2800 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 5000 Houston, Texas 77056-6118 (888) 220-6121 | Sherri W. Schugart 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 5000 Houston, Texas 77056-6118 (888) 220-6121 |
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• | Supplement No. 11, dated December 20, 2018, which supersedes and replaces all prior supplements to our Prospectus dated July 18, 2018; |
• | Our Prospectus, dated July 18, 2018, previously filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and re-filed herewith; |
• | Part II, included herewith; and |
• | Signatures, included herewith. |
Supplement No. 11 | Prospectus | ||
Page Number | Page Number | ||
A. | Status of Our Current Public Offering | N/A | |
B. | Update Regarding the Maximum Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees Payable with Respect to Class T Shares | Prospectus Cover, 15, 20, 84, 113, 166, 189,190 | |
C. | Update to Suitability Standards Section | i, ii | |
D. | Update Regarding Eligibility to Subscribe for Class I Shares | 8, 16, 168, 188 | |
E. | Update to Questions and Answers About this Offering Section | 11 | |
F. | Update to Prospectus Summary Section | 19 | |
G. | Update to Disclosure Regarding Organization and Offering Expenses | 22, 27, 84, 102, 115, 120, 179, 192 and 193 | |
H. | Updates to the Management Compensation Section | 28, 123 | |
I. | Distributions Declared | 29, 172 | |
J. | Updates Regarding Our Share Redemption Program | 33, 174 | |
K. | Update to the Risk Factors Section | 36, 44, 47, 48, 73 | |
L. | Update to the Management Section | 103 | |
M. | Update to the Our Real Estate Investments Section | 125 | |
N. | Update to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Section | 136 | |
O. | Update to the Investment Objectives and Policies with Respect to Certain Activities Section | 144, 152 | |
P. | Update to the Selected Financial Data Section | 159 | |
Q. | Update to the Description of Capital Stock Section | 180 | |
R. | Update to the Plan of Distribution Section | 195 | |
S. | Update to the Experts Section | 237 | |
T. | Update to the Incorporation by Reference Section | 237 | |
U. | Update to the Financial Statements Section | F-1 | |
V. | Update to Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 | A-1 |
• | International investment risks, including the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and the uncertainty of such laws, the tax treatment of transaction structures, political and economic instability, foreign currency fluctuations, and inflation and governmental measures to curb inflation may adversely affect our operations and our ability to make distributions. Because the performance participation allocation payable to our Advisor is calculated based in part on changes in our NAV, our Advisor may be entitled to a greater or lesser allocation even if the changes in NAV are due solely to foreign currency fluctuations. |
• | International investment risks, including the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and the uncertainty of such laws, the tax treatment of transaction structures, political and economic instability, foreign currency fluctuations, and inflation and governmental measures to curb inflation may adversely affect our operations and our ability to make distributions. Because the performance participation allocation payable to our Advisor is calculated based in part on changes in our NAV, our Advisor may be entitled to a greater or lesser allocation even if the changes in NAV are due solely to foreign currency fluctuations. |
Incurred During the Nine Months Ended September 30, | Incurred During the Years Ended December 31, | Unpaid as of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Type and Recipient | 2018 | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | September 30, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Selling Commissions- Dealer Manager | $ | 349 | $ | 4,006 | $ | 4,021 | $ | 5,339 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Dealer Manager Fee- Dealer Manager | 61 | 1,735 | 1,744 | 3,017 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution & Stockholder Servicing Fees- Dealer Manager | 960 | 5,390 | 4,947 | 4,858 | 7,421 | 8,249 | ||||||||||||||||||
Organization and Offering Costs- the Advisor | 2,213 | 3,921 | 4,753 | 3,107 | 7,941 | 5,728 | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition Fees- the Advisor(1) | — | 5,273 | 6,741 | 5,704 | — | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Asset Management Fees- the Advisor(2) | 3,674 | 3,617 | 4,940 | 948 | 1,388 | 1,561 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other(3)- the Advisor | 1,038 | 1,027 | 1,827 | 1,183 | 273 | 464 | ||||||||||||||||||
Performance Participation Allocation- the Advisor(4) | 4,013 | — | 251 | — | 4,013 | 251 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest Expense- Hines(5) | 254 | 388 | 676 | 64 | 56 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Property Management Fees- Hines | 712 | 618 | 858 | 265 | 20 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction Management Fees- Hines | 326 | — | 236 | — | — | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Leasing Fees- Hines | 205 | — | 263 | — | 62 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Expense Reimbursement- Hines (with respect to management and operations of our properties) | 1,374 | 1,159 | 1,599 | 675 | 10 | 304 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 15,179 | $ | 27,134 | $ | 32,856 | $ | 25,160 | $ | 21,184 | $ | 16,642 |
(1) | As of the commencement of this offering, we no longer pay acquisition fees to the Advisor. |
(2) | The Advisor did not waive any asset management fees payable to it during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017 and waived $1.3 million in asset management fees payable to it during the year ended December 31, 2016. |
(3) | Includes amounts our Advisor paid on our behalf such as general and administrative expenses and acquisition-related expenses. These amounts are generally reimbursed to our Advisor during the month following the period in which they are incurred. |
(4) | As of December 6, 2017, through its ownership of the Special OP Units in the Operating Partnership, our Advisor is entitled to an annual performance participation allocation of 12.5% of the Operating Partnership's total return. Total return |
(5) | Includes amounts paid related to the Hines Credit Facility. See “Our Real Estate Investments—Our Permanent Debt” in the Prospectus, as supplemented by Section M. of this Supplement, for a description of this credit facility. |
1. | With the authorization of our board of directors, we declared distributions as of daily record dates and paid them on a monthly basis through December 31, 2017. Beginning in January 2018, we have and intend to continue to declare distributions as of monthly record dates and pay them on a monthly basis. |
2. | We have not generated and we may continue to be unable to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to fully fund distributions paid. Therefore, some or all of our distributions have been and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from other sources, such as proceeds from the sales of assets, proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from our public offerings, cash advances by our Advisor and/or cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees. See “Description of Capital Stock— Distribution Objectives” for additional information concerning our distributions. |
Stockholders | Distributions Paid With Cash Flows From Operating Activities(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions for the Three Months Ended | Cash Distributions | Distributions Reinvested | Total Declared | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2018 | $ | 2,617 | $ | 3,033 | $ | 5,650 | $ | 5,654 | 100 | % | |||||||||
June 30, 2018 | 2,554 | 2,974 | 5,528 | 2,065 | 37 | % | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2018 | 2,544 | 2,970 | 5,514 | 4,674 | 85 | % | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,715 | $ | 8,977 | $ | 16,692 | $ | 12,393 | 74 | % | |||||||||
2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2017 | $ | 2,636 | $ | 3,005 | $ | 5,641 | $ | — | — | % | |||||||||
September 30, 2017 | 2,532 | 2,901 | 5,433 | 3,869 | 71 | % | |||||||||||||
June 30, 2017 (2) | 2,225 | 2,565 | 4,790 | 4,793 | 100 | % | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2017 (3) | 1,833 | 2,076 | 3,909 | — | — | % | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,226 | $ | 10,547 | $ | 19,773 | $ | 8,662 | 44 | % |
(1) | Includes distributions paid to noncontrolling interests. |
(2) | Includes $1.5 million of distributions that were declared on March 23, 2017 with respect to daily record dates for each day during the month of April 2017. |
(3) | Includes distributions declared as of daily record dates for the three months ended March 31, 2017, but excludes $1.5 million of distributions that were declared on March 23, 2017 with respect to daily record dates for each day during the month of April 2017. These April 2017 distributions were paid in cash or reinvested in shares on May 1, 2017. |
Property | Location | Investment Type | Date Acquired/ Net Purchase Price (in millions)(1) | Estimated Going-in Capitalization Rate(2) | Leasable Square Feet | Percent Leased(3) | ||||||||
Bishop’s Square | Dublin, Ireland | Office | 3/2015; $103.2 | 6.1 | % | 153,387 | 89 | % | ||||||
Domain Apartments(4) | Las Vegas, Nevada | Residential/Living | 1/2016; $58.1 | 5.5 | % | 331,038 | 98 | % | ||||||
Cottonwood Corporate Center | Salt Lake City, Utah | Office | 7/2016; $139.2 | 6.9 | % | 490,030 | 99 | % | ||||||
Goodyear Crossing II | Phoenix, Arizona | Industrial | 8/2016; $56.2 | 8.5 | % | 820,384 | 100 | % | ||||||
Rookwood | Cincinnati, Ohio | Retail | 1/2017; $193.7 | 6.0 | % | 573,991 | 98 | % | ||||||
Montrose Student Residences(5) | Dublin, Ireland | Residential/Living | 3/2017; $40.6 | 5.5 | % | 53,827 | 100 | % | ||||||
Queen's Court Student Residences(6) | Reading, United Kingdom | Residential/Living | 10/2017; $65.3 | 6.2 | % | 79,115 | 92 | % | ||||||
Venue Museum District(7) | Houston, Texas | Residential/Living | 9/2018; $73.2 | 3.9 | % | 294,964 | 92 | % | ||||||
Fresh Park Venlo | Venlo, The Netherlands | Industrial | 10/2018; $136.3 | 6.7 | % | 2,863,628 | 95 | % | ||||||
Total for All Investments | 2,501,772 | 96 | % |
(1) | For acquisitions denominated in a foreign currency, amounts have been translated to U.S. dollars at a rate based on the exchange rate in effect on the acquisition date. |
(2) | The estimated going-in capitalization rate is determined as of the date of acquisition by dividing the projected property revenues in excess of expenses for the first fiscal year by the net purchase price (excluding closing costs and taxes). Property revenues in excess of expenses includes all projected operating revenues (rental income, tenant reimbursements, |
(3) | Represents the amount of square feet leased as of September 30, 2018 for properties acquired prior to September 30, 2018 and as of the date of acquisition with respect to Fresh Park Venlo, which was acquired on October 5, 2018. |
(4) | The Domain Apartments consist of 308 units with an average effective monthly rental rate of $1,253 per unit as of September 30, 2018. |
(5) | The Montrose Student Residences consist of 210 beds with an average effective weekly rental rate of €294 (approximately $341 assuming a rate of $1.16 per EUR as of September 30, 2018) per bed. |
(6) | The Queen’s Court Student Residences consist of 395 beds with an average effective weekly rental rate of £201 (approximately $261 assuming a rate of $1.30 per GBP as of September 30, 2018) per bed. |
(7) | Venue Museum District consists of 224 units with an average effective monthly rental rate of $2,354 per unit as of September 30, 2018. |
Leasable Area | |||||||||||||||
Year | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases | Percent of Total Annual Base Rental Income | ||||||||||
Vacant | — | 168,653 | 3.4 | % | $ | — | — | % | |||||||
October 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 | 21 | 210,716 | 4.3 | % | $ | 1,172,508 | 2.2 | % | |||||||
2019 | 38 | 1,626,009 | 33.1 | % | $ | 10,105,087 | 19.3 | % | |||||||
2020 | 33 | 1,027,464 | 20.9 | % | $ | 8,152,993 | 15.6 | % | |||||||
2021 | 17 | 381,751 | 7.8 | % | $ | 8,016,804 | 15.3 | % | |||||||
2022 | 15 | 113,887 | 2.3 | % | $ | 2,874,539 | 5.5 | % | |||||||
2023 | 17 | 174,230 | 3.6 | % | $ | 2,905,141 | 5.6 | % | |||||||
2024 | 9 | 129,048 | 2.6 | % | $ | 3,623,641 | 6.9 | % | |||||||
2025 | 6 | 63,431 | 1.3 | % | $ | 812,797 | 1.6 | % | |||||||
2026 | 5 | 199,719 | 4.1 | % | $ | 2,152,485 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
2027 | 1 | 2,270 | 0.0 | % | $ | 78,556 | 0.2 | % | |||||||
Thereafter | 13 | 808,051 | 16.5 | % | $ | 12,358,415 | 23.7 | % |
* | Other is made up of industries which are individually less than 3% or our portfolio and includes: Administrative and Support Services, Construction, Finance and Insurance, Government, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Hospitality, Other Professional Services, and Other Services. |
• | Intratuin Holding B.V., a gardening supplier, leases 669,536 square feet or approximately 23% of the park’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in December 2020. The annual base rent under the lease is currently €2.2 million ($2.6 million assuming a rate of $1.16 per EUR as of the acquisition date). |
• | Royal ZON Fruit & Vegetables, a farming co-op, leases 312,605 square feet or approximately 11% of the park’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in September 2033. The annual base rent under the lease is currently €1.1 million ($1.3 million assuming a rate of $1.16 per EUR as of the acquisition date). |
Year | Weighted Average Occupancy | Average Effective Annual Net Rent per Leased Sq. Ft.(1) | |||||||||
Euro | USD | ||||||||||
2013 | 92 | % | € | 3.82 | $ | 4.81 | |||||
2014 | 92 | % | € | 3.94 | $ | 5.24 | |||||
2015 | 96 | % | € | 3.97 | $ | 4.41 | |||||
2016 | 94 | % | € | 4.11 | $ | 4.55 | |||||
2017 | 88 | % | € | 4.39 | $ | 4.96 |
(1) | Average effective annual net rent per leased square foot for each year is calculated by dividing such year’s accrual basis total rent revenue (excluding operating expense recoveries) by the weighted average square footage under lease during such year. All EUR amounts were translated to USD using the corresponding yearly average exchange rate. |
Year | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases (1) | % of Total Annual Base Rental Income | |||||||||||
Vacant | — | 134,590 | 4.7 | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2018 | 13 | 188,695 | 6.6 | % | $ | 551,231 | 4.1 | % | ||||||||
2019 | 24 | 724,573 | 25.3 | % | $ | 3,148,174 | 23.6 | % | ||||||||
2020 | 13 | 849,867 | 29.7 | % | $ | 3,555,180 | 26.7 | % | ||||||||
2021 | 4 | 134,643 | 4.7 | % | $ | 801,567 | 6.0 | % | ||||||||
2022 | 2 | 33,781 | 1.2 | % | $ | 226,231 | 1.7 | % | ||||||||
2023 | 4 | 45,662 | 1.6 | % | $ | 286,663 | 2.2 | % | ||||||||
2024 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2025 | 1 | 44,014 | 1.5 | % | $ | 217,512 | 1.6 | % | ||||||||
2026 | 1 | 175,689 | 6.1 | % | $ | 1,377,307 | 10.3 | % | ||||||||
2027 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
Thereafter | 5 | 532,117 | 18.6 | % | $ | 3,164,570 | 23.8 | % |
(1) | Assuming an exchange rate of $1.16 per EUR based on the exchange rate in effect as of the date of the transaction. |
• | persons known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common shares; |
• | each director and executive officer; and |
• | all directors and executive officers as a group. |
Common Shares Beneficially Owned(2) | ||||||||
Name of Beneficial Owner(1) | Position | Number of Common Shares | Percentage of Class | |||||
Jeffrey C. Hines | Chairman of the Board | 225,008 | (3)(4) | 1.1 | % | |||
Charles M. Baughn | Director | 14,271 | * | |||||
Sherri W. Schugart | President and Chief Executive Officer | 22,168 | * | |||||
Ryan T. Sims | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | 2,219 | * | |||||
David L. Steinbach | Chief Investment Officer | 5,536 | * | |||||
Kevin L. McMeans | Asset Management Officer | 5,536 | * | |||||
J. Shea Morgenroth | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | 4,510 | * | |||||
John O. Niemann, Jr. | Independent Director | 22,273 | * | |||||
Humberto “Burt” Cabañas | Independent Director | 16,211 | * | |||||
Dougal A. Cameron | Independent Director | 1,023 | * | |||||
All directors and executive officers as a group | 318,755 | 1.5 | % |
* | Amount represents less than 1%. All shares described in the table are Class AX Shares. |
(1) | The address of each person listed is c/o Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 5000, Houston, Texas 77056-6618. |
(2) | For purposes of this table, “beneficial ownership” is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, pursuant to which a person is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of shares of our stock that the person has the right to acquire within 60 days. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our stock held by each person or group of persons named in the table, any shares that such person or persons have the right to acquire within 60 days of December 3, 2018 are deemed to be outstanding, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other persons. All shares reported in the table are Class AX Shares. |
(3) | Includes all common shares owned directly by Hines Global REIT II Investor Limited Partnership. Mr. Hines is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares owned by Hines Global REIT II Investor Limited Partnership. |
(4) | This amount does not include the (i) 21,111 OP Units in the Operating Partnership held by Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership and (ii) the Special OP Units owned by our Advisor. Mr. Hines and Gerald D. Hines indirectly own and/or control Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership and our Advisor. Limited partners in the Operating Partnership may request repurchase of their OP Units for cash or, at our option, common shares on a one-for-one basis, beginning one year after such OP Units were issued. Please see “Management Compensation.” Our Advisor is entitled to distributions from the Operating Partnership under certain circumstances. Please see “The Operating Partnership—Special OP Units” for a description of these distributions. |
Nine Months Ended September 30, | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating Data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 48,581 | $ | 43,633 | $ | 59,724 | $ | 24,349 | $ | 9,410 | $ | 94 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 21,249 | $ | 22,108 | $ | 29,687 | $ | 15,372 | $ | 4,207 | $ | 49 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Asset management and acquisition fees | $ | 3,674 | $ | 8,890 | $ | 11,681 | $ | 6,645 | $ | 2,640 | $ | 570 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | $ | 2,275 | $ | 2065 | $ | 2,803 | $ | 2,044 | $ | 1,546 | $ | 556 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 7,185 | $ | (12,899 | ) | $ | (17,186 | ) | $ | (11,341 | ) | $ | (5,638 | ) | $ | (1,328 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | 7,175 | $ | (12,908 | ) | $ | (17,198 | ) | $ | (11,353 | ) | $ | (5,650 | ) | $ | (1,141 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share | $ | 0.18 | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | $ | (1.06 | ) | $ | (14.63 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class AX Share | $ | 0.46 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 0.60 | $ | 0.58 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.15 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class TX Share | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.37 | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.49 | $ | 0.17 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class IX Share | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.39 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class T Share | $ | 0.38 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class D Share | $ | 0.44 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class I Share | $ | 0.46 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 39,765 | 34,326 | 35,808 | 18,191 | 5,308 | 78 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet Data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total investment property | $ | 618,462 | $ | 504,457 | $ | 572,833 | $ | 283,875 | $ | 72,426 | $ | 21,355 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 92,471 | $ | 54,886 | $ | 18,170 | $ | 98,137 | $ | 17,224 | $ | 2,727 | $ | 200 | |||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 821,019 | $ | 672,617 | $ | 709,017 | $ | 470,345 | $ | 149,054 | $ | 28,551 | $ | 200 | |||||||||||||
Long-term obligations | $ | 419,868 | (2) | $ | 334,698 | (3) | $ | 379,629 | (2) | $ | 258,451 | (3) | $ | 59,700 | (3) | $ | 24,200 | (3) | $ | — |
(1) | For the period from July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013 for operating data and as of December 31, 2013 for balance sheet data. We did not have any results of operations for the period ended July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013. |
(2) | Includes notes payable, organization and offering costs reimbursable to our Advisor, and the distribution and stockholder servicing fees payable to our Dealer Manager with respect to certain share classes. |
(3) | Includes notes payable, inclusive of the related party obligation for repayment of the Hines Credit Facility, and the distribution and stockholder servicing fees payable to our Dealer Manager with respect to certain share classes. |
• | FFO includes costs related to our acquisitions, including acquisition fees payable to our Advisor. Although these amounts reduced net income for periods prior to January 1, 2018, we generally fund such costs with proceeds from our public offerings and/or acquisition-related indebtedness and do not consider these fees and expenses in the evaluation of our operating performance. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2018 and we expect that most of our real estate transactions completed after that date will be accounted for using the asset acquisition guidance and, accordingly, the related acquisition-related expenses and acquisition fees will be treated under a capitalization/depreciation model and will not be expensed. Prior to ASU 2017-01, real estate acquisitions were generally considered business combinations and the acquisition-related expenses and acquisition fees were treated as operating expenses under GAAP. |
• | We utilize the definition of FFO as set forth by NAREIT. Our FFO may not be comparable to amounts calculated by other REITs, if they use different approaches. |
• | Our business is subject to volatility in the real estate markets and general economic conditions, and adverse changes in those conditions could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and FFO. Accordingly, the predictive nature of FFO is uncertain and past performance may not be indicative of future results. |
Nine months ended September 30, | Year ended December 31, | Period from July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through September 30, | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 7,185 | $ | (12,899 | ) | $ | (17,186 | ) | $ | (11,341 | ) | $ | (28,306 | ) | |||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 21,249 | 22,108 | 29,687 | 15,372 | 70,564 | ||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of real estate | (14,491 | ) | — | — | — | (14,491 | ) | ||||||||||||
Adjustments for noncontrolling interests (2) | (13 | ) | (22 | ) | (30 | ) | (23 | ) | 155 | ||||||||||
Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders | 13,930 | 9,187 | 12,471 | 4,008 | 27,922 | ||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share | $ | 0.18 | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | $ | (1.60 | ) | |||||
Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders per common share | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 1.59 | |||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding | 39,765 | 34,326 | 35,808 | 18,191 | 17,558 |
(1) | Represents the depreciation and amortization of real estate assets. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, we believe that such depreciation and amortization may be of limited relevance in evaluating current operating performance and, as such, these items are excluded from our determination of FFO. |
(2) | Includes income attributable to noncontrolling interests and all adjustments to eliminate the noncontrolling interests’ share of the adjustments to convert our net loss to FFO. |
• | For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we incurred $1.5 million in distribution and stockholder servicing fees. Total distribution and stockholder servicing fees incurred were $3.5 million from inception through September 30, 2018. |
• | For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we incurred $0.1 million in dead-deal costs. Total acquisition-related costs incurred were $23.3 million from inception through September 30, 2018. |
• | As of December 6, 2017, through its ownership of the special limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership, our Advisor is entitled to an annual performance participation allocation of 12.5% of the Operating Partnership’s total return. The performance participation allocation accrues monthly and is payable after the completion of each calendar year. See “Management Compensation—Performance Participation Allocation” for additional information regarding the performance participation allocation. We do not consider the performance participation allocation in evaluating our operating performance. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we incurred $4.0 million in performance participation allocation fees. Total performance participation allocation fees incurred were $4.3 million from inception through September 30, 2018. |
November 30, 2018 | October 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Gross Amount | Per Share | Gross Amount | Per Share | ||||||||||||
(in thousands) | (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Real estate investments | $ | 948,366 | $ | 22.34 | $ | 946,893 | $ | 22.72 | |||||||
Other assets | 63,804 | 1.50 | 56,149 | 1.35 | |||||||||||
Debt and other liabilities | (589,284 | ) | (13.88 | ) | (588,825 | ) | (14.13 | ) | |||||||
NAV | $ | 422,886 | $ | 9.96 | $ | 414,217 | $ | 9.94 | |||||||
Shares outstanding | 42,469 | 41,660 |
Office | Industrial | Retail | Residential/Living | Weighted-Average Basis | ||||||
Capitalization rate | 6.10% | 5.75% | 6.50% | 5.98% | 6.15% | |||||
Discount rate / internal rate of return (“IRR”) | 7.01% | 7.15% | 6.65% | 7.81% | 7.12% | |||||
Average holding period (years) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
Input | Hypothetical Change | Office | Industrial | Retail | Residential/Living | Weighted-Average Values | ||||||
Capitalization rate(1) (weighted-average) | 0.25% decrease | 3.06% | 3.43% | 2.33% | 2.25% | 2.71% | ||||||
0.25% increase | (2.81)% | (3.15)% | (2.15)% | (2.13)% | (2.51)% | |||||||
Discount rate (weighted-average) | 0.25% decrease | 1.74% | 1.48% | 1.88% | 2.85% | 2.02% | ||||||
0.25% increase | (1.70)% | (1.45)% | (1.84)% | (2.85)% | (1.99)% |
(1) | Please see our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 as well as our Current Reports on Form 8-K for additional information concerning the NAV per share determined as of prior dates. |
(2) | Our board of directors determined an NAV per share of $9.03 as of February 29, 2016. Prior thereto, $8.92 was considered to be the “net investment value” of our shares, which was equal to the offering price per share of $10.00 in effect at that time, as arbitrarily determined by our board of directors, net of the applicable selling commissions, dealer manager fees and issuer costs. |
A. | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed January 2, 2018, February 1, 2018, March 1, 2018, March 12, 2018, April 2, 2018, April 16, 2018, April 19, 2018, May 1, 2018, May 15, 2018, June 1, 2018, June 15, 2018, July 9, 2018, July 17, 2018, July 27, 2018, August 1, 2018, August 16, 2018, August 23, 2018, September 4, 2018, September 14, 2018, September 21, 2018, October 1, 2018, October 9, 2018, October 17, 2018, November 8, 2018, November 15, 2018, December 14, 2018, December 18, 2018 and December 19, 2018. |
B. | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed March 23, 2017 and December 18, 2018. |
C. | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed March 29, 2018. |
D. | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed May 11, 2018, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018, filed August 14, 2018, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018, filed November 14, 2018. |
E. | Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed June 25, 2018. |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | * |
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) | |
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Rookwood — For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 | |
Report of Independent Auditor | * |
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Fresh Park Venlo — For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and the Year Ended December 31, 2017 | |
Report of Independent Auditor | * |
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. | |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018 and the Notes thereto | * |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Notes thereto | * |
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
* | See the “Incorporation by Reference” section of the Prospectus. |
• | We have a limited prior operating history and the prior performance of other Hines affiliated entities may not be a good measure of our future results; therefore, there is no assurance we will be able to achieve our investment objectives. |
• | Our charter does not require us to pursue a transaction to provide liquidity to our stockholders and there is no public market for our common shares; therefore, you must be prepared to hold your shares for an indefinite length of time and, if you are able to sell your shares, you will likely sell them at a substantial discount. |
• | This is a blind pool offering and you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the additional investments we will make prior to purchasing shares of our common stock. |
• | This is a best efforts offering and as such, there is a risk that we will not be able to accomplish our business objectives and that the poor performance of a single investment will materially adversely affect our overall investment performance, if we are unable to raise substantial funds. |
• | Distributions have exceeded earnings. Some or all of our distributions have been paid, and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from sources such as proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from this offering, cash advances by our Advisor, Hines Global REIT II Advisors LP, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. We have not placed a cap on the amount of our distributions that may be paid from any of these sources. If we continue to pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have less funds available for the acquisition of properties, and your overall return may be reduced. |
• | The purchase and redemption price for shares of our common stock generally will be based on our most recently determined NAV (subject to material changes as described above) and will not be based on any public trading market. While there will be independent appraisals of our properties performed annually, at any given time our NAV may not accurately reflect the actual then-current market value of our assets. |
• | There is no public market for our shares and an investment in our shares will have very limited liquidity. There are significant restrictions and limitations on your ability to have any of your shares of our common stock redeemed under our share redemption program and, if you are able to have your shares redeemed, it may be at a price that is less than the price you paid and the then-current market value of the shares. Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate our share redemption program in its sole discretion and without stockholder approval. |
• | Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate investments, there is no assurance of any return on your investment and you may lose some or all of your investment; |
• | International investment risks, including the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and the uncertainty of such laws, the tax treatment of transaction structures, political and economic instability, foreign currency fluctuations, and inflation and governmental measures to curb inflation may adversely affect our operations and our ability to make distributions. |
• | If we internalize our management functions, we could incur adverse effects on our business and financial condition, including significant costs associated with becoming and being self-managed and the percentage of our outstanding common stock owned by our stockholders could be reduced. |
• | We rely on affiliates of Hines for our day-to-day operations and the selection of real estate investments. We pay substantial fees and other payments to these affiliates for these services. These affiliates are subject to conflicts of interest as a result of this and other relationships they have with us and other investment vehicles sponsored by Hines. We also compete with affiliates of Hines for tenants and investment opportunities, and some of those affiliates may have priority with respect to certain investment opportunities. |
Price to the Public(1) | Upfront Selling Commissions(2) | Dealer Manager Fees(2) | Proceeds to Us, Before Expenses(3) | ||||||||||||
Maximum Primary Offering(4) | $ | 2,000,000,000 | $ | 32,500,000 | $ | 2,500,000 | $ | 1,965,000,000 | |||||||
Class T Shares, per share(5) | $ | 10.27 | $ | 0.308 | $ | 0.051 | $ | 9.91 | |||||||
Class S Shares, per share(5) | $ | 10.27 | $ | 0.359 | $ | — | $ | 9.91 | |||||||
Class D Shares, per share | $ | 9.91 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 9.91 | |||||||
Class I Shares, per share | $ | 9.91 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 9.91 | |||||||
Maximum Distribution Reinvestment Plan | $ | 500,000,000 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 500,000,000 |
(1) | The price per share shown is the transaction price, which is equal to each class’s NAV per share as of June 30, 2018, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees. Shares will be issued on a monthly basis at a price per share equal to the then-current transaction price, which generally will be equal to the most recently determined NAV per share for such class, plus, in the case of shares sold in the primary offering, applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees. |
