands).

 

Recipient

  

Description

   Amount  

Realty Capital Securities, LLC

  

Provision of financial advisory and strategic services to the Company prior to the consummation of the Cole Merger

   $ 28,429 (1) 

ANST

  

Retention as non-exclusive advisor and information agent, respectively, to the Company in connection with the Cole Merger

   $ 750   

Realty Capital Services, LLC, RCS Advisory Services, LLC and ANST

  

Expense reimbursements in connection with the Cole Merger

   $ 1,051   

 

(1) Includes amounts expensed during the year ended December 31, 2013, but paid during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Multi-tenant Spin-off

The Company entered into an agreement with RCS, under which RCS agreed to provide strategic and financial advisory services to the Company in connection with the spin-off of the Company’s multi-tenant shopping center business. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company incurred $1.8 million of fees under such agreements.

Assumption of RCS Advisory Services, LLC Services Agreement

Pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated January 8, 2014, between ARC and RCS Advisory, an entity under common ownership with the Former Manager, ARC assigned to the Company, and the Company assumed, the rights and obligation under that certain Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”), dated as of June 10, 2013, between ARC and RCS Advisory. Under the Services Agreement, RCS Advisory and its affiliates agreed to provide certain transaction management services to the Company (including, without limitation, offering registration, regulatory advice with respect to the SEC and FINRA, registration maintenance, transaction management, marketing support, due diligence advice and related meetings, events training and education and conference management) and other services, employees and other resources. Such services were charged hourly. During the year ended December 31, 2014, pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Company incurred $2.2 million of costs related to the Company’s ATM equity program and common stock offering.

 

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Audrain Building and Other Offices

The Company incurred fees and expenses payable to ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC (“ARC Real Estate”), a subsidiary of the Former Manager, or payable to a third party on behalf of ARC Real Estate for amenities related to Audrain (defined below) and certain other offices totaling $11.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, of which $8.7 million related to Audrain, as defined below. In addition, on October 4, 2013, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a subsidiary of ARC Real Estate, an affiliate of the Former Manager, to lease space in a building in Newport, Rhode Island (“Audrain”) for a term of 15 years with annual base rent of $0.4 million requiring monthly payments beginning on that date. As there were tenants occupying the building when it was purchased, these tenants subleased their premises from the Company until their leases terminated. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company incurred and paid $0.3 million for base rent, which was partially offset by $17,000 of rental revenue received from the subtenants during the year ended December 31, 2014.

As a result of findings of the investigation conducted by the Audit Committee, the Company terminated this lease agreement and was reimbursed for the tenant improvement and furniture costs incurred by the Company totaling $8.5 million, during the year ended December 31, 2014. Reimbursement was made by delivery and retirement of 916,423 OP Units held by an affiliate of the Former Manager. The Company never moved into or occupied the building.

In addition, the Company paid an affiliate of the Former Manager $0.6 million for rent and $1.1 million for leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures related to the New York (405 Park) office, $0.5 million for leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures related to the Phoenix office, and an aggregate of $0.1 million for rent related to the Pennsylvania and North Carolina offices. The Company has since vacated the New York (405 Park), Pennsylvania and North Carolina offices.

Equity Awards

The Company entered into a 2013 Advisor Multi-Year Outperformance Agreement (the “Advisor OPP”) with the Operating Partnership and the Former Manager on February 28, 2013. Under the Advisor OPP, the Former Manager was granted 8,241,101 LTIP units which, pursuant to the terms of the Advisor OPP, were to be earned or forfeited based on the level of achievement of the performance metrics under the OPP. The performance period under the OPP commenced on December 11, 2012 and was scheduled to end on December 31, 2015, with interim measurement periods ending on December 31, 2013 and 2014. Any LTIP units were to be earned under the OPP and were to vest .333 on each of December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and the Former Manager would have been entitled to convert an LTIP unit into an OP Unit within 30 days following each vesting date. In addition, the Advisor OPP provided for accelerated earning and vesting of LTIP units if the Former Manager was terminated or if the Company experienced a change in control. The Former Manager was entitled to receive a tax gross-up in the event that any amounts paid to it under the OPP constituted “parachute payments” as defined in Section 280G of the Code.

Effective January 8, 2014, in connection with the Company’s successful transition to self-management, the Compensation Committee determined that each of the 8,241,101 LTIP Units issued under the Advisor OPP were fully vested and earned. The LTIP Units were converted into OP Units by the Former Manager and distributed to the members of ARC ratably on such date.

The Former Manager is directly wholly owned by ARC. For a description of the ownership interests of the Company’s officers and directors in ARC, see “— Transition to Self-Management” above.

In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company granted 796,075 restricted stock awards to employees of affiliates of the Former Manager as compensation for certain services and 87,702 restricted stock awards to two directors who are affiliates of the Former Manager. The grant date fair value of the awards was $12.5 million.

Tax Protection Agreement

The Company is party to a tax protection agreement with ARC Real Estate, an affiliate of ARC, which contributed its 100% indirect ownership interests in 63 of the Company’s properties to the Operating Partnership in the formation transactions related to the Company’s IPO. Pursuant to the tax protection agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify ARC Real Estate 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 two vacant properties contributed), if the Company sells, conveys, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or any portion of these interests in a taxable transaction on or prior to September 6, 2021. The sole and exclusive rights and remedies of ARC Real Estate under the tax protection agreement will be a claim against the Operating Partnership for its tax liabilities as calculated in the tax protection agreement, and ARC Real Estate shall not be entitled to pursue a claim for specific performance or bring a claim against any person that acquires a protected party from the Operating Partnership in violation of the tax protection agreement. ARC Real Estate is owned and controlled in the same manner as ARC. For a description of the ownership interests of the Company’s officers and directors in ARC, see “— Transition to Self-Management” above.

 

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Unconsummated Sale of Cole Capital to RCAP

On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement, pursuant to which RCAP would acquire Cole Capital for at least $700.0 million. As part of the transaction, the Company would be entitled to an earn-out of up to an additional $130.0 million based upon Cole Capital’s 2015 earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization. On November 3, 2014, the Company received notice from RCAP purporting to terminate the agreement. On December 4, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered into a settlement agreement with RCAP that resolved their dispute relating to the agreement.

The settlement included: $42.7 million in cash paid by RCAP to the Company; a $15.3 million unsecured note issued by RCAP to the Company; and a release of the Company from its obligation to pay $2.0 million to RCAP for services performed in relation to the 2014 common stock offering. The $42.7 million in cash included a $10.0 million payment already delivered to the Company by RCAP in connection with the Agreement. In addition, the Company and RCAP have agreed to terminate, unwind or otherwise discontinue all agreements, arrangements and understandings between the two parties and any of their respective subsidiaries.

Related Party Transactions with the Managed REITs in Ordinary Course of Cole Capital’s Business

As part of the Company’s operation of its Cole Capital segment, it is contractually responsible for managing the affairs of Cole Credit Property Trust IV, Inc. (“CCPT IV”), Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. (“INAV”), Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”) and Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. (“CCPT V,” and collectively with CCPT IV, INAV and CCIT II, the “Managed REITs”) on a day-to-day basis, identifying and making acquisitions and investments on the Managed REITs’ behalf, and recommending to each of the Managed REIT’s respective board of directors an approach for providing investors with liquidity. Cole Capital receives compensation and reimbursement for services relating to these services. Certain of our executive officers have also served as directors and/or executive officers of the Managed REITs concurrently. Additionally, information contained herein in respect to the Managed REITs is presented through December 31, 2014, however these arrangements are ongoing. The Company also provided these services to Cole Credit Property Trust, Inc. (“CCPT”) and Cole Corporate Income Trust, Inc. (“CCIT”) until completion of liquidation events on May 19, 2014 and January 29, 2015, respectively.

Advisory Agreements

During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company, through directly or indirectly controlled affiliate entities, was a party to independent advisory agreements with CCPT IV, CCIT, INAV, CCIT II and CCPT V, whereby it earns acquisition fees related to the acquisition, development or construction of properties on behalf of certain of the Managed REITs. In addition, the Company is reimbursed for acquisition expenses incurred in the process of acquiring properties up to certain limits per the respective advisory agreement. The Company is not reimbursed for personnel costs in connection with services for which it receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. In addition, the Company may earn disposition fees related to the sale of one or more properties, including those held indirectly through joint ventures, on behalf of a Managed REIT.

The Company earns advisory and asset and property management fees from certain Managed REITs and other affiliates. In addition, the Company may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in providing advisory and asset and property management services, subject to certain limitations. In connection with services provided by the Company related to the origination or refinancing of any debt financing obtained by certain Managed REITs that is used to acquire properties or to make other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties, the Company is reimbursed for financing expenses incurred, subject to certain limitations.

 

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The Company recorded fees and expense reimbursements as shown in the table below for services provided primarily to the Managed REITs (as described above) during the period from February 7, 2014 (the “Cole Acquisition Date”) to December 31, 2014 (in thousands).

 

     Period from the Cole Acquisition Date to December 31, 2014  
     CCPT IV      CCPT V      CCIT      CCIT II      INAV      Other (1)  

Operations:

           

Acquisition fee revenue

   $ 35,253       $ 7,705         4,943       $ 12,525       $ —         $ 246   

Asset management fee revenue

     —           —           —           —           —           900   

Property management and leasing fee revenue

     —           —           —           —           —           877   

Operating expense reimbursement revenue

     6,574         2,543         2,931         598         448         —     

Advisory and performance fee revenue

     19,915         629         16,933         1,493         1,936         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 61,742    $ 10,877    $ 24,807    $ 14,616    $ 2,384    $ 2,023   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes fees earned from CCPT tenant-in-common programs and Delaware statutory trust programs.

Dealer Manager Agreements

Cole Capital Corporation, an indirectly controlled affiliate of the Company, generally receives a selling commission of up to 7.0% of gross offering proceeds related to the sale of shares of CCPT IV, CCIT II and CCPT V common stock in their primary offerings, before reallowance of commissions earned by participating broker-dealers. The Company has and intends to continue to reallow 100% of selling commissions earned to participating broker-dealers. In addition, the Company generally receives 2.0% of gross offering proceeds in the primary offerings, before reallowance to participating broker-dealers, as a dealer manager fee in connection with the sale of CCPT IV, CCIT II and CCPT V shares of common stock. The Company, in its sole discretion, may reallow all or a portion of its dealer manager fee to such participating broker-dealers as a marketing and due diligence expense reimbursement, based on factors such as the volume of shares sold by such participating broker-dealers and the amount of marketing support provided by such participating broker-dealers. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are paid to the Company or other broker-dealers with respect to shares sold under the respective Managed REIT’s distribution reinvestment plans, under which the stockholders may elect to have distributions reinvested in additional shares. CCPT IV closed its offering in February 2014.

In connection with the sale of INAV shares of common stock, the Company receives an asset-based dealer manager fee that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to (i) 1/365th of 0.55% of the net asset value (“NAV”) for Wrap Class shares of common stock (“W Shares”) for such day, (ii) 1/365th of 0.55% of the NAV for Advisor Class shares of common stock (“A Shares”) for such day and (iii) 1/365th of 0.25% of the NAV for Institutional Class shares of common stock (“I Shares”) for such day. The Company, in its sole discretion, may reallow a portion of its dealer-manager fee received on W Shares, A Shares and I Shares to participating broker-dealers. In addition, the Company receives a selling commission on A Shares sold in the primary offering of up to 3.75% of the offering price per share for A Shares. The Company has and intends to continue to reallow 100% of selling commissions earned to participating broker-dealers. The Company also receives an asset-based distribution fee for A Shares that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.50% of the NAV for A Shares for such day. The Company, in its sole discretion, may reallow a portion of the distribution fee to participating broker-dealers. No selling commissions are paid to the Company or other broker-dealers with respect to W Shares or I Shares or on shares of any class of INAV common stock sold pursuant to INAV’s distribution reinvestment plan, under which the stockholders may elect to have distributions reinvested in additional shares, and no distribution fees are paid to the Company or other broker-dealers with respect to W Shares or I Shares.

All other organization and offering expenses associated with the sale of the Managed REITs’ common stock (excluding selling commissions, if applicable, and the dealer manager fee) are paid for in advance by the Company and subject to reimbursement by the Managed REITs, up to certain limits per the respective advisory agreement. Expenses paid on behalf of the Managed REITs in excess of these limits that are expected to be collected are recorded as program development costs. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had $12.9 million of organization and offering costs paid on behalf of the Managed REITs in excess of the limits that have not been reimbursed, which are expected to be reimbursed by the Managed REITs as they raise additional proceeds from the respective offering.

