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PART IV
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ý | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission file number 1-35442
SELECT INCOME REIT
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland | 45-4071747 | |
(State of Organization) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 617-796-8303
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title Of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered | |
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Common Shares of Beneficial Interest | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No ý
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No ý
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. Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has 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). Yes ý No o
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. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer ý (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Smaller reporting company o |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No ý
The aggregate market value of the voting common shares of the registrant held by non-affiliates was $218,592,000 based on the $23.76 closing price per common share for such stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 29, 2012. For purposes of this calculation, there were 22,000,000 common shares held by CommonWealth REIT included in the number of common shares held by affiliates.
Number of the registrant's common shares outstanding as of February 22, 2013: 39,282,592.
References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the "Company", "SIR", "we", "us" or "our" include consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Certain Information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our to be filed definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on May 13, 2013, or our definitive Proxy Statement.
WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K CONTAINS STATEMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS "BELIEVE", "EXPECT", "ANTICIPATE", "INTEND", "PLAN", "ESTIMATE" OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON OUR PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS REPORT RELATE TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS, INCLUDING:
OUR ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND UPON OUR BUSINESS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, FUNDS FROM OPERATION, NORMALIZED FUNDS
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FROM OPERATION, NET OPERATING INCOME, CASH FLOWS, LIQUIDITY AND PROSPECTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
FOR EXAMPLE:
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THESE RESULTS COULD OCCUR DUE TO MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS NATURAL DISASTERS, CHANGES IN OUR TENANTS' FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OR THE MARKET DEMAND FOR LEASED SPACE OR CHANGES IN CAPITAL MARKETS OR THE ECONOMY GENERALLY.
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THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K OR IN OUR FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR SEC, INCLUDING UNDER THE CAPTION "RISK FACTORS", OR INCORPORATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, IDENTIFIES OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE DIFFERENCES FROM OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. OUR FILINGS WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.
YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE DO NOT INTEND TO UPDATE OR CHANGE ANY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.
STATEMENT CONCERNING LIMITED LIABILITY
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ESTABLISHING SELECT INCOME REIT, DATED MARCH 9, 2012, AS FILED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF SELECT INCOME REIT SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, SELECT INCOME REIT. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH SELECT INCOME REIT IN ANY WAY SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF SELECT INCOME REIT FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.
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SELECT INCOME REIT
2012 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
Our Company
We are a real estate company that primarily owns and invests in single tenant, net leased properties. We intend to elect and qualify for taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2012, and to maintain such qualification thereafter.
We completed our initial public offering, or IPO, on March 12, 2012, or the Closing Date. At that time, we owned 251 properties, or the Initial Properties, with a total of approximately 21.4 million rentable square feet. These Initial Properties were owned by CWH until they were contributed to us by CWH on February 16, 2012. In return for these properties, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 of our common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share, or common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH on December 21, 2011 in connection with our formation), and (ii) a $400 million demand promissory note, or the CWH Note. Since that time through December 31, 2012, we acquired 16 properties from unrelated third parties with approximately 3.2 million rentable square feet for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $438.0 million, including assumed mortgage debt with an aggregate principal amount outstanding of $26.0 million and excluding closing costs.
As of December 31, 2012, we owned 267 properties with approximately 24.6 million rentable square feet that were approximately 95.3% leased (based on rentable square feet). These properties consisted of (i) 229 properties located on the island of Oahu, HI, or our Hawaii Properties, which included approximately 17.8 million rentable square feet that are primarily leased to industrial and commercial tenants and (ii) 38 office and industrial properties with approximately 6.8 million square feet located in 18 states throughout the mainland United States, or our Mainland Properties. Our 267 properties were leased to 253 different tenants, with a weighted average remaining lease term (based on annualized rental revenue) of approximately 11.7 years.
Our principal executive offices are located at two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634, and our telephone number is (617) 796-8303.
Our Business Plan
A large majority of our Hawaii Properties consist of lands which are leased to third parties for rents that are periodically reset based on fair market values, generally every five to ten years. During CWH's and our ownership of the Hawaii Properties, market rents have generally increased along with Hawaii's generally improving economy and, as a result, the revenues from our Hawaii Properties have often increased when leases have expired or rent resets occurred. We expect to continue to negotiate rents, based on then current fair market values, when leases expire or when rent resets occur at our Hawaii Properties.
Our Mainland Properties generally consist of properties that are net leased to single tenants. Because of the capital many of these tenants have invested in improvements and because many of our properties appear to have strategic importance to the tenants' business, we believe that there is a likelihood that these tenants are likely to renew or extend their leases when they expire as compared to tenants in a property with multiple tenants. However, we also believe that if a building previously occupied by a single tenant becomes vacant, it may take longer and cost more to locate a new tenant than when space becomes vacant in a multi-tenant property because in place improvements designed specifically for the needs of the prior single tenant may need to be replaced.
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Whenever we extend, renew or enter into new leases for our properties, we intend to seek rents which are equal to or higher than our historical rents for the same properties; however, our ability to maintain or increase the rents for our current properties will depend in large part upon market conditions which are beyond our control.
We currently intend to expand our investments by primarily acquiring additional single tenant, net leased properties throughout the Mainland United States. We believe that there are significant investment opportunities in single tenant, net leased properties, especially in suburban areas, and that there is limited competition from well capitalized investors for such properties at this time. We expect to use the extensive nationwide resources of RMR to locate and acquire such properties. One of our goals in acquiring additional properties will be to further diversify our sources of rents and thus improve the security of our revenues. Another goal will be to purchase properties that produce rents which are greater than our capital costs to acquire the properties and, accordingly, allow us to increase distributions to our shareholders over time. We expect that most of our acquisition efforts will focus on office and industrial properties; however, we may consider acquiring other types of properties, including properties which are net leased to single tenants for retail uses and special purpose properties specifically suited to particular tenants' requirements. We also may acquire additional properties in Hawaii, but we currently expect this will not be a significant part of our future acquisitions because there are limited opportunities to acquire properties in Hawaii, especially to acquire lands which are leased to third party tenants.
Our Investment Policies
In evaluating potential property acquisitions, we consider various factors, including but not limited to, the following:
Our Board of Trustees may change our investment policies at any time without a vote of, or notice to, our shareholders. Although we have no current intention to do so, we may in the future adopt policies with respect to investments in real estate mortgages or securities of other entities engaged in real estate activities.
Our Disposition Policies
We have no current plans to sell any of our properties. However, we may in the future decide to sell certain of our properties. Our decision to sell properties in the future will be based upon the following considerations, among others, which may be relevant to a particular property at a particular time:
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Under our business management agreement with RMR, with certain exceptions, if we determine to offer for sale or other disposition any real property that, at such time, is of a type within the investment focus of another REIT to which RMR provides business management or property management services, we will first offer that property for purchase or disposition to that RMR-managed REIT and negotiate in good faith for such purchase or disposition.
Our Board of Trustees may change our disposition policies at any time without a vote of, or notice to, our shareholders.
Our Financing Policies
To qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the IRC, we must distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income and satisfy a number of organizational and operational requirements. Accordingly, we generally will not be able to retain sufficient cash from operations to repay debts, invest in properties and fund acquisitions. Instead, we expect to repay our debts, invest in our properties and fund acquisitions by borrowing, issuing equity securities or using retained cash from operations which may exceed our earnings. Since our IPO, our growth has been primarily financed by borrowings under our revolving credit facility and term loan and our December 2012 equity offering. As the maturity of our revolving credit facility and term loan approaches and when we have significant borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility, we expect to refinance such indebtedness with new debt or equity issuances. We will decide when and whether to issue new debt or equity depending upon market conditions. Because our ability to raise capital may depend, in large part, upon market conditions, we can provide you no assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient capital to repay our debt or to fund our growth strategy.
We currently have a $750.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (which is guaranteed by most of our subsidiaries) that we use for working capital and general business purposes and for acquisition funding on an interim basis until we may refinance with equity or term debt. In some instances, we may assume outstanding mortgage debt in connection with our acquisition of properties or place new mortgages on properties we own. For more information regarding our financing sources and activities, please see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsLiquidity and Capital ResourcesOur Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our Board of Trustees has adopted a policy to limit our indebtedness to no more than 50% of the undepreciated book value of our properties. We intend to manage our leverage in a way that may eventually permit us to achieve "investment grade" ratings from nationally recognized statistical rating organizations; however, we can provide no assurance that we will be able to achieve investment grade ratings or when we might do so. If we are unable to achieve investment grade ratings, we believe our ability to issue reasonably priced unsecured debt may be limited. Also, our Board of Trustees may change our financing policies at any time without a vote of, or notice to, our shareholders.
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Other Policies
We have not engaged in underwriting securities of other issuers and do not intend to do so. We have not in the past, but we may in the future, invest in the securities of other issuers for the purpose of exercising control, issue senior securities, make loans to other persons, engage in the purchase and sale of investments, offer securities in exchange for property or repurchase or reacquire our securities.
Our History
We were formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of CWH, a NYSE-listed REIT that primarily owns office properties. CWH created us to concentrate its ownership of certain net leased lands located in Hawaii that CWH purchased in 2003 and 2005 and other single tenant, net leased properties. On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us and in return we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH on December 21, 2011 in connection with our formation); and (ii) the CWH Note. On March 6, 2012, we publicly offered 8,000,000 common shares in our IPO. The sale of those common shares and an additional 1,200,000 common shares pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares closed on March 12, 2012, and we became a public company. Simultaneous with the closing of our IPO, we entered into a $500.0 million revolving credit facility which has subsequently been increased to $750.0 million and which is available for our general business purposes, including acquisitions. We used the net proceeds from our IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note and to reimburse CWH for costs that CWH incurred in connection with our organization and preparation for our IPO. CWH currently owns approximately 56.0% of our outstanding common shares.
Our Leases
The following is an overview of the general lease terms for our properties. The terms of any particular lease may vary from those described below.
Hawaii Leases
In general, leases for properties in Hawaii are net leases, which require that the tenant pay a fixed annual rent on a monthly, quarterly or semi-annual basis, and also pay or reimburse us for all, or substantially all, the property level operating expenses and capital expenditures, such as real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance and repairs. A minority of our Hawaii leases include buildings that we own. Certain leases for our buildings in Hawaii require us to maintain the roof, exterior walls, foundation and other structural elements of the buildings at our expense. A majority of our Hawaii Properties are lands that are leased for fixed annual rents that are periodically reset based on fair market values. In some cases, the resets are based on fair market value rent and in other cases, on a percentage of the fair market value of the land. Fair market value rent reset rates are generally determined through negotiations between us and our tenants; however, when no agreement is achieved, the Hawaii leases require an appraisal process. In the appraisal process for the land leases that are periodically reset, the appraisers are generally required to determine the fair and reasonable rent, exclusive of improvements. In the appraisal process for the leases that are periodically reset based on a percentage of the fair market value of the land, the appraisers are required to determine the fair market value of the land, exclusive of improvements, with such fair market value being based on the highest and best use of the land and as though unencumbered by the lease. Recently, tenants at 24 of our Hawaii Properties commenced litigation against us to consolidate the appraisal proceedings relating to rent resets under their leases; for more information about this litigation, see "Legal Proceedings" in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Mainland Office and Industrial Leases
In general, our office and industrial properties located on the mainland United States are net leased to single tenants. The leases require that the tenants pay fixed annual rents on a monthly basis, and also pay or reimburse us for all, or substantially all, the property level operating expenses and capital expenditures, such as real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance and repairs. Some of these leases provide for periodic fixed increases of base rent. Certain leases for our buildings at our Mainland Properties require us to maintain the roof, exterior walls, foundation and other structural elements of the buildings at our expense.
Environmental Matters
Ownership of real estate is subject to risks associated with environmental hazards. We may be liable for environmental hazards at, or migrating from, our properties, including those created by prior owners or occupants, existing tenants, abutters or other persons. Various federal and state laws impose liabilities upon property owners, such as us, for any environmental damages arising from properties they own. We may be held liable for environmental investigation and clean up damages at, or near, our properties, including at sites we own and lease to our tenants. As an owner of properties which contain environmental hazards, we also may be liable for damages to governmental agencies or third parties for costs and damages they incur arising from environmental hazards at such properties. Moreover, the costs and damages which may arise from environmental hazards are often difficult to project and may be substantial.
Although our leases generally require our tenants to operate in compliance with all applicable laws and to indemnify us against any environmental liabilities arising from a tenant's activities on the property, we could be subject to strict liability by virtue of our ownership interest. Also, our tenants may be unable to satisfy their indemnification obligations, if any, under our leases. Furthermore, the discovery of contamination or violations of environmental laws on any of our properties could lead to significant remediation costs or fines, penalties or other liabilities or obligations attributable to the tenant of that property. Such liabilities or obligations may affect a tenant's ability to make payments to us, including rental payments and, where applicable, indemnification payments. When we acquired the Initial Properties from CWH, we agreed to indemnify CWH against all environmental liabilities with respect to the Initial Properties.
Certain of our properties are used or have been used for industrial purposes. Though we have reviewed these and our other properties for potential environmental liabilities and have established a reserve for potential costs that may be incurred as a result of environmental contamination, no assurance can be given that we have identified all potential environmental liabilities or that our reserve will be sufficient to cover any costs we may incur relating to environmental matters. Some of these properties contain, or may have contained, or are adjacent to or near other properties that have contained or currently contain, underground storage tanks for the storage of petroleum products and other hazardous or toxic substances. Our exposure to these tanks creates the potential for the release of petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances onto our properties. In addition, certain of our properties are on, adjacent to or near other properties upon which others have engaged, or may in the future engage, in activities that may release petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances.
We do not have any insurance designated to limit any losses that we may incur as a result of known or unknown environmental conditions which are not caused by an insured event, such as, for example, fire or flood. However, as of December 31, 2012, we have reserved approximately $8.6 million for potential environmental liabilities. The environmental reserve CWH applied to the Initial Properties historically did not vary significantly from year to year and the actual historical costs to remediate certain environmental issues have not deviated significantly from the corresponding reserve amount.
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Nevertheless, environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including uncertainty about the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the affected property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing reserves for potential environmental liability on a property by property basis, we consider among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental reserves are based on estimates which are subject to significant change and are adjusted as the remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable. We do not believe that there are environmental conditions at any of our properties that will materially and adversely affect us. However, no assurance can be given that environmental conditions present at our properties or costs we may be required to incur in the future to address environmental contamination will not materially and adversely affect us.
We believe any asbestos in our buildings is contained in accordance with current regulations, and we have no current plans to remove it. If we remove the asbestos or renovate or demolish the affected properties, certain environmental regulations govern the manner in which the asbestos must be handled and removed, and we could incur substantial costs complying with such regulations.
Further, we may be impacted by laws enacted or proposed addressing climate change and climate change may adversely affect our business. For more information regarding climate change matters and their possible adverse impact on us, please see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsImpact of Climate Change."
Competition
Investing in and operating commercial properties is a very competitive business. We compete against publicly traded and private REITs, numerous financial institutions, individuals and public and private companies. Some of our competitors may have greater financial and management resources than we have. As a result of our business management agreement with RMR, we have limited ability to invest in properties that are within the investment focus of another business managed by RMR. We believe the diversity of our tenants, the experience and abilities of our management, the quality of our properties and the structure of our leases may afford us some competitive advantages and allow us to operate our business successfully despite the competitive nature of our business. For more information, see "Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our BusinessWe face significant competition."
Management
Our day to day operations are conducted by RMR. RMR originates and presents investment and divestment opportunities to our Board of Trustees and provides management and administrative services to us. RMR is a Delaware limited liability company beneficially owned by Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy, our Managing Trustees. RMR has a principal place of business at Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634, and its telephone number is (617) 796-8390. RMR also acts as the manager to CWH, Government Properties Income Trust, or GOV, Hospitality Properties Trust, or HPT, and Senior Housing Properties Trust, or SNH, and provides management and other services to other private and public companies, including Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or FVE, TravelCenters of America LLC, or TA, and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, or Sonesta. Barry M. Portnoy is the Chairman of RMR, and its other directors are Adam D. Portnoy, Gerard M. Martin and David J. Hegarty. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the executive officers of RMR are: Adam D. Portnoy, President and Chief Executive Officer; Jennifer B. Clark, Executive Vice President and General Counsel; David J. Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Secretary; Mark L. Kleifges, Executive Vice President; Bruce J. Mackey Jr.,
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Executive Vice President; John G. Murray, Executive Vice President; Thomas M. O'Brien, Executive Vice President; John C. Popeo, Executive Vice President; William J. Sheehan, Executive Vice President; David M. Blackman, Senior Vice President; Ethan S. Bornstein, Senior Vice President; Richard A. Doyle, Senior Vice President; Paul V. Hoagland, Senior Vice President; Matthew P. Jordan, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer; David M. Lepore, Senior Vice President; Andrew J. Rebholz, Senior Vice President; and Mark R. Young, Senior Vice President. David M. Blackman, John C. Popeo and Jennifer B. Clark are also our executive officers. Certain executive officers of RMR also serve as officers of various companies to which RMR provides management services.
Employees
We have no employees. Services which would otherwise be provided by employees are provided by RMR and by our Managing Trustees and officers. As of February 22, 2013, RMR had approximately 820 full time employees.
Insurance
Our leases generally provide that our tenants are responsible for the costs of insurance coverage for the properties we lease to them, including for casualty, liability, fire, extended coverage and rental or business interruption loss. Under our Hawaii land leases, our tenants are generally responsible for purchasing the insurance directly, while under our leases relating to our Hawaii buildings, our tenants are generally either required to reimburse us for the costs of maintaining the insurance coverage or purchase such insurance directly and list us as an insured party. With respect to our Mainland Properties, we either purchase the insurance ourselves and our tenants reimburse us, or the tenants buy the insurance directly and are required to list us as an insured party. In addition, we participate with RMR and other companies to which RMR provides management services in a combined insurance program through AIC, and with respect to which AIC is a reinsurer of certain coverage amounts. For more information, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsRelated Person Transactions."
Other Matters
Legislative and regulatory developments may occur at the federal, state and local levels that have direct or indirect impact on the ownership, leasing and operation of our properties. We may need to make expenditures, to the extent these costs are not paid by our tenants, due to changes in government regulations, or the application of such regulations to our properties, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, fire and safety regulations, building codes, land use regulations or environmental regulations on containment, abatement or removal.
Our internet website address is www.sirreit.com. Copies of our governance guidelines, or Governance Guidelines, code of business conduct and ethics, or Code of Conduct, policy outlining procedures for handling concerns or complaints about accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the charters of our audit, compensation and nominating and governance committees are posted on our website and also may be obtained free of charge by writing to our Secretary, Select Income REIT, Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1634 or at our website. We make available, free of charge, on our website, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after these forms are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Any shareholder or other interested party who desires to communicate with our non-management Trustees, individually or as a group, may do so by filling out a report on our website. Our Board of Trustees also provides a process for security holders to send communications to the entire Board of Trustees. Information about the process for sending communications to our Board of Trustees can be found on
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our website. Our website address and the website addresses of one or more unrelated third parties are included several times in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as textual references only and the information in any such website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following summary of federal income tax considerations is based on existing law, and is limited to investors who own our shares as investment assets rather than as inventory or as property used in a trade or business. The summary does not discuss all of the particular tax consequences that might be relevant to you if you are subject to special rules under federal income tax law, for example if you are:
The sections of the IRC that govern federal income tax qualification and treatment of a REIT and its shareholders are complex. This presentation is a summary of applicable IRC provisions, related rules and regulations and administrative and judicial interpretations, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. Future legislative, judicial or administrative actions or decisions could also affect the accuracy of statements made in this summary. We have not received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, with respect to any matter described in this summary, and we cannot assure you that the IRS or a court will agree with the statements made in this summary. The IRS or a court could, for example, take a different position from that described in this summary with respect to our acquisitions, operations, restructurings or other matters, which, if successful, could result in significant tax liabilities for applicable parties. In addition, this summary is not exhaustive of all possible tax consequences, and does not discuss any estate, gift, state, local or foreign tax consequences. For all these reasons, we urge you and any prospective acquiror of our shares to consult with a tax advisor about the federal income tax and other tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares. Our intentions and beliefs described in this summary are based upon our understanding of applicable laws and regulations that are in effect as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. If new laws or regulations are enacted which impact us directly or indirectly, we may change our intentions or beliefs.
Your federal income tax consequences may differ depending on whether or not you are a "U.S. shareholder." For purposes of this summary, a "U.S. shareholder" is:
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all substantial decisions of the trust, or an electing trust in existence on August 20, 1996, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations;
whose status as a U.S. shareholder is not overridden by an applicable tax treaty. Conversely, a "non-U.S. shareholder" is a beneficial owner of our shares who is not a U.S. shareholder. If a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of our shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A beneficial owner that is a partnership and partners in such a partnership are urged to consult their tax advisors about the federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares.
Taxation as a REIT
We will elect to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the IRC, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012. Our REIT election, assuming continuing compliance with the then applicable qualification tests, will continue in effect for subsequent taxable years. Although no assurance can be given, we believe that we have been organized and have operated, and will continue to be organized and to operate, in a manner that qualified and will continue to qualify us to be taxed under the IRC as a REIT. For periods ending on or before the date we ceased to be wholly-owned by CWH, each of us and any of our then existing subsidiaries was at all times either a qualified REIT subsidiary of CWH within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the IRC or a noncorporate entity that for federal income tax purposes was not treated as separate from CWH under regulations issued under Section 7701 of the IRC. During such periods, we and any of our then existing subsidiaries were not taxpayers separate from CWH for federal income tax purposes. For those periods, CWH remains, pursuant to the transaction agreement we entered into with CWH at the time of our initial public offering, which we refer to as the transaction agreement, solely responsible for the federal income tax with respect to our assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit, as well as the federal income tax filings in respect of our and any of our then existing subsidiaries' operations.
As a REIT, we generally are not subject to federal income tax on our net income distributed as dividends to our shareholders. Distributions to our shareholders generally are included in their income as dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Our dividends are not generally entitled to the preferential tax rates on qualified dividend income, but a portion of our dividends may be treated as capital gain dividends or qualified dividend income, all as explained below. No portion of any of our dividends is eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. Distributions in excess of current or accumulated earnings and profits generally are treated for federal income tax purposes as returns of capital to the extent of a recipient shareholder's basis in our shares, and will reduce this basis. Our current or accumulated earnings and profits are generally allocated first to distributions made on our preferred shares, of which there are none outstanding at this time, and thereafter to distributions made on our common shares. For all these purposes, our distributions include both cash distributions and any in kind distributions of property that we might make.
Our counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, has provided to us an opinion that we have been organized and will have qualified as a REIT under the IRC for our 2012 taxable year upon our filing of a timely income tax return for that year, and that our current investments and plan of operation will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the IRC. Our counsel's opinions are conditioned upon the assumption that our leases, our declaration of trust and all other legal documents to which we are or have been a party have been and will be complied with by all parties to those documents, upon the accuracy and completeness of the factual matters described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and upon representations made by us as to certain factual matters relating to our organization and operations and our expected manner of operation. If this assumption or a representation is inaccurate or incomplete, our counsel's opinions
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may be adversely affected and may not be relied upon. The opinions of our tax counsel are based upon the law as it exists today, but the law may change in the future, possibly with retroactive effect. Given the highly complex nature of the rules governing REITs, the ongoing importance of factual determinations, and the possibility of future changes in our circumstances, no assurance can be given by Sullivan & Worcester LLP or us that we will qualify as or be taxed as a REIT for any particular year. Any opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP as to our qualification or taxation as a REIT will be expressed as of the date issued. Our counsel will have no obligation to advise us or our shareholders of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed or of any subsequent change in the applicable law. Also, the opinions of tax counsel are not binding on either the IRS or a court, and either could take a position different from that expressed by tax counsel.
Our continued qualification and taxation as a REIT will depend upon our compliance on a continuing basis with various qualification tests imposed under the IRC and summarized below. While we believe that we will satisfy these tests, our counsel does not review compliance with these tests on a continuing basis. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any year, we will be subject to federal income taxation as if we were a corporation taxed under subchapter C of the IRC, or a C corporation, and our shareholders will be taxed like shareholders of C corporations, meaning that federal income tax generally will be applied at both the corporate and shareholder levels. In this event, we could be subject to significant tax liabilities, and the amount of cash available for distribution to our shareholders could be reduced or eliminated.
If we qualify as a REIT and meet the tests described below, we generally will not pay federal income tax on amounts we distribute to our shareholders. However, even if we qualify as a REIT, we may be subject to federal tax in the following circumstances:
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owned by the C corporation, then we will pay tax at the highest regular corporate tax rate, which is currently 35%, on the lesser of the excess of the fair market value of the asset over the C corporation's basis in the asset on the date the asset ceased to be owned by the C corporation, or the gain we recognize in the disposition.
If we fail to qualify or elect not to qualify as a REIT, then we will be subject to federal income tax in the same manner as a regular C corporation. Further, as a regular C corporation, distributions to our shareholders will not be deductible by us, nor will distributions be required under the IRC. Also, to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, all distributions to our shareholders will generally be taxable as ordinary dividends potentially eligible for preferential tax rates discussed below in "Taxation of U.S. Shareholders" and, subject to limitations in the IRC, will be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. Finally, we will generally be disqualified from qualification as a REIT for the four taxable years following disqualification. Our failure to qualify as a REIT for even one year could result in reduction or elimination of distributions to our shareholders, or in our incurring substantial indebtedness or liquidating substantial investments in order to pay the resulting corporate-level taxes. The IRC provides certain relief provisions under which we might avoid automatically ceasing to be a REIT for failure to meet certain REIT requirements, all as discussed in more detail below.
REIT Qualification Requirements
General Requirements. Section 856(a) of the IRC defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:
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Section 856(b) of the IRC provides that conditions (1) through (4) must be met during the entire taxable year and that condition (5) must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a pro rata part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. Section 856(h)(2) of the IRC provides that neither condition (5) nor (6) need be met for our first taxable year as a REIT. We believe that we have met conditions (1) through (7) during each of the requisite periods ending on or before the close of our most recently completed taxable year, and that we will continue to meet these conditions in future taxable years. There can, however, be no assurance in this regard.
By reason of condition (6), we will fail to qualify as a REIT for a taxable year if at any time during the last half of a year (except for our first taxable year as a REIT) more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares is owned directly or indirectly by five or fewer individuals. To help comply with condition (6), our declaration of trust restricts transfers of our shares that would otherwise result in concentrated ownership positions. In addition, if we comply with applicable Treasury regulations to ascertain the ownership of our shares and do not know, or by exercising reasonable diligence would not have known, that we failed condition (6), then we will be treated as having met condition (6). However, our failure to comply with these regulations for ascertaining ownership may result in a penalty of $25,000, or $50,000 for intentional violations. Accordingly, we have complied and will continue to comply with these regulations, including requesting annually from record holders of significant percentages of our shares information regarding the ownership of our shares. Under our declaration of trust, our shareholders are required to respond to these requests for information.
For purposes of condition (6), the term "individuals" is defined in the IRC to include natural persons, supplemental unemployment compensation benefit plans, private foundations and portions of a trust permanently set aside or used exclusively for charitable purposes, but not other entities or qualified pension plans or profit-sharing trusts. As a result, REIT shares owned by an entity that is not an "individual" are considered to be owned by the direct and indirect owners of the entity that are individuals (as so defined), rather than to be owned by the entity itself. Similarly, REIT shares held by a qualified pension plan or profit-sharing trust are treated as held directly by the individual beneficiaries in proportion to their actuarial interests in such plan or trust. Consequently, five or fewer such trusts could own more than 50% of the interests in an entity without jeopardizing that entity's federal income tax qualification as a REIT. However, as discussed below, if a REIT is a "pension-held REIT," each qualified pension plan or profit-sharing pension trust owning more than 10% of the REIT's shares by value generally may be taxed on a portion of the dividends it receives from the REIT.
The IRC provides that we will not automatically fail to be a REIT if we do not meet conditions (1) through (6), provided we can establish reasonable cause for any such failure. Each such excused failure will result in the imposition of a $50,000 penalty instead of REIT disqualification. It is impossible to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to the benefit of this relief provision. This relief provision applies to any failure of the applicable conditions, even if the failure first occurred in a prior taxable year.
Our Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Our Investments through Partnerships. Except in respect of taxable REIT subsidiaries as discussed below, Section 856(i) of the IRC provides that any corporation, 100% of whose stock is held by a REIT and its disregarded subsidiaries, is a qualified REIT subsidiary and shall not be treated as a separate corporation. The assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as the REIT's. We believe that each of our direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, other than the taxable REIT subsidiaries discussed below, will be either a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the IRC, or a noncorporate entity that for federal income tax purposes is not treated as separate from its owner
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under regulations issued under Section 7701 of the IRC. Thus, except for the taxable REIT subsidiaries discussed below, in applying all the federal income tax REIT qualification requirements described in this summary, all assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit of our direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries are treated as ours.
We may invest in real estate through one or more entities that are treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes, including limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, or foreign entities. In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership, regulations under the IRC provide that, for purposes of the REIT qualification requirements regarding income and assets discussed below, the REIT is deemed to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership corresponding to the REIT's proportionate capital interest in the partnership and is deemed to be entitled to the income of the partnership attributable to this proportionate share. In addition, for these purposes, the character of the assets and gross income of the partnership generally retains the same character in the hands of the REIT. Accordingly, our proportionate share of the assets, liabilities, and items of income of each partnership in which we become a partner is treated as ours for purposes of the income tests and asset tests discussed below. In contrast, for purposes of the distribution requirement discussed below, we would take into account as a partner our share of the partnership's income as determined under the general federal income tax rules governing partners and partnerships under Sections 701 through 777 of the IRC.
Taxable REIT Subsidiaries. We are permitted to own any or all of the securities of a "taxable REIT subsidiary" as defined in Section 856(l) of the IRC, provided that no more than 25% of the total value of our assets, at the close of each quarter, is comprised of our investments in the stock or securities of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. Among other requirements, a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours must:
(1) be a non-REIT corporation for federal income tax purposes in which we directly or indirectly own shares;
(2) join with us in making a taxable REIT subsidiary election;
(3) not directly or indirectly operate or manage a lodging facility or a health care facility; and
(4) not directly or indirectly provide to any person, under a franchise, license or otherwise, rights to any brand name under which any lodging facility or health care facility is operated, except that in limited circumstances a subfranchise, sublicense or similar right can be granted to an independent contractor to operate or manage a lodging facility or a health care facility.
In addition, a corporation other than a REIT in which a taxable REIT subsidiary directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value will automatically be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Subject to the discussion below, we believe that we and each of our taxable REIT subsidiaries have complied with, and will continue to comply with, on a continuous basis, the requirements for taxable REIT subsidiary status at all times during which the subsidiary's taxable REIT subsidiary election is reported as being in effect, and we believe that the same will be true for any taxable REIT subsidiary that we later form or acquire.
Our ownership of stock and securities in taxable REIT subsidiaries is exempt from the 10% and 5% REIT asset tests discussed below. Also, as discussed below, taxable REIT subsidiaries can perform services for our tenants without disqualifying the rents we receive from those tenants under the 75% or 95% gross income tests discussed below. Moreover, because taxable REIT subsidiaries are taxed as C corporations that are separate from us, their assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit generally are not imputed to us for purposes of the REIT qualification requirements described in this summary. Therefore, taxable REIT subsidiaries can generally undertake third-party management and development activities and activities not related to real estate.
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Restrictions are imposed on taxable REIT subsidiaries to ensure that they will be subject to an appropriate level of federal income taxation. For example, a taxable REIT subsidiary may not deduct interest paid in any year to an affiliated REIT to the extent that the interest payments exceed, generally, 50% of the taxable REIT subsidiary's adjusted taxable income for that year. However, the taxable REIT subsidiary may carry forward the disallowed interest expense to a succeeding year, and deduct the interest in that later year subject to that year's 50% adjusted taxable income limitation. In addition, if a taxable REIT subsidiary pays interest, rent or other amounts to its affiliated REIT in an amount that exceeds what an unrelated third party would have paid in an arm's length transaction, then the REIT generally will be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of the excessive portion of the payment. Finally, if in comparison to an arm's length transaction, a tenant has overpaid rent to the REIT in exchange for underpaying the taxable REIT subsidiary for services rendered, and if the REIT has not adequately compensated the taxable REIT subsidiary for services provided to or on behalf of a tenant, then the REIT may be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of the undercompensation to the taxable REIT subsidiary. There can be no assurance that arrangements involving our taxable REIT subsidiaries will not result in the imposition of one or more of these deduction limitations or excise taxes, but we do not believe that we are or will be subject to these impositions.
Income Tests. There are two gross income requirements for qualification as a REIT under the IRC:
For purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests outlined above, income derived from a "shared appreciation provision" in a mortgage loan is generally treated as gain recognized on the sale of the property to which it relates. Although we will use our best efforts to ensure that the income generated
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by our investments will be of a type that satisfies both the 75% and 95% gross income tests, there can be no assurance in this regard.
In order to qualify as "rents from real property" under Section 856 of the IRC, several requirements must be met:
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the personal property to the total fair market value of the real and personal property that is rented.
We believe that all or substantially all our rents have qualified and will qualify as rents from real property for purposes of Section 856 of the IRC.
In order to qualify as mortgage interest on real property for purposes of the 75% test, interest must derive from a mortgage loan secured by real property with a fair market value, at the time the loan is made, at least equal to the amount of the loan. If the amount of the loan exceeds the fair market value of the real property, the interest will be treated as interest on a mortgage loan in a ratio equal to the ratio of the fair market value of the real property to the total amount of the mortgage loan.
Absent the "foreclosure property" rules of Section 856(e) of the IRC, a REIT's receipt of business operating income from a property would not qualify under the 75% and 95% gross income tests. But as foreclosure property, gross income from such a business operation would so qualify. In the case of property leased by a REIT to a tenant, foreclosure property is defined under applicable Treasury regulations to include generally the real property and incidental personal property that the REIT reduces to possession upon a default or imminent default under the lease by the tenant, and as to which a foreclosure property election is made by attaching an appropriate statement to the REIT's federal income tax return. Any gain that a REIT recognizes on the sale of foreclosure property held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers, plus any income it receives from foreclosure property that would not qualify under the 75% gross income test in the absence of foreclosure property treatment, reduced by expenses directly connected with the production of those items of income, would be subject to income tax at the maximum corporate rate, currently 35%, under the foreclosure property income tax rules of Section 857(b)(4) of the IRC. Thus, if a REIT should lease foreclosure property in exchange for rent that qualifies as "rents from real property" as described above, then that rental income is not subject to the foreclosure property income tax.
Other than sales of foreclosure property, any gain we realize on the sale of property held as inventory or other property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business will be treated as income from a prohibited transaction that is subject to a penalty tax at a 100% rate. This prohibited transaction income also may adversely affect our ability to satisfy the 75% and 95% gross income tests for federal income tax qualification as a REIT. We cannot provide assurances as to whether or not the IRS might successfully assert that one or more of our dispositions would be subject to the 100% penalty tax. However, we believe that dispositions of assets that we might make will not be subject to the 100% penalty tax, because we intend to:
If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% or the 95% gross income tests in any taxable year, we may nevertheless qualify as a REIT for that year if we satisfy the following requirements:
It is impossible to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to the benefit of this relief provision for the 75% and 95% gross income tests. Even if this relief provision does apply, a 100% tax
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is imposed upon the greater of the amount by which we failed the 75% test or the amount by which we failed the 95% test, with adjustments, multiplied by a fraction intended to reflect our profitability. This relief provision applies to any failure of the applicable income tests, even if the failure first occurred in a year prior to the taxable year in which the failure was discovered.
Asset Tests. At the close of each quarter of each taxable year, we must also satisfy the following asset percentage tests in order to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes:
When a failure to satisfy the above asset tests results from an acquisition of securities or other property during a quarter, the failure can be cured by disposition of sufficient nonqualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter.
In addition, if we fail the 5% value test or the 10% vote or value tests at the close of any quarter and do not cure such failure within 30 days after the close of that quarter, that failure will nevertheless be excused if (a) the failure is de minimis and (b) within 6 months after the last day of the quarter in which we identify the failure, we either dispose of the assets causing the failure or otherwise satisfy the 5% value and 10% vote and value asset tests. For purposes of this relief provision, the failure will be "de minimis" if the value of the assets causing the failure does not exceed the lesser of (a) 1% of the total value of our assets at the end of the relevant quarter or (b) $10,000,000. If our failure is not de minimis, or if any of the other REIT asset tests have been violated, we may nevertheless qualify as a REIT if (a) we provide the IRS with a description of each asset causing the failure, (b) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, (c) we pay a tax equal to the greater of (1) $50,000 or (2) the highest rate of corporate tax imposed (currently 35%) on the net income generated by the assets causing the failure during the period of the failure and (d) within 6 months after the last day of the quarter in which we identify the failure, we either dispose of the assets causing the failure or otherwise satisfy all of the REIT asset tests. These relief provisions apply to any failure of the applicable asset tests, even if the failure first occurred in a year prior to the taxable year in which the failure was discovered.
The IRC also provides an excepted securities safe harbor to the 10% value test that includes among other items (a) "straight debt" securities, (b) certain rental agreements in which payment is to be made in subsequent years, (c) any obligation to pay rents from real property, (d) securities issued by governmental entities that are not dependent in whole or in part on the profits of or payments from a nongovernmental entity and (e) any security issued by another REIT.
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We have maintained and will continue to maintain records of the value of our assets to document our compliance with the above asset tests, and intend to take actions as may be required to cure any failure to satisfy the tests within 30 days after the close of any quarter or within the six month periods described above.
Annual Distribution Requirements. In order to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the IRC, we are required to make annual distributions other than capital gain dividends to our shareholders in an amount at least equal to the excess of:
(A) the sum of 90% of our "real estate investment trust taxable income," as defined in Section 857 of the IRC, computed by excluding any net capital gain and before taking into account any dividends paid deduction for which we are eligible, and 90% of our net income after tax, if any, from property received in foreclosure, over
(B) the sum of our qualifying noncash income, e.g., imputed rental income or income from transactions inadvertently failing to qualify as like-kind exchanges.
The distributions must be paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if declared before we timely file our federal income tax return for the earlier taxable year and if paid on or before the first regular distribution payment after that declaration. If a dividend is declared in October, November or December to shareholders of record during one of those months, and is paid during the following January, then for federal income tax purposes the dividend will be treated as having been both paid and received on December 31 of the prior taxable year. A distribution which is not pro rata within a class of our beneficial interests entitled to a distribution, or which is not consistent with the rights to distributions among our classes of beneficial interests, is a preferential distribution that is not taken into consideration for purposes of the distribution requirements, and accordingly the payment of a preferential distribution could affect our ability to meet the distribution requirements. Taking into account our distribution policies, including the dividend reinvestment plan we have adopted, we do not believe that we have made or will make any preferential distributions. The distribution requirements may be waived by the IRS if a REIT establishes that it failed to meet them by reason of distributions previously made to meet the requirements of the 4% excise tax discussed below. To the extent that we do not distribute all of our net capital gain and all of our real estate investment trust taxable income, as adjusted, we will be subject to federal income tax on undistributed amounts.
In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax to the extent we fail within a calendar year to make required distributions to our shareholders of 85% of our ordinary income and 95% of our capital gain net income plus the excess, if any, of the "grossed up required distribution" for the preceding calendar year over the amount treated as distributed for that preceding calendar year. For this purpose, the term "grossed up required distribution" for any calendar year is the sum of our taxable income for the calendar year without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and all amounts from earlier years that are not treated as having been distributed under the provision. We will be treated as having sufficient earnings and profits to treat as a dividend any distribution by us up to the amount required to be distributed in order to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax.
If we do not have enough cash or other liquid assets to meet the 90% distribution requirements, we may find it necessary and desirable to arrange for new debt or equity financing to provide funds for required distributions in order to maintain our REIT status. We can provide no assurance that financing would be available for these purposes on favorable terms.
We may be able to rectify a failure to pay sufficient dividends for any year by paying "deficiency dividends" to shareholders in a later year. These deficiency dividends may be included in our deduction for dividends paid for the earlier year, but an interest charge would be imposed upon us for the delay in distribution.
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In addition to the other distribution requirements above, to preserve our status as a REIT we are required to timely distribute C corporation earnings and profits that we inherit from acquired corporations.
Depreciation and Federal Income Tax Treatment of Leases
Our initial tax bases in our assets will generally be our acquisition cost. We will generally depreciate our depreciable real property on a straight-line basis over 40 years and our personal property over the applicable shorter periods. These depreciation schedules may vary for properties that we acquire through tax-free or carryover basis acquisitions, for example our initial portfolio acquired from CWH as discussed below.