(2) | The table assumes that with respect to shares sold in the primary offering, 1/4 of the gross offering proceeds is from the sale of each of the four classes of our common stock. The number of shares of each class sold and the relative proportions in which the classes of shares are sold are uncertain and may differ significantly from this assumption. For Class T Shares sold in the primary offering, investors will pay upfront selling commissions of up to 3.0% of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares and upfront dealer manager fees of up to 0.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares. For Class S Shares sold in the primary offering, investors will pay upfront selling commissions of up to 3.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class S Shares. We will also pay the following distribution and stockholder servicing fees to our dealer manager, subject to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) limitations on underwriting compensation: (a) with respect to our outstanding Class T Shares and Class S Shares, a distribution and stockholder servicing fee equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class T Shares and Class S Shares, as applicable, and (b) with respect to our outstanding Class D Shares, a distribution and stockholder servicing fee equal to up to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class D Shares, in each case, payable monthly. No distribution and stockholder servicing fees will be paid with respect to the Class I Shares. The total amount that will be paid over time for other underwriting compensation depends on the average length of time for which shares remain outstanding, the term over which such amount is measured and the performance of our investments. See “Plan of Distribution,” “Estimated Use of Proceeds” and “Management Compensation.” |
(3) | Proceeds are calculated before deducting organization and offering expenses payable by us, which are paid over time. The organization and offering expenses payable by us are capped at 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. |
(4) | We reserve the right to reallocate shares of common stock between our primary offering and our distribution reinvestment plan. |
(5) | Per share price amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole cent. Per share commissions and fees have been rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent. |
Q. | What is Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., or Hines Global? |
A. | Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., which we refer to as Hines Global, was formed in July 2013 as a Maryland corporation. We were formerly known as Hines Global REIT II, Inc. As of December 6, 2017, we began operating as a non-exchange traded REIT with no targeted liquidity window instead of operating as a finite-life REIT. We intend to invest in a diversified portfolio of quality commercial real estate properties and other real estate investments throughout the United States and internationally. As of July 1, 2018 we owned seven real estate investments which contain, in the aggregate, 2.5 million square feet of leasable space. To a lesser extent, we also plan to invest in real estate-related securities to provide a source of liquidity for our share redemption program, cash management and other purposes. |
Q. | What is a real estate investment trust, or REIT? |
A. | In general, a REIT is an entity that: |
• | combines the capital of many investors to acquire or provide financing for a diversified portfolio of real estate investments under professional management; |
• | is able to qualify as a “real estate investment trust” for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is therefore generally not subject to federal corporate income taxes on its net income that is distributed, which substantially eliminates the “double taxation” treatment (i.e., taxation at both the corporate and stockholder levels) that generally results from investments in a corporation; and |
• | pays distributions to investors of at least 90% of its annual ordinary taxable income. |
Q. | Who is Hines? |
A. | Hines Interests Limited Partnership, which we refer to as Hines, is our sponsor. Hines is a fully integrated global real estate investment and management firm and, with its predecessor, has been investing in real estate and providing acquisition, development, financing, property management, leasing and disposition services for over 60 years. Hines provides investment management services to numerous investors and partners including pension plans, domestic and foreign institutional investors, high net worth individuals and retail investors. Hines is owned and controlled by or for the benefit of Gerald D. Hines and his son Jeffrey C. Hines and has $111 billion of assets under management, which includes $60 billion in assets that |
Q. | What potential competitive advantages does Hines Global achieve through its relationship with Hines and its affiliates? |
A. | We believe our relationship with Hines and its affiliates provides us the following benefits: |
• | Global Presence—Our relationship with Hines and its affiliates as our sponsor and advisor allows us to have access to an organization that has extraordinary depth and breadth around the world with, as of December 31, 2017, a presence in 24 countries and 201 cities around the world and relationships with many of the world’s largest financial institutions. This provides us a significant competitive advantage in drawing upon the experiences resulting from the vast and varied real estate cycles and strategies that varied economies and markets experience. |
• | Hines’ international tenant base, which as of December 31, 2017 consists of more than 4,300 national and multinational corporate tenants; |
• | Extensive international financial relationships providing access to a broad base of buyers, sellers and debt financing sources; |
• | Awareness of and access to new state-of-the-art building technologies as new experiences are gained on the projects which Hines has under development or management anywhere in the world; and |
• | International “institutional” best practices on a global scale; |
• | Operating partner transparency; |
• | Accounting standards; |
• | Construction techniques; |
• | Property management services; and |
• | Sustainability leadership. |
• | Local Market Expertise—Hines’ global platform is built from the ground up based on Hines’ philosophy that real estate is essentially a local business. Hines provides us access to a team of real estate professionals who live and work in individual major markets around the world. These regional and local teams are fully integrated to provide a full range of real estate investment and management services including sourcing investment opportunities, acquisitions, development, re-development, financing, property management, leasing, asset management, disposition, accounting and financial reporting. |
• | Centralized Resources—Hines provides the regional and local teams with, as of December 31, 2017, a group of 241 personnel who specialize in areas such as global sustainability, financial administration, corporate communications and marketing, conceptual construction, operations/ engineering services, human resources, cash management, risk management, information technology, tax, legal, compliance and internal audit. These experienced personnel provide a repository of knowledge, experience and expertise and an important control point for preserving performance standards and maintaining operating consistency for the entire organization. |
• | Investment Management—Hines combines ground-up operating expertise and local knowledge with top-down research and investment management to optimize execution for investors. Hines’ Office of Investments is comprised of 318 personnel globally who specialize in capital markets, investment management, and proprietary research. |
• | Tenure of Personnel—Hines has one of the most experienced executive management teams in the real estate industry. All 13 employees who are part of the Hines’ Executive Committee have individual tenures ranging from 21 to 61 years, with an average tenure in the organization of 35 years as of December 31, 2017. |
• | Long-Term Track Record—Hines has over 60 years of experience in creating and successfully managing capital and real estate investments for numerous third-party investors. As stated above, as of December 31, 2017, Hines had a presence in 24 countries and 201 cities around the world and relationships with many of the world’s largest financial institutions. Since its inception in 1957, Hines, its predecessor and their respective affiliates have acquired, developed or have in the development process 1,403 real estate projects representing more than 460 million square feet. Hines’ property/asset management portfolio includes 506 properties with more than 210 million square feet. |
Q. | How will you structure the ownership and operation of your assets? |
A. | We plan to own most of our assets and conduct our operations through an operating partnership called Hines Global REIT II Properties LP. We are the sole general partner of Hines Global REIT II Properties LP. Because we plan to conduct most of our operations through an operating partnership, we are organized as an Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust, or UPREIT. To avoid confusion, in this prospectus: |
• | we refer to Hines Global REIT II Properties LP as the Operating Partnership and partnership interests and special limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership, respectively, as OP Units and Special OP Units; and |
• | the use of “we,” “our,” “us” or similar pronouns in this prospectus refers to Hines Global and its direct and indirect subsidiaries which includes the Operating Partnership, as required by the context in which such term is used. |
Q. | Who will choose which real estate investments you will invest in? |
A. | Hines Global REIT II Advisors LP will make recommendations for all of our investment decisions, which are subject to the approval of our board of directors. In this prospectus, we refer to Hines Global REIT II Advisors LP as our Advisor. |
Q. | What fees and expense reimbursements will you pay to your Advisor and other affiliates of Hines in connection with your operations? |
A. | We pay our Advisor and other affiliates of Hines fees, allocations and expense reimbursements in connection with performing services for us. We do not intend to pay our Advisor or its affiliates any separate fees for property acquisitions, dispositions, financings or development, or adopt a long-term incentive plan, although our charter permits us to do so, subject to certain limitations. We will, however, reimburse our Advisor for out-of-pocket expenses related to the foregoing activities to the extent such expenses are paid by our Advisor. See “Management Compensation.” |
Q. | What investment or ownership interests will Hines or any of its affiliates have in us? |
A. | Hines or its affiliates have the following investments and ownership interests in us: |
• | an initial investment of $2,010,000 in Class AX Shares by Hines Global REIT II Investor Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Hines; |
• | an investment of $190,000 in limited partner interests of the Operating Partnership by Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Hines; |
• | an interest in the Operating Partnership, denominated as Special OP Units, held by our Advisor with economic terms as more particularly described in “The Operating Partnership—Special OP Units”; |
• | our Advisor also may elect to receive the asset management fee in Class I Shares or Class I OP units rather than cash. In addition, our Advisor, as the holder of the Special OP Units also may elect to receive distributions on its performance participation interest in Class I OP units. Please see “Management Compensation” for a description of the fees which may be paid with OP Units; and |
• | investments in shares of our common stock by certain of our officers and directors as described in “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.” |
Q. | What is a non-exchange traded REIT with no targeted liquidity window? |
A. | A non-exchange traded REIT is a REIT whose shares are not listed for trading on a stock exchange or other securities market. We use the phrase “no targeted liquidity window” to describe an investment vehicle of indefinite duration, whose shares of common stock are intended to be sold by the REIT monthly on a continuous basis at a price generally equal to the REIT’s prior month’s NAV per share. In this structure, investors may request that we redeem their shares on a continuous basis, but we are not obligated to redeem any shares and may choose to redeem only some, or even none, of the shares that have been requested to be redeemed in any particular month in our discretion. Further, while we may consider a liquidity event at any time in the future, we currently do not have a fixed time frame in which we intend to undertake such consideration and we are not obligated by our charter or otherwise to effect a liquidity event at any time. |
Q. | What is the liquidity history of programs sponsored by Hines? |
A. | Hines, our sponsor, currently sponsors Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., which we refer to as Hines REIT, Hines Global REIT, Inc., which we refer to as Hines Global REIT, and HMS Income Fund, Inc., which we refer to as HMS. Hines REIT sold shares of its common stock to new investors from 2004 through 2009. Hines REIT disclosed in its offering materials that it had not set a finite date or time by which it anticipated that it might be liquidated. Hines REIT is currently in the process of liquidating all of its remaining assets and dissolving and has paid distributions of $7.51 per share to its stockholders, including special distributions of $1.01 per share, which were paid to its stockholders and non-controlling interest holders from July 2011 through April 2013. Hines REIT has announced that it expects to make a final liquidating distribution to its stockholders and non-controlling interest holders of between $0.05 and $0.07 per share on or around July 31, 2018 although there can be no assurances as to the timing or amount of any additional liquidating distributions. In addition to the liquidating and special distributions described above, Hines REIT paid regular operating distributions of up to $5.49 per share to its stockholders between 2004 and 2016, which were reinvested in additional shares of Hines REIT’s common stock for those stockholders who elected to participate in Hines REIT’s dividend reinvestment plan. The amount of regular operating distributions received by stockholders varied depending on when they invested and whether they held their shares continuously through 2016. |
Q. | Why should I invest in real estate investments? |
A. | Allocating some portion of your investment portfolio to real estate investments may provide you with portfolio diversification, reduction of overall risk, a hedge against inflation, and attractive risk-adjusted returns. For these reasons, real estate has been embraced as a major asset class for purposes of asset allocations within investment portfolios. According to the 2017 Global Investor Survey prepared by Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Kingsley Associates, the U.S. institutions represented in the survey allocated an average of 8.6% of their total portfolios to real estate in 2017. Although institutional investors can invest directly in real estate investments and on substantially different terms than individual investors, we believe that individual investors can also benefit by adding a real estate component to their investment portfolios. You and your financial advisor, investment adviser or financial planner should determine whether investing in real estate would benefit your investment portfolio. Please see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate—An economic slowdown or rise in interest rates or other unfavorable changes in economic conditions in the markets in which we operate could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition and our ability to make distributions to you and the value of your investment” for a discussion of the recent economic slowdown and disruptions in the capital and credit markets. |
Q. | What are your investment objectives? |
A. | Our primary investment objectives are to: |
• | provide income in the form of regular, stable cash distributions to achieve an attractive distribution yield; |
• | preserve and protect invested capital; |
• | invest in a diversified portfolio of quality commercial real estate properties and other real estate investments across a range of asset types throughout the U.S. and internationally; |
• | realize appreciation in NAV from proactive investment management and asset management; |
• | provide an investment alternative for investors seeking to allocate a portion of their long-term investment portfolios to commercial real estate with generally lower volatility than publicly traded real estate companies; and |
• | qualify for and remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. |
Q. | How would you describe your real estate property acquisition and operations process? |
A. | We expect to buy real estate with part of the proceeds from this offering that we believe have some of the following attributes: |
• | Preferred Location. We believe that location often has the single greatest impact on an asset’s long-term income-producing potential and value and that assets located in the preferred submarkets in metropolitan areas and situated at preferred locations within such submarkets have the potential to achieve attractive total returns. |
• | Premium Buildings. We will seek to acquire assets that generally have design and physical attributes (e.g., quality construction and materials, systems, floorplates, etc.) that are more attractive to a user than those of inferior properties. |
• | Quality Tenancy. We will seek to acquire assets that typically attract tenants with better credit who require larger blocks of space because these larger tenants generally require longer term leases in order to accommodate their current and future space needs without undergoing disruptive and costly relocations. |
Q. | Why do you intend to invest in real estate-related securities in addition to real properties? |
A. | We believe that our real estate-related securities will help maintain liquidity to satisfy any share redemptions we choose to make in any particular month and to manage cash before investing subscription proceeds into properties while also seeking attractive investment returns. Our real estate-related securities strategy is designed to generate current income. |
Q. | Do you currently own any investments? |
A. | Yes, as of July 1, 2018, we owned interests in seven real estate investments that contain, in the aggregate, 2.5 million square feet of leasable space. We may purchase properties or make other real estate investments that relate to varying property types including office, retail, industrial, multi-family residential and hospitality or leisure. |
Q. | What kind of offering is this? |
A. | This is a follow-on offering that follows the termination of our initial public offering, in which we offered an aggregate of $2.0 billion in Class AX Shares, Class TX Shares and Class IX Shares, on a best efforts basis and an additional $500.0 million in Class AX Shares, Class TX Shares and Class IX Shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. Although the IPO Shares remain outstanding, we are not offering any IPO Shares in this offering, but we intend to continue paying distributions on any outstanding IPO Shares. |
Q. | What is the per share purchase price? |
A. | Each class of shares will be sold at the then-current transaction price, which generally will be equal to the most recently determined NAV per share for such class, as determined on a monthly basis, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees. Shares generally will be sold at the prior month’s NAV per share for the class of shares being purchased, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees. Although the offering price for shares of our common stock will generally be based on the prior month’s NAV per share, the NAV per share as of the date on which your purchase is settled may be significantly different. We may offer shares at a price that we believe reflects the NAV per share of such stock more appropriately than the prior month’s NAV per share, including by updating a previously disclosed transaction price, in cases where we believe there has been a material change (positive or negative) to our NAV per share since the end of the prior month. |
Q. | How and when will your NAV per share be calculated? |
A. | We establish a new NAV per share on a monthly basis. Our NAV per share is calculated based on the fair value of our assets less liabilities under market conditions existing as of the date of the valuation. As approved by our board of directors, including the valuation committee (which consists solely of independent directors), we have engaged Altus Group U.S., Inc, a third-party valuation firm, to review third-party appraisals of our real properties and interim valuations prepared by our Advisor as well as review the reasonableness of those valuations and our monthly NAV. Periodic real property appraisals will serve as the foundation of the independent valuation firm’s valuation and each property will be appraised no less than approximately once every 12 calendar months. See “Description of Capital Stock—Valuation Policy and Procedures” for more information regarding the determination of our NAV per share. We expect that we will publish the NAV per share generally within 15 calendar days following the last calendar day of |
Q. | How does a “best efforts” offering work? |
A. | When shares are offered to the public on a “best efforts” basis, no underwriter, broker dealer or other person has a firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of the shares. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that any minimum number of shares will be sold. |
Q. | What is the expected term of this offering? |
A. | We have registered $2.0 billion in shares of our common stock, in any combination of Class T Shares, Class S Shares, Class D Shares and Class I Shares, to be sold in our primary offering and up to $500.0 million in shares to be sold pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. It is our intent, however, to conduct a continuous offering for an indefinite period of time, by filing for additional offerings of our shares, subject to regulatory approval and continued compliance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and applicable state laws. |
Q. | What is the difference between the Class T Shares, Class S Shares, Class D Shares and Class I Shares being offered? |
A. | We are offering to the public four classes of shares of our common stock: Class T Shares, Class S Shares, Class D Shares and Class I Shares. The differences among the share classes relate to upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees. No upfront selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid with respect to Class D Shares, and no upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees or distribution and stockholder servicing fees will be paid with respect to Class I Shares. See “Description of Capital Stock” and “Plan of Distribution” for a discussion of the differences between our Class T Shares, Class S Shares, Class D Shares and Class I Shares. |
Upfront Selling Commissions | Dealer Manager Fees | Annual Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees | Maximum Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees Over Life of Investment (Length of Time) | Total (Length of Time) | |||||||||||||||||||
Class T Shares | $ | 308 | $ | 51 | $ | 99 | $ | 539 | (5.44 years) | $ | 899 | (5.44 years) | |||||||||||
Class S Shares | $ | 359 | $ | — | $ | 99 | $ | 539 | (5.44 years) | $ | 899 | (5.44 years) | |||||||||||
Class D Shares | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 25 | $ | 867 | (35.00 years) | $ | 867 | (35.00 years) | |||||||||||
Class I Shares | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — |
Q. | Who can buy shares? |
A. | Generally, you may purchase shares if you have either: |
• | a net worth (not including home, furnishings and personal automobiles) of at least $70,000 and a annual gross income of at least $70,000; or |
• | a net worth (not including home, furnishings and personal automobiles) of at least $250,000. |
Q. | How do I subscribe for shares? |
A. | If you choose to purchase common shares in this offering, you will need to contact your registered broker dealer or investment adviser and fill out a subscription agreement like the one attached to this prospectus as Appendix A for a certain investment amount and pay for the shares at the time you subscribe. |
Q. | How does the payment of fees and expenses by us affect your invested capital? |
A. | We will pay distribution and stockholder servicing fees to our Dealer Manager with respect to our outstanding Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares, which our Dealer Manager may reallow or advance to participating broker dealers. In addition, we will incur, or reimburse our Advisor for our cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred by our Advisor and its affiliates in connection with our public offerings and our organization, in an amount equal to up to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings and our Advisor or its affiliates will be responsible for any organization and offering expenses in excess of this cap. Although the cap on reimbursements to our Advisor and its affiliates for cumulative organization and offering expenses is equal to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings, we estimate that the total reimbursement that will be paid to our Advisor and its affiliates from the proceeds of this offering for organization and offering expenses incurred will be equal to approximately 1.17% of the maximum gross offering proceeds from the primary offering. The payment of fees and expenses reduces the funds available to us for payment of distributions and investment in our target assets, and therefore may reduce our distributions. However, because we are not required to pay distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to Class I Shares, the distributions with respect to Class I Shares will not be reduced by these distribution and stockholder servicing fees. |
Q. | Are there any risks involved in buying shares of our stock? |
A. | An investment in shares of our common stock involves significant risks. These risks include, among others: |
• | We have a limited prior operating history and the prior performance of other Hines affiliated entities may not be a good measure of our future results; therefore, there is no assurance we will be able to achieve our investment objectives. |
• | Our charter does not require us to pursue a transaction to provide liquidity to our stockholders and there is no public market for our common shares; therefore, you must be prepared to hold your shares for an indefinite length of time and, if you are able to sell your shares, you will likely sell them at a substantial discount. |
• | This is a blind pool offering and you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the additional investments we will make prior to purchasing shares of our common stock. |
• | This is a best efforts offering and as such, there is a risk that we will not be able to accomplish our business objectives and that the poor performance of a single investment will materially adversely affect our overall investment performance, if we are unable to raise substantial funds. |
• | The purchase and redemption price for shares of our common stock generally will be based on our most recently determined NAV (subject to material changes as described above) and will not be based on any public trading market. While there will be independent appraisals of our properties performed annually, at any given time our NAV may not accurately reflect the actual then-current market value of our assets. |
• | Distributions have exceeded earnings. Some or all of our distributions have been paid, and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from sources such as proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from this offering, cash advances by our Advisor, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. We have not placed a cap on the amount of our distributions that may be paid from any of these sources. If we continue to pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have less funds available for the acquisition of properties, and your overall return may be reduced. |
• | There is no public market for our shares and an investment in our shares will have very limited liquidity. There are significant restrictions and limitations on your ability to have any of your shares of our common stock redeemed under our share redemption program and, if you are able to have your shares redeemed, it may be at a price that is less than the price you paid and the then-current market value of the shares. Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate our share redemption program in its sole discretion and without stockholder approval. |
• | Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate investments, there is no assurance of any return on your investment and you may lose some or all of your investment; |
• | International investment risks, including the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and the uncertainty of such laws, the tax treatment of transaction structures, political and economic instability, foreign currency fluctuations, and inflation and governmental measures to curb inflation may adversely affect our operations and our ability to make distributions. |
• | If we internalize our management functions, we could incur adverse effects on our business and financial condition, including significant costs associated with becoming and being self-managed and the percentage of our outstanding common stock owned by our stockholders could be reduced. |
• | We rely on affiliates of Hines for our day-to-day operations and the selection of real estate investments. We pay substantial fees and other payments to these affiliates for these services. |
Q. | Is there any minimum required investment? |
A. | Yes. The minimum initial investment in Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares that we will accept is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I Shares that we will accept for shares is $1,000,000, unless waived by us. Thereafter, subject to restrictions imposed by state law, you may purchase additional shares in whole or fractional share increments subject to a minimum for each additional purchase of $50. You should carefully read the minimum investment requirements explained in the “Suitability Standards” section of this prospectus. |
Q. | Are distributions I receive taxable? |
A. | Yes and no. Generally, distributions that you receive will be considered ordinary income (unless declared as a capital gain dividend) to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. In addition, because depreciation expense reduces earnings and profits but does not reduce cash available for the payment of distributions, and because we initially expect such depreciation expense to exceed our nondeductible expenditures, we expect a portion of your distributions will be considered returns of capital for tax purposes. These amounts will not be subject to tax immediately to the extent of your basis in your shares but will instead reduce the tax basis of your investment. To the extent that these amounts exceed your basis in your shares, they will give rise to taxable gain from a deemed sale or exchange of the shares. This in effect defers a portion of your tax until your shares are sold or we are liquidated, at which time you will generally be taxed at capital gains rates (assuming you have held your shares for at least one year). However, because each investor’s tax situation is different, we suggest you consult with your tax advisor. You and your tax advisor should also review the section of this prospectus entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” |
Q. | What will you do with the proceeds from this offering? |
A. | We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering to (i) make investments in accordance with our investment strategy and policies, (ii) reduce borrowings and repay indebtedness incurred under various financing agreements we may enter into and (iii) fund redemptions under our share redemption program. Generally, our policy will be to pay distributions from cash flows from operations; however, our cash flows from operations have been and may continue to be insufficient to fully fund distributions to our stockholders. Therefore, some or all of our distributions have been paid, and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from other sources, such as proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from this offering, cash advances by our Advisor, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, we funded 56%, 60% and 23% of total distributions with cash flows from financing activities, which may include offering proceeds. We have not placed a cap on the amount of our distributions that may be paid from sources other than cash flows from operations, including proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from our public offerings, cash advances by our Advisor, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. To the extent distributions are paid from proceeds from this offering, the amount of proceeds used to make real estate investments and to pay acquisition expenses related to those investments will be less. The per share amount of distributions on the Class T Shares, Class S Shares, Class D Shares and Class I Shares will differ because distributions on Class T Shares, Class S Shares and/or Class D Shares will be reduced by the ongoing distribution and stockholder servicing fees that are payable with respect to Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares, respectively. See “Description of Capital Stock—Distribution Objectives.” |
Q. | Will I be notified of how my investment is doing? |
A. | Yes, periodic updates on the performance of your investment will be made available to you, including: |
• | distribution statements; |
• | periodic prospectus supplements during the offering; |
• | an annual report; |
• | an annual IRS Form 1099-DIV, if required; and |
• | three quarterly financial reports. |
• | electronic delivery; or |
• | posting on our website, located at https://www.hinessecurities.com/hgit/, along with any required notice. |
Q. | When will I get my detailed tax information? |
A. | Generally, we expect that we will send you your Form 1099-DIV tax information for each year by January 31 of the following year. |
Q. | Who is your transfer agent? |
A. | Our transfer agent is DST Systems, Inc. |
Q. | Who can help answer my questions? |
A. | If you have more questions about this offering or if you would like additional copies of this prospectus, you should contact your registered selling representative or: |
Class T | Class S | Class D | Class I | ||||
Upfront Selling Commission | 3.0% | 3.5% | None | None | |||
Upfront Dealer Manager Fee | 0.5% | None | None | None | |||
Ongoing Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fee | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.25% | None |
Upfront Selling Commissions | Dealer Manager Fees | Annual Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees | Maximum Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees Over Life of Investment (Length of Time) | Total (Length of Time) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Class T Shares | $ | 308 | $ | 51 | $ | 99 | $ | 539 | (5.44 years) | $ | 899 | (5.44 years) | ||||||||||||
Class S Shares | $ | 359 | $ | — | $ | 99 | $ | 539 | (5.44 years) | $ | 899 | (5.44 years) | ||||||||||||
Class D Shares | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 25 | $ | 867 | (35.00 years) | $ | 867 | (35.00 years) | ||||||||||||
Class I Shares | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | — |
(1) | Please see “Management Compensation” for a description of the payments we may make with respect to the Special OP Units held by our Advisor. |
(2) | Please see “Conflicts of Interest” for a description of the other direct participation programs sponsored and managed by Hines and its affiliates. |