 

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The table below shows the commissions, fees and expense reimbursements recorded by the Company and the related commissions and distribution fees reallowed to participating broker-dealers for services provided to the Managed REITs during the period from the Cole Acquisition Date to December 31, 2014 (in thousands).

 

     Period from the Cole Acquisition Date to December 31, 2014  
     CCPT IV     CCPT V     CCIT     CCIT II     INAV     Total  

Offering:

            

Selling commission revenue

   $ 29,113      $ 11,534      $ (4   $ 15,817      $ 562      $ 57,022   

Selling commissions reallowance expense

     (29,113     (11,534     4        (15,817     (562     (57,022

Dealer manager and distribution fee revenue

     8,771        3,403        (1     4,806        555        17,534   

Dealer manager fees reallowance expense

     (4,971     (1,794     1        (2,357     (49     (9,170

Other expense reimbursement revenue

     3,748        3,475        —          4,844        486        12,553   

Due from Affiliates

In January 2014, the Company, through a subsidiary, entered into a $10.0 million subordinate revolving line of credit with CCIT II (the “CCIT II Loan”). The CCIT II Loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.20% with accrued interest payable monthly in arrears and principal due upon maturity on January 13, 2015. On November 11, 2014, Series C entered into a second modification agreement to the CCIT II Loan, in order to extend the maturity date to January 13, 2016. As of December 31, 2014, the amount outstanding under the CCIT II Loan was $30.0 million and for the year ended December 31, 2014, we earned $280,000 in interest under the CCIT II Loan.

In March 2014, the Company, through a subsidiary, entered into a $10.0 million subordinated revolving line of credit with CCPT V. On September 24, 2014, we entered into a modification agreement in order to increase the maximum principal amount of the subordinated revolving line of credit to $60.0 million. On November 11, 2014, we entered into a second modification agreement to the CCPT V Loan, in order to extend the maturity date to March 17, 2016 (the “CCPT V Loan”). The CCPT V Loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.20% with accrued interest payable monthly in arrears and principal due upon maturity on March 17, 2016. In the event the CCPT V Loan is not paid off on the maturity date, the loan includes default provisions. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, interest on the CCPT V Loan will accrue at an annual default interest rate equal to 4.0% above the stated interest rate. As of December 31, 2014, the amount outstanding under the CCPT V Loan was $20.0 million and for the year ended December 31, 2014, we earned $131,000 in interest under the CCPT V Loan.

In December 2014, the Company, through a subsidiary, entered into a $20.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit with INAV (“INAV Loan”). The INAV Loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.45% with accrued interest payable monthly in arrears and principal due upon maturity on December 15, 2015. The INAV Loan had an interest rate of 2.61% as of December 31, 2014. In the event the INAV Loan is not paid off on the maturity date, the loan includes default provisions. As of December 31, 2014, no amounts were outstanding and for the year ended December 31, 2014, no interest income was earned under the INAV Loan.

Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures

Adoption of New Related Party Transactions Policy

As described above, the Board has determined to assign the responsibility for reviewing, and, if appropriate, approving related person transactions to its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Thomas A. Andruskevich (Chairman), Bruce D. Frank, Hugh R. Frater, Julie G. Richardson and William G. Stanley.

Limitations on Personal Investments

Our Board of Directors has adopted a policy with respect to any proposed investments by our directors or officers, 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 (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.

 

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Operating Partnership

We have adopted policies that are designed to eliminate or minimize certain potential conflicts of interest, and the limited partners of the Operating Partnership have agreed that in the event of a conflict between the duties owed by our directors to the Company and the Company’s duties, in its capacity as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, to such limited partners, we are under no obligation to give priority to the interests of such limited partners.

Real Estate Allocation Policy with Cole Non-traded REITs

In connection with the acquisition of Cole, we acquired certain advisory agreements with the Managed REITs. The Managed REITs’ investment strategies focus on the acquisition of net lease real estate, overlapping with our investment strategy in certain circumstances. Thus, we intend to allocate investment opportunities in light of the following criteria:

 

    the anticipated operating cash flows of each entity and the cash requirements of each entity;

 

    the effect of the potential acquisition both on diversification of each entity’s investments by type of property, geographic area and tenant concentration;

 

    the amount of funds available to each entity and the length of time such funds have been available for investment;

 

    the policy of each entity relating to leverage of properties;

 

    the income tax effects of the purchase to each entity; and

 

    the size of the investment.

If we determine that an investment opportunity may be equally appropriate for more than one program, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was allocated an investment opportunity of a similar size and type (e.g., office, industrial or retail) will first be offered such investment opportunity.

ARCP retains a right of first refusal in relationship to CCIT II and CCPT V with respect to all opportunities to acquire real estate and real estate-related assets or portfolios with a purchase price greater than $100.0 million, the majority of whose aggregate asset value is composed of single-tenant real estate and real estate-related assets.

Director Independence

The Board of Directors has considered the independence of each director in accordance with the elements of independence set forth in the listing standards of NASDAQ. The Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that Hugh R. Frater, Julie G. Richardson, William G. Stanley, Thomas A. Andruskevich and Bruce D. Frank have no material relationship with the Company (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company) other than as a director of the Company and are “independent” within the meaning of NASDAQ’s director independence standards and the Company’s Audit Committee independence standards, as currently in effect. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of the five independent directors satisfies the listing standards for independence. There are no familial relationships between any of our independent directors and executive officers.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

Fees

Aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Grant Thornton LLP for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

Audit Fees

Audit fees billed for professional services rendered for audits of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and for reviews of the Company’s quarterly consolidated financial statements presented in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q were $3,321,531 and $1,581,942 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In addition, audit fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s restatements of previously–issued financial statements for the fiscal year 2013 and the reviews of the Company’s restatements of previously-issued financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 were $2,949,183. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, the Company also incurred $954,154 for services provided related to the Multi-tenant Spin-off and comfort letter procedures performed. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, fees for other services were $106,087 and related to audits performed under Regulation S-X Rule 3-14.

 

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Audit Related Fees

There were no audit related fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 or 2013.

Tax Fees

There were no tax fees for services rendered by Grant Thornton LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

All Other Fees

There were no other fees for fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 or 2013.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

All services rendered by Grant Thornton LLP, the Company’s independent auditor, were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. In considering the nature of the services provided by the independent auditor, the Audit Committee determined that such services were compatible with the provision of non-audit independent audit services. The Audit Committee discussed these services with the independent auditor and the Company’s management to determine that they were permitted under the rules and regulations concerning auditor independence promulgated by the SEC to implement the related requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”).

 

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibit Index and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

  (a) Financial Statement Schedules

See the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements (including Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation and Schedule of Mortgage Loans on Real Estate) at page F-1 of the Original Filing

 

  (b) Exhibits

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

    2.1 (1)

   Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition LLC, American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. and American Realty Capital Operating Partnership III, L.P., dated as of December 14, 2012**

    2.2 (7)

   Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Safari Acquisition, LLC, CapLease, Inc., CapLease, LP and CLF OP General Partner LLC, dated as of May 28, 2013.**

    2.3 (8)

   Purchase and Sale Agreement, by and among, CNL APF Partners, LP and Certain Affiliates as Seller Parties, and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., as Purchaser, dated May 31, 2013.**

    2.4 (10)

   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2013, among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., Thunder Acquisition, LLC, ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and American Realty Capital Operating Partnership IV, L.P.**

    2.4.1 (15)

   Amendment dated as of October 6, 2013 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Thunder Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc. and American Realty Capital Operating Partnership IV, L.P.

    2.4.2 (22)

   Second Amendment dated as of October 11, 2013 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Thunder Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc. and American Realty Capital Operating Partnership IV, L.P.

    2.5 (14)

   Equity Interest Purchase Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and AR Capital, LLC, dated as of August 8, 2013. **

    2.6 (16)

   Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among ARC PADRBPA001, LLC and AR Capital, LLC and the sellers described on schedules thereto, dated as of July 24, 2013. **

    2.7 (17)

   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. and Clark Acquisition, 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.

    3.3 (4)

   Articles Supplementary Relating to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., dated May 10, 2012.

    3.4 (5)

   Articles Supplementary Relating to the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., dated July 24, 2012.

    3.5 (9)

   Articles Supplementary for the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., dated June 6, 2013.

    3.6 (11)

   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Amendment and Restatement of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., effective July 2, 2013.

    3.7 (21)

   Articles Supplementary for the Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., filed November 8, 2013.

    3.8 (24)

   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Amendment and Restatement of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., filed with the SDAT on December 9, 2013.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

    3.9 (25)

   Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Incorporation of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. classifying and designating the 6.70% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, dated January 2, 2014.

    3.10 (27)

   Amendment to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s bylaws, effective as of February 7, 2014.

    3.11 (34)

   Amendment No. 2 to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s bylaws, effective December 31, 2014.

    3.12 (40)

   Certificate of Limited Partnership of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.

    4.1 (30)

   Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., effective January 3, 2014.

    4.2 (11)

   Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2013, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

    4.3 (11)

   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2013, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

    4.4 (20)

   Form of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (included in Exhibit 4.3).

    4.5 (19)

   Indenture, dated as of October 9, 2007, by and among CapLease, Inc., Caplease, LP, CapLease Debt Funding, LP, CapLease Services Corp., CapLease Credit LLC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

    4.6 (19)

   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., CapLease, Inc., CapLease, LP and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.

    4.7 (19)

   Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2005, by and between CapLease, LP and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as successor-in-trust to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

    4.8 (19)

   Supplemental Indenture, dated November 5, 2013, by and among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., CapLease, LP and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as successor-in-trust to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

    4.9 (23)

   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 10, 2013, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

    4.10 (23)

   Form of 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020.

    4.11 (27)

   Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Clark Acquisition, LLC, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

    4.12 (27)

   Officers’ Certificate, dated as of February 6, 2014.

    4.13 (27)

   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Clark Acquisition, LLC, the guarantors named therein, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

  10.1 (29)

   Amendment and Acknowledgment of Termination of Amended and Restated Management Agreement, entered into as of January 8, 2014, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and ARC Properties Advisors, LLC.

  10.2 (3)

   Equity Plan, effective September 5, 2011 of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

  10.3 (41)

   First Amendment to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s Equity Plan, effective November 12, 2012.

  10.4 (41)

   Second Amendment to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s Equity Plan, effective February 28, 2013.

  10.5 (3)

   Director Stock Plan of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

  10.6 (3)

   Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Non-Executive Directors.

  10.7 (3)

   Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for ARC Properties Advisors, LLC.

  10.8 (7)

   Voting Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Paul H. McDowell, William R. Pollert, Shawn P. Seale, Robert C. Blanz and Paul C. Hughes.

  10.9 (7)

   Management Letter Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2013, among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Paul H. McDowell, William R. Pollert, Shawn P. Seale, Robert C. Blanz, Michael J. Heneghan and Paul C. Hughes.

  10.10 (10)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2013, among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., American Realty Capital Operating Partnership IV, L.P., American Realty Capital Trust IV Special Limited Partner, LLC, American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC and American Realty Capital Properties IV, LLC.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

  10.11 (10)

   Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2013, between ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and American Realty Capital Advisors IV, LLC.

  10.12 (12)

   Augmenting Lender and Increasing Lender Supplement and Incremental Amendment, dated as of March 28, 2013, to the Credit Agreement, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

  10.13 (12)

   Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, by and among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of May 28, 2013.

  10.14 (12)

   Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, by and among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of July 22, 2013.

  10.15 (12)

   Indemnity Agreement, by Indemnitors, in favor of ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC, dated December 28, 2012.

  10.16 (13)

   Credit Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2013, among American Realty Capital Operating Partnership III, L.P., American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, RBS Citizens, N.A., Regions Bank, Capital One, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the other lenders party hereto.

  10.17 (13)

   Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2013, entered into by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and certain investors party thereto.

  10.18 (19)

   Credit Agreement, dated June 29, 2012, by and among CapLease, Inc., CapLease, LP, certain subsidiaries of CapLease, LP party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and sole lender.

  10.19 (19)

   First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated April 16, 2013, by and among CapLease, Inc., CapLease, LP, certain subsidiaries of CapLease, LP party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and sole lender.

  10.20 (19)

   Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated June 21, 2013, by and among CapLease, Inc., CapLease, LP, certain subsidiaries of CapLease, LP party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and sole lender.

  10.21 (19)

   Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated November 5, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Safari Acquisition, LLC, certain subsidiaries of Safari Acquisition, LLC party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and sole lender.

  10.22 (17)

   Voting Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc., Christopher H. Cole and Marc T. Nemer.

  10.23 (17)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. and Christopher H. Cole.

  10.24 (17)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. and Marc T. Nemer.

  10.25 (18)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Kirk McAllaster.

  10.26 (18)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Stephan Keller.