The initial tax bases and depreciation schedules for the assets we held immediately after we separated from CWH in March 2012 depend upon whether the deemed exchange that resulted from that separation was an exchange governed by Section 351 or instead Section 1001 of the IRC. Our tax counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, provided to us an opinion that the deemed exchange should be treated as an exchange governed by Section 351 of the IRC, and we have agreed to perform and will perform all our tax reporting accordingly. This opinion was conditioned upon the assumption that the transaction agreement governing our separation had been and will be complied with by all parties thereto, upon the accuracy and completeness of the factual matters described in our Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed in connection with our initial public offering and upon representations made by us and CWH as to specified factual matters. Therefore, we carried over CWH's tax basis and depreciation schedule in each of the assets that we received from CWH, adjusted by the gain recognized by CWH in the deemed exchange. This conclusion regarding the applicability of Section 351 is dependent upon favorable determinations with regard to each of the following issues: (a) Section 351(e) of the IRC did not apply to the deemed exchange, or else it would have disqualified the deemed exchange from Section 351 treatment altogether; and (b) a judicial recharacterization rule, developed in Waterman Steamship v. Commissioner, 430 F.2d 1185 (5th Cir. 1970), and subsequent tax cases, did not apply to recharacterize our cash payment to CWH in the separation in a manner that renders the deemed exchange a Section 1001 transaction under the IRC. There can be no assurance that the IRS or a court would reach the same conclusion.
If, contrary to our belief and the opinion of our tax counsel, the deemed exchange was taxable to CWH because Section 1001 of the IRC applied instead of Section 351 of the IRC, then we would be treated as though we acquired our initial assets from CWH in a fully taxable acquisition, thereby acquiring tax bases in our assets that would be depreciable over longer depreciable lives. In that event, we estimate that our aggregate depreciation deductions for our initial taxable year and many taxable years thereafter would be lower. If the IRS were to successfully challenge our reported depreciation methods and the associated tax reporting, then, including for purposes of qualifying for taxation as a REIT, we could be required to amend our tax reports, including those sent to our shareholders, or could be required to pay deficiency dividends, including the associated interest charge, as discussed above.
We are entitled to depreciation deductions from our facilities only if we are treated for federal income tax purposes as the owner of the facilities. This means that the leases of the facilities must be classified for federal income tax purposes as true leases, rather than as sales or financing arrangements, and we believe this to be the case. In the case of any sale-leaseback arrangements, the IRS could assert that we realized or will realize prepaid rental income in the year of purchase to the extent that the value of a leased property, at the time of purchase, exceeds or exceeded the purchase price for that property. While we believe that the value of leased property at the time of any such purchase will or did not exceed the purchase price, because of the lack of clear precedent we cannot provide assurances as to whether the IRS might successfully assert the existence of prepaid rental income in any such sale-leaseback transaction.
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Taxation of U.S. Shareholders
For noncorporate U.S. shareholders, to the extent that their total adjusted income does not exceed applicable thresholds, the maximum federal income tax rate for long-term capital gains and most corporate dividends is generally 15%. For those noncorporate U.S. shareholders whose total adjusted income exceeds such income thresholds, the maximum federal income tax rate for long-term capital gains and most corporate dividends is generally 20%. However, because we are not generally subject to federal income tax on the portion of our REIT taxable income distributed to our shareholders, dividends on our shares generally are not eligible for such preferential tax rates. As a result, our ordinary dividends continue to be taxed at the higher federal income tax rates applicable to ordinary income. However, the preferential federal income tax rates for long-term capital gains and for dividends generally apply to:
(1) long-term capital gains, if any, recognized on the disposition of our shares;
(2) our distributions designated as long-term capital gain dividends (except to the extent attributable to real estate depreciation recapture, in which case the distributions are subject to a maximum 25% federal income tax rate);
(3) our dividends attributable to dividends, if any, received by us from C corporations such as taxable REIT subsidiaries; and
(4) our dividends to the extent attributable to income upon which we have paid federal corporate income tax.
As long as we qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, a distribution to our U.S. shareholders that we do not designate as a capital gain dividend will be treated as an ordinary income dividend to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Distributions made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits that we properly designate as capital gain dividends generally will be taxed as long-term capital gains, as discussed below, to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year. However, corporate shareholders may be required to treat up to 20% of any capital gain dividend as ordinary income under Section 291 of the IRC.
In addition, we may elect to retain net capital gain income and treat it as constructively distributed. In that case:
If we elect to retain our net capital gains in this fashion, we will notify our U.S. shareholders of the relevant tax information within 60 days after the close of the affected taxable year.
If for any taxable year we designate capital gain dividends for U.S. shareholders, then a portion of the capital gain dividends we designate will be allocated to the holders of a particular class of shares on a percentage basis equal to the ratio of the amount of the total dividends paid or made available for the year to the holders of that class of shares to the total dividends paid or made available for the year
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to holders of all classes of our shares. We will similarly designate the portion of any capital gain dividend that is to be taxed to noncorporate U.S. shareholders at preferential maximum rates (including any capital gains attributable to real estate depreciation recapture that are subject to a maximum 25% federal income tax rate) so that the designations will be proportionate among all classes of our shares.
Distributions in excess of current or accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a U.S. shareholder to the extent that they do not exceed the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shareholder's shares, but will reduce the shareholder's basis in those shares. To the extent that these excess distributions exceed the adjusted basis of a U.S. shareholder's shares, they will be included in income as capital gain, with long-term gain generally taxed to noncorporate U.S. shareholders at preferential maximum rates. No U.S. shareholder may include on his federal income tax return any of our net operating losses or any of our capital losses.
If a dividend is declared in October, November or December to shareholders of record during one of those months, and is paid during the following January, then for federal income tax purposes the dividend will be treated as having been both paid and received on December 31 of the prior taxable year. Also, items that are treated differently for regular and alternative minimum tax purposes are to be allocated between a REIT and its shareholders under Treasury regulations which are to be prescribed. It is possible that these Treasury regulations will require tax preference items to be allocated to our shareholders with respect to any accelerated depreciation or other tax preference items that we claim.
A U.S. shareholder will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized and the shareholder's adjusted basis in our shares that are sold or exchanged. This gain or loss will be capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder's holding period in the shares exceeds one year. In addition, any loss upon a sale or exchange of our shares held for six months or less will generally be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of our long-term capital gain dividends during the holding period.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, U.S. shareholders who are individuals, estates or trusts are generally required to pay a new 3.8% Medicare tax on their net investment income (including dividends on and gains from the sale or other disposition of our shares), or in the case of estates and trusts on their net investment income that is not distributed, in each case to the extent that their total adjusted income exceeds applicable thresholds. For unmarried individuals, estates and trusts, the threshold is $200,000; for married individuals filing jointly, the threshold is $250,000; and for married individuals filing separately, the threshold is $125,000.
The IRC imposes a penalty for the failure to properly disclose a "reportable transaction." A reportable transaction currently includes, among other things, a sale or exchange of our shares resulting in a tax loss in excess of (a) $10 million in any single year or $20 million in any combination of years in the case of our shares held by a C corporation or by a partnership with only C corporation partners or (b) $2 million in any single year or $4 million in any combination of years in the case of our shares held by any other partnership or an S corporation, trust or individual, including losses that flow through pass through entities to individuals. A taxpayer discloses a reportable transaction by filing IRS Form 8886 with its federal income tax return and, in the first year of filing, a copy of Form 8886 must be sent to the IRS's Office of Tax Shelter Analysis. The penalty for failing to disclose a reportable transaction is generally $10,000 in the case of a natural person and $50,000 in any other case.
Noncorporate U.S. shareholders who borrow funds to finance their acquisition of our shares could be limited in the amount of deductions allowed for the interest paid on the indebtedness incurred. Under Section 163(d) of the IRC, interest paid or accrued on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry property held for investment is generally deductible only to the extent of the investor's net investment income. A U.S. shareholder's net investment income will include ordinary
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income dividend distributions received from us and, if an appropriate election is made by the shareholder, capital gain dividend distributions and qualified dividends received from us; however, distributions treated as a nontaxable return of the shareholder's basis will not enter into the computation of net investment income.
Taxation of Tax-Exempt Shareholders
Subject to the pension-held REIT rules discussed below, our distributions made to shareholders that are tax-exempt pension plans, individual retirement accounts or other qualifying tax-exempt entities should not constitute unrelated business taxable income, provided that the shareholder has not financed its acquisition of our shares with "acquisition indebtedness" within the meaning of the IRC, and provided further that, consistent with our present intent, we do not hold a residual interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit.
Tax-exempt pension trusts that own more than 10% by value of a "pension-held REIT" at any time during a taxable year may be required to treat a percentage of all dividends received from the pension-held REIT during the year as unrelated business taxable income. This percentage is equal to the ratio of:
except that this percentage shall be deemed to be zero unless it would otherwise equal or exceed 5%. A REIT is a pension-held REIT if:
A REIT is predominantly held by tax-exempt pension trusts if at least one tax-exempt pension trust owns more than 25% by value of the REIT's stock or beneficial interests, or if one or more tax-exempt pension trusts, each owning more than 10% by value of the REIT's stock or beneficial interests, own in the aggregate more than 50% by value of the REIT's stock or beneficial interests. Because of the share ownership concentration restrictions in our declaration of trust, we believe that we are not and will not become a pension-held REIT. However, because our shares are publicly traded, we cannot completely control whether or not we are or will become a pension-held REIT.
Social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts and qualified group legal services plans exempt from federal income taxation under Sections 501(c)(7), (c)(9), (c)(17) and (c)(20) of the IRC, respectively, are subject to different unrelated business taxable income rules, which generally will require them to characterize distributions from a REIT as unrelated business taxable income. In addition, these prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning any "set aside" or reserve requirements applicable to them.
Taxation of Non-U.S. Shareholders
The rules governing the United States federal income taxation of non-U.S. shareholders are complex, and the following discussion is intended only as a summary of these rules. If you are a non-U.S. shareholder, we urge you to consult with your own tax advisor to determine the impact of
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United States federal, state, local and foreign tax laws, including any tax return filing and other reporting requirements, with respect to your investment in our shares.
In general, a non-U.S. shareholder will be subject to regular United States federal income tax in the same manner as a U.S. shareholder with respect to its investment in our shares if that investment is effectively connected with the non-U.S. shareholder's conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if provided by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base the non-U.S. shareholder maintains in the United States). In addition, a corporate non-U.S. shareholder that receives income that is or is deemed effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States may also be subject to the 30% branch profits tax under Section 884 of the IRC, which is payable in addition to regular United States federal corporate income tax. The balance of this discussion of the United States federal income taxation of non-U.S. shareholders addresses only those non-U.S. shareholders whose investment in our shares is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
A distribution by us to a non-U.S. shareholder that is not attributable to gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest and that is not designated as a capital gain dividend will be treated as an ordinary income dividend to the extent that it is made out of current or accumulated earnings and profits. A distribution of this type will generally be subject to United States federal income tax and withholding at the rate of 30%, or at a lower rate if the non-U.S. shareholder has in the manner prescribed by the IRS demonstrated its entitlement to benefits under a tax treaty. In the case of any in kind distributions of property, we or other applicable withholding agents will collect the amount required to be withheld by reducing to cash for remittance to the IRS a sufficient portion of the property that the non-U.S. shareholder would otherwise receive, and the non-U.S. shareholder may bear brokerage or other costs for this withholding procedure. Because we cannot determine our current and accumulated earnings and profits until the end of the taxable year, withholding at the rate of 30% or applicable lower treaty rate will generally be imposed on the gross amount of any distribution to a non-U.S. shareholder that we make and do not designate as a capital gain dividend. Notwithstanding this withholding on distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, these distributions are a nontaxable return of capital to the extent that they do not exceed the non-U.S. shareholder's adjusted basis in our shares, and the nontaxable return of capital will reduce the adjusted basis in these shares. To the extent that distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits exceed the non-U.S. shareholder's adjusted basis in our shares, the distributions will give rise to tax liability if the non-U.S. shareholder would otherwise be subject to tax on any gain from the sale or exchange of these shares, as discussed below. A non-U.S. shareholder may seek a refund from the IRS of amounts withheld on distributions to him in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits.
From time to time, some of our distributions may be attributable to the sale or exchange of United States real property interests. However, capital gain dividends that are received by a non-U.S. shareholder, as well as dividends attributable to our sales of United States real property interests, will be subject to the taxation and withholding regime applicable to ordinary income dividends and the branch profits tax will not apply, provided that (1) these dividends are received with respect to a class of shares that is "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" such as the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, both as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, and (2) the non-U.S. shareholder does not own more than 5% of that class of shares at any time during the one-year period ending on the date of distribution of the applicable capital gain and United States real property interest dividends. If both of these provisions are satisfied, qualifying non-U.S. shareholders will not be subject to withholding either on capital gain dividends or on dividends that are attributable to our sales of United States real property interests as though those amounts were effectively connected with a United States trade or business, and qualifying non-U.S. shareholders will not be required to file United States federal income tax returns or pay branch profits tax in respect of these dividends.
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Instead, these dividends will be subject to United States federal income tax and withholding as ordinary dividends, currently at a 30% tax rate unless reduced by applicable treaty, as discussed below. Although there can be no assurance in this regard, we believe that our common shares have been and will remain "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" within the meaning of applicable Treasury regulations; however, we can provide no assurance that our shares will continue to be "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" in future taxable years.
Except as discussed above, for any year in which we qualify as a REIT, distributions that are attributable to gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest are taxed to a non-U.S. shareholder as if these distributions were gains effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States conducted by the non-U.S. shareholder. Accordingly, a non-U.S. shareholder that does not qualify for the special rule above will be taxed on these amounts at the normal capital gain and other tax rates applicable to a U.S. shareholder, subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax and to a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals; such a non-U.S. shareholder will be required to file a United States federal income tax return reporting these amounts, even if applicable withholding is imposed as described below; and such a non-U.S. shareholder that is also a corporation may owe the 30% branch profits tax under Section 884 of the IRC in respect of these amounts. We or other applicable withholding agents will be required to withhold from distributions to such non-U.S. shareholders, and remit to the IRS, 35% of the maximum amount of any distribution that could be designated as a capital gain dividend. In addition, for purposes of this withholding rule, if we designate prior distributions as capital gain dividends, then subsequent distributions up to the amount of the designated prior distributions will be treated as capital gain dividends. The amount of any tax withheld is creditable against the non-U.S. shareholder's United States federal income tax liability, and the non-U.S. shareholder may file for a refund from the IRS of any amount of withheld tax in excess of that tax liability.
A special "wash sale" rule applies to a non-U.S. shareholder who owns any class of our shares if (1) the shareholder owns more than 5% of that class of shares at any time during the one-year period ending on the date of the distribution described below, or (2) that class of our shares is not, within the meaning of applicable Treasury regulations, "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" such as the NYSE. Although there can be no assurance in this regard, we believe that our common shares have been and will remain "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" within the meaning of applicable Treasury regulations, all as discussed above; however, we can provide no assurance that our shares will continue to be "regularly traded" on a domestic "established securities market" in future taxable years. We thus anticipate this wash sale rule to apply, if at all, only to a non-U.S. shareholder that owns more than 5% of either our common shares or any class of our preferred shares. Such a non-U.S. shareholder will be treated as having made a "wash sale" of our shares if it (1) disposes of an interest in our shares during the 30 days preceding the ex-dividend date of a distribution by us that, but for such disposition, would have been treated by the non-U.S. shareholder in whole or in part as gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest, and then (2) acquires or enters into a contract to acquire a substantially identical interest in our shares, either actually or constructively through a related party, during the 61-day period beginning 30 days prior to the ex-dividend date. In the event of such a wash sale, the non-U.S. shareholder will have gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest in an amount equal to the portion of the distribution that, but for the wash sale, would have been a gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest. As discussed above, a non-U.S. shareholder's gain from the sale or exchange of a United States real property interest can trigger increased United States taxes, such as the branch profits tax applicable to non-U.S. corporations, and increased United States tax filing requirements.
If for any taxable year we designate capital gain dividends for our shareholders, then a portion of the capital gain dividends we designate will be allocated to the holders of a particular class of shares on
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a percentage basis equal to the ratio of the amount of the total dividends paid or made available for the year to the holders of that class of shares to the total dividends paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of our shares.
Tax treaties may reduce the withholding obligations on our distributions. Under some treaties, however, rates below 30% that are applicable to ordinary income dividends from United States corporations may not apply to ordinary income dividends from a REIT or may apply only if the REIT meets certain additional conditions. A non-U.S. shareholder must generally use an applicable IRS Form W-8, or substantially similar form, to claim tax treaty benefits. If the amount of tax withheld with respect to a distribution to a non-U.S. shareholder exceeds the shareholder's United States federal income tax liability with respect to the distribution, the non-U.S. shareholder may file for a refund of the excess from the IRS. The 35% withholding tax rate discussed above on some capital gain dividends corresponds to the maximum income tax rate applicable to corporate non-U.S. shareholders but is higher than the current preferential maximum rates on capital gains generally applicable to noncorporate non-U.S. shareholders. Treasury regulations also provide special rules to determine whether, for purposes of determining the applicability of a tax treaty, our distributions to a non-U.S. shareholder that is an entity should be treated as paid to the entity or to those owning an interest in that entity and whether the entity or its owners are entitled to benefits under the tax treaty. In the case of any in kind distributions of property, we or other applicable withholding agents will have to collect the amount required to be withheld by reducing to cash for remittance to the IRS a sufficient portion of the property that the non-U.S. shareholder would otherwise receive, and the non-U.S. shareholder may bear brokerage or other costs for this withholding procedure.
Non-U.S. shareholders should generally be able to treat amounts we designate as retained but constructively distributed capital gains in the same manner as actual distributions of capital gain dividends by us. In addition, a non-U.S. shareholder should be able to offset as a credit against its federal income tax liability the proportionate share of the tax paid by us on such retained but constructively distributed capital gains. A non-U.S. shareholder may file for a refund from the IRS for the amount that the non-U.S. shareholder's proportionate share of tax paid by us exceeds its federal income tax liability on the constructively distributed capital gains.
If our shares are not "United States real property interests" within the meaning of Section 897 of the IRC, then a non-U.S. shareholder's gain on sale of these shares generally will not be subject to United States federal income taxation, except that a nonresident alien individual who was in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year may be subject to a 30% tax on this gain. Our shares will not constitute a United States real property interest if we are a "domestically controlled REIT." A domestically controlled REIT is a REIT in which at all times during the preceding five-year period less than 50% in value of its shares is held directly or indirectly by foreign persons. We believe that we have been and will remain a domestically controlled REIT and thus a non-U.S. shareholder's gain on sale of our shares will not be subject to United States federal income taxation. However, because our shares are publicly traded, we can provide no assurance that we have been or will remain a domestically controlled REIT. If we are not a domestically controlled REIT, a non-U.S. shareholder's gain on sale of our shares will not be subject to United States federal income taxation as a sale of a United States real property interest, if that class of shares is "regularly traded," as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market like the NYSE, and the non-U.S. shareholder has at all times during the preceding five years owned 5% or less by value of that class of shares. In this regard, because the shares of others may be redeemed, a non-U.S. shareholder's percentage interest in a class of our shares may increase even if it acquires no additional shares in that class. If the gain on the sale of our shares were subject to United States federal income taxation, the non-U.S. shareholder will generally be subject to the same treatment as a U.S. shareholder with respect to its gain, will be required to file a United States federal income tax return reporting that gain, and a corporate non-U.S. shareholder might owe branch profits tax under Section 884 of the IRC. A
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purchaser of our shares from a non-U.S. shareholder will not be required to withhold on the purchase price if the purchased shares are regularly traded on an established securities market or if we are a domestically controlled REIT. Otherwise, a purchaser of our shares from a non-U.S. shareholder may be required to withhold 10% of the purchase price paid to the non-U.S. shareholder and to remit the withheld amount to the IRS.
Withholding and Information Reporting
Information reporting and backup withholding may apply to distributions or proceeds paid to our shareholders under the circumstances discussed below. The backup withholding rate is currently 28%. Amounts withheld under backup withholding are generally not an additional tax and may be refunded by the IRS or credited against the shareholder's federal income tax liability. In the case of any in kind distributions of property by us to a shareholder, we or other applicable withholding agents will have to collect any applicable backup withholding by reducing to cash for remittance to the IRS a sufficient portion of the property that our shareholder would otherwise receive, and the shareholder may bear brokerage or other costs for this withholding procedure.
A U.S. shareholder will be subject to backup withholding when it receives distributions on our shares or proceeds upon the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other disposition of our shares, unless the U.S. shareholder properly executes, or has previously properly executed, under penalties of perjury an IRS Form W-9 or substantially similar form that:
If the U.S. shareholder has not provided and does not provide its correct taxpayer identification number on the IRS Form W-9 or substantially similar form, it may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS, and we or other applicable withholding agents may have to withhold a portion of any distributions or proceeds paid to such U.S. shareholder. Unless the U.S. shareholder has established on a properly executed IRS Form W-9 or substantially similar form that it comes within an enumerated exempt category, distributions or proceeds on our shares paid to it during the calendar year, and the amount of tax withheld, if any, will be reported to it and to the IRS.
Distributions on our shares to a non-U.S. shareholder during each calendar year and the amount of tax withheld, if any, will generally be reported to the non-U.S. shareholder and to the IRS. This information reporting requirement applies regardless of whether the non-U.S. shareholder is subject to withholding on distributions on our shares or whether the withholding was reduced or eliminated by an applicable tax treaty. Also, distributions paid to a non-U.S. shareholder on our shares may be subject to backup withholding, unless the non-U.S. shareholder properly certifies its non-U.S. shareholder status on an IRS Form W-8 or substantially similar form in the manner described above. Similarly, information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to proceeds a non-U.S. shareholder receives upon the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other disposition of our shares, if the non-U.S. shareholder properly certifies its non-U.S. shareholder status on an IRS Form W-8 or substantially similar form. Even without having executed an IRS Form W-8 or substantially similar form, however, in some cases information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to proceeds that a non-U.S. shareholder receives upon the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other disposition of our shares if the non-U.S. shareholder receives those proceeds through a broker's foreign office.
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Increased reporting obligations are scheduled to be imposed on non-United States financial institutions and other non-United States entities for purposes of identifying accounts and investments held directly or indirectly by United States persons. The failure to comply with these additional information reporting, certification and other specified requirements could result in withholding tax being imposed on payments of dividends and sales proceeds to applicable shareholders or intermediaries. Specifically, a 30% withholding tax is imposed on dividends on and gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our shares paid to a foreign financial institution or to a foreign nonfinancial entity, unless (1) the foreign financial institution undertakes applicable diligence and reporting obligations or (2) the foreign nonfinancial entity either certifies it does not have any substantial United States owners or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial United States owner. In addition, if the payee is a foreign financial institution, it generally must enter into an agreement with the United States Treasury that requires, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts held by applicable United States persons or United States-owned foreign entities, annually report specified information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on payments to noncertified holders. Pursuant to Treasury regulations, such withholding applies only to dividends paid on or after January 1, 2014, and to other "withholdable payments" (including payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of our shares) made on or after January 1, 2017. If you hold our shares through a non-United States intermediary or if you are a non-United States person, we urge you to consult your own tax advisor regarding foreign account tax compliance.
Other Tax Consequences
Our tax treatment and that of our shareholders may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative actions at any time, which actions may be retroactive in effect. The rules dealing with federal income taxation are constantly under review by Congress, the IRS and the United States Treasury, and statutory changes, new regulations, revisions to existing regulations and revised interpretations of established concepts are issued frequently. Likewise, the rules regarding taxes other than federal income taxes may also be modified. No prediction can be made as to the likelihood of passage of new tax legislation or other provisions, or the direct or indirect effect on us and our shareholders. Revisions to tax laws and interpretations of these laws could adversely affect the tax or other consequences of an investment in our shares. We and our shareholders may also be subject to taxation by state, local or other jurisdictions, including those in which we or our shareholders transact business or reside. These tax consequences may not be comparable to the federal income tax consequences discussed above.
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ERISA PLANS, KEOGH PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
General Fiduciary Obligations
Fiduciaries of a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA, must consider whether:
Trustees and other fiduciaries of an ERISA plan may incur personal liability for any loss suffered by the plan on account of a violation of their fiduciary responsibilities. In addition, these fiduciaries may be subject to a civil penalty of up to 20% of any amount recovered by the plan on account of a violation. Fiduciaries of any individual retirement account or annuity, or IRA, Roth IRA, tax-favored account (such as an Archer MSA, Coverdell education savings account or health savings account), Keogh Plan or other qualified retirement plan not subject to Title I of ERISA, or non-ERISA plans, should consider that a plan may only make investments that are authorized by the appropriate governing instrument.
Fiduciaries considering an investment in our securities should consult their own legal advisors if they have any concern as to whether the investment is consistent with the foregoing criteria or is otherwise appropriate. The sale of our securities to a plan is in no respect a representation by us or any underwriter of the securities that the investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by plans generally or any particular plan, or that the investment is appropriate for plans generally or any particular plan.
Prohibited Transactions
Fiduciaries of ERISA plans and persons making the investment decision for an IRA or other non-ERISA plan should consider the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the IRC in making their investment decision. Sales and other transactions between an ERISA or non-ERISA plan, and persons related to it, are prohibited transactions. The particular facts concerning the sponsorship, operations and other investments of an ERISA plan or non-ERISA plan may cause a wide range of other persons to be treated as disqualified persons or parties in interest with respect to it. A prohibited transaction, in addition to imposing potential personal liability upon fiduciaries of ERISA plans, may also result in the imposition of an excise tax under the IRC or a penalty under ERISA upon the disqualified person or party in interest with respect to the plan. If the disqualified person who engages in the transaction is the individual on behalf of whom an IRA or Roth IRA is maintained or his beneficiary, the IRA or Roth IRA may lose its tax-exempt status and its assets may be deemed to have been distributed to the individual in a taxable distribution on account of the prohibited transaction, but no excise tax will be imposed. Fiduciaries considering an investment in our securities should consult their own legal advisors as to whether the ownership of our securities involves a prohibited transaction.
"Plan Assets" Considerations
The United States Department of Labor has issued a regulation defining "plan assets." The regulation generally provides that when an ERISA or non-ERISA plan acquires a security that is an equity interest in an entity and that security is neither a "publicly offered security" nor a security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the
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ERISA plan's or non-ERISA plan's assets include both the equity interest and an undivided interest in each of the underlying assets of the entity, unless it is established either that the entity is an operating company or that equity participation in the entity by benefit plan investors is not significant.
Each class of our shares (that is, our common shares and any class of preferred shares that we may issue) must be analyzed separately to ascertain whether it is a publicly offered security. The regulation defines a publicly offered security as a security that is "widely held," "freely transferable" and either part of a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act, or sold under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided the securities are registered under the Exchange Act within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer during which the offering occurred. Each class of our outstanding shares has been registered under the Exchange Act within the necessary time frame to satisfy the foregoing condition.
The regulation provides that a security is "widely held" only if it is part of a class of securities that is owned by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of one another. However, a security will not fail to be "widely held" because the number of independent investors falls below 100 subsequent to the initial public offering as a result of events beyond the issuer's control. We believe our common shares have been and will remain widely held, and we expect the same to be true of any class of preferred shares that we may issue, but we can give no assurances in this regard.
The regulation provides that whether a security is "freely transferable" is a factual question to be determined on the basis of all relevant facts and circumstances. The regulation further provides that, where a security is part of an offering in which the minimum investment is $10,000 or less, some restrictions on transfer ordinarily will not, alone or in combination, affect a finding that these securities are freely transferable. The restrictions on transfer enumerated in the regulation as not affecting that finding include:
We believe that the restrictions imposed under our declaration of trust on the transfer of shares do not result in the failure of our shares to be "freely transferable." Furthermore, we believe that there exist no other facts or circumstances limiting the transferability of our shares that are not included among those enumerated as not affecting their free transferability under the regulation, and we do not expect or intend to impose in the future, or to permit any person to impose on our behalf, any limitations or restrictions on transfer that would not be among the enumerated permissible limitations or restrictions.
Assuming that each class of our shares will be "widely held" and that no other facts and circumstances exist that restrict transferability of these shares, we have received an opinion of our counsel, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, that our shares will not fail to be "freely transferable" for purposes of the regulation due to the restrictions on transfer of our shares under our declaration of trust and
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that under the regulation each class of our currently outstanding shares is publicly offered and our assets will not be deemed to be "plan assets" of any ERISA plan or non-ERISA plan that acquires our shares in a public offering. This opinion is conditioned upon certain assumptions and representations, as discussed above in "Federal Income Tax ConsiderationsTaxation as a REIT."
Our business faces many risks. The risks described below may not be the only risks we face but are the risks we know of that we believe may be material at this time. Additional risks that we do not yet know of, or that we currently think are immaterial, may also impair our business operations or financial results. If any of the events or circumstances described in the following risks occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer and the trading price of our securities could decline. Investors and prospective investors should consider the following risks and the information contained under the heading "Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements" before deciding whether to invest in our securities.
Risks Related to Our Business
The U.S. economy has recently experienced a recession and the recovery to date has been slow, unsteady and incomplete. As a result, some of our tenants may become unable to pay our rents and the values of our properties may decline.
The U.S. economy has recently experienced a recession and the recovery to date has been slow, unsteady and incomplete. If these general economic conditions persist or worsen, our business, prospects, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and ability to meet our obligations and make or sustain distributions to our shareholders may be materially and adversely affected, including as follows:
When we reset rents, renew leases or lease to new tenants, our rents may decline and our expenses may increase.
When we reset rents, renew leases or lease to new tenants we may receive less rent than we currently receive. A majority of our Hawaii land leases require the rent to periodically be reset based on fair market values, which could result in rental increases or decreases. Our ability to increase rents when rent resets occur will depend upon then prevailing market conditions that are beyond our control. Further, our leases in Hawaii typically provide for appraisal proceedings to determine fair market value if we cannot reach agreement with our tenants on the rent reset amount. Accordingly, we cannot assure that the historical increases which we or CWH achieved in rent resets will be repeated in the future. While rent resets involving our Hawaii land leases have, in the aggregate, resulted in rent increases during the period of our and CWH's ownership, in some instances rent resets have resulted in rent decreases. Additionally, a downturn in economic conditions in Hawaii may cause reduced market rents for our properties when rents are reset, which could lead to a reduction in our revenues.
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When we lease to new tenants or renew leases we may have to spend substantial amounts for leasing commissions, tenant improvements or other tenant inducements. Many of our leases are for properties that are specially suited to the particular business of our tenants. Because these properties have been designed or physically modified for a particular tenant, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed, we may be required to renovate the property at substantial costs, decrease the rent we charge or provide other concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant.
Increasing interest rates may adversely affect us and the value of investment in our common shares.
Interest rates are currently at historically low levels and may increase. Increasing interest rates may adversely affect us and the value of your investment in our common shares, including in the following ways:
We currently have a concentration of properties on the island of Oahu, HI, which contributed approximately 61.4% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Approximately 61.4% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 were received from our properties located on the island of Oahu, HI. Consequently, we are significantly affected by Hawaii's economy. Hawaii's economy is heavily influenced by tourism. A decline in tourism to Hawaii may affect our Hawaii tenants' ability to pay rent to us and could adversely affect us.
Oahu's remote location on a volcanic island makes our properties there vulnerable to certain risks from natural disasters, such as tsunamis, hurricanes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which could cause damage to our properties, affect our Hawaii tenants' ability to pay rent to us and cause the value of our properties to decline.
When we renew leases or lease to new tenants of our properties our rents may decline and our expenses may increase and changes in tenants' requirements for leased space may adversely affect us.
When we renew leases or lease to new tenants of our properties we may receive less rent than we currently receive. Market conditions may require us to lower our rents to retain tenants at our properties. When we lease to new tenants or renew leases for our properties we may have to spend substantial amounts for leasing commissions, tenant improvements or other tenant inducements. Many of our leases for our properties are specially suited to the particular business of our tenants. Because these properties have been designed or physically modified for a particular tenant, if the current lease
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is terminated or not renewed, we may be required to renovate the property at substantial costs, decrease the rent we charge or provide other concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant. Tenants have been generally increasingly seeking to increase their space utilization under their leases, including reducing the amount of square footage per employee at leased properties, which may reduce the demand for leased space. If a significant number of such events occur, our income and cash flow may materially decline and our ability to make regular distributions to our shareholders may be jeopardized.
Our ability to increase rents in Hawaii may be curtailed in the future by government action.
In July 2009, the Hawaii state legislature enacted legislation which would have limited rent increases at certain of our leased industrial and commercial properties in Hawaii. In May 2010, the U.S. District Court in Hawaii ruled that this legislation violated the U.S. Constitution and was unenforceable. In October 2010, CWH entered a settlement agreement with the State of Hawaii pursuant to which the State's appeal of this decision was dismissed with prejudice in return for CWH's agreement not to pursue its attorneys' fees from the State. The Hawaii state legislature may in the future adopt laws to limit rent increases at our properties in Hawaii, and, even if we are successful in challenging such laws, the cost of doing so is likely to be more material to us than it was to CWH because of our smaller size.
Substantially all of our properties are leased to single tenants and the large majority are leased to tenants that are not rated.
Substantially all of our total revenues as of December 31, 2012 were from properties leased to single tenants. We expect that we will continue to derive substantially all of our revenues from single tenant properties and, therefore, the success of single tenant properties will be materially dependent on the performance of those tenants under their respective leases. Tenant defaults or failure to renew leases upon termination will adversely impact our revenues. In addition to not realizing rental income, many property level operating expenses and capital expenditures, such as real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance and repairs, other than, in certain circumstances, roof and structural element-related expenditures, are paid or reimbursed by our tenants pursuant to our leases, and a tenant default could leave us responsible for paying these expenses. Because our properties are leased to single tenants, the adverse impact of tenant defaults or non-renewals is likely to be greater than would be the case if our properties were leased to multiple tenants.
The occurrence of a tenant bankruptcy or insolvency could diminish the income we receive from that tenant's lease. If a tenant becomes bankrupt or insolvent, federal law may prohibit us from evicting such a tenant based solely upon such bankruptcy or insolvency. In addition, a bankrupt or insolvent tenant may be authorized to reject and terminate its lease with us. Any claims against a bankrupt tenant for unpaid future rent would be subject to statutory limitations that would likely result in our receipt of rental income that is substantially less than the contractually specified rent we are owed under the lease. In addition, any claim we have for unpaid past rent may not be paid in full.
The large majority of our properties are leased to tenants who are not rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization. It is more difficult to assess the ability of a tenant that is not rated to meet its obligations to us than that of a rated tenant.
Our failure or inability to meet certain terms of our revolving credit facility or term loan agreements would adversely affect our business and may prevent us from making distributions to our shareholders.
Our revolving credit facility agreement includes various conditions to our borrowing and our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements include various financial and other covenants,
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including covenants requiring us to maintain certain minimum debt service coverage and leverage ratios, and events of default. We may not be able to satisfy all of these conditions or may default on some of these covenants for various reasons, including matters which are beyond our control. If we are unable to borrow under our revolving credit facility, we may be unable to meet our business obligations or to grow by buying additional properties, or we may be required to sell some of our properties. If we default under our revolving credit facility or term loan agreements, our lenders may demand immediate payment and our lenders under our revolving credit facility may elect not to make further borrowings available to us. Additionally, during the continuance of any event of default under either agreement, we will be limited or in some cases prohibited from making distributions on our shares. Any default under our revolving credit facility or term loan agreements would likely have serious and adverse consequences to us and would likely cause the market price of our shares to materially decline.
In the future, we may obtain additional debt financing, and the covenants and conditions which apply to any such additional indebtedness may be more restrictive than the covenants and conditions contained in our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements.
We may be unable to access the capital necessary to repay our debts, invest in our properties or fund acquisitions.
We intend to elect and qualify for taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2012, and to maintain such qualification thereafter. To qualify for taxation as a REIT, we will be required to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (excluding capital gains) and satisfy a number of organizational and operational requirements to which REITs are subject. Accordingly, we generally will not be able to retain sufficient cash from operations to repay debts, invest in our properties or fund acquisitions. Our business and growth strategies depend, in part, upon our ability to raise additional capital at reasonable costs to repay our debts, invest in our properties and fund acquisitions. Because of the volatility in the availability of capital to businesses on a global basis and the increased volatility in most debt and equity markets generally, our ability to raise reasonably priced capital is not guaranteed; we may be unable to raise reasonably priced capital because of reasons related to our business or for reasons beyond our control, such as market conditions. Additionally, since we are a recently formed company with a limited operating history, it may be more difficult for us to raise reasonably priced capital than other companies, many of which have established financing programs and, in some cases, investment grade credit ratings. Though we intend to manage our leverage in a way that may eventually permit us to achieve an investment grade rating, we cannot assure that we will be able to achieve an investment grade rating or when we might do so. If we are unable to achieve an investment grade rating, we believe our ability to issue reasonably priced unsecured debt may be limited. If we are unable to raise reasonably priced capital, our business and growth strategies may fail and we may be unable to qualify for taxation as and to remain a REIT.
We may be unable to acquire additional properties and grow our business.
An element of our business plan involves the acquisition of additional properties. We cannot assure you that we will be able to consummate attractive acquisition opportunities or that acquisitions we make will be successful.
Notwithstanding pre-acquisition due diligence, we do not believe that it is possible to fully understand a property before it is owned and operated for an extended period of time; therefore, we could acquire a property with undisclosed defects, and we might encounter unanticipated difficulties and expenditures relating to any acquired property. Newly acquired properties might require significant management attention that would otherwise be devoted to our ongoing business. We might never realize the anticipated benefits of an acquisition. After our acquisition of a property, the market in which the property is located may experience unexpected changes that adversely affect the property's
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value. The occupancy of properties that we acquire may decline during our ownership, which would be of particular consequence as our properties are typically single tenant leased, and rents that are in effect at the time a property is acquired may decline thereafter. Also, acquisitions may not yield the returns we expect and acquisitions financed with debt or new equity issuances may result in shareholder dilution. For these reasons, among others, our business plan to acquire additional properties may not succeed or may cause us losses.
We face significant competition.
We face significant competition for acquisition opportunities from other investors, including publicly traded and private REITs, numerous financial institutions, individuals and public and private companies. Because of competition, we may be unable to, or may pay a significantly increased purchase price to, acquire a desired property. Some of our competitors may have greater financial and management resources than we have.
In addition, substantially all of our properties face competition for tenants. Some competing properties may be newer, better located or more attractive to tenants. Competing properties may have lower rates of occupancy than our properties, which may result in competing owners offering available space at lower rents than we offer at our properties. This competition may affect our ability to attract and retain tenants and may reduce the rents we are able to charge.
Ownership of real estate is subject to environmental and climate change risks.
Ownership of real estate is subject to risks associated with environmental hazards. We may be liable for environmental hazards at, or migrating from, our properties, including those created by prior owners or occupants, existing tenants, abutters or other persons. Various federal and state laws impose liabilities upon property owners, such as us, for any environmental damages arising at, or migrating from, properties they own or occupy, and we cannot assure that we will not be held liable for environmental investigation and clean up at, or near, our properties, including at sites we own and lease to our tenants. As an owner or previous owner of properties which contain environmental hazards, we also may be liable to pay damages to governmental agencies or third parties for costs and damages they incur arising from environmental hazards at, or migrating from, our properties. Moreover, the costs and damages which may arise from environmental hazards are often difficult to project and may be substantial.
Although our leases generally require our tenants to operate in compliance with all applicable laws and to indemnify us against any environmental liabilities arising from a tenant's activities on the property, we could be subject to strict liability by virtue of our ownership interest. We cannot assure that our tenants will satisfy their indemnification obligations, if any, under our leases. Furthermore, the discovery of contamination or violations of environmental laws on any of our properties could lead to significant remediation costs or fines, penalties, or other liabilities or obligations attributable to the tenant of that property. Such liabilities or obligations may affect a tenant's ability to make payments to us, including rental payments and, where applicable, indemnification payments. When we acquired the Initial Properties from CWH, we agreed to indemnify CWH against all environmental liabilities with respect to the Initial Properties.