(3) | Please see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” for information concerning the number of shares of our common stock owned by our officers and directors as of July 1, 2018. |
• | We have a limited prior operating history and the prior performance of other Hines affiliated entities may not be a good measure of our future results; therefore, there is no assurance we will be able to achieve our investment objectives. |
• | Our charter does not require us to pursue a transaction to provide liquidity to our stockholders and there is no public market for our common shares; therefore, you must be prepared to hold your shares for an indefinite length of time and, if you are able to sell your shares, you will likely sell them at a substantial discount. |
• | This is a blind pool offering and you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the additional investments we will make prior to purchasing shares of our common stock. |
• | This is a best efforts offering and as such, there is a risk that we will not be able to accomplish our business objectives and that the poor performance of a single investment will materially adversely affect our overall investment performance, if we are unable to raise substantial funds. |
• | The purchase and redemption price for shares of our common stock generally will be based on our most recently determined NAV (subject to material changes as described above) and will not be based on any public trading market. While there will be independent appraisals of our properties performed annually, at any given time our NAV may not accurately reflect the actual then-current market value of our assets. |
• | Distributions have exceeded earnings. Some or all of our distributions have been paid, and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from sources such as proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from this offering, cash advances by our Advisor, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. We have not placed a cap on the amount of our distributions that may be paid from any of these sources. If we continue to pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have less funds available for the acquisition of properties, and your overall return may be reduced. |
• | There is no public market for our shares and an investment in our shares will have very limited liquidity. There are significant restrictions and limitations on your ability to have any of your shares of our common stock redeemed under our share redemption program and, if you are able to have your shares redeemed, it may be at a price that is less than the price you paid and the then-current market value of the shares. Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate our share redemption program in its sole discretion and without stockholder approval. |
• | Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate investments, there is no assurance of any return on your investment and you may lose some or all of your investment. |
• | International investment risks, including the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and the uncertainty of such laws, the tax treatment of transaction structures, political and economic instability, foreign currency fluctuations, and inflation and governmental measures to curb inflation may adversely affect our operations and our ability to make distributions. |
• | If we internalize our management functions, we could incur adverse effects on our business and financial condition, including significant costs associated with becoming and being self-managed and the percentage of our outstanding common stock owned by our stockholders could be reduced. |
• | We rely on affiliates of Hines for our day-to-day operations and the selection of real estate investments. We pay substantial fees and other payments to these affiliates for these services. These affiliates are subject to conflicts of interest as a result of this and other relationships they have with us and other investment vehicles sponsored by Hines. We also compete with affiliates of Hines for tenants and investment opportunities, and some of those affiliates may have priority with respect to certain investment opportunities. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Potential Conflicts of Interest” beginning on page 71 and “Conflicts of Interest” beginning on page 137 for a description of potential conflicts of interest. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Organization and Offering Activities(1) | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2)—our Dealer Manager | Our Dealer Manager will be entitled to receive upfront selling commissions of up to 3.0%, and dealer manager fees of up to 0.5%, of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares sold in the primary offering and upfront selling commissions of up to 3.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class S Shares sold in the primary offering. Our Dealer Manager may reallow all or a portion of the upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees to participating broker dealers. No upfront selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid with respect to purchases of Class D Shares, Class I Shares or shares of any class sold pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. | The actual amount of upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees will depend on the number of Class T Shares and Class S Shares sold in the primary offering. Aggregate upfront selling commissions will equal approximately $32.5 million if we sell the maximum amount in our primary offering, and aggregate dealer manager fees will equal approximately $2.5 million if we sell the maximum amount in our primary offering, assuming payment of the full upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees and that 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of each of Class T Shares and Class S Shares. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees(3)(4)—our Dealer Manager | Subject to FINRA limitations on underwriting compensation, we will pay our Dealer Manager distribution and stockholder servicing fees: ● with respect to our outstanding Class T Shares, in an amount equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class T Shares; ● with respect to our outstanding Class S Shares, in an amount equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class S Shares; and ● with respect to our outstanding Class D Shares, in an amount equal to up to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class D Shares. We will not pay distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to our outstanding Class I Shares. | Actual amounts depend upon the NAV per share of Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares, the number of Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares purchased and when such shares are purchased. For each of Class T Shares and Class S Shares, the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will equal approximately $4.8 million per annum if we sell the maximum amount. For Class D Shares, the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will equal approximately $1.3 million per annum if we sell the maximum amount. In each case, we are assuming that, in our primary offering, 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class T Shares, 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class S Shares and 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class D Shares, that the NAV per share of each of our Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares remains constant at $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018. We expect our NAV per share will vary. |
We will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to any Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share at the end of the month in which the transfer agent, on our behalf, determines that the total upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees paid with respect to Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares, as applicable, held by a stockholder within his or her particular account equals 8.75% (or, in the case of shares sold through certain participating broker dealers, a lower limit as set forth in any applicable agreement between our Dealer Manager and a participating broker dealer) of the gross proceeds from the sale of such Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares (including the gross proceeds of any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan with respect thereto). At the end of such month, such Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share (and any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan with respect thereto) will convert into a number of Class I Shares (including any fractional shares) with an equivalent aggregate NAV as such share. Although we cannot predict the length of time over which the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will be paid due to potential changes in the NAV of our shares, this fee would be paid with respect to a Class T Share or Class S Share (in the case of a limit of 8.75% of gross proceeds) over a period of approximately 5.44 years from the date of purchase and with respect to a Class D Share (in the case of a limit of 8.75% of gross proceeds) over a period of approximately 35 years from the date of purchase, assuming payment of the full upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees and a constant NAV of $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018. We expect our NAV per share will vary. Under these assumptions, if a stockholder holds his or her shares for these time periods, this fee with respect to a Class T Share or Class S Share would total approximately $0.54 and with respect to a Class D Share would total approximately $0.87. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
In addition, we will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares on the earlier to occur of the following: (i) a listing of our common shares, (ii) our merger or consolidation with or into another entity, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets or (iii) the date following the completion of the primary portion of this offering on which, in the aggregate, underwriting compensation from all sources in connection with this offering, including upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and other underwriting compensation, is equal to 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering. Upon the earliest to occur of such events, our Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares will convert into a number of Class I Shares (including any fractional shares) with an equivalent aggregate NAV as such shares. We will further cease paying the distribution and stockholder servicing fee on any Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share that is redeemed or repurchased, as well as upon our dissolution, liquidation or the winding up of our affairs, or a merger or other extraordinary transaction to which we are a party and in which the Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares, each as a class, are exchanged for cash or other securities. We cannot predict if or when this will occur for each Class T Share, Class S Share and Class D Share. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Organization and Offering Expense Reimbursement (3)(5) —our Advisor | Our Advisor has agreed to advance all of our organization and offering expenses on our behalf, including expenses that are deemed issuer costs and certain expenses that are deemed underwriting compensation, such as legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees and expenses, bona fide due diligence expenses of participating broker dealers and investment advisers supported by detailed and itemized invoices, costs in connection with preparing sales materials, design and website expenses, fees and expenses of our transfer agent, fees paid by registered representatives associated with our Dealer Manager to attend retail seminars sponsored by participating broker dealers, costs associated with sponsoring conferences, including reimbursements for registered representatives associated with participating broker dealers to attend educational conferences sponsored by us or our Dealer Manager, reimbursements for customary lodging, meals and reasonable entertainment expenses and promotional items, technology costs and legal fees of our Dealer Manager, but excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees through December 31, 2019. We will reimburse our Advisor for all such advanced expenses, as well as any organization and offering expenses incurred in prior periods related to our initial public offering, ratably over the 60 months following December 31, 2019, to the extent reimbursements to our Advisor for cumulative organization and offering expenses do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. Following December 31, 2019, we will reimburse our Advisor for any organization and offering expenses that it incurs on our behalf as and when incurred to the extent that aggregate reimbursements to our Advisor for cumulative organization and offering expenses do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. Although the cap on reimbursements to our Advisor and its affiliates for cumulative organization and offering expenses is equal to 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds from our public offerings, we estimate that the total reimbursement that will be paid to our Advisor and its affiliates for cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred will be equal to approximately 1.17% of the maximum gross offering proceeds from the primary offering. | We estimate the reimbursement for our organization and offering expenses (excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees) to be approximately $23.4 million if we sell the maximum offering amount. |
Investment Activities | ||
Acquisition Expenses Reimbursement(6)—our Advisor | We do not intend to pay the Advisor any acquisition, financing (except interest payments to the lender in cases where the lender is an affiliate of the Advisor) or other similar fees in connection with making investments. We will, however, reimburse our Advisor for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the selection, evaluation, structuring, acquisition, origination, financing and development of properties and real estate-related securities, whether or not such investments are acquired, and make payments to third parties or certain of the Advisor’s affiliates in connection with making investments as described in “—Fees for Other Services” below. | Not determinable at this time. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Operational Activities | ||
Asset Management Fee and Expense Reimbursements—our Advisor | We will pay our Advisor an asset management fee equal to 0.0625% per month of the value of our real estate investments at the end of each month. The value of our real estate investments at the end of each month is determined using the cost of our real estate investments at the end of each month; provided that if our board of directors has determined an NAV per share that includes the real estate investments on which the asset management fee is being calculated, the asset management fee with respect to those real estate investments will be equal to 0.0625% per month of the most recently determined value of such real estate investments at the end of each month. In no event will the asset management fee exceed an amount equal to 1/12th of 1.25% of our NAV at the end of the applicable month. The asset management fee may be paid, at the Advisor’s election, in cash, Class I Shares or Class I OP units. If our Advisor elects to receive any portion of its management fee in Class I Shares or Class I OP units, we may repurchase such Class I Shares or Class I OP units from the Advisor at a later date. Class I Shares and Class I OP units obtained by our Advisor in lieu of a cash asset management fee will not be subject to the 5% holding discount under our share redemption program, but will be subject to the monthly and quarterly volume limitations that exist under our share redemption program. Any such Class I Shares will be repurchased at the then-current redemption price under our share redemption program. The Operating Partnership will repurchase any such OP Units for cash in an amount determined in accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, which generally will equal the aggregate NAV of such OP Units, unless our board of directors determines that any such repurchase for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or our charter, in which case such OP Units will be repurchased for shares of our common stock with an equivalent aggregate NAV. The Advisor and the holder of the Special OP Units will have the option of exchanging Class I Shares for an amount of Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares with an equivalent aggregate NAV and will have registration rights with respect to shares of our common stock. In addition to the organization and offering expense and acquisition expense reimbursements described above, we will reimburse our Advisor for out-of-pocket costs and expenses that it incurs in connection with the services it provides to us, including, but not limited to, (i) the actual cost of goods and services used by us and obtained from third parties, including fees paid to administrators, consultants, attorneys, technology providers and other services providers, and brokerage fees paid in connection with the purchase and sale of investments and securities, and (ii) expenses of managing and operating our properties, whether payable to an affiliate or a non-affiliated person. See “Management—Our Advisor and Our Advisory Agreement—Compensation.” | Not determinable at this time. Actual amounts of the asset management fee depend upon the cost of our real estate assets. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Performance Participation Allocation—our Advisor | As long as the Advisory Agreement has not been terminated (including by means of non-renewal), our Advisor, as the holder of the Special OP Units will be entitled to a performance participation interest in the Operating Partnership that entitles it to receive an allocation from our Operating Partnership equal to 12.5% of the Total Return, subject to a 5% Hurdle Amount, with a Catch-Up (each term as defined below). Such allocation will be made annually and accrue monthly. Specifically, our Advisor will be allocated a performance participation in an amount equal to: ● First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (i) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (ii) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Excess Profits”), 100% of such annual Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to our Advisor equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to our Advisor pursuant to this clause (this is commonly referred to as a “Catch-Up”); and ● Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits. “Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior calendar year shall equal the sum of: (i) all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the OP Units outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, plus (ii) the change in aggregate NAV of such units since the beginning of the year, before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of OP Units, (y) any allocation/accrual to the performance participation interest and (z) applicable distribution and stockholder servicing fee expenses (including any payments made to us for payment of such expenses). For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the NAV of units issued during the then-current calendar year but (ii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such units. In addition, with respect to a year in which we complete a liquidity event, the calculation of Total Return will include any change in the aggregate NAV of the OP Units outstanding will be deemed to equal the difference between the aggregate NAV of such units at the beginning of the year and the aggregate value of such units determined in connection with such liquidity event. | Actual amounts of the performance participation allocation depend upon the Operating Partnership’s actual annual Total Return and, therefore, cannot be calculated at this time. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
“Hurdle Amount” for any period during a calendar year means that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of the OP Units outstanding at the beginning of the then-current calendar year and all OP Units issued since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, taking into account the timing and amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such units and all issuances of OP Units over the period. The ending NAV of the OP Units used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation/accrual to the performance participation interest and applicable distribution and stockholder servicing fee expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any OP Units repurchased during such period, which units will be subject to the performance participation allocation upon repurchase as described below. Except as described in Loss Carryforward Amount below, any amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods. “Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative annual Total Return and decrease by any positive annual Total Return, provided that the Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the Total Return related to any OP Units repurchased during such year, which units will be subject to the performance participation allocation upon repurchase as described below. The effect of the Loss Carryforward Amount is that the recoupment of past annual Total Return losses will offset the positive annual Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the performance participation allocation. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Our Advisor will also be allocated a performance participation with respect to all OP Units that are repurchased at the end of any month (in connection with redemptions of our shares in our share redemption program) in an amount calculated as described above with the relevant period being the portion of the year for which such unit was outstanding, and proceeds for any such unit repurchase will be reduced by the amount of any such performance participation. Distributions on the performance participation interest may be payable in cash or Class I OP units at the election of our Advisor. If our Advisor elects to receive such distributions in Class I OP Units, then our Advisor may request the Operating Partnership to repurchase such OP Units from our Advisor at a later date. Any such repurchase requests will not be subject to the 5% holding discount under our share redemption program but will be subject to the monthly and quarterly volume limitations that exist under our share redemption program. The Operating Partnership will repurchase any such OP Units for cash in an amount determined in accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, which generally will equal the aggregate NAV of such OP Units, unless our board of directors determines that any such repurchase for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or our charter, in which case such OP Units will be repurchased for shares of our common stock with an equivalent aggregate NAV. See “The Operating Partnership—Special OP Units.” | ||
Property Management Fee—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary property management fees if Hines or an affiliate is our property manager. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in that geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 2.5% to 4.0% of the annual gross revenues for our properties.(7)(8) | Not determinable at this time. |
Leasing Fee—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary leasing fees if Hines or an affiliate is our primary leasing agent. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in that geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 1% to 3% of the annual gross rent paid under a lease.(7)(8) | Not determinable at this time. |
Tenant Construction Management Fees—Hines or its Affiliates | Amount payable by the tenant under its lease or, if payable by the landlord, direct costs incurred by Hines or an affiliate if the related services are provided by off-site employees.(9) | Not determinable at this time. |
Re-development Construction Management Fees—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary re-development construction management fees if Hines or its affiliates provide such services. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in the geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 3% to 6% of the total projected re-development or construction cost.(7) | Not determinable at this time. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Fees for Other Services—Affiliates of our Advisor | We may retain certain of the Advisor’s affiliates, from time to time, for services relating to our investments or our operations, which may include corporate services, statutory services, transaction support services (including but not limited to coordinating with brokers, lawyers, accountants and other advisors, assembling relevant information, conducting financial and market analyses, and coordinating closing procedures) and loan management and servicing, and within one or more such categories, providing services in respect of asset and/or investment administration, accounting, technology, tax preparation, finance (including but not limited to budget preparation and preparation and maintenance of corporate models), treasury, operational coordination, risk management, insurance placement, human resources, legal and compliance, valuation and reporting-related services, as well as services related to mortgage servicing, group purchasing, healthcare, consulting/brokerage, capital markets/credit origination, property, title and/or other types of insurance, management consulting and other similar operational matters. Any fees paid to our Advisor’s affiliates for any such services will not reduce the asset management fee. Any such arrangements will be at market rates. | Actual amounts depend on whether affiliates of our Advisor are actually engaged to perform such services. |
(1) | The total compensation related to our organization and offering activities, which includes upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and organization and offering expenses will not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. |
(2) | Upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees for sales of Class T Shares and Class S Shares may be reduced or waived in connection with volume discounts. See “Plan of Distribution—Underwriting Terms—Front-End Selling Commissions and Discounts (Class T Shares and Class S Shares)” and “—Dealer Manager Fees (Class T Shares).” If all shares sold in this offering are Class S Shares, our total upfront selling commissions would be approximately $70 million if we raise the maximum offering, assuming that the maximum upfront selling commission is paid for each share sold in our primary offering and no shares are issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. |
(3) | We also will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees at the date following the completion of the primary portion of this offering at which total underwriting compensation from any source in connection with this offering equals 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan). This limitation is intended to ensure that we satisfy the FINRA requirement that total underwriting compensation paid in connection with this offering does not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds of our primary offering. |
(4) | In calculating our distribution and stockholder servicing fee, we will use our NAV before giving effect to accruals for the distribution and stockholder servicing fee or distributions payable on our shares. If all shares sold in this offering are Class S Shares, our total annual distribution and stockholder servicing fees would be approximately $19.3 million if we raise the maximum offering, assuming that our NAV per share for Class S Shares is $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018 and no shares are issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. We expect our NAV per share will vary. |
(5) | These amounts represent estimated expenses incurred in connection with our organization and this offering. Under no circumstances may our total organization and offering expenses (including upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and due diligence expenses) exceed 15% of the gross proceeds from this offering. Any organization and offering expenses that are deemed underwriting expenses will be subject to the FINRA requirement that total underwriting compensation paid in connection with the offering does not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds of our primary offering. As a result of the 2.5% cap on reimbursement as a percentage of gross offering proceeds, we have not been obligated to reimburse our Advisor for all organization and offering expenses our Advisor had incurred in connection with our public offerings. After December 31, 2019, we expect to reimburse our Advisor ratably for the cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred by our Advisor in connection with our public offerings, including |
(6) | We will pay all expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of our investments, including legal and accounting fees and expenses, brokerage commissions payable to unaffiliated third parties, travel expenses, costs of appraisals (including independent appraisals), nonrefundable option payments on property not acquired, engineering, due diligence, transaction support services, title insurance and other expenses related to the selection and acquisition of investments, whether or not acquired. While most of the acquisition expenses are expected to be paid to third parties, a portion of the out-of-pocket acquisition expenses may be paid or reimbursed to our Advisor or its affiliates. Acquisition expenses will in no event exceed 6% of the gross purchase price of the property. |
(7) | Such fees must be approved by a majority of our independent directors as being fair and reasonable and on terms and conditions not less favorable than those available from unaffiliated third parties. |
(8) | Property management fees and leasing fees for international acquisitions may differ from our domestic property management fees and leasing fees due to differences in international markets, but in all events the fees shall be paid in compliance with our charter, and fees paid to Hines and its affiliates shall be approved by a majority of our independent directors. |
(9) | These fees relate to construction management services for improvements and build out tenant space. |
• | “Total Operating Expenses” are all costs and expenses paid or incurred by us, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles, including the asset management fee and the performance participation allocation, but excluding: (i) the expenses of raising capital such as organization and offering expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and listing of our capital stock, (ii) property-level expenses incurred at each property, (iii) interest payments, (iv) taxes, (v) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, (vi) incentive fees paid in compliance with our charter, (vii) acquisition fees and acquisition expenses related to the selection and acquisition of assets, whether or not a property is actually acquired, (viii) real estate commissions on the sale of property and (ix) other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, management and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair and improvement of property). |
• | “Average Invested Assets” means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets, invested, directly or indirectly, in equity interests in and loans secured by real estate, including all properties, mortgages and real estate-related securities and consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures or other partnerships, before deducting depreciation, amortization, impairments, bad debt reserves or other non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period. |
• | “Net Income” means, for any period, total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period other than additions to, or allowances for, non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, impairments and reserves for bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves. |
Incurred During the Three Months Ended March 31, | Incurred During the Years Ended December 31, | Unpaid as of | ||||||||||||||||||
Type and Recipient | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Selling Commissions- Dealer Manager | $ | — | $ | 4,021 | $ | 5,339 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Dealer Manager Fee- Dealer Manager | — | 1,744 | 3,017 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Distribution & Stockholder Servicing Fees- Dealer Manager | — | 4,947 | 4,858 | 7,456 | 8,249 | |||||||||||||||
Organization and Offering Costs- the Advisor | 503 | 4,753 | 3,107 | 6,231 | 5,728 | |||||||||||||||
Acquisition Fees- the Advisor(1) | — | 6,741 | 5,704 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Asset Management Fees- the Advisor(2) | 1,206 | 4,940 | 948 | 1,405 | 1,561 | |||||||||||||||
Other(3)- the Advisor | 392 | 1,827 | 1,183 | 272 | 464 | |||||||||||||||
Performance Participation Allocation- the Advisor(4) | 1,591 | 251 | — | 1,591 | 251 | |||||||||||||||
Interest Expense- Hines(5) | 187 | 676 | 64 | 197 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Property Management Fees- Hines | 211 | 858 | 265 | 22 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
Construction Management Fees- Hines | 112 | 236 | — | 6 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
Leasing Fees- Hines | 84 | 263 | — | 91 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Expense Reimbursement- Hines (with respect to management and operations of our properties) | 478 | 1,599 | 675 | 130 | 304 | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 4,764 | $ | 32,856 | $ | 25,160 | $ | 17,403 | $ | 16,642 |
(1) | As of the commencement of this offering, we no longer pay acquisition fees to the Advisor. |
(2) | The Advisor did not waive any asset management fees payable to it during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017 and waived $1.3 million in asset management fees payable to it during the year ended December 31, 2016. |
(3) | Includes amounts our Advisor paid on our behalf such as general and administrative expenses and acquisition-related expenses. These amounts are generally reimbursed to our Advisor during the month following the period in which they are incurred. |
(4) | As of December 6, 2017, through its ownership of the Special OP Units in the Operating Partnership, our Advisor is entitled to an annual performance participation allocation of 12.5% of the Operating Partnership's total return. Total return is defined as distributions paid or accrued plus the change in net asset value of the Company's shares of common stock for the applicable period. This performance participation allocation is subject to investors earning a 5% return, after considering the effect of any losses carried forward from the prior period (as defined in the Operating Partnership agreement). The performance participation allocation accrues monthly and is payable after the completion of each calendar year. See “Management Compensation—Performance Participation Allocation.” |
(5) | Includes amounts paid related to the Hines Credit Facility. See “Our Real Estate Investments—Our Permanent Debt” for a description of this credit facility. |