  10.27 (18)

   Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2013, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Jeffery Holland.

  10.28 (20)

   First Amendment dated as of September 30, 2013 to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 24, 2013, by and among ARC DB5PROP001, LLC, ARC DBPGDYR001, LLC, ARC DBPPROP001, LLC, ARC DB5SAAB001, LLC, ARC DBGWSDG001, LLC and ARC DBGESRG001, LLC and the sellers described on the schedules thereto.

  10.29 (20)

   Second Amendment dated as October 1, 2013 to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 24, 2013, by and among ARC DB5PROP001, LLC, ARC DBPGDYR001, LLC, ARC DBPPROP001, LLC, ARC DB5SAAB001, LLC, ARC DBGWSDG001, LLC and ARC DBGESRG001, LLC and the sellers described on the schedules thereto.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

  10.30 (20)

   Third Amendment dated as of October 30, 2013 to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 24, 2013, by and among ARC DB5PROP001, LLC, ARC DBPGDYR001, LLC, ARC DBPPROP001, LLC, ARC DB5SAAB001, LLC, ARC DBGWSDG001, LLC and ARC DBGESRG001, LLC and the sellers described on the schedules thereto.

  10.31 (20)

   Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, by and among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November 4, 2013.

  10.32 (20)

   Employment Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013, by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Nicholas S. Schorsch.

  10.33 (20)

   Employment Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013, by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Brian S. Block.

  10.34 (20)

   Employment Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013, by and between American Realty Capital Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and Lisa Beeson.

  10.35 (26)

   Contribution and Exchange Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., American Realty Capital Trust IV Special Limited Partner, LLC, AREP and ARCT IV Operating Partnership.

  10.36 (29)

   Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, entered into as of January 8, 2014, by and among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and ARC Properties Advisors, LLC.

  10.37 (29)

   Employment Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2013, by and between American Realty Capital Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and David S. Kay.

  10.38 (29)

   2014 Multi-Year Outperformance Plan of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

  10.39 (29)

   Form of Award Agreement Under the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.’s 2014 Multi-Year Outperformance Plan.

  10.40 (29)

   Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated December 4, 2013, by and among, ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.

  10.41 (29)

   Augmenting Lender and Increasing Lender Supplement, dated as of December 20, 2013, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.

  10.42 (29)

   Augmenting Lender Supplement, dated as of January 17, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.

  10.43(29)

   Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated February 4, 2014, by and among, ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.

  10.44 (29)

   Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated January 8, 2014, by and between AR Capital, LLC and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

  10.45 (31)

   Augmenting Lender Supplement, dated as of March 31, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., Tiger Acquisition, LLC, the Company, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, issuing bank and swingline lender.

  10.46 (32)

   Employment Offer Letter, dated as of October 21, 2013, by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Lisa Pavelka McAlister.

  10.47 (32)

   Employment Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2014, by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Richard A. Silfen.

  10.48 (32)

   Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of June 11, 2014, among certain subsidiaries of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. party thereto and BRE DDR Retail Holdings III LLC.

  10.49 (32)

   Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2014, among ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

  10.50 (32)

   First Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of July 18, 2014, among certain subsidiaries of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. party thereto and BRE DDR Retail Holdings III LLC.

  10.51 (33)

   Equity Purchase Agreement by and between ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and RCS Capital Corporation, dated as of September 30, 2014.

  10.52 (35)

   Agreement between Nicholas S. Schorsch and American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., dated December 12, 2014.

  10.53 (35)

   Separation Agreement and Release by and between the Co-Registrants and David Kay, dated December 14, 2014.

  10.54 (35)

   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and David Kay, dated October 1, 2014.

  10.55 (35)

   Separation Agreement and Release by and between the Co-Registrants and Lisa Beeson, dated December 15, 2014.

  10.56 (35)

   Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. and Lisa Beeson, effective October 1, 2014.

  10.57 (36)

   Consent and Waiver Agreement and First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2014 by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.

  10.58 (37)

   Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into with various executives on November 26, 2014.

  10.59 (38)

   Employment Letter, dated December 16, 2014, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Gavin Brandon.

  10.60 (38)

   Employee Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement, dated December 16, 2014, executed by Gavin Brandon.

  10.61 (39)

   Consent and Waiver Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2014, by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.

  10.62*

   Employment Letter, dated March 7, 2014, between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Michael Ezzell.

  10.63*

   Employment Letter, dated January 16, 2014 between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and Thomas Roberts.

  10.64*

   Assignment and Assumption Agreement between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and ARC Advisory Services, LLC, dated January 8, 2014.

  10.65*

   Employment Agreement dated September 24, 2013, between ARC Advisory Services, LLC and Paul McDowell.

  14 (6)

   Code of Ethics.

  21 (41)

   List of Subsidiaries.

  23.1 (41)

   Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.

  31.1 (41)

   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.2 (41)

   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.3 (41)

   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.4 (41)

   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.5*

   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.6*

   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.7*

   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.8*

   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.1 (41)

   Written statements of the Chief Executive Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.2 (41)

   Written statements of the Chief Financial Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.3 (41)

   Written statements of the Chief Executive Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.4 (41)

   Written statements of the Chief Financial Officer of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

101.INS***

   XBRL Instance Document.

101.SCH***

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL***

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF***

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB***

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE***

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

 

* Filed herewith
** Schedules and applicable exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
*** XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act and is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.
(1) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 17, 2012.
(2) Previously filed with the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form S-11 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-172205) filed by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. with the SEC 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 American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. with the SEC on June 13, 2011.
(4) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2012.
(5) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 30, 2012.
(6) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 1, 2012.
(7) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 28, 2013.
(8) Previously filed with the Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on June 7, 2013.
(9) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2013.
(10) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 2, 2013.
(11) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2013.
(12) Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on August 6, 2013.
(13) Previously filed with the Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on September 19, 2013.
(14) Previously filed with the Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on September 25, 2013.
(15) Previously filed with the First Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2013.
(16) Previously filed with the Second Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2013.
(17) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 23, 2013.
(18) Previously filed with the Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on October 25, 2013.
(19) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 5, 2013.
(20) Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on November 7, 2013.
(21) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 15, 2013.
(22) Previously filed as Annex E with the Final Prospectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) with the SEC on December 4, 2013.
(23) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 10, 2013.
(24) Previously filed with the Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on December 19, 2013.
(25) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 3, 2014.
(26) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2014.
(27) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 7, 2014.
(28) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed with the SEC on December 3, 2013.
(29) Previously filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014.

 

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(30) Previously filed with the Amendment No. 2 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015.
(31) Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2014.
(32) Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2014 filed with the SEC on July 29, 2014.
(33) Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2014 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015.
(34) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 5, 2015.
(35) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 15, 2014.
(36) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 18, 2014.
(37) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 3, 2014.
(38) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 22, 2014.
(39) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 30, 2014.
(40) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 1, 2014.
(41) Previously filed with the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2015.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 30th day of April, 2015.

 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
By:

/s/ Michael Sodo

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., its sole general partner
By:

/s/ Michael Sodo

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EX-10.62 2 d916489dex1062.htm EX-10.62 EX-10.62

EXHIBIT 10.62

 

 

LOGO

March 7, 2014

Mike Ezzell

3980 E. Navigator Lane

Phoenix, AZ 85050

Dear Mike:

On behalf of the Executive Leadership of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), I am pleased to present you with this formal letter amending and rearticulating your current employment arrangement. This letter is intended to address basic employment terms related to your continuing position with the Company.

Effective March 1, 2014, your title will change to Executive Vice President of Private Capital Markets.

Your semi-monthly salary, paid on the 15th and last business day of each month, will be $14,583.33 (which equates to $350,000 on an annual basis). Additionally, you will be eligible for discretionary bonus compensation comprised of (a) an annual bonus of up to 100% of your Base Salary and (b) an annual restricted stock grant of up to 100% of Base Salary, vesting over five years from the date of such grant (collectively, the “Annual Bonus”). The Annual Bonus is at the discretion of the senior management of the Company, based on yours and the Company’s performance during the year and will be paid out during the first quarter of the following year.

The Company is an at-will employer. This means that your employment and compensation may be terminated by you or the Company at any time, for any reason or no reason. Further, this letter and any discussions that you may have had with employees at the Company do not constitute a contract of employment or an assurance of continued indefinite employment. This letter shall be governed under the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

Sincerely,
/S/ Don Primosch
Don Primosch
Director, Human Resources

I accept the offer of continued employment upon the terms set forth in this letter as of the date set forth below. I understand that this offer does not constitute a contract of employment or an assurance of continued indefinite employment.

 

Signature: 

/s/ Michael Ezzell

Printed Name: 

Michael Ezzell

Date: 

3/7/14

 

 

LOGO

EX-10.63 3 d916489dex1063.htm EX-10.63 EX-10.63

Exhibit 10.63

 

 

LOGO

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

405 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10022

T: (212)415-6500 F:(212)230-1847

January 16, 2013

Thomas Roberts

5446 E. Exeter Blvd.

Phoenix, AZ 85018

Dear Thomas:

On behalf of the Executive Leadership of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), I am pleased to present you with this formal letter amending your current employment arrangement. This letter is intended to address basic employment terms related to your continuing position in the new combined entity.

We are excited about the opportunities this combined organization offers all of us, both professionally and personally. We look forward to working closely with you as we define our organizational future. Being the largest net lease REIT is something we can all be proud of and now with our combined corporate structure, we have the ability to achieve even more success.

Our combined teams are well positioned to be the market leader in the industry. There are many initiatives currently underway, which are designed to recognize the strength of our combined capabilities. We are looking for your continued leadership of both the organization and our colleagues as we move forward with these initiatives.

This letter will be effective as of the date of the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 22, 2013 by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., Clark Acquisition, LLC and Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc.). On the Effective Date, any then-existing employment arrangement between you and Cole or any predecessor in interest to Cole or merged subsidiary of Clark Acquisition, LLC or Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. shall be replaced with this letter and of no further force and effect, without further action by either party to such agreement. Your employment terms with the new combined entity will continue as defined below.

Your title will be EVP, Real Estate reporting directly to Lisa Beeson, Chief Operating Officer of the Company. You will work out of the Corporate Phoenix office. Similar to your current employment, you will be an at-will employee of the Company. This means that your employment can be terminated by either one of us at any time for any reason.

Your annual base salary will be $400,000.00 per annum, paid twice a month in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices (the “Base Salary”). This compensation structure will be in effect for 2014 and will be reevaluated in the normal course of business. Additionally, on an annual basis you will be eligible for annual bonus compensation comprised of (a) an annual bonus of up to 100% of your Base Salary and (b) an annual restricted stock grant of up to 200% of your Base Salary, vesting over five years from the date of any such grant (collectively, the “Annual Bonus”). The Annual Bonus is at the discretion of the senior management of the Company, based on your performance and the Company’s profitability during the year and will be paid out during the first quarter of the following year. In addition, you will be granted a retention stock bonus of $800,000 in ARCP stock within thirty (30) days of the Effective Time, which grant will vest over five (5) years from the date of the grant (the “Retention Bonus”). In addition, you will be paid an acquisitions incentive bonus at the rate of one and one half (1.5) basis points on all real estate acquisitions during the fiscal year (including acquisitions sourced by non-Cole legacy employees but excluding any corporate sourced M&A transactions), paid quarterly in arrears (the “Acquisitions Bonus”). If at any time your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, (a) the Company will pay


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you severance equal to trailing twelve month’s total annual cash compensation (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes your then current Base Salary, together with the cash portion of any Annual Bonus and any Acquisition Bonus amounts paid to you in the twelve-month period prior to your termination of employment and excludes any Cole Holdings merger related cash or stock compensation, ARCP – Cole merger related cash or stock compensation, the Retention Bonus or other equity or stock bonuses or grants) and (b) any previously granted but unvested stock grants shall immediately vest. Severance will be paid monthly over the twelve month period following your last day of employment with the Company provided, that the first payment of the severance shall be made on the sixtieth (60) day after the date of termination, and will include payment of any amount of the severance that was otherwise due prior thereto. For purposes of determining the time of payment (but not entitlement to) your severance payment, termination of employment will be construed consistent with a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. “Cause” means one or more of following acts: (a) your material breach of any employment agreement with Company; (b) your dishonesty, fraud, malfeasance, negligence or willful misconduct, which has had, or would reasonably be likely to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its affiliates; (c) your conviction of, or your entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or crime involving moral turpitude or gross misconduct; and (d) your continued failure to perform substantially your duties with Company or any affiliate of Company, after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by your supervisor specifically identifying the manner in which your supervisor believes you have not substantially performed. In no event will the Company terminate your employment for any alleged act under the foregoing definition of “Cause” (i) unless the Company will have first provided you with notice of your proposed termination for “Cause” and a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that your conduct did not, in fact, constitute “Cause” or (ii) you are able to cure your conduct after being given a reasonable period of time after notice (of no less than 30 days) to cure such conduct.