Certain of our properties are used or have been used for industrial purposes. Though we have reviewed these and our other properties for potential environmental liabilities and have established a reserve for potential costs that may be incurred as a result of environmental contamination, we cannot assure that we have identified all potential environmental liabilities or that our reserve will be sufficient to cover any costs we may incur relating to environmental matters. Some of these properties contain, or may have contained, or are adjacent to or near other properties that contain, or may have contained, underground storage tanks for the storage of petroleum products and other hazardous or toxic
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substances. Our exposure to these tanks creates the potential for the release of petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances onto our properties. In addition, certain of our properties are on or are adjacent to or near other properties upon which others, including former owners or tenants, have engaged, or may in the future engage, in activities that may release petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances.
We do not have any insurance designated to limit any losses that we may incur as a result of known or unknown environmental conditions which are not caused by an insured event, such as, for example, fire or flood. As of December 31, 2012, we had reserved approximately $8.6 million for potential environmental liabilities. The environmental reserve CWH applied to the Initial Properties historically did not vary significantly from year to year and the actual historical costs to remediate certain environmental issues have not deviated significantly from the corresponding reserve amount. Nevertheless, environmental exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons, including uncertainty about the extent of contamination, alternative treatment methods that may be applied, location of the property which subjects it to differing local laws and regulations and their interpretations, as well as the time it takes to remediate contamination. In developing reserves for potential environmental liability on a property by property basis, we consider among other things, enacted laws and regulations, assessments of contamination and surrounding geology, quality of information available, currently available technologies for treatment, alternative methods of remediation and prior experience. Environmental reserves are based on estimates which are subject to significant change and are adjusted as the remediation treatment progresses, as circumstances change and as environmental contingencies become more clearly defined and reasonably estimable. We do not believe that there are environmental conditions at any of our properties that will materially and adversely affect us. However, we cannot assure that environmental conditions present at our properties or costs we may be required to incur in the future to address environmental contamination will not materially and adversely affect us.
We believe any asbestos in our buildings is contained in accordance with current regulations, and we have no current plans to remove it. If we removed the asbestos or demolished these properties, certain environmental regulations govern the manner in which the asbestos must be handled and removed, and we could incur substantial costs complying with such regulations.
The current political debate about climate change has resulted in various treaties, laws and regulations which are intended to limit carbon emissions. We believe these laws being enacted or proposed may cause energy costs at our properties to increase. Laws enacted to mitigate climate change may make some of our buildings obsolete or cause us to make material investments in our properties which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. For more information regarding climate change matters and their possible adverse impact on us, please see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsImpact of Climate Change."
Real estate ownership creates risks and liabilities.
In addition to the risks related to environmental hazards and climate change, our business is subject to other risks associated with real estate ownership, including:
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We have substantial debt obligations and may incur additional debt.
As of December 31, 2012, we had $472.8 million in debt outstanding, which was 34.4% of our total book capitalization. Our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements permit us and our subsidiaries to incur additional debt, including secured debt. If we default in paying any of our debts or honoring our debt covenants, it may create one or more cross defaults, our debts may be accelerated and we could be forced to liquidate our assets for less than the values we would receive in a more orderly process
Insurance on our properties may not adequately cover all losses and uninsured losses could materially and adversely affect us.
Generally, our tenants are responsible for the costs of insurance coverage for the properties we lease to them, including for casualty, including fire and extended coverage, and liability. Either we purchase the insurance ourselves and our tenants are required to reimburse us, or the tenants buy the insurance directly and are required to list us as an insured party. Depending upon the location of the property, including our properties located in Hawaii, losses of a catastrophic nature, such as those caused by tsunamis, hurricanes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, may be covered by insurance policies with limitations such as large deductibles or co-payments that a tenant may not be able to meet. Under certain circumstances insurance proceeds may not be adequate to restore our economic position with respect to an affected property and we could be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, we do not have any insurance designated to limit any losses that we may incur as a result of known or unknown environmental conditions which are not caused by an insured event, such as, for example, fire or flood.
We rely on information technology in our operations, and any material failure, inadequacy, interruption or security failure of that technology could harm our business.
We rely on information technology networks and systems, including the Internet, to process, transmit and store electronic information and to manage or support a variety of our business processes, including financial transactions and maintenance of records, which may include personal identifying information of tenants and lease data. We rely on commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmitting and storing confidential tenant information, such as individually identifiable information relating to financial accounts. Although we have taken steps to protect the security of the data maintained in our information systems, it is possible that our security measures will not be able to prevent the systems' improper functioning, or the improper disclosure of personally identifiable information such as in the event of cyber attacks. Security breaches, including physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers and similar breaches, can create system disruptions, shutdowns or unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. Any failure to maintain proper function, security and availability of our information systems could interrupt our operations, damage our reputation, subject us to liability claims or regulatory penalties and could materially and adversely affect us.
Changes in lease accounting standards may materially and adversely affect us.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed accounting rules that would require companies to capitalize all leases on their balance sheets by recognizing a lessee's rights and
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obligations. If such a proposal is adopted, many companies that account for certain leases on an "off balance sheet" basis would be required to account for such leases "on balance sheet." This change would remove many of the differences in the way companies account for owned property and leased property, and could have a material effect on various aspects of our tenants' businesses, including their credit quality and the factors they consider in deciding whether to own or lease properties. If the proposal is adopted, it could cause companies that lease properties to prefer shorter lease terms, in an effort to reduce the leasing liability required to be recorded on their balance sheets. The proposal could also make lease renewal options less attractive, as, under certain circumstances, the rule would require a tenant to assume that a renewal right will be exercised and accrue a liability relating to the longer lease term.
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, and our ability to rely on the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make our common shares less attractive to investors, may reduce the trading volume of our common shares, may depress the price of our common shares and may result in increased volatility in the price of our common shares.
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. To the extent that we have taken or in the future take advantage of any of these exemptions, we do not know if some investors will find our common shares less attractive. The result may be a less active trading market for our common shares and the price of our common shares may be more volatile or depressed.
Risks Related to our Securities
We cannot assure that we will continue to make distributions to our shareholders, and distributions we may make may include a return of capital.
We intend to continue to make regular quarterly distributions to our shareholders. However:
For these reasons, among others, our distribution rate may decline or we may cease making distributions. Also, our distributions may include a return of capital.
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Risks Related to Our Relationships with CWH and RMR
CWH owns approximately 56.0% of our common shares. As a result, investors in our securities will have less influence over our business than shareholders of most other publicly owned companies.
As of February 22, 2013, CWH owned approximately 56.0% of our outstanding common shares. For so long as CWH continues to retain a significant ownership stake in us, CWH may be able to elect all of the members of our Board of Trustees, including our Independent Trustees, and may effectively control the outcome of shareholder actions. As a result, CWH may have the ability to control all matters affecting us, including:
CWH's significant ownership in us and resulting ability to effectively control us may discourage transactions involving a change of control, including transactions in which a holder of our common shares might otherwise receive a premium for such holder's common shares over the then current market price.
CWH's ability to sell its ownership stake in us and speculation about such possible sales may adversely affect the market price of our common shares.
CWH is not prohibited from selling some or all of the common shares it owns, except that it has agreed (subject to exceptions) not to sell or transfer any common shares until March 6, 2013 without first obtaining the written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, one of the underwriters in our public equity offering that was completed in December 2012. CWH has advised us that it does not have any current plans to sell or otherwise dispose of its common shares. However, CWH has a history of successfully divesting certain of its properties into new REITs and then selling or distributing to its shareholders its stake in such REITs over time. In addition, speculation by the press, stock analysts, our shareholders or others regarding CWH's intention to dispose of its common shares could adversely affect the market price of our common shares. So long as CWH continues to retain significant ownership in us, the market price of our common shares may be adversely impacted. Accordingly, our common shares may be worth less than they would be if CWH did not have significant ownership in us.
We are dependent upon RMR to manage our business and implement our growth strategy.
We have no employees. Personnel and services that we require are provided to us under contracts with RMR. Our ability to achieve our business objectives depends on RMR and its ability to manage our properties, identify and complete new acquisitions for us and to execute our financing strategy. Accordingly, our business is dependent upon RMR's business contacts, its ability to successfully hire, train, supervise and manage its personnel and its ability to maintain its operating systems. If we lose the services provided by RMR or its key personnel, our business and growth prospects may decline. We
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may be unable to duplicate the quality and depth of management available to us by becoming a self managed company or by hiring another manager. Also, in the event RMR is unwilling or unable to continue to provide management services to us, our cost of obtaining substitute services may be greater than the fees we pay RMR under our management agreements, and as a result our expenses may increase.
Our management structure and agreements and relationships with CWH and RMR may restrict our investment activities and may create conflicts of interest or the perception of such conflicts.
RMR is authorized to follow broad operating and investment guidelines and, therefore, has discretion in determining the types of properties that will be appropriate investments for us, as well as our individual operating and investment decisions. Our Board of Trustees periodically reviews our operating and investment guidelines and our operating activities and investments but it does not review or approve each decision made by RMR on our behalf. In addition, in conducting periodic reviews, our Board of Trustees relies primarily on information provided to it by RMR. RMR is beneficially owned by our Managing Trustees, Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy.
In our management agreements with RMR, we acknowledge that RMR manages other businesses, including four other NYSE-listed REITs, and is not required to present us with investment opportunities that RMR determines are within the investment focus of another business managed by RMR. RMR has discretion to determine which investment opportunities to present to us or to other businesses it manages. Accordingly, we may lose investment opportunities to, and may compete for tenants with, CWH and other businesses managed by RMR. We have also agreed with RMR to first offer any property that we determine to sell and that is within the principal investment focus of another REIT managed by RMR to such REIT prior to entering into any sale or other disposition arrangement with respect to such property.
RMR also acts as the manager for CWH and three other NYSE-listed REITs: Government Properties Income Trust, or GOV, which owns properties that are majority leased to government tenants; Hospitality Properties Trust, or HPT, which owns hotels and travel centers; and Senior Housing Properties Trust, or SNH, which primarily owns healthcare, senior living properties and medical office buildings. RMR also provides services to other publicly and privately owned companies, including Five Star Quality Care, Inc., or Five Star, which operates senior living communities; TravelCenters of America LLC, or TravelCenters, which operates and franchises travel centers; and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, or Sonesta, which operates, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and cruise ships. These multiple responsibilities to public companies and other businesses could create competition for the time and efforts of RMR and Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy. Also, RMR's multiple responsibilities to us and CWH may create potential conflicts of interest, or the appearance of such conflicts of interest. In addition, we participate with RMR, CWH, GOV, HPT, SNH, Five Star and TravelCenters in a combined insurance program through AIC, an Indiana insurance company. Along with RMR, CWH, GOV, HPT, SNH, Five Star and TravelCenters we have invested in AIC, and all of our Trustees are directors of AIC.
Barry M. Portnoy is Chairman and an employee of RMR and Adam D. Portnoy is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of RMR. All of the members of our Board of Trustees, including our independent Trustees, are members of one of more boards of trustees or directors of other companies to which RMR provides management services. One of our Independent Trustees, William A. Lamkin, is an Independent Trustee of CWH. Our executive officers are also officers of RMR, CWH or other companies to which RMR provides management services. In addition, Adam D. Portnoy is President of CWH. The foregoing individuals may hold equity in or positions with other companies to which RMR provides management services. Such equity ownership and positions by our Trustees and officers could create, or appear to create, conflicts of interest with respect to matters involving us, RMR and its related parties.
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Our management agreements with RMR were negotiated between related parties and may not be as favorable to us as they would have been if negotiated between unrelated parties.
We pay RMR fees based in part upon the historical cost of our investments to CWH which at any time may be more or less than the fair market value of those investments, the gross revenue we collect from tenants and the cost of construction we incur at our properties which is supervised by RMR, plus an incentive fee for years beginning after December 31, 2012 based upon certain increases in our Normalized FFO Per Share (as defined in our management agreements with RMR). Our fee arrangements with RMR could encourage RMR to advocate acquisitions of properties, to undertake construction activities or to overpay for acquisitions or construction. These arrangements may also encourage RMR to discourage our sales of properties. Our management agreements were negotiated between related parties and the terms, including the fees payable to RMR, may not be as favorable to us as they would have been were they negotiated on an arms' length basis between unrelated parties.
Our management agreements with RMR may discourage our change of control.
Termination of our management agreements with RMR would be a default under both our term loan and our revolving credit facility unless approved by a majority of our lenders. RMR is able to terminate its management agreements with us if we experience a change of control. We may be unable to duplicate, without considerable cost increases, the quality and depth of management available to us by contracting with RMR if we become a self managed company or if we contract with unrelated third parties. For these reasons, our management agreements with RMR may discourage a change of control of us, including a change of control which might result in payment of a premium for our common shares.
The potential for conflicts of interest as a result of our management structure may provoke dissident shareholder activities that result in significant costs.
In the past, in particular following periods of volatility in the overall market or declines in the market price of a company's securities, shareholder litigation, dissident shareholder trustee nominations and dissident shareholder proposals have often been instituted against companies alleging conflicts of interest in business dealings with affiliated and related persons and entities. Our relationships with CWH, RMR, AIC, the other businesses and entities to which RMR provides management services, Barry M. Portnoy and Adam D. Portnoy and with other related parties of RMR may precipitate such activities. These activities, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management's attention.
We may experience losses from our business dealings with Affiliates Insurance Company.
We have invested approximately $5.3 million in AIC, we have purchased substantially all our property insurance in a program designed and reinsured in part by AIC, and we are currently investigating the possibilities to expand our relationship with AIC to other types of insurance. We, RMR, CWH and five other companies to which RMR provides management services each own 12.5% of AIC, and we and those other AIC shareholders participate in a combined insurance program designed and reinsured in part by AIC. Our principal reason for investing in AIC and for purchasing insurance in these programs is to seek to improve our financial results by obtaining improved insurance coverages at lower costs than may be otherwise available to us or by participating in any profits which we may realize as an owner of AIC. These beneficial financial results may not occur and we may need to invest additional capital in order to continue to pursue these results. AIC's business involves the risks typical of an insurance business, including the risk that it may not operate profitably. Accordingly, our anticipated financial benefits from our business dealings with AIC may be delayed or not achieved, and we may experience losses from these dealings.
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Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure
Ownership limitations and anti-takeover provisions in our declaration of trust and bylaws, as well as certain provisions of Maryland law, may prevent our shareholders from receiving a takeover premium or from implementing changes.
Our declaration of trust prohibits any shareholder other than CWH, RMR and their affiliates from owning (directly and by attribution) more than 9.8% of the number or value of shares of any class or series of our outstanding shares of beneficial interest, including our common shares. This provision of our declaration of trust is intended to assist with our REIT compliance under the IRC, and otherwise to promote our orderly governance. However, this provision also inhibits acquisitions of a significant stake in us and may prevent a change in our control. Additionally, many provisions contained in our declaration of trust and bylaws and under Maryland Law may further deter persons from attempting to acquire control of us and implement changes that may be beneficial to our shareholders, including, for example, provisions relating to:
In addition, certain provisions of Maryland law may have an anti-takeover effect. For all of these reasons, our shareholders may be unable to realize a change of control premium for any of our shares they own or otherwise effect a change of our policies or a change in our control.
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Our rights and the rights of our shareholders to take action against our Trustees and officers are limited.
Our declaration of trust limits the liability of our Trustees and officers to us and our shareholders for money damages to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law. Under current Maryland law, our Trustees and officers will not have any liability to us and our shareholders for money damages other than liability resulting from:
Our bylaws and indemnity agreements require us to indemnify any present or former trustee or officer, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, who is made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. However, except with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, we will indemnify any person referenced in the previous sentence in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person against us only if such proceeding is authorized by our Board of Trustees. In addition, we may be obligated to pay or reimburse the expenses incurred by our present and former Trustees and officers without requiring a preliminary determination of their ultimate entitlement to indemnification.
Disputes with CWH and RMR and shareholder litigation against us or our Trustees and officers may be referred to binding arbitration.
Our contracts with CWH and RMR provide that any dispute arising under those contracts may be referred to binding arbitration. Similarly our bylaws provide that actions by our shareholders against us or against our Trustees and officers, including derivative and class actions, may be referred to binding arbitration. As a result, we and our shareholders may not be able to pursue litigation for these disputes in courts against CWH, RMR or our Trustees or officers. In addition, the ability to collect attorneys' fees or other damages may be limited in the arbitration, which may discourage attorneys from agreeing to represent parties wishing to commence such a proceeding.
We may change our operational, financing and investment policies without shareholder approval and we may become more highly leveraged, which may increase our risk of default under our debt obligations.
Our Board of Trustees determines our operational, financing and investment policies and may amend or revise our policies, including our policies with respect to our intention to qualify for taxation as a REIT, acquisitions, dispositions, growth, operations, indebtedness, capitalization and distributions, or approve transactions that deviate from these policies, without a vote of, or notice to, our shareholders. Policy changes could adversely affect the market value of our common shares and our ability to make distributions to our shareholders. Further, our organizational documents do not limit the amount or percentage of indebtedness, funded or otherwise, that we may incur. Our Board of Trustees may alter or eliminate our current policy on borrowing at any time without shareholder approval. If this policy changed, we could become more highly leveraged, which could result in an increase in our debt service costs. Higher leverage also increases the risk of default on our obligations. In addition, a change in our investment policies, including the manner in which we allocate our resources across our portfolio or the types of assets in which we seek to invest, may increase our exposure to interest rate risk, real estate market fluctuations and liquidity risk.
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We cannot assure that we will continue to make distributions to our shareholders, and distributions we may make may include a return of capital.
We intend to continue to make regular quarterly distributions on our common shares. However:
For these reasons, among others, our distribution rate may decline or we may cease making distributions. Also, our distributions may include a return of capital.
Our audited financial statements may not be representative of our results as an independent public company.
We completed our IPO on March 12, 2012 and, since that date, we have been operating as an independent public company. Our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 reflect our operations as an independent public company only since March 12, 2012. Accordingly, our audited financial statements do not necessarily reflect what our financial position, liquidity, results of operations or cash flows would have been had we been an independent entity during the periods presented. This financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our results of operations, financial position, cash flows or expenses will be in the future. It is impossible for us to accurately estimate all adjustments attributable to the significant changes to our cost structure, funding and operations as a result of our creation, including potential increased costs associated with reduced economies of scale and increased costs associated with being a separate publicly traded company.
If we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of integrated internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results.
In connection with operating as a public company, we are required to provide reliable financial statements and reports to our shareholders. To monitor the accuracy and reliability of our financial reporting, we utilize an internal audit function provided by RMR that oversees our internal controls. RMR has documented and developed for us an initial accounting policy framework and accounting procedures manual for our use, but we cannot assure that such procedures will be adequate to provide reasonable assurance to our shareholders regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. In addition, RMR has developed and documented policies and procedures for us with respect to company-wide business processes and cycles in order to implement effective internal control over financial reporting. While we intend to undertake substantial work to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and RMR has substantial experience in complying with these sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we cannot assure that we will be successful in implementing or maintaining effective internal control over our financial reporting and we may determine in the future that our existing internal controls need improvement. If we fail to implement and comply with proper overall controls, we could be materially harmed or we could fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, the existence of a material weakness or significant
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deficiency could result in errors in our financial statements that could require a restatement, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, result in increased costs to remediate any deficiencies, attract regulatory scrutiny or lawsuits and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a substantial decline in the market price of our common shares.
Additionally, for so long as we are an emerging growth company, we do not have to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. However, if we cease to be an emerging growth company, we will be required to obtain an auditor attestation regarding our internal control over financial reporting from our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to these Section 404 requirements.
Risks Related to Our Taxation
Our failure to qualify or remain qualified for taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes could have significant adverse consequences.
We intend to qualify for taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012, and to maintain such qualification thereafter. As a REIT, we generally do not pay federal and state income taxes. However, actual qualification as a REIT under the IRC depends on satisfying complex statutory requirements, for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations. We believe that we have been organized and have operated, and will continue to be organized and to operate, in a manner that qualified and will continue to qualify us to be taxed under the IRC as a REIT. However, we cannot be certain that, upon review or audit, the IRS will agree with this conclusion. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the federal government will not someday eliminate REITs under the IRC.
Even if we initially qualify for taxation as a REIT, maintaining our status as a REIT will require us to continue to satisfy certain tests concerning, among other things, the nature of our assets, the sources of our income and the amounts we distribute to our shareholders. In order to meet these requirements, it may be necessary for us to sell or forgo attractive investments.
If we fail to qualify or remain qualified for taxation as a REIT, then our ability to raise capital might be adversely affected, we will be in breach under our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements and we may be subject to material amounts of federal and state income taxes and the value of our shares likely would decline. In addition, if we lose or revoke our tax status as a REIT for a taxable year, we will generally be prevented from requalifying for taxation as a REIT for the next four taxable years.
Distributions to shareholders generally will not qualify for reduced tax rates.
Dividends payable by U.S. corporations to noncorporate shareholders, such as individuals, trusts and estates, are generally eligible for reduced tax rates. Distributions paid by REITs, however, are generally not eligible for this reduced rate. The more favorable rates for corporate dividends could cause investors to perceive that investment in REITs is less attractive than investment in non-REIT entities that pay dividends, thereby reducing the demand and market price of our shares.
REIT distribution requirements could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan.
We generally must distribute annually at least 90% of our taxable income, subject to certain adjustments and excluding any net capital gain, in order for federal corporate income tax not to apply to earnings that we distribute. To the extent that we satisfy this distribution requirement, but distribute less than 100% of our taxable income, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax on our undistributed taxable income. We intend to make distributions to our shareholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the IRC. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax if the
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actual amount that we pay out to our shareholders in a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under federal tax laws.
From time to time, we may generate taxable income greater than our income for financial reporting purposes prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, or differences in timing between the recognition of taxable income and the actual receipt of cash may occur. If we do not have other funds available in these situations we could be required to borrow funds on unfavorable terms, sell investments at disadvantageous prices or distribute amounts that would otherwise be invested in future acquisitions to make distributions sufficient to enable us to pay out enough of our taxable income to satisfy the REIT distribution requirement and to avoid corporate income tax and the 4% excise tax in a particular year. These alternatives could increase our costs or reduce our shareholders' equity. Thus, compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to grow, which could adversely affect the value of our shares.
Even if we qualify and remain qualified as a REIT, we may face other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flow.
Even if we qualify and remain qualified for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain federal, state and local taxes on our income and assets, including taxes on any undistributed income, excise taxes, state or local income, property and transfer taxes, such as mortgage recording taxes, and other taxes. See "BusinessFederal Income Tax ConsiderationsTaxation as a REIT." In addition, in order to meet the REIT qualification requirements, prevent the recognition of certain types of non-cash income, or avert the imposition of a 100% tax that applies to certain gains derived by a REIT from dealer property or inventory, we may hold some of our assets and operations through our TRS or other subsidiary corporations that will be subject to corporate level income tax at regular rates. Any of these taxes would decrease cash available for distribution to our shareholders.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
As of December 31, 2012, we owned 267 properties located in 19 states containing approximately 24.6 million rentable square feet. 229 of our properties are located on the island of Oahu, HI, and contain approximately 17.8 million rentable square feet. Most of our Hawaii Properties are lands leased to industrial and commercial tenants, many of whom own buildings and operate their businesses on our lands. Thirty eight of our properties are office and industrial properties located in 18 states throughout the continental United States, and contain approximately 6.8 million rentable square feet.
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The following table provides certain information about our properties as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):
State
|
Number of Properties |
Undepreciated Carrying Value(1) |
Depreciated Carrying Value(1) |
Annualized Rental Revenues(2) |
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AL |
4 | $ | 109,612 | $ | 107,372 | $ | 14,047 | ||||||
AZ |
2 | 13,219 | 9,047 | 1,451 | |||||||||
CA |
5 | 84,838 | 82,943 | 10,410 | |||||||||
CO |
1 | 15,031 | 14,859 | 2,367 | |||||||||
CT |
3 | 24,589 | 24,072 | 2,890 | |||||||||
FL |
1 | 1,807 | 1,308 | 180 | |||||||||
HI |
229 | 636,333 | 627,291 | 73,932 | |||||||||
IA |
2 | 22,225 | 19,671 | 2,187 | |||||||||
KS |
1 | 17,218 | 17,052 | 2,998 | |||||||||
KY |
1 | 11,976 | 9,699 | 1,143 | |||||||||
MA |
3 | 47,499 | 43,308 | 5,788 | |||||||||
MD |
1 | 28,292 | 28,292 | 3,590 | |||||||||
MI |
1 | 11,959 | 11,959 | 1,624 | |||||||||
NY |
3 | 25,457 | 20,864 | 3,269 | |||||||||
OH |
1 | 25,480 | 23,395 | 3,479 | |||||||||
PA |
1 | 27,030 | 24,646 | 3,739 | |||||||||
TX |
3 | 21,082 | 14,610 | 2,681 | |||||||||
UT |
1 | 85,678 | 84,527 | 7,940 | |||||||||
VA |
4 | 86,453 | 84,166 | 11,644 | |||||||||
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267 | $ | 1,295,778 | $ | 1,249,081 | $ | 155,359 | ||||||
At December 31, 2012, three properties with an aggregate undepreciated carrying value of approximately $30.0 million were encumbered by mortgage notes payable totaling approximately $27.8 million including unamortized debt premiums of approximately $1.8 million.
On October 11, 2012, 24 tenants of our properties in Hawaii commenced litigation against us in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit of the State of Hawaii seeking to consolidate into a single arbitration proceeding the separate appraisal proceedings for determination of the reset rent rates that were scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2013. We do not believe that the rents which will result by determining reset rent rates pursuant to a single arbitration rather than by separate appraisal proceedings will be materially different. However, we believe that separate appraisal proceedings are required by the leases for the separate land parcels and that such separate appraisals will be both more efficient and more conducive to settlements than a consolidated arbitration. Accordingly, we removed this case to the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and are opposing the tenants' motion to consolidate.
Additionally, in the ordinary course of business we are involved in litigation incidental to our business; however, we are not aware of any pending legal proceeding affecting us or any of our
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properties for which we might become liable or the outcome of which we expect to have a material adverse effect on us.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common shares are traded on the NYSE (symbol: SIR). The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low sale prices for our common shares as reported on the NYSE composite transaction reports:
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High | Low | |||||
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2012 |
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First Quarter |
$ | 22.65 | $ | 21.49 | |||
Second Quarter |
24.06 | 21.23 | |||||
Third Quarter |
26.59 | 23.40 | |||||
Fourth Quarter |
26.75 | 23.78 |
The closing price of our common shares on the NYSE on February 19, 2013, was $25.91 per common share. As of February 19, 2013, there were 63 shareholders of record, and we estimate that as of such date there were approximately 5,239 beneficial owners of our common shares.
Information about our distributions paid to common shareholders is summarized in the table below. Common share distributions are generally paid in the quarter following the quarter to which they relate.
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Dividends Paid Per Common Share |
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|
2012 | |||
First Quarter |
$ | 0.09 | (1) | |
Second Quarter |
0.40 | |||
Third Quarter |
0.42 | |||
Fourth Quarter |
0.42 | |||
Total |
$ | 1.33 | ||
All common share distributions shown in the table above have been paid. We currently intend to continue to declare and pay common share distributions on a quarterly basis in cash. However, the timing, amount and form of distributions will be made at the discretion of our Board of Trustees and will depend upon various factors that our Board of Trustees deems relevant, including, but not limited to, our results of operations, our financial condition, debt and equity capital available to us, our expectation of our future capital requirements, our FFO, our Normalized FFO, restrictive covenants in our financial or other contractual arrangements (including those in our revolving credit facility and term loan agreements), tax law requirements to qualify for taxation as and remain a REIT and restrictions under Maryland law. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will continue to pay distributions in the future or that the amount of any distributions we do pay will not decrease.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following table sets forth selected financial data for the periods and dates indicated. This data should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the consolidated
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financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The operating information for the year ended, and the balances sheet information as of December 31, 2012, have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements for the period of time for which we have been a separate public company and from certain financial information of CWH for periods prior to our becoming a separate public company. The operating information for the years 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, and the balance sheet information as of December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, have been derived from the financial statements of CWH. The selected financial data below does not necessarily reflect what our results of operations and financial position would have been if we had operated as a stand alone company during all periods presented, and should not be relied upon as an indicator of our future performance.
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Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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(unaudited) |
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Operating information: |
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Revenues: |
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Rental income |
$ | 69,128 | $ | 78,430 | $ | 80,933 | $ | 91,775 | $ | 105,559 | |||||
Tenant reimbursements and other income |
13,329 | 14,027 | 15,042 | 16,847 | 17,231 | ||||||||||
Total revenues |
82,457 | 92,457 | 95,975 | 108,622 | 122,790 | ||||||||||
Expenses: |
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Real estate taxes |
12,225 | 13,140 | 13,817 | 14,709 | 15,370 | ||||||||||
Other operating expenses |
7,381 | 7,675 | 7,689 | 8,237 | 8,426 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
6,499 | 8,218 | 8,160 | 11,205 | 14,860 | ||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
| 188 | 386 | | 2,470 | ||||||||||
General and administrative |
4,532 | 5,051 | 5,351 | 5,528 | 8,203 | ||||||||||
Total expenses |
30,637 | 34,272 | 35,403 | 39,679 | 49,329 | ||||||||||
Operating income |
51,820 | 58,185 | 60,572 | 68,943 | 73,461 | ||||||||||
Interest expense |
| | | | (7,565) | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings of an investee |
| | | | 269 | ||||||||||
Income before income tax expense |
51,820 | 58,185 | 60,572 | 68,943 | 66,165 | ||||||||||
Income tax expense |
| | | | (290) | ||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 51,820 | $ | 58,185 | $ | 60,572 | $ | 68,943 | $ | 65,875 | |||||
Net income per common share |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $ | 2.43 | |||||||||
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As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||
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2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||
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(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
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Balance sheet information |
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Total real estate investments (before depreciation) |
$ | 796,441 | $ | 833,889 | $ | 897,603 | $ | 907,336 | $ | 1,295,778 | ||||||
Total assets (after depreciation) |
$ | 832,210 | $ | 874,488 | $ | 947,931 | $ | 954,532 | $ | 1,430,652 | ||||||
Total debt |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 472,778 |
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
OVERVIEW
As of December 31, 2012, we owned 267 properties, located in 19 states, that contain approximately 24.6 million rentable square feet and were approximately 95.3% leased (based on rentable square feet). For the year ended December 31, 2012, approximately 61.4% of our total revenue was from 229 properties with 17.8 million rentable square feet we own on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The remainder of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 was from 38 properties located throughout the mainland United States.
Property Operations
As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, 95.3% of our rentable square feet were leased. Occupancy data for our properties as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows (square feet in thousands):
|
All Properties As of December 31, |
Comparable Properties(1) As of December 31, |
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|
2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||
Total properties (end of period) |
267 | 251 | 250 | 250 | |||||||||
Total square feet |
24,592 | 21,424 | 21,275 | 21,326 | |||||||||
Percent leased(2) |
95.3 | % | 95.3 | % | 94.5 | % | 95.3 | % |
The average annualized effective rental rate per square foot, as defined below, for our properties for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
|
Year ended December 31, |
|||||
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|
2012 | 2011 | ||||
Average annualized effective rental rate per square foot(1) |
$ | 5.74 | $ | 5.20 |
During the year ended December 31, 2012, we entered lease renewals and new leases for 994,422 square feet. The weighted average lease term for lease renewals and new leases entered into during the year ended December 31, 2012 was 8.1 years. Commitments for tenant improvement, leasing commission costs and concessions for leases entered during the year ended December 31, 2012 totaled approximately $1.8 million, or approximately $0.22 per square foot per year of the weighted average lease term. All renewal and new leasing activity during the year ended December 31, 2012 occurred at our Hawaii Properties.
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During the year ended December 31, 2012, we also executed 14 rent resets at our Hawaii Properties for 546,482 square feet of land, at combined weighted average reset rates that were approximately 53.9% higher than prior rates.
We currently believe that U.S. leasing market conditions are slowly improving, but remain weak in many U.S. markets. However, because our weighted average remaining lease term (based on annualized rental revenue, as defined below) was approximately 11.7 years as of December 31, 2012, we do not expect our occupancy rate to materially change through the end of 2013. In addition, despite the recent recession and incomplete recovery of the U.S. economy, revenues from our Hawaii Properties, which represented approximately 61.4% of our total rental revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012, have generally increased under our ownership and CWH's prior ownership as leases for those properties have reset or renewed. Nevertheless, because of the current U.S. and global economic uncertainty, there are too many variables for us to reasonably project what the financial impact of changing market conditions will be on our occupancy, rents or financial results.
As shown in the table below, approximately 2.1% of our rented square feet and approximately 1.8% of our total annualized rental revenue are included in leases scheduled to expire by December 31, 2013. Lease renewals and rental rates for which available space may be relet in the future will depend on prevailing market conditions at the times these renewals, new leases and rent reset rates are negotiated. However, substantially all of our leases scheduled to expire through December 31, 2014 relate to our Hawaii Properties, and, as stated above, revenues from these properties have generally increased during our and CWH's prior ownership as the leases for those properties have been reset or renewed. As of December 31, 2012, our lease expirations by year are as follows (square feet and dollars in thousands):
Year
|
Number of Tenants with Expiring Leases |
Rented Square Feet Expiring(1) |
Percent of Total Rented Square Feet Expiring(1) |
Cumulative Percent of Total Rented Square Feet Expiring(1) |
Annualized Rental Revenue Expiring(2) |
Percent of Total Annualized Rental Revenue Expiring(2) |
Cumulative Percent of Total Annualized Rental Revenue Expiring(2) |
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2013 |
27 | 486 | 2.1 | % | 2.1 | % | $ | 2,828 | 1.8 | % | 1.8 | % | ||||||||||
2014 |
13 | 251 | 1.1 | % | 3.2 | % | 1,044 | 0.7 | % | 2.5 | % | |||||||||||
2015 |
22 | 563 | 2.4 | % | 5.6 | % | 5,645 | 3.6 | % | 6.1 | % | |||||||||||
2016 |
21 | 1,287 | 5.5 | % | 11.1 | % | 8,422 | 5.4 | % | 11.5 | % | |||||||||||
2017 |
9 | 411 | 1.8 | % | 12.9 | % | 5,733 | 3.7 | % | 15.2 | % | |||||||||||
2018 |
9 | 1,510 | 6.4 | % | 19.3 | % | 14,453 | 9.3 | % | 24.5 | % | |||||||||||
2019 |
12 | 1,765 | 7.5 | % | 26.8 | % | 6,493 | 4.2 | % | 28.7 | % | |||||||||||
2020 |
5 | 318 | 1.4 | % | 28.2 | % | 4,012 | 2.6 | % | 31.3 | % | |||||||||||
2021 |
5 | 566 | 2.4 | % | 30.6 | % | 2,087 | 1.3 | % | 32.6 | % | |||||||||||
2022 |
66 | 3,062 | 13.1 | % | 43.7 | % | 20,140 | 13.0 | % | 45.6 | % | |||||||||||
Thereafter |
80 | 13,205 | 56.3 | % | 100.0 | % | 84,502 | 54.4 | % | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||
|
269 | 23,424 | 100.0 | % | $ | 155,359 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) |
12.8 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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A majority of our Hawaii Properties are lands leased for rents that are periodically reset based on fair market values, generally every five to ten years. The following chart shows the annualized rental revenue as of December 31, 2012 scheduled to reset at our Hawaii lands.
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Annualized Rental Revenue(1) as of December 31, 2012 Scheduled to Reset |
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2013 |
$ | 10,331 | ||
2014 |
5,476 | |||
2015 |
1,182 | |||
2016 and thereafter |
19,582 | |||
Total |
$ | 36,571 | ||
With respect to our Hawaiian land leases, we intend to negotiate with our tenants as rents under their leases are scheduled to reset in order to achieve new rents based on the then current fair market values. If we are unable to reach agreement with a tenant on a rent reset, our Hawaii land leases typically provide that rent is reset based on an appraisal process. Despite CWH's and our prior experience with rent resets in Hawaii, our ability to increase rents when rent resets occur depends upon market conditions which are beyond our control. Accordingly, we can provide no assurance that the historical increases in rents which we and CWH have achieved in the past will be repeated in the future, and it is possible that rents could reset to a lower level if fair market values decrease.
We may also seek to redevelop our Hawaii lands. Since the leases for our Hawaii lands were first entered, often as long as 40 to 50 years ago, the character of many of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of certain of our properties has changed. Some of our properties used for industrial purposes may now be suitable for redevelopment into commercial properties that may generate higher rents. Since CWH acquired our initial Hawaii properties in 2003 and 2005, it has selectively redeveloped a limited number of these properties and, on several occasions, considered the redevelopment of properties as leases have expired. We expect to continue these activities and considerations.
We expect to seek to renew or extend the terms of leases relating to our Mainland Properties when they expire. Because of the capital many of these tenants have invested in improvements and because many of our properties may be of strategic importance to the tenants' business, we believe that there is a greater likelihood that these tenants may renew or extend their leases when they expire as compared to tenants in a property with multiple tenants. However, we also believe that if a building previously occupied by a single tenant becomes vacant, it may take longer and cost more to locate a new tenant than when space becomes vacant in a multi-tenant property because in place improvements designed specifically for the needs of the prior single tenant may need to be replaced.
Whenever we extend, renew or enter into new leases for our properties, we intend to seek rents which are equal to or higher than our historical rents for the same properties; however, our ability to maintain or increase the rents for our current properties will depend in large part upon market conditions which are beyond our control.
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RMR employs a tenant review process for us. RMR assesses tenants on an individual basis and does not employ a uniform set of credit criteria. In general, depending on facts and circumstances, RMR evaluates the creditworthiness of a tenant based on information concerning the tenant that is provided by the tenant and, in some cases, information that is publicly available or obtained from third party sources. RMR also often uses a third party service to monitor the credit ratings of debt securities of our existing tenants whose debt securities are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Our principal source of funds for our operations to pay our debt service and our distributions to shareholders is rents from tenants at our properties. Rents are generally received from our tenants monthly in advance. As of December 31, 2012, tenants representing 1% or more of our total annualized rental revenues were as follows (square feet in thousands):
Tenant
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Property Type | Sq. Ft.(1) | % of Total Sq. Ft.(1) |
% of Annualized Rental Revenue(2) |
Expiration | ||||||||||||||
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1 |
Orbital Sciences Corporation |
Mainland Properties | 337 | 1.4 | % | 6.6 | % | 6/30/2023 | |||||||||||
2 |
Cinram Group, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 1,371 | 5.9 | % | 5.9 | % | 8/30/2032 | |||||||||||
3 |
Novell, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 406 | 1.7 | % | 5.1 | % | 11/30/2024 | |||||||||||
4 |
The Southern Company |
Mainland Properties | 448 | 1.9 | % | 3.1 | % | 12/31/2018 | |||||||||||
5 |
Tesoro Hawaii Corporation |
Hawaii Properties | 3,148 | 13.4 | % | 2.7 | % | 4/30/2019; 12/31/2019; 3/31/2024 | |||||||||||
6 |
Bookspan |
Mainland Properties | 502 | 2.1 | % | 2.4 | % | 9/23/2028 | |||||||||||
7 |
Merkle Group, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 120 | 0.5 | % | 2.3 | % | 5/31/2023 | |||||||||||
8 |
Shurtape Technologies, LLC |
Mainland Properties | 645 | 2.8 | % | 2.2 | % | 5/28/2024 | |||||||||||
9 |
Stratus Technologies, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 287 | 1.2 | % | 2.2 | % | 5/31/2016 | |||||||||||
10 |
Servco Pacific, Inc. |
Hawaii Properties | 537 | 2.3 | % | 2.2 | % | 1/31/2029; 2/29/2032 | |||||||||||
11 |
Micron Technology, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 96 | 0.4 | % | 2.1 | % | 4/30/2020 | |||||||||||
12 |
ColgatePalmolive Company |
Mainland Properties | 142 | 0.6 | % | 1.9 | % | 1/31/2024 | |||||||||||
13 |
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 96 | 0.4 | % | 1.7 | % | 11/30/2022 | |||||||||||
14 |
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 95 | 0.4 | % | 1.6 | % | 7/31/2019 | |||||||||||
15 |
Valassis Communications, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 268 | 1.1 | % | 1.6 | % | 9/30/2023 | |||||||||||
16 |
Sprint Nextel Corporation |
Mainland Properties | 140 | 0.6 | % | 1.5 | % | 7/31/2018 | |||||||||||
17 |
Allied Building Products Corporation |
Hawaii Properties | 310 | 1.3 | % | 1.5 | % | 12/31/2028 | |||||||||||
18 |
BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company |
Hawaii Properties | 351 | 1.5 | % | 1.5 | % | 12/31/2022; 7/31/2039 | |||||||||||
19 |
Safeway Stores, Inc. |
Hawaii Properties | 146 | 0.6 | % | 1.4 | % | 10/30/2018 | |||||||||||
20 |
Manheim Services Corporation |
Hawaii Properties | 338 | 1.4 | % | 1.4 | % | 5/31/2016 | |||||||||||
21 |
Mattson Technology, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 101 | 0.4 | % | 1.3 | % | 5/31/2017 | |||||||||||
22 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
Mainland Properties | 149 | 0.6 | % | 1.3 | % | 12/31/2015; 12/31/17 | |||||||||||
23 |
AES Hawaii, Inc. |
Hawaii Properties | 1,242 | 5.3 | % | 1.3 | % | 3/31/2040 | |||||||||||
24 |
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan |
Hawaii Properties | 217 | 0.9 | % | 1.1 | % | 4/30/2026; 6/30/2046 | |||||||||||
25 |
Black and Veatch Holding Company |
Mainland Properties | 82 | 0.4 | % | 1.0 | % | 10/31/2027 | |||||||||||
26 |
Waikiki Pearl Company, Inc. |
Hawaii Properties | 278 | 1.2 | % | 1.0 | % | 12/31/2029 | |||||||||||
27 |
Element K |
Mainland Properties | 95 | 0.4 | % | 1.0 | % | 12/31/2017 | |||||||||||
28 |
Pahounui Partners, LLC |
Hawaii Properties | 191 | 0.8 | % | 1.0 | % | 6/30/2027 | |||||||||||
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Total |
12,138 | 51.5 | % | 59.9 | % | |||||||||||||
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Investment Activities (dollar amounts in thousands)
On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us. In return, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH on December 21, 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) the CWH Note.