1. | With the authorization of our board of directors, we declared distributions as of daily record dates and paid them on a monthly basis through December 31, 2017. Beginning in January 2018, we have and intend to continue to declare distributions as of monthly record dates and pay them on a monthly basis. |
2. | We have not generated and we may continue to be unable to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to fully fund distributions paid. Therefore, some or all of our distributions have been and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from other sources, such as proceeds from our debt financings, |
Stockholders | Sources(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions for the Three Months Ended | Cash Distributions | Distributions Reinvested | Total Declared | Cash Flows From Operating Activities | |||||||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2018 | 2,544 | 2,970 | 5,514 | 4,674 | 85 | % | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 2,544 | $ | 2,970 | $ | 5,514 | $ | 4,674 | 85 | % | |||||||||
2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2017 | $ | 2,636 | $ | 3,005 | $ | 5,641 | $ | — | — | % | |||||||||
September 30, 2017 | 2,532 | 2,901 | 5,433 | 3,869 | 71 | % | |||||||||||||
June 30, 2017 (2) | 2,225 | 2,565 | 4,790 | 4,793 | 100 | % | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2017 (3) | 1,833 | 2,076 | 3,909 | — | — | % | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 9,226 | $ | 10,547 | $ | 19,773 | $ | 8,662 | 44 | % |
(1) | Includes distributions paid to noncontrolling interests. |
(2) | Includes $1.5 million of distributions that were declared on March 23, 2017 with respect to daily record dates for each day during the month of April 2017. |
(3) | Includes distributions declared as of daily record dates for the three months ended March 31, 2017, but excludes $1.5 million of distributions that were declared on March 23, 2017 with respect to daily record dates for each day during the month of April 2017. These April 2017 distributions were paid in cash or reinvested in shares on May 1, 2017. |
• | the sale of our common shares; |
• | obtaining debt financing; |
• | negotiating or obtaining the necessary purchase documentation; |
• | locating suitable investments; or |
• | other factors. |
• | the amount of the cash available for distribution; |
• | the impact of such distribution on other partners of the Operating Partnership; |
• | the Operating Partnership’s financial condition; |
• | the Operating Partnership’s capital expenditure requirements and reserves therefor; and |
• | the annual distribution requirements contained in the Code necessary to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT. |
• | the possibility that our partners or co-investors might become insolvent or bankrupt; |
• | that such partners or co-investors might have economic or other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, including inconsistent goals relating to the sale of properties or other investments held in the joint venture or the timing of the termination and liquidation of the venture; |
• | the possibility that we may incur liabilities as the result of actions taken by our partners or co-investors; or |
• | that such partners or co-investors may be in controlling positions and/or be in a position to take actions contrary to our instructions or requests or contrary to our policies or objectives, including our policy with respect to qualifying and maintaining our qualification as a REIT. |
• | changes in the general economic climate; |
• | changes in local conditions such as an oversupply of space or reduction in demand for real estate; |
• | changes in interest rates and the availability of financing; |
• | changes in property level operating expenses due to inflation or otherwise; |
• | changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing real estate usage, zoning and taxes; and |
• | changes due to factors that are generally outside of our control, such as terrorist attacks and international instability, natural disasters and acts of God, over-building, adverse national, state or local changes in applicable tax, environmental or zoning laws and a taking of any of the properties which we own or in which we otherwise have interests by eminent domain. |
• | the investments will fail to perform in accordance with our expectations because of conditions or liabilities we did not know about at the time of acquisition; and |
• | our projections or estimates with respect to the performance of the investments, the costs of operating or improving the properties or the effect of the economy or capital markets on the investments will prove inaccurate. |
• | local conditions, such as an oversupply of the types of properties we invest in or a reduction in demand for such properties in the area; and |
• | increased operating costs, if these costs cannot be passed through to tenants. |
• | purchase additional real estate investments; |
• | repay debt; |
• | buy out interests of any co-venturers or other partners in any joint venture in which we are a party; |
• | purchase shares under our share redemption program; |
• | create working capital reserves; or |
• | make repairs, maintenance, tenant improvements or other capital improvements or expenditures to our other properties. |
• | long periods of time may elapse between the commencement and the completion of our projects; |
• | our original estimates may not be accurate and our actual construction and development costs may exceed those estimates; |
• | the level of interest of potential tenants for a recently launched development may be low; |
• | construction materials and equipment may be unavailable or cost more than expected due to changes in supply and demand; |
• | construction and sales may not be completed on time, resulting in a cost increase; |
• | we may not be able to acquire or we may pay too much for the land we acquire for new developments or properties; |
• | labor may be in limited availability; and |
• | changes in tax, real estate and zoning laws may be unfavorable to us. |
• | rental residents deciding to share rental units and therefore rent fewer units; |
• | potential residents moving back into family homes or delaying leaving family homes; |
• | a reduced demand for higher-rent units, such as those of high quality multifamily communities; |
• | a decline in household formation; |
• | persons enrolled in college delaying leaving college or choosing to proceed to or return to graduate school in the absence of available employment; |
• | the inability or unwillingness of residents to pay rent increases; and |
• | increased collection losses. |
• | the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws; |
• | changing governmental rules and policies, including changes in land use and zoning laws, more stringent environmental laws or changes in such environmental laws; |
• | existing or new laws relating to the foreign ownership of real property or loans and laws restricting the ability of foreign persons or companies to remove profits earned from activities within the country to the person’s or company’s country of origin; |
• | the potential for expropriation; |
• | possible currency transfer restrictions; |
• | imposition of adverse or confiscatory taxes; |
• | changes in real estate and other tax rates and changes in other operating expenses in particular countries; |
• | possible challenges to the anticipated tax treatment of the structures that allow us to acquire and hold investments; |
• | adverse market conditions caused by terrorism, civil unrest and changes in national or local governmental or economic conditions; |
• | the willingness of domestic or foreign lenders to make loans in certain countries and changes in the availability, cost and terms of loan funds resulting from varying national economic policies; |
• | general political and economic instability in certain regions; |
• | the potential difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries; and |
• | Hines’ limited experience and expertise in foreign countries relative to its experience and expertise in the United States. |
• | adversely affect European and worldwide economic and market conditions; |
• | adversely affect commercial property market rental rates in the United Kingdom and continental Europe; |
• | adversely affect commercial property market values in the United Kingdom and continental Europe; |
• | adversely affect the availability of financing for commercial properties in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, which could reduce the price for which we are able to sell properties we have acquired in such geographic locations; and |
• | create further instability in global financial and foreign exchange markets, including volatility in the value of the Sterling and Euro. |
• | sell shares in this offering or sell additional shares in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan; |
• | sell securities that are convertible into shares, such as OP Units; |
• | at the option of our Advisor issue common shares or OP Units to pay for certain fees and distributions; |
• | issue OP Units or common shares to our Advisor or its affiliates in exchange for advances or deferrals of fees; |
• | issue shares in a private offering; or |
• | issue shares to sellers of properties acquired by us in connection with an exchange of partnership units from the Operating Partnership. |
• | a merger, tender offer or proxy contest; |
• | the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities; and/or |
• | the removal of incumbent management. |
• | any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding voting shares (an “interested stockholder”); |
• | any of our affiliates or associates who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our then outstanding shares (also an “interested stockholder”); or |
• | an affiliate of an interested stockholder. |
• | limitations on the capital structure of the entity; |
• | restrictions on certain investments; |
• | prohibitions on transactions with affiliated entities; and |
• | public reporting disclosures, record keeping, voting procedures, proxy disclosure and similar corporate governance rules and regulations. |
• | the allocation of new investments among us and other entities operated by Hines; |
• | the allocation of time and resources among us and other entities operated by Hines; |
• | the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset; |
• | investments with Hines and affiliates of Hines; |
• | the compensation paid to our Advisor; and |
• | our relationship with Hines in the management of our properties. |
• | we would not be allowed to deduct our distributions to our stockholders when computing our taxable income; |
• | we would be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates; |
• | we would be disqualified from being taxed as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions; |
• | our cash available for distribution would be reduced and we would have less cash to distribute to our stockholders; and |
• | we might be required to borrow additional funds or sell some of our assets in order to pay corporate tax obligations we may incur as a result of our disqualification. |
• | part of the income and gain recognized by certain qualified employee pension trusts with respect to our common shares may be treated as unrelated business taxable income if our stock is predominately held by qualified employee pension trusts, we are required to rely on a special look through rule for purposes of meeting the REIT stock ownership tests, and we are not operated in such a manner as to otherwise avoid treatment of such income or gain as unrelated business taxable income; |
• | part of the income and gain recognized by a tax exempt investor with respect to our common shares would constitute unrelated business taxable income if such investor incurs debt in order to acquire the common shares; and |
• | part or all of the income or gain recognized with respect to our common shares by social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations and supplemental unemployment benefit trusts which are exempt from federal income taxation under Sections 501(c)(7), (9) or (17) of the Code may be treated as unrelated business taxable income. |
• | your investment is consistent with your fiduciary obligations under ERISA and the Code; |
• | your investment is made in accordance with the documents and instruments governing your plan or IRA, including your plan’s investment policy; |
• | your investment satisfies the prudence and diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA; |
• | your investment will not impair the liquidity of the plan or IRA; |
• | your investment will not produce “unrelated business taxable income” for the plan or IRA; |
• | you will be able to value the assets of the plan annually in accordance with ERISA requirements; and |
• | your investment will not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. |
Maximum Offering of $500,000,000 in Class T Shares | ||||||
Gross Proceeds(1) | $ | 500,000,000 | 100 | % | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2) | $ | 17,500,000 | 3.50 | % | ||
Organization and Offering Expenses(3) | $ | 5,845,000 | 1.17 | % | ||
Net Proceeds Available for Investment | $ | 476,655,000 | 95.33 | % |
Maximum Offering of $500,000,000 in Class S Shares | ||||||
Gross Proceeds(1) | $ | 500,000,000 | 100 | % | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2) | $ | 17,500,000 | 3.50 | % | ||
Organization and Offering Expenses(3) | $ | 5,845,000 | 1.17 | % | ||
Net Proceeds Available for Investment | $ | 476,655,000 | 95.33 | % |
Maximum Offering of $500,000,000 in Class D Shares | ||||||
Gross Proceeds(1) | $ | 500,000,000 | 100 | % | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2) | — | — | ||||
Organization and Offering Expenses(3) | $ | 5,845,000 | 1.17 | % | ||
Net Proceeds Available for Investment | $ | 494,155,000 | 98.83 | % |
Maximum Offering of $500,000,000 in Class I Shares | ||||||
Gross Proceeds(1) | $ | 500,000,000 | 100 | % | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2) | — | — | ||||
Organization and Offering Expenses(3) | $ | 5,845,000 | 1.17 | % | ||
Net Proceeds Available for Investment | $ | 494,155,000 | 98.83 | % |
(1) | Gross offering proceeds include upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees that our Dealer Manager is entitled to receive (including any amounts that may be retained by or reallowed to participating broker dealers). We intend to conduct a continuous offering of an unlimited number of shares of our common stock over an unlimited time period by filing a new registration statement prior to the end of the three-year period described in Rule 415 under the Securities Act; however, in certain states this offering is subject to annual renewals of the offering period. |
(2) | For Class T Shares, includes upfront selling commissions of 3.0% of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares sold in the primary offering and dealer manager fees of 0.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares sold in the primary offering. For Class S Shares, includes upfront selling commissions of 3.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class S Shares sold in the primary offering. We will also pay the following selling commissions over time as distribution and stockholder servicing fees to our Dealer Manager, subject to FINRA limitations on underwriting compensation: (a) with respect to our outstanding Class T Shares and Class S Shares, a distribution and stockholder servicing fee equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class T Shares and Class S Shares, as applicable, and (b) with respect to our outstanding Class D Shares, in an amount equal to up to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class D Shares, in each case, payable monthly. The total amount that will be paid over time for distribution and stockholder servicing fees depends on the average length of time for which shares remain outstanding, the term over which such amount is measured and the performance of our investments, and is not expected to be paid from offering proceeds. See “Plan of Distribution—Underwriting Terms—Front-End Selling Commissions and Discounts (Class T Shares and Class S Shares),” “—Dealer Manager Fees (Class T Shares),” and “—Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees (Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares).” |
(3) | We will incur, or reimburse our Advisor for our cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred by our Advisor and its affiliates in connection with our public offerings and our organization, in an amount equal to up to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings and our Advisor or its affiliates will be responsible for any organization and offering expenses in excess of this cap. In addition, our Advisor has agreed to advance all of our organization and offering expenses on our behalf through December 31, 2019. We will reimburse our Advisor for such advanced expenses, as well as any organization and offering expenses incurred in prior periods related to our initial public offering, ratably over the 60 months following December 31, 2019, to the extent reimbursements to our Advisor for cumulative organization and offering expenses do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. Following December 31, 2019, we will |
Name | Age | Position and Office with Hines Global | ||
Jeffrey C. Hines | 63 | Director and Chairman of the board of directors | ||
Charles M. Baughn | 63 | Director | ||
Humberto “Burt” Cabañas | 70 | Independent Director | ||
Dougal A. Cameron | 60 | Independent Director | ||
John O. Niemann, Jr. | 61 | Independent Director | ||
Sherri W. Schugart | 52 | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ryan T. Sims | 47 | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
David L. Steinbach | 41 | Chief Investment Officer | ||
Kevin L. McMeans | 53 | Asset Management Officer | ||
J. Shea Morgenroth | 43 | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer |
• | ownership of an interest in Hines, our Advisor or their affiliates other than Hines Global or any other affiliate with securities registered under the Exchange Act; |
• | employment by Hines or our Advisor or their affiliates; |
• | service as an officer, trust manager or director of Hines or our Advisor or their affiliates other than as a director of Hines Global or any other affiliate with securities registered under the Exchange Act; |
• | performance of services for us, other than as a director, or any of our affiliates with securities registered under the Exchange Act; |
• | service as a director, trust manager or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts advised by our Advisor or organized by Hines; or |
• | maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with Hines, our Advisor or any of their affiliates. |
• | the director was employed by us within the last three years; |
• | an immediate family member of the director was employed by us as an executive officer within the last three years; |
• | the director, or an immediate family member of the director, received more than $120,000 during any 12-month period within the last three years in direct compensation from us, other than director and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service); |
• | the director is a current partner or employee of a firm that is our internal or external auditor, the director has an immediate family member who is a current partner of such a firm, the director has an immediate family member who is a current employee of such a firm and personally works on our audit, or the director or an immediate family member was within the last three years a partner or employee of such a firm and personally worked on our audit within that time; |
• | the director or an immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, employed as an executive officer of another company where any of our present executive officers at the same time serves or served on that company’s compensation committee; or |
• | the director was an executive officer or an employee (or an immediate family member of the director was an executive officer) of a company that makes payments to, or receives payments from, us for property or services in an amount which, in any of the last three fiscal years, exceeded the greater of $1,000,000 or 2% of such other company’s consolidated gross revenues. |
• | our net assets and net income; |
• | the amount of the fees paid to our Advisor in relation to the size, composition and performance of our investments; |
• | the success of our Advisor in generating appropriate investment opportunities; |
• | rates charged to other REITs, especially REITs of similar structure and other investors by advisors performing similar services; |
• | additional revenues realized by our Advisor and its affiliates through their relationship with us, whether we pay them or they are paid by others with whom we do business; |
• | the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by our Advisor; |
• | the performance of our investment portfolio; |
• | the quality of our portfolio relative to the investments generated by our Advisor for its own account; and |
• | other factors related to managing a public company, such as stockholder services and support, compliance with securities laws, including Sarbanes-Oxley and other factors typical of a public company. |
• | assists our board of directors in identifying individuals qualified to become members of our board of directors; |
• | recommends candidates to our board of directors to fill vacancies on the board; |
• | recommends committee assignments for directors to the full board; |
• | periodically assesses the performance of our board of directors; |
• | reviews and recommends appropriate corporate governance policies and procedures to our board of directors; and |
• | reviews and monitors our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Senior Officers and Directors, and any other corporate governance policies and procedures we may have from time to time. |
• | $7,500 to the Chairperson of our conflicts committee; |
• | $10,000 to the Chairperson of our audit committee; |
• | $5,000 to the Chairperson of our compensation committee; |
• | $5,000 to the Chairperson of our nominating and corporate governance committee; and |
• | $5,000 to the Chairperson of our valuation committee. |
• | an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding, and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; |
• | the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or |
• | with respect to any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his act or omission was unlawful. |
• | the indemnified person determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in our best interests; |
• | the indemnified person was acting on our behalf or performing services for us; |
• | in the case of non-independent directors, the liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct by the party seeking indemnification; |
• | in the case of independent directors, the liability or loss was not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the party seeking indemnification; and |
• | the indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. |
• | there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations; |
• | such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or |
• | a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which the securities were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws. |
• | the legal action relates to acts or omissions with respect to the performance of duties or services on our behalf; |
• | the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advancement; |
• | the party seeking advancement provides us with written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification according to our charter; and |
• | the party seeking advancement provides us with written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and undertakes to repay the advanced funds to us, together with the applicable legal rate of interest thereon, in cases in which such party is found not to be entitled to indemnification. The Operating Partnership has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless our Advisor and Hines and their affiliates performing services for us from specific claims and liabilities arising out of the performance of their obligations under our Advisory Agreement and any Property Management and Leasing Agreement, subject to the limitations contained in such agreements. Please see “Management—Our Advisor and Our Advisory Agreement—Indemnification” and the “Management—Hines and Our Property Management, Leasing and Other Services—The Hines Organization—Indemnification” sections below. The Operating Partnership must also indemnify Hines Global and its directors, officers and employees in Hines Global’s capacity as its general partner. Please see “The Operating Partnership—Indemnity.” |
(1) | Please see “Management Compensation” for a description of the payments we may make with respect to the Special OP Units held by our Advisor. |
(2) | Please see “Conflicts of Interest” for a description of the other direct participation programs sponsored and managed by Hines and its affiliates. |
(3) | Please see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” for information concerning the number of shares of our common stock owned by our officers and directors as of July 1, 2018. |
Name | Age | Position and Office with the General Partner of our Advisor | ||
Jeffrey C. Hines | 63 | Chairman of the Managers | ||
C. Hastings Johnson | 70 | Manager | ||
Charles M. Baughn | 63 | Manager | ||
Sherri W. Schugart | 52 | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ryan T. Sims | 47 | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
David L. Steinbach | 41 | Chief Investment Officer | ||
Frank R. Apollo | 51 | Senior Managing Director—Finance | ||
Kevin L. McMeans | 53 | Asset Management Officer | ||
J. Shea Morgenroth | 43 | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer |
• | the development of this offering, including the determination of its specific terms; |
• | along with our Dealer Manager, the approval of the participating broker dealers and negotiation of the related selling agreements; |
• | preparation and approval of all marketing materials to be used by our Dealer Manager or others relating to this offering; |
• | coordination of the due diligence process relating to participating broker dealers and their review of any prospectuses and our other offering documents; |
• | creation and implementation of various technology and electronic communications related to this offering; |
• | along with our Dealer Manager, the negotiation and coordination with our transfer agent of the receipt, collection, processing and acceptance of subscription agreements, commissions, and other administrative support functions; and |
• | all other services related to this offering, whether performed and incurred by our Advisor or its affiliates, other than services related to the underwriting, marketing, distribution or sale of this offering. |
• | serve as our investment and financial advisor and obtain certain market research and economic and statistical data in connection with our real estate investments and investment objectives and policies; |
• | subject to our investment objectives and policies: (i) locate, analyze and select potential investments; (ii) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of real estate investments; and (iii) acquire real estate investments on our behalf; |
• | oversee the due diligence process; |
• | prepare reports regarding prospective investments which include recommendations and supporting documentation necessary for our board of directors to evaluate the proposed investments; |
• | obtain reports (which may be prepared by our Advisor or its affiliates), where appropriate, concerning the value of our contemplated investments; and |
• | negotiate and execute approved investments and other transactions. |
• | investigate, select, and, on our behalf, engage and conduct business with such persons as our Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations under our Advisory Agreement, including but not limited to consultants, accountants, correspondents, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, underwriters, corporate fiduciaries, escrow agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, insurance agents, banks, builders, developers, property owners, real estate management companies, real estate operating companies, construction companies, securities investment advisers, mortgagors, and any and all agents of the foregoing, including affiliates of our Advisor and persons acting in any other capacity deemed by our Advisor necessary or desirable for the performance of any of the services under our Advisory Agreement; |
• | monitor applicable markets and obtain reports (which may be prepared by our Advisor or its affiliates) where appropriate, concerning the value of our investments; |
• | monitor and evaluate the performance of our investments, provide daily management services and perform and supervise the various management and operational functions related to our investments; |
• | coordinate with any property manager; |
• | coordinate and manage relationships between us and any joint venture partners; and |
• | provide financial and operational planning services and investment portfolio management functions. |
• | manage and perform the various administrative functions necessary for our day-to-day operations; |
• | from time-to-time, or at any time reasonably requested by the directors, make reports to the directors on our Advisor’s performance of services to us under our Advisory Agreement; |
• | coordinate with our independent accountants and auditors to prepare and deliver to our audit committee an annual report covering our Advisor’s compliance with certain aspects of our Advisory Agreement; |
• | provide or arrange for administrative services and items, legal and other services, office space, office furnishings, personnel and other overhead items necessary and incidental to our business and operations; |
• | provide financial and operational planning services and portfolio management functions; |
• | maintain accounting data and any other information concerning our activities as shall be required to prepare and to file all periodic financial reports and returns required to be filed with the SEC and any other regulatory agency, including annual financial statements; |
• | maintain all of our appropriate books and records; |
• | oversee tax and compliance services and risk management services and coordinate with appropriate third parties, including independent accountants and other consultants, on related tax matters; |
• | supervise the performance of such ministerial and administrative functions as may be necessary in connection with our daily operations; |
• | provide us with all necessary cash management services; |
• | manage and coordinate with the transfer agent the distribution process and payments to stockholders; |
• | consult with the officers and board of directors and assist in evaluating and obtaining adequate insurance coverage based upon risk management determinations; |
• | provide the officers and directors with timely updates related to the overall regulatory environment affecting us, as well as managing compliance with such matters, including but not limited to compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
• | consult with the officers and board of directors relating to the corporate governance structure and appropriate policies and procedures related thereto; and |
• | oversee all reporting, record keeping, internal controls and similar matters in a manner to allow us to comply with applicable law including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
• | manage communications with our stockholders, including answering phone calls, preparing and sending written and electronic reports and other communications; and |
• | establish technology infrastructure to assist in providing stockholder support and service. |
• | identify and evaluate potential financing and refinancing sources, engaging a third-party broker if necessary; |
• | negotiate terms, arrange and execute financing agreements; |
• | manage relationships between us and our lenders; and |
• | monitor and oversee the service of our debt facilities and other financings. |
• | consult with the board of directors and provide assistance with the evaluation and approval of potential asset dispositions, sales or liquidity events; and |
• | structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which real estate investments may be sold. |
• | implement and coordinate processes with respect to the calculation of our aggregate NAV and the NAV per share for each class of our common stock in accordance with the valuation policy adopted by our board of directors, and in connection therewith, obtain appraisals performed by one or more independent valuation firms concerning the value of our real properties; |
• | monitor our real properties for events that may be expected to have a material impact on their most recent estimated values; |
• | monitor each independent valuation firm’s valuation process to ensure that it complies with the valuation policy adopted by our board of directors; |
• | supervise one or more independent valuation firms and, if necessary, recommend to our board of directors its replacement; and |
• | deliver to or maintain on our behalf copies of all appraisals obtained in connection with our real properties and all valuations of other assets as may be required to be obtained by our board of directors. |
• | immediately by us (i) in the event our Advisor commits fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or negligently breaches its fiduciary duty to us, (ii) upon the bankruptcy of our Advisor or its involvement in similar insolvency proceedings or (iii) in the event of a material breach of our Advisory Agreement by our Advisor, which remains uncured after 10 days’ written notice; |
• | without cause or penalty by a majority of our independent directors or by our Advisor upon 60 days’ written notice; or |
• | immediately by our Advisor upon our bankruptcy or involvement in similar insolvency proceedings or any material breach of our Advisory Agreement by us, which remains uncured after 10 days’ written notice. |
Name | Age | Number of Years with Hines | Position | |||
Gerald D. Hines | 92 | 61 | Chairman of the Board | |||
Jeffrey C. Hines | 63 | 36 | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
C. Hastings Johnson | 70 | 40 | Vice Chairman | |||
Charles M. Baughn | 63 | 34 | Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer | |||
James C. Buie, Jr. | 66 | 38 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—West Region, Asia Pacific and Australia | |||
Christopher D. Hughes | 56 | 32 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Capital Markets Group and East Region | |||
Lee Timmins | 56 | 30 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Eurasia Region | |||
Sherri W. Schugart | 52 | 23 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Core Fund, REIT and BDC Group | |||
C. Kevin Shannahan | 62 | 36 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Midwest & Southeast Regions, Canada and South America | |||
Mark A. Cover | 58 | 35 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Southwest Region and Mexico/Central America | |||
Lars Huber | 47 | 22 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Hines Europe and Middle East/North Africa | |||
Colin P. Shepherd | 58 | 36 | Senior Managing Director and CEO—Investment Management | |||
Thomas D. Owens | 66 | 45 | Senior Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer | |||
David L. Steinbach | 41 | 19 | Chief Investment Officer |
As of December 31, 2017(1) | ||||
Title | Number of Employees | Average Tenure (Years) | ||