By executing this letter below, you agree that, following the termination of your employment with the Company, during the twelve-month period following such termination, you will not, for yourself or for any other person or entity, own, operate, manage or in any other way participate or be involved, as a director, officer, employee, consultant, partner, joint venture or otherwise (collectively, “any affiliation”), with any person, entity, or business that competes or intends to compete in the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including but not limited to the acquisition of commercial retail real estate or by offering exchange traded or non-exchange traded real estate investment products similar to the Company’s, directly or indirectly to retail or institutional investors anywhere in the Territory (collectively, “Competitors”); provided that the foregoing shall not restrict you from having an affiliation (either directly or indirectly) with any third party that provides consulting, advisory, or other similar services to any Competitor, so long as you are not, directly or indirectly, providing any services or know-how on behalf of such third party for the benefit of any Competitor. For convenience, attached as Exhibit “A” is a non-exclusive list of Competitors with which you are specifically prohibited from having any affiliation through the term set forth above. “Territory”, as used above, means (i) the United States of America, or ( ii) if the definition of “Territory” set forth in the immediately preceding clause is deemed overbroad by a court competent jurisdiction with respect to the restrictions set forth in this paragraph, then the state of Arizona; or (iii) if the definition of “Territory” set forth in the immediately preceding clause is deemed overbroad by a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the restrictions set forth in this paragraph, then all areas within 20 miles of the Company’s offices at

2325 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona.

Following the merger, we look forward to offering equity in the Company to business leaders and individual contributors, in recognition of their role in the combined Company and expected future impact. A key factor in determining the allocation of equity will be demonstrated leadership, impact and commitment to the strategies and people of the combined Company.

You will be eligible to participate in the current benefit programs offered to Company employees. This comprehensive package, detailed in Cole’s recent open enrollment materials, includes healthcare coverage, an employee assistance program, paid holidays, four weeks of paid vacation and personal days, a 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long and short-term disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts. Additional information about these and other benefits are described in the Company’s current benefit summary statement.

This letter is expressly conditioned upon your satisfactory endorsement of the Company’s Employment Covenants Agreement (attached). Please note that these are identical to those previously in place with Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc.

 

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP    e    405 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022    e    (212)415-6500


ARC Properties Operating Partnership, LP

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Should you have any questions regarding this letter or anything else, please do not hesitate to call me or Jean Callahan at 602-778-6083. Together we will achieve even greater future success. I look forward to working with you to create the largest net lease company and best in class private capital business.

Sincerely,

 

 

LOGO

Lisa Beeson

Chief Operating Officer

American Realty Capital Properties

/s/ Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts

 

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP    e    405 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022    e    (212)415-6500


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EXHIBIT “A”

The following is a list of companies with which, along with their affiliates and related entities, you may not have any affiliation with as set above. This list is not exclusive and you understand you may not have an affiliation with any other company (or its affiliates or related entities) within the parameters set forth above.

Apple Nine Advisors, Inc.

Behringer Harvard

CBRE Advisors LLC

Clarion Partners

CNL

Cornerstone

WP Carey

Dividend Capital

Grubb and Ellis

Hines

Inland Real Estate Group

Lightstone Group

KBS Capital Advisors, LLC

Orange Advisors LLC

Paladin Realty Advisors

Shopoff Advisors LP Strategic

Storage Advisor LP

Wells Real Estate Funds

Sandstone Equity Investors (Desert Capital affiliate) (CM REIT, Inc.)

UMTH General Services LP (United Development Funding IV REIT)

Bluerock Enhanced Multi Family Advisors LLC (Bluerock Enhanced Multi Family REIT, Inc.)

CNL Macquarie Global Growth Advisors LLC (CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust)

Insight Green REIT Advisor LLC (Green Realty Trust)

Hartman Income REIT Management, LLC

Income Property Advisors (Dividend Capital)

Inland Diversified Business Manager & Advisor, Inc.

Moody National Advisors

NorthEnd Realty Advisors LLC

Pacific Office Management (affiliate of Shidler Group)

TNP (Thomson National Partners) Strategic Retail Advisor

 

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP    e    405 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022    e    (212)415-6500

EX-10.64 4 d916489dex1064.htm EX-10.64 EX-10.64

Exhibit 10.64

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (“Agreement”) is made effective as of January 8, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), by and among ARC Advisory Services, LLC, (“Assignor”), American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“Assignee”) and Paul H. McDowell (the “Employee”).

WHEREAS, Assignor and the Employee are parties to an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), dated September 24, 2013, regarding the terms of Employee’s employment by Assignor;

WHEREAS, the Employee has been offered employment with Assignee in connection with the Assignee’s transition to self-management (the “Transfer”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transfer, (i) Assignor desires to assign the Employment Agreement and all of its rights and obligations thereunder to Assignee, (ii) Assignee desires to assume the Employment Agreement and all of Assignor rights and obligations thereunder; and (iii) the Employee desires to accept such assignment and assumption.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows effective as of the Effective Date:

 

1. Assignor hereby assigns the Employment Agreement and all of its rights and obligations thereunder to Assignee (the “Assignment”).

 

2. Assignee hereby assumes the Employment Agreement and all of Assignor rights and obligations thereunder (the “Assumption”).

 

3. The Employee hereby accepts the Assignment and the Assumption and releases Assignor from any and all obligations under the Employment Agreement.

 

4. From and after the Effective Date, all references in the Employment Agreement to “ARC Advisory Services, LLC” shall be deemed to mean “American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.”

[Signature Page to Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

 

ARC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC
BY: AR CAPITAL, LLC, ITS SOLE MEMBER
By: /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title: Manager
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ Brian S. Block
Name: Brian S. Block
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Vice President
EMPLOYEE

/s/ Paul H. McDowell

Name: Paul H. McDowell
EX-10.65 5 d916489dex1065.htm EX-10.65 EX-10.65

Exhibit 10.65

EXECUTION VERSION

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

PAUL H. MCDOWELL

AND

ARC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of September 24, 2013, by and between ARC Advisory Services, LLC (the “Company”), and Paul H. McDowell (the “Executive”) (each of them being referred to as a “Party” and together as the “Parties”):

WHEREAS, the Agreement is being entered into subject to the occurrence of the Closing under, and as that term is defined in, that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 28, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Safari Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Company, Caplease, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and CLF OP General Partner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company);

WHEREAS, in the event that that the Closing does not occur and the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof, the Agreement in this form shall be null and void ab initio; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Executive desire to memorialize the terms of the Executive’s employment relationship with the Company effective as of the date on which the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) occurs (such date, the “Effective Date”) on the terms and conditions set out below.

1. EMPLOYMENT.

(a) Position(s). Effective as of the Effective Date, the Company agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive agrees to be employed and serve as, the “President-Office & Industrial Group” of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Executive shall work out of the Company’s New York City office; provided, however, that the Executive understands and agrees that reasonable travel may be required by the Company from time to time for business reasons.

(b) Duties. The Executive shall report to Nicholas Schorsch or any successor Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Senior Officer”) and his principal duties and responsibilities shall be consistent with his position described above and such other duties consistent with such position as are assigned by the Senior Officer.

(c) Extent of Services. Except for illnesses and vacation periods, the Executive shall devote at least ninety five percent (95%) of his time and attention and his best efforts to the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may (i) participate in charitable, academic or community activities, and in trade or professional organizations, or (ii) hold directorships in other companies consistent with the Company’s conflict of interest policies and corporate governance guidelines as in effect from


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time to time with the prior written approval of the Company; provided that all of the Executive’s activities outside of the Executive’s duties to the Company, individually or in the aggregate, comply with the Company’s conflict of interest policies and corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time and do not otherwise materially interfere with the Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 10 herein, the Executive may make any passive investment, or own five percent (5%) or less of the issued and outstanding voting securities of any entity, provided, in any event, that he is not obligated or required to, and shall not in fact, devote any material consulting or managerial effort or services in connection therewith.

2. TERM. This Agreement and the Executive’s employment shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in full force and effect thereafter until the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”); and shall be automatically extended for a renewal term of one (1) additional year (a “Renewal Term”) at the end of the Initial Term, and an additional one (1) year Renewal Term at the end of each Renewal Term (the last day of the Initial Term and each such Renewal Term is referred to herein as a “Term Date”), unless either party notifies the other party of its non-renewal of this Agreement not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to a Term Date by providing written notice to the other party of such party’s intent not to renew, or if the Executive’s employment is sooner terminated pursuant to Section 6. For purposes of this Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions set forth in Section 10 below), “Term” shall mean the actual duration of the Executive’s employment hereunder, taking into account any extensions pursuant to this Section 2 or early termination of employment pursuant to Section 6.

3. BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay the Executive a base salary (the “Base Salary”), which shall be payable in periodic installments according to the Company’s normal payroll practices. The initial Base Salary shall be at the annual rate of $495,000. For years commencing after December 31, 2013, the Company shall review the Base Salary at least once a year to determine whether the Base Salary should be increased effective January 1 of each year during the Term; provided, however, that on any January 1 during the Term, the Base Salary shall be increased by a minimum positive amount equal to the Base Salary in effect on January 1 of the immediately preceding year multiplied by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”, as defined herein in Section 16(1)) for such year (prorated for the portion of 2013 during which the Executive was employed). The amount of the CPI-based increase shall be determined before March 31st of each year and shall be retroactive to January 1 of that same year and any retroactive amount shall be paid no later than April 15th of such year. The percentage increase in the CPI for such year shall be computed by dividing the then-current CPI-U for the month of January of each year by the CPI-U for the month of January of the immediately preceding year. The Base Salary, as increased pursuant to this Section 3, shall not be decreased during the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Base Salary” shall mean the amount established and adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Section 3.

4. OTHER COMPENSATION.

(a) Sign Bonus. On the last day of the month in which the Effective Date occurs, the Company shall pay to the Executive a one-time bonus in the amount of $1,150,000 (the “Sign-On Bonus”), payable (i) 50% in a cash lump sum and (ii) 50% in a number of fully vested


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and freely transferable (subject to any Company trading policies relating to insider trading and any trading restrictions required by applicable law or regulations) shares of the common stock, par value $0.01, of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “ARCP Stock”), determined based on the average closing price of the ARCP Stock over the five trading days immediately prior to the payment date of the Sign-On Bonus (rounded down to the nearest whole share). For the avoidance of doubt, the ARCP Stock shall be paid from shares of stock owned by the Company and the ARCP Stock shall not be granted pursuant to the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Equity Plan (the “ARCP Plan”). Income and employment tax withholding on the Sign-On Bonus shall be in the form of cash withholding on the portion of the Sign-On Bonus paid in cash and in stock withholding on the portion of the Sign-On Bonus paid in ARCP Stock.

(b) Annual Incentive Bonus Policy. The Executive shall be entitled to receive an annual cash incentive bonus (each an “Annual Bonus”) for each fiscal year during the Term of this Agreement in accordance with a bonus policy adopted by the Company’s board of managers (after consultation with the Senior Officer) by March 31st of each fiscal year. The Company agrees to consult with the Executive in good faith in establishing the performance requirements contained in the bonus policy for each fiscal year. The bonus policy will provide that the Executive shall be entitled to earn an Annual Bonus of up to 100% of the Base Salary for the applicable year. The Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be paid as soon as possible following the end of the fiscal year, but in no event later than March 15th of the year following the fiscal year to which the Annual Bonus relates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for the 2013 fiscal year, the Annual Bonus shall be no less than $415,000 (pro-rated based on the number of days during the fiscal year that the Executive was employed by the Company over the total number of days in the 2013 fiscal year); and (ii) for the remainder of the Initial Term, the Annual Bonus shall be no less than $180,000 for each completed fiscal year (the “Minimum Bonus”). Other than as set forth in Section 7, the Executive must be employed by the Company or an affiliate of the Company on the date an Annual Bonus is paid to be eligible to receive the Annual Bonus for such fiscal year.

(c) Equity. In addition to the Annual Bonus, for each fiscal year during the Term the Company will recommend to the “Committee” under, and as defined in, the ARCP Plan that it grant to Executive a year-end bonus consisting of a number of shares of restricted ARCP Stock under the ARCP Plan equal in value to up to 150 % of Base Salary (determined as of the date of grant) subject to time-based vesting in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and subject to such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee consistent with the ARCP Plan. The Company will recommend to the Committee that any such grants be made substantially under the form of award agreement attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement, with such changes thereto as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, provided however, that the award agreement will not be changed in a manner detrimental to the Executive if such change is inconsistent with the form of award agreement being utilized for other executives. In the event that the Committee determines not to grant such award to the Executive for any year, the Company will, in its sole discretion, either recommend that the Executive be granted an equity award with an equal grant date value under another equity plan maintained by an affiliate of the Company or will grant the Executive an equivalent cash based award (including with respect to vesting), in either case in a manner not inconsistent with the first sentence of this Section 4(c).