From February 16, 2012 through December 31, 2012, we acquired 16 properties with a combined 3.2 million square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $438,013, excluding closing costs. Since December 31, 2012, we have acquired two properties with a combined 0.6 million square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $105,000, excluding closing costs. As of February 19, 2013, we have agreed to acquire three properties with a combined 0.2 million rentable square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $53,320, excluding closing costs. Our agreements to acquire additional properties are subject to conditions typical of commercial real estate transactions, including completion of our diligence. Accordingly there can be no assurance that we will acquire all or any of these properties. For more information regarding properties that we have acquired and properties that we have agreed to acquire pursuant to existing agreements we have entered, see Note 4 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Financing Activities (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us in return for our issuance of: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH on December 21, 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) the CWH Note.
On March 6, 2012, we publicly offered 8,000,000 common shares in our IPO. The sale of these shares and an additional 1,200,000 of our common shares pursuant to the exercise in full of our IPO underwriters' option to purchase additional shares closed on March 12, 2012 at a price of $21.50 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $180,814. We used the net proceeds from the IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note.
In March 2012, we entered into a $500,000 unsecured revolving credit facility that is available for general business purposes, including acquisitions. We applied the proceeds of our initial borrowings under our $500,000 revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note and to reimburse CWH for costs that CWH incurred in connection with our organization and preparation for our IPO. In addition, the revolving credit facility includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to $1,000,000 in certain circumstances. In February 2013, we partially exercised our option to increase the available borrowing amount under our revolving credit facility from $500,000 to $750,000.
In July 2012, we entered into a five year $350,000 unsecured term loan. Our term loan matures on July 11, 2017 and is prepayable without penalty at any time. In addition, our term loan includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700,000 in certain circumstances. Our term loan bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a premium, which was 155 basis points as of December 31, 2012. The interest rate premium is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage or credit ratings. We used the net proceeds of our term loan to repay amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility and to fund general business activities, including acquisitions. As of December 31, 2012, interest rate for the amount outstanding under our term loan was 1.77%.
Simultaneous with closing our term loan, we amended our revolving credit facility. As a result of this amendment, the pledge agreement that we and certain of our subsidiaries had previously entered into was terminated, and the equity of our subsidiaries that had been pledged pursuant to that pledge agreement as collateral for our and our subsidiary guarantors' obligations under our revolving credit facility was released.
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For more information regarding our financing sources and activities, please see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsLiquidity and Capital ResourcesOur Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In September 2012, we assumed a mortgage totaling $18,500, which was recorded at a fair value of $19,984, in connection with our acquisition of properties in Carlsbad, CA. This mortgage bears interest at a rate of 5.950%, requires monthly principal and interest payments and matures in 2017.
Also in September 2012, we assumed a mortgage totaling $7,500, which was recorded at a fair value of $7,947, in connection with our acquisition of a property in Chelmsford, MA. This mortgage bears interest at a rate of 5.689%, requires monthly interest only payments and matures in 2016 with the ability to prepay at our option beginning in 2014.
In December 2012, we sold 8,050,000 of our common shares, including 1,050,000 common shares sold when the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase additional shares, in a public offering at a price of $24.00 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $182,843. We used the net proceeds to partially repay amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility and for general business activities, including acquisitions.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2012, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2011 (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
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Comparable Properties Results(1) Year Ended December 31, |
Acquired Properties Results(2) Year Ended December 31, |
Consolidated Results Year Ended December 31, |
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2012(3) | 2011 | $ Change |
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2012(3) | 2011 | $ Change |
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Revenues |
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Rental income |
$ | 92,115 | $ | 90,752 | $ | 1,363 | 1.5 | % | $ | 13,444 | $ | 1,023 | $ | 12,421 | 1214.2 | % | $ | 105,559 | $ | 91,775 | $ | 13,784 | 15.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Tenant reimbursements and other income |
15,871 | 16,839 | (968 | ) | (5.7 | )% | 1,360 | 8 | 1,352 | 16900.0 | % | 17,231 | 16,847 | 384 | 2.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
$ | 107,986 | $ | 107,591 | $ | 395 | 0.4 | % | $ | 14,804 | $ | 1,031 | $ | 13,773 | 1335.9 | % | $ | 122,790 | $ | 108,622 | $ | 14,168 | 13.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Real estate taxes |
14,765 | 14,709 | 56 | 0.4 | % | 605 | | 605 | | 15,370 | 14,709 | 661 | 4.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses |
7,427 | 8,171 | (744 | ) | (9.1 | )% | 999 | 66 | 933 | 1413.6 | % | 8,426 | 8,237 | 189 | 2.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
22,192 | 22,880 | (688 | ) | (3.0 | )% | 1,604 | 66 | 1,538 | 2330.3 | % | 23,796 | 22,946 | 850 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net operating income(4) |
$ | 85,794 | $ | 84,711 | $ | 1,083 | 1.3 | % | $ | 13,200 | $ | 965 | $ | 12,235 | 1267.9 | % | 98,994 | 85,676 | 13,318 | 15.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other expenses |
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Depreciation and amortization |
14,860 | 11,205 | 3,655 | 32.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
2,470 | | 2,470 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
8,203 | 5,528 | 2,675 | 48.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total other expenses |
25,533 | 16,733 | 8,800 | 52.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income |
73,461 | 68,943 | 4,518 | 6.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense |
(7,565 | ) | | (7,565 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of an investee |
269 | | 269 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income before income tax expense |
66,165 | 68,943 | (2,778 | ) | (4.0 | )% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
(290 | ) | | (290 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 65,875 | $ | 68,943 | $ | (3,068 | ) | (4.5 | )% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding |
27,122 | n/m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income per common share |
$ | 2.43 | n/m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Calculation of Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations(5) |
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Net income |
$ | 65,875 | $ | 68,943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
14,860 | 11,205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations |
80,735 | 80,148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
2,470 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Normalized funds from operations |
$ | 83,205 | $ | 80,148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations per common share |
$ | 2.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Normalized funds from operations per common share |
$ | 3.07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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operating income and cash flow from operating activities as presented in our Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Other REITs and real estate companies may calculate NOI differently than we do.
References to changes in the income and expense categories below relate to the comparison of results for the year ended December 31, 2012, compared to the year ended December 31, 2011.
Rental income. The $13,784 increase in rental income primarily reflects our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012 plus increases from rent resets and contingent rent at our comparable properties located in Hawaii, partially offset by a decline in occupancy at our comparable properties. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling approximately $5,869 in 2012 and approximately $5,045 in 2011, and net amortization of acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations totaling approximately ($587) in 2012 and approximately ($354) in 2011.
Tenant reimbursements and other income. The $384 increase in tenant reimbursements and other income primarily reflects our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012, partially offset by a net decline in other operating expenses reimbursable by our tenants at our comparable properties in 2012.
Real estate taxes. The $661 increase in real estate tax expense primarily reflects our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012.
Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses primarily include property maintenance, environmental remediation, utilities, insurance, bad debt and property management fees. The $189 increase in other operating expenses primarily reflects our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012, partially offset by a decline in reimbursable other operating expenses.
Depreciation and amortization. The $3,655 increase in depreciation and amortization primarily reflects our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012.
Acquisition related costs. Acquisition related costs reflect our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012.
General and administrative. General and administrative expenses include legal, audit, business management fee expenses, trustee fees and non-cash equity compensation awarded to our Trustees, our officers and certain other RMR employees. General and administrative expenses were allocated to us by CWH through the March 12, 2012, the date we completed our IPO, and are our direct costs since that date. The increase in general and administrative expenses primarily reflects the increased costs for legal, accounting, trustees fees, internal audit expenses, share grant awards and other administrative expenses as a result of our becoming a separate public company.
Interest expense. Interest expense reflects interest on borrowings under our revolving credit facility and term loan in 2012, as well as interest expense related to two mortgages assumed in connection with two of our 2012 acquisitions.
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Equity in earnings of an investee. Equity in earnings of an investee represents our proportionate share of earnings from our investment in AIC.
Income tax expense. Income tax expense represents state income tax expense in 2012.
Net income. The decrease in net income for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011 reflects the changes noted above.
Weighted average common shares outstanding. The number of common shares as of December 31, 2012 used to determine our net income per share includes the weighted average common shares outstanding during 2012, including shares issued to CWH through February 2012, shares sold in our IPO in March 2012 and shares sold in our offering in December 2012.
Year Ended December 31, 2011, Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010 (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
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Comparable Properties Results(1) Year Ended December 31, |
Acquired Properties Results(2) Year Ended December 31, |
Consolidated Results Year Ended December 31, |
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Revenues |
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Rental income |
$ | 83,218 | $ | 80,502 | $ | 2,716 | 3.4 | % | $ | 8,557 | $ | 431 | $ | 8,126 | 1885.4 | % | $ | 91,775 | $ | 80,933 | $ | 10,842 | 13.4 | % | |||||||||||||
Tenant reimbursements and other income |
14,855 | 14,999 | (144 | ) | (1.0 | )% | 1,992 | 43 | 1,949 | 4532.6 | % | 16,847 | 15,042 | 1,805 | 12.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
$ | 98,073 | $ | 95,501 | $ | 2,572 | 2.7 | % | $ | 10,549 | $ | 474 | $ | 10,075 | 2125.5 | % | $ | 108,622 | $ | 95,975 | $ | 12,647 | 13.2 | % | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Real estate taxes |
13,642 | 13,787 | (145 | ) | (1.1 | )% | 1,067 | 30 | 1,037 | 3456.7 | % | 14,709 | 13,817 | 892 | 6.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses |
7,439 | 7,666 | (227 | ) | (3.0 | )% | 798 | 23 | 775 | 3369.6 | % | 8,237 | 7,689 | 548 | 7.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
21,081 | 21,453 | (372 | ) | (1.7 | )% | 1,865 | 53 | 1,812 | 3418.9 | % | 22,946 | 21,506 | 1,440 | 6.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net operating income |
$ | 76,992 | $ | 74,048 | $ | 2,944 | 4.0 | % | $ | 8,684 | $ | 421 | $ | 8,263 | 1962.7 | % | 85,676 | 74,469 | 11,207 | 15.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other expenses |
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Depreciation and amortization |
11,205 | 8,160 | 3,045 | 37.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
| 386 | (386 | ) | (100.0 | )% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
5,528 | 5,351 | 177 | 3.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total other expenses |
16,733 | 13,897 | 2,836 | 20.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income |
68,943 | 60,572 | 8,371 | 13.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 68,943 | $ | 60,572 | $ | 8,371 | 13.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Calculation of Funds From Operations and Normalized Funds From Operations |
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Net income |
$ | 68,943 | $ | 60,572 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
11,205 | 8,160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations |
80,148 | 68,732 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition related costs |
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Normalized funds from operations |
$ | 80,148 | $ | 69,118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References to changes in the income and expense categories below relate to the comparison of results for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to the year ended December 31, 2010.
Rental income. The $10,842 increase in rental income includes $8,126 of rental income from five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011, $1,700 related to increases from rent resets at properties located in Hawaii and $1,000 related to other leasing activities during 2010 and 2011, including lease renewals and new leases throughout the portfolio. Rental income includes non-cash straight line rent adjustments totaling approximately $5,045 in 2011 and approximately $2,779
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in 2010, and net amortization of acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations totaling approximately ($354) in 2011 and approximately ($903) in 2010.
Tenant reimbursements and other income. The $1,805 increase in tenant reimbursements and other income primarily reflects reimbursements from tenants at five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011.
Real estate taxes. The $892 increase in real estate taxes primarily reflects the acquisition of five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011.
Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses primarily include property maintenance, environmental remediation, utilities, insurance, bad debt and property management fees. The $548 increase in other operating expenses primarily reflects the acquisition of five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011.
Depreciation and amortization. The $3,045 increase in depreciation and amortization primarily reflects $3,218 of depreciation related to five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011 plus $236 related to other leasing activities during 2010 and 2011, partially offset by $440 related to lease extensions resulting in amortization of leasing costs over longer periods beginning in 2009.
Acquisition related costs. The $386 decrease in acquisition related costs reflects the acquisition of four properties during 2010. Acquisition costs incurred during 2011 reflect $73 of costs incurred to acquire one property in January 2011, offset by credits totaling $73 from accruals related to prior year acquisitions.
General and administrative. General and administrative expenses include legal, audit, business management fee expenses, trustee fees and non-cash equity compensation awarded to CWH Trustees, officers and other certain RMR employees as allocated to us. The $177 increase in general and administrative expenses reflects five properties acquired between December 2010 and January 2011 and the related increase in CWH's general and administrative expenses allocated to our properties. General and administrative expenses are based on an allocated portion of CWH's historical general and administrative costs attributable to the Initial Properties based on CWH's historical cost of the properties compared to CWH's total historical cost of all of its properties. We believe that this allocation of general and administrative costs is appropriate as the majority of these costs are paid as business management base fees to RMR and calculated on the basis of historical property costs.
Net income. The increase in net income for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 reflects the changes noted above.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our Operating Liquidity and Resources (dollars in thousands)
Our principal source of funds to meet operating expenses, debt service obligations and pay distributions on our common shares is rents from our properties. Under CWH's prior ownership, the flow of funds from the properties CWH transferred to us in February 2012 historically had been sufficient to pay operating expenses for those properties. Our operating expenses as a separate public company are higher than the operating expenses when our properties were directly under CWH's control. Nonetheless, we believe that our operating cash flow will be sufficient to meet our operating expenses, debt service obligations and planned distributions on our shares for the next 12 months and for the reasonably foreseeable future thereafter. Our future cash flows from operating activities will depend primarily upon our ability to:
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Cash flows provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities were approximately $80,495, ($427,615) and $367,493, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2012, and $73,814, ($11,574) and ($62,240), respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2011. Changes in the operating activities category between 2012 and 2011 primarily relate to increased operating cash flow from our acquisition of 16 properties during 2012. Changes in the investing activities category between 2012 and 2011 relate to our acquisition of 16 properties in 2012 compared to one property in January 2011 and to our investment in AIC in May 2012. Changes in the financing activities category between 2012 and 2011 primarily relate to (i) our IPO, including borrowings under our revolving credit facility and repayment in full of the CWH Note, (ii) our public offering in December 2012, including the repayment of borrowings under our revolving credit facility and (iii) borrowings under our revolving credit facility to fund general business operations, including our acquisitions.
Our Investment and Financing Liquidity and Resources (dollars in thousands except per share data)
In order to fund acquisitions and to meet cash needs that may result from timing differences between our receipt of rents and our desire or need to make distributions, fund property acquisitions, or pay operating or capital expenses, we maintain a $750,000 revolving credit facility (increased from $500,000 at December 31, 2012) with a group of institutional lenders. The maturity date of our revolving credit facility is March 11, 2016 and, subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting certain other conditions, includes an option for us to extend the stated maturity date of our revolving credit facility by one year to March 11, 2017. In addition, our revolving credit facility also includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $1,000,000 in certain circumstances. Borrowings under our revolving credit facility bear interest at LIBOR plus a premium. We also pay a facility fee on the total amount of lending commitments under our revolving credit facility. Both the interest rate premium and the facility fee are subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage or credit ratings. At December 31, 2012, the interest rate premium on our revolving credit facility was 130 basis points and our facility fee was 30 basis points. We can borrow, repay and reborrow funds available under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. As of December 31, 2012, we had $95,000 outstanding under our revolving credit facility at an interest rate of 1.52%.
We have a five year $350,000 unsecured term loan that matures on July 11, 2017 and is prepayable by us at any time without penalty. In addition, the term loan includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700,000 in certain circumstances.
As of December 31, 2012, we had $20,373 of cash and cash equivalents and $405,000 available to borrow under our revolving credit facility. We expect to use cash balances, borrowings under our revolving credit facility, net proceeds from offerings of equity or debt securities, and the cash flow from our operations to fund debt repayments, future property acquisitions and other general business purposes. In February 2013, we partially exercised our option to increase the available borrowing amount under our revolving credit facility from $500,000 to $750,000. As of February 19, 2013, we had $200,000 outstanding and $550,000 available to borrow under our revolving credit facility.
When significant amounts are outstanding under our revolving credit facility, or as the maturity of our revolving credit facility and term loan approaches, we expect to explore alternatives for repaying or refinancing such amounts. Such alternatives may include incurring additional term debt, issuing new equity securities, extending the maturity of our revolving credit facility and entering into a new or expanded revolving credit facility.
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The completion and the costs of any future financings will depend primarily upon market conditions. In particular, the feasibility and cost of any future debt financings will depend primarily on credit markets and our then current creditworthiness. We have no control over market conditions. Potential lenders in future debt transactions will evaluate our creditworthiness and our ability to fund required debt service and repay principal balances when they become due by reviewing our results of operations, financial condition, business practices and plans and our ability to maintain our earnings, to stagger our debt maturities and to balance our use of debt and equity capital so that our financial performance and leverage ratios afford us flexibility to withstand any reasonably anticipated adverse changes. We intend to conduct our business activities in a manner which will continue to afford us reasonable access to capital for investment and financing activities, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully carry out this intention.
In August 2012, we paid a $0.49 per share distribution to our common shareholders, including a regular quarterly distribution of $0.40 per common share with respect to the quarter ended June 30, 2012, plus an additional $0.09 per common share reflecting our first 20 days as a public company during the first quarter 2012. In both November 2012 and February 2013, we paid a $0.42 per share distribution to our common shareholders. We funded the August 2012, November 2012 and February 2013 distributions using existing cash balances and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.
During the years ended December, 2012 and 2011, cash expenditures made and capitalized for tenant improvements, leasing costs, building improvements and development and redevelopment activities were as follows:
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Leasing Capital(1) |
$ | 2,089 | $ | 1,307 | |||
Building Improvements(2) |
1,570 | 319 | |||||
Development and redevelopment activities(3) |
1,603 | 594 | |||||
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$ | 5,262 | $ | 2,220 | |||
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During the year ended December 31, 2012 commitments made for expenditures, such as tenant improvements and leasing costs in connection with leasing space, were as follows (dollars and square feet in thousands, except per square foot amounts):
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Renewals | Totals | |||||||
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Square feet leased during the period |
322 | 672 | 994 | |||||||
Total leasing costs and concession commitments(1) |
$ | 1,741 | $ | 55 | $ | 1,796 | ||||
Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot(1) |
$ | 5.41 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 1.81 | ||||
Weighted average lease term (years)(2) |
9.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | |||||||
Total leasing costs and concession commitments per square foot per year(1) |
$ | 0.59 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.22 |
As of December 31, 2012, our contractual obligations were as follows:
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Contractual Obligations
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Total | Less than 1 Year |
1-3 Years |
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Borrowings under revolving credit facility |
$ | 95,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | 95,000 | $ | | ||||||
Term Loan |
350,000 | | | 350,000 | | |||||||||||
Mortgage notes payable |
25,947 | 217 | 475 | 25,255 | | |||||||||||
Tenant related obligations(1) |
4,765 | 3,697 | 712 | 356 | | |||||||||||
Projected interest expense(2) |
39,125 | 9,173 | 18,302 | 11,650 | | |||||||||||
Purchase obligations(3) |
105,000 | 105,000 | | | | |||||||||||
Total |
$ | 619,837 | $ | 118,087 | $ | 19,489 | $ | 482,261 | $ | | ||||||
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2012, we had no off balance sheet arrangements that have had or that we expect would be reasonably likely to have a future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
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Debt Covenants
Our principal debt obligations at December 31, 2012 were our revolving credit facility, our term loan and two secured mortgage loans assumed in connection with certain of our acquisitions. Our mortgage loans are non-recourse and do not contain any material financial covenants. Our revolving credit facility agreement and our term loan agreement contain a number of covenants which restrict our ability to incur debts in excess of calculated amounts, restrict our ability to make distributions under certain circumstances and generally require us to maintain certain financial ratios. Our revolving credit facility and term loan provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts outstanding upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default or upon a change of control, including a change in our management by RMR. We believe we were in compliance with all of our covenants under our revolving credit facility agreement and term loan at December 31, 2012.
Emerging Growth Company
We are and we will remain an "emerging growth company", as defined in the JOBS Act, until the earliest to occur of (1) the last day of the fiscal year during which our total annual gross revenues equal or exceed $1 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation), (2) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our IPO, (3) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt, or (4) the date on which we are deemed a large accelerated filer under the Exchange Act.
Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Additionally, we are eligible to take advantage of certain other exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We have chosen to "opt out" of the extended transition period related to new or revised accounting standards, and as a result we will comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable. We do intend to avail ourselves of certain scaled compensation disclosure pursuant to the JOBS Act and we may elect to take advantage of additional exemptions available to us under the JOBS Act.
Related Person Transactions (dollars in thousands)
We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with our Trustees, our executive officers, RMR, CWH, AIC and other companies to which RMR provides management services and others affiliated with them. For example, we have no employees and personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR pursuant to management agreements; and RMR is owned by our Managing Trustees. Also, as a further example, we have relationships with other companies to which RMR provides management services and which have trustees, directors and officers who are also trustees, directors or officers of ours or RMR, including: CWH, which previously wholly owned us, which currently is our largest shareholder and with respect to which we are currently its majority owned subsidiary; and we, RMR, CWH and five other companies to which RMR provides management services each currently own 12.5% of AIC, an Indiana insurance company, and we and the other shareholders of AIC have property insurance in place providing $500,000 of coverage pursuant to an insurance program arranged by AIC and with respect to which AIC is a reinsurer of certain
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coverage amounts. For further information about these and other such relationships and related person transactions, please see Note 9 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference, and the section captioned "Business" above in Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, for more information about these transactions and relationships and about the risks that may arise as a result of these and other related person transactions and relationships, please see elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including "Warning Concerning Forward Looking Statements" and Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors." Copies of certain of our agreements with these related parties, including our business management agreement and property management agreement with RMR, various agreements we have entered with CWH and our shareholders agreement with AIC and its shareholders, are publicly available as exhibits to our public filings with the SEC and accessible at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
We believe that our agreements with RMR, CWH and AIC are on commercially reasonable terms. We also believe that our relationships with RMR, CWH and AIC and their affiliated and related persons and entities benefit us and, in fact, provide us with competitive advantages in operating and growing our business.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our critical accounting policies are those that will have the most impact on the reporting of our financial condition and results of operations and those requiring significant judgments and estimates. We believe that our judgments and estimates are consistently applied and produce financial information that fairly presents our results of operations. Our most critical accounting policies involve our investments in real property. These policies affect our:
We allocate the acquisition cost of each property investment to various property components such as land, buildings and improvements and intangibles based on their fair values, and each component generally has a different useful life. For real estate acquired, we record building, land and improvements, and, if applicable, the value of in-place leases, the fair market value of above or below market leases and customer relationships at fair value. We allocate the excess, if any, of the consideration over the fair value of assets acquired to goodwill. We base purchase price allocations and the determination of useful lives on our estimates and, under some circumstances, studies from independent real estate appraisal firms to provide market information and evaluations that are relevant to management's purchase price allocations and determinations of useful lives; however, management is ultimately responsible for the purchase price allocations and determination of useful lives.
We compute depreciation expense using the straight line method over estimated useful lives of up to 40 years for buildings and improvements, and up to 12 years for personal property. We do not depreciate the allocated cost of land. We amortize capitalized above market lease values as a reduction to rental income over the terms of the respective leases. We amortize capitalized below market lease values as an increase to rental income over the terms of the respective leases. We amortize the value of acquired in place leases exclusive of the value of above market and below market acquired in place leases to expense over the periods of the respective leases. If a lease is terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease are written off. Purchase price allocations require us to make certain assumptions and estimates. Incorrect assumptions and estimates may result in inaccurate depreciation and amortization charges over future periods.
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We periodically evaluate our properties for impairment. Impairment indicators may include declining tenant occupancy or our decision to dispose of an asset before the end of its estimated useful life and legislative, market or industry changes that could permanently reduce the value of a property. If indicators of impairment are present, we evaluate the carrying value of the related property by comparing it to the expected future undiscounted cash flows to be generated from that property. If the sum of these expected future cash flows is less than the carrying value, we reduce the net carrying value of the property to its fair value. This analysis requires us to judge whether indicators of impairment exist and to estimate likely future cash flows. If we misjudge or estimate incorrectly or if future tenant operations, market or industry factors differ from our expectations we may record an impairment charge that is inappropriate or fail to record a charge when we should have done so, or the amount of any such charges may be inaccurate.
These policies involve significant judgments made based upon experience, including judgments about current valuations, ultimate realizable value, estimated useful lives, salvage or residual value, the ability and willingness of our tenants to perform their obligations to us, current and future economic conditions and competitive factors in the markets in which our properties are located. Competition, economic conditions, changing government priorities and other factors may cause occupancy declines in the future. In the future, we may need to revise our carrying value assessments to incorporate information which is not now known, and such revisions could increase or decrease our depreciation expense related to properties we own or decrease the carrying values of our assets.
Impact of Inflation
Inflation in the past several years in the United States has been modest. Future inflation might have either positive or negative impacts on our business. Inflation might cause the value of our real estate to increase. Inflation might also cause our costs of equity and debt capital and operating costs to increase. An increase in our capital costs or in our operating costs may result in decreased earnings unless it is offset by increased revenues; however, we do not expect the direct impact of these increases to be material to our results of operations because the increased costs, in general, either would be the responsibility of our tenants directly or in large part passed through by us to our tenants as additional rent. In addition, our Hawaii land leases generally provide for periodic rent resets based on fair market values. Most of our other leases provide for periodic rent increases by fixed amounts. These rent adjustments may mitigate the adverse impacts of inflation on our operations.
To mitigate the adverse impact of any increased cost of debt capital in the event of material inflation, we may enter into interest rate hedge arrangements. The decision to enter into these agreements will be based on various factors, including the amount of our floating rate debt outstanding, our belief that material interest rate increases are likely to occur, the costs of and our expected benefit from these agreements and upon requirements of our borrowing arrangements. In periods of rapid inflation, our tenants' operating costs may increase faster than revenues, which may have an adverse impact upon us if our tenants' operating income becomes insufficient to pay our rent. To mitigate the adverse impact of tenant financial distress upon us, we require some of our tenants to provide guarantees or security for our rent.
Impact of Climate Change
The current political debate about climate change has resulted in various treaties, laws and regulations which are intended to limit carbon emissions. We believe these laws being enacted or proposed may cause energy costs at our properties to increase in the future. In an effort to reduce the effects of any increased energy costs in the future, we and our manager, RMR, continuously study ways to improve the energy efficiency at all of our properties. RMR is a member of the Energy Star Partner program, a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy which is focused on promoting energy efficiency at commercial properties through its
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"ENERGY STAR" label program, and a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting energy efficiency at commercial properties through its leadership in energy and environmental design, or LEED®, green building program. We do not expect the direct impact of these possible increases in energy costs resulting from laws designed to address climate change to be material to our results of operations because the increased costs either may be the responsibility of our tenants directly or in large part passed through by us to our tenants as additional rent. Although we do not believe it is likely in the foreseeable future, laws enacted to mitigate climate change may make some of our buildings obsolete or cause us to make material investments in our properties which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
There have recently been severe weather activities in different parts of the country that some observers believe evidence global climate change, including the recent Hurricane Sandy that impacted portions of the eastern United States in October 2012. Such severe weather that may result from climate change may have an adverse effect on individual properties we own. We mitigate these risks by owning a diversified portfolio of properties and by procuring insurance coverage we believe adequate to protect us from material damages and losses from such activities. However, there can be no assurance that our mitigation efforts will be sufficient or that storms that may occur due to future climate change or otherwise could not have a material adverse effect on our business.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (dollar amounts in thousands)
We are exposed to risks associated with market changes in interest rates.
We manage our exposure to interest rate risk by monitoring available financing alternatives. Other than as described below, we do not currently expect any significant changes in our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or in how we manage this exposure in the near future.
At December 31, 2012, our outstanding fixed rate debt consisted of the following mortgage notes:
Debt
|
Principal Balance(1) |
Annual Interest Rate(1) |
Annual Interest Expense(1) |
Maturity | Interest Payments Due |
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Mortgage note |
$ | 18,447 | 5.950 | % | $ | 1,098 | 2017 | Monthly | ||||||
Mortgage note |
7,500 | 5.689 | % | 427 | 2016 | Monthly | ||||||||
|
$ | 25,947 | $ | 1,525 | ||||||||||
Because these mortgage notes bear interest at a fixed rate, changes in market interest rates during the term of these debts will not affect our interest obligations. If these debts were refinanced at interest rates which are 100 bps higher or lower than shown above, our per annum interest cost would increase or decrease by approximately $259.
Changes in market interest rates would affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligations; increases in market interest rates decrease the fair value of our fixed rate debt, while decreases in market interest rates increase the fair value of our fixed rate debt. Based on the balances outstanding at December 31, 2012, and discounted cash flow analyses through the respective maturity dates, and assuming no other changes in factors that may affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt obligations, a hypothetical immediate 100 bps change in interest rates would change the fair value of those obligations by approximately $1,050.
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At December 31, 2012, our floating rate debt consisted of a combined total of $445,000 outstanding under our revolving credit facility and our term loan.
Our revolving credit facility matures in March 2016 and, subject to our meeting certain conditions, including our payment of an extension fee, we have the option to extend the stated maturity date by one year to March 2017. No principal repayments are required under our revolving credit facility or term loan prior to maturity, and prepayments may be made at any time without penalty.
Borrowings under our revolving credit facility and term loan are in U.S. dollars and bear interest at LIBOR plus a premium that is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage or credit ratings. Accordingly, we are vulnerable to changes in U.S. dollar based short term rates, specifically LIBOR. There have been recent governmental inquiries regarding the setting of LIBOR, which may result in changes to that process that could have the effect of increasing LIBOR. In addition, upon renewal or refinancing of our revolving credit facility or our term loan, we are vulnerable to increases in interest rate spreads due to market conditions or our perceived credit risk. Generally, a change in interest rates would not affect the value of our floating rate debt but would affect our operating results. The following table presents the impact a 100 bps increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense at December 31, 2012:
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Impact of an Increase in Interest Rates | |||||||||
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|
Interest Rate Per Year(1) |
Outstanding Debt |
Total Interest Expense Per Year |
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At December 31, 2012 |
1.72 | % | $ | 445,000 | $ | 7,654 | ||||
100 bps increase |
2.72 | % | $ | 445,000 | $ | 12,104 |
The following table presents the impact a 100 bps increase in interest rates would have on our annual floating rate interest expense at December 31, 2012 if we were fully drawn on our revolving credit facility and our term loan remained outstanding:
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Impact of an Increase in Interest Rates | |||||||||
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|
Interest Rate Per Year(1) |
Outstanding Debt |
Total Interest Expense Per Year |
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At December 31, 2012 |
1.72 | % | $ | 850,000 | $ | 14,620 | ||||
100 bps increase |
2.72 | % | $ | 850,000 | $ | 23,120 |
The foregoing tables show the impact of an immediate increase in floating interest rates. If interest rates were to increase gradually over time, the impact would be spread over time. Our exposure to fluctuations in floating interest rates will increase or decrease in the future with increases or decreases in the outstanding amount of our revolving credit facility, term loan or other floating rate debt.
Although we have no present plans to do so, we may in the future enter into hedge agreements from time to time to mitigate our exposure to changes in interest rates.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information required by this item is included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Managing Trustees, our President and our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15. Based upon that evaluation, our Managing Trustees, our President and our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management Report on Assessment of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
This annual report does not include a report of management's assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report from our registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for new public companies.
On February 21, 2013, our Board of Trustees adopted amended and restated bylaws. The amended and restated bylaws include a new Article XV, which provides that actions brought against the Company or any director, officer, manager (including RMR or its successor), agent or employee of the Company, by a stockholder, including derivative and class actions, shall, on the demand of any party to such dispute, be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Company's amended and restated bylaws.
The foregoing description of the Company's amended and restated bylaws is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the amended and restated bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.2, and which amended and restated bylaws are incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a marked copy of the Company's amended and restated bylaws indicating changes made to the Company's bylaws as they existed immediately prior to the adoption of those amended and restated bylaws is attached as Exhibit 3.3.
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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
We have a Code of Conduct that applies to all our representatives, including our officers and trustees and employees of RMR. Our Code of Conduct is posted on our website, www.sirreit.com. A printed copy of our Code of Conduct is also available free of charge to any person who requests a copy by writing to our Secretary, Select Income REIT, Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA 02458-1634. We intend to disclose any amendments or waivers to our Code of Conduct applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller (or any person performing similar functions) on our website.
The remainder of the information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Equity Compensation Plan Information. We may grant our common shares to our officers and other employees of RMR under our equity compensation plan adopted in 2012, or the 2012 Plan. In addition, each of our trustees receives 2,000 common shares per year under the 2012 Plan as part of his or her annual compensation for serving as a trustee. The terms of grants made are determined by our Board of Trustees, or a committee thereof, at the time of the grant. The following table is as of December 31, 2012.
Plan category
|
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) |
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders2012 Plan |
None | None | 2,967,408 | (1) | ||||||
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |
None | None | None | |||||||
Total |
None | None | 2,967,408 | (1) |
Payments by us to RMR are described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsLiquidity and Capital ResourcesRelated Person Transactions". The remainder of the information required by Item 12 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement.
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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by Item 14 is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement.
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
The following consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of Select Income REIT are included on the pages indicated:
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the SEC are not required under the related instructions, or are inapplicable, and therefore have been omitted.
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
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3.1 | Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2012.) | |
3.2 |
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. (Filed herewith.) |
|
3.3 |
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (marked copy). (Filed herewith.) |
|
4.1 |
Form of Common Share Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.) |
|
8.1 |
Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP as to certain tax matters. (Filed herewith.) |
|
10.1 |
Transaction Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2012, between the Company and CommonWealth REIT. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 12, 2012.) |
|
10.2 |
Promissory Note, dated February 16, 2012, issued to CommonWealth REIT. (Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11/A, File No. 333-178720.) |
|
10.3 |
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2012, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions initially a signatory thereto. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2012.) |
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Exhibit Number |
Description | |
---|---|---|
10.4 | First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2012, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 12, 2012.) | |
10.5 |
Agreement Regarding Commitment Increases, dated as of February 4, 2013, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2013.) |
|
10.6 |
Term Loan Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2012, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each of the other financial institutions initially a signatory thereto. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 12, 2012.) |
|
10.7 |
Amended and Restated Business Management Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2012, between the Company and Reit Management & Research LLC.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12, 2012.) |
|
10.8 |
Property Management Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2012, between the Company and Reit Management & Research LLC.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2012.) |
|
10.9 |
First Amendment to Property Management Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2012, between the Company and Reit Management & Research LLC.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12, 2012.) |
|
10.10 |
2012 Equity Compensation Plan.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2012.) |
|
10.11 |
Form of Indemnification Agreement.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.) |
|
10.12 |
Summary of Trustee Compensation.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2012.) |
|
10.13 |
Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, dated May 21, 2012, among Affiliates Insurance Company, Five Star Quality Care, Inc., Hospitality Properties Trust, CommonWealth REIT, Senior Housing Properties Trust, TravelCenters of America LLC, Reit Management & Research LLC, Government Properties Income Trust and the Company. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2012.) |
|
10.14 |
Form of Restricted Share Agreement.(+) (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.) |
|
21.1 |
Subsidiaries of the Company. (Filed herewith.) |
|
23.1 |
Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. (Contained in Exhibit 8.1.) |
|
31.1 |
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.) |
|
31.2 |
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.) |
|
31.3 |
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.) |
|
31.4 |
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification. (Filed herewith.) |
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Exhibit Number |
Description | |
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32.1 | Section 1350 Certification. (Furnished herewith.) | |
101.1 |
The following materials from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) related notes to these financial statements, tagged as blocks of text and in detail. (Furnished herewith.) |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Select Income REIT
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Select Income REIT as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012. Our audits also included the financial statement schedules listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedules are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Select Income REIT at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
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/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Boston,
Massachusetts
February 25, 2013
F-1
SELECT INCOME REIT
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except par value data)
|
December 31, 2012 |
December 31, 2011 |
|||||
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ASSETS |
|||||||
Real estate properties: |
|||||||
Land |
$ | 675,092 | $ | 614,702 | |||
Buildings and improvements |
620,686 | 292,634 | |||||
|
1,295,778 | 907,336 | |||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(46,697 | ) | (36,240 | ) | |||
|
1,249,081 | 871,096 | |||||
Acquired real estate leases, net |
95,248 |
44,333 |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
20,373 | | |||||
Restricted cash |
42 | | |||||
Rents receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $644 and $4,067, respectively |
38,885 | 35,024 | |||||
Deferred leasing costs, net |
4,816 | 3,418 | |||||
Deferred financing costs, net |
5,517 | | |||||
Due from related persons |
585 | | |||||
Other assets |
16,105 | 661 | |||||
Total assets |
$ | 1,430,652 | $ | 954,532 | |||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|||||||
Revolving credit facility |
$ |
95,000 |
$ |
|
|||
Term loan |
350,000 | | |||||
Mortgage notes payable |
27,778 | | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
19,703 | 14,217 | |||||
Assumed real estate lease obligations, net |
20,434 | 21,005 | |||||
Rents collected in advance |
6,518 | 6,229 | |||||
Security deposits |
9,335 | 8,281 | |||||
Due to related persons |
1,701 | | |||||
Total liabilities |
530,469 | 49,732 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies |
|||||||
Shareholders' equity: |
|||||||
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value: 50,000,000 shares authorized, 39,282,592 and 1,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively |
393 | | |||||
Additional paid in capital |
876,920 | | |||||
Cumulative net income |
51,251 | | |||||
Cumulative other comprehensive income |
25 | | |||||
Cumulative common distributions |
(28,406 | ) | | ||||
Ownership interest |
| 904,800 | |||||
Total shareholders' equity |
900,183 | 904,800 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
$ | 1,430,652 | $ | 954,532 | |||
See accompanying notes.
F-2
SELECT INCOME REIT
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
|
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||
Rental income |
$ | 105,559 | $ | 91,775 | $ | 80,933 | ||||
Tenant reimbursements and other income |
17,231 | 16,847 | 15,042 | |||||||
Total revenues |
122,790 | 108,622 | 95,975 | |||||||
Expenses: |
||||||||||
Real estate taxes |
15,370 | 14,709 | 13,817 | |||||||
Other operating expenses |
8,426 | 8,237 | 7,689 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
14,860 | 11,205 | 8,160 | |||||||
Acquisition related costs |
2,470 | | 386 | |||||||
General and administrative |
8,203 | 5,528 | 5,351 | |||||||
Total expenses |
49,329 | 39,679 | 35,403 | |||||||
Operating income |
73,461 |
68,943 |
60,572 |
|||||||
Interest expense (including amortization of deferred financing fees of $1,050, $0 and $0, respectively) |
(7,565 | ) | | | ||||||
Equity in earnings of an investee |
269 | | | |||||||
Income before income tax expense |
66,165 | 68,943 | 60,572 | |||||||
Income tax expense |
(290 | ) | | | ||||||
Net income |
65,875 | 68,943 | 60,572 | |||||||
Other comprehensive income: |
||||||||||
Equity in unrealized gain of an investee |
25 | | | |||||||
Other comprehensive income |
25 | | | |||||||
Comprehensive income |
$ | 65,900 | $ | 68,943 | $ | 60,572 | ||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding |
27,122 | | | |||||||
Net income per common share |
$ | 2.43 | NA | NA | ||||||
See accompanying notes.