Executive Committee | 13 | 35 | ||
Senior Managing Director/SVP | 80 | 23 | ||
Managing Director/VP | 211 | 15 | ||
TOTAL | 304 | 18 |
(1) | All 13 employees who are part of the Hines Executive Committee have individual tenures ranging from 21 to 61 years, with an average tenure in the organization of 35 years as of December 31, 2017. |
• | tenant relations; |
• | energy management; |
• | preventive maintenance; |
• | security; |
• | vendor contracting; |
• | parking management; |
• | marketing plans; |
• | broker relations; |
• | tenant prospecting; and |
• | lease negotiation. |
Name | Age | Position and Office with our Dealer Manager | ||
J. Mark Earley | 55 | Director and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Sherri W. Schugart | 52 | Director | ||
Colin P. Shepherd | 58 | Director | ||
Frank R. Apollo | 51 | Director, Senior Managing Director, Treasurer and Secretary | ||
Charles M. Baughn | 63 | Director | ||
Dugan Fife | 44 | National Director of Distribution | ||
Bill Lehew | 61 | Director of Strategic Accounts |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Organization and Offering Activities(1) | ||
Upfront Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees(2)—our Dealer Manager | Our Dealer Manager will be entitled to receive upfront selling commissions of up to 3.0%, and dealer manager fees of up to 0.5%, of gross offering proceeds from Class T Shares sold in the primary offering and upfront selling commissions of up to 3.5% of gross offering proceeds from Class S Shares sold in the primary offering. Our Dealer Manager may reallow all or a portion of the upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees to participating broker dealers. No upfront selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid with respect to purchases of Class D Shares, Class I Shares or shares of any class sold pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. | The actual amount of upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees will depend on the number of Class T Shares and Class S Shares sold in the primary offering. Aggregate upfront selling commissions will equal approximately $32.5 million if we sell the maximum amount in our primary offering, and aggregate dealer manager fees will equal approximately $2.5 million if we sell the maximum amount in our primary offering, assuming payment of the full upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees and that 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of each of Class T Shares and Class S Shares. |
Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fees(3)(4)—our Dealer Manager | Subject to FINRA limitations on underwriting compensation, we will pay our Dealer Manager distribution and stockholder servicing fees: ● with respect to our outstanding Class T Shares, in an amount equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class T Shares; ● with respect to our outstanding Class S Shares, in an amount equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class S Shares; and ● with respect to our outstanding Class D Shares, in an amount equal to up to 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class D Shares. We will not pay distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to our outstanding Class I Shares. | Actual amounts depend upon the NAV per share of Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares, the number of Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares purchased and when such shares are purchased. For each of Class T Shares and Class S Shares, the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will equal approximately $4.8 million per annum if we sell the maximum amount. For Class D Shares, the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will equal approximately $1.3 million per annum if we sell the maximum amount. In each case, we are assuming that, in our primary offering, 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class T Shares, 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class S Shares and 1/4 of our offering proceeds are from the sale of Class D Shares, that the NAV per share of each of our Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares remains constant at $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018. We expect our NAV per share will vary. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
We will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to any Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share at the end of the month in which the transfer agent, on our behalf, determines that the total upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees paid with respect to Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares, as applicable, held by a stockholder within his or her particular account equals 8.75% (or, in the case of shares sold through certain participating broker dealers, a lower limit as set forth in any applicable agreement between our Dealer Manager and a participating broker dealer) of the gross proceeds from the sale of such Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares (including the gross proceeds of any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan with respect thereto). At the end of such month, such Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share (and any shares issued under our distribution reinvestment plan with respect thereto) will convert into a number of Class I Shares (including any fractional shares) with an equivalent aggregate NAV as such share. Although we cannot predict the length of time over which the distribution and stockholder servicing fees will be paid due to potential changes in the NAV of our shares, this fee would be paid with respect to a Class T Share or Class S Share (in the case of a limit of 8.75% of gross proceeds) over a period of approximately 5.44 years from the date of purchase and with respect to a Class D Share (in the case of a limit of 8.75% of gross proceeds) over a period of approximately 35 years from the date of purchase, assuming payment of the full upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees and a constant NAV per share of $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018. We expect our NAV per share will vary. Under these assumptions, if a stockholder holds his or her shares for these time periods, this fee with respect to a Class T Share or Class S Share would total approximately $0.54 and with respect to a Class D Share would total approximately $0.87. | ||
In addition, we will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares on the earlier to occur of the following: (i) a listing of our common shares, (ii) our merger or consolidation with or into another entity, or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets or (iii) the date following the completion of the primary portion of this offering on which, in the aggregate, underwriting compensation from all sources in connection with this offering, including upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and other underwriting compensation, is equal to 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering. Upon the earlier to occur of such events, our Class T Shares, Class S Shares and Class D Shares will convert into a number of Class I Shares (including any fractional shares) with an equivalent NAV as such shares. We will further cease paying the distribution and stockholder servicing fee on any Class T Share, Class S Share or Class D Share that is redeemed or repurchased, as well as upon our dissolution, liquidation or the winding up of our affairs, or a merger or other extraordinary transaction to which we are a party and in which the Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares, each as a class, are exchanged for cash or other securities. We cannot predict if or when this will occur for each Class T Share, Class S Share and Class D Share. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Organization and Offering Expense Reimbursement (3)(5) —our Advisor | Our Advisor has agreed to advance all of our organization and offering expenses on our behalf, including expenses that are deemed issuer costs and certain expenses that are deemed underwriting compensation, such as legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees and expenses, bona fide due diligence expenses of participating broker dealers and investment advisers supported by detailed and itemized invoices, costs in connection with preparing sales materials, design and website expenses, fees and expenses of our transfer agent, fees paid by registered representatives associated with our Dealer Manager to attend retail seminars sponsored by participating broker dealers, costs associated with sponsoring conferences, including reimbursements for registered representatives associated with participating broker dealers to attend educational conferences sponsored by us or our Dealer Manager, reimbursements for customary lodging, meals and reasonable entertainment expenses and promotional items, technology costs and legal fees of our Dealer Manager, but excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees through December 31, 2019. We will reimburse our Advisor for all such advanced expenses, as well as any organization and offering expenses incurred in prior periods related to our initial public offering, ratably over the 60 months following December 31, 2019, to the extent reimbursements to our Advisor for cumulative organization and offering expenses do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. | We estimate the reimbursement for our organization and offering expenses (excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution and stockholder servicing fees) to be approximately $23.4 million if we sell the maximum offering amount. |
Following December 31, 2019, we will reimburse our Advisor for any organization and offering expenses that it incurs on our behalf as and when incurred, to the extent that aggregate reimbursements to our Advisor for cumulative organization and offering expenses do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. Although the cap on reimbursements to our Advisor and its affiliates for cumulative organization and offering expenses is equal to 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds from our public offerings, we estimate that the total reimbursement that will be paid to our Advisor and its affiliates for cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred will be equal to approximately 1.17% of the maximum gross offering proceeds from the primary offering. | ||
Investment Activities | ||
Acquisition Expenses Reimbursement(6)—our Advisor | We do not intend to pay the Advisor any acquisition, financing (except interest payments to the lender in cases where the lender is an affiliate of the Advisor) or other similar fees in connection with making investments. We will, however, reimburse our Advisor for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the selection, evaluation, structuring, acquisition, origination, financing and development of properties and real estate-related securities, whether or not such investments are acquired, and make payments to third parties or certain of the Advisor’s affiliates in connection with making investments as described in “—Fees for Other Services” below. | Not determinable at this time. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Operational Activities | ||
Asset Management Fee and Expense Reimbursements—our Advisor | We will pay our Advisor an asset management fee equal to 0.0625% per month of the value of our real estate investments at the end of each month. The value of our real estate investments at the end of each month is determined using the cost of our real estate investments at the end of each month; provided that if our board of directors has determined an NAV per share that includes the real estate investments on which the asset management fee is being calculated, the asset management fee with respect to those real estate investments will be equal to 0.0625% per month of the most recently determined value of such real estate investments at the end of each month. In no event will the asset management fee exceed an amount equal to 1/12th of 1.25% of our NAV at the end of the applicable month. The asset management fee may be paid, at the Advisor’s election, in cash, Class I Shares or Class I OP units. If our Advisor elects to receive any portion of its management fee in Class I Shares or Class I OP units, we may repurchase such Class I Shares or Class I OP units from the Advisor at a later date. Class I Shares and Class I OP units obtained by our Advisor in lieu of a cash asset management fee will not be subject to the 5% holding discount under our share redemption program, but will be subject to the monthly and quarterly volume limitations that exist under our share redemption program. Any such Class I Shares will be repurchased at the then-current redemption price under our share redemption program. The Operating Partnership will repurchase any such OP Units for cash in an amount determined in accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, which generally will equal the aggregate NAV of such OP Units, unless our board of directors determines that any such repurchase for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or our charter, in which case such OP Units will be repurchased for shares of our common stock with an equivalent aggregate NAV. The Advisor will have the option of exchanging Class I Shares for an amount of Class T Shares, Class S Shares or Class D Shares with an equivalent aggregate NAV and will have registration rights with respect to shares of our common stock. | Not determinable at this time. Actual amounts of the asset management fee depend upon the cost of our real estate assets. |
In addition to the organization and offering expense and acquisition expense reimbursements described above, we will reimburse our Advisor for out-of-pocket costs and expenses that it incurs in connection with the services it provides to us, including, but not limited to, (i) the actual cost of goods and services used by us and obtained from third parties, including fees paid to administrators, consultants, attorneys, technology providers and other services providers, and brokerage fees paid in connection with the purchase and sale of investments and securities, and (ii) expenses of managing and operating our properties, whether payable to an affiliate or a non-affiliated person. See “Management—Our Advisor and Our Advisory Agreement—Compensation.” |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
Performance Participation Allocation—our Advisor | As long as the Advisory Agreement has not been terminated (including by means of non-renewal), our Advisor, as the holder of the Special OP Units will be entitled to a performance participation interest in the Operating Partnership that entitles it to receive an allocation from our Operating Partnership equal to 12.5% of the Total Return, subject to a 5% Hurdle Amount, with a Catch-Up (each term as defined below). Such allocation will be made annually and accrue monthly. Specifically, our Advisor will be allocated a performance participation in an amount equal to: ● First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (i) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (ii) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Excess Profits”), 100% of such annual Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to our Advisor equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to our Advisor pursuant to this clause (this is commonly referred to as a “Catch-Up”); and ● Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits. “Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior calendar year shall equal the sum of: (i) all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the OP Units outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, plus (ii) the change in aggregate NAV of such units since the beginning of the year, before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of OP Units, (y) any allocation/accrual to the performance participation interest and (z) applicable distribution and stockholder servicing fee expenses (including any payments made to us for payment of such expenses). For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the NAV of units issued during the then-current calendar year but (ii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such units. In addition, with respect to a year in which we complete a liquidity event, the calculation of Total Return will include any change in the aggregate NAV of the OP Units outstanding will be deemed to equal the difference between the aggregate NAV of such units at the beginning of the year and the aggregate value of such units determined in connection with such liquidity event. | Actual amounts of the performance participation allocation depend upon the Operating Partnership’s actual annual Total Return and, therefore, cannot be calculated at this time. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
“Hurdle Amount” for any period during a calendar year means that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of the OP Units outstanding at the beginning of the then-current calendar year and all OP Units issued since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, taking into account the timing and amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such units and all issuances of OP Units over the period. The ending NAV of the OP Units used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation/accrual to the performance participation interest and applicable distribution and stockholder servicing fee expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any OP Units repurchased during such period, which units will be subject to the performance participation allocation upon repurchase as described below. Except as described in Loss Carryforward Amount below, any amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods. | ||
“Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative annual Total Return and decrease by any positive annual Total Return, provided that the Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the Total Return related to any OP Units repurchased during such year, which units will be subject to the performance participation allocation upon repurchase as described below. The effect of the Loss Carryforward Amount is that the recoupment of past annual Total Return losses will offset the positive annual Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the performance participation allocation. Our Advisor will also be allocated a performance participation with respect to all OP Units that are repurchased at the end of any month (in connection with redemptions of our shares in our share redemption program) in an amount calculated as described above with the relevant period being the portion of the year for which such unit was outstanding, and proceeds for any such unit repurchase will be reduced by the amount of any such performance participation. | ||
Distributions on the performance participation interest may be payable in cash or Class I OP units at the election of our Advisor. If our Advisor elects to receive such distributions in Class I OP Units, then our Advisor may request the Operating Partnership to repurchase such OP Units from our Advisor at a later date. Any such repurchase requests will not be subject to the 5% holding discount under our share redemption program but will be subject to the monthly and quarterly volume limitations that exist under our share redemption program. |
Type and Recipient | Description and Method of Computation | Estimated Amount |
The Operating Partnership will repurchase any such OP Units for cash in an amount determined in accordance with the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, which generally will equal the aggregate NAV of such OP Units, unless our board of directors determines that any such repurchase for cash would be prohibited by applicable law or our charter, in which case such OP Units will be repurchased for shares of our common stock with an equivalent aggregate NAV. See “The Operating Partnership—Special OP Units.” | ||
Property Management Fee—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary property management fees if Hines or an affiliate is our property manager. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in that geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 2.5% to 4.0% of the annual gross revenues for our properties.(7)(8) | Not determinable at this time. |
Leasing Fee—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary leasing fees if Hines or an affiliate is our primary leasing agent. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in that geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 1% to 3% of the annual gross rent paid under a lease.(7)(8) | Not determinable at this time. |
Tenant Construction Management Fees—Hines or its Affiliates | Amount payable by the tenant under its lease or, if payable by the landlord, direct costs incurred by Hines or an affiliate if the related services are provided by off-site employees.(9) | Not determinable at this time. |
Re-development Construction Management Fees—Hines or its Affiliates | Customary re-development construction management fees if Hines or its affiliates provide such services. Such fees will be paid in an amount that is usual and customary in the geographic area for that type of property. We expect such fee could range from 3% to 6% of the total projected re-development or construction cost.(7) | Not determinable at this time. |
Fees for Other Services—Affiliates of our Advisor | We may retain certain of the Advisor’s affiliates, from time to time, for services relating to our investments or our operations, which may include corporate services, statutory services, transaction support services (including but not limited to coordinating with brokers, lawyers, accountants and other advisors, assembling relevant information, conducting financial and market analyses, and coordinating closing procedures) and loan management and servicing, and within one or more such categories, providing services in respect of asset and/or investment administration, accounting, technology, tax preparation, finance (including but not limited to budget preparation and preparation and maintenance of corporate models), treasury, operational coordination, risk management, insurance placement, human resources, legal and compliance, valuation and reporting-related services, as well as services related to mortgage servicing, group purchasing, healthcare, consulting/brokerage, capital markets/credit origination, property, title and/or other types of insurance, management consulting and other similar operational matters. Any fees paid to our Advisor’s affiliates for any such services will not reduce the asset management fee. Any such arrangements will be at market rates. | Actual amounts depend on whether affiliates of our Advisor are actually engaged to perform such services. |
(1) | The total compensation related to our organization and offering activities, which includes upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and organization and offering expenses will not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. |
(2) | Upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees for sales of Class T Shares and Class S Shares may be reduced or waived in connection with volume discounts. See “Plan of Distribution—Underwriting Terms— |
(3) | We also will cease paying distribution and stockholder servicing fees at the date following the completion of the primary portion of this offering at which total underwriting compensation from any source in connection with this offering equals 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan). This limitation is intended to ensure that we satisfy the FINRA requirement that total underwriting compensation paid in connection with this offering does not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds of our primary offering. |
(4) | In calculating our distribution and stockholder servicing fee, we will use our NAV before giving effect to accruals for the distribution and stockholder servicing fee or distributions payable on our shares. If all shares sold in this offering are Class S Shares, our total annual distribution and stockholder servicing fees would be approximately $19.3 million if we raise the maximum offering, assuming that our NAV per share for Class S Shares is $9.91, which is our NAV per share as of June 30, 2018 and no shares are issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. We expect our NAV per share will vary. |
(5) | These amounts represent estimated expenses incurred in connection with our organization and this offering. Under no circumstances may our total organization and offering expenses (including upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution and stockholder servicing fees and due diligence expenses) exceed 15% of the gross proceeds from this offering. Any organization and offering expenses that are deemed underwriting expenses will be subject to the FINRA requirement that total underwriting compensation paid in connection with the offering does not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds of our primary offering. As a result of the 2.5% cap on reimbursement as a percentage of gross offering proceeds, we have not been obligated to reimburse our Advisor for all organization and offering expenses our Advisor had incurred in connection with our public offerings. After December 31, 2019, we expect to reimburse our Advisor ratably for the cumulative organization and offering expenses incurred by our Advisor in connection with our public offerings, including those incurred in prior periods, to the extent such expenses do not exceed 2.5% of gross offering proceeds from our public offerings. From inception through March 31, 2018, we had reimbursed our Advisor $10.2 million in organization and offering expenses out of $16.4 million incurred by our Advisor. |
(6) | We will pay all expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of our investments, including legal and accounting fees and expenses, brokerage commissions payable to unaffiliated third parties, travel expenses, costs of appraisals (including independent appraisals), nonrefundable option payments on property not acquired, engineering, due diligence, transaction support services, title insurance and other expenses related to the selection and acquisition of investments, whether or not acquired. While most of the acquisition expenses are expected to be paid to third parties, a portion of the out-of-pocket acquisition expenses may be paid or reimbursed to our Advisor or its affiliates. Acquisition expenses will in no event exceed 6% of the gross purchase price of the property. |
(7) | Such fees must be approved by a majority of our independent directors as being fair and reasonable and on terms and conditions not less favorable than those available from unaffiliated third parties. |
(8) | Property management fees and leasing fees for international acquisitions may differ from our domestic property management fees and leasing fees due to differences in international markets, but in all events the fees shall be paid in compliance with our charter, and fees paid to Hines and its affiliates shall be approved by a majority of our independent directors. |
(9) | These fees relate to construction management services for improvements an build out tenant space. |
• | “Total Operating Expenses” are all costs and expenses paid or incurred by us, as determined under generally accepted accounting principles, including the asset management fee and the performance participation allocation, but excluding: (i) the expenses of raising capital such as organization and offering expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and listing of our capital stock, (ii) property-level expenses incurred at each property, (iii) interest payments, (iv) taxes, (v) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, (vi) incentive fees paid in compliance with our charter, (vii) acquisition fees and acquisition expenses related to the selection and acquisition of assets, whether or not a property is actually acquired, (viii) real estate commissions on the sale of property and (ix) other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, management and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair and improvement of property). |
• | “Average Invested Assets” means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets, invested, directly or indirectly, in equity interests in and loans secured by real estate, including all properties, mortgages and real estate-related securities and consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures or other partnerships, before deducting depreciation, amortization, impairments, bad debt reserves or other non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during such period. |
• | “Net Income” means, for any period, total revenues applicable to such period, less the total expenses applicable to such period other than additions to, or allowances for, non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, impairments and reserves for bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves. |
Dollars(1) | Dollars Per Share(1) | |||||||
A. Beginning NAV | $ | 1,000,000,000 | $ | 9.91 | ||||
B. Loss Carryforward Amount | — | — | ||||||
C. Net proceeds from new issuances | — | — | ||||||
D. Distributions paid (in twelve equal monthly installments) | $ | 47,500,000 | $ | 0.47 | ||||
E. Change in NAV required to meet 5% annualized internal rate of return(1) | $ | 1,400,000 | $ | 0.01 | ||||
F. Hurdle Amount(2) (D plus E) | $ | 48,900,000 | $ | 0.48 | ||||
G. Actual change in NAV | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 0.10 | ||||
H. Annual Total Return prior to performance participation allocation (D plus G) | $ | 57,500,000 | $ | 0.56 | ||||
I. Excess Profits (H minus the sum of B and F) | $ | 8,600,000 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
J. Performance participation allocation is equal to 12.5% of annual Total Return (H) because the annual Total Return exceeds the Hurdle Rate (F) plus loss carryforward amount (B) with enough Excess Profits (I) to achieve the full Catch-Up | $ | 7,187,500 | $ | 0.07 |
(1) | Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Per share amounts are rounded to the nearest whole cent. |
(2) | The Hurdle Amount for any period is that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of the units outstanding at the end of the period. An internal rate of return reflects the timing and amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) and any issuances of such units during the period. Internal rate of return is a metric used in business and asset management to measure the profitability of an investment, and is calculated according to a standard formula that determines the total return provided by cash flows and changes in values over time. |
Incurred During the Three Months Ended March 31, | Incurred During the Years Ended December 31, | Unpaid as of | ||||||||||||||||||
Type and Recipient | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | March 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Selling Commissions- Dealer Manager | $ | — | $ | 4,021 | $ | 5,339 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Dealer Manager Fee- Dealer Manager | — | 1,744 | 3,017 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Distribution & Stockholder Servicing Fees- Dealer Manager | — | 4,947 | 4,858 | 7,456 | 8,249 | |||||||||||||||
Organization and Offering Costs- the Advisor | 503 | 4,753 | 3,107 | 6,231 | 5,728 | |||||||||||||||
Acquisition Fees- the Advisor(1) | — | 6,741 | 5,704 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Asset Management Fees- the Advisor(2) | 1,206 | 4,940 | 948 | 1,405 | 1,561 | |||||||||||||||
Other(3)- the Advisor | 392 | 1,827 | 1,183 | 272 | 464 | |||||||||||||||
Performance Participation Allocation- the Advisor(4) | 1,591 | 251 | — | 1,591 | 251 | |||||||||||||||
Interest Expense- Hines(5) | 187 | 676 | 64 | 197 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Property Management Fees- Hines | 211 | 858 | 265 | 22 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
Construction Management Fees- Hines | 112 | 236 | — | 6 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
Leasing Fees- Hines | 84 | 263 | — | 91 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Expense Reimbursement- Hines (with respect to management and operations of our properties) | 478 | 1,599 | 675 | 130 | 304 | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 4,764 | $ | 32,856 | $ | 25,160 | $ | 17,403 | $ | 16,642 |
(1) | As of the commencement of this offering, we no longer pay acquisition fees to the Advisor. |
(2) | The Advisor did not waive any asset management fees payable to it during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017 and waived $1.3 million in asset management fees payable to it during the year ended December 31, 2016. |
(3) | Includes amounts our Advisor paid on our behalf such as general and administrative expenses and acquisition-related expenses. These amounts are generally reimbursed to our Advisor during the month following the period in which they are incurred. |
(4) | As of December 6, 2017, through its ownership of the Special OP Units in the Operating Partnership, our Advisor is entitled to an annual performance participation allocation of 12.5% of the Operating Partnership's total return. Total return is defined as distributions paid or accrued plus the change in net asset value of the Company's shares of common stock for the applicable period. This performance participation allocation is subject to investors earning a 5% return, after considering the effect of any losses carried forward from the prior period (as defined in the Operating Partnership agreement). The performance participation allocation accrues monthly and is payable after the completion of each calendar year. See “—Performance Participation Allocation” above. |
(5) | Includes amounts paid related to the credit facility with Hines. See “Our Real Estate Investments—Our Permanent Debt” for a description of this credit facility. |
Property | Location | Investment Type | Date Acquired/ Net Purchase Price (in millions)(1) | Estimated Going-in Capitalization Rate(2) | Leasable Square Feet | Percent Leased(3) | ||||||||
Bishop’s Square | Dublin, Ireland | Office | 3/2015; $103.2 | 6.1 | % | 153,387 | 89 | % | ||||||
Domain Apartments(4) | Las Vegas, Nevada | Residential/Living | 1/2016; $58.1 | 5.5 | % | 331,038 | 94 | % | ||||||
Cottonwood Corporate Center | Salt Lake City, Utah | Office | 7/2016; $139.2 | 6.9 | % | 490,030 | 96 | % | ||||||
Goodyear Crossing II | Phoenix, Arizona | Industrial | 8/2016; $56.2 | 8.5 | % | 820,384 | 100 | % | ||||||
Rookwood | Cincinnati, Ohio | Retail | 1/2017; $193.7 | 6.0 | % | 590,501 | 95 | % | ||||||
Montrose Student Residences(5) | Dublin, Ireland | Residential/Living | 3/2017; $40.6 | 5.5 | % | 53,827 | 100 | % | ||||||
Queen's Court Student Residences(6) | Reading, United Kingdom | Residential/Living | 10/2017; $65.3 | 6.2 | % | 79,115 | 100 | % | ||||||
Total for All Investments | 2,518,282 | 97 | % |
(1) | The net purchase price for Bishop’s Square, Montrose Student Residences and Queen’s Court Student Residences are denominated in foreign currencies, and amounts have been translated to U.S. dollars at a rate based on the exchange rate in effect on the acquisition date. |