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(d) Life Insurance Preiniums. During the Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for the premium paid by the Executive for whole life insurance under policy number 159211320 with AXA Equitable Life Insurance. The Company agrees to indemnify the Executive for any income tax he incurs as a result of the Company’s reimbursement of these premiums (any indemnification payment to be made no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the tax liability arises).

5. BENEFITS.

(a) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to five (5) weeks paid vacation per full calendar year, which shall accrue in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy as in effect from time to time.

(b) Sick and Personal Days. The Executive shall be entitled to sick and personal days pursuant to Company policy.

(c) Employee Benefit Plans. The Executive and his spouse and eligible dependents, if any, and their respective designated beneficiaries where applicable, will be eligible for and entitled to participate in any Company sponsored employee benefit plans, including but not limited to benefits such as group health, dental, accident, disability insurance, group life insurance, and a 401(k) plan, as such benefits may be offered from time to time, on a basis no less favorable than that applicable to other executives of the Company.

(d) Other Benefits.

(i) DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage for his acts and omissions while serving as an officer of the Company on a basis no less favorable to the Executive than the coverage provided generally to the other officers of the Company. Additionally, after any termination of employment of the Executive for any reason, for a period through the sixth anniversary of the termination of employment, the Company shall maintain directors and officers insurance coverage for the Executive covering his acts or omissions while an officer of the Company on a basis no less favorable to the Executive than the coverage generally provided to then-current officers.

(ii) DISABILITY INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING. During the Term, the Company will provide the Executive with disability insurance providing for income replacement upon termination of at least 95% of the Base Salary, subject to such insurance being available at reasonable cost. The Company agrees to indemnify the Executive for any income tax he incurs as a result of the Company’s payment of these premiums (any indemnification payment to be made no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the tax liability arises). The Company also agrees to reimburse the Executive for the cost of tax preparation and financial planning up to $10,000 annually and indemnify the Executive for any income tax he incurs as a result of reimbursement of these costs (any indemnification payment to be made no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the tax liability arises).

(ill) EXPENSES, OFFICE AND SECRETARIAL SUPPORT. The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable business expenses, in accordance


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with the Company’s policy as in effect from time to time and on a basis no less favorable than that uniformly applicable to other executives of the Company, including, without limitation, telephone, reasonable travel, lodging, parking and reasonable entertainment expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the business of the Company, promptly after the presentation by the Executive of appropriate documentation. The Executive shall also receive appropriate office space, administrative support, and such other facilities and services as are suitable to the Executive’s positions and adequate for the performance of the Executive’s duties.

6. TERMINATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the employment of the Executive by the Company shall terminate immediately upon his death, the Company shall have the right to and may, in the exercise of its discretion, terminate the Executive at any time by reason of Disability, or with Cause or without Cause, and the Executive shall have the right to and may, in the exercise of his discretion, Voluntarily Resign his employment during the Term for any reason, subject to the provisions set forth below:

(a) Disability. The employment of the Executive by the Company shall terminate immediately upon the giving of written notice by the Company to the Executive of his termination due to Disability. As used in this Agreement, “Disabled” shall mean the Executive is unable to perform the normal full-time services he was performing prior to the onset of any sickness, injury or disability for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty (180) days with no reasonable prospect of returning to normal full-time service. A determination of “Disabled” shall be made by a physician satisfactory to both the Executive and the Company, provided that if the Executive and the Company do not agree on a physician, the Executive and the Company shall each select a physician and these two together shall select a third physician, whose determination as to Disabled shall be binding on all parties. The appointment of one or more individuals to carry out the offices or duties of the Executive during a period of the Executive’s inability to perform such duties and pending a determination of Disabled shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement by the Company.

(b) With Cause. The employment of the Executive by the Company shall terminate at the election of the Company immediately upon the giving of written notice by the Company to the Executive of his termination with Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” means that the Executive: (i) has been convicted or entered a plea of guilty or “nolo contendere” to, a felony (excluding any felony relating to the negligent operation of an automobile), (ii) has intentionally failed to substantially perform (other than by reason of illness or temporary disability) his reasonably assigned material duties hereunder, (iii) has engaged in willful misconduct in the performance of his duties or (iv) has materially breached any non-competition or non-disclosure agreement in effect between the Executive and the Company, including such agreements in this Agreement.

(c) Without Cause: Voluntary Resignation. The employment of the Executive by the Company shall terminate at the election of the Company without Cause, and at the election of the Executive for any reason (“Voluntary Resignation”), in either case upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Executive or the Company, as the case may be. The Executive’s assertion of a constructive discharge or forced or coerced self-termination shall be considered to be and treated as being a Voluntary Resignation by the Executive.


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(d) Non-renewal. The Executive’s employment shall terminate at a Term Date if either the Executive or the Company notifies the other party of its non-renewal of this Agreement not later than one-hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such Term Date by providing written notice to the other party of such party’s intent not to renew.

(e) Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive (other than termination pursuant to Death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated.

(f) Date of Termination. The “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant Disability or for Cause, the date of delivery of the Notice of Termination unless otherwise specified in such notice, (iii) the applicable Term Date if termination is due to a notice of non-renewal, and (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated for any other reason, the date the Executive ceases performing services as an employee of the Company.

7. EFFECTS OF TERMINATION.

(a) Death or Termination by the Company for Disability. If the employment of the Executive should terminate during the Term due to his death or at the election of the Company due to Disability, then the Company will pay or provide to the Executive (or the person designated under Section 16(i), if applicable):

(i) any earned and accrued but unpaid installment of Base Salary through the Date of Termination payable in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices;

(ii) reimbursement, in accordance with Section 4(d) of the insurance premium for the calendar year prior to the year in which such termination occurs to the extent not previously reimbursed;

(iii) payment for any accrued but unused vacation in accordance with Company policy;

(iv) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through the Date of Termination in accordance with Sections 5 (d)(iii) and 16(m)(ii);

(v) payment of any accrued but unpaid tax indemnification payments due pursuant to Sections 4(d) and 5 (d)(ii); and

(vi) all other applicable payments or benefits to which the Executive shall be entitled under, and paid or provided in accordance with, the terms of any applicable arrangement, plan or program under Section 5(c) (collectively, Sections 7(a)(i) through 7(a)(vi), payable in accordance with this Section 7(a), shall be hereafter referred to as the “Accrued Benefits”);


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(vii) subject to Sections 7(c), any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus for the year prior to the year of termination, payable when the Annual Bonus for such year would have otherwise been paid; and

(viii) subject to Sections 7(c), a pro rata Annual Bonus for the year in which such termination occurs based on the number of days during the fiscal year that Executive was employed by the Company over the total number of days in the fiscal year (a “Pro Rata Annual Bonus”), payable when the Annual Bonus for such year would have otherwise been paid.

(b) Termination by the Company without Cause: Non-Renewal by the Company. If the employment of the Executive should terminate during the Term at the election of the Company without Cause or due to non-renewal of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term by the Company, then the Company shall pay or provide to the Executive the Accrued Benefits and, subject to Sections 7(c) and 16(m), the Company shall also pay all of the following compensation to, and provide the following benefits on behalf of, the Executive as follows:

(i) Payments in an amount equal to the sum of:

(I) the remaining Base Salary due Executive from the Date of Termination through the remainder of the Initial Term, at the rate in effect on the Date of Termination; plus

(ll) an amount equal the Minimum Bonuses due Executive from the Date of Termination through the remainder of the Initial Term; plus

(III) an amount equal to continued Base Salary for any period by which the Election Period (as defined in Section 10(d) below) extends beyond the Initial Term, at the rate in effect on the Date of Termination, plus;

(IV) an amount equal to the number of months (including a fraction for any partial months) by which the Election Period extends beyond the Initial Term multiplied by the product of (x) the Minimum Bonus divided by (y) 12;

(the sum of the amounts payable under this section, the “Severance Payments”). The Severance Payments shall be owed and made to Executive in equal monthly payments over a period equal to (x) the remainder of the Initial Term plus (y) any period by which the Election Period extends beyond the Initial Term; provided, that the first payment of the Severance Payments shall be made on the sixtieth (60th) day after the Date of Termination, and will include payment of any amount of the Severance Payments that were otherwise due prior thereto;

(ii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus for the year prior to the year of termination, payable when the Annual Bonus for such year would have otherwise been paid;


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(iii) a Pro Rata Annual Bonus, payable when the Annual Bonus for such year would have otherwise been paid;

(iv) subject to (x) Executive’s timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), and (y) Executive’s continued copayment of premiums at the same level and cost to Executive as if Executive were an employee of the Company (excluding, for purposes of calculating cost, an employee’s ability to pay premiums with pre-tax dollars), continued payment by the Company of his health insurance coverage during the Eighteen (18) month period following the Date of Termination (the “Coverage Period”) to the same extent that the Company paid for such coverage immediately prior to the Date of Termination, in a manner intended to avoid any excise tax under Section 4980D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions of such insurance coverage, provided that if any such insurance coverage shall become unavailable during the Coverage Period, the Company thereafter shall be obliged only to pay to the Executive each month an amount which, after reduction for income and employment taxes, is equal to the monthly employer premiums for such insurance for the remainder of the Coverage Period;

(v) continued payment or reimbursement, as applicable, by the Company of his life insurance premiums (as described in Section 4(d) of the Agreement) and disability insurance coverage (as described in Section 5(d)(ii) of the Agreement) during the twenty-four (24) month period following the Date of Termination to the same extent that the Company paid/provided reimbursement for such coverage immediately prior to the Date of Termination, subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions of such insurance coverage, provided that if any such insurance coverage shall become unavailable during such twenty-four (24) month period, the Company thereafter shall be obliged only to pay to the Executive each month an amount which, after reduction for income and employment taxes, is equal to the employer premiums for such insurance for the remainder of such period; and

(vi) immediate vesting of all of the outstanding and unvested restricted share awards and any other equity rights granted by the Company or an affiliate (or granted at the direction of the Company) to the Executive as of the Date of Termination.

(c) Release. Payments by the Company required under this Section 7 following termination or expiration of the Executive’s employment for any reason (other than the Accrued Benefits) shall be conditioned on and shall not be payable unless the Company receives from the Executive within sixty (60) days of the Date of Termination a fully effective and non-revocable written release substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto of any and all past, present or future claims that the Executive (or, in the event of his death, his estate) may have against the Company or certain related parties (with such changes thereto as may be determined by the Company from time to time as necessary to reflect changes in applicable law to ensure that such release is valid). The Company agrees to provide the Executive with the release within seven (7) days of the Date of Termination.

(d) By the Company For Cause; Voluntary Resignation by the Executive; Non-Renewal by the Executive. In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term by the Company for Cause, a Voluntary Resignation by the Executive or due to


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the non-renewal of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term by the Executive, the Company shall pay the Executive only the Accrued Benefits and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement

(d) Termination of Authority. Immediately upon the Executive terminating or being terminated from his employment with the Company for any reason, notwithstanding anything else appearing in this Agreement or otherwise, the Executive will stop serving the functions of his terminated or expired position(s) and shall be without any of the authority or responsibility for such position(s).

8. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

9. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that certain assets of the Company constitute Confidential Information. The term “Confidential Information” as used in this Agreement shall mean all information which is known only to the Executive or the Company, other employees of the Company, or others in a confidential relationship with the Company, and relating to the Company’s business including, without limitation, information regarding clients, customers, pricing policies, methods of operation, business plans, proprietary Company programs, sales products, profits, costs, markets, key personnel, formulae, product applications, technical processes, and trade secrets, as such information may exist from time to time, which the Executive acquired or obtained by virtue of his affiliation with or work performed for the Company, or which the Executive may acquire or may have acquired knowledge of during the performance of said work. The Executive shall not, during or after the Term, disclose all or any part of the Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association, or any other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, except as may be required pursuant to his employment hereunder, by law or in any judicial or administrative proceeding (in which case, the Executive promptly shall provide the Company with notice pursuant to the next below paragraph) unless and until such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than as a consequence of the breach by the Executive, directly or indirectly, of his confidentiality obligations hereunder. In the event of the termination of his employment, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether by the Company or the Executive, the Executive shall deliver to the Company all documents and data (in whatever form it may be maintained including without limitation any electronic, written or mechanical formats) pertaining to the Confidential information and all devices on which such documents or data may have been stored electronically or mechanically and shall not take with him any documents or data of any kind or any reproductions (in whole or in part) or extracts of any items relating to the Confidential Information. The Company acknowledges that prior to his employment with the Company, the Executive has lawfully acquired extensive knowledge of the industries and businesses in which the Company engages in business, and that the provisions of this Section 9 are not intended to restrict the Executive’s use of such previously acquired knowledge.