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SELECT INCOME REIT
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(dollars in thousands)
|
Number of Shares |
Common Shares |
Additional Paid In Capital |
Cumulative Net Income |
Cumulative Other Comprehensive Income |
Cumulative Common Distributions |
Ownership Interest |
Total | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balance at December 31, 2009 |
| $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 829,770 | $ | 829,770 | ||||||||||
Net income |
| | | | | | 60,572 | 60,572 | |||||||||||||||||
Owner's net contributions |
| | | | | | 7,755 | 7,755 | |||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2010 |
| | | | | | 898,097 | 898,097 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income |
| | | | | | 68,943 | 68,943 | |||||||||||||||||
Owner's net distributions |
| | | | | | (62,240 | ) | (62,240 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares, net |
1,000 | | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 |
1,000 | | | | | | 904,800 | 904,800 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income |
| | | 51,251 | | | 14,624 | 65,875 | |||||||||||||||||
Owner's net distributions |
| | | | | | (919,424 | ) | (919,424 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares, net |
39,249,000 | 393 | 876,551 | | | | | 876,944 | |||||||||||||||||
Share grants |
32,592 | | 369 | | | | | 369 | |||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income |
| | | | 25 | | | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
Distributions to common shareholders |
| | | | | (28,406 | ) | | (28,406 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012 |
39,282,592 | $ | 393 | $ | 876,920 | $ | 51,251 | $ | 25 | $ | (28,406 | ) | $ | | $ | 900,183 | |||||||||
See accompanying notes.
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SELECT INCOME REIT
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(dollars in thousands)
|
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 65,875 | $ | 68,943 | $ | 60,572 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities |
||||||||||
Depreciation |
10,493 | 7,860 | 6,547 | |||||||
Net amortization of debt premium and deferred financing fees |
950 | | | |||||||
Amortization of acquired real estate leases |
4,369 | 3,143 | 1,948 | |||||||
Amortization of deferred leasing costs |
653 | 578 | 568 | |||||||
Provision for (recovery of) losses on rents receivable |
(23) | 579 | 820 | |||||||
Straight line rental income |
(5,869) | (5,045) | (2,779) | |||||||
Other non-cash expenses |
508 | | | |||||||
Equity in earnings of equity investments |
(269) | | | |||||||
Change in assets and liabilities: |
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Restricted cash |
(42) | | | |||||||
Rents receivable |
2,031 | (2,792) | 799 | |||||||
Deferred leasing costs |
(2,051) | (1,037) | (1,474) | |||||||
Other assets |
185 | 93 | (234) | |||||||
Due from related persons |
(585) | | | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
1,226 | 491 | 210 | |||||||
Rents collected in advance |
289 | 972 | 261 | |||||||
Security deposits |
1,054 | 29 | 224 | |||||||
Due to related persons |
1,701 | | | |||||||
Cash provided by operating activities |
80,495 | 73,814 | 67,462 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
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Real estate acquisitions |
(419,610) | (10,000) | (72,883) | |||||||
Real estate improvements |
(2,670) | (1,574) | (2,334) | |||||||
Investment in Affiliates Insurance Company |
(5,335) | | | |||||||
Cash used in investing activities |
(427,615) | (11,574) | (75,217) | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common shares, net |
363,657 | | | |||||||
Proceeds from borrowings |
993,500 | | | |||||||
Payments on borrowings |
(548,553) | | | |||||||
Deferred financing fees |
(6,567) | | | |||||||
Repayment of demand note |
(400,000) | | | |||||||
Distributions to common shareholders |
(28,406) | | | |||||||
Owner's net distributions |
(6,138) | (62,240) | 7,755 | |||||||
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
367,493 | (62,240) | 7,755 | |||||||
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |
20,373 |
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
| | | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 20,373 | $ | | $ | | ||||
Supplemental disclosures: |
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Interest paid |
$ | 5,407 | $ | | $ | | ||||
Non-cash investing activities: |
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Real estate acquired by issuance of shares and assumption of demand note |
$ | (913,286) | $ | | $ | | ||||
Real estate acquired by assumption of mortgage notes payable |
$ | (26,000) | $ | | $ | | ||||
Additions to real estate included in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$ | (2,782) | $ | | $ | | ||||
Non-cash financing activities: |
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Issuance of common shares |
$ | 513,656 | $ | | $ | | ||||
Issuance of demand note |
$ | 400,000 | $ | | $ | | ||||
Assumption of mortgage notes payable |
$ | 26,000 | $ | | $ | |
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 1. Basis of Presentation
Our consolidated financial statements include the 251 properties, or the Initial Properties, which were owned by CommonWealth REIT and its subsidiaries, or CWH, until they were contributed to us by CWH on February 16, 2012. Our consolidated financial statements are presented as if we were a legal entity separate from CWH at all times for the periods presented, despite our not being in existence until December 19, 2011 and the fact that thereafter we were a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of CWH until March 12, 2012. Because of the significant changes resulting from our initial public offering, or IPO, in March 2012, the financial results reported are not indicative of our expected future results.
Note 2. Organization
We were organized as a Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, on December 19, 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of CWH.
On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us. In return, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH in December 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) a $400,000 demand promissory note, or the CWH Note.
On March 6, 2012, we commenced a public offering of 8,000,000 common shares. The sale of these shares and an additional 1,200,000 of our common shares pursuant to the exercise in full of our IPO underwriters' option to purchase additional shares closed on March 12, 2012 and we then became a public company. We used the net proceeds from the IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note.
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation. Prior to our IPO, CWH owned us, and we have presented certain historical transactions at CWH's historical basis. Historically, substantially all of the rental income received by CWH from the tenants of our Initial Properties were deposited in and commingled with CWH's general funds. Certain capital investments and other cash requirements of our Initial Properties were paid by CWH and were charged directly to our Initial Properties. General and administrative costs of CWH were allocated to our Initial Properties based on the historical costs of the real estate investments for our Initial Properties as a percentage of CWH's historical cost of all of CWH's real estate investments until the completion of our IPO on March 12, 2012, or the Closing Date. In our opinion, and in accordance with applicable accounting guidance, this method for allocating general and administrative expenses is reasonable. However, actual expenses may have been different from allocated expenses if the Initial Properties had operated as a separate entity, and those differences might be material. Since the Closing Date, we have recorded general and administrative expenses at our direct cost. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates in the consolidated financial statements include the allowance for doubtful accounts, purchase price allocations and useful lives of fixed assets.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
These consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our subsidiaries, all of which are 100% owned directly or indirectly by us. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
We account for our investment in Affiliates Insurance Company, or AIC, using the equity method of accounting. Significant influence is present through common representation on the boards of trustees or directors of us and AIC. Our Managing Trustees are also owners of Reit Management & Research LLC, or RMR, which is the manager of us and AIC, and each of our Trustees is a director of AIC. See Note 9 for a further discussion of our investment in AIC.
Real Estate Properties. As required by GAAP, we have generally adopted the accounting treatment and policies for our properties and business which were previously employed by CWH. We recorded our Initial Properties at cost to CWH and record our other properties at our cost and provide depreciation on real estate investments on a straight line basis over estimated useful lives ranging up to 40 years. We and CWH estimated the purchase price allocations and the useful lives of our properties. In some circumstances, we and CWH engaged independent real estate appraisal firms to provide market information and evaluations which are relevant to our purchase price allocations and determinations of useful lives; however, we are ultimately responsible for the purchase price allocations and determinations of useful lives.
We and CWH allocated the purchase prices of our properties to land, building and improvements based on determinations of the relative fair values of these assets assuming the properties are vacant. We and CWH determined the fair value of each property using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers. For properties qualifying as acquired business under Accounting Standards Codification 805 Business Combinations, we and CWH allocated a portion of the purchase price of our properties to above market and below market leases based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with acquired in place leases at the time each property was acquired by us or CWH) of the difference, if any, between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the acquired in place leases and (ii) our estimates of fair market lease rates for the corresponding leases, measured over a period equal to the terms of the respective leases. We and CWH allocated a portion of the purchase price to acquired in place leases and tenant relationships in an amount, if any, equal to the excess of (i) the purchase price paid for each property, after adjusting existing acquired in place leases to market rental rates, over (ii) the estimated fair value of the property, as if vacant. We and CWH allocated this aggregate value between acquired in place lease values and tenant relationships based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant's lease. However, we have not separated the value of tenant relationships from the value of acquired in place leases because such value and related amortization expense is immaterial to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In making these allocations, we considered factors such as estimated carrying costs during the expected lease up periods, including real estate taxes, insurance and other operating income and expenses and costs, such as leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses, to execute similar leases in current market conditions at the time a property was acquired by us or CWH. If the value of tenant relationships becomes material in the future, we may separately allocate those amounts and amortize the allocated amount over the estimated life of the relationships.
We amortize capitalized above market lease values (included in acquired real estate leases in our consolidated balance sheets) and below market lease values (presented as assumed real estate lease
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
obligations in our consolidated balance sheets) as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over the terms of the associated leases. Such amortization resulted in changes to rental income of ($587), ($354) and ($903) during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We amortize the value of acquired in place leases (included in acquired real estate leases in our consolidated balance sheets), exclusive of the value of above market and below market acquired in place leases, or Lease Origination Value, over the terms of the associated leases. Such amortization, which is included in depreciation and amortization, totaled $3,781, $2,788 and $1,045 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. If a lease is terminated prior to its stated expiration, we write off the unamortized amounts relating to that lease.
At December 31, 2012 and 2011, our acquired real estate leases and assumed real estate lease obligations were as follows:
|
As of December 31, | ||||||
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|
2012 | 2011 | |||||
Acquired real estate leases |
|||||||
Capitalized above market lease values |
$ | 45,192 | $ | 37,859 | |||
Less: accumulated amortization |
(12,171 | ) | (10,882 | ) | |||
Capitalized above market lease values, net |
33,021 | 26,977 | |||||
Lease Origination Value |
71,879 |
23,265 |
|||||
Less: accumulated amortization |
(9,652 | ) | (5,909 | ) | |||
Lease Origination Value, net |
62,227 | 17,356 | |||||
Acquired real estate leases, net |
$ | 95,248 | $ | 44,333 | |||
Assumed real estate lease obligations |
|||||||
Capitalized below market lease values |
$ | 29,547 | $ | 28,460 | |||
Less: accumulated amortization |
(9,113 | ) | (7,455 | ) | |||
Assumed real estate lease obligations, net |
$ | 20,434 | $ | 21,005 | |||
Future amortization of net intangible acquired lease assets and liabilities to be recognized over the current terms of the associated leases as of December 31, 2012 are estimated to be $9,035 in 2013, $8,890 in 2014, $8,865 in 2015, $8,426 in 2016, $8,044 in 2017 and $31,554 thereafter.
We recognize impairment losses on real estate investments when indicators of impairment are present and the estimated undiscounted cash flow from our real estate investments is less than the carrying amount of such real estate investments. Impairment indicators may include declining tenant occupancy, lack of progress releasing vacant space, tenant bankruptcies, low long term prospects for improvement in property performance, weak or declining tenant profitability, cash flow or liquidity, our decision to dispose of an asset before the end of its estimated useful life and legislative, market or industry changes that could permanently reduce the value of a property. We review our properties for impairment quarterly, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If indicators of impairment are present, we evaluate the carrying value of the related property by comparing it to the expected future undiscounted cash flows expected to be
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
generated from that property. If the sum of these expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value, we reduce the net carrying value of the property to its estimated fair value. The determination of undiscounted cash flow includes consideration of many factors including income to be earned from the investment, holding costs (exclusive of interest), estimated selling prices, and prevailing economic and market conditions. Based on these procedures performed, no impairments exist on any of our properties as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.
Certain of our real estate assets contain hazardous substances, including asbestos. We believe the asbestos at our properties is contained in accordance with current environmental regulations and we have no current plans to remove it. If these properties were demolished today, certain environmental regulations specify the manner in which the asbestos must be removed and we could incur substantial costs complying with such regulations. Certain of our industrial lands in Hawaii may require environmental remediation, especially if the use of those lands is changed; however, we do not have any present plans to change the use of those land parcels or to undertake this environmental cleanup. We do not have any insurance designated to limit any losses that we may incur as a result of known or unknown environmental conditions which are not caused by an insured event, such as, for example, fire or flood. However, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, accrued environmental remediation costs totaling $8,644 and $12,215, respectively, were included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets. These accrued expenses relate to maintenance of our properties for current uses. The reduction in the accrued balance during 2012 reflects remediation costs paid during 2012. We do not believe that there are environmental conditions at any of our properties that will have a material adverse effect on us. However, no assurances can be given that such conditions are not present in our properties or that other costs we incur to remediate contamination will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. Charges for environmental remediation costs are included in other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
Cash and Cash Equivalents. We consider highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Restricted Cash. Restricted cash consists of amounts escrowed for future real estate taxes, insurance, leasing costs, capital expenditures and debt service, as required by certain of our mortgage debts.
Deferred Leasing Costs. Deferred leasing costs include brokerage, legal and other fees associated with the successful negotiation of leases and are amortized on a straight line basis over the terms of the respective leases. Deferred leasing costs totaled $6,438 and $4,643 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and accumulated amortization of deferred leasing costs totaled $1,622 and $1,225 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Future amortization of deferred leasing costs to be recognized during the current terms of the existing leases as of December 31, 2012, are estimated to be $682 in 2013, $646 in 2014, $583 in 2015, $435 in 2016, $388 in 2017 and $2,082 thereafter.
Deferred Financing Fees. Deferred financing fees include issuance or assumption costs related to borrowings and are capitalized and amortized on a straight line basis over the terms of the respective loans. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, deferred financing fees totaled $6,567 and $0, respectively, and accumulated amortization of deferred financing fees totaled $1,050 and $0, respectively. Future
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
amortization of deferred financing fees to be recognized with respect to our loans as of December 31, 2012, are estimated to be $1,527 in 2013, $1,527 in 2014, $1,527 in 2015, $681 in 2016, $255 in 2017 and $0 thereafter.
Other Assets. Other assets consist primarily of deposits on potential acquisitions, our investment in AIC (as described in Note 9) and prepaid real estate taxes and other prepaid expenses.
Revenue Recognition. Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight line basis over the lives of lease agreements. We defer the recognition of contingent rental income, such as percentage rents, until the specific targets that trigger the contingent rental income are achieved. Contingent rental income recognized totaled $1,552, $1,102 and $427 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Tenant reimbursements and other income include property level operating expenses and capital expenditures reimbursed by our tenants as well as other incidental revenues. Certain tenants are obligated to pay directly their obligations under their leases for insurance, real estate taxes and certain other expenses and these costs, which have been assumed by the tenants under the terms of their respective leases, are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. To the extent any tenant responsible for these costs under their respective lease defaults on its lease or it is deemed probable that the tenant will fail to pay for such costs, we would record a liability for such obligation.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability or unwillingness of certain tenants to make payments required under their leases. The computation of the allowance is based on the tenants' payment histories and current credit profiles, as well as other considerations.
Income Taxes. Through the Closing Date, while we were 100% owned by CWH, our operations were included in CWH's income tax returns. CWH is a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the IRC. Accordingly, CWH is generally not subject to federal and most state income taxes provided it distributes its taxable income and meets certain other requirements to qualify as a real estate investment trust. However, CWH is subject to certain state and local taxes. We will elect to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the IRC, commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2012. However, no assurance can be given that we will qualify as or be taxed as a REIT for any particular year. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income taxes provided we distribute our taxable income and meet certain other requirements to qualify as a REIT. We are, however, subject to certain state and local taxes.
Cumulative Other Comprehensive Income. Cumulative other comprehensive income consists of the unrealized gains related to our investment in AIC, as described in Note 9.
Reclassifications. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years' financial statements to conform to the current year's presentation.
Use of Estimates. Preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in these consolidated financial statements and related notes. The actual results could differ from these estimates.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Net Income Per Share. We compute net income per common share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. We had no common share equivalents during the periods presented.
Ownership Interest. Prior to the Closing Date, CWH provided the funds used in our investment activities. Amounts invested in or advanced to us by CWH did not carry interest, and had no specific repayment terms. As of December 31, 2012, CWH owned 56.0% of our outstanding common shares. See Note 9 for further discussion of our relationship with CWH.
New Accounting Pronouncement. In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This update is the culmination of the FASB's deliberation on reporting reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income, or AOCI. This standard does not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income. However, it requires disclosure of amounts reclassified out of AOCI in its entirety, by component, on the face of the statement of operations or in the notes thereto. Amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income must be cross-referenced to other disclosures that provide additional detail. This standard is effective prospectively for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. We do not expect the adoption of this update to cause any material changes to the disclosures in, or the presentation of, our consolidated financial statements.
Note 4. Real Estate Properties
On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us. In return, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH in December 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) the CWH Note.
During the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2012, we acquired 16 properties with a combined 3,219,989 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $438,013, including the assumption of $26,000 of mortgage debt and excluding closing costs:
Date
|
Location | Number of Properties |
Square Feet |
Purchase Price(1) |
Land | Building and Improvements |
Acquired Real Estate Leases |
Assumed Real Estate Lease Obligations |
Premium on Assumed Debt |
Other Assumed Liabilities |
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June 2012 |
Provo, UT(2) | 1 | 405,699 | $ | 85,500 | $ | 6,700 | $ | 78,800 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||
June 2012 |
Englewood, CO | 1 | 140,162 | 18,900 | 3,230 | 11,801 | 3,869 | | | (421 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
July 2012 |
Windsor, CT | 2 | 268,328 | 27,175 | 4,250 | 16,695 | 6,230 | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
July 2012 |
Topeka, KS | 1 | 143,934 | 19,400 | 1,300 | 15,918 | 2,182 | | | (1,698 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
August 2012 |
Huntsville, AL(2)(3) | 1 | 1,370,974 | 72,782 | 5,628 | 67,154 | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
September 2012 |
Carlsbad, CA(3)(4) | 2 | 95,000 | 24,700 | 3,381 | 17,918 | 4,885 | | (1,484 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
September 2012 |
Chelmsford, MA(3)(5) | 1 | 110,882 | 12,200 | 2,009 | 6,727 | 3,911 | | (447 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
November 2012 |
Sunnyvale, CA(6) | 1 | 96,415 | 28,050 | 11,552 | 12,461 | 4,037 | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
November 2012 |
Oahu, HI(6) | 1 | 49,452 | 6,300 | 5,888 | 315 | 97 | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
November 2012 |
Sterling, VA(6) | 3 | 337,228 | 85,600 | 9,874 | 62,238 | 14,615 | (1,127 | ) | | | |||||||||||||||||||
December 2012 |
Ann Arbor, MI(6) | 1 | 82,003 | 16,906 | 2,877 | 9,081 | 4,948 | | | (663 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
December 2012 |
Columbia, MD(6) | 1 | 119,912 | 40,500 | 3,700 | 24,592 | 12,208 | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | 3,219,989 | $ | 438,013 | $ | 60,389 | $ | 323,700 | $ | 56,982 | $ | (1,127 | ) | $ | (1,931 | ) | $ | (2,782 | ) | |||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 4. Real Estate Properties (Continued)
Since January 1, 2013, we have acquired two properties with a combined 553,799 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $105,000, excluding closing costs. We have also entered into agreements to acquire three properties with a combined 225,211 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $53,320, excluding closing costs.
We committed $1,796 for expenditures related to 994,422 square feet of leases executed during 2012. Committed but unspent tenant related obligations based on existing leases as of December 31, 2012, were $114.
The future minimum lease payments scheduled to be received by us during the current terms of our leases as of December 31, 2012 are as follows:
Year
|
Minimum Lease Payment |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 |
$ | 125,138 | ||
2014 |
125,977 | |||
2015 |
126,622 | |||
2016 |
120,697 | |||
2017 |
117,984 | |||
Thereafter |
1,025,250 | |||
|
$ | 1,641,668 | ||
Note 5. Tenant Concentration and Segment Information
We operate in one business segment: ownership of properties that are primarily net leased to single tenants. A "net leased property" or a property being "net leased" means that the property's lease requires the tenant to pay rent and also pay or reimburse us for all, or substantially all, property level operating expenses and capital expenditures, such as real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance and repairs, other than, in certain circumstances, roof and structural element related expenditures. No single tenant currently accounts for more than 10% of our total revenues. We define a single tenant leased property as a property with at least 90% of its rentable square footage leased to one tenant; however, we do also own some multi tenant buildings on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 6. Indebtedness
We did not have any debt outstanding at December 31, 2011. At December 31, 2012, our outstanding indebtedness consisted of the following:
|
December 31, 2012 | |||
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Revolving credit facility, due in 2016 |
$ | 95,000 | ||
Term loan, due in 2017 |
350,000 | |||
Mortgage note payable, 5.950% interest rate, including unamortized premium of $1,415, due in 2017(1) |
19,862 | |||
Mortgage note payable, 5.689% interest rate, including unamortized premium of $416, due in 2016(1) |
7,916 | |||
|
$ | 472,778 | ||
On February 16, 2012, we issued the CWH Note as part of the consideration for the Initial Properties contributed to us by CWH. Simultaneous with closing of our IPO on March 12, 2012, we repaid the CWH Note in full using net proceeds from our IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.
In March 2012, we entered into a $500,000 unsecured revolving credit facility that is available for general business purposes, including acquisitions. The maturity date of our revolving credit facility is March 11, 2016 and, subject to the payment of an extension fee and meeting certain other conditions, includes an option for us to extend the stated maturity date of our revolving credit facility by one year to March 11, 2017. In February 2013, we partially exercised our option to increase the available borrowing amount under our revolving credit facility from $500,000 to $750,000. Borrowings under our revolving credit facility bear interest at LIBOR plus a premium. We also pay a facility fee on the total amount of lending commitments under our revolving credit facility. Both the interest rate premium and the facility fee are subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage or credit ratings. At December 31, 2012, the interest rate premium on our revolving credit facility was 130 basis points and our facility fee was 30 basis points. The weighted average annual interest rate for borrowings under the revolving credit facility was 1.54% for the period from March 12, 2012 to December 31, 2012. We can borrow, repay and reborrow funds available under our revolving credit facility until maturity, and no principal repayment is due until maturity. As of December 31, 2012 and February 19, 2013, we had $95,000 and $200,000, respectively, outstanding under our revolving credit facility.
In July 2012, we entered into a five year $350,000 unsecured term loan. Our term loan matures on July 11, 2017 and is prepayable without penalty at any time. In addition, our term loan includes a feature under which maximum borrowings may be increased to up to $700,000 in certain circumstances. Our term loan bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a premium, which was 155 basis points as of
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 6. Indebtedness (Continued)
December 31, 2012. The interest rate premium is subject to adjustment based upon changes to our leverage or credit ratings. As of December 31, 2012, the weighted average interest rate for the amount outstanding under our term loan was 1.78% for the period from July 12, 2012 to December 31, 2012.
Our credit facility agreement and our term loan agreement provide for acceleration of payment of all amounts due thereunder upon the occurrence and continuation of certain events of default, including a change of control of us and the termination of our business management agreement with RMR.
Our credit facility agreement and our term loan agreement also contain a number of financial and other covenants, including covenants that restrict our ability to incur indebtedness or to make distributions under certain circumstances and require us to maintain financial ratios and a minimum net worth. We believe we were in compliance with the terms of our revolving credit facility and term loan covenants at December 31, 2012.
At December 31, 2012, three of our properties with an aggregate net book value of $29,881 were secured by two mortgage notes we assumed in connection with certain of our acquisitions during 2012:
These mortgage notes are non-recourse and do not contain any material financial covenants.
The required principal payments due during the next five years and thereafter under all our outstanding debt as of December 31, 2012 are as follows:
Year
|
Principal Payment |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 |
$ | 217 | ||
2014 |
230 | |||
2015 |
245 | |||
2016 |
102,757 | |||
2017 |
367,498 | |||
Therafter |
| |||
|
$ | 470,947 | (1) | |
Note 7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Our financial instruments at December 31, 2012 include cash and cash equivalents, rents receivable, mortgage notes payable, our revolving credit facility, our term loan, amounts due to related persons, accounts payable and other accrued expenses. At December 31, 2012, the fair value of our
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)
financial instruments approximated their carrying values in our consolidated financial statements, except as follows:
|
Carrying Amount |
Estimated Fair Value |
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortgage notes payable |
$ | 27,778 | $ | 28,322 |
We estimate the fair values of our mortgage notes payable by using discounted cash flow analyses and currently prevailing market rates for similar mortgage notes as of December 31, 2012. These inputs are categorized as level 3 inputs as defined in the fair value hierarchy under the accounting standards for Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. Because our inputs are unobservable, our estimated fair value may differ materially from the actual fair value.
Note 8. Shareholders' Equity
Share Awards
We have common shares available for issuance under the terms of our equity compensation plan adopted in 2012, or the 2012 Plan. As described in Note 9, we awarded common shares to our officers and certain employees of RMR in 2012. Also in 2012, we awarded each of our Trustees 2,000 common shares with an aggregate market value of approximately $248 (approximately $50 per Trustee) as part of their annual compensation, based upon the closing price of our common shares on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, on the date of grant. The common shares awarded to our Trustees vested immediately. The common shares awarded to our officers and certain employees of RMR vest in five equal annual installments beginning on the date of grant. We include the value of awarded shares in general and administrative expenses at the time the awards vest.
A summary of shares granted and vested under the terms of the 2012 Plan from March 12, 2012 to December 31, 2012 is as follows:
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32,592 | $ | 24.84 | ||||
Vested in 2012 |
(14,878 | ) | $ | 24.84 | |||
Unvested shares at December 31, 2012 |
17,714 | $ | 24.84 | ||||
The 17,714 unvested shares as of December 31, 2012 are scheduled to vest as follows: 4,428 shares in 2013, 4,429 shares in 2014, 4,428 shares in 2015 and 4,429 in 2016. As of December 31, 2012, the estimated future compensation expense for the unvested shares was $439 based on the closing share price of our common shares on December 31, 2012 of $24.77. The weighted average period over which the compensation expense will be recorded is approximately 45 months. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we recorded $508 of compensation expense related to our 2012 Plan.
At December 31, 2012, 2,967,408 common shares remain available for issuance under the 2012 Plan.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 8. Shareholders' Equity (Continued)
Share Sales:
We were formed in December 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of CWH. In December 2011, we issued 1,000 common shares to CWH in connection with our formation. On February 16, 2012, we issued 22,000,000 common shares (including the 1,000 common shares issued to CWH in December 2011 in connection with our formation) to CWH as part of the consideration for the Initial Properties contributed to us by CWH.
In March 2012, we sold 9,200,000 of our common shares in our IPO, including 1,200,000 common shares sold when the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase additional shares, at a price of $21.50 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $180,814. We used the net proceeds from this offering to repay part of the CWH Note.
In December 2012, we sold 8,050,000 of our common shares in a public offering, including 1,050,000 common shares sold when the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase additional shares, at a price of $24.00 per share, raising net proceeds of approximately $182,843. We used the net proceeds from this offering to partially repay amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility and for general business purposes, including acquisitions.
Distributions:
In August 2012, we paid a distribution on our common shares of $0.49 per share, or approximately $15,288, to shareholders of record on July 24, 2012. This distribution included a regular quarterly dividend of $0.40 per common share with respect to the quarter ended June 30, 2012, plus an additional $0.09 per common share reflecting our first 20 days as a public company during the first quarter 2012.
In November 2012, we paid a distribution on our common shares of $0.42 per share, or approximately $13,118, to shareholders of record on October 22, 2012.
In February 2013, we paid a distribution on our common shares of $0.42 per share, or approximately $16,499, to shareholders of record on January 22, 2013.
As of December 31, 2012, cash distributions per share paid or payable by us to our common shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $0.91. The characterization of our distributions paid or accrued in 2012 was 100.00% ordinary income.
Note 9. Related Person Transactions
We have adopted written Governance Guidelines that address the consideration and approval of any related person transactions. Under these Governance Guidelines, we may not enter into any transaction in which any Trustee or executive officer, any member of the immediate family of any Trustee or executive officer or any other related person, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest unless that transaction has been disclosed or made known to our Board of Trustees and our Board of Trustees reviews and approves or ratifies the transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested Trustees, even if the disinterested Trustees constitute less than a quorum. If there are no disinterested Trustees, the transaction must be reviewed and approved or ratified by both (1) the affirmative vote of a majority of our entire Board of Trustees and (2) the affirmative vote of a majority
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 9. Related Person Transactions (Continued)
of our Independent Trustees. The Governance Guidelines further provide that, in determining whether to approve or ratify a transaction, our Board of Trustees, or disinterested Trustees or Independent Trustees, as the case may be, shall act in accordance with any applicable provisions of our declaration of trust, consider all of the relevant facts and circumstances and approve only those transactions that are fair and reasonable to us. All related person transactions described below were reviewed and approved or ratified by a majority of the disinterested Trustees or otherwise in accordance with our policies described above. In the case of transactions with us by RMR employees (other than our Trustees and executive officers) subject to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the employee must seek approval from an executive officer who has no interest in the matter for which approval is being requested.
We have no employees. Personnel and various services we require to operate our business are provided to us by RMR. We have two agreements with RMR to provide management and administrative services to us: (1) a business management agreement, which relates to our business generally, and (2) a property management agreement, which relates to our property level operations.
RMR has approximately 820 employees. One of our Managing Trustees, Mr. Barry Portnoy, is Chairman, majority owner and an employee of RMR. Our other Managing Trustee, Mr. Adam Portnoy, is the son of Mr. Barry Portnoy, and an owner, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of RMR. Each of our executive officers is also an officer of RMR. CWH's executive officers are officers of RMR. Our Independent Trustees also serve as independent directors or independent trustees of other public companies to which RMR provides management services. Mr. Barry Portnoy serves as a managing director or managing trustee of those companies, including CWH, and Mr. Adam Portnoy serves as a managing trustee of a majority of those companies, including CWH. In addition, officers of RMR serve as officers of those companies. We understand that further information regarding those relationships is provided in the applicable periodic reports and proxy statements filed by those other companies with the SEC.
Our Board of Trustees has given our Compensation Committee, which is comprised exclusively of our Independent Trustees, authority to act on our behalf with respect to our management agreements with RMR. The charter of our Compensation Committee requires the Committee annually to review the terms of these agreements, evaluate RMR's performance under the agreements and renew, amend, terminate or allow to expire the management agreements.
Our business management agreement with RMR provides for payment to RMR of a business management fee at annual rate equal to (a) with respect to the Initial Properties and any other properties transferred to us by CWH or another REIT to which RMR provides business management or property management services, or an RMR Managed REIT, 0.5% of the historical cost of such properties to CWH or the RMR Managed REIT (accordingly, the business management fee we pay to RMR in respect of the properties so transferred would be expected to correspond to the reduction in the similar business management fee that CWH or the RMR Managed REIT pays to RMR, such that RMR would not be expected to receive an increase in the business management fees payable in aggregate by us and CWH or the RMR Managed REIT in respect of the transferred properties), plus (b) with respect to other properties we acquire, (i) 0.7% of our aggregate cost of those properties up to and including $250,000, plus (ii) 0.5% of our aggregate cost of those properties in excess of $250,000. In addition, beginning with the year ending December 31, 2013, RMR receives an incentive fee equal
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 9. Related Person Transactions (Continued)
to 15% of the product of (i) the weighted average of our common shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis during a fiscal year and (ii) the excess if any of the Normalized FFO Per Share, as defined in the business management agreement, for such fiscal year over the Normalized FFO Per Share for the preceding fiscal year. The incentive fee is paid in our common shares and in any year shall not exceed $0.02 multiplied by the weighted average number of our common shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis during such fiscal year. Our common shares for these purposes are valued at the average closing prices of our common shares as reported on the NYSE during the month of December of the fiscal year to which the incentive fee pertains. The business management agreement also provides that, with certain exceptions, if we determine to offer for sale or other disposition any real property that, at such time, is of a type within the investment focus of another RMR Managed REIT, we will first offer that property for purchase or disposition to that RMR Managed REIT and negotiate in good faith for such purchase or disposition. The business management fees we paid to RMR for the period beginning on March 12, 2012, the date on which we entered into the agreement, through December 31, 2012, were $4,719. This amount is included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated financial statements.
Our property management agreement with RMR provides for management fees equal to 3.0% of gross collected rents and construction supervision fees equal to 5.0% of construction costs. The aggregate property management and construction supervision fees we paid to RMR for the period beginning on March 12, 2012, the date on which we entered into the agreement, through December 31, 2012, were $3,039. This amount is included in operating expenses or has been capitalized, as appropriate, in our consolidated financial statements.
RMR also provides internal audit services to us in return for our pro rata share of the total internal audit costs incurred by RMR for us and other publicly owned companies managed by RMR and its affiliates, which amounts are subject to approval by our Compensation Committee. Our Audit Committee appoints our Director of Internal Audit. Our pro rata share of RMR's costs of providing this internal audit function was approximately $162 for 2012, which amount is included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated financial statements. These allocated costs are in addition to the business and property management fees we paid to RMR.
We are generally responsible for all of our operating expenses, including certain expenses incurred by RMR on our behalf. We are not responsible for payment of RMR's employment, office or administration expenses incurred to provide management services to us, except for the employment and related expenses of RMR employees who provide on-site property management services and our pro rata share of the staff employed by RMR who perform our internal audit function. Pursuant to our business management agreement, RMR may from time to time negotiate on our behalf with certain third party vendors and suppliers for the procurement of services to us. As part of this arrangement, we may enter agreements with RMR and other companies to which RMR provides management services for the purpose of obtaining more favorable terms from such vendors and suppliers.
Both our business management agreement with RMR and our property management agreement with RMR currently expire on December 31, 2013 and automatically renew for successive one year terms unless we or RMR give notice of non-renewal before the end of an applicable term. We or RMR may terminate either agreement upon 60 days' prior written notice, and RMR may also terminate either agreement upon five business days' notice if we undergo a change of control, as defined in the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 9. Related Person Transactions (Continued)
applicable agreement. On December 12, 2012, we entered amendments to these agreements, which clarified certain currently existing policies in the business management agreement and changed certain procedures for the arbitration of disputes pursuant to these agreements.
Under our business management agreement with RMR, we acknowledge that RMR also provides management services to other companies, including CWH, and will not be required to present us with opportunities to invest in properties that are primarily of a type that are within the investment focus of another business now or in the future managed by RMR and that, in the event of conflict between us and any such other company, RMR shall in its discretion determine on which party's behalf it shall act.
Under the 2012 Plan, we have granted restricted shares to certain employees of RMR, some of whom are our officers. In 2012, we granted a total of 22,592 restricted shares with an aggregate value of $561 to such persons, based upon the closing price of our common shares on the NYSE on the date of grant. One fifth of those restricted shares vested on the grant date and one fifth vests on each of the next four anniversaries of the grant date. These share grants to RMR employees are in addition to the fees we pay to RMR. On occasion, we have entered into arrangements with former employees of RMR in connection with the termination of their employment with RMR, providing for the acceleration of vesting of restricted shares previously granted to them under the 2012 Plan.
We were formerly a 100% owned subsidiary of CWH. CWH is our largest shareholder and, as of the date of this report, CWH owns 22,000,000 of our common shares, or approximately 56.0% of our outstanding common shares. One of our Managing Trustees, Mr. Barry Portnoy, is a managing trustee of CWH. Our other Managing Trustee, Mr. Adam Portnoy, is a managing trustee and the President of CWH. In addition, Mr. John Popeo, our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, also serves as the treasurer and chief financial officer of CWH, and one of our Independent Trustees, Mr. William Lamkin, is an independent trustee of CWH.
In March 2012, we completed our IPO of 9,200,000 of our common shares (including 1,200,000 common shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) for net proceeds (after deducting underwriters' discounts and commissions and estimated expenses) of $180,814. We applied those net proceeds, along with proceeds of our initial borrowings under our $500,000 revolving credit facility, to repay in full the CWH Note and to reimburse CWH for costs that CWH incurred in connection with our organization and preparation for our IPO.
In connection with our IPO, we and CWH entered into a transaction agreement that governs our separation from and relationship with CWH. The transaction agreement provides that, among other things, (1) the current assets and liabilities of the Initial Properties, as of the time of closing of the IPO, were settled between us and CWH so that CWH will retain all pre-closing current assets and liabilities and we will assume all post-closing current assets and liabilities and (2) we will indemnify CWH with respect to any liability relating to any property transferred by CWH to us, including any liability which relates to periods prior to our formation, other than the pre-closing current assets and current liabilities that CWH retained with respect to the Initial Properties.
In May 2012, we purchased 20,000 shares of common stock of AIC for approximately $5,335. Concurrently with this purchase, we entered into an amended and restated shareholders agreement, or the Shareholders Agreement, with AIC, RMR, CWH and five other companies to which RMR provides management services. We, RMR, CWH and five other companies to which RMR provides management
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 9. Related Person Transactions (Continued)
services each currently own 12.5% of AIC. All of our Trustees, all of the trustees and directors of the other publicly held AIC shareholders and nearly all of the directors of RMR currently serve on the board of directors of AIC. RMR provides management and administrative services to AIC pursuant to a management and administrative services agreement with AIC. Our Governance Guidelines provide that any material transaction between us and AIC shall be reviewed, authorized and approved or ratified by the affirmative votes of both a majority of our entire Board of Trustees and a majority of our Independent Trustees. The shareholders agreement among us, the other shareholders of AIC and AIC includes arbitration provisions for the resolution of disputes.
Although we own less than 20% of AIC, we use the equity method to account for this investment because we believe that we have significant influence over AIC because all of our Trustees are also directors of AIC. Our investment in AIC had a carrying value of $5,629 and $0 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, which amounts are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. For the period from May 21, 2012 to December 31, 2012, we recognized income of $269 related to our investment in AIC. We and the other shareholders of AIC have purchased property insurance providing $500,000 of coverage pursuant to an insurance program arranged by AIC and with respect to which AIC is a reinsurer of certain coverage amounts. This program was entered into in June 2012 for a one year term, and we paid a premium, including taxes and fees, of $324, which amount may be adjusted from time to time as we acquire or dispose of properties that are included in this program. We are also currently investigating the possibilities to expand our insurance relationships with AIC to include other types of insurance. We may invest additional amounts in AIC in the future if the expansion of this insurance business requires additional capital, but we are not obligated to do so. By participating in this insurance business with RMR and the other companies to which RMR provides management services, we expect that we may benefit financially by possibly reducing our insurance expenses or by realizing our pro rata share of any profits of this insurance business.
Note 10. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
The following is a summary of our unaudited quarterly results of operations for 2012 and 2011:
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Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
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$ | 27,587 | $ | 27,920 | $ | 30,878 | $ | 36,405 | |||||
Net income |
$ | 17,655 | $ | 15,332 | $ | 15,719 | $ | 17,169 | |||||
Net income per common share |
$ | 1.34 | $ | 0.49 | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.52 | |||||
Common distributions declared |
$ | 0.09 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.42 | $ | 0.42 |
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$ | 27,780 | $ | 27,229 | $ | 26,921 | $ | 26,692 | |||||
Net income |
$ | 17,477 | $ | 17,723 | $ | 16,497 | $ | 17,246 | |||||
Net income per common share |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Common distributions declared |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Note 11. Pro Forma Information (Unaudited)
During the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2012, we purchased 16 properties for an aggregate purchase price of $438,013, including the assumption of $26,000 of mortgage debt and excluding closing costs. During the first quarter of 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us. In return, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH in December 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) the CWH Note. Also during the first quarter of 2012, we sold 9,200,000 of our common shares in connection with our IPO (including 1,200,000 common shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares). Simultaneous with the closing of our IPO, we entered into our revolving credit facility and used net proceeds from our IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note. During the third quarter of 2012, we entered into a $350,000 unsecured term loan to, among other things, repay amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we sold 8,050,000 of our common shares in a public sale (including 1,050,000 common shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) and used net proceeds to, among other things, repay amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility.
During the first quarter of 2011, CWH purchased one of the properties it contributed to us as part of our formation for a purchase price of $10,000, excluding closing costs. During the fourth quarter of 2011, we issued 1,000 common shares to CWH in connection with our formation.