(2) | The estimated going-in capitalization rate is determined as of the date of acquisition by dividing the projected property revenues in excess of expenses for the first fiscal year by the net purchase price (excluding closing costs and taxes). Property revenues in excess of expenses includes all projected operating revenues (rental income, tenant reimbursements, parking and any other property-related income) less all projected operating expenses (property operating and maintenance expenses, property taxes, insurance and property management fees). The projected property revenues in excess of expenses includes assumptions which may not be indicative of the actual future performance of the property, including the assumption that the tenants will perform under their lease agreements during the 12 months following our acquisition of the properties. |
(3) | Represents the amount of square feet leased as of March 31, 2018 for each property. |
(4) | The Domain Apartments consist of 308 units with an average effective monthly rental rate of $1,191 per unit as of March 31, 2018. |
(5) | The Montrose Student Residences consist of 210 beds with an average effective weekly rental rate of €275 (approximately $338 assuming a rate of $1.23 per EUR as of March 31, 2018) per bed. |
(6) | The Queen’s Court Student Residences consist of 395 beds with an average effective weekly rental rate of £200 (approximately $278 assuming a rate of $1.39 per GBP as of March 31, 2018) per bed. |
Leasable Area | |||||||||||||||
Year | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases | Percent of Total Annual Base Rental Income | ||||||||||
Vacant | — | 65,723 | 3.2 | % | $ | — | — | % | |||||||
April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 | 13 | 107,106 | 5.2 | % | $ | 3,420,548 | 8.8 | % | |||||||
2019 | 17 | 942,341 | 45.7 | % | $ | 7,367,785 | 18.9 | % | |||||||
2020 | 21 | 181,546 | 8.8 | % | $ | 4,556,780 | 11.7 | % | |||||||
2021 | 12 | 279,010 | 13.5 | % | $ | 7,546,442 | 19.4 | % | |||||||
2022 | 12 | 74,710 | 3.6 | % | $ | 2,490,733 | 6.4 | % | |||||||
2023 | 11 | 123,243 | 6.0 | % | $ | 2,516,799 | 6.5 | % | |||||||
2024 | 6 | 86,248 | 4.2 | % | $ | 2,712,905 | 7.0 | % | |||||||
2025 | 5 | 19,417 | 0.9 | % | $ | 581,306 | 1.5 | % | |||||||
2026 | 3 | 13,903 | 0.7 | % | $ | 457,679 | 1.2 | % | |||||||
2027 | 1 | 2,270 | 0.1 | % | $ | 77,821 | 0.2 | % | |||||||
Thereafter | 4 | 162,537 | 7.9 | % | $ | 7,162,235 | 18.4 | % |
* | Other is made up of industries which are individually less than 3% or our portfolio and includes: Administrative and Support Services, Construction, Health Care, Oil and Gas, Other Professional Services, Other Services, and Wholesale Trade. |
• | The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, a state agency of Ireland, leases 90,017 square feet or approximately 66% of the building’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in January 2028. The annual base rent under the lease is currently €3.8 million ($4.7 million assuming a rate of $1.23 per EUR as of March 31, 2018). |
• | International Financial Data Services, an investor record keeping and transfer agency provider, leases 32,916 square feet or approximately 22% of the building’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in June 2024. The annual base rent under the lease is approximately €1.0 million ($1.2 million assuming a rate of $1.23 per EUR as of March 31, 2018). |
Year | Weighted Average Occupancy | Average Effective Annual Net Rent per Leased Sq. Ft.(1) | |||||||||
Euro | USD | ||||||||||
2013 | 100 | % | € | 43.67 | $ | 60.26 | |||||
2014 | 100 | % | € | 36.64 | $ | 44.70 | |||||
2015 | 100 | % | € | 35.64 | $ | 38.85 | |||||
2016 | 100 | % | € | 37.42 | $ | 39.29 | |||||
2017 | 96 | % | € | 41.75 | $ | 47.16 |
(1) | Average effective annual net rent per leased square foot for each year is calculated by dividing such year’s accrual basis total rent revenue (excluding operating expense recoveries) by the weighted average square footage under lease during such year. All EUR amounts were translated to USD using the corresponding yearly average exchange rate. |
Period | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases (1) | % of Total Annual Base Rental Income | |||||||||||
April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2019 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2020 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2021 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2022 | 1 | 12,395 | 9.0 | % | $ | 726,251 | 10.9 | % | ||||||||
2023 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2024 | 1 | 32,916 | 24.0 | % | $ | 1,234,801 | 18.5 | % | ||||||||
2025 | 1 | 1,891 | 1.4 | % | $ | 73,399 | 1.1 | % | ||||||||
2026 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2027 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
Thereafter | 1 | 90,017 | 65.6 | % | $ | 4,633,415 | 69.5 | % |
(1) | Assuming an exchange rate of $1.23 per EUR based on the exchange rate in effect as of March 31, 2018. |
• | Western Digital, a designer, developer and manufacturer of data storage technology, leases 153,201 square feet or approximately 33% of the project’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in September 2021. The annual base rent under the lease is currently $4.8 million. Additionally, the lease provides the tenant with one five-year renewal option at the then-current market rental rate. Lastly, the tenant has an ongoing right of first offer on an additional 63,453 square feet of space as it becomes available until March 2020, unless the tenant has exercised its renewal option, at which point the tenant can maintain its right of first offer on such available space until September 2024. |
• | Extra Space Storage, a fully integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust focused on for rent self-storage facilities, leases 68,842 square feet or approximately 14% of the project’s net rentable area, under a lease that expires in January 2028. The annual base rent under the lease is currently $2.2 million. Additionally, the lease has a termination option which permits the tenant to terminate the lease if notice is given on or before April 30, 2023. Lastly, the lease provides the tenant with two five-year renewal options at 95% of the then- current market rental rate at the time of each renewal. |
Year | Weighted Average Occupancy | Average Effective Annual Net Rent per Leased Sq. Ft.(1) | ||
2013 | 94% | $18.94 | ||
2014 | 92% | $19.04 | ||
2015 | 92% | $21.80 | ||
2016 | 92% | $24.16 | ||
2017 | 93% | $31.71 |
(1) | Average effective annual net rent per leased square foot for each year is calculated by dividing such year’s accrual basis total rent revenue (including operating expense recoveries) by the weighted average square footage under lease during such year. |
Year | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases | % of Total Annual Base Rental Income | |||||||||||
Vacant | — | 18,875 | 3.9 | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 | 10 | 101,018 | 20.8 | % | $ | 3,162,497 | 21.0 | % | ||||||||
2019 | 1 | 1,637 | 0.3 | % | $ | 81,476 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||
2020 | 5 | 58,101 | 12.0 | % | $ | 1,960,213 | 13.0 | % | ||||||||
2021 | 4 | 178,831 | 36.9 | % | $ | 5,693,531 | 37.9 | % | ||||||||
2022 | 3 | 14,874 | 3.1 | % | $ | 508,408 | 3.4 | % | ||||||||
2023 | 3 | 8,353 | 1.7 | % | $ | 273,504 | 1.8 | % | ||||||||
2024 | 2 | 27,381 | 5.6 | % | $ | 897,085 | 6.0 | % | ||||||||
2025 | 1 | 4,519 | 0.9 | % | $ | 131,955 | 0.9 | % | ||||||||
2026 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
2027 | 1 | 2,270 | 0.5 | % | $ | 77,821 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||
Thereafter | 1 | 68,842 | 14.2 | % | $ | 2,245,140 | 14.9 | % |
Year | Weighted Average Occupancy | Average Effective Annual Net Rent per Leased Sq. Ft.(1) | ||
2013 | 98% | $19.42 | ||
2014 | 99% | $20.51 | ||
2015 | 99% | $20.88 | ||
2016 | 99% | $21.38 | ||
2017 | 97% | $21.01 |
(1) | Average effective annual net rent per leased square foot for each year is calculated by dividing such year’s accrual basis total rent revenue (excluding operating expense recoveries) by the weighted average square footage under lease during such year. |
Year | Number of Leases | Approximate Square Feet | Percent of Total Leasable Area | Annual Base Rental Income of Expiring Leases | % of Total Annual Base Rental Income | |||||||||||
Vacant | — | 30,680 | 5.2 | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 | 3 | 6,088 | 1.0 | % | $ | 218,416 | 1.8 | % | ||||||||
2019 | 15 | 120,320 | 20.4 | % | $ | 2,441,757 | 20.5 | % | ||||||||
2020 | 16 | 123,445 | 20.9 | % | $ | 2,596,566 | 21.8 | % | ||||||||
2021 | 8 | 100,179 | 17.0 | % | $ | 1,852,911 | 15.6 | % | ||||||||
2022 | 8 | 47,441 | 8.0 | % | $ | 1,256,074 | 10.6 | % | ||||||||
2023 | 8 | 114,890 | 19.5 | % | $ | 2,243,295 | 18.9 | % | ||||||||
2024 | 3 | 25,951 | 4.4 | % | $ | 581,019 | 4.9 | % | ||||||||
2025 | 3 | 13,007 | 2.2 | % | $ | 375,953 | 3.2 | % | ||||||||
2026 | 2 | 8,500 | 1.4 | % | $ | 322,527 | 2.7 | % | ||||||||
2027 | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||||||
Thereafter | — | — | — | % | $ | — | — | % |
• | persons known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common shares; |
• | each director and executive officer; and |
• | all directors and executive officers as a group. |
Common Shares Beneficially Owned(2) | ||||||||
Name of Beneficial Owner(1) | Position | Number of Common Shares | Percentage of Class | |||||
Jeffrey C. Hines | Chairman of the Board | 225,008 | (3)(4) | 1.2 | % | |||
Charles M. Baughn | Director | 13,911 | * | |||||
Sherri W. Schugart | President and Chief Executive Officer | 22,168 | * | |||||
Ryan T. Sims | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | 2,219 | * | |||||
David L. Steinbach | Chief Investment Officer | 5,536 | * | |||||
Kevin L. McMeans | Asset Management Officer | 5,536 | * | |||||
J. Shea Morgenroth | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | 4,442 | * | |||||
John O. Niemann, Jr. | Independent Director | 11,709 | * | |||||
Humberto “Burt” Cabañas | Independent Director | 11,683 | * | |||||
Dougal A. Cameron | Independent Director | 518 | * | |||||
All directors and executive officers as a group | 302,730 | 1.6 | % |
* | Amount represents less than 1%. All shares described in the table are Class AX Shares. |
(1) | The address of each person listed is c/o Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 5000, Houston, Texas 77056-6618. |
(2) | For purposes of this table, “beneficial ownership” is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, pursuant to which a person is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of shares of our stock that the person has the right to acquire within 60 days. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our stock held by each person or group of persons named in the table, any shares that such person or persons have the right to acquire within 60 days of July 1, 2018 are deemed to be outstanding, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other persons. All shares reported in the table are Class AX Shares. |
(3) | Includes all common shares owned directly by Hines Global REIT II Investor Limited Partnership. Mr. Hines is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares owned by Hines Global REIT II Investor Limited Partnership. |
(4) | This amount does not include the (i) 21,111 OP Units in the Operating Partnership held by Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership and (ii) the Special OP Units owned by our Advisor. Mr. Hines and Gerald D. Hines indirectly own and/or control Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership and our Advisor. Limited partners in the Operating Partnership may request repurchase of their OP Units for cash or, at our option, common shares on a one-for-one basis, beginning one year after such OP Units were issued. Please see “Management Compensation.” Our Advisor is entitled to distributions from the Operating Partnership under certain circumstances. Please see “The Operating Partnership—Special OP Units” for a description of these distributions. |
• | investment objectives and strategy; |
• | available funds for investment; |
• | anticipated cash flow of the investment and the targeted returns; |
• | diversification strategy, including geographic area, type of property or investment, size of the investment, and tenants; |
• | leverage requirements, limitations, and availability; |
• | tax considerations; |
• | expected holding period of the investment and the remaining term of the investment vehicle; |
• | prior allocations to the investment vehicle as compared to the total availability of capital remaining in the investment vehicle; |
• | the level of discretion granted to Hines within each investment vehicle; and |
• | Hines’ fiduciary obligations. |
• | such partners or co-investors might have economic or other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, including goals relating to the financing, management, operation, leasing or sale of properties held in the joint venture or the timing of the termination and liquidation of the joint venture; |
• | such partners or co-investors may be in a position to take action contrary to our instructions, requests, policies or objectives, including our policy with respect to maintaining our qualification as a REIT; |
• | under joint venture or other co-investment arrangements, neither co-venturer may have the power to control the joint venture and, under certain circumstances, an impasse could result and this impasse could have an adverse impact on the joint venture, which could adversely impact the operations and profitability of the joint venture and/or the amount and timing of distributions we receive from such joint venture; and |
• | under joint venture or other co-investment arrangements, each venture partner may have a buy/sell right and, as the result of the exercise of such a right by a co-venturer, we may be forced to sell our interest, or buy a co-venturer’s interest, at a time when it would not otherwise be in our best interest to do so. Please see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business in General—Actions of our joint venture partners, including other Hines investment vehicles and third parties, could negatively impact our performance.” |
• | computation of compensation, expense reimbursements, interests, distributions, and other payments under the Operating Partnership’s partnership agreement, our charter, our Advisory Agreement, any property management and leasing agreements and our Dealer Manager Agreement; |
• | enforcement or termination of the Operating Partnership’s partnership agreement, our charter, our Advisory Agreement, any property management and leasing agreements and our Dealer Manager Agreement; |
• | order and priority in which we pay the obligations of the Operating Partnership, including amounts guaranteed by or due to our Advisor, Hines or its affiliates; |
• | order and priority in which we pay amounts owed to third parties as opposed to amounts owed to our Advisor, Hines or its affiliates; |
• | determination of whether to sell properties and acquire additional properties (as to acquisitions, our Advisor might receive additional fees and as to sales, our Advisor might lose fees such as asset management fees); and |
• | extent to which we repay or refinance the indebtedness which is recourse to Hines, if any, prior to nonrecourse indebtedness and the terms of any such refinancing, if applicable. |
• | Except as otherwise described in this prospectus or permitted in our charter, we will not engage in transactions with Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, approve such transactions as fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties. |
• | We will not purchase a property from Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates without a determination by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, that the transaction is fair and reasonable to us and at a price no greater than the cost of the property to Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates, unless there is substantial justification for any amount |
• | We will not enter into joint ventures with Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates, unless a majority of our independent directors approves such transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and determines that our investment is on terms substantially similar to the terms of third parties making comparable investments. |
• | We will not make any loan to Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates except in the case of loans to our wholly owned subsidiaries and loans in which an independent expert has appraised the underlying asset. Any loans to us by Hines, our Advisor, any of our directors or their respective affiliates must be approved by a majority of our directors, including a majority of the independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, and on terms no less favorable to us than loans between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances. |
• | provide income in the form of regular, stable cash distributions to achieve an attractive dividend yield; |
• | preserve and protect invested capital; |
• | invest in a diversified portfolio of quality commercial real estate properties and other real estate investments across a range of asset types throughout the U.S. and internationally; |
• | realize appreciation in NAV from proactive investment management and asset management; |
• | provide an investment alternative for investors seeking to allocate a portion of their long-term investment portfolios to commercial real estate with generally lower volatility than publicly traded real estate companies; and |
• | qualify for and remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. |
• | plans, specifications and surveys; |
• | evidence of marketable title, subject to such liens and encumbrances as are acceptable to our Advisor, as well as title and other insurance policies; and |
• | financial information relating to the property, including the recent operating histories of properties that have operating histories. |
• | the percentage of our assets that may be invested in any type of securities or debt investment or in any single investment; or |
• | the types of properties underlying any security or debt investment in which we may invest. |
• | a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, approve the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us; and |
• | the investment by us and other third-party investors making comparable investments in the joint venture are on substantially the same terms and conditions. |
• | the management of the joint venture, such as obtaining certain approval rights in joint ventures we do not control or providing for procedures to address decisions in the event of an impasse if we share control of the joint venture; |
• | our ability to exit a joint venture, such as requiring buy/sell rights, redemption rights or forced liquidation under certain circumstances; and |
• | our ability to control transfers of interests held by other parties in the joint venture, such as requiring consent, right of first refusal or forced redemption rights in connection with transfers. |
• | invest in equity securities, unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, approve such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable; |
• | invest in commodities or commodity futures contracts, except for futures contracts when used solely for the purpose of hedging in connection with our ordinary business of investing in real estate assets and mortgages; |
• | invest in real estate contracts of sale, otherwise known as land sale contracts, unless the contract is in recordable form and is appropriately recorded in the chain of title; |
• | make or invest in mortgage loans (excluding any investment in mortgage programs or CMBS) unless an appraisal is obtained concerning the underlying asset, except for those mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by a government or government agency. In cases where a majority of our independent directors determines, and in all cases in which the transaction is with any of our directors or Hines and its affiliates, we will obtain an appraisal from an independent appraiser. Such an appraisal shall be maintained in our records for at least five years and shall be available for inspection and duplication by any stockholder. In addition to such an appraisal, a mortgagee’s or owner’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage or the condition of the title will be obtained in each case; |
• | make or invest in mortgage loans (excluding any investment in mortgage programs or CMBS) including construction loans, on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans on such property would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of such property, as determined by an appraisal, unless substantial justification exists for exceeding such limit because of the presence of other loan underwriting criteria; |
• | make or invest in any indebtedness secured by a mortgage on real property that is subordinate to any mortgage or equity interest of our Advisor, any of our directors, Hines or any of our affiliates; |
• | invest in junior debt secured by a mortgage on real property which is subordinate to the lien or other senior debt except where the amount of such junior debt plus any senior debt does not exceed 90% of the appraised value of such property, if after giving effect thereto, the value of all such mortgage loans would not then exceed 25% of our net assets, which means our total assets less our total liabilities; |
• | make investments in unimproved property or indebtedness secured by a deed of trust or mortgage loans on unimproved property in excess of 10% of our total assets; |
• | issue equity securities on a deferred payment basis or other similar arrangement; |
• | issue debt securities in the absence of adequate cash flow to cover debt service; |
• | issue equity securities that are assessable or have voting rights that do not comply with our charter; |
• | issue “redeemable securities,” as defined in Section 2(a)(32) of the Investment Company Act; |
• | when applicable, grant warrants or options to purchase shares to Hines or its affiliates or to officers or directors affiliated with Hines except on the same terms as the options or warrants that are sold to the general public. Further, the amount of the options or warrants issued to such persons cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of outstanding shares on the date of grant of the warrants and options; |
• | engage in securities trading, or engage in the business of underwriting or the agency distribution of securities issued by other persons; |
• | lend money to Hines or its affiliates, except for certain loans permitted thereunder; and |
• | acquire interests or securities in any entity holding investments or engaging in the above prohibited activities except for investments in which we own a noncontrolling interest or investments in any entity having securities listed on a national securities exchange. |
• | underwrite securities of other issuers; or |
• | actively trade in loans or other investments. |
Three Months Ended March 31, | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating Data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 16,731 | $ | 13,786 | $ | 59,724 | $ | 24,349 | $ | 9,410 | $ | 94 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 7,341 | $ | 7,294 | $ | 29,687 | $ | 15,372 | $ | 4,207 | $ | 49 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Asset management and acquisition fees | $ | 1,206 | $ | 6,435 | $ | 11,681 | $ | 6,645 | $ | 2,640 | $ | 570 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | $ | 852 | $ | 762 | $ | 2,803 | $ | 2,044 | $ | 1,546 | $ | 556 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 11,376 | $ | (9,246 | ) | $ | (17,186 | ) | $ | (11,341 | ) | $ | (5,638 | ) | $ | (1,328 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | 11,373 | $ | (9,249 | ) | $ | (17,198 | ) | $ | (11,353 | ) | $ | (5,650 | ) | $ | (1,141 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share | $ | 0.29 | $ | (0.32 | ) | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | $ | (1.06 | ) | $ | (14.63 | ) | $ | — | ||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class AX Share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.60 | $ | 0.58 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.15 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class TX Share | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.49 | $ | 0.17 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per Class IX Share | $ | 0.15 | $ | — | $ | 0.39 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 39,398 | 29,360 | 35,808 | 18,191 | 5,308 | 78 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet Data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total investment property | $ | 558,405 | $ | 498,977 | $ | 572,833 | $ | 283,875 | $ | 72,426 | $ | 21,355 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 70,083 | $ | 6,917 | $ | 18,170 | $ | 98,137 | $ | 17,224 | $ | 2,727 | $ | 200 | |||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 735,669 | $ | 623,933 | $ | 709,017 | $ | 470,345 | $ | 149,054 | $ | 28,551 | $ | 200 | |||||||||||||
Long-term obligations | $ | 383,228 | (2) | $ | 323,872 | (3) | $ | 379,629 | (2) | $ | 258,451 | (3) | $ | 59,700 | (3) | $ | 24,200 | (3) | $ | — |
(1) | For the period from July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013 for operating data and as of December 31, 2013 for balance sheet data. We did not have any results of operations for the period ended July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through December 31, 2013. |
(2) | Includes notes payable, organization and offering costs reimbursable to our Advisor, and the distribution and stockholder servicing fees payable to our Dealer Manager with respect to certain share classes. |
(3) | Includes notes payable, inclusive of the related party obligation for repayment of the Hines Credit Facility, and the distribution and stockholder servicing fees payable to our Dealer Manager with respect to certain share classes. |
• | As we are currently in the acquisition phase of our life cycle, acquisition costs and other adjustments that are increases to MFFO are, and may continue to be, a significant use of cash and dilutive to the value of an investment in our shares. |
• | MFFO excludes any acquisition fees payable to our Advisor and acquisition expenses. Although these amounts reduce net income, we generally fund such costs with proceeds from this offering and/or acquisition-related indebtedness and do not consider these fees and expenses in the evaluation of our operating performance and determining MFFO. |
• | We use interest rate caps as economic hedges against the variability of interest rates on our variable interest rate borrowings. Although we generally expect to hold these instruments to maturity, if we were to settle these instruments currently, it would have an impact on our operating performance. Additionally, these derivative instruments are measured at fair value on a quarterly basis in accordance with GAAP. MFFO excludes gains (losses) related to changes in the estimated values of our derivative instruments because such adjustments may not be reflective of ongoing operations and may reflect unrealized impacts on our operating performance. |
• | We utilize the definition of FFO as set forth by NAREIT and the definition of MFFO as set forth by the IPA except that we further adjust MFFO by eliminating the performance participation allocation. Our FFO and MFFO as presented may not be comparable to amounts calculated by other REITs, if they use different approaches. |
• | Our business is subject to volatility in the real estate markets and general economic conditions, and adverse changes in those conditions could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and MFFO. Accordingly, the predictive nature of MFFO is uncertain and past performance may not be indicative of future results. |
Three months ended March 31, | Year ended December 31, | Period from July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through March 31, | |||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 11,376 | $ | (17,186 | ) | $ | (11,341 | ) | $ | (24,116 | ) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization (1) | 7,341 | 29,687 | 15,372 | 56,656 | |||||||||||
Gain on sale of real estate | (14,491 | ) | — | — | (14,491 | ) | |||||||||
Adjustments for noncontrolling interests (2) | 1 | (30 | ) | (23 | ) | 169 | |||||||||
Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders | 4,227 | 12,471 | 4,008 | 18,218 | |||||||||||
Loss (gain) on derivative instruments (3) | 2 | 372 | 6 | 421 | |||||||||||
Loss (gain) on foreign currency(4) | 52 | (401 | ) | (11 | ) | (349 | ) | ||||||||
Other components of revenues and expenses (5) | (462 | ) | (2,138 | ) | (2,030 | ) | (5,574 | ) | |||||||
Acquisition fees and expenses (6) | (1 | ) | 9,951 | 7,452 | 23,347 | ||||||||||
Performance participation allocation (7) | 1,591 | — | — | 1,842 | |||||||||||
Adjustments for noncontrolling interests (2) | — | (5 | ) | (6 | ) | (84 | ) | ||||||||
Modified Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders | $ | 5,409 | $ | 20,250 | $ | 9,419 | $ | 37,821 | |||||||
Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share | $ | 0.29 | $ | (0.48 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | $ | (1.59 | ) | ||||
Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders per common share | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 1.21 | |||||||
Modified Funds From Operations attributable to common stockholders per common share | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.52 | $ | 2.50 | |||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding | 39,398 | 35,808 | 18,191 | 15,101 |
(1) | Represents the depreciation and amortization of real estate assets. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, we believe that such depreciation and amortization may be of limited relevance in evaluating current operating performance and, as such, these items are excluded from our determination of FFO. |
(2) | Includes income attributable to noncontrolling interests and all adjustments to eliminate the noncontrolling interests’ share of the adjustments to convert our net loss to FFO and MFFO. |
(3) | Represents components of net income (loss) related to the estimated changes in the values of our interest rate caps. We have excluded this change in value from our evaluation of our operating performance and MFFO because such adjustments may not be reflective of our ongoing performance and may reflect unrealized impacts on our operating performance. |
(4) | Represents components of net income (loss) primarily resulting from transactions that are denominated in currencies other than our functional currencies. We have excluded these changes in value from our evaluation of our operating performance and MFFO because such adjustments may not be reflective of our ongoing performance and may reflect unrealized impacts on our operating performance. |
(5) | Includes the following components of revenues and expenses that we do not consider in evaluating our operating performance and determining MFFO for the three months ended March 31, 2018, the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the period from inception through March 31, 2018: |
Three months ended March 31, | Year ended December 31, | Period from July 31, 2013 (date of inception) through March 31, | |||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Straight-line rent adjustment (a) | $ | (338 | ) | $ | (1,368 | ) | $ | (1,897 | ) | $ | (4,235 | ) | |||
Amortization of lease incentives (b) | 67 | 96 | 5 | 169 | |||||||||||
Amortization of out-of-market leases (b) | (244 | ) | (1,078 | ) | (138 | ) | (1,773 | ) | |||||||
Other | 53 | 212 | — | 265 | |||||||||||
$ | (462 | ) | $ | (2,138 | ) | $ | (2,030 | ) | $ | (5,574 | ) |
(a) | Represents the adjustments to rental revenue as required by GAAP to recognize minimum lease payments on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms. We have excluded these adjustments from our evaluation of our operating performance and in determining MFFO because we believe that the rent that is billable during the current period is a more relevant measure of our operating performance for such period. |
(b) | Represents the amortization of lease incentives and out-of-market leases. |
(6) | Represents acquisition-related expenses and acquisition fees paid to our Advisor which were expensed in our condensed consolidated statements of operations prior to adoption of ASU 2017-01 on January 1, 2018. We fund such costs with proceeds from our public offerings and/or acquisition-related indebtedness, and therefore do not consider these expenses in evaluating our operating performance and determining MFFO. |
(7) | As of December 6, 2017, through its ownership of the Special OP Units in the Operating Partnership, our Advisor is entitled to an annual performance participation allocation of 12.5% of the Operating Partnership’s total return. The performance participation allocation accrues monthly and is payable after the completion of each calendar year. See “Management Compensation—Performance Participation Allocation” for additional information regarding the performance participation allocation. We do not consider the performance participation allocation in evaluating our operating performance and determining MFFO. |
• | a merger, tender offer or proxy contest; |
• | the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities; or |
• | the removal of incumbent management. |
• | amendments to our charter and the election and removal of directors (except as otherwise provided in our charter or under the Maryland General Corporation Law); |
• | our liquidation or dissolution; and |
• | a merger, consolidation or sale or other disposition of substantially all of our assets. |
1. | With the authorization of our board of directors, we declared distributions as of daily record dates and paid them on a monthly basis through December 31, 2017. Beginning in January 2018, we have and intend to continue to declare distributions as of monthly record dates and pay them on a monthly basis. |
2. | We have not generated and we may continue to be unable to generate sufficient cash flows from operations to fully fund distributions paid. Therefore, some or all of our distributions have been and may continue to be paid, and during the offering phase, are likely to be paid at least partially from other sources, such as proceeds from our debt financings, proceeds from our public offerings, cash advances by our Advisor, cash resulting from a waiver or deferral of fees and/or proceeds from the sale of assets. |
• | our Advisor’s ability to identify and execute investment opportunities at a pace consistent with capital we raise; |
• | the ability of borrowers to meet their obligations under any real estate related debt investments we make; |
• | our operating and interest expenses; |
• | the ability of tenants to meet their obligations under any leases associated with any properties we acquire; |
• | the amount of distributions we receive from our indirect real estate investments; |
• | the ability of borrowers to meet their obligations under any real estate-related debt investments we make; |
• | our ability to keep our properties occupied; |
• | our ability to maintain or increase rental rates when renewing or replacing current leases; |
• | capital expenditures and reserves therefor; |
• | leasing commissions and tenant inducements for leasing space; |
• | the issuance of additional shares; and |
• | financings and refinancings. |
June 30, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Gross Amount | Per Share | Gross Amount | Per Share | ||||||||||||
(in thousands) | (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Real estate investments | $ | 729,197 | $ | 18.46 | $ | 723,795 | $ | 18.32 | |||||||
Other assets | 42,182 | 1.07 | 42,914 | 1.09 | |||||||||||
Debt and other liabilities | (379,807 | ) | (9.62 | ) | (379,714 | ) | (9.61 | ) | |||||||
NAV | $ | 391,572 | $ | 9.91 | $ | 386,995 | $ | 9.80 | |||||||