In the event that the Executive receives a request or is required (by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose all or any part of the Confidential Information, the Executive agrees to (a) promptly notify the Company in writing of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such request or requirement, (b) consult with the Company on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request or requirement, and (c) assist the Company in seeking a protective


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order or other appropriate remedy. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or that the Company waives compliance with the provisions hereof, the Executive shall not be liable for such disclosure unless disclosure to any such tribunal was caused by or resulted from a previous disclosure by the Executive not permitted by this Agreement.

10. NON-COMPETITION ANP NONSOLlCITATION.

(a) Restriction on Competition. During the Restricted Period (as defined below), the Executive agrees not to engage, directly or indirectly, as an owner, director, trustee, manager, member, employee, consultant, partner, principal, agent, representative, stockholder, or in any other individual, corporate or representative capacity, in any of the following: (i) any public or private specialty finance company focused on financing and investing in net leased commercial real estate or (ii) any other business line of the Company in which the Executive was directly involved during the Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have violated this Section 10(a) solely by reason of his passive ownership of 1% or less of the outstanding stock of any publicly traded corporation or other entity.

(b) Non-Solicitation of Clients and Investors. During the Restricted Period, the Executive agrees not to solicit, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other Person, any Person that is (x) a client of the Company to whom the Company had provided services at any time during the Executive’s employment with the Company in any line of business that the Company conducts as of the termination of the Executive’s employment or that the Company is actively soliciting, for the purpose of marketing or providing any service competitive with any service then offered by the Company or (y) an investor in the Company, any of its affiliates or any of their investment vehicles for the purpose of causing such investor to terminate or diminish its investment in or with the Company, any of its affiliates or any of their investment vehicles or to divert or otherwise cease to make a new investment in the Company, any of its affiliates or any of their investment vehicles. In addition, during the Restricted Period, the Executive agrees not to encourage any client of the Company as of the termination of the Executive’s employment to reduce its patronage to the Company.

(c) Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the Restricted Period, the Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, solicit or hire, or attempt to solicit or hire, or cause any Person, other than an affiliate of the Company, to solicit or hire or retain any person who is then or was at any time during the preceding six (6) months an employee or independent contractor of the Company

(d) Restricted Period. The “Restricted Period” means the Term plus a period of up to fourteen (14) additional months following the Term, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion and communicated to the Executive in writing within ten (10) business days of the Date of Termination (such additional period, the “Election Period”); provided that, if the Company does not communicate to the Executive in writing within the said ten (10) business days the length of the Election Period, the Election Period shall extend through the fourteen (14) month period immediately following the Date of Termination.

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result of his employment, as well as access to the relationships between the Company and its clients and employees. The Executive further acknowledges that the business of the Company is very competitive and that competition by him in that business during his employment, or after his employment terminates, would severely injure the Company. The Executive understands and agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section 10 are reasonable and are required for the Company’s legitimate protection, and do not unduly limit his ability to earn a livelihood.

(f) Rights and Remedies upon Breach. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any breach by him of any of the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 (the “Restrictive Covenants”) would result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if the Executive breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of any of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company and its affiliates shall have the following rights and remedies, each of which rights and remedies shall be independent of the other and severally enforceable, and all of which rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the Company and its affiliates, under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages):

(i) the right and remedy to have the Restrictive Covenants specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court of competent jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to an entry against the Executive of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, threatened or actual, and whether or not then continuing, of such covenants; and

(ii) the right and remedy to require the Executive to account for and pay over to the Company and its affiliates all compensation. profits, monies, accruals, increments or other benefits (collectively, “Benefits”) derived or received by him as the result of any transactions constituting a breach of the Restrictive Covenants, and the Executive shall account for and pay over such Benefits to the Company and, if applicable, its affected affiliates.

(g) If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration, scope of activities or geographical scope of such provision, then, after such determination has become final and unappealable, the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Executive shall promptly disclose to the Company or any successor or assign, and grant to the Company and its successors and assigns without any separate remuneration or compensation other than that received by him in the course of his employment, his entire right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, developments, discoveries, models, or business plans or opportunities, or any other intellectual property of any type or nature whatsoever (“Intellectual Property”), developed by him during the period of his employment by the Company and whether developed by him during or after business hours, or alone or in connection with others, that is in any way related to the business of the Company, its successors or assigns. This provision shall not apply to books or articles authored by the Executive during non-work hours, consistent with his obligations under this Agreement, so long as such books or articles (a) are not funded in whole or in part by the Company, and (b) do not contain any


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Confidential Information or Intellectual Property of the Company. The Executive agrees, at the Company’s expense, to take all steps necessary or proper to vest title to all such Intellectual Property in the Company, and cooperate fully and assist the Company in any litigation or other proceedings involving any such Intellectual Property.

12. EQUITABLE RELIEF. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, including without limitation Section 13 hereof, upon any breach. by the Executive of his obligations under Sections 9, 10 or 11 hereof, the Company will have no adequate remedy at law, and accordingly shall be immediately entitled to specific performance and other appropriate injunctive and equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

13. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (“ADR”) POLICY AND PROCEDURE

(a) Coverage. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this or by law, this ADR Policy and Procedure is the sole and exclusive method by which the Executive and the Company are required to resolve any and all disputes arising out of or related to the Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of that employment, each of which is referred to as “Employment-Related Dispute”, including, but not limited to, disputes arising out of or related to any of the following subjects:

 

    Compensation or other terms or conditions of the Executive’s employment; or

 

    Application or enforcement of any Company program or policy to the Executive; or

 

    Any disciplinary action or other adverse employment decision of the Company or any statement related to the Executive’s employment performance or termination; or

 

    Any policy of the Company or any agreement between the Executive and the Company; or

 

    Disputes over the arbitrability of any controversy or claim which arguably is or may be subject to this ADR Policy and Procedure; or

Claims arising out of or related to any current or future federal, state or local civil rights laws, fair employment laws, wage and hour laws, fair labor or employment standards laws, laws against discrimination, equal pay laws, wage and salary payment laws, plant or facility closing or layoff laws, laws in regard to employment benefits or protections, family and medical leave laws, and whistleblower laws, including by way of example, but not limited to, the federal Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1871, 1964 and 1991, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1978, as they have been or may be amended from time to time; or


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    Any other dispute arising out of or related to the Executive’s employment or its termination.

(b) Step 1: Negotiation. The Executive and the Company shall attempt in good faith to negotiate a resolution of any Employment-Related Dispute.

(c) Step 2: Mediation. If an Employment-Related Dispute cannot be settled through negotiation and remains unresolved 15 days after it asserted, the Executive or the Company may submit the dispute to mediation and the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute by mediation, under the mediation procedure of JAMS or the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The choice of the JAMS or AAA mediation procedure shall be made by the party initiating mediation. Unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing, the mediation shall be conducted by a single mediator, and the mediator shall be selected from an appropriate JAMS or AAA panel pursuant to the JAMS or AAA rules, respectively. The mediation shall be conducted in New York City, New York. Unless the Parties agree otherwise, the cost of the mediator’s professional fees and expenses and any reasonable administrative fee will be shared and paid equally by the Parties, and each Party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs of the mediation.

(d) Step 3: Binding Arbitration. If an Employment-Related Dispute cannot be settled through mediation and remains unresolved 45 days after the appointment of a mediator, the Executive or the Company may submit the dispute to arbitration and the dispute shall be settled in arbitration by a single arbitrator in accordance with the applicable rules for arbitration of employment disputes of JAMS or the AAA in effect at the time of the submission to arbitration. The choice of JAMS or AAA arbitration rules shall be made by the Party initiating arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in the city and state in which the Company office is located in which the Executive work(ed). The arbitrator shall not have the authority to alter or amend any lawful policy, procedure or practice of the Company or agreement to which the Company is a party or the substantive rights or defenses of either Party under any statute, contract, constitution or common law. Each Party shall be responsible for its own attorneys’ fees and other costs, fees and expenses, if any, with respect to its conduct of the arbitration. The administrative cost of the arbitration, including any reasonable administrative fee and arbitrator’s fees and expenses, shall be shared equally and paid by the Parties. The arbitrator is expressly empowered to award reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses to the prevailing party as well as all other remedies to which either party would be entitled if the dispute were resolved in court. The decision and award of the arbitrator is final and binding. The arbitrator shall promptly issue a written decision in support of his/her award. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the award may be confirmed and enforced in any such court. The Federal Arbitration Act or any applicable state law shall govern the application and enforcement of the provisions of this section.

(e) Provisional Remedies. The Executive or the Company may file a complaint or commence a court action to obtain an injunction to enforce the provisions of this ADR Policy and Procedure, or to seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction or other provisional relief to maintain the status quo or in aid of or pending the application or enforcement of this ADR Policy and Procedure. Despite such complaint or action, the parties shall continue to participate in good faith in this ADR Policy and Procedure.


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(f) Administrative Agencies. Nothing in this ADR Policy and Procedure is intended to prevent you from filing a complaint or charge with any administrative agency, including, but not limited to, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board.

(g) At-Will Employment/Waiver of Jury or Court Trial. This ADR Policy and Procedure does not alter the terms and conditions of the Executive’s employment pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this ADR Policy and Procedure limits in any way the Executive’s right or the Company’s right to terminate the Executive’s employment at any time consistent with the terms of the Agreement. This ADR Policy and Procedure does not require the Executive or Company to start the arbitration process before taking action of any kind, including without limitation the termination of the Executive’s employment. This Policy waives any right that the Executive or the Company may have to a jury trial or a court trial of any Employment-Related Dispute (except as provided above in Sections 12 or 13(e) for a court to issue provisional or equitable remedies).

(h) ADR Agreement and Savings Provision.

(i) The Executive and the Company agree that this ADR Policy and Procedure shall mandatorily apply and be the sole and exclusive method by which both the Executive and the Company are required to resolve any and all Employment-Related Disputes, to the fullest extent permitted and not prohibited or restricted by law.

(ii) Should any provision of this ADR Policy and Procedure be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the Executive and the Company agree that it shall be deemed to be modified so that its purpose can lawfully be effectuated and the balance of this ADR Policy and Procedure shall remain in full force and effect The Executive and the Company further agree that the provisions of this ADR Policy and Procedure shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or enforceability of any provision of the Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the provisions of this Section 13.

14. INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify the Executive, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained by the Executive, including, to the extent permitted therein, the cost of legal counsel selected and retained by the Executive in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which the Executive may be made a party by reason of the Executive being or having been an officer, director, or employee of the Company other than any action, suit or proceeding commenced by the Executive or by the Company related to this Agreement.

15. COOPERATION IN FUTURE MATTERS. The Executive hereby agrees that for a period of eighteen (18) months following his termination of employment, he shall cooperate fully with the Company’s reasonable requests relating to matters that pertain to the Executive’s employment by the Company, including, without limitation, providing information or limited consultation as to such matters, participating in legal proceedings, investigations or audits on behalf of the Company, or otherwise making himself reasonably available to the Company for other related purposes. Any such cooperation shall be performed at scheduled times taking into consideration the Executive’s other commitments, and the Executive shall be compensated at a


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reasonable hourly or per diem rate to be agreed upon by the parties to the extent such cooperation is required on more than an occasional and limited basis. The Executive shall not be required to perform such cooperation to the extent it conflicts with any requirements of exclusivity of services for another employer or otherwise, nor in any manner that in the good faith belief of the Executive would conflict with his rights under or ability to enforce this Agreement.

16. GENERAL.

(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing or by written telecommunication, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or if sent by overnight courier or by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the relevant address set forth below, or to such other address as the recipient of such notice or communication shall have specified in writing to the other party hereto, in accordance with this Section 16(a).

 

If to the Company, to: ARC Advisory Services, LLC
405 Park Avenue, 12th Floor
New Yolk, NY 10022
Attn: Michael Weil
Email: mweil@arlcap.com

If to Executive, at his last residence shown on the records of the Company.

(b) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

(c) Waivers.

(i) No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

(ii) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Executive shall not be entitled to and the Company shall not be responsible to the Executive for any remuneration or benefits on behalf of Executive’s services to the Company, his employment or the termination of such employment.

(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.