The following table presents our pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 as if these acquisitions and financing activities had occurred on January 1, 2011. This pro forma data is not necessarily indicative of what our actual results of operations would have been for the periods presented, nor does it represent the results of operations for any future period. Differences could result from various factors, including but not limited to, additional property acquisitions, property sales, changes in interest rates, changes in our debt or equity capital structure and changes in our operations and operating results.
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Total revenues |
$ | 156,734 | $ | 155,547 | |||
Net income |
$ | 80,500 | $ | 80,754 | |||
Net income per share |
$ | 2.05 | $ | 2.06 |
During the year ended December 31, 2012, we recognized revenues of $14,804 and operating income of $6,866 arising from our 2011 and 2012 acquisitions.
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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
December 31, 2012
(dollars in thousands)
Description
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$ | 3,086 | $ | 820 | $ | 315 | $ | 4,221 | |||||
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$ | 4,221 | $ | 579 | $ | (733 | ) | $ | 4,067 | ||||
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$ | 4,067 | $ | (23 | ) | $ | (3,400 | ) | $ | 644 | |||
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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
December 31, 2012
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40 Inverness Center Parkway |
Birmingham | AL | Office | | 1,427 | 10,634 | 106 | 1,427 | 10,740 | 12,167 | 556 | 12/9/10 | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 Inverness Center Parkway |
Birmingham | AL | Office | | 1,273 | 10,824 | 110 | 1,273 | 10,934 | 12,207 | 566 | 12/9/10 | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 Inverness Center Parkway |
Birmingham | AL | Office | | 1,508 | 10,638 | 109 | 1,508 | 10,747 | 12,255 | 558 | 12/9/10 | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4905 Moores Mill Road |
Huntsville | AL | Industrial | | 5,628 | 67,353 | | 5,628 | 67,353 | 72,981 | 561 | 8/31/12 | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 and 1930 W University Avenue |
Tempe | AZ | Office | | 1,125 | 10,122 | 1,972 | 1,125 | 12,094 | 13,219 | 4,172 | 6/30/99 | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2544 and 2548 Campbell Place |
Carlsbad | CA | Office | 19,862 | 3,381 | 17,918 | | 3,381 | 17,918 | 21,299 | 112 | 9/21/12 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2235 Iron Point Road |
Folsom | CA | Office | | 3,450 | 25,504 | | 3,450 | 25,504 | 28,954 | 1,275 | 12/17/10 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47131 Bayside Parkway |
Fremont | CA | Office | | 5,200 | 4,860 | 512 | 5,200 | 5,372 | 10,572 | 456 | 3/19/09 | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
350 West Java Drive |
Sunnyvale | CA | Office | | 11,552 | 12,461 | | 11,552 | 12,461 | 24,013 | 52 | 11/15/12 | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
333 Inverness Drive South |
Englewood | CO | Office | | 3,230 | 11,801 | | 3,230 | 11,801 | 15,031 | 172 | 6/15/12 | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Tower Drive |
Wallingford | CT | Industrial | | 1,471 | 2,165 | 8 | 1,471 | 2,173 | 3,644 | 343 | 10/24/06 | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Targeting Center |
Windsor | CT | Office | | 1,850 | 7,226 | | 1,850 | 7,226 | 9,076 | 75 | 7/20/12 | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
235 Great Pond Road |
Windsor | CT | Industrial | | 2,400 | 9,469 | | 2,400 | 9,469 | 11,869 | 99 | 7/20/12 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2100 NW 82nd Ave & NW 21st St. |
Miami | FL | Industrial | | 144 | 1,297 | 366 | 144 | 1,663 | 1,807 | 500 | 3/19/98 | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1000 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,252 | | | 2,252 | | 2,252 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1001 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 15,155 | 3,312 | 91 | 15,155 | 3,403 | 18,558 | 758 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1024 Kilowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,818 | | | 1,818 | | 1,818 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1024 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,385 | | | 1,385 | | 1,385 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1027 Kikowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 5,444 | | | 5,444 | | 5,444 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1030 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 5,655 | | | 5,655 | | 5,655 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1038 Kikowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,576 | | | 2,576 | | 2,576 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1045 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 819 | | | 819 | | 819 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1050 Kikowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,404 | 873 | | 1,404 | 873 | 2,277 | 197 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1052 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,703 | | 240 | 1,703 | 240 | 1,943 | 44 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1055 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,216 | | | 1,216 | | 1,216 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
106 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 1,113 | | | 1,113 | | 1,113 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1062 Kikowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,049 | 599 | | 1,049 | 599 | 1,648 | 135 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1122 Manunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 5,782 | | | 5,782 | | 5,782 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
113 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,729 | | | 3,729 | | 3,729 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1150 Kikowaena Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,445 | | | 2,445 | | 2,445 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 Mokauea Street |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 1,953 | | 512 | 1,953 | 512 | 2,465 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 1,132 | 11,307 | 1,334 | 1,132 | 12,641 | 13,773 | 2,461 | 11/23/04 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
120B Mokauea Street |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 1,953 | | | 1,953 | | 1,953 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,630 | | | 1,630 | | 1,630 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
125B Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,815 | | | 2,815 | | 2,815 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1360 Pali Highway A |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 9,170 | | 161 | 9,170 | 161 | 9,331 | 39 | 12/5/03 | |
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1360 Pali Highway B |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,423 | | | 1,423 | | 1,423 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1391 Kahai Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,779 | | | 3,779 | | 3,779 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
140 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,100 | | | 1,100 | | 1,100 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
142 Mokauea Street |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 2,182 | | 1,125 | 2,182 | 1,125 | 3,307 | 154 | 12/5/03 | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
148 Mokauea Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,476 | | | 3,476 | | 3,476 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
150 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 4,887 | | | 4,887 | | 4,887 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
151 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 1,956 | | | 1,956 | | 1,956 | | 12/5/03 | 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
158 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,488 | | | 2,488 | | 2,488 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
165 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 758 | | | 758 | | 758 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
179 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,480 | | | 2,480 | | 2,480 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
180 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,655 | | | 1,655 | | 1,655 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1926 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 2,872 | | 1,467 | 2,872 | 1,467 | 4,339 | 213 | 12/5/03 | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
197 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,238 | | | 1,238 | | 1,238 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 Kahai Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,091 | | | 1,091 | | 1,091 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 Kahai Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,377 | | | 1,377 | | 1,377 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,385 | | | 2,385 | | 2,385 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
204 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,689 | | | 1,689 | | 1,689 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
207 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,024 | | | 2,024 | | 2,024 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2103 Kaliawa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,212 | | | 3,212 | | 3,212 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2106 Kaliawa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,568 | | 169 | 1,568 | 169 | 1,737 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2110 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 837 | | | 837 | | 837 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2122 Kaliawa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,365 | | | 1,365 | | 1,365 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2127 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,906 | | | 2,906 | | 2,906 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2135 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 825 | | | 825 | | 825 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2139 Kaliawa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 885 | | | 885 | | 885 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
214 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,864 | | | 1,864 | | 1,864 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2140 Kaliawa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 931 | | | 931 | | 931 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2144 Auiki Street |
Honolulu | HI | Building | | 2,640 | | 6,409 | 2,640 | 6,409 | 9,049 | 1,062 | 12/5/03 | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
215 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,117 | | | 2,117 | | 2,117 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
218 Mohonua Place |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,741 | | | 1,741 | | 1,741 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
220 Puuhale Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,619 | | | 2,619 | | 2,619 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2250 Pahounui Drive |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,862 | | | 3,862 | | 3,862 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2264 Pahounui Drive |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,632 | | | 1,632 | | 1,632 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2276 Pahounui Drive |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,619 | | | 1,619 | | 1,619 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
228 Mohonua Place |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,865 | | | 1,865 | | 1,865 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
228 Mohonua Place |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,067 | | | 1,067 | | 1,067 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2308 Pahounui Drive |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,314 | | | 3,314 | | 3,314 | | 12/5/03 | |
S-3
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SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
December 31, 2012
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231 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 752 | | | 752 | | 752 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
231B Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,539 | | | 1,539 | | 1,539 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2344 Pahounui Drive |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 6,709 | | | 6,709 | | 6,709 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
238 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,273 | | | 2,273 | | 2,273 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2635 Waiwai Loop A |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 934 | 350 | | 934 | 350 | 1,284 | 79 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2635 Waiwai Loop B |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,177 | 105 | | 1,177 | 105 | 1,282 | 24 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2760 Kam Highway |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 703 | | | 703 | | 703 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2804 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,775 | 2 | | 1,775 | 2 | 1,777 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2806 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2808 Kam Highway |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 310 | | | 310 | | 310 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2809 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,837 | | | 1,837 | | 1,837 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2810 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,340 | | | 3,340 | | 3,340 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2810 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 27,699 | | | 27,699 | | 27,699 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2812 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | 2 | | 1,801 | 2 | 1,803 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2814 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,925 | | | 1,925 | | 1,925 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2815 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,818 | | 6 | 1,818 | 6 | 1,824 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2815 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 287 | | | 287 | | 287 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2816 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,009 | 27 | | 1,009 | 27 | 1,036 | 6 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2819 Mokumoa StreetA |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,821 | | | 1,821 | | 1,821 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2819 Mokumoa StreetB |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,816 | | | 1,816 | | 1,816 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2819 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,090 | | 34 | 2,090 | 34 | 2,124 | 3 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2821 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 287 | | | 287 | | 287 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2826 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,921 | | | 3,921 | | 3,921 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2827 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2828 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 12,448 | | | 12,448 | | 12,448 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2829 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,720 | 3 | | 1,720 | 3 | 1,723 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2829 Kaihikapu StreetA |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2829 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 287 | | | 287 | | 287 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2829 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,088 | | | 2,088 | | 2,088 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2830 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,146 | | | 2,146 | | 2,146 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2831 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 860 | | | 860 | | 860 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2831 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,272 | 529 | 55 | 1,272 | 584 | 1,856 | 131 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2833 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 601 | | | 601 | | 601 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2833 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,701 | | | 1,701 | | 1,701 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2833 Paa Street #2 |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,675 | | | 1,675 | | 1,675 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2836 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,353 | | | 1,353 | | 1,353 | | 12/5/03 | |
S-4
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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
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2838 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 4,262 | | | 4,262 | | 4,262 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2839 Kilihau Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 627 | | | 627 | | 627 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2839 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,942 | | | 1,942 | | 1,942 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2840 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,149 | | | 2,149 | | 2,149 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2841 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,088 | | | 2,088 | | 2,088 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2844 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,960 | 14 | | 1,960 | 14 | 1,974 | 7 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2846-A Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,181 | 954 | | 2,181 | 954 | 3,135 | 216 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2847 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 582 | 303 | | 582 | 303 | 885 | 69 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2849 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 860 | | | 860 | | 860 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2850 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 286 | 172 | | 286 | 172 | 458 | 39 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2850 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,143 | | | 2,143 | | 2,143 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2850 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 22,827 | | | 22,827 | | 22,827 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2855 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,807 | 3 | | 1,807 | 3 | 1,810 | 2 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2855 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,934 | | | 1,934 | | 1,934 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2856 Pukoloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,934 | | | 1,934 | | 1,934 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2857 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 983 | | | 983 | | 983 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2858 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2861 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,867 | | | 3,867 | | 3,867 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2864 Awaawaloa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,836 | | | 1,836 | | 1,836 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2864 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,092 | | | 2,092 | | 2,092 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2868 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2869 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,794 | | | 1,794 | | 1,794 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2875 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,331 | | | 1,331 | | 1,331 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2879 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,789 | | | 1,789 | | 1,789 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2879 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,691 | | 45 | 1,691 | 45 | 1,736 | 4 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2886 Paa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,205 | | | 2,205 | | 2,205 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2889 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,783 | | | 1,783 | | 1,783 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2906 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,814 | 2 | | 1,814 | 2 | 1,816 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2908 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,798 | 23 | (23 | ) | 1,798 | | 1,798 | | 12/5/03 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2915 Kaihikapu Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,580 | | | 2,580 | | 2,580 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2928 Kaihikapu StreetB |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,948 | | | 1,948 | | 1,948 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2960 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,977 | | | 1,977 | | 1,977 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2965 Mokumoa Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,140 | | | 2,140 | | 2,140 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2969 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 4,038 | 15 | | 4,038 | 15 | 4,053 | 5 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 S. Vineyard Boulevard |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 844 | | | 844 | | 844 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
525 N. King Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,342 | | | 1,342 | | 1,342 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
609 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 616 | | | 616 | | 616 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
619 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,401 | 2 | | 1,401 | 2 | 1,403 | 1 | 12/5/03 | |
S-5
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SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
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645 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 882 | | | 882 | | 882 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
659 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 860 | 20 | | 860 | 20 | 880 | 10 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
659 Puuloa Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,807 | | | 1,807 | | 1,807 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
660 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,783 | 3 | | 1,783 | 3 | 1,786 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
667 Puuloa Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 860 | 2 | | 860 | 2 | 862 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
669 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | 14 | 37 | 1,801 | 51 | 1,852 | 9 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
673 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
675 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,081 | | | 1,081 | | 1,081 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
679 Puuloa Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,807 | 3 | | 1,807 | 3 | 1,810 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
685 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
689 Puuloa Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | 20 | | 1,801 | 20 | 1,821 | 10 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
692 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,798 | 2 | (2 | ) | 1,798 | | 1,798 | | 12/5/03 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
697 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 994 | 811 | | 994 | 811 | 1,805 | 184 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
702 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,784 | 4 | | 1,784 | 4 | 1,788 | 2 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
704 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,390 | 685 | | 2,390 | 685 | 3,075 | 155 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
709 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
719 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,960 | 16 | | 1,960 | 16 | 1,976 | 8 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
729 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
733 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,403 | | | 3,403 | | 3,403 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
739 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
759 Puuloa Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,766 | 3 | | 1,766 | 3 | 1,769 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
761 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,757 | 1 | | 3,757 | 1 | 3,758 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
766 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
770 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
789 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,608 | 3 | | 2,608 | 3 | 2,611 | 1 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 Sand Island Access Road |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 7,972 | | | 7,972 | | 7,972 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
803 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,804 | | | 3,804 | | 3,804 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
808 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,279 | | | 3,279 | | 3,279 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
812 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,960 | 25 | 624 | 2,609 | | 2,609 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
819 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 4,821 | 583 | 31 | 4,821 | 614 | 5,435 | 138 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
822 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,795 | 15 | | 1,795 | 15 | 1,810 | 7 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
830 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | 25 | | 1,801 | 25 | 1,826 | 12 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
842 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,795 | 14 | | 1,795 | 14 | 1,809 | 7 | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
846 Ala Lilikoi Boulevard B |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 234 | | | 234 | | 234 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
848 Ala Lilikoi Boulevard A |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 9,426 | | | 9,426 | | 9,426 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
850 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,682 | 2 | | 2,682 | 2 | 2,684 | 1 | 12/5/03 | |
S-6
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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
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851 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,778 | | | 1,778 | | 1,778 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
852 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,801 | | | 1,801 | | 1,801 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
855 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,834 | | | 1,834 | | 1,834 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
855 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,265 | | | 3,265 | | 3,265 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
865 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,846 | 1 | (1 | ) | 1,846 | | 1,846 | | 12/5/03 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
889 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 5,888 | 315 | | 5,888 | 315 | 6,203 | 1 | 11/21/12 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
905 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,148 | | | 1,148 | | 1,148 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
910 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,722 | | | 1,722 | | 1,722 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
918 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,820 | | | 3,820 | | 3,820 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
930 Manunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,654 | | | 3,654 | | 3,654 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
944 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,219 | | | 1,219 | | 1,219 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
949 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 11,568 | | | 11,568 | | 11,568 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
950 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,724 | | | 1,724 | | 1,724 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
960 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 614 | | | 614 | | 614 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
960 Mapunapuna Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,933 | | | 1,933 | | 1,933 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
970 Ahua Street |
Honolulu | HI | Land and Easement | | 817 | | | 817 | | 817 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-008 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,541 | | | 3,541 | | 3,541 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-027 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,667 | | | 2,667 | | 2,667 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-064 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,826 | | | 1,826 | | 1,826 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-080 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,187 | | | 2,187 | | 2,187 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-083 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 716 | | | 716 | | 716 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-086 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 13,884 | | | 13,884 | | 13,884 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-087 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 381 | | | 381 | | 381 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-091 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 706 | | | 706 | | 706 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-091 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 552 | | | 552 | | 552 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-102 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,293 | | | 1,293 | | 1,293 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-102 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,599 | | | 1,599 | | 1,599 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-119 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,981 | | | 1,981 | | 1,981 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-120 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 567 | | | 567 | | 567 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-141 Kalaeloa |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 11,624 | | | 11,624 | | 11,624 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-150 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 5,829 | | | 5,829 | | 5,829 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-150 Kaomi Loop |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 3,159 | | | 3,159 | | 3,159 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-170 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 962 | | | 962 | | 962 | | 6/15/05 | |
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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
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91-171 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 218 | | | 218 | | 218 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-175 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,243 | | 43 | 1,243 | 43 | 1,286 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-185 Kalaeloa |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,761 | | | 1,761 | | 1,761 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-202 Kalaeloa |
Kapolei | HI | Building | | 1,722 | | 326 | 1,722 | 326 | 2,048 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-209 Kuhela |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,352 | | | 1,352 | | 1,352 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-218 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,622 | | | 1,622 | | 1,622 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-220 Kalaeloa |
Kapolei | HI | Building | | 242 | 1,457 | 76 | 242 | 1,533 | 1,775 | 280 | 6/15/05 | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-222 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,035 | | | 2,035 | | 2,035 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-238 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Building | | 1,390 | | 9,090 | 1,390 | 9,090 | 10,480 | 1,235 | 6/15/05 | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-241 Kalaeloa |
Kapolei | HI | Building | | 426 | 3,983 | 449 | 426 | 4,432 | 4,858 | 798 | 6/15/05 | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-250 Komohana |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,506 | | | 1,506 | | 1,506 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-252 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 536 | | | 536 | | 536 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-255 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,230 | | 44 | 1,230 | 44 | 1,274 | 1 | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-259 Olai |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,944 | | | 2,944 | | 2,944 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-265 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,569 | | | 1,569 | | 1,569 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-300 Hanua |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,381 | | | 1,381 | | 1,381 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-329 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Building | | 294 | 2,297 | 758 | 294 | 3,055 | 3,349 | 461 | 6/15/05 | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-349 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 649 | | | 649 | | 649 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-399 Kauhi |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 27,406 | | | 27,406 | | 27,406 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-400 Komohana |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,494 | | | 1,494 | | 1,494 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-410 Komohana (A) |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 713 | | | 713 | | 713 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91-410 Komohana (B) |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 418 | | | 418 | | 418 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
AES HI Easement |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 1,250 | | | 1,250 | | 1,250 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Easements & Lots |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 358 | | 824 | 358 | 824 | 1,182 | 62 | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tesaro 967 Easement |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 6,593 | | | 6,593 | | 6,593 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texaco Easement |
Kapolei | HI | Land and Easement | | 2,653 | | | 2,653 | | 2,653 | | 6/15/05 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
94-240 Pupuole Street |
Waipahu | HI | Land and Easement | | 717 | | | 717 | | 717 | | 12/5/03 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
951 Trails Road |
Eldridge | IA | Industrial | | 470 | 7,480 | 376 | 470 | 7,856 | 8,326 | 1,099 | 4/2/07 | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2300 North 33rd Avenue East |
Newton | IA | Industrial | | 500 | 13,236 | 163 | 500 | 13,399 | 13,899 | 1,455 | 9/29/08 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
400 SW 8th Avenue |
Topeka | KS | Office | | 1,300 | 15,918 | | 1,300 | 15,918 | 17,218 | 166 | 7/30/12 | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1101 Pacific Avenue |
Erlanger | KY | Office | | 2,022 | 9,545 | 415 | 2,022 | 9,960 | 11,982 | 2,272 | 6/30/03 | 1999 |
S-8
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300 Billerica Road |
Chelmsford | MA | Office | 7,916 | 2,009 | 6,727 | | 2,009 | 6,727 | 8,736 | 42 | 9/27/12 | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
330 Billerica Road |
Chelmsford | MA | Office | | 1,410 | 7,322 | 148 | 1,410 | 7,470 | 8,880 | 351 | 1/18/11 | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
111 Powdermill Road |
Maynard | MA | Office | | 3,603 | 26,180 | 100 | 3,603 | 26,280 | 29,883 | 3,799 | 3/30/07 | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7001 Columbia Gateway Drive |
Columbia | MD | Office | | 3,700 | 24,592 | | 3,700 | 24,592 | 28,292 | | 12/21/12 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3550 Green Court |
Ann Arbor | MI | Office | | 2,877 | 9,081 | | 2,877 | 9,081 | 11,958 | | 12/21/12 | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8687 Carling Road |
Liverpool | NY | Office | | 375 | 3,265 | 1,924 | 375 | 5,189 | 5,564 | 829 | 1/6/06 | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1212 PittsfordVictor Road |
Pittsford | NY | Office | | 526 | 3,755 | 465 | 526 | 4,220 | 4,746 | 1,062 | 11/30/04 | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
500 Canal View Boulevard |
Rochester | NY | Office | | 1,462 | 12,482 | 1,201 | 1,462 | 13,683 | 15,145 | 2,702 | 1/6/06 | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32150 Just Imagine Drive |
Avon | OH | Industrial | | 2,200 | 23,280 | | 2,200 | 23,280 | 25,480 | 2,086 | 5/29/09 | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
501 Ridge Avenue |
Hanover | PA | Industrial | | 4,800 | 22,200 | 30 | 4,800 | 22,230 | 27,030 | 2,384 | 9/24/08 | 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12501 Research Park (A) |
Austin | TX | Industrial | | 539 | 4,849 | 222 | 539 | 5,071 | 5,610 | 1,691 | 6/16/99 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12501 Research Park (B) |
Austin | TX | Industrial | | 906 | 8,158 | 439 | 906 | 8,597 | 9,503 | 2,849 | 6/16/99 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4221 W. John Carpenter Freeway |
Irving | TX | Office | | 542 | 4,879 | 553 | 542 | 5,432 | 5,974 | 1,932 | 3/19/98 | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1800 Novell Place |
Provo | UT | Office | | 6,700 | 78,978 | | 6,700 | 78,978 | 85,678 | 1,152 | 6/1/12 | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45101 Warp Drive |
Sterling | VA | Office | | 4,336 | 29,910 | | 4,336 | 29,910 | 34,246 | 62 | 11/29/12 | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45201 Warp Drive |
Sterling | VA | Office | | 2,735 | 16,198 | | 2,735 | 16,198 | 18,933 | 34 | 11/29/12 | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45301 Warp Drive |
Sterling | VA | Office | | 2,803 | 16,130 | | 2,803 | 16,130 | 18,933 | 34 | 11/29/12 | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
181 Battaile Drive |
Winchester | VA | Industrial | | 1,487 | 12,854 | | 1,487 | 12,854 | 14,341 | 2,158 | 4/20/06 | 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Totals | $ | 27,778 | $ | 674,443 | $ | 588,192 | $ | 33,143 | $ | 675,092 | $ | 620,686 | $ | 1,295,778 | $ | 46,697 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S-9
SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
December 31, 2012
(dollars in thousands)
Analysis of the carrying amount of real estate properties and accumulated depreciation:
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Real Estate Properties |
Accumulated Depreciation |
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Balance at December 31, 2009 |
$ | 833,889 | $ | (25,940 | ) | ||
Additions |
67,436 | (6,547 | ) | ||||
Disposals |
(3,722 | ) | 3,722 | ||||
Balance at December 31, 2010 |
897,603 | (28,765 | ) | ||||
Additions |
10,118 | (7,860 | ) | ||||
Disposals |
(385 | ) | 385 | ||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 |
907,336 | (36,240 | ) | ||||
Additions |
388,478 | (10,493 | ) | ||||
Disposals |
(36 | ) | 36 | ||||
Balance at December 31, 2012 |
$ | 1,295,778 | $ | (46,697 | ) | ||
S-10
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SELECT INCOME REIT | ||||
By: |
/s/ DAVID M. BLACKMAN David M. Blackman President and Chief Operating Officer Dated: February 25, 2013 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ DAVID M. BLACKMAN David M. Blackman |
President and Chief Operating Officer | February 25, 2013 | ||
/s/ JOHN C. POPEO John C. Popeo |
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) |
February 25, 2013 |
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/s/ ADAM D. PORTNOY Adam D. Portnoy |
Managing Trustee |
February 25, 2013 |
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/s/ BARRY M. PORTNOY Barry M. Portnoy |
Managing Trustee |
February 25, 2013 |
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/s/ DONNA D. FRAICHE Donna D. Fraiche |
Independent Trustee |
February 25, 2013 |
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/s/ WILLIAM A. LAMKIN William A. Lamkin |
Independent Trustee |
February 25, 2013 |
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/s/ JEFFREY P. SOMERS Jeffrey P. Somers |
Independent Trustee |
February 25, 2013 |
Exhibit 3.2
SELECT INCOME REIT
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
February 21, 2013
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I OFFICES |
1 | |
Section 1.1 |
Principal Office |
1 |
Section 1.2 |
Additional Offices |
1 |
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ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
1 | |
Section 2.1 |
Place |
1 |
Section 2.2 |
Annual Meeting |
1 |
Section 2.3 |
Special Meetings |
1 |
Section 2.4 |
Notice of Regular or Special Meetings |
1 |
Section 2.5 |
Notice of Adjourned Meetings |
2 |
Section 2.6 |
Scope of Meetings |
2 |
Section 2.7 |
Organization of Shareholder Meetings |
2 |
Section 2.8 |
Quorum |
3 |
Section 2.9 |
Voting |
3 |
Section 2.10 |
Proxies |
4 |
Section 2.11 |
Record Date |
4 |
Section 2.12 |
Voting of Shares by Certain Holders |
4 |
Section 2.13 |
Inspectors |
4 |
Section 2.14 |
Nominations and Other Proposals to be Considered at Meetings of Shareholders |
5 |
Section 2.14.1. |
Annual Meetings of Shareholders |
5 |
Section 2.14.2. |
Shareholder Nominations or Other Proposals Causing Covenant Breaches or Defaults |
9 |
Section 2.14.3. |
Special Meetings of Shareholders |
10 |
Section 2.14.4. |
General |
10 |
Section 2.15 |
No Shareholder Actions by Written Consent |
12 |
Section 2.16 |
Voting by Ballot |
12 |
Section 2.17 |
Proposals of Business Which Are Not Proper Matters For Action By Shareholders |
12 |
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ARTICLE III TRUSTEES |
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Section 3.1 |
General Powers; Qualifications; Trustees Holding Over |
12 |
Section 3.2 |
Independent Trustees and Managing Trustees |
13 |
Section 3.3 |
Number and Tenure |
13 |
Section 3.4 |
Annual and Regular Meetings |
13 |
Section 3.5 |
Special Meetings |
14 |
Section 3.6 |
Notice |
14 |
Section 3.7 |
Quorum |
14 |
Section 3.8 |
Voting |
14 |
Section 3.9 |
Telephone Meetings |
14 |
Section 3.10 |
Action by Written Consent of Trustees |
15 |
Section 3.11 |
Waiver of Notice |
15 |
Section 3.12 |
Vacancies |
15 |
Section 3.13 |
Compensation |
15 |
Section 3.14 |
Surety Bonds |
15 |
Section 3.15 |
Interested Trustee Transactions |
15 |
Section 3.16 |
Qualifying Shares Not Required |
16 |
Section 3.17 |
Certain Rights of Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents |
16 |
Section 3.18 |
Emergency Provisions |
16 |
Section 3.19 |
Removal for Cause |
16 |
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES |
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Section 4.1 |
Number; Tenure and Qualifications |
16 |
Section 4.2 |
Powers |
16 |
Section 4.3 |
Meetings |
17 |
Section 4.4 |
Telephone Meetings |
17 |
Section 4.5 |
Action by Written Consent of Committees |
17 |
Section 4.6 |
Vacancies |
17 |
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS |
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Section 5.1 |
General Provisions |
17 |
Section 5.2 |
Removal and Resignation |
18 |
Section 5.3 |
Vacancies |
18 |
Section 5.4 |
Chief Executive Officer |
18 |
Section 5.5 |
Chief Operating Officer |
18 |
Section 5.6 |
Chief Financial Officer |
18 |
Section 5.7 |
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board |
18 |
Section 5.8 |
President |
18 |
Section 5.9 |
Vice Presidents |
18 |
Section 5.10 |
Secretary |
19 |
Section 5.11 |
Treasurer |
19 |
Section 5.12 |
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers |
19 |
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ARTICLE VI CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS |
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Section 6.1 |
Contracts |
19 |
Section 6.2 |
Checks and Drafts |
19 |
Section 6.3 |
Deposits |
19 |
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ARTICLE VII SHARES |
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Section 7.1 |
Certificates |
20 |
Section 7.2 |
Transfers |
20 |
Section 7.3 |
Lost Certificates |
20 |
Section 7.4 |
Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date |
20 |
Section 7.5 |
Share Ledger |
21 |
Section 7.6 |
Fractional Shares; Issuance of Units |
21 |
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES |
21 | |
Section 8.1 |
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses |
21 |
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ARTICLE IX FISCAL YEAR |
22 | |
Section 9.1 |
Fiscal Year |
22 |
ARTICLE X DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS |
22 | |
Section 10.1 |
Dividends and Other Distributions |
22 |
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ARTICLE XI SEAL |
22 | |
Section 11.1 |
Seal |
22 |
Section 11.2 |
Affixing Seal |
22 |
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ARTICLE XII WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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Section 12.1 |
Waiver of Notice |
23 |
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ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS |
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Section 13.1 |
Amendment of Bylaws |
23 |
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ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS |
23 | |
Section 14.1 |
References to Declaration of Trust |
23 |
Section 14.2 |
Ratification |
23 |
Section 14.3 |
Ambiguity |
23 |
Section 14.4 |
Inspection of Bylaws |
24 |
Section 14.5 |
Election to be Subject to Part of Title 3, Subtitle 8 |
24 |
Section 14.6 |
Control Share Acquisition Act |
24 |
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ARTICLE XV ARBITRATION PROCEDURES FOR DISPUTES |
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Section 15.1 |
Procedures for Arbitration of Disputes |
24 |
Section 15.2 |
Arbitrators |
24 |
Section 15.3 |
Place of Arbitration |
25 |
Section 15.4 |
Discovery |
25 |
Section 15.5 |
Awards |
25 |
Section 15.6 |
Costs and Expenses |
25 |
Section 15.7 |
Final and Binding |
26 |
Section 15.8 |
Beneficiaries |
26 |
SELECT INCOME REIT
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
These AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS (the Bylaws) are made as of the date set forth above by the Trustees (as defined below).
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Principal Office. The principal office of the Trust shall be located at such place or places as the Board of Trustees may designate.
Section 1.2 Additional Offices. The Trust may have additional offices at such places as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine or the business of the Trust may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Place. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Trust or at such other place as is designated by the Trustees or the chairman of the board or president.
Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of Trustees and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Trust shall be held at such times as the Trustees may designate. Failure to hold an annual meeting does not invalidate the Trusts existence or affect any otherwise valid acts of the Trust.
Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called only by a majority of the Trustees then in office. If there shall be no Trustees, the officers of the Trust shall promptly call a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Trustees for the purpose of electing Trustees.
Section 2.4 Notice of Regular or Special Meetings. Notice given in writing or by electronic transmission specifying the place, day and hour of any regular or special meeting, the purposes of the meeting, to the extent required by law to be provided, and all other matters required by law shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote, by mail, postage prepaid, sent to his or her address appearing on the books of the Trust or theretofore given by him or her to the Trust for the purpose of notice, by presenting it to such shareholder personally, by leaving it at the shareholders residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given once deposited in the U.S. mail addressed to the shareholder at his or her post office address as it appears on the records of the Trust, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the shareholder by an electronic transmission to any
address or number of the shareholder at which the shareholder receives electronic transmissions. It shall be the duty of the secretary to give notice of each meeting of the shareholders. The Trust may give a single notice to all shareholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective to any shareholder at such address, unless a shareholder objects to receiving such single notice or revokes a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more shareholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this ARTICLE II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.
Section 2.5 Notice of Adjourned Meetings. It shall not be necessary to give notice of the time and place of any adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted thereat other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
Section 2.6 Scope of Meetings. Except as otherwise expressly set forth elsewhere in these Bylaws, no business shall be transacted at an annual or special meeting of shareholders except as specifically designated in the notice or otherwise properly brought before the shareholders by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees.
Section 2.7 Organization of Shareholder Meetings. Every meeting of shareholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Trustees to be chairperson of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment or the absence of the appointed individual, by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, the president, the vice presidents in their order of seniority, the secretary or, in the absence of such officers, a chairperson chosen by the shareholders by the vote of holders of shares of beneficial interest representing a majority of the votes cast on such appointment by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy. The secretary, an assistant secretary or a person appointed by the Trustees or, in the absence of such appointment, a person appointed by the chairperson of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting and record the minutes of the meeting. If the secretary presides as chairperson at a meeting of the shareholders, then the secretary shall not also act as secretary of the meeting and record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined by the chairperson of the meeting. The chairperson of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation: (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to shareholders of record of the Trust, their duly authorized proxies or other such persons as the chairperson of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to shareholders of record of the Trust entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies or other such persons as the chairperson of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any shareholder or other person who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairperson of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Without limiting the generality of the
powers of the chairperson of the meeting pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the chairperson may adjourn any meeting of shareholders for any reason deemed necessary by the chairperson, including, without limitation, if (i) no quorum is present for the transaction of the business, (ii) the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the shareholders to consider fully information that the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to shareholders or (iii) the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines that adjournment is otherwise in the best interests of the Trust. Unless otherwise determined by the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the general rules of parliamentary procedure or any otherwise established rules of order.
Section 2.8 Quorum. At any meeting of shareholders, the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the Declaration of Trust for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If, however, such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the shareholders, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without the Trust having to set a new record date or provide any additional notice of such meeting, subject to any obligation of the Trust to give notice pursuant to Section 2.5. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present, either in person or by proxy, at a meeting of shareholders which has been duly called and convened and at which a quorum was established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum then being present at the meeting.
Section 2.9 Voting.
(a) With regard to election of a Trustee, and except as may be mandated by applicable law or the listing requirements of the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed: (i) a plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a Trustee in an uncontested election; and (ii) a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast in the election of Trustees at a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be required to elect a Trustee in a contested election (which, for purposes of these Bylaws, is an election at which the number of nominees exceeds the number of Trustees to be elected at the meeting). Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are Trustees to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted.
(b) With regard to any other matter which may properly come before a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present, and except as may be mandated by applicable law, by the listing requirements of the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed or by a specific provision of the Declaration of Trust, (i) if such matter is approved by at least 60% of the Trustees then in office, including 60% of the Independent Trustees then in office, a majority of all the votes cast at the meeting shall be required to approve such matter; and (ii) if such matter is not approved by at least 60% of the Trustees then in office, including 60% of the Independent
Trustees then in office, 75% of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting shall be required to approve such matter.
Section 2.10 Proxies. A shareholder may cast the votes entitled to be cast by him or her either in person or by proxy executed by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy shall be filed with such officer of the Trust or third party agent as the Board of Trustees shall have designated for such purpose for verification at or prior to such meeting. Any proxy relating to the Trusts shares of beneficial interest shall be valid until the expiration date therein or, if no expiration is so indicated, for such period as is permitted pursuant to Maryland law. At a meeting of shareholders, all questions concerning the qualification of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, shall be decided by or on behalf of the chairperson of the meeting, subject to Section 2.13.
Section 2.11 Record Date. The Board of Trustees may fix the date for determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders. If no date is fixed for the determination of the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote are recorded on the share records of the Trust at the opening of business on the day of any meeting of shareholders shall be entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.12 Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares of the Trust registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, a general partner or trustee thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such shares pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or pursuant to an agreement of the partners of the partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such shares. Any trustee or fiduciary may vote shares registered in his or her name as such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.
Section 2.13 Inspectors.
(a) Before or at any meeting of shareholders, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint one or more persons as inspectors for such meeting. Such inspectors, if any, shall (i) ascertain and report the number of shares of beneficial interest represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy and the validity and effect of proxies, (ii) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (iii) report such tabulation to the chairperson of the meeting and (iv) perform such other acts as are proper to conduct the election or voting at the meeting.
(b) Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by him or her or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
Section 2.14 Nominations and Other Proposals to be Considered at Meetings of Shareholders. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees and the proposal of other business to be considered by the shareholders at meetings of shareholders may be properly brought before the meeting only as set forth in this Section 2.14. All judgments and determinations made by the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting, as applicable, under this Section 2.14 (including, without limitation, judgments and determinations as to the propriety of a proposed nomination or a proposal of other business for consideration by shareholders) shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
Section 2.14.1. Annual Meetings of Shareholders.
(a) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees and the proposal of other business to be considered by the shareholders at an annual meeting of shareholders may be properly brought before the meeting (i) pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting or otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees or (ii) by any shareholder of the Trust who (A) has continuously held at least $2,000 in market value, or 1%, of the Trusts shares entitled to vote at the meeting on such election or the proposal for other business, as the case may be, for at least one year from the date such shareholder gives the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.1 (or, if such notice is given prior to March 11, 2013, continuously held Trust shares since March 11, 2012 and without regard to the $2,000 market value, or 1%, requirement), and continuously holds such shares through and including the time of the annual meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), (B) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.1 through and including the time of the annual meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), (C) is entitled to make nominations or propose other business and to vote at the meeting on such election, or the proposal for other business, as the case may be and (D) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 as to such nomination or other business. Section 2.14.1(a)(ii) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations or propose other business before an annual meeting of shareholders, except to the extent of matters which are required to be presented to shareholders by applicable law which have been properly presented in accordance with the requirements of such law. For purposes of determining compliance with the requirement in subclause (A) of Section 2.14.1(a)(ii), the market value of the Trusts shares held by the applicable shareholder shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares such shareholder continuously held for that one-year period by the highest selling price of the Trust shares as reported on the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed during the 60 calendar days before the date such notice was submitted.
(b) For nominations for election to the Board of Trustees or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to Section 2.14.1(a)(ii), the shareholder shall have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Trust in accordance with this Section 2.14 and such other business shall otherwise be a proper matter for action by shareholders. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 2.14 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00
p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 120th day nor earlier than the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the proxy statement for the annual meeting is more than 30 days earlier than the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely shall be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which (i) notice of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (ii) public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, with respect to the annual meeting to be held in calendar year 2013, to be timely, a shareholders notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on December 31, 2012 nor earlier than December 1, 2012. Neither the postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting, nor the public announcement of such postponement or adjournment, shall commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as described above.
A shareholders notice shall set forth:
(A) as to each individual whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Trustee (a Proposed Nominee), (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of such Proposed Nominee, (2) a statement of whether such Proposed Nominee is proposed for nomination as an Independent Trustee (as defined in Section 3.2) or a Managing Trustee (as defined in Section 3.2) and a description of such Proposed Nominees qualifications to be an Independent Trustee or Managing Trustee, as the case may be, and such Proposed Nominees qualifications to be a Trustee pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 3.1, (3) the class, series and number of any shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned or owned of record by such Proposed Nominee, (4) the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (5) a description of all purchases and sales of securities of the Trust by such Proposed Nominee during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (6) a description of all Derivative Transactions (as defined in Section 2.14.1(d)) by such Proposed Nominee during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions and the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (7) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposed Nominee is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Trust or
instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such Proposed Nominees immediate family sharing the same household with such Proposed Nominee, (8) any proportionate interest in shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such Proposed Nominee is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (9) a description of any other material relationship between or among such shareholder, each Proposed Nominee or others acting in concert therewith, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the S.E.C.) (and any successor regulation), if the shareholder making the nomination or any person acting in concert therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the Proposed Nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (10) all other information relating to such Proposed Nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Trustees in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Section 14 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(B) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (1) a description of such business, (2) the reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such shareholder, including any anticipated benefit to such shareholder therefrom, (3) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder and (4) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring the business before the meeting; and
(C) as to the shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (1) the name and address of such shareholder, as it appears on the Trusts share ledger, (2)
the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, any shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by such shareholder or by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any, and the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (3) a description of all purchases and sales of securities of the Trust by such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (4) a description of all Derivative Transactions by such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions and the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (5) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such shareholders or Shareholder Associated Persons immediate family sharing the same household with such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (7) all other information relating to such shareholder that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Trustees in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Section 14 (or any successor provision) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.14.1(b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of Trustees to be elected to the Board of Trustees is increased and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting, a shareholders notice required by this Section 2.14.1 also shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by
such increase, if the notice is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 10th day immediately following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Trust.