Shares outstanding | 39,499 | 39,494 |
Office | Industrial | Retail | Residential/Living | Weighted-Average Basis | ||||||
Capitalization rate(1) | 5.99% | 5.75% | 6.35% | 6.18% | 6.11% | |||||
Discount rate / internal rate of return (“IRR”) | 7.05% | 8.65% | 6.60% | 7.70% | 7.26% | |||||
Average holding period (years) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
(1) | Represents a direct capitalization rate for our international office property and an exit capitalization rate for our domestic office property. |
Input | Hypothetical Change | Office | Industrial | Retail | Residential/Living | Weighted-Average Values | ||||||
Capitalization rate(1) (weighted-average) | 0.25% decrease | 3.98% | 3.47% | 4.14% | 1.73% | 2.97% | ||||||
0.25% increase | (4.68)% | (3.18)% | (0.53)% | (2.92)% | (2.07)% | |||||||
Discount rate (weighted-average) | 0.25% decrease | 1.45% | 1.40% | 3.65% | 1.16% | 2.08% | ||||||
0.25% increase | (1.43)% | (1.37)% | (0.18)% | (2.50)% | (1.34)% |
(1) | Represents a direct capitalization rate for our international office property and an exit capitalization rate for our domestic office property. |
1. | Please see our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 as well as our Current Reports on Form 8-K for additional information concerning the NAV per share determined as of prior dates. |
2. | Prior to February 29, 2016, $8.92 was considered pursuant to FINRA rules to be the “net investment value” of our shares, which was equal to the offering price per share of $10.00 in effect at that time, as arbitrarily determined by our board of directors, net of the applicable selling commissions, dealer manager fees and issuer costs. |
• | a transaction involving the securities of Hines Global that have been listed on a national securities exchange or traded through the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation National Market System for at least 12 months; or |
• | a transaction involving our conversion into a corporate, trust, or association form if, as a consequence of the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in any of the following: our common stockholder voting rights; the term of our existence; compensation to our Advisor or our sponsor; or our investment objectives. |
• | accepting the securities of the Roll-up Entity offered in the proposed Roll-up Transaction; or |
• | one of the following: |
• | remaining as stockholders and preserving their interests on the same terms and conditions as existed previously; or |
• | receiving cash in an amount equal to the stockholder’s pro rata share of the appraised value of our net assets. |
• | that would result in our common stockholders having democracy rights in a Roll-up Entity that are less than those provided in our charter and described elsewhere in this prospectus, including rights with respect to the election and removal of directors, annual reports, annual and special meetings, amendment of our charter and our dissolution; |
• | that includes provisions that would operate to materially impede or frustrate the accumulation of shares by any purchaser of the securities of the Roll-up Entity, except to the minimum extent necessary to preserve the tax status of the Roll-up Entity, or which would limit the ability of an investor to exercise the voting rights of its securities of the Roll-up Entity on the basis of the number of shares held by that investor; |
• | in which investor’s rights to access of records of the Roll-up Entity will be less than those provided in the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Capital Stock”; or |
• | in which any of the costs of the Roll-up Transaction would be borne by us if the Roll-up Transaction is rejected by our common stockholders. |
• | any person who beneficially owns ten percent or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or |
• | an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of ten percent or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation. |
• | 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and |
• | two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder. |
• | owned by the acquiring person; |
• | owned by officers; and |
• | owned by employees who are also directors. |
• | one-tenth or more but less than one-third; |
• | one-third or more but less than a majority; or |
• | a majority or more of all voting power. |
• | a classified board; |
• | a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director; |
• | a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors; |
• | a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred; and |
• | a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders. |
• | financial statements which are prepared in accordance with GAAP (or the then required accounting principles) and are audited by our independent registered public accounting firm; |
• | if applicable, the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the year to the capital raised; |
• | the aggregate amount of asset management fees and the aggregate amount of other fees paid to our Advisor and any affiliate of our Advisor by us or third parties doing business with us during the year; |
• | our Total Operating Expenses for the year, stated as a percentage of our Average Invested Assets and as a percentage of our Net Income; |
• | a report from the independent directors that our policies are in the best interests of our stockholders in the aggregate and the basis for such determination; and |
• | separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving us and our Advisor, a director or any affiliate thereof during the year; and the independent directors are specifically charged with a duty to examine and comment in the report on the fairness of the transactions. |
Maximum Upfront Selling Commissions as a % of Gross Offering Proceeds | Maximum Upfront Dealer Manager Fees as a % of Gross Offering Proceeds | |||
Class T Shares | up to 3.0% | 0.5 | % | |
Class S Shares | up to 3.5% | None | ||
Class D Shares | None | None | ||
Class I Shares | None | None |
Your Investment | Upfront Selling Commissions as a % of Gross Offering Proceeds from the Sale of Class S Shares | Upfront Selling Commissions as a % of Gross Offering Proceeds from the Sale of Class T Shares | ||||
Up to $149,999.99 | 3.50 | % | 3.00 | % | ||
$150,000 to $499,999.99 | 3.00 | % | 2.50 | % | ||
$500,000 to $999,999.99 | 2.50 | % | 2.00 | % | ||
$1,000,000 and up | 2.00 | % | 1.50 | % |
Distribution and Stockholder Servicing Fee as a % of NAV | ||
Class T Shares | 1.00 | % |
Class S Shares | 1.00 | % |
Class D Shares | 0.25 | % |
Class I Shares | None |
Upfront selling commissions | $ | 70,000,000 | 3.5 | % | ||
Distribution and stockholder servicing fees(1) | 105,000,000 | 5.3 | % | |||
Reimbursement of wholesaling activities(2) | 9,265,951 | 0.5 | % | |||
Total | $ | 184,265,951 | 9.3 | % |
(1) | We will pay our Dealer Manager ongoing distribution and stockholder servicing fees with respect to our outstanding Class S Shares, in an amount equal to up to 1.0% per annum of the aggregate NAV of our outstanding Class S Shares. Our Dealer Manager may reallow or advance all or a portion of the distribution and stockholder servicing fees to participating broker dealers as described above. |
(2) | Wholesale reimbursements consist primarily of (a) fees paid for registered representatives associated with our Dealer Manager to attend retail seminars sponsored by participating broker dealers, (b) costs associated with sponsoring conferences, including reimbursements for registered representatives associated with participating broker dealers to attend educational conferences sponsored by us or our Dealer Manager, (c) reimbursements for customary lodging, meals and reasonable entertainment expenses and promotional items, technology costs, and legal fees of our Dealer Manager, (d) commissions and non-transaction based compensation paid to registered persons associated with our Dealer Manager in connection with the wholesaling of our offering, and (e) expense reimbursements for actual costs incurred by registered persons associated with our Dealer Manager in the performance of wholesaling activities. As described above, our Advisor will reimburse our Dealer Manager for the expenses set forth in (a), (b) and (c), which constitute organization and offering expenses that will be incurred by or on behalf of the Company by our Advisor and its affiliates and, for which we will in turn reimburse our Advisor from the proceeds of this offering. In addition, our Dealer Manager expects to pay for the expenses set forth in (d) and (e) above using the portion of the selling commissions and distribution and stockholder servicing fees that our Dealer Manager does not reallow to participating broker dealers, however, to the extent such expenses exceed the portion of the selling commissions and distribution and stockholder servicing fees that, our Dealer Manager does not reallow to participating broker dealers, our Advisor will reimburse our Dealer Manager for such expenses without reimbursement from us, in each case, to the extent permissible under applicable FINRA rules. |
• | your tax identification number set forth in the subscription agreement is accurate and you are not subject to backup withholding; |
• | a copy of this prospectus was delivered or made available to you at least 5 business days prior to the date of your subscription agreement; |
• | you meet the minimum income, net worth and any other applicable suitability standards established for you, as described in the “Suitability Standards” section of this prospectus; |
• | you are purchasing the shares for your own account; and |
• | you acknowledge that there is no public market for the shares and, thus, your investment in shares is not liquid. |
• | meets the minimum income and net worth standards set forth under the “Suitability Standards” section of this prospectus; |
• | can reasonably benefit from an investment in our shares based on the prospective investor’s investment objectives and overall portfolio structure; |
• | is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the prospective investor’s net worth and overall financial situation; and |
• | has apparent understanding of: |
• | the fundamental risks of an investment in the shares; |
• | the risk that the prospective investor may lose his or her entire investment; |
• | the lack of liquidity of the shares; |
• | the restrictions on transferability of the shares; and |
• | the tax consequences of an investment in the shares. |
• | all expenses relating to the continuity of our existence; |
• | all expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic reports by us under federal, state or local laws or regulations; |
• | all expenses associated with compliance by us with applicable laws, rules and regulations; |
• | all costs and expenses relating to any issuance or repurchase of OP Units or our common shares; and |
• | all our other operating or administrative costs incurred in the ordinary course of our business on behalf of the Operating Partnership. |
• | affect the conversion factor or redemption right in any manner adverse to the limited partners; and |
• | adversely affect the rights of the limited partners to receive distributions payable to them other than with respect to the issuance of certain partnership units. |
• | First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (i) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (ii) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Excess Profits”), 100% of such Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to our Advisor equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to our Advisor pursuant to this clause (this is commonly referred to as a “Catch-Up”); and |
• | Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits, 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits. |
(i) | all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the OP Units outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current calendar year, plus |
(ii) | the change in aggregate NAV of such units since the beginning of the year, before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of OP Units, (y) any allocation/accrual to the performance participation interest and (z) applicable distribution and stockholder servicing fee expenses (including any payments made to us for payment of such expenses). |
• | Hines Global for any liability, loss, cost or damage caused by its fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence; |
• | officers and directors of Hines Global (other than our independent directors) for any liability, loss, cost or damage caused by such person’s negligence or misconduct; or |
• | our independent directors for any liability, loss, cost or damage caused by their gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
• | insurance companies; |
• | tax-exempt organizations (except to the limited extent discussed in “—Treatment of Tax-Exempt Stockholders” below); |
• | financial institutions or broker dealers; |
• | non-U.S. individuals and foreign corporations (except to the limited extent discussed in “—Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders” below); |
• | U.S. expatriates; |
• | persons who mark-to-market our common stock; |
• | subchapter S corporations; |
• | U.S. stockholders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
• | regulated investment companies and REITs; |
• | trusts and estates; |
• | holders who receive our common stock through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation; |
• | persons holding our common stock as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “synthetic security” or other integrated investment; |
• | persons subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code; and |
• | persons holding our common stock through a partnership or similar pass-through entity. |
• | We will pay federal income tax on any taxable income, including undistributed net capital gain, that we do not distribute to stockholders during, or within a specified time period after, the calendar year in which the income is earned. |
• | We will pay income tax at the highest corporate rate on: |
• | net income from the sale or other disposition of property acquired through foreclosure (“foreclosure property”) that we hold primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business; and |
• | other non-qualifying income from foreclosure property. |
• | We will pay a 100% tax on net income from sales or other dispositions of property, other than foreclosure property, that we hold primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. |
• | If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test, as described below under “—Gross Income Tests,” and nonetheless continue to qualify as a REIT because we meet other requirements, we will pay a 100% tax on: |
• | the gross income attributable to the greater of the amount by which we fail the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test, in either case, multiplied by |
• | a fraction intended to reflect our profitability. |
• | If we fail to distribute during a calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the year, (ii) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the year, and (iii) any undistributed taxable income required to be distributed from earlier periods, we will pay a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the excess of the required distribution over the amount we actually distributed. |
• | We may elect to retain and pay income tax on our net long-term capital gain. In that case, a stockholder would be taxed on its proportionate share of our undistributed long-term capital gain (to the extent that we made a timely designation of such gain to the stockholders) and would receive a credit or refund for its proportionate share of the tax we paid. |
• | We will be subject to a 100% excise tax on transactions with any Taxable REIT Subsidiary (“TRS”), that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis. |
• | In the event we fail to satisfy any of the asset tests, other than a de minimis failure of the 5% asset test, the 10% vote test or 10% value test, as described below under “—Asset Tests,” as long as the failure was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, we file a description of each asset that caused such failure with the IRS, and we dispose of the assets causing the failure or otherwise comply with the asset tests within six months after the last day of the quarter in which we identify such failure, we will pay a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 or the highest federal income tax rate then applicable to U.S. corporations (currently 35%) on the net income from the nonqualifying assets during the period in which we failed to satisfy the asset tests. |
• | In the event we fail to satisfy one or more requirements for REIT qualification, other than the gross income tests and the asset tests, and such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, we will be required to pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure. |
• | If we acquire any asset from a C corporation, or a corporation that generally is subject to full corporate-level tax, in a merger or other transaction in which we acquire a basis in the asset that is determined by reference either to the C corporation’s basis in the asset or to another asset, we will pay tax at the highest regular corporate rate applicable if we recognize gain on the sale or disposition of the asset during the 5-year period after we acquire the asset provided no election is made for the transaction to be taxable on a current basis. The amount of gain on which we will pay tax is the lesser of: |
• | the amount of gain that we recognize at the time of the sale or disposition, and |
• | the amount of gain that we would have recognized if we had sold the asset at the time we acquired it. |
• | We may be required to pay monetary penalties to the IRS in certain circumstances, including if we fail to meet record-keeping requirements intended to monitor our compliance with rules relating to the composition of a REIT’s stockholders, as described below in “—Recordkeeping Requirements.” |
• | The earnings of our lower-tier entities that are subchapter C corporations, including any TRSs, will be subject to federal corporate income tax. |
1. | It is managed by one or more trustees or directors. |
2. | Its beneficial ownership is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest. |
3. | It would be taxable as a domestic corporation, but for the REIT provisions of the U.S. federal income tax laws. |
4. | It is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company subject to special provisions of the U.S. federal income tax law. |
5. | At least 100 persons are beneficial owners of its shares or ownership certificates. |
6. | Not more than 50% in value of its outstanding shares or ownership certificates is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals which the Code defines to include certain entities, during the last half of any taxable year. |
7. | It elects to be a REIT, or has made such election for a previous taxable year, and such election has not been terminated or revoked. |
8. | It meets certain other qualification tests, described below, regarding the nature of its income and assets and the amount of its distributions to stockholders. |
9. | It uses a calendar year for U.S. federal income tax purposes and complies with the recordkeeping requirements of the U.S. federal income tax laws. |
• | rents from real property; |
• | interest on debt secured by mortgages on real property (including certain ancillary personal property), or on interests in real property; |
• | dividends or other distributions on, and gain from the sale of, shares in other REITs; |
• | gain from the sale of real estate assets (including certain ancillary personal property that is leased along with real property); |
• | income and gain derived from foreclosure property; and |
• | income derived from the temporary investment in stock and debt instruments purchased with proceeds from the issuance of our stock or a public offering of our debt with a maturity date of at least five years and that we receive during the one-year period beginning on the date on which we received such new capital. |
• | First, the rent must not be based, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person, but may be based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. |
• | Second, neither we nor a direct or indirect owner of 10% or more of our stock may own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of a tenant from whom we receive rent, other than a TRS. |
• | Third, if the rent attributable to ancillary personal property that is leased in connection with a lease of real property is 15% or less of the total rent received under the lease, then the rent attributable to the personal property will also qualify as rents from real property. However, if the 15% threshold is exceeded, none of the rent attributable to personal property will qualify as rents from real property. |
• | Fourth, we generally must not operate or manage our real property or furnish or render services to our tenants, other than certain customary services provided to tenants through an “independent contractor” who is adequately compensated and from whom we do not derive revenue. However, we need not provide services through an “independent contractor,” but instead may provide services directly to our tenants, if the services are “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not considered to be provided for the tenants’ convenience. In addition, we may provide a minimal amount of “noncustomary” services to the tenants of a property, other than through an independent contractor, as long as our income from the services (valued at not less than 150% of our direct cost of performing such services) does not exceed 1% of our income from the related property. Furthermore, we may own up to 100% of the stock of a TRS which may provide customary and noncustomary services to our tenants without tainting our rental income for the related properties. |
• | are fixed at the time the leases are entered into; |
• | are not renegotiated during the term of the leases in a manner that has the effect of basing rent on income or profits; and |
• | conform with normal business practice. |
• | an amount that is based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales; and |
• | an amount that is based on the income or profits of a debtor, as long as the debtor derives substantially all of its income from the real property securing the debt from leasing substantially all of its interest in the property, and only to the extent that the amounts received by the debtor would be qualifying “rents from real property” if received directly by a REIT. |
• | the REIT has held the property for not less than two years; |
• | the aggregate expenditures made by the REIT, or any partner of the REIT, during the two-year period preceding the date of the sale that are includable in the basis of the property do not exceed 30% of the selling price of the property; |
• | at least one of the following conditions are met: (i) during the year in question, the REIT does not make more than seven sales of property other than foreclosure property or sales to which Section 1033 of the Code applies, (ii) sales during the year do not exceed 10% of the REIT’s assets as of the beginning of the year (as measured by either fair market value or aggregate adjusted tax bases), or (iii) sales in the current year do not exceed 20% of the REIT’s assets as of the beginning of the year and sales over a 3-year period do not exceed, on average, 10% per annum of the REIT’s assets, in each case as measured by either fair market value or aggregate adjusted tax bases; |
• | in the case of property not acquired through foreclosure or lease termination, the REIT has held the property for at least two years for the production of rental income; and |
• | if the REIT has made more than seven sales of non-foreclosure property during the taxable year, substantially all of the marketing and development expenditures with respect to the property were made through an independent contractor from whom the REIT derives no income. |
• | that is acquired by a REIT as the result of the REIT having bid on such property at foreclosure, or having otherwise reduced such property to ownership or possession by agreement or process of law, after there was a default or default was imminent on a lease of such property or on indebtedness that such property secured; |
• | for which the related loan was acquired by the REIT at a time when the default was not imminent or anticipated; and |
• | for which the REIT makes a proper election to treat the property as foreclosure property. |
• | on which a lease is entered into for the property that, by its terms, will give rise to income that does not qualify for purposes of the 75% gross income test, or any amount is received or accrued, directly or indirectly, pursuant to a lease entered into on or after such day that will give rise to income that does not qualify for purposes of the 75% gross income test; |
• | on which any construction takes place on the property, other than completion of a building or any other improvement, where more than 10% of the construction was completed before default became imminent; or |
• | which is more than 90 days after the day on which the REIT acquired the property and the property is used in a trade or business which is conducted by the REIT, other than through an independent contractor from whom the REIT itself does not derive or receive any income. |
• | our failure to meet those tests is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect; and |
• | following such failure for any taxable year, we file a schedule of the sources of our income in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. |
• | cash or cash items, including certain receivables and, in certain circumstances, foreign currencies; |
• | government securities; |
• | interests in real property, including leaseholds and options to acquire real property and leaseholds as well as certain ancillary personal property leased in connection with real property; |
• | interests in mortgage loans secured by real property and by certain ancillary personal property; |
• | stock in other REITs; and |
• | investments in stock or debt instruments during the one-year period following our receipt of new capital that we raise through equity offerings or public offerings of debt with at least a five-year term. |
• | “straight debt” securities, which are defined as a written unconditional promise to pay on demand or on a specified date a sum certain in money if (1) the debt is not convertible, directly or indirectly, into equity, and (2) the interest rate and interest payment dates are not contingent on profits, the borrower’s discretion, or similar factors. “Straight debt” securities do not include any securities issued by a partnership or a corporation in which we or any controlled TRS (i.e., a TRS in which we own directly or indirectly more than 50% of the voting power or value of the stock) hold non-“straight debt” securities that have an aggregate value of more than 1% of the issuer’s outstanding securities. However, “straight debt” securities include debt subject to the following contingencies: |
• | a contingency relating to the time of payment of interest or principal, as long as either (1) there is no change to the effective yield of the debt obligation, other than a change to the annual yield that does not exceed the greater of 0.25% or 5% of the annual yield, or (2) neither the aggregate issue price nor the aggregate face amount of the issuer’s debt obligations held by us exceeds $1.0 million and no more than 12 months of unaccrued interest on the debt obligations can be required to be prepaid; and |
• | a contingency relating to the time or amount of payment upon a default or prepayment of a debt obligation, as long as the contingency is consistent with customary commercial practice; |
• | any loan to an individual or an estate; |
• | any “section 467 rental agreement,” other than an agreement with a related party tenant; |
• | any obligation to pay “rents from real property”; |
• | certain securities issued by governmental entities; |
• | any security issued by a REIT; |
• | any debt instrument issued by an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which we are a partner to the extent of our proportionate interest in the equity and debt securities of the partnership; and |
• | any debt instrument issued by an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes not described in the preceding bullet points if at least 75% of the partnership’s gross income, excluding income from prohibited transactions, is qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test described above in “—Gross Income Tests.” |
• | we satisfied the asset tests at the end of the preceding calendar quarter; and |
• | the discrepancy between the value of our assets and the asset test requirements arose from changes in the market values of our assets and was not wholly or partly caused by the acquisition of one or more non-qualifying assets. |
• | the sum of: |
• | 90% of our “REIT taxable income,” computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and our net capital gain or loss, and |
• | 90% of our after-tax net income, if any, from foreclosure property, minus |
• | the excess of the sum of certain items of non-cash income over 5% of our “REIT taxable income.” |
• | 85% of our REIT ordinary income for such year, |
• | 95% of our REIT capital gain income for such year, and |
• | any undistributed taxable income from prior periods. |
• | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (including an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any of its states or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
• | any trust if (i) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) it has a valid election in place to be treated as a U.S. person. |
• | the percentage of our dividends that the tax-exempt trust must treat as UBTI is at least 5%; |
• | we qualify as a REIT by reason of the modification of the rule requiring that no more than 50% of our capital stock be owned by five or fewer individuals that allows the beneficiaries of the pension trust to be treated as holding our capital stock in proportion to their actuarial interests in the pension trust (rather than treating the pension trust as a single individual); and |
• | either: |
• | one pension trust owns more than 25% of the value of our capital stock; or |
• | a group of pension trusts individually holding more than 10% of the value of our capital stock collectively owns more than 50% of the value of our capital stock. |
• | a lower treaty rate applies and the non-U.S. stockholder provides an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E evidencing eligibility for that reduced rate with us; |
• | the non-U.S. stockholder files an IRS Form W-8ECI with us claiming that the distribution is effectively connected income; or |
• | the distribution is treated as attributable to a sale of a USRPI under FIRPTA (discussed below). |
• | the gain is effectively connected with the non-U.S. stockholder’s U.S. trade or business, in which case the non-U.S. stockholder will be subject to the same treatment as U.S. stockholders with respect to such gain; or |
• | the non-U.S. stockholder is a nonresident alien individual who was present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year and has a “tax home” in the U.S., in which case the non-U.S. stockholder will incur a 30% tax on his or her capital gains. |
• | is a corporation or qualifies for certain other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact; or |
• | provides a taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding, and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. |
• | is treated as a partnership under the Treasury Regulations relating to entity classification (the “check-the-box regulations”); and |
• | is not a “publicly-traded partnership.” |
• | whether the investment satisfies the diversification requirements of Section 404(a)(1)(c) of ERISA; |
• | whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the Plan as required by Section 404(a)(1)(D) of ERISA; |
• | whether the investment is for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants in the Plan and their beneficiaries, or defraying reasonable administrative expenses of the Plan; and |
• | whether the investment is prudent under ERISA. |
• | that the value determined by us could or will actually be realized by us or by stockholders upon liquidation (in part because appraisals or estimated values do not necessarily indicate the price at which assets could be sold and because no attempt will be made to estimate the expenses of selling any of our assets); |
• | that, due to the limitations on our share redemption program and the lack of secondary market for our shares, stockholders could realize this value if they were to attempt to have their shares redeemed by us to sell their shares of common stock; or |
• | that the value, or the method used to establish value, would comply with the ERISA or IRA requirements described above. |
• | The Hines Global Fact Card, Hines Global Brochure and presentations, which briefly summarize (i) information about risks and suitability that investors should consider before investing in us; (ii) objectives and strategies relating to our selection of investments; and (iii) information about Hines Global and its sponsor, Hines; |
• | Certain presentations, other print brochures and handouts, which include (i) information about risks and suitability that investors should consider before investing in us; (ii) various topics related to real estate investments and using real estate investments as part of an overall investment strategy; (iii) information regarding certain of our assets; and (iv) information about the sponsor, Hines; and |
• | Certain information on our website, electronic media, presentations and third-party articles. |
A. | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed January 2, 2018, February 1, 2018, March 1, 2018, March 12, 2018, April 2, 2018, April 16, 2018, April 19, 2018, May 1, 2018, May 15, 2018, June 1, 2018, June 15, 2018, and July 9, 2018. |
B. | Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed March 23, 2017. |
C. | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed March 29, 2018. |
D. | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed May 11, 2018. |
E. | Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed June 25, 2018. |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | * |
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) | |
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Rookwood — For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 | |
Report of Independent Auditor | * |
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. | |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Notes thereto | * |
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
* | See the “Incorporation by Reference” section of the Prospectus. |
1. | Information We May Collect. |
• | Information on applications, subscription agreements or other forms which may include your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, tax identification number, date of birth, marital status, driver’s license number, citizenship, assets, income, employment history, beneficiary information, personal bank account information, broker/dealer, financial advisor, IRA custodian, account joint owners and similar parties; |
• | Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates and others, such as the types of products you purchase, your account balances and transactional history; and |
• | Information obtained from others, such as from consumer credit reporting agencies which may include information about your creditworthiness, debts, financial circumstances and credit history, including any bankruptcies and foreclosures. |