(e) Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company’s successors and the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive, it being understood and agreed that this is a contract for the Executive’s personal


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services. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Company, except that the Company shall assign it in connection with a transaction involving the succession by a third party to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise). When assigned to a successor, the assignee shall assume this Agreement and expressly agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform it in the absence of such an assignment. For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “Company” shall include any successor to the Company’s business and/or assets that executes and delivers the assumption agreement described in the immediately preceding sentence or that becomes bound by this Agreement by operation of law.

(f) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be amended except by a written instrument hereafter signed by the Executive and the Chief Executive Officer or a duly authorized representative of the Company (other than the Executive).

(g) Governing Law. This Agreement and the performance and enforcement hereof shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to any choice of law or conflict of law principles, rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(h) Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. The headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect its meaning or construction. Whenever any word is used herein in one gender, it shall be construed to include the other gender, and any word used in the singular shall be construed to include the plural in any case in which it would apply and vice versa. Any references herein to “you” or “your” shall refer to the Executive.

(i) Payments and Exercise of Rights after Death. Any amounts payable hereunder after the Executive’s death shall be paid to the Executive’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, whether received as a designated beneficiary or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Executive may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries for all purposes of this Agreement, and may change at any time such designation, by notice to the Company making specific reference to this Agreement. If no designated beneficiary survives the Executive or the Executive fails to designate a beneficiary for purposes of this Agreement prior to his death, all amounts thereafter due hereunder shall be paid, as and when payable, to his spouse, if she survives the Executive, and otherwise to his estate.

(j) Consultation with Counsel. The Executive acknowledges that he has had a full and complete opportunity to consult with counsel or other advisers of his own choosing concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement, that the Company has not made any representations or warranties to the Executive concerning the terms, enforceability and implications of this Agreement other than as are reflected in this Agreement, and that the Executive’s execution of this Agreement is knowing and voluntary.


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(k) Withholding. Any payments provided for in this Agreement shall be paid net of any applicable income tax withholding required under federal, state or local law.

(l) Consumer Price Index. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “CPI” refers to the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumer (“CPI-U”) for the U.S. City Average for All Items 1982-84=100, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. If the CPI is hereafter converted to a different standard reference base or otherwise revised, the determination of the CPI adjustment shall be made with the use of such conversion factor, formula or table for converting the CPI, as may be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if the Bureau shall no longer publish the same, then with the use of such conversion factor, formula or table as may be published by an agency of the United States, or failing such publication, by a nationally recognized publisher of similar statistical information.

(m) Section 409A.

(i) Although the Company does not guarantee the tax treatment of any payments under the Agreement, the intent of the Parties is that the payments and benefits under this Agreement be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (“Code Section 409A”) and to the maximum extent permitted the Agreement shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In no event whatsoever shall the Company or its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on Executive by Code Section 409A or damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A.

(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any reimbursement of expenses constitutes “deferred compensation” under Code Section 409A, such reimbursement shall be provided no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred (or, where applicable, no later than such earlier time required by the Agreement). The amount of expenses reimbursed in one year shall not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent year. The amount of any in-kind benefits provided in one year shall not affect the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other year.

(iii) For purposes of Code Section 409A (including, without limitation. for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), the right to receive payments in the form of installment payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments and, accordingly, each installment payment shall at all times be considered a separate and distinct payment. Whenever a payment under this Agreement may be paid within a specified period, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of Executive’s separation from service (as defined in Code Section 409A), Executive is a “Specified Employee”, then the Company will defer the payment or commencement of any nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A payable upon separation from service (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to


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Executive) until the date that is six (6) months following separation from service or, if earlier, the earliest other date as is permitted under Code Section 409A (and any amounts that otherwise would have been paid during this deferral period will be paid in a lump sum on the day after the expiration of the six (6) month period or such shorter period, if applicable). Executive will be a “Specified Employee” for purposes of this Agreement if on the date of Executive’s separation from service, Executive is an individual who is, under the method of determination adopted by the Company designated as, or within the category of executives deemed to be, a “Specified Employee” within the meaning and in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i). The Company shall determine in its sole discretion all matters relating to who is a “Specified Employee” and the application of and effects of the change in such determination.

(v) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of the Employee’s employment unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service” and the date of such separation from service shall be the date of termination for purposes of any such payment or benefits.

(n) Survival. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto have caused this Employment Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

ARC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC
By:

/s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr.

Name: Edward M. Weil, Jr.
Title: President
Executive
By:

/s/ Paul H. McDowell

Paul H. McDowell


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EXHIBIT A

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

PURSUANT TO THE

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

EQUITY PLAN

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), made as of             , 201  , by and between American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation with its principal office at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (the “Company”), and                      residing at                      (the “Participant”).

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) adopted the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Equity Plan (approved by the Board on September 6, 2011) (as such plan may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, the Plan provides that the Company, through the Board, has the ability to grant awards of shares of Restricted Stock to directors, officers, employees of the Company’s manager ARC Properties Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or one of the Manager’s Affiliates; and

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, the Board has determined that Participant, an employee of ARC Advisory Services, LLC (“ARC”), an Affiliate of the Manager, as a key provider of services to the Company, shall be awarded shares of Restricted Stock in the amount set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Participant agree as follows:

1. Sale of Shares. Subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company awards to the Participant                  shares of Restricted Stock on             , 201   (the “Grant Date”). To the extent required by applicable law, the Participant shall pay the Company the par value ($.01) for each share of Restricted Stock awarded to the Participant simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement in cash or cash equivalents payable to the order of the Company. Pursuant to the Plan and Section 2 of this Agreement, the shares of Restricted Stock are subject to certain restrictions, which restrictions shall expire In accordance with the provisions of the Plan and Section 2 hereof.

2. Vesting. Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the shares of Restricted Stock shall vest as follows:

(a) the shares of Restricted Stock shall vest (i) thirty four percent (34%) on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, (ii) thirty three percent (33%) on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, and (iii) thirty three percent (33%) on the third anniversary of the Grant Date; provided, in each case, that the Participant has not incurred an employment termination from ARC prior to such date.

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Agreement, an “Acceleration Event” shall mean the first to occur of any of the following: (i) a Change in Control; or (ii) the Participant Incurs an employment termination that is either a without Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement between the Participant and ARC, dated             , 2013 (the “Employment Agreement”)) or due to a non-renewal of the Employment Agreement by ARC in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement; provided, that, in the case of the Acceleration Events described in clause (i) above, the Participant has not incurred an employment termination prior to such date.

(c) There shall be no proportionate or partial vesting in the periods prior to the applicable vesting dates and all vesting shall occur only on the appropriate vesting date.

3. Forfeiture. If a Participant incurs an employment termination for any reason other than as set forth in Section 2(b)(ii), the Participant shall automatically forfeit any unvested shares of Restricted Stock and the Company shall acquire such unvested shares of Restricted Stock for the amount paid by the Participant for such shares of Restricted Stock (or, if no amount was paid by the Participant for such shares of Restricted Stock, then the Company shall acquire such shares of Restricted Stock for no consideration).

4. Rights as a Holder of Restricted Stock. From and after the Grant Date, the Participant shall have, with respect to the shares of Restricted stock, all of the rights of a holder of shares of Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote the shares of Stock, to receive and retain all regular cash dividends payable to holders of shares of Stock of record on and after the Grant Date (although such dividends will be treated, to the extent required by applicable law, as additional compensation for tax purposes), and to exercise all other rights, powers and privileges of a holder of shares of Stock with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock; provided, that, to the extent the Company issues a dividend in the form of shares of Stock or other property, such shares of Stock or other property shall be subject to the same restrictions that are then applicable to the shares of Restricted Stock under the Plan and this Agreement and such restrictions shall expire at the same time as the restrictions on the shares of Restricted Stock expire. Participant shall not be required to repay any dividends received with respect to shares of Restricted Stock that are subsequently forfeited prior to vesting.

5. Taxes; Section 83(b) Election. The Participant acknowledges that (i) no later than the date on which any shares of Restricted Stock shall have become vested, the Participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding payment of, any Federal, state or local or other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock which shall have become so vested; (ii) the Company or ARC shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant any Federal, state or local or other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock which shall have become so vested, including that the Company may, but shall not be required to, sell a number of shares of Restricted Stock sufficient to cover applicable withholding taxes; and (iii) in the event that the Participant does not satisfy (i) above on a timely basis, the Company may, but shall not be required to, pay such required withholding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, treat such amount as a demand loan to the Participant at the maximum rate permitted by law, with such loan, at the Company’s sole discretion and provided the Company so notifies the Participant within thirty (30) days of the making of the loan, secured by the shares of Restricted Stock and any failure by the Participant to pay the loan upon demand shall entitle the Company to all of the rights at law of a creditor secured by the shares of Restricted Stock. The Company may hold as security any certificates representing any shares of Restricted Stock and, upon demand of the Company, the Participant shall deliver to the Company any certificates in his possession


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representing the shares of Restricted Stock together with a stock power duly endorsed in blank. The Participant also acknowledges that it is his sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, the Manager’s or ARC’s, to file timely and properly any election under Section 83(b) of the Code, and any corresponding provisions of state tax laws, if the Participant wishes to utilize such election.

6. No Obligation to Continue Employment. This Agreement is not an agreement of employment Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the issuance of the shares of Restricted Stock hereunder constitute an agreement by the Company or ARC or any of their Affiliates to employ or to continue to employ the Participant during the entire, or any portion of, the term of this Agreement, including but not limited to any period during which any shares of Restricted Stock are outstanding.

7. Legend. In the event that a certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock is issued, the certificate representing the shares of Restricted Stock shall have endorsed thereon the following legends:

(a) “THE ANTICIPATION, ALIENATION, ATTACHMENT, SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE OR CHARGE OF THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) EQUITY PLAN (APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2011) (AS SUCH PLAN MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “PLAN”) AND AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER AND THE COMPANY DATED AS OF              201  . COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.”

(b) Any legend required to be placed thereon by applicable blue sky laws of any state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be obligated to issue a certificate representing the shares of Restricted Stock prior to vesting as set forth in Section 2 hereof.

8. Power of Attorney. The Company, its successors and assigns, is hereby appointed the attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, of the Participant for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instruments which such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest The Company, as attorney-in-fact for the Participant, may in the name and stead of the Participant, make and execute all conveyances, assignments and transfers of the shares of Restricted Stock provided for herein, and the Participant hereby ratifies and confirms that which the Company, as said attorney-in-fact, shall do by virtue hereof. Nevertheless, the Participant shall, if so requested by the Company, execute and deliver to the Company all such instruments as may, in the judgment of the Company, be advisable for this purpose.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal legal representatives, successors, trustees, administrators, distributees, devisees and legatees. The Company may assign to, and require, any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree


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In writing to perform this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant may not assign this Agreement or any of the Participant’s rights, interests or obligations hereunder.

(b) This award of shares of Restricted Stock shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or stockholders of the Company to make or authorize an adjustment, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure or the business of the Company, any merger or consolidation of the Company or subsidiaries, any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares of Restricted Stock, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any sale or transfer of all or part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.

(c) The Participant agrees that the award of the shares of Restricted Stock hereunder is special incentive compensation and that it, any dividends paid thereon (even if treated as compensation for tax purposes) will not be taken into account as “salary” or “compensation” or “bonus” in determining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement or profit-sharing plan of ARC or any life insurance, disability or other benefit plan of ARC.

(d) No modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against whom it is sought to be enforced.

(e) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one contract.

(f) The failure of any party hereto at any time to require performance by another party of any provision of this Agreement shaft not affect the right of such party to require performance of that provision, and any waiver by any party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of such provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under this Agreement.

(g) The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been Inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way restrict or modify any of the terms or provisions hereof.

(h) All notices, consents, requests, approvals, instructions and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and validly given or made when delivered, or on the second succeeding business day after being mailed by registered or certified mail, whichever is earlier, to the persons entitled or required to receive the same, at the addresses set forth at the heading of this Agreement or to such other address as either party may designate by like notice. Notices to the Company shall be addressed to American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. at 106 York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046, Attn: Chief Financial Officer.

(i) This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and governed and the legal relationships of the parties determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland without reference to rules relating to conflicts of law.