(d) For purposes of this Section 2.14, (i) Shareholder Associated Person of any shareholder shall mean (A) any person acting in concert with, such shareholder, (B) any direct or indirect beneficial owner of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and (C) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person; (ii) Derivative Transaction by a person shall mean any (A) transaction in, or arrangement, agreement or understanding with respect to, any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right or similar right with an exercise, conversion or exchange privilege, or settlement payment or mechanism related to, any security of the Trust, or similar instrument with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of a security of the Trust, in any such case whether or not it is subject to settlement in a security of the Trust or otherwise or (B) any transaction, arrangement, agreement or understanding which included or includes an opportunity for such person, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Trust, to mitigate any loss or manage any risk associated with any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Trust or to increase or decrease the number of securities of the Trust which such person was, is or will be entitled to vote, in any such case whether or not it is subject to settlement in a security of the Trust or otherwise; (iii) public announcement shall mean disclosure in (A) a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or any other widely circulated news or wire service or (B) a document publicly filed by the Trust with the United States S.E.C. pursuant to the Exchange Act and (iv) subsidiary shall include, with respect to a person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity of which such person (A) owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other interests or (B) has a person designated by such person serving on, or a right, contractual or otherwise, to designate a person, so to serve on, the board of directors (or analogous governing body).
Section 2.14.2. Shareholder Nominations or Other Proposals Causing Covenant Breaches or Defaults. At the same time as the submission of any shareholder nomination or proposal of other business to be considered at a shareholders meeting that, if approved and implemented by the Trust, would cause the Trust or any subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.14.1(d)) of the Trust to be in breach of any covenant of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust or otherwise cause a default (in any case, with or without notice or lapse of time) in any existing debt instrument or agreement of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust or other material contract or agreement of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust, the proponent shareholder or shareholders shall submit to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust (a) evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the lenders or contracting partys willingness to waive the breach of covenant or default or (b) a detailed plan for repayment of the indebtedness to the lender or curing the contractual breach or default and satisfying any resulting damage claim, specifically identifying the actions to be taken or the source of funds, which plan must be satisfactory to the Board of Trustees in its discretion, and evidence of the availability to the Trust of substitute credit or contractual arrangements similar to the credit or contractual
arrangements which are implicated by the shareholder nomination or other proposal that are at least as favorable to the Trust, as determined by the Board of Trustees in its discretion. As an example and not as a limitation, at the time these Bylaws are being adopted, the Trust is party to a bank credit facility that contains covenants which prohibit certain changes in the management and policies of the Trust without the approval of the lenders; accordingly, a shareholder nomination or proposal which implicates these covenants shall be accompanied by a waiver of these covenants duly executed by the banks or by evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the availability of funding to the Trust to repay outstanding indebtedness under this credit facility and of the availability of a new credit facility on terms as favorable to the Trust as the existing credit facility.
Section 2.14.3. Special Meetings of Shareholders. As set forth in Section 2.6, only business brought before the meeting pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees only may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which Trustees are to be elected: (a) pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting; (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees; or (c) provided that the Board of Trustees has determined that Trustees shall be elected at such special meeting, by any shareholder of the Trust who has been for at least one year immediately preceding such shareholder giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.3 a shareholder of record of shares entitled to vote at the meeting on such election and continues to be a shareholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.14.3 through and including the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such election and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14.3. In the event the Trust calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more Trustees to the Board of Trustees, any such shareholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a Trustee as specified in the Trusts notice of meeting, if the shareholder satisfies the holding period requirements set forth in Section 2.14.1(a), the shareholders notice contains the information required by Section 2.14 and the shareholder has given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Trust at the principal executive offices of the Trust. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall be delivered to the secretary of the Trust at the principal executive offices of the Trust not earlier than the 150th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the later of (i) the 120th day prior to such special meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Trustees to be elected at such meeting. Neither the postponement or adjournment of a special meeting, nor the public announcement of such postponement or adjournment, shall commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as described above.
Section 2.14.4. General.
(a) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by any shareholder proposing a nominee for election as a Trustee or any proposal for other business at a meeting of shareholders shall be deemed by the Board of Trustees incomplete or inaccurate, any authorized officer or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof may treat such information as not having been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14. Any notice submitted by a shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14 that is deemed by the
Board of Trustees inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise fails to satisfy completely any provision of this Section 2.14 shall be deemed defective and shall thereby render all proposals and nominations set forth in such notice defective. Upon written request by the secretary of the Trust or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof (which may be made from time to time), any shareholder proposing a nominee for election as a Trustee or any proposal for other business at a meeting of shareholders shall provide, within three business days after such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (i) written verification, satisfactory to the secretary or any other authorized officer or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, in his, her or its discretion, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14, (ii) written responses to information reasonably requested by the secretary, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof and (iii) a written update, to a current date, of any information submitted by the shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14 as of an earlier date. If a shareholder fails to provide such written verification, information or update within such period, the secretary or any other authorized officer or the Board of Trustees may treat the information which was previously provided and to which the verification, request or update relates as not having been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14; provided, however, that no such written verification, response or update shall cure any incompleteness, inaccuracy or failure in any notice provided by a shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14. It is the responsibility of a shareholder who wishes to make a nomination or other proposal to comply with the requirements of Section 2.14; nothing in this Section 2.14.4(a) or otherwise shall create any duty of the Trust, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof nor any officer of the Trust to inform a shareholder that the information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by or on behalf of such shareholder is incomplete or inaccurate or not otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.14 nor require the Trust, the Board of Trustees, any committee of the Board of Trustees or any officer of the Trust to request clarification or updating of information provided by any shareholder, but the Board of Trustees, a committee thereof or the secretary acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees or a committee, may do so in its, his or her discretion.
(b) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 2.14 shall be eligible for election by shareholders as Trustees and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.14. The chairperson of the meeting and the Board of Trustees shall each have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 2.14 and, if any proposed nomination or other business is determined not to be in compliance with this Section 2.14, to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable legal requirements, including, without limitation, applicable requirements of state law and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.14. Nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to require that a shareholder nomination of an
individual for election to the Board of Trustees or a shareholder proposal relating to other business be included in the Trusts proxy statement, except as may be required by law.
(d) The Board of Trustees may from time to time require any individual nominated to serve as a Trustee to agree in writing with regard to matters of business ethics and confidentiality while such nominee serves as a Trustee, such agreement to be on the terms and in a form (the Agreement) determined satisfactory by the Board of Trustees, as amended and supplemented from time to time in the discretion of the Board of Trustees. The terms of the Agreement may be substantially similar to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Trust or any similar code promulgated by the Trust (the Code of Business Conduct) or may differ from or supplement the Code of Business Conduct.
(e) Determinations required or permitted to be made under this Section 2.14 by the Board of Trustees may be delegated by the Board of Trustees to a committee of the Board of Trustees, subject to applicable law.
Section 2.15 No Shareholder Actions by Written Consent. Shareholders shall not be authorized or permitted to take any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of shareholders by written consent, and may take such action only at a shareholders meeting of the Trust.
Section 2.16 Voting by Ballot. Voting on any question or in any election may be by voice vote unless the chairperson of the meeting or any shareholder shall demand that voting be by ballot.
Section 2.17 Proposals of Business Which Are Not Proper Matters For Action By Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, subject to applicable law, any shareholder proposal for business the subject matter or effect of which would be within the exclusive purview of the Board of Trustees or would reasonably likely, if considered by the shareholders or approved or implemented by the Trust, result in an impairment of the limited liability status for the Trusts shareholders, shall be deemed not to be a matter upon which the shareholders are entitled to vote. The Board of Trustees in its discretion shall be entitled to determine whether a shareholder proposal for business is not a matter upon which the shareholders are entitled to vote pursuant to this Section 2.17, and its decision shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
ARTICLE III
TRUSTEES
Section 3.1 General Powers; Qualifications; Trustees Holding Over. The business and affairs of the Trust shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Trustees. A Trustee shall be an individual at least 21 years of age who is not under legal disability. To qualify for nomination or election as a Trustee, an individual, at the time of nomination and election, shall, without limitation, (a) have substantial expertise or experience relevant to the business of the Trust and its subsidiaries (as determined by the Board of Trustees), (b) not have been convicted
of a felony and (c) meet the qualifications of an Independent Trustee or a Managing Trustee, each as defined in Section 3.2, as the case may be, depending upon the position for which such individual may be nominated and elected. In case of failure to elect Trustees at an annual meeting of the shareholders, the incumbent Trustees shall hold over and continue to direct the management of the business and affairs of the Trust until they may resign or until their successors are elected and qualify.
Section 3.2 Independent Trustees and Managing Trustees. A majority of the Trustees holding office shall at all times be Independent Trustees; provided, however, that upon a failure to comply with this requirement as a result of the creation of a temporary vacancy which shall be filled by an Independent Trustee, whether as a result of enlargement of the Board of Trustees or the resignation, removal or death of a Trustee who is an Independent Trustee, such requirement shall not be applicable. An Independent Trustee is one who is not an employee of the Manager (as defined in the Declaration of Trust), who is not involved in the Trusts day to day activities and who meets the qualifications of an independent director (not including the specific independence requirements applicable only to members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees) under the applicable rules of the NYSE Euronext and the S.E.C., as those requirements may be amended from time to time. If the number of Trustees, at any time, is set at less than five, at least one Trustee shall be a Managing Trustee. So long as the number of Trustees shall be five or greater, at least two Trustees shall be Managing Trustees. Managing Trustees shall mean Trustees who have been employees, officers or directors of the Manager or involved in the day to day activities of the Trust for at least one year prior to their election. If at any time the Board of Trustees shall not be comprised of a majority of Independent Trustees, the Board of Trustees shall take such actions as will cure such condition; provided that the fact that the Board of Trustees does not have a majority of Independent Trustees or has not taken such action at any time or from time to time shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the Board of Trustees. If at any time the Board of Trustees shall not be comprised of a number of Managing Trustees as is required under this Section 3.2, the Board of Trustees shall take such actions as will cure such condition; provided that the fact that the Board of Trustees does not have the requisite number of Managing Trustees or has not taken such action at any time or from time to time shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.3 Number and Tenure. The number of Trustees constituting the entire Board of Trustees may be increased or decreased from time to time only by a vote of the Trustees; provided, however, that the tenure of office of a Trustee shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of Trustees. The number of Trustees shall be five until increased or decreased by the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.4 Annual and Regular Meetings. An annual meeting of the Trustees shall be held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. The time and place of the annual meeting of the Trustees may be changed by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of Maryland, for the holding of regular meetings of the Trustees without other notice than such resolution. In the event any such regular meeting is not so provided for, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may be called at any time by any Managing Trustee, the president or pursuant to the request of any two Trustees then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Trustees may fix any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Trustees called by them.
Section 3.6 Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given by written notice delivered personally or by electronic mail, telephoned, facsimile transmitted, overnight couriered (with proof of delivery) or mailed to each Trustee at his or her business or residence address. Personally delivered, telephoned, facsimile transmitted or electronically mailed notices shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by mail shall be deposited in the U.S. mail at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the U.S. mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Trust by the Trustee. Telephone notice shall be deemed given when the Trustee is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which he is a party. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Trust by the Trustee and receipt of a completed answer back indicating receipt. If sent by overnight courier, such notice shall be deemed given when delivered to the courier. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Trustees need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.
Section 3.7 Quorum. A majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Trustees, provided that, if less than a majority of such Trustees are present at a meeting, a majority of the Trustees present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of a particular group of Trustees is required for action, a quorum for that action shall also include a majority of such group. The Trustees present at a meeting of the Board of Trustees which has been duly called and convened and at which a quorum was established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of such number of Trustees as results in less than a quorum then being present at the meeting.
Section 3.8 Voting. The action of the majority of the Trustees present at a meeting at which a quorum is or was present shall be the action of the Trustees, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by specific provision of an applicable statute, the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws. If enough Trustees have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than are required to establish a quorum, but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of Trustees necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Trustees, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws.
Section 3.9 Telephone Meetings. Trustees may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting. Such meeting shall be deemed to have been held at a place designated by the Trustees at the meeting.
Section 3.10 Action by Written Consent of Trustees. Unless specifically otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken without a meeting, if a majority of the Trustees shall individually or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action. Such written or electronic consent or consents shall be filed with the records of the Trust and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Trustees at a duly held meeting of the Trustees at which a quorum was present.
Section 3.11 Waiver of Notice. The actions taken at any meeting of the Trustees, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the Trustees not present waives notice, consents to the holding of such meeting or approves the minutes thereof.
Section 3.12 Vacancies. If for any reason any or all the Trustees cease to be Trustees, such event shall not terminate the Trust or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining Trustees hereunder (even if fewer than three Trustees remain). Any vacancy on the Board of Trustees may be filled only by a majority of the remaining Trustees, even if the remaining Trustees do not constitute a quorum. Any Trustee elected to fill a vacancy, whether occurring due to an increase in size of the Board of Trustees or by the death, resignation or removal of any Trustee, shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Trustees in which the vacancy occurred or was created and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Section 3.13 Compensation. The Trustees shall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation for their services as Trustees as the Trustees may determine from time to time. Trustees may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Trustees or of any committee thereof; and for their expenses, if any, in connection with each property visit and any other service or activity performed or engaged in as Trustee. The Trustees shall be entitled to receive remuneration for services rendered to the Trust in any other capacity, and such services may include, without limitation, services as an officer of the Trust, services as an employee of the Manager, legal, accounting or other professional services, or services as a broker, transfer agent or underwriter, whether performed by a Trustee or any person affiliated with a Trustee.
Section 3.14 Surety Bonds. Unless specifically required by law, no Trustee shall be obligated to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of any of his or her duties.
Section 3.15 Interested Trustee Transactions. Section 2-419 of the Maryland General Corporation Law shall be available for and apply to any contract or other transaction between the Trust and any of its Trustees or between the Trust and any other trust, corporation, firm or other entity in which any of its Trustees is a trustee or director or has a material financial interest.
Section 3.16 Qualifying Shares Not Required. Trustees need not be shareholders of the Trust.
Section 3.17 Certain Rights of Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents. A Trustee shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Trust. Any Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar or in addition to those of or relating to the Trust.
Section 3.18 Emergency Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, this Section 3.18 shall apply during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Trustees under ARTICLE III cannot readily be obtained (an Emergency). During any Emergency, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Trustees, (a) a meeting of the Board of Trustees may be called by any Managing Trustee or officer of the Trust by any means feasible under the circumstances and (b) notice of any meeting of the Board of Trustees during such an Emergency may be given less than 24 hours prior to the meeting to as many Trustees and by such means as it may be feasible at the time, including publication, television or radio.
Section 3.19 Removal for Cause. For purposes of the provisions in the Declaration of Trust regarding the removal of a Trustee, cause shall mean, with respect to any particular Trustee, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such Trustee caused demonstrable, material harm to the Trust through bad faith or active and deliberate dishonesty.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1 Number; Tenure and Qualifications. The Board of Trustees shall appoint an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Governance Committee. Each of these committees shall be composed of three or more Trustees, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may also appoint other committees from time to time composed of one or more members, at least one of which shall be a Trustee, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall adopt a charter with respect to the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, which charter shall specify the purposes, the criteria for membership and the responsibility and duties and may specify other matters with respect to each committee. The Board of Trustees may also adopt a charter with respect to other committees.
Section 4.2 Powers. The Trustees may delegate any of the powers of the Trustees to committees appointed under Section 4.1 and composed solely of Trustees, except as prohibited by law. In the event that a charter has been adopted with respect to a committee composed solely of Trustees, the charter shall constitute a delegation by the Trustees of the powers of the Board of Trustees necessary to carry out the purposes, responsibilities and duties of a committee provided in the charter or reasonably related to those purposes, responsibilities and duties, to the extent permitted by law.
Section 4.3 Meetings. Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Trustees. One-third, but not less than one, of the members of any committee shall be present in person at any meeting of a committee in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting, and the act of a majority present at a meeting at the time of a vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of a committee. The Board of Trustees or, if authorized by the Board in a committee charter or otherwise, the committee members may designate a chairman of any committee, and the chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, a majority of any committee may fix the time and place of its meetings unless the Board shall otherwise provide. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee, the members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Trustee to act at the meeting in the place of absent or disqualified members.
Section 4.4 Telephone Meetings. Members of a committee may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment and participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 4.5 Action by Written Consent of Committees. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Trustees may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is signed by a majority of the committee and such written or electronic consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.
Section 4.6 Vacancies. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Trustees shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill all vacancies, to designate alternate members to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 General Provisions. The officers of the Trust shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Trustees may from time to time appoint such other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Trust shall be elected annually by the Trustees at the first meeting of the Trustees held after each annual meeting of shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices, except president and vice president, may be held by the same person. In their discretion, the Trustees may leave unfilled any office except that of president and secretary. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Trust and such officer or agent.
Section 5.2 Removal and Resignation. Any officer or agent of the Trust may be removed by the Trustees if in their judgment the best interests of the Trust would be served thereby, but the removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Trust may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission of his or her resignation to the Trustees, the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect at any time specified therein or, if the time when it shall become effective is not specified therein, immediately upon its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. A resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Trust.
Section 5.3 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Trustees for the balance of the term.
Section 5.4 Chief Executive Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief executive officer from among the Trustees or elected officers. The chief executive officer shall have responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Trust, as determined by the Trustees, and for the administration of the business affairs of the Trust. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Trustees at which he shall be present. In the absence of a different designation, the Managing Trustees, or any of them, shall function as the chief executive officer of the Trust.
Section 5.5 Chief Operating Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief operating officer from among the elected officers. Said officer will have the responsibilities and duties as set forth by the Trustees or the chief executive officer.
Section 5.6 Chief Financial Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief financial officer from among the elected officers. Said officer will have the responsibilities and duties as set forth by the Trustees or the chief executive officer.
Section 5.7 Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if any, and the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him, her or them by the Trustees. In the absence of a chairman and vice chairman of the board or if none are appointed, the Managing Trustees, or any of them, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Section 5.8 President. The president may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, lease, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Trustees or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Trust or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or unavailability of the president, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, any vice president) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president,
the chief executive officer or by the Trustees. The Trustees may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents or as vice presidents for particular areas of responsibility.
Section 5.10 Secretary. The secretary (or his or her designee) shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders, the Trustees and committees of the Trustees in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the Trust records and of the seal of the Trust, if any; (d) maintain a share register, showing the ownership and transfers of ownership of all shares of the Trust, unless a transfer agent is employed to maintain and does maintain such a share register; and (e) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the secretary by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.11 Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Trust and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Trust and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Trust in such depositories as may be authorized by the Trustees. The treasurer shall also have such other responsibilities as may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.12 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
ARTICLE VI
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 6.1 Contracts. The Board of Trustees may authorize any Trustee, officer or agent (including the Manager or any officer of the Manager) to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Trust and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document executed by an authorized Trustee, officer or agent shall be valid and binding upon the Trust when authorized or ratified by action of the Trustees.
Section 6.2 Checks and Drafts. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Trust shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Trust in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the treasurer, the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 6.3 Deposits. All funds of the Trust not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Trust in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the treasurer, the chief executive officer or the Trustees may designate.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES
Section 7.1 Certificates. Ownership of shares of any class of shares of beneficial ownership of the Trust shall be evidenced by certificates, or at the election of a shareholder in book entry form. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Trustees, any such certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president and countersigned by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer and may be sealed with the seal, if any, of the Trust. The signatures may be either manual or facsimile. Certificates shall be consecutively numbered and if the Trust shall from time to time issue several classes of shares, each class may have its own number series. A certificate is valid and may be issued whether or not an officer who signed it is still an officer when it is issued.
Section 7.2 Transfers.
(a) Shares of the Trust shall be transferable in the manner provided by applicable law, the Declaration of Trust and these Bylaws. Certificates shall be treated as negotiable and title thereto and to the shares they represent shall be transferred by delivery thereof to the same extent as those of a Maryland stock corporation.
(b) The Trust shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Bylaws or by the laws of the State of Maryland.
Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. For shares evidenced by certificates, any officer designated by the Trustees may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate previously issued by the Trust alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing the issuance of a new certificate, an officer designated by the Trustees may, in such officers discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owners legal representative to advertise the same in such manner as he shall require and/or to give bond, with sufficient surety, to the Trust to indemnify it against any loss or claim which may arise as a result of the issuance of a new certificate.
Section 7.4 Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date.
(a) The Trustees may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose.
(b) In lieu of fixing a record date, the Trustees may provide that the share transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not longer than 20 days. If the share
transfer books are closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 10 days before the date of such meeting.
(c) If no record date is fixed and the share transfer books are not closed for the determination of shareholders, (i) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of meeting is mailed or the 30th day before the meeting, whichever is the closer date to the meeting; and (ii) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or an allotment of any other rights shall be the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Trustees, declaring the dividend or allotment of rights, is adopted.
(d) When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Trustees shall set a new record date with respect thereto.
Section 7.5 Share Ledger. The Trust shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent a share ledger containing the name and address of each shareholder and the number of shares of each class held by such shareholder.
Section 7.6 Fractional Shares; Issuance of Units. The Trustees may issue fractional shares or provide for the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as they may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the Trustees may issue units consisting of different securities of the Trust. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Trust, except that the Trustees may provide that for a specified period securities of the Trust issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Trust only in such unit.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
Section 8.1 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.
(a) To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Trust shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (i) any individual who is a present or former Trustee or officer of the Trust and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (ii) any individual who, while a Trustee or officer of the Trust and at the request of the Trust, serves or has served as a Trustee, director, officer or partner of another real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses
provided by the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and these Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a Trustee or officer. The Trust may, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Trust in any of the capacities described in (a)(i) or (ii) above and to any shareholder, employee or agent of the Trust or a predecessor of the Trust.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, except with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Trust shall indemnify any person referenced in Section 8.1(a)(i) or (ii) above in connection with any proceeding initiated by such person against the Trust only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Trustees.
(c) The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, regulation, insurance, agreement or otherwise.
(d) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Bylaws or Declaration of Trust of the Trust inconsistent with this ARTICLE VIII, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR
Section 9.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Trust shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE X
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 10.1 Dividends and Other Distributions. Dividends and other distributions upon the shares of beneficial interest of the Trust may be authorized and declared by the Trustees. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Trust.
ARTICLE XI
SEAL
Section 11.1 Seal. The Trustees may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Trust. The Trustees may authorize one or more duplicate seals.
Section 11.2 Affixing Seal. Whenever the Trust is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation
relating to a seal to place the word (SEAL) adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE XII
WAIVER OF NOTICE
Section 12.1 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, these Bylaws or applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice or waiver by electronic transmission, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Section 13.1 Amendment of Bylaws. Except for any change for which these Bylaws requires approval by more than a majority vote of the Trustees, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed or new or additional Bylaws may be adopted only by the vote or by written consent of a majority of the Trustees as specified in Section 3.10.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 References to Declaration of Trust. All references to the Declaration of Trust shall include any amendments and supplements thereto.
Section 14.2 Ratification. The Board of Trustees or the shareholders may ratify and make binding on the Trust any action or inaction by the Trust or its officers to the extent that the Board of Trustees or the shareholders could have originally authorized the matter. Moreover, any action or inaction questioned in any shareholders derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a Trustee, officer or shareholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Trustees or by the shareholders and, if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned action or inaction had been originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Trust and its shareholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.
Section 14.3 Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any provision of these Bylaws or any definition contained in these Bylaws, the Board of Trustees shall have the
sole power to determine the application of such provisions with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it and such determination shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
Section 14.4 Inspection of Bylaws. The Trustees shall keep at the principal office for the transaction of business of the Trust the original or a copy of the Bylaws as amended or otherwise altered to date, certified by the secretary, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.
Section 14.5 Election to be Subject to Part of Title 3, Subtitle 8. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the Trust hereby elects to be subject to Section 3-804(b) and (c) of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL) (or any successor statute). This Section 14.5 only may be repealed, in whole or in part, by a subsequent amendment to these Bylaws.
Section 14.6 Control Share Acquisition Act. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the MGCL (or any successor statute) shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor Bylaw or amendment hereto, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.
ARTICLE XV
ARBITRATION PROCEDURES FOR DISPUTES
Section 15.1 Procedures for Arbitration of Disputes. Any disputes, claims or controversies brought by or on behalf of any shareholder of the Trust (which, for purposes of this ARTICLE XV, shall mean any shareholder of record or any beneficial owner of shares of the Trust, or any former shareholder of record or beneficial owner of shares of the Trust), either on his, her or its own behalf, on behalf of the Trust or on behalf of any series or class of shares of the Trust or shareholders of the Trust against the Trust or any Trustee, officer, manager (including Reit Management & Research LLC or its successor), agent or employee of the Trust, including disputes, claims or controversies relating to the meaning, interpretation, effect, validity, performance or enforcement of the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws (all of which are referred to as Disputes) or relating in any way to such a Dispute or Disputes shall, on the demand of any party to such Dispute, be resolved through binding and final arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the Rules) of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) then in effect, except as those Rules may be modified in this ARTICLE XV. For the avoidance of doubt, and not as a limitation, Disputes are intended to include derivative actions against Trustees, officers or managers of the Trust and class actions by shareholders against those individuals or entities and the Trust. For the avoidance of doubt, a Dispute shall include a Dispute made derivatively on behalf of one party against another party.
Section 15.2 Arbitrators. There shall be three arbitrators. If there are only two parties to the Dispute, each party shall select one arbitrator within 15 days after receipt by respondent of a copy of the demand for arbitration. Such arbitrators may be affiliated or interested persons of
such parties. If there are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand, shall each select, by the vote of a majority of the claimants or the respondents, as the case may be, one arbitrator within 15 days after receipt of a demand for arbitration. Such arbitrators may be affiliated or interested persons of the claimants or the respondents, as the case may be. If either a claimant (or all claimants) or a respondent (or all respondents) fail to timely select an arbitrator then the party (or parties) who has selected an arbitrator may request AAA to provide a list of three proposed arbitrators in accordance with the Rules (each of whom shall be neutral, impartial and unaffiliated with any party) and the party (or parties) that failed to timely appoint an arbitrator shall have ten days from the date AAA provides such list to select one of the three arbitrators proposed by AAA. If such party (or parties) fail to select such arbitrator by such time, the party (or parties) who have appointed the first arbitrator shall then have ten days to select one of the three arbitrators proposed by AAA to be the second arbitrator; and if he/they should fail to select the second arbitrator by such time, AAA shall select, within 15 days thereafter, one of the three arbitrators it had proposed as the second arbitrator. The two arbitrators so appointed shall jointly appoint the third and presiding arbitrator (who shall be neutral, impartial and unaffiliated with any party) within 15 days of the appointment of the second arbitrator. If the third arbitrator has not been appointed within the time limit specified herein, then AAA shall provide a list of proposed arbitrators in accordance with the Rules, and the arbitrator shall be appointed by AAA in accordance with a listing, striking and ranking procedure, with each party having a limited number of strikes, excluding strikes for cause.
Section 15.3 Place of Arbitration. The place of arbitration shall be Boston, Massachusetts unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Section 15.4 Discovery. There shall be only limited documentary discovery of documents directly related to the issues in dispute, as may be ordered by the arbitrators.
Section 15.5 Awards. In rendering an award or decision (the Award), the arbitrators shall be required to follow the laws of the State of Maryland. Any arbitration proceedings or Award rendered hereunder and the validity, effect and interpretation of this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1 et seq. The Award shall be in writing and may, but shall not be required to briefly state the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which it is based. Any monetary award shall be made and payable in U.S. dollars free of any tax, deduction or offset. The party against which the Award assesses a monetary obligation shall pay that obligation on or before the 30th day following the date of the Award or such other date as the Award may provide.
Section 15.6 Costs and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws or as otherwise agreed by the parties, each party involved in a Dispute shall bear its own costs and expenses (including attorneys fees), and the arbitrators shall not render an award that would include shifting of any such costs or expenses (including attorneys fees) or, in a derivative case or class action, award any portion of the Trusts award to the claimant or the claimants attorneys. Each party (or, if there are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand, respectively) shall bear the costs and expenses of its (or their) selected arbitrator and the parties (or, if there
are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand) shall equally bear the costs and expenses of the third appointed arbitrator.
Section 15.7 Final and Binding. An Award shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto and shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between such parties relating to the Dispute, including any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the arbitrators. Judgment upon the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no application or appeal to any court of competent jurisdiction may be made in connection with any question of law arising in the course of arbitration or with respect to any award made except for actions relating to enforcement of this agreement to arbitrate or any arbitral award issued hereunder and except for actions seeking interim or other provisional relief in aid of arbitration proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 15.8 Beneficiaries. This ARTICLE XV is intended to benefit and be enforceable by the shareholders, Trustees, officers, managers (including Reit Management & Research LLC or its successor), agents or employees of the Trust and the Trust and shall be binding on the shareholders of the Trust and the Trust, as applicable, and shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that such individuals or entities may have by contract or otherwise.
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I OFFICES |
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Section 1.1 |
Principal Office |
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Section 1.2 |
Additional Offices |
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ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
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Section 2.1 |
Place |
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Section 2.2 |
Annual Meeting |
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Section 2.3 |
Special Meetings |
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Section 2.4 |
Notice of Regular or Special Meetings |
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Section 2.5 |
Notice of Adjourned Meetings |
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Section 2.6 |
Scope of Meetings |
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Section 2.7 |
Organization of Shareholder Meetings |
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Section 2.8 |
Quorum |
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Section 2.9 |
Voting |
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Section 2.10 |
Proxies |
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Section 2.11 |
Record Date |
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Section 2.12 |
Voting of Shares by Certain Holders |
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Section 2.13 |
Inspectors |
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Section 2.14 |
Nominations and Other Proposals to be Considered at Meetings of Shareholders |
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Section 2.14.1. |
Annual Meetings of Shareholders |
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Section 2.14.2. |
Shareholder Nominations or Other Proposals Causing Covenant Breaches or Defaults |
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Section 2.14.3. |
Special Meetings of Shareholders |
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Section 2.14.4. |
General |
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Section 2.15 |
No Shareholder Actions by Written Consent |
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Section 2.16 |
Voting by Ballot |
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Section 2.17 |
Proposals of Business Which Are Not Proper Matters For Action By Shareholders |
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ARTICLE III TRUSTEES |
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Section 3.1 |
General Powers; Qualifications; Trustees Holding Over |
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Section 3.2 |
Independent Trustees and Managing Trustees |
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Section 3.3 |
Number and Tenure |
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Section 3.4 |
Annual and Regular Meetings |
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Section 3.5 |
Special Meetings |
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Section 3.6 |
Notice |
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Section 3.7 |
Quorum |
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Section 3.8 |
Voting |
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Section 3.9 |
Telephone Meetings |
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Section 3.10 |
Action by Written Consent of Trustees |
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Section 3.11 |
Waiver of Notice |
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Section 3.12 |
Vacancies |
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Section 3.13 |
Compensation |
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Section 3.14 |
Surety Bonds |
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Section 3.15 |
Interested Trustee Transactions |
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Section 3.16 |
Qualifying Shares Not Required |
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Section 3.17 |
Certain Rights of Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents |
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Section 3.18 |
Emergency Provisions |
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Section 3.19 |
Removal for Cause |
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES |
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Section 4.1 |
Number; Tenure and Qualifications |
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Section 4.2 |
Powers |
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Section 4.3 |
Meetings |
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Section 4.4 |
Telephone Meetings |
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Section 4.5 |
Action by Written Consent of Committees |
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Section 4.6 |
Vacancies |
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS |
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Section 5.1 |
General Provisions |
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Section 5.2 |
Removal and Resignation |
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Section 5.3 |
Vacancies |
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Section 5.4 |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Section 5.5 |
Chief Operating Officer |
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Section 5.6 |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Section 5.7 |
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board |
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Section 5.8 |
President |
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Section 5.9 |
Vice Presidents |
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Section 5.10 |
Secretary |
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Section 5.11 |
Treasurer |
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Section 5.12 |
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers |
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ARTICLE VI CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS |
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Section 6.1 |
Contracts |
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Section 6.2 |
Checks and Drafts |
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Section 6.3 |
Deposits |
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ARTICLE VII SHARES |
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Section 7.1 |
Certificates |
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Section 7.2 |
Transfers |
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Section 7.3 |
Lost Certificates |
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Section 7.4 |
Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date |
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Section 7.5 |
Share Ledger |
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Section 7.6 |
Fractional Shares; Issuance of Units |
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES |
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Section 8.1 |
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses |
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ARTICLE IX FISCAL YEAR |
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Section 9.1 |
Fiscal Year |
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ARTICLE X DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 10.1 |
Dividends and Other Distributions |
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ARTICLE XI SEAL |
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Section 11.1 |
Seal |
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Section 11.2 |
Affixing Seal |
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ARTICLE XII WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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Section 12.1 |
Waiver of Notice |
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ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS |
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Section 13.1 |
Amendment of Bylaws |
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ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.1 |
References to Declaration of Trust |
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Section 14.2 |
Ratification |
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Section 14.3 |
Ambiguity |
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Section 14.4 |
Inspection of Bylaws |
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Section 14.5 |
Election to be Subject to Part of Title 3, Subtitle 8 |
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Section 14.6 |
Control Share Acquisition Act |
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ARTICLE XV ARBITRATION PROCEDURES FOR DISPUTES |
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Section 15.1 |
Procedures for Arbitration of Disputes |
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Section 15.2 |
Arbitrators |
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Section 15.3 |
Place of Arbitration |
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Section 15.4 |
Discovery |
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Section 15.5 |
Awards |
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Section 15.6 |
Costs and Expenses |
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Section 15.7 |
Final and Binding |
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Section 15.8 |
Beneficiaries |
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SELECT INCOME REIT
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
These AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS (the Bylaws) are made as of the date set forth above by the Trustees (as defined below).
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Principal Office. The principal office of the Trust shall be located at such place or places as the Board of Trustees may designate.
Section 1.2 Additional Offices. The Trust may have additional offices at such places as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine or the business of the Trust may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Place. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Trust or at such other place as is designated by the Trustees or the chairman of the board or president.
Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of Trustees and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Trust shall be held at such times as the Trustees may designate. Failure to hold an annual meeting does not invalidate the Trusts existence or affect any otherwise valid acts of the Trust.
Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called only by a majority of the Trustees then in office. If there shall be no Trustees, the officers of the Trust shall promptly call a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Trustees for the purpose of electing Trustees.
Section 2.4 Notice of Regular or Special Meetings. Notice given in writing or by electronic transmission specifying the place, day and hour of any regular or special meeting, the purposes of the meeting, to the extent required by law to be provided, and all other matters required by law shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote, by mail, postage prepaid, sent to his or her address appearing on the books of the Trust or theretofore given by him or her to the Trust for the purpose of notice, by presenting it to such shareholder personally, by leaving it at the shareholders residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given once deposited in
the U.S. mail addressed to the shareholder at his or her post office address as it appears on the records of the Trust, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the shareholder by an electronic transmission to any address or number of the shareholder at which the shareholder receives electronic transmissions. It shall be the duty of the secretary to give notice of each meeting of the shareholders. The Trust may give a single notice to all shareholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective to any shareholder at such address, unless a shareholder objects to receiving such single notice or revokes a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more shareholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this ARTICLE II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.
Section 2.5 Notice of Adjourned Meetings. It shall not be necessary to give notice of the time and place of any adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted thereat other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
Section 2.6 Scope of Meetings. Except as otherwise expressly set forth elsewhere in these Bylaws, no business shall be transacted at an annual or special meeting of shareholders except as specifically designated in the notice or otherwise properly brought before the shareholders by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees.
Section 2.7 Organization of Shareholder Meetings. Every meeting of shareholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Trustees to be chairperson of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment or the absence of the appointed individual, by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, the president, the vice presidents in their order of seniority, the secretary or, in the absence of such officers, a chairperson chosen by the shareholders by the vote of holders of shares of beneficial interest representing a majority of the votes cast on such appointment by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy. The secretary, an assistant secretary or a person appointed by the Trustees or, in the absence of such appointment, a person appointed by the chairperson of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting and record the minutes of the meeting. If the secretary presides as chairperson at a meeting of the shareholders, then the secretary shall not also act as secretary of the meeting and record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined by the chairperson of the meeting. The chairperson of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation: (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to shareholders of record of the Trust, their duly authorized proxies or other such persons as the chairperson of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to shareholders of record of the Trust entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies or other such persons as the chairperson of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or
comments by participants; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any shareholder or other person who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairperson of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Without limiting the generality of the powers of the chairperson of the meeting pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the chairperson may adjourn any meeting of shareholders for any reason deemed necessary by the chairperson, including, without limitation, if (i) no quorum is present for the transaction of the business, (ii) the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the shareholders to consider fully information that the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to shareholders or (iii) the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting determines that adjournment is otherwise in the best interests of the Trust. Unless otherwise determined by the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the general rules of parliamentary procedure or any otherwise established rules of order.
Section 2.8 Quorum. At any meeting of shareholders, the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the Declaration of Trust for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If, however, such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the shareholders, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without the Trust having to set a new record date or provide any additional notice of such meeting, subject to any obligation of the Trust to give notice pursuant to Section 2.5. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present, either in person or by proxy, at a meeting of shareholders which has been duly called and convened and at which a quorum was established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum then being present at the meeting.
Section 2.9 Voting.
(a) With regard to election of a Trustee, and except as may be mandated by applicable law or the listing requirements of the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed: (i) a plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a Trustee in an uncontested election; and (ii) a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast in the election of Trustees at a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be required to elect a Trustee in a contested election (which, for purposes of these Bylaws, is an election at which the number of nominees exceeds the number of Trustees to be elected at the meeting). Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are Trustees to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted.
(b) With regard to any other matter which may properly come before a meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present, and except as may be mandated by applicable law, by the listing requirements of the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed or by a specific provision of the Declaration of Trust, (i) if such matter is approved by at least 60% of the Trustees then in office, including 60% of the Independent Trustees then in office, a majority of all the votes cast at the meeting shall be required to approve such matter; and (ii) if such matter is not approved by at least 60% of the Trustees then in office, including 60% of the Independent Trustees then in office, 75% of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting shall be required to approve such matter.
Section 2.10 Proxies. A shareholder may cast the votes entitled to be cast by him or her either in person or by proxy executed by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy shall be filed with such officer of the Trust or third party agent as the Board of Trustees shall have designated for such purpose for verification at or prior to such meeting. Any proxy relating to the Trusts shares of beneficial interest shall be valid until the expiration date therein or, if no expiration is so indicated, for such period as is permitted pursuant to Maryland law. At a meeting of shareholders, all questions concerning the qualification of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, shall be decided by or on behalf of the chairperson of the meeting, subject to Section 2.13.
Section 2.11 Record Date. The Board of Trustees may fix the date for determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders. If no date is fixed for the determination of the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote are recorded on the share records of the Trust at the opening of business on the day of any meeting of shareholders shall be entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.12 Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares of the Trust registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, a general partner or trustee thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such shares pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or pursuant to an agreement of the partners of the partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such shares. Any trustee or fiduciary may vote shares registered in his or her name as such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.
Section 2.13 Inspectors.
(a) Before or at any meeting of shareholders, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint one or more persons as inspectors for such meeting. Such inspectors, if any, shall (i) ascertain and report the number of shares of beneficial interest represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy and the validity and effect of proxies, (ii) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (iii) report such tabulation to the chairperson of the
meeting and (iv) perform such other acts as are proper to conduct the election or voting at the meeting.
(b) Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by him or her or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
Section 2.14 Nominations and Other Proposals to be Considered at Meetings of Shareholders. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees and the proposal of other business to be considered by the shareholders at meetings of shareholders may be properly brought before the meeting only as set forth in this Section 2.14. All judgments and determinations made by the Board of Trustees or the chairperson of the meeting, as applicable, under this Section 2.14 (including, without limitation, judgments and determinations as to the propriety of a proposed nomination or a proposal of other business for consideration by shareholders) shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
Section 2.14.1. Annual Meetings of Shareholders.