10. Provisions of Plan Control. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan, including, without limitation, the amendment provisions thereof, and to such rules, regulations and interpretations relating to the Plan as may be adopted thereunder and as may be in effect from time to time. The Plan is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Plan has been delivered to the Participant. If and to the extent that this


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Agreement conflicts or is inconsistent with the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan, the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly. Unless otherwise indicated, any capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof (other than any other documents expressly contemplated herein or in the Plan) and supersedes any prior agreements between the Company and the Participant

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
By:

 

Name:
Title:

Dated:

 

 

Participant

 

Dated:

 


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EXHIBIT B

GENERAL RELEASE AND WAIVER AGREEMENT

This General Release and Waiver Agreement (the “General Release”) is made as of the      day of              20     between ARC Advisory Services, LLC (the “Company”) and                     , (the “Executive”),

WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into an Employment Agreement dated as of              2013 (the “Employment Agreement”), that provides for certain compensation and severance amounts upon his termination of employment and to which this form of General Release and Waiver Agreement is appended and made a part thereof, and

WHEREAS, the Executive has agreed, pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, to execute a release and waiver in the form set forth in this General Release and Waiver Agreement in consideration of the Company’s agreement to provide the compensation and severance amounts upon his termination of employment set out in the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Executive [has incurred] [will incur] a termination of employment [due to his death] [by the Company [due to Disability] [without Cause] (as defined in the Employment Agreement)] [due to a non-renewal of the Employment Agreement by the Company] effective as of                      (the “Termination Date”); and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to settle all rights, duties and obligations between them, including without limitation all such rights, duties, and obligations arising under the Agreement or otherwise out of the Executive’s employment by the Company and the termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company.

NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound and for good and valid consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. TERMINATION. The Executive acknowledge that his last date of employment with the Company [was] [will be] the Termination Date. The Executive acknowledges that the Termination Date was the termination date of his employment for purposes of participation in and coverage under all benefit plans and programs sponsored by or through the Company or any of its affiliates and that the Company and its affiliates will have no obligation to rehire you, or to consider you for employment, after the Termination Date. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that, effective as of the Termination Date, the Executive resigned as an officer of the Company and any of its affiliates and from all boards, committees, positions and offices with the Company and any of its affiliates and from any such positions held with any other entities at the direction or request of the Company or any of its affiliates. The Executive agrees to promptly execute and deliver such other documents as the Company will reasonably request to evidence such resignations. In addition, the Executive agrees and acknowledges that the Termination Date will be the date of his termination from all other offices, positions, trusteeships, committee memberships and fiduciary capacities held with, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its affiliates. SEVERANCE. Assuming the Executive executes this General Release and does not revoke it within the time specified in Paragraph [    ] below then, subject to Paragraph [    ] below,


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the Executive will be entitled to the severance provided under Section [death/Disability - 7(a)] [without Cause/Non-renewal by the Company - 7(b)] of the Employment Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein (the “Severance Benefits”). The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Severance Benefits exceed any payment, benefit, or other thing of value to which the Executive might otherwise be entitled under any policy, plan or procedure of the Company or any of its affiliates and/or any agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates.

3. RELEASE. In consideration for the Severance Benefits:

(a) Executive, on behalf of himself and anyone who could make a claim on his behalf (including but not limited to his heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, legal representatives, successors and assigns) (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Releasors”), knowingly and voluntarily fully and unconditionally forever releases, acquits and discharges the Company, and any and all of its past and present owners, parents, affiliated entities, divisions, subsidiaries and each of their respective past, present and future stockholders, members, predecessors, successors, assigns, managers, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, trustees, assets, employee benefit plans or funds and plan fiduciaries, any of its or their successors and assigns, and each of them whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all charges, complaints, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, damages, causes of action, suits, rights, costs, losses, debts and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, against them which any Releasor ever had, now has or at any time hereafter may have, own or hold by reason of any matter, fact, or cause whatsoever, including the Executive’s employment with the Company and the termination of such employment, from the beginning of time up to and including the Effective Date (as defined below) (hereinafter referred to as the “Claims”), including without limitation: (i) any claims arising out of or related to any federal, state and/or local laws relating to employment including, without limitation, the federal Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1871, 1964 and 1991, the Rehabilitation Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended by, inter alia, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the National Labor Relations Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or any claim under the Corporate Fraud and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002, Sections 922(h)(l) and 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Act, each as they may be or have been amended from time to time, and any and all other federal, state or local laws, regulations or constitutions covering the same or similar subject matters; and (ii) any and all other of the Claims arising out of or related to any contract, any and all other federal, state or local constitutions, statutes, rules or regulations, or under any common law right of any kind whatsoever, or in regard to any personal or property injury, or under the laws of any country or political subdivision, including, without limitation, any of the Claims for any kind of tortious conduct (including but not limited to any claim of defamation or distress), breach of the Agreement, violation of public policy, promissory or equitable estoppel, breach of the Company’s policies, rules, regulations, handbooks or manuals, breach of express or implied contract or covenants of good faith, wrongful discharge or dismissal, and/or failure to pay in whole or part any compensation, bonus, incentive compensation, overtime compensation, severance pay or benefits


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of any kind whatsoever, including disability and medical benefits, back pay, front pay or any compensatory, special or consequential damages, punitive or liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees, costs, disbursements or expenses, or any other claims of any nature; and all claims under any other federal, state or local laws relating to employment, except in any case to the extent such release is prohibited by applicable federal, state and/or local law.

(b) The Executive acknowledges that he is aware that he may later discover facts in addition to or different from those which he now knows or believes to be true with respect to the subject matter of this General Release, but it is his intention to fully and finally forever settle and release any and all matters, disputes, and differences, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, which now exist, may later exist or may previously have existed between the Releasors and the Releasees or any of them, and that in furtherance of this intention, the Executive’s general release given herein will be and remain in effect as a full and complete general release notwithstanding discovery or existence of any such additional or different facts.

(c) Executive represents that neither he nor any other Releasor has filed or permitted to be filed and will not file against the Releasees, any arbitration or lawsuit, against any of the Releasees arising out of any matters set forth in Paragraph 3(a) hereof. If Executive or any Releasor has or should file an arbitration or lawsuit, Executive agrees to remove, dismiss or take similar action to eliminate such arbitration or lawsuit or similar action within five (5) days of signing this General Release.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this General Release is not intended to interfere with Executive’s right to file a charge or cooperate with an investigation by a governmental agency, including but not limited to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “EEOC”), Securities and Exchange Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “SEC”), or other similar governmental agencies or bodies. However, Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that he has waived any and all relief available (including without limitation, monetary damages, equitable relief and reinstatement) under any of the claims and/or causes of action waived in paragraph 3(a), and therefore agrees that he will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any claim or right waived in this General Release.

(e) This General Release does not release, waive or give up any claim to the Severance Benefits or for workers’ compensation benefits, indemnification rights, vested retirement or welfare benefits the Executive may be entitled to under the terms of the Company’s retirement and welfare benefit plans or indemnification arrangements, as in effect from time to time, or any right to unemployment compensation that Executive may have.

4. COVENANTS.

(a) Executive hereby confirms and agrees that he remains subject to the terms of Sections 9 (Confidential Information), 10 (Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation), 11 (Intellectual Property), 12 (Equitable Relief) and 15 (Cooperation in Future Matters) of the Employment Agreement and agrees to abide by their terms and his duty of loyalty and fiduciary duty to the Company under applicable statutory or common law.


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(b) The Executive agrees that he will keep confidential and not disclose the terms and conditions of this General Release to any person or entity without the prior written consent of the Company, except to his accountants, attorneys and/or spouse, provided that they also agree to maintain the confidentiality of this General Release. The Executive will be responsible for any disclosure by them. The Executive further represents that he has not disclosed the terms and conditions of this General Release to anyone other than his attorneys, accountants and/or spouse. This paragraph does not prohibit disclosure of this General Release if required by law, provided the Executive has given the Company prompt written notice of any legal process and cooperated with the Company’s efforts, if any, to seek a protective order.

(c) The Executive represents that he has returned to the Company all property belonging to the Company and the other Releasees.

(d) The Executive agrees not to disparage the Company or any of the Releasees, including making any statement or comments or engaging in any conduct that is disparaging toward the Company or any of the Releasees whether directly or indirectly, by name or innuendo; provided, however, that nothing in this General Release will restrict communications protected as privileged under federal or state law to testimony or communications ordered and required by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, provided the Executive has given the Company prompt written notice of any legal process and cooperated with the Company’s efforts to seek a protective order.

5. NO RELIANCE. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he is not relying on any representations made by the Company or any other Releasee regarding this General Release or the implication thereof The Company and the Executive acknowledge and agree that nothing contained in this General Release shall impact any agreement the Executive may have with any company that that is managed by the Company pursuant to a management agreement, including American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and its subsidiary CapLease, Inc.

6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(a) This General Release and the Employment Agreement contain the entire agreement between the Company and the Executive and, except as specifically set forth in this General Release or in the Employment Agreement, supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements, negotiations, discussions or understandings between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof No oral understanding, statements, promises or inducements contrary to the tenants of this General Release and the Employment Agreement exist. This General Release cannot be changed or terminated orally. Should any provision of this General Release be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it will be deemed to be modified so that its purpose can lawfully be effectuated and the balance of this General Release will be enforceable and remain in full force and effect

(b) This General Release is not intended, and will not be construed, as an admission of the Company has violated any federal, state or local law (statutory or decisional), ordinance or regulation, breached any contract or committed any wrong whatsoever against you.


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(c) This General Release will extend to, be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, heirs and assigns.

(d) This General Release will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any choice of law or conflict of law, principles, rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(e) This General Release may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Executive acknowledges that he: (a) has carefully read this General Release in its entirety; (b) has had an opportunity to consider it for at least [twenty-one (21)] [forty-five (45)] days; (c) is hereby advised by the Company in writing to consult with an attorney of his choosing in connection with this General Release; (d) fully understands the significance of all of the terms and conditions of this General Release and has discussed them with his independent legal counsel, or had a reasonable opportunity to do so; (e) has had answered to his satisfaction any questions he has asked with regard to the meaning and significance of any of the provisions of this General Release; (f) understands that he has seven (7) days in which to revoke this General Release (as described in Paragraph 8) after signing it and (g) is signing this General Release voluntarily and of his own free will and agrees to abide by all the terms and conditions contained herein.

8. The Executive may accept this General Release by signing it and returning it to [NAME], [COMPANY], [ADDRESS], within [twenty-one (21)] [forty-five (45)] days of his receipt of the same. After executing this Agreement, the Executive will have seven (7) days (the “Revocation Period”) to revoke this General Release by indicating his desire to do so in writing delivered to [NAME] at the address above (or by fax at [FAX NUMBER]) by no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on the seventh (7th) day after the date he signs this General Release. The effective date of this General Release will be the eight (8th) day after the Executive signs this General Release (the “Effective Date”). If the last day of the Revocation Period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the last day of the Revocation Period will be deemed to be the next business day. The Executive agrees that no later than the fifth (5th) day following the Effective Date he will execute and return the address above the Certificate of Non-Revocation of the General Release Agreement attached as Attachment A hereto. In the event the Executive does not accept this General Release as set forth above, or in the event he revokes this Effective Date during the Revocation Period, this Effective Date, including but not limited to the obligation of the Company to provide the Severance Benefits, will be deemed automatically null and void.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this General Release as of the day and year set forth beneath their signatures below.

 

ARC Advisory Services, LLC
By:

 

Name:
Title:
Date:
EXECUTIVE

 

Date:


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ATTACHMENT A

CERTIFICATE OF NON-REVOCATION

OF THE GENERAL RELEASE

AGREEMENT

I hereby certify and represent that seven (7) calendar days have passed since the Parties signed the General Release and Waiver Agreement, dated as of                      (the “General Release”), and that I have NOT exercised my right to revoke that General Release pursuant to the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 or any other provision of law. I understand that the Company and the other Releasees on behalf of themselves and their subsidiaries and affiliates, in providing me with payments and/or benefits under the General Release, are relying on this Certificate, and that I can no longer revoke the General Release.

 

 

            , 20    
Executive Date of Execution by Executive

IMPORTANT:

This Certificate should be signed, dated and retuned to [                    ] no earlier than on the eighth (8th) calendar day after the General Release is executed by both Parties, and no later than on the fifth (5th) calendar day (inclusive of said 8th calendar day) thereafter.

EX-31.5 6 d916489dex315.htm EX-31.5 EX-31.5

Exhibit 31.5

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Glenn J. Rufrano, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2015

/s/ Glenn J. Rufrano

Glenn J. Rufrano
Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.6 7 d916489dex316.htm EX-31.6 EX-31.6

Exhibit 31.6

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael J. Sodo, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2015

/s/ Michael J. Sodo

Michael J. Sodo

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-31.7 8 d916489dex317.htm EX-31.7 EX-31.7

Exhibit 31.7

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Glenn J. Rufrano, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2015

/s/ Glenn J. Rufrano

Glenn J. Rufrano
Chief Executive Officer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., general partner of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.
EX-31.8 9 d916489dex318.htm EX-31.8 EX-31.8

Exhibit 31.8

ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael J. Sodo, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: April 30, 2015

/s/ Michael J. Sodo

Michael J. Sodo

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., general partner of ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P.

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