(a) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees and the proposal of other business to be considered by the shareholders at an annual meeting of shareholders may be properly brought before the meeting (i) pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting or otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees or (ii) by any shareholder of the Trust who (A) has continuously held at least $2,000 in market value, or 1%, of the Trusts shares entitled to vote at the meeting on such election or the proposal for other business, as the case may be, for at least one year from the date such shareholder gives the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.1 (or, if such notice is given prior to March 11, 2013, continuously held Trust shares since March 11, 2012 and without regard to the $2,000 market value, or 1%, requirement), and continuously holds such shares through and including the time of the annual meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), (B) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.1 through and including the time of the annual meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof), (C) is entitled to make nominations or propose other business and to vote at the meeting on such election, or the proposal for other business, as the case may be and (D) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 as to such nomination or other business. Section 2.14.1(a)(ii) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations or propose other business before an annual meeting of shareholders, except to the extent of matters which are required to be presented to shareholders by applicable law which have been properly presented in accordance with the requirements of such law. For purposes of determining compliance with the requirement in subclause (A) of Section 2.14.1(a)(ii), the market value of the Trusts shares held by the applicable shareholder shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares such shareholder continuously
held for that one-year period by the highest selling price of the Trust shares as reported on the principal exchange on which the Trusts common shares are listed during the 60 calendar days before the date such notice was submitted.
(b) For nominations for election to the Board of Trustees or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to Section 2.14.1(a)(ii), the shareholder shall have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Trust in accordance with this Section 2.14 and such other business shall otherwise be a proper matter for action by shareholders. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 2.14 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 120th day nor earlier than the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the proxy statement for the annual meeting is more than 30 days earlier than the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely shall be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which (i) notice of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (ii) public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, with respect to the annual meeting to be held in calendar year 2013, to be timely, a shareholders notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on December 31, 2012 nor earlier than December 1, 2012. Neither the postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting, nor the public announcement of such postponement or adjournment, shall commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as described above.
A shareholders notice shall set forth:
(A) as to each individual whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Trustee (a Proposed Nominee), (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of such Proposed Nominee, (2) a statement of whether such Proposed Nominee is proposed for nomination as an Independent Trustee (as defined in Section 3.2) or a Managing Trustee (as defined in Section 3.2) and a description of such Proposed Nominees qualifications to be an Independent Trustee or Managing Trustee, as the case may be, and such Proposed Nominees qualifications to be a Trustee pursuant to the criteria set forth in Section 3.1, (3) the class, series and number of any shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned or owned of record by such Proposed Nominee, (4) the date such shares were acquired
and the investment intent of such acquisition, (5) a description of all purchases and sales of securities of the Trust by such Proposed Nominee during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (6) a description of all Derivative Transactions (as defined in Section 2.14.1(d)) by such Proposed Nominee during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions and the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (7) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposed Nominee is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such Proposed Nominees immediate family sharing the same household with such Proposed Nominee, (8) any proportionate interest in shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such Proposed Nominee is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (9) a description of any other material relationship between or among such shareholder, each Proposed Nominee or others acting in concert therewith, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the S.E.C.) (and any successor regulation), if the shareholder making the nomination or any person acting in concert therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the Proposed Nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (10) all other information relating to such Proposed Nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Trustees in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Section 14 (or any successor provision) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(B) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (1) a description of such business, (2) the reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such shareholder, including any anticipated benefit to such shareholder therefrom, (3) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder and (4) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring the business before the meeting; and
(C) as to the shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (1) the name and address of such shareholder, as it appears on the Trusts share ledger, (2) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, any shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by such shareholder or by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any, and the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (3) a description of all purchases and sales of securities of the Trust by such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (4) a description of all Derivative Transactions by such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period, including the date of the transactions and the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, (5) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated within the definition of Derivative Transaction, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such shareholders or Shareholder Associated Persons immediate family sharing the same household with such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Trust or instrument or arrangement of the type contemplated
within the definition of Derivative Transaction held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (7) all other information relating to such shareholder that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Trustees in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Section 14 (or any successor provision) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.14.1(b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of Trustees to be elected to the Board of Trustees is increased and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding years annual meeting, a shareholders notice required by this Section 2.14.1 also shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if the notice is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the 10th day immediately following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Trust.
(d) For purposes of this Section 2.14, (i) Shareholder Associated Person of any shareholder shall mean (A) any person acting in concert with, such shareholder, (B) any direct or indirect beneficial owner of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and (C) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person; (ii) Derivative Transaction by a person shall mean any (A) transaction in, or arrangement, agreement or understanding with respect to, any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right or similar right with an exercise, conversion or exchange privilege, or settlement payment or mechanism related to, any security of the Trust, or similar instrument with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of a security of the Trust, in any such case whether or not it is subject to settlement in a security of the Trust or otherwise or (B) any transaction, arrangement, agreement or understanding which included or includes an opportunity for such person, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Trust, to mitigate any loss or manage any risk associated with any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Trust or to increase or decrease the number of securities of the Trust which such person was, is or will be entitled to vote, in any such case whether or not it is subject to settlement in a security of the Trust or otherwise; (iii) public announcement shall mean disclosure in (A) a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or any other widely circulated news or wire service or (B) a document publicly
filed by the Trust with the United States S.E.C. pursuant to the Exchange Act and (iv) subsidiary shall include, with respect to a person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity of which such person (A) owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other interests or (B) has a person designated by such person serving on, or a right, contractual or otherwise, to designate a person, so to serve on, the board of directors (or analogous governing body).
Section 2.14.2. Shareholder Nominations or Other Proposals Causing Covenant Breaches or Defaults. At the same time as the submission of any shareholder nomination or proposal of other business to be considered at a shareholders meeting that, if approved and implemented by the Trust, would cause the Trust or any subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.14.1(d)) of the Trust to be in breach of any covenant of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust or otherwise cause a default (in any case, with or without notice or lapse of time) in any existing debt instrument or agreement of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust or other material contract or agreement of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Trust, the proponent shareholder or shareholders shall submit to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust (a) evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the lenders or contracting partys willingness to waive the breach of covenant or default or (b) a detailed plan for repayment of the indebtedness to the lender or curing the contractual breach or default and satisfying any resulting damage claim, specifically identifying the actions to be taken or the source of funds, which plan must be satisfactory to the Board of Trustees in its discretion, and evidence of the availability to the Trust of substitute credit or contractual arrangements similar to the credit or contractual arrangements which are implicated by the shareholder nomination or other proposal that are at least as favorable to the Trust, as determined by the Board of Trustees in its discretion. As an example and not as a limitation, at the time these Bylaws are being adopted, the Trust is party to a bank credit facility that contains covenants which prohibit certain changes in the management and policies of the Trust without the approval of the lenders; accordingly, a shareholder nomination or proposal which implicates these covenants shall be accompanied by a waiver of these covenants duly executed by the banks or by evidence satisfactory to the Board of Trustees of the availability of funding to the Trust to repay outstanding indebtedness under this credit facility and of the availability of a new credit facility on terms as favorable to the Trust as the existing credit facility.
Section 2.14.3. Special Meetings of Shareholders. As set forth in Section 2.6, only business brought before the meeting pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees only may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which Trustees are to be elected: (a) pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting; (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees; or (c) provided that the Board of Trustees has determined that Trustees shall be elected at such special meeting, by any shareholder of the Trust who has been for at least one year immediately preceding such shareholder giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14.3 a shareholder of record of shares entitled to vote at the meeting on such election and continues to be a shareholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.14.3 through and including the time
of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such election and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14.3. In the event the Trust calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more Trustees to the Board of Trustees, any such shareholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a Trustee as specified in the Trusts notice of meeting, if the shareholder satisfies the holding period requirements set forth in Section 2.14.1(a), the shareholders notice contains the information required by Section 2.14 and the shareholder has given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Trust at the principal executive offices of the Trust. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall be delivered to the secretary of the Trust at the principal executive offices of the Trust not earlier than the 150th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the later of (i) the 120th day prior to such special meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Trustees to be elected at such meeting. Neither the postponement or adjournment of a special meeting, nor the public announcement of such postponement or adjournment, shall commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as described above.
Section 2.14.4. General.
(a) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by any shareholder proposing a nominee for election as a Trustee or any proposal for other business at a meeting of shareholders shall be deemed by the Board of Trustees incomplete or inaccurate, any authorized officer or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof may treat such information as not having been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14. Any notice submitted by a shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14 that is deemed by the Board of Trustees inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise fails to satisfy completely any provision of this Section 2.14 shall be deemed defective and shall thereby render all proposals and nominations set forth in such notice defective. Upon written request by the secretary of the Trust or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof (which may be made from time to time), any shareholder proposing a nominee for election as a Trustee or any proposal for other business at a meeting of shareholders shall provide, within three business days after such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (i) written verification, satisfactory to the secretary or any other authorized officer or the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, in his, her or its discretion, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14, (ii) written responses to information reasonably requested by the secretary, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof and (iii) a written update, to a current date, of any information submitted by the shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14 as of an earlier date. If a shareholder fails to provide such written verification, information or update within such period, the secretary or any other authorized officer or the Board of Trustees may treat the information which was previously provided and to which the verification, request or update relates as not having been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14; provided, however, that no such written verification, response or update shall cure any incompleteness, inaccuracy or failure in any notice
provided by a shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14. It is the responsibility of a shareholder who wishes to make a nomination or other proposal to comply with the requirements of Section 2.14; nothing in this Section 2.14.4(a) or otherwise shall create any duty of the Trust, the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof nor any officer of the Trust to inform a shareholder that the information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by or on behalf of such shareholder is incomplete or inaccurate or not otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.14 nor require the Trust, the Board of Trustees, any committee of the Board of Trustees or any officer of the Trust to request clarification or updating of information provided by any shareholder, but the Board of Trustees, a committee thereof or the secretary acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees or a committee, may do so in its, his or her discretion.
(b) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 2.14 shall be eligible for election by shareholders as Trustees and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.14. The chairperson of the meeting and the Board of Trustees shall each have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 2.14 and, if any proposed nomination or other business is determined not to be in compliance with this Section 2.14, to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable legal requirements, including, without limitation, applicable requirements of state law and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.14. Nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to require that a shareholder nomination of an individual for election to the Board of Trustees or a shareholder proposal relating to other business be included in the Trusts proxy statement, except as may be required by law.
(d) The Board of Trustees may from time to time require any individual nominated to serve as a Trustee to agree in writing with regard to matters of business ethics and confidentiality while such nominee serves as a Trustee, such agreement to be on the terms and in a form (the Agreement) determined satisfactory by the Board of Trustees, as amended and supplemented from time to time in the discretion of the Board of Trustees. The terms of the Agreement may be substantially similar to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Trust or any similar code promulgated by the Trust (the Code of Business Conduct) or may differ from or supplement the Code of Business Conduct.
(e) Determinations required or permitted to be made under this Section 2.14 by the Board of Trustees may be delegated by the Board of Trustees to a committee of the Board of Trustees, subject to applicable law.
Section 2.15 No Shareholder Actions by Written Consent. Shareholders shall not be authorized or permitted to take any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of shareholders by written consent, and may take such action only at a shareholders meeting of the Trust.
Section 2.16 Voting by Ballot. Voting on any question or in any election may be by voice vote unless the chairperson of the meeting or any shareholder shall demand that voting be by ballot.
Section 2.17 Proposals of Business Which Are Not Proper Matters For Action By Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, subject to applicable law, any shareholder proposal for business the subject matter or effect of which would be within the exclusive purview of the Board of Trustees or would reasonably likely, if considered by the shareholders or approved or implemented by the Trust, result in an impairment of the limited liability status for the Trusts shareholders, shall be deemed not to be a matter upon which the shareholders are entitled to vote. The Board of Trustees in its discretion shall be entitled to determine whether a shareholder proposal for business is not a matter upon which the shareholders are entitled to vote pursuant to this Section 2.17, and its decision shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
ARTICLE III
TRUSTEES
Section 3.1 General Powers; Qualifications; Trustees Holding Over. The business and affairs of the Trust shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Trustees. A Trustee shall be an individual at least 21 years of age who is not under legal disability. To qualify for nomination or election as a Trustee, an individual, at the time of nomination and election, shall, without limitation, (a) have substantial expertise or experience relevant to the business of the Trust and its subsidiaries (as determined by the Board of Trustees), (b) not have been convicted of a felony and (c) meet the qualifications of an Independent Trustee or a Managing Trustee, each as defined in Section 3.2, as the case may be, depending upon the position for which such individual may be nominated and elected. In case of failure to elect Trustees at an annual meeting of the shareholders, the incumbent Trustees shall hold over and continue to direct the management of the business and affairs of the Trust until they may resign or until their successors are elected and qualify.
Section 3.2 Independent Trustees and Managing Trustees. A majority of the Trustees holding office shall at all times be Independent Trustees; provided, however, that upon a failure to comply with this requirement as a result of the creation of a temporary vacancy which shall be filled by an Independent Trustee, whether as a result of enlargement of the Board of Trustees or the resignation, removal or death of a Trustee who is an Independent Trustee, such requirement shall not be applicable. An Independent Trustee is one who is not an employee of the Manager (as defined in the Declaration of Trust), who is not involved in the Trusts day to day activities and who meets the qualifications of an independent director (not including the specific
independence requirements applicable only to members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees) under the applicable rules of the NYSE Euronext and the S.E.C., as those requirements may be amended from time to time. If the number of Trustees, at any time, is set at less than five, at least one Trustee shall be a Managing Trustee. So long as the number of Trustees shall be five or greater, at least two Trustees shall be Managing Trustees. Managing Trustees shall mean Trustees who have been employees, officers or directors of the Manager or involved in the day to day activities of the Trust for at least one year prior to their election. If at any time the Board of Trustees shall not be comprised of a majority of Independent Trustees, the Board of Trustees shall take such actions as will cure such condition; provided that the fact that the Board of Trustees does not have a majority of Independent Trustees or has not taken such action at any time or from time to time shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the Board of Trustees. If at any time the Board of Trustees shall not be comprised of a number of Managing Trustees as is required under this Section 3.2, the Board of Trustees shall take such actions as will cure such condition; provided that the fact that the Board of Trustees does not have the requisite number of Managing Trustees or has not taken such action at any time or from time to time shall not affect the validity of any action taken by the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.3 Number and Tenure. The number of Trustees constituting the entire Board of Trustees may be increased or decreased from time to time only by a vote of the Trustees; provided, however, that the tenure of office of a Trustee shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of Trustees. The number of Trustees shall be five until increased or decreased by the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.4 Annual and Regular Meetings. An annual meeting of the Trustees shall be held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. The time and place of the annual meeting of the Trustees may be changed by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of Maryland, for the holding of regular meetings of the Trustees without other notice than such resolution. In the event any such regular meeting is not so provided for, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Section 3.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may be called at any time by any Managing Trustee, the president or pursuant to the request of any two Trustees then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Trustees may fix any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Trustees called by them.
Section 3.6 Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given by written notice delivered personally or by electronic mail, telephoned, facsimile transmitted, overnight couriered (with proof of delivery) or mailed to each Trustee at his or her business or residence address. Personally delivered, telephoned, facsimile transmitted or electronically mailed notices shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by mail shall be deposited in the U.S. mail at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the U.S. mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Electronic mail
notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Trust by the Trustee. Telephone notice shall be deemed given when the Trustee is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which he is a party. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Trust by the Trustee and receipt of a completed answer back indicating receipt. If sent by overnight courier, such notice shall be deemed given when delivered to the courier. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Trustees need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.
Section 3.7 Quorum. A majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Trustees, provided that, if less than a majority of such Trustees are present at a meeting, a majority of the Trustees present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of a particular group of Trustees is required for action, a quorum for that action shall also include a majority of such group. The Trustees present at a meeting of the Board of Trustees which has been duly called and convened and at which a quorum was established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of such number of Trustees as results in less than a quorum then being present at the meeting.
Section 3.8 Voting. The action of the majority of the Trustees present at a meeting at which a quorum is or was present shall be the action of the Trustees, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by specific provision of an applicable statute, the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws. If enough Trustees have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than are required to establish a quorum, but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of Trustees necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Trustees, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws.
Section 3.9 Telephone Meetings. Trustees may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. Such meeting shall be deemed to have been held at a place designated by the Trustees at the meeting.
Section 3.10 Action by Written Consent of Trustees. Unless specifically otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken without a meeting, if a majority of the Trustees shall individually or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action. Such written or electronic consent or consents shall be filed with the records of the Trust and shall have the same force and effect as the affirmative vote of such Trustees at a duly held meeting of the Trustees at which a quorum was present.
Section 3.11 Waiver of Notice. The actions taken at any meeting of the Trustees, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the Trustees not present waives notice, consents to the holding of such meeting or approves the minutes thereof.
Section 3.12 Vacancies. If for any reason any or all the Trustees cease to be Trustees, such event shall not terminate the Trust or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining Trustees hereunder (even if fewer than three Trustees remain). Any vacancy on the Board of Trustees may be filled only by a majority of the remaining Trustees, even if the remaining Trustees do not constitute a quorum. Any Trustee elected to fill a vacancy, whether occurring due to an increase in size of the Board of Trustees or by the death, resignation or removal of any Trustee, shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Trustees in which the vacancy occurred or was created and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Section 3.13 Compensation. The Trustees shall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation for their services as Trustees as the Trustees may determine from time to time. Trustees may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Trustees or of any committee thereof; and for their expenses, if any, in connection with each property visit and any other service or activity performed or engaged in as Trustee. The Trustees shall be entitled to receive remuneration for services rendered to the Trust in any other capacity, and such services may include, without limitation, services as an officer of the Trust, services as an employee of the Manager, legal, accounting or other professional services, or services as a broker, transfer agent or underwriter, whether performed by a Trustee or any person affiliated with a Trustee.
Section 3.14 Surety Bonds. Unless specifically required by law, no Trustee shall be obligated to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of any of his or her duties.
Section 3.15 Interested Trustee Transactions. Section 2-419 of the Maryland General Corporation Law shall be available for and apply to any contract or other transaction between the Trust and any of its Trustees or between the Trust and any other trust, corporation, firm or other entity in which any of its Trustees is a trustee or director or has a material financial interest.
Section 3.16 Qualifying Shares Not Required. Trustees need not be shareholders of the Trust.
Section 3.17 Certain Rights of Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents. A Trustee shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Trust. Any Trustee or officer, employee or agent of the Trust, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar or in addition to those of or relating to the Trust.
Section 3.18 Emergency Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, this Section 3.18 shall apply during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Trustees under ARTICLE III cannot readily be obtained (an Emergency). During any Emergency, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Trustees, (a) a meeting of the Board of Trustees may be called by any Managing Trustee or officer of the Trust by any means feasible under the circumstances and (b) notice of any meeting of the Board of Trustees during such an Emergency may be given less than 24 hours prior to the meeting to as many Trustees and by such means as it may be feasible at the time, including publication, television or radio.
Section 3.19 Removal for Cause. For purposes of the provisions in the Declaration of Trust regarding the removal of a Trustee, cause shall mean, with respect to any particular Trustee, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such Trustee caused demonstrable, material harm to the Trust through bad faith or active and deliberate dishonesty.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1 Number; Tenure and Qualifications. The Board of Trustees shall appoint an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Governance Committee. Each of these committees shall be composed of three or more Trustees, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may also appoint other committees from time to time composed of one or more members, at least one of which shall be a Trustee, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall adopt a charter with respect to the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, which charter shall specify the purposes, the criteria for membership and the responsibility and duties and may specify other matters with respect to each committee. The Board of Trustees may also adopt a charter with respect to other committees.
Section 4.2 Powers. The Trustees may delegate any of the powers of the Trustees to committees appointed under Section 4.1 and composed solely of Trustees, except as prohibited by law. In the event that a charter has been adopted with respect to a committee composed solely of Trustees, the charter shall constitute a delegation by the Trustees of the powers of the Board of Trustees necessary to carry out the purposes, responsibilities and duties of a committee provided in the charter or reasonably related to those purposes, responsibilities and duties, to the extent permitted by law.
Section 4.3 Meetings. Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Trustees. One-third, but not less than one, of the members of any committee shall be present in person at any meeting of a committee in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting, and the act of a majority present at a meeting at the time of a vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of a committee. The Board of Trustees or, if authorized by the Board in a committee charter or
otherwise, the committee members may designate a chairman of any committee, and the chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, a majority of any committee may fix the time and place of its meetings unless the Board shall otherwise provide. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee, the members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Trustee to act at the meeting in the place of absent or disqualified members.
Section 4.4 Telephone Meetings. Members of a committee may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment and participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 4.5 Action by Written Consent of Committees. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Trustees may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is signed by a majority of the committee and such written or electronic consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.
Section 4.6 Vacancies. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Trustees shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill all vacancies, to designate alternate members to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 General Provisions. The officers of the Trust shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Trustees may from time to time appoint such other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Trust shall be elected annually by the Trustees at the first meeting of the Trustees held after each annual meeting of shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices, except president and vice president, may be held by the same person. In their discretion, the Trustees may leave unfilled any office except that of president and secretary. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Trust and such officer or agent.
Section 5.2 Removal and Resignation. Any officer or agent of the Trust may be removed by the Trustees if in their judgment the best interests of the Trust would be served thereby, but the removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Trust may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by
electronic transmission of his or her resignation to the Trustees, the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect at any time specified therein or, if the time when it shall become effective is not specified therein, immediately upon its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. A resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Trust.
Section 5.3 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Trustees for the balance of the term.
Section 5.4 Chief Executive Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief executive officer from among the Trustees or elected officers. The chief executive officer shall have responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Trust, as determined by the Trustees, and for the administration of the business affairs of the Trust. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Trustees at which he shall be present. In the absence of a different designation, the Managing Trustees, or any of them, shall function as the chief executive officer of the Trust.
Section 5.5 Chief Operating Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief operating officer from among the elected officers. Said officer will have the responsibilities and duties as set forth by the Trustees or the chief executive officer.
Section 5.6 Chief Financial Officer. The Trustees may designate a chief financial officer from among the elected officers. Said officer will have the responsibilities and duties as set forth by the Trustees or the chief executive officer.
Section 5.7 Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if any, and the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him, her or them by the Trustees. In the absence of a chairman and vice chairman of the board or if none are appointed, the Managing Trustees, or any of them, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Section 5.8 President. The president may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, lease, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Trustees or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Trust or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or unavailability of the president, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, any vice president) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president, the chief executive officer or by the Trustees. The Trustees may designate one or more vice
presidents as executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents or as vice presidents for particular areas of responsibility.
Section 5.10 Secretary. The secretary (or his or her designee) shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders, the Trustees and committees of the Trustees in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the Trust records and of the seal of the Trust, if any; (d) maintain a share register, showing the ownership and transfers of ownership of all shares of the Trust, unless a transfer agent is employed to maintain and does maintain such a share register; and (e) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the secretary by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.11 Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Trust and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Trust and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Trust in such depositories as may be authorized by the Trustees. The treasurer shall also have such other responsibilities as may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 5.12 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
ARTICLE VI
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 6.1 Contracts. The Board of Trustees may authorize any Trustee, officer or agent (including the Manager or any officer of the Manager) to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Trust and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document executed by an authorized Trustee, officer or agent shall be valid and binding upon the Trust when authorized or ratified by action of the Trustees.
Section 6.2 Checks and Drafts. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Trust shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Trust in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the treasurer, the chief executive officer or the Trustees.
Section 6.3 Deposits. All funds of the Trust not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Trust in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the treasurer, the chief executive officer or the Trustees may designate.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES
Section 7.1 Certificates. Ownership of shares of any class of shares of beneficial ownership of the Trust shall be evidenced by certificates, or at the election of a shareholder in book entry form. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Trustees, any such certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president and countersigned by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer and may be sealed with the seal, if any, of the Trust. The signatures may be either manual or facsimile. Certificates shall be consecutively numbered and if the Trust shall from time to time issue several classes of shares, each class may have its own number series. A certificate is valid and may be issued whether or not an officer who signed it is still an officer when it is issued.
Section 7.2 Transfers.
(a) Shares of the Trust shall be transferable in the manner provided by applicable law, the Declaration of Trust and these Bylaws. Certificates shall be treated as negotiable and title thereto and to the shares they represent shall be transferred by delivery thereof to the same extent as those of a Maryland stock corporation.
(b) The Trust shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Bylaws or by the laws of the State of Maryland.
Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. For shares evidenced by certificates, any officer designated by the Trustees may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate previously issued by the Trust alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing the issuance of a new certificate, an officer designated by the Trustees may, in such officers discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owners legal representative to advertise the same in such manner as he shall require and/or to give bond, with sufficient surety, to the Trust to indemnify it against any loss or claim which may arise as a result of the issuance of a new certificate.
Section 7.4 Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date.
(a) The Trustees may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose.
(b) In lieu of fixing a record date, the Trustees may provide that the share transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not longer than 20 days. If the share transfer books are closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 10 days before the date of such meeting.
(c) If no record date is fixed and the share transfer books are not closed for the determination of shareholders, (i) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of meeting is mailed or the 30th day before the meeting, whichever is the closer date to the meeting; and (ii) the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or an allotment of any other rights shall be the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Trustees, declaring the dividend or allotment of rights, is adopted.
(d) When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Trustees shall set a new record date with respect thereto.
Section 7.5 Share Ledger. The Trust shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent a share ledger containing the name and address of each shareholder and the number of shares of each class held by such shareholder.
Section 7.6 Fractional Shares; Issuance of Units. The Trustees may issue fractional shares or provide for the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as they may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the Trustees may issue units consisting of different securities of the Trust. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Trust, except that the Trustees may provide that for a specified period securities of the Trust issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Trust only in such unit.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
Section 8.1 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.
(a) To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Trust shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (i) any individual who is a present or former Trustee or officer of the Trust and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (ii) any individual who, while a Trustee or officer of the Trust and at the request of the Trust, serves or has
served as a Trustee, director, officer or partner of another real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and these Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a Trustee or officer. The Trust may, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Trust in any of the capacities described in (a)(i) or (ii) above and to any shareholder, employee or agent of the Trust or a predecessor of the Trust.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, except with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Trust shall indemnify any person referenced in Section 8.1(a)(i) or (ii) above in connection with any proceeding initiated by such person against the Trust only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Trustees.
(c) The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, regulation, insurance, agreement or otherwise.
(d) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Bylaws or Declaration of Trust of the Trust inconsistent with this ARTICLE VIII, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR
Section 9.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Trust shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE X
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 10.1 Dividends and Other Distributions. Dividends and other distributions upon the shares of beneficial interest of the Trust may be authorized and declared by the Trustees. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Trust.
ARTICLE XI
SEAL
Section 11.1 Seal. The Trustees may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Trust. The Trustees may authorize one or more duplicate seals.
Section 11.2 Affixing Seal. Whenever the Trust is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word (SEAL) adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE XII
WAIVER OF NOTICE
Section 12.1 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, these Bylaws or applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice or waiver by electronic transmission, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Section 13.1 Amendment of Bylaws. Except for any change for which these Bylaws requires approval by more than a majority vote of the Trustees, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed or new or additional Bylaws may be adopted only by the vote or by written consent of a majority of the Trustees as specified in Section 3.10.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 References to Declaration of Trust. All references to the Declaration of Trust shall include any amendments and supplements thereto.
Section 14.2 Ratification. The Board of Trustees or the shareholders may ratify and make binding on the Trust any action or inaction by the Trust or its officers to the extent that the
Board of Trustees or the shareholders could have originally authorized the matter. Moreover, any action or inaction questioned in any shareholders derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a Trustee, officer or shareholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Trustees or by the shareholders and, if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned action or inaction had been originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Trust and its shareholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.
Section 14.3 Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any provision of these Bylaws or any definition contained in these Bylaws, the Board of Trustees shall have the sole power to determine the application of such provisions with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it and such determination shall be final and binding unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been made in bad faith.
Section 14.4 Inspection of Bylaws. The Trustees shall keep at the principal office for the transaction of business of the Trust the original or a copy of the Bylaws as amended or otherwise altered to date, certified by the secretary, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.
Section 14.5 Election to be Subject to Part of Title 3, Subtitle 8. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, the Trust hereby elects to be subject to Section 3-804(b) and (c) of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL) (or any successor statute). This Section 14.5 only may be repealed, in whole or in part, by a subsequent amendment to these Bylaws.
Section 14.6 Control Share Acquisition Act. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the MGCL (or any successor statute) shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor Bylaw or amendment hereto, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.
ARTICLE XV
ARBITRATION PROCEDURES FOR DISPUTES
Section 15.1 Procedures for Arbitration of Disputes. Any disputes, claims or controversies brought by or on behalf of any shareholder of the Trust (which, for purposes of this ARTICLE XV, shall mean any shareholder of record or any beneficial owner of shares of the Trust, or any former shareholder of record or beneficial owner of shares of the Trust), either on his, her or its own behalf, on behalf of the Trust or on behalf of any series or class of shares of the Trust or shareholders of the Trust against the Trust or any Trustee, officer, manager
(including Reit Management & Research LLC or its successor), agent or employee of the Trust, including disputes, claims or controversies relating to the meaning, interpretation, effect, validity, performance or enforcement of the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws (all of which are referred to as Disputes) or relating in any way to such a Dispute or Disputes shall, on the demand of any party to such Dispute, be resolved through binding and final arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the Rules) of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) then in effect, except as those Rules may be modified in this ARTICLE XV. For the avoidance of doubt, and not as a limitation, Disputes are intended to include derivative actions against Trustees, officers or managers of the Trust and class actions by shareholders against those individuals or entities and the Trust. For the avoidance of doubt, a Dispute shall include a Dispute made derivatively on behalf of one party against another party.
Section 15.2 Arbitrators. There shall be three arbitrators. If there are only two parties to the Dispute, each party shall select one arbitrator within 15 days after receipt by respondent of a copy of the demand for arbitration. Such arbitrators may be affiliated or interested persons of such parties. If there are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand, shall each select, by the vote of a majority of the claimants or the respondents, as the case may be, one arbitrator within 15 days after receipt of a demand for arbitration. Such arbitrators may be affiliated or interested persons of the claimants or the respondents, as the case may be. If either a claimant (or all claimants) or a respondent (or all respondents) fail to timely select an arbitrator then the party (or parties) who has selected an arbitrator may request AAA to provide a list of three proposed arbitrators in accordance with the Rules (each of whom shall be neutral, impartial and unaffiliated with any party) and the party (or parties) that failed to timely appoint an arbitrator shall have ten days from the date AAA provides such list to select one of the three arbitrators proposed by AAA. If such party (or parties) fail to select such arbitrator by such time, the party (or parties) who have appointed the first arbitrator shall then have ten days to select one of the three arbitrators proposed by AAA to be the second arbitrator; and if he/they should fail to select the second arbitrator by such time, AAA shall select, within 15 days thereafter, one of the three arbitrators it had proposed as the second arbitrator. The two arbitrators so appointed shall jointly appoint the third and presiding arbitrator (who shall be neutral, impartial and unaffiliated with any party) within 15 days of the appointment of the second arbitrator. If the third arbitrator has not been appointed within the time limit specified herein, then AAA shall provide a list of proposed arbitrators in accordance with the Rules, and the arbitrator shall be appointed by AAA in accordance with a listing, striking and ranking procedure, with each party having a limited number of strikes, excluding strikes for cause.
Section 15.3 Place of Arbitration. The place of arbitration shall be Boston, Massachusetts unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Section 15.4 Discovery. There shall be only limited documentary discovery of documents directly related to the issues in dispute, as may be ordered by the arbitrators.
Section 15.5 Awards. In rendering an award or decision (the Award), the arbitrators shall be required to follow the laws of the State of Maryland. Any arbitration proceedings or
Award rendered hereunder and the validity, effect and interpretation of this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §1 et seq. The Award shall be in writing and may, but shall not be required to briefly state the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which it is based. Any monetary award shall be made and payable in U.S. dollars free of any tax, deduction or offset. The party against which the Award assesses a monetary obligation shall pay that obligation on or before the 30th day following the date of the Award or such other date as the Award may provide.
Section 15.6 Costs and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws or as otherwise agreed by the parties, each party involved in a Dispute shall bear its own costs and expenses (including attorneys fees), and the arbitrators shall not render an award that would include shifting of any such costs or expenses (including attorneys fees) or, in a derivative case or class action, award any portion of the Trusts award to the claimant or the claimants attorneys. Each party (or, if there are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand, respectively) shall bear the costs and expenses of its (or their) selected arbitrator and the parties (or, if there are more than two parties to the Dispute, all claimants, on the one hand, and all respondents, on the other hand) shall equally bear the costs and expenses of the third appointed arbitrator.
Section 15.7 Final and Binding. An Award shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto and shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between such parties relating to the Dispute, including any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the arbitrators. Judgment upon the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no application or appeal to any court of competent jurisdiction may be made in connection with any question of law arising in the course of arbitration or with respect to any award made except for actions relating to enforcement of this agreement to arbitrate or any arbitral award issued hereunder and except for actions seeking interim or other provisional relief in aid of arbitration proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 15.8 Beneficiaries. This ARTICLE XV is intended to benefit and be enforceable by the shareholders, Trustees, officers, managers (including Reit Management & Research LLC or its successor), agents or employees of the Trust and the Trust and shall be binding on the shareholders of the Trust and the Trust, as applicable, and shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that such individuals or entities may have by contract or otherwise.
Exhibit 8.1
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February 25, 2013 |
Select Income REIT
Two Newton Place
255 Washington Street, Suite 300
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The following opinion is furnished to Select Income REIT, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the Company), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) as Exhibit 8.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the Form 10-K) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
We have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the preparation of the Form 10-K. We have reviewed originals or copies of such corporate records, such certificates and statements of officers of the Company and of public officials, and such other documents as we have considered relevant and necessary in order to furnish the opinion hereinafter set forth. In doing so, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such documents. Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have reviewed: (i) the Companys amended and restated declaration of trust and its amended and restated bylaws; and (ii) the Form 10-K.
The opinion set forth below is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, published administrative interpretations thereof, and judicial decisions with respect thereto, all as of the date hereof (collectively, Tax Laws), and upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Labor regulations issued thereunder, published administrative interpretations thereof, and judicial decisions with respect thereto, all as of the date hereof (collectively, ERISA Laws). No assurance can be given that Tax Laws or ERISA Laws will not change. In preparing the discussions with respect to Tax Laws matters and ERISA Laws matters in the sections of Item 1 of the Form 10-K captioned Federal Income Tax Considerations and ERISA Plans, Keogh Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts, we have made certain assumptions therein and expressed certain conditions and qualifications therein, all of which assumptions, conditions and qualifications are incorporated herein by reference. With respect to all questions of fact on which our opinion is based, we have assumed the initial and continuing truth, accuracy and completeness of: (i) the information set forth in the Form 10-K and in the
exhibits thereto; and (ii) representations made to us by officers of the Company or contained in the Form 10-K and in the exhibits thereto, in each such instance without regard to qualifications such as to the best knowledge of or in the belief of. We have not independently verified such information.
We have relied upon, but not independently verified, the foregoing assumptions. If any of the foregoing assumptions are inaccurate or incomplete for any reason, or if the transactions described in the Form 10-K or the exhibits thereto have been consummated in a manner that is inconsistent with the manner contemplated therein, our opinion as expressed below may be adversely affected and may not be relied upon.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing: (A) we are of the opinion that the discussions with respect to Tax Laws matters and ERISA Laws matters in the sections of Item 1 of the Form 10-K captioned Federal Income Tax Considerations and ERISA Plans, Keogh Plans and Individual Retirement Accounts, in all material respects are, subject to the limitations set forth therein, the material Tax Laws consequences and the material ERISA Laws consequences relevant to owners of the securities of the Company discussed therein (the Securities), and (B) we hereby confirm that the opinions of counsel referred to in said sections represent our opinions on the subject matter thereof.
Our opinion above is limited to the matters specifically covered hereby, and we have not been asked to address, nor have we addressed, any other matters or any other transactions. Further, we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes of the matters stated, represented or assumed herein or any subsequent changes in Tax Laws or ERISA Laws.
This opinion is rendered to you in connection with the filing of the Form 10-K. This opinion may not be relied upon for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted or relied upon by any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose, without our prior written consent, except that (A) this opinion may be furnished or quoted to judicial or regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over you, and (B) this opinion may be relied upon by purchasers and owners of the Securities currently entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law. Purchasers and owners of the Securities are urged to consult their own tax advisors or counsel, particularly with respect to their particular tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of the Securities, which may vary for investors in different tax situations. We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 10-K and to the references to our firm in the Form 10-K.
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/s/ Sullivan & Worcester LLP |
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SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP |
Exhibit 21.1
SELECT INCOME REIT
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
Name |
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State of Formation, Organization or Incorporation |
Alpha BT LLC |
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Maryland |
Hawaii Metamorphosis LLC |
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Maryland |
Hawaii MMGD LLC |
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Maryland |
Hawaii Phoenix Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
Higgins Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
LTMAC Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
Masters Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
Orville Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
RFRI Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
Robin 1 Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
SIR 300 Billerica Inc. |
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Maryland |
SIR Campbell Place Inc. |
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Maryland |
SIR MA Realty Trust (Nominee Trust) |
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Massachusetts |
SIR Properties Trust |
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Maryland |
SIR REIT |
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Maryland |
Tanaka Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
TedCal Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
TSM Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
Z&A Properties LLC |
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Maryland |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
I, Barry M. Portnoy, certify that:
Date: February 25, 2013 | /s/ BARRY M. PORTNOY Barry M. Portnoy Managing Trustee |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
I, Adam D. Portnoy, certify that:
Date: February 25, 2013 | /s/ ADAM D. PORTNOY Adam D. Portnoy Managing Trustee |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
I, David M. Blackman, certify that:
Date: February 25, 2013 | /s/ DAVID M. BLACKMAN David M. Blackman President and Chief Operating Officer |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
I, John C. Popeo, certify that:
Date: February 25, 2013 | /s/ JOHN C. POPEO John C. Popeo Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350
In connection with the filing by Select Income REIT (the "Company") of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the "Report"), each of the undersigned hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge:
/s/ BARRY M. PORTNOY Barry M. Portnoy Managing Trustee |
/s/ DAVID M. BLACKMAN David M. Blackman President and Chief Operating Officer |
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/s/ ADAM D. PORTNOY Adam D. Portnoy Managing Trustee |
/s/ JOHN C. POPEO John C. Popeo Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: February 25, 2013 |
Pro Forma Information (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified |
0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | |||
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Mar. 06, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Feb. 16, 2012
CWH
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Dec. 31, 2011
CWH
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Mar. 31, 2012
CWH
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Dec. 31, 2011
CWH
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Mar. 31, 2011
CWH
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Pro Forma Information | ||||||||||
Number of properties acquired or agreed to be acquired | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||
Purchase price | $ 438,013 | $ 438,013 | $ 438,013 | $ 10,000 | ||||||
Assumption of mortgage debt | 26,000 | |||||||||
Number of common shares issued | 22,000,000 | 1,000 | 22,000,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Common shares issued, including shares issued under underwriters' option to purchase additional shares | 9,200,000 | 8,050,000 | 8,050,000 | |||||||
Common shares sold pursuant to option to purchase additional shares | 1,200,000 | 1,050,000 | ||||||||
Unsecured term loan | 350,000 | 350,000 | ||||||||
Number of properties purchased by the parent entity | 1 | |||||||||
Pro forma results of operations | ||||||||||
Total revenues | 156,734 | 155,547 | ||||||||
Net income | 80,500 | 80,754 | ||||||||
Net income per share (in dollars per share) | $ 2.05 | $ 2.06 | ||||||||
Revenue | 14,804 | |||||||||
Operating income | $ 6,866 |
Tenant Concentration and Segment Information (Details)
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12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Tenant Concentration and Segment Information | |
Number of business segments | 1 |
Minimum percentage of rentable square footage of property leased to single tenant | 90.00% |
Number of tenants under single tenant leased property | 1 |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)
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Schedule of fair value of financial instruments | At December 31, 2012, the fair value of our financial instruments approximated their carrying values in our consolidated financial statements, except as follows:
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Organization
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12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Organization | |
Organization | Note 2. Organization We were organized as a Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, on December 19, 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of CWH. On February 16, 2012, CWH contributed the Initial Properties to us. In return, we issued to CWH: (i) 22,000,000 common shares (including 1,000 common shares initially issued to CWH in December 2011 in connection with our formation) and (ii) a $400,000 demand promissory note, or the CWH Note. On March 6, 2012, we commenced a public offering of 8,000,000 common shares. The sale of these shares and an additional 1,200,000 of our common shares pursuant to the exercise in full of our IPO underwriters' option to purchase additional shares closed on March 12, 2012 and we then became a public company. We used the net proceeds from the IPO and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to repay in full the CWH Note. |