2. | Why We Collect Nonpublic Personal Information. |
• | in order to identify you as a customer; |
• | in order to establish and maintain your customer accounts; |
• | in order to complete your customer transactions; |
• | in order to market investment products or services that may meet your particular financial and investing circumstances; |
• | in order to communicate and share information with your broker/dealer, financial advisor, IRA custodian, joint owners and other similar parties acting at your request and on your behalf; and |
• | in order to meet our obligations under the laws and regulations that govern us. |
3. | Use and Disclosure of Information. |
A. | Our Affiliated Companies. We may offer investment products and services through certain of our affiliated companies, and we may share all of the Nonpublic Personal Information we collect on you with such affiliates. We believe that by sharing information about you and your accounts among our companies, we |
B. | Nonaffiliated Financial Service Providers and Joint Marketing Partners. From time to time, we use outside companies to perform services for us or functions on our behalf, including marketing of our own investment products and services or marketing products or services that we may offer jointly with other financial institutions. We may disclose all of the Nonpublic Personal Information we collect as described above to such companies. However, before we disclose Nonpublic Personal Information to any of our service providers or joint marketing partners, we require them to agree to keep your Nonpublic Personal Information confidential and secure and to use it only as authorized by us. |
C. | Other Nonaffiliated Third Parties. We do not sell or share your Nonpublic Personal Information with nonaffiliated outside marketers, for example, retail department stores, grocery stores or discount merchandise chains, who may want to offer you their own products and services. However, we may also use and disclose all of the Nonpublic Personal Information we collect about you to the extent permitted by law. For example, to: |
D. | correct technical problems and malfunctions in how we provide our products and services to you and to technically process your information; |
E. | protect the security and integrity of our records, Web Site and customer service center; |
F. | protect our rights and property and the rights and property of others; |
G. | take precautions against liability; |
H. | respond to claims that your information violates the rights and interests of third parties; |
I. | take actions required by law or to respond to judicial process; |
J. | assist with detection, investigation or reporting of actual or potential fraud, misrepresentation or criminal activity; and |
K. | provide personal information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety to the extent permitted under other provisions of law. |
4. | Protecting Your Information. |
A. | Restricting physical and other access to your Nonpublic Personal Information to persons with a legitimate business need to know the information in order to service your account; |
B. | Contractually obligating third parties doing business with us to keep your Nonpublic Personal Information confidential and secure and to use it only as authorized by us; |
C. | Providing information to you only after we have used reasonable efforts to assure ourselves of your identity by asking for and receiving from you information only you should know; and |
D. | Maintaining reasonably adequate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information. |
5. | Former Customers. |
6. | Keeping You Informed. |
7. | Questions About Our Privacy Policy. |
8. | Your Right to Limit our Information Sharing with Affiliates. |
| Do not share information about my creditworthiness with your affiliates for their everyday business purposes. |
| Do not allow your affiliates to use my personal information to market to me. |
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1957 | — | Gerald D. Hines Interests founded as a sole proprietorship. |
1958 | — | After six office/warehouse projects, Hines completes the firm’s first Class A Office Project, 4219 Richmond Ave., Houston, Texas. |
1967 | — | Gerald D. Hines Interests celebrates its 10th anniversary with 97 office, warehouse, retail, parking and residential projects in its portfolio. |
1971 | — | Hines builds its first office tower in downtown Houston, the 50-story One Shell Plaza. |
1973 | — | Banking Division is formed to pursue development of bank headquarters in joint ventures outside Houston, starting national expansion of firm. |
1975 | — | Pennzoil Place is completed and named building of the year by the NY Times. |
1976 | — | Hines sells a major interest in Pennzoil Place to an international investor. Hines completes its first international development in Montreal. |
1978 | — | Construction of Three First National Plaza (Chicago) begins. |
1979 | — | The West Region office opens in San Francisco. |
1981 | — | The East Region office opens in New York City. |
1982 | — | The Southeast Region office opens in Atlanta. |
1983 | — | Transco Tower, now called Williams Tower, and Republic Bank Center, now called Bank of America Center (both in Houston) are completed, as is United Bank Center, now Wells Fargo Center (Denver) is completed. |
1984 | — | 580 California (San Francisco), Huntington Center (Columbus) and Southeast Financial Center, now Wachovia Financial Center (Miami) are completed. |
1985 | — | Ravinia Center (Atlanta) is completed. |
1986 | — | 53rd At Third and 31 West 52nd Street are completed (both in New York). The Midwest Region office opens in Chicago. |
1987 | — | Hines celebrates its 30th anniversary with 373 projects completed and 921 employees throughout the U.S. The Norwest Center (Minneapolis) and Columbia Square (Washington, D.C.) buildings are completed. |
1988–1989 | — | 500 Bolyston (Boston) and Franklin Square (Washington, D.C.) are completed. |
1978 | — | Construction of Three First National Plaza (Chicago) begins. |
1991 | — | The first international office opens in Berlin. 450 Lexington (New York) and One Detroit Center, now Comerica Tower (Detroit) are completed. |
1992 | — | Mexico City and Moscow offices open. The renovation and development of the historic Postal Square (Washington, D.C.) is completed. |
1993 | — | 700 11th Street (Washington, D.C.) is acquired, the first building acquisition by Hines. |
1994 | — | Hines begins the year with 18 major developments in progress in the U.S. and three foreign countries. Greenspoint Plaza (Houston) is acquired. Del Bosque is completed in Mexico City and sold to Coca-Cola for its Latin America headquarters. |
1995 | — | Paris, London, Frankfurt and Prague offices are all opened. In partnership with Morgan Stanley, Hines acquires the Homart portfolio (15 U.S. office buildings). |
1996 | — | The Barcelona and Beijing offices open. Hines closes its first international fund, Emerging Markets Fund I. |
1997 | — | Hines celebrates its 40th anniversary with 2,700 employees worldwide. Warsaw office opens. Construction begins on Diagonal Mar in Barcelona, the largest European undertaking for Hines to date. |
1998 | — | Hines completes its first international property acquisition, Reforma 350 in Mexico City. Hines Corporate Properties (Hines’ first Build-to-Suit Fund) closes. Hines U.S. Development Fund I closes. CalPERS selects Hines as partner and investment manager for its $950 million portfolio of 18 properties. Sào Paulo office opens. |
1999 | — | The Hines U.S. Office Development Fund II and Emerging Markets Real Estate Fund II close. Hines completes Mala Sarka (Prague), DZ Bank (Berlin), and Main Tower (Frankfurt). Hines acquires Figueroa at Wilshire (Los Angeles), 1100 Louisiana (Houston), and Bank of America Tower (Miami). |
2000 | — | Hines starts major office projects in the central business districts of Seattle, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Hines acquires 750 Seventh Avenue (New York). |
2001 | — | Hines develops, Gannett/USA Today headquarters in Virginia and projects for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Bear Stearns and Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS Warburg) in New York. Hines is named ENERGY STAR® Partner of the year. |
2002 | — | Hines initiates the Hines Suburban Office Venture to acquire suburban office properties. Hines completes 745 Seventh Avenue in New York City and the resort community of Aspen Highlands Village in Aspen, Colorado. Hines is named ENERGY STAR® Partner of the year. |
2003 | — | Completed projects include Hilton Americas-Houston, Toyota Center and Calpine Center (all in Houston), 2002 Summit Boulevard (Atlanta), ABN AMRO (Chicago), Benrather Karree (Düsseldorf) and Panamérica Park (São Paulo). Hines expands its presence in Paris with three significant projects. Hines begins the urban planning project Garibaldi Repubblica (Milan), a master plan project which includes residential, office, retail and a hotel as well as a 26-acre public park. Additional residential projects include Tower I of Park Avenue (Beijing), River Valley Ranch (Colorado) and master-planned community Diagonal Mars Illa de Llac in Barcelona. The Hines European Development Fund is formed to focus on Class A office properties in Western Europe. The Hines U.S. Core Fund acquires its first buildings, three New York City office buildings and a building in Washington D.C. The Hines U.S. Office Value Added Fund offering is closed. Construction begins on One South Dearborn (Chicago), 2525 Ponce de Leon (Coral Gables), 1180 Peachtree (Atlanta) and Torre Almirante (Rio de Janeiro). Hines is named ENERGY STAR® Partner of the year. |
2004 | — | Hines sponsors its first public program, Hines REIT, which commences its first public offering. Development continues on Cannon Place, 99 Queen Victoria and the new world headquarters for the Salvation Army (all in London), and International Plaza-Kempinski Hotel (São Paulo). Hines is honored with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award. |
2005 | — | Hines continues to seek out new development and investment opportunities in over 100 markets around the world. Hines and CalPERS create funds to invest in Mexico’s real estate market and Brazil’s office, industrial and residential markets. Properties in development include 300 North LaSalle and One South Dearborn in Chicago and 900 de Maisonneuve in Montreal. |
2006 | — | Hines and CalPERS establish the nation’s first real estate investment fund devoted solely to sustainable development. New Delhi office opens. Hines develops new region called Eurasia, which includes Poland, Russia and now India. |
2007 | — | Hines celebrates its 50th anniversary with more than 3,150 employees and almost 900 projects completed and under way around the globe. The Dubai office opens. |
2008 | — | Gerald D. Hines receives the first ever Visionary Leadership in Real Estate Development Award from Harvard Design School. Hines introduces Hines GREEN OFFICE (HinesGO), a voluntary, internal program created to measure and reward sustainability within all Hines offices worldwide. Hines employees lead the effort in setting the standard for a sustainable future by “walking the walk” in Hines’ own offices. Hines REIT, which is sponsored by Hines, wins the NAREIT Gold Leader in the Light Award for demonstrating superior and sustained energy practices. |
2009 | — | Hines launches its second public program, Hines Global REIT, which commences its first public offering. Hines expands the Hines GREEN OFFICE program by offering it to its more than 3,500 tenants worldwide. Hines is honored with the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of the firm’s continued leadership in superior energy management. Hines REIT receives NAREIT Bronze Leader in the Light Award for its continuing demonstration of superior and sustained energy practices. |
2010 | — | Hines is honored with the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of the firm’s continued leadership in superior energy management. Hines Global REIT acquires Fifty South Sixth in Minneapolis; Southpark Commerce Center II in Austin, TX; Hock Plaza in Durham, NC; Brindleyplace in London; and 17600 Gillette in Irvine, CA. MainPlace in downtown Houston becomes BG Group Place with the signing of a major lease. CalPERS commits $190 million to Hines CalPERS Brazil Fund. City Council approves Waterfront Toronto’s Bayside development project, which will transform the city’s waterfront into an active and diverse mixed-use community connected by major parks and public spaces. Hines sells trophy tower in Chicago, 300 N. LaSalle and retains management of 60-story LEED Gold tower. Hines’ Zielo Shopping Pozuelo chosen as “Best Small Shopping Centre in Spain” by Spanish Association of Shopping Centres. Hines begins construction on 43-story luxury residential tower in Warsaw, Poland called Twarda 2/4, as well as the Arboretum, a 12-story residential building in Lodz. Hines’ GREEN OFFICE program grows to 19 million square feet in first year including more than 400 tenants occupying more than 19 million square feet. Hines’ Pan-European Core Fund acquires 12-story Domkaskaden office building in Hamburg. |
2011 | — | Hines receives Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award. Hines receives top ranking as “Greenest Company” from Commercial Property Executive magazine. Hines is chosen by Private Equity Real Estate as Latin America Firm of the Year. Hines begins construction on 280 High Holborn in Midtown (UK). Hines Global REIT acquires: Stonecutter Court (London, UK); FM Logistics Park (Moscow, Russia); Gogolevsky 11 (Moscow, Russia) 250 Royall (Canton, MA); Campus at Marlborough (Marlborough, MA); Fisher Plaza (Seattle, WA); and 9320 Excelsior Boulevard (Hopkins, MN). Hines hires Alan Patton to lead new Multifamily Division to expand the firm’s development activity throughout the U.S. working with Hines’ domestic regions on for-rent residential. Hines opens office in Dublin to target real estate opportunities emerging from the restructuring of Irish banking and real estate sectors. Construction begins on Hines Archstone’s CityCenterDC, a 10-acre mixed-use development in Washington, DC. Hines and New York State Common Retirement Fund form new venture to develop U.S. single-tenant properties. Hines announces the development of 7 Bryant Park, an iconic new trophy-class office tower on Avenue of the Americas overlooking Bryant Park. Hines sells Three First National Plaza in Chicago. Hines breaks ground on Eos at Interlocken, a Class A, 186,000-square-foot, LEED® Gold pre-certified office building in Broomfield, CO. Hines completes Cannon Place, a 400,000-square-foot office building incorporating the redevelopment of Cannon Street Station, in London. Hines’ 101 California earns LEED Platinum certification and scores #1 out of 7,307 LEED for Existing Building projects worldwide. Hines’ 30-story Garibaldi Tower in Porta Nuova officially becomes the tallest building in Italy, rising to 754 feet high with the addition of a 256-foot-tall spire. Hines starts construction on Centrum Biurowe Neptun Office Building in Gdansk, Poland. |
2012 | — | Hines Global REIT acquires 9320 Excelsior Boulevard and Logistics Portfolio in Poland. Hines and DLF begin construction on One Horizon Center in Gurgaon. Hines receives Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award. Hines announces the start of construction on Apartamenty Novum, firm’s first project in Krakow, Poland. Hines is selected by Caixa, Brazil’s largest savings and loan bank, as consultant to the Porto Maravilha REIT, an investment fund set up to finance Porto Maravilha, the old docklands of Rio de Janeiro. Hines Global REIT acquires first Australian asset, 144 Montague, which expands Hines’ operations to five continents. Hines receives top ranking as “Greenest Company” from Commercial Property Executive magazine for the second year in a row. Hines breaks ground on landmark office tower for LPL Financial at La Jolla Commons. Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines announce development of sculptural office tower, River Point, in Chicago. Hines Global REIT acquires second Australian asset, 100 Brookes Street in Fortitude Valley, just outside of Brisbane in Queensland. Hines sells Southern California Portfolio, which includes approximately 4.5 million square feet of office space in a total of 59 buildings across Southern California. Hines Global REIT acquires 550 Terry Francois in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district. Hines Global REIT also acquires fifth industrial asset, Distribution Park Sosnowiec, in Poland and capitalizes on middle-class growth in Eastern Europe. North Carolina Department of Transportation engages Hines as Master Developer of Gateway Station. Research Triangle Foundation engages Hines to develop the next phase of Research Triangle Park. Major public piazza in Hines’ Porta Nuova Garibaldi opens in Milan. Hines announces that LPL Financial at La Jolla Commons will produce more energy on site than it uses and will become the largest Net-Zero energy commercial office building in U.S. |
2013 | — | Hines starts construction on Azure residences in St. Petersburg, and on River Point, a development including a 45-story office tower and a 1.5-acre public park in downtown Chicago’s West Loop. Hines Global REIT acquires Mercedes-Benz Bank Building in Stuttgart, Germany. 499 Park Avenue, 425 Lexington and 1200 Nineteenth Street are sold for investment. Hines celebrates groundbreaking on signature office property, 7 Bryant Park. Hines acquires Archstone’s interest in the CityCenterDC project. Hines receives Environmental Protection Agency’s 2013 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award. Hines REIT sells iconic Williams Tower to Invesco Real Estate. Hines Global REIT acquires One Westferry Circus in London, 465 Victoria in Sydney, Australia, and the 481,070-square-foot New City office complex in Warsaw, Poland. Boston Properties and Hines celebrated groundbreaking of Transbay Tower, the West Coast’s tallest building. |
2014 | — | Hines completes Phase I of CityCenterDC, a mixed-use development in Washington, DC. Hines begins construction on: 53W53, a 75-story tower next to MoMA in Manhattan; Jing An Tower, a 54-story, 1,444,546 square-foot mixed-use project in Shanghai, China; 609 Main at Texas, a 48-story, 1,050,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Houston; The Southmore, a 25-story for-rent multifamily development in Houston’s Museum District; and Market Square Residential, a 32-story for-rent multifamily development in Houston. Hines Securities reaches a milestone raising $5 billion in capital. Hines REIT acquires the Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles. Hines Global makes its first acquisition with 2819 Loker Avenue East in Carlsbad, California. Hines Global REIT acquires The Rim in San Antonio and 818 Bourke Street in Melbourne, Australia. Hines acquires Pier I Imports Building in Fort Worth, Kö-Quartier in Düsseldorf, Germany, and two properties in Stuttgart, Germany- Caleido Stuttgart and Kronprinzbau. Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) acquires Kronprinzbau. Hines wins the 2014 ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award. Hines opens office in Greece. |
2015 | — | Hines forms the Retail Resources Group to expand the firm’s retail depth and expertise, and to assist all company-wide retail development, acquisition and redevelopment efforts. Hines receives the 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of continued leadership in sustainability. This is the eleventh time Hines has been recognized by the EPA and the eighth time Hines has received this award. The firm has more than 195 LEED certified, pre-certified or registered projects, representing over 100 million square feet. Hines owns/manages more than 180 ENERGY STAR-labeled buildings, representing over 80 million square feet. Hines breaks ground on numerous projects, including Asturia, a mixed-use, master-planned community in Tampa, FL; The Sheraton Georgetown Texas Hotel and Conference Center, a 196,284-square-foot, 222-room hotel; 400/450 Concar, a 305,000-square-foot office complex in San Mateo, CA; 1144 Fifteenth, a 662,000-square-foot Class A office tower in Denver; Aqualina at Bayside, the first residential phase of Bayside Toronto; and the T3 (timber, transit and technology) development, an innovative 220,00-square-foot, seven-story office building in Minneapolis. The HPSIF offering closes in June with total capitalization of €155 million. HPSIF will acquire properties that can be actively managed to improve energy efficiency and lower emissions. The portfolio currently includes three office buildings in Warsaw’s Mokotów district: Ambassador, Nestlé House and Sky Office Center. Gerald D. Hines celebrates his 90th birthday at his namesake school, the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston, where he is honored by world-renowned architects from around the globe. |
2016 | — | Hines secures a €1.3 Billion investment mandate on behalf of Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest pension fund, to focus on high-street retail assets across 20 countries in Europe. Hines announces the development of Southside Quarter, a signature mixed-use, master-planned community on 105 acres in Jacksonville, Florida. Hines appoints Sherri W. Schugart to the firm’s Executive Committee. Hines receives the 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of continued leadership in sustainability. This is the twelfth time Hines has been recognized by the EPA and the ninth time Hines has received this award. Hines & Welltower announce plans to develop a 15-story Seniors Housing and Memory Care Community in Midtown Manhattan. Construction begins on Hines and Qatari Diar’s Conrad Washington, D.C. luxury hotel at CityCenterDC. The 360-room Herzog & de Meuron design will feature 30,000 square feet of additional retail space. Hines and JV partners Urban Pacific Development and Broad Street Principal Investments announce the acquisition of the Transbay Parcel F in San Francisco, which will be the future site of a proposed 60-story 750-foot tall mixed-use tower containing Class A office, a luxury hotel, and residential units at the top of the tower. Hines releases the firm’s fifth sustainability report focusing on the future and how the firm anticipates and plans for it by developing strategies and methodologies to increase resilience, relevance and longevity. Hines announces a joint venture with TIAA Global Asset Management and the Zimmerman family to develop the Residences at La Colombe d’Or, a luxury 285-unit high-rise multifamily project located in the Montrose/Museum District neighborhood of Houston. Hines Global acquires Goodyear Crossing II, a Class A industrial warehouse located in the Goodyear submarket of Phoenix, Arizona, which is fully leased to a major online retailer. Hines enters the Student Housing market in Europe with the acquisition of sites in Ireland and the United Kingdom. |
2017 | — | Hines creates the Office of Innovation as an access point for new and innovative ideas and products. Hines becomes a Founding Alliance Member of the Well Living Lab, a collaboration between Delos and Mayo Clinic to explore the connection between health and the indoor environment. Hines breaks ground on numerous projects including CIBC Square, two highly innovative office buildings on a 2.9-million-square-foot urban campus in Toronto; Wolf Point East, a 60-story, 698-unit luxury apartment tower and second phase of the Wolf Point development in Chicago; Southside Quarter, a 105-acre signature mixed-use property in Jacksonville, FL; The Parks at Walter Reed, a 3.1 million-square-foot, mixed-use neighborhood in Washington, D.C.; MacArthur Commons, a 385-unit multifamily development in Oakland, CA; the Offices at Chandler Viridian, the tallest multi-tenant building in Chandler, AZ; The Lincoln Common, a mixed-use project in Chicago; and the second phase of construction commences at Outlet Village Pulkovo, the first and largest retail outlet complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Hines enters the Greek market with the acquisition of the Athens Ledra Hotel in central Athens. Hines accelerates its growth in the student housing sector in the UK and Ireland with the launch of a new operating platform, Aparto. Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. acquires Rookwood Pavilion and Rookwood Commons, two shopping centers in Cincinnati. Hines partners with Tata Housing to development Serein, India’s first wellness homes project in Thane. Hines celebrates diversity in Sustainability Report 6.0, a detailed review of the firm’s environmental, social and governance performance, compiled in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Hines earns 2017 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for the 10th time. |
Amount | |||
Securities Act registration fee | $ | 47,150 | |
FINRA filing fee | 61,400 | ||
Blue sky qualification fees and expenses | 922,900 | ||
Printing and mailing expenses | 4,289,900 | ||
Legal fees and expenses | 3,983,300 | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | 1,522,000 | ||
Advertising and sales literature | 3,637,800 | ||
Transfer agent fees | 1,995,700 | ||
Bank and other administrative expenses | 250,000 | ||
Due diligence expense reimbursements | 1,444,694 | ||
Advisor personnel salaries | 344,328 | ||
Reimbursements related to sponsoring and attending conferences—additional underwriting compensation | 3,509,170 | ||
Wholesaler expense reimbursements and reimbursements of the Dealer Manager’s legal fees—additional underwriting compensation | 1,371,549 | ||
Total | $ | 23,379,891 |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | * |
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc.—Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) | |
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity | * |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | * |
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
Rookwood — For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 | |
Report of Independent Auditor | * |
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Fresh Park Venlo — For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and the Year Ended December 31, 2017 | |
Report of Independent Auditor | * |
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses | * |
Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. | |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018 and the Notes thereto | * |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 and for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Notes thereto | * |
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | * |
* | See the “Incorporation by Reference” section of the Prospectus included in this Registration Statement. |
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HINES GLOBAL INCOME TRUST, INC. | |
By: | /s/SHERRI W. SCHUGART |
Sherri W. Schugart | |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* | Chairman of the Board of Directors | December 20, 2018 | ||
Jeffrey C. Hines | ||||
/s/ Sherri W. Schugart | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | December 20, 2018 | ||
Sherri W. Schugart | ||||
* | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) | December 20, 2018 | ||
Ryan T. Sims | ||||
/s/ J. Shea Morgenroth | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer) | December 20, 2018 | ||
J. Shea Morgenroth | ||||
* | Director | December 20, 2018 | ||
Charles M. Baughn | ||||
* | Director | December 20, 2018 | ||
Humberto Cabañas | ||||
* | Director | December 20, 2018 | ||
Dougal A. Cameron | ||||
* | Director | December 20, 2018 | ||
John O. Niemann, Jr. | ||||
*By: /s/ J. Shea Morgenroth | ||||
J. Shea Morgenroth as attorney-in-fact |
1. | DRAFT DEED OF LEASEHOLD |
2. | DATA ROOM INDEX AND DATA ROOM MEMORY STICK |
3. | Q&A |
4. | INVESTMENT MEMORANDUM |
5. | LEASE OVERVIEW |
6. | LEASEHOLD CONDITIONS |
7. | PROPERTY OVERVIEW |
8. | [intentionally left blank] |
9. | SOIL SURVEY REPORT ADVIESBUREAU TAUW |
10. | ASBESTOS SURVEY REPORT ADVIESBUREAU TAUW |
11. | [intentionally left blank] |
12. | GENERAL CONDITIONS TAYLOR WESSING |
13. | OVERVIEW DEEDS OF DELIVERY |
14. | OVERVIEW DEPOSITS PAID BY LESSEES |
15. | APA BUSINESS |
16. | ENTITLEMENT TO LPV PLOTS |
17. | SERVICE CHARGES OPERATIONS |
18. | REMAINING FPV OWNERSHIP |
19. | OVERVIEW MISSING LEASE SECURITIES |
20. | NOTARY LETTER |
21. | FRESH PARK VENLO AREA |
22. | FPV-ROFR PROVISIONS |
23. | OVERVIEW PROPERTY CHARGES |
1. | FRESH PARK VENLO B.V., a private company with limited liability (“besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid”), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its corporate seat in Venlo and its place of business at (5928 RH) Venlo, Venrayseweg 102, registered with the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce under number 12043597 (the “Seller”); and |
2. | HGIT Venrayseweg 100 Venlo Coöperatief U.A., a cooperative with exclusion of liability ("coöperatie met uitgesloten aansprakelijkheid"), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, with its registered office in Amsterdam, with its business address at Naritaweg 165, 1043BW Amsterdam, the Netherlands and registered with the Dutch trade register under number 72645113 (the “Buyer”). |
(A) | the Seller is the owner of the Property and wishes to release a perpetual right of leasehold with respect to the Property to the Buyer; |
(B) | the Buyer wishes to obtain a perpetual right of leasehold with respect to the Property from the Seller; |
(C) | the Buyer and its advisors conducted the Due Diligence; |
(D) | the Seller and the Buyer wish to conclude the release of a perpetual right of leasehold on the basis of the terms and conditions laid down in this agreement (the "Agreement" as further defined hereafter); |
(E) | the Seller has acquired full and unencumbered title to the LPV Plots as evidenced by the deed of transfer, of which a certified copy is attached hereto as Annex 16; |
(F) | the Seller has obtained all consents, approvals and permits whether governmental, regulatory, corporate or otherwise relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Transaction"), and has timely (i) informed N.V. Waterleiding Maatschappij Limburg ("WML") of the intended release of a perpetual right of leasehold to the Buyer and (ii) submitted the Deed of Leasehold (as defined hereafter) to WML to enable it to assess that the Deed of Leasehold contains the obligations as required pursuant to the notarial deed creating a right of superficies (HYP4 59692/140) executed on 15 March 2011; |
(G) | the Buyer has obtained sufficient financing of the Purchase Price from the Financing Bank on terms and conditions to Buyer’s satisfaction, on the basis of the fully executed facility agreement; and |
(H) | the Seller provides certain management services, such as property development, property management and park management, in relation to the Property and for which it holds certain assets and has nine employees under contract (the “Management Organization”), which Management Organization the Seller wishes to sell and transfer and Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. wishes to purchase and acquire on the basis of terms and conditions laid down in the asset sale and purchase agreement (the “APA Business”) of which the agreed form is attached hereto as Annex 15. |
1. | DEFINITIONS |
1.1. | In this Agreement, the following words shall have the following meaning, unless specifically stated otherwise hereinafter: |
Agreement | this agreement for the release of the perpetual right of leasehold with respect to the Property, including the recitals and the schedules thereto; |
APA Business | has the meaning ascribed thereto in recital (H); |
Blocked Person | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 10.32.c; |
Building Related Service Charges | any service charges under the Leases other than the Park Management Related Service Charges; |
Business Day | any day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or official public holiday) on which banks are open for normal banking business in the Netherlands and Houston, Texas, the United States; |
Buyer | has the meaning as described thereto in the heading of this Agreement; |
Clause | means a clause of this Agreement; |
Clients' Account | the clients' account referred to in clause 25 of the Dutch Notaries Act (“Wet op het Notarisambt”) in the name of the Notary (“Kwaliteitsrekening Taylor Wessing Notariaat”), with Rabobank, The Netherlands, under IBAN number NL19 RABO 0113702337 and SWIFT/BIC RABO NL 2U; |
Damage | means all damage, losses, costs (including reasonable legal fees and expenses and reasonable experts' and consultants' fees), charges and expenses assessed in accordance with section 6:95 et. seq. of the DCC; |
Data Room | the digital data room containing the documents as (i) listed on the index attached as Annex 2 and (ii) electronically stored on the memory stick attached thereto; |
DCC | Dutch Civil Code (“Burgerlijk Wetboek”); |
Deductible | means an amount of EUR 1 (in words: one euro); |
Deed of Delivery | the notarial deeds by virtue of which the legal and beneficiary title to the Property have been transferred to the Seller, as included in the Data Room and as registered in the Land Registry, as listed in the overview attached Annex 13; |
Deed of Leasehold | the notarial deed by virtue of which the perpetual right of leasehold (“eeuwigdurend recht van erfpacht”) with respect to the Property will be released to the Buyer, of which document an agreed form is attached as Annex 1; |
Disclosed Information | the entirety of information relating to the Property contained in: (a) the Data Room (Annex 2) to the extent such information was available in the Data room prior to 5 September 2018; (b) the Q&A (Annex 3) to the extent such information was available in the Data room prior to 5 September 2018; (c) the Investment Memorandum (Annex 4) (d) this Agreement; and (e) (i) the Land Registry, (ii) the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce (“handelsregister”) and (ii) the information publicly available on www.ruimtelijkeplannen.nl, available prior to 5 September 2018; |
Due Diligence | the investigation of the Buyer and its advisors prior to 5 September 2018 in respect of the financial, commercial, technical, environmental, legal, fiscal aspects of the Property, on the basis of the Disclosed Information and other investigation performed by the Buyer with respect to the Property to the extent findings have been provided to the Buyer prior to 5 September 2018 in writing; |
Encumbrance | means a pledge, mortgage, attachment, right of retention, or other security interest (zakelijk zekerheidsrecht) of any kind, or the commitment to create any of the foregoing, and to “Encumber” shall be construed accordingly; |
Environmental Laws | means all laws and regulations concerning the protection of the environment or the generation, transportation, storage, treatment, emission or disposal of a dangerous substance and capable of enforcement by legal process in the Netherlands (including but not limited to the Environmental Management Act (Wet Milieubeheer)); |
Fairly Disclosed | means a fact or matter, which has been disclosed in sufficient detail prior to the date of this Agreement, in writing by or on behalf of the Seller in the Disclosed Information to enable a buyer of the Property, to make a reasonably detailed assessment of the facts or matters concerned, it being understood that where only reference is made to other documents and/or information and such other documents and/or information have not been made explicitly referred to and made available in the Disclosed Information but are required to make a reasonably detailed assessment of the relevant matter, the facts and matters in such other documents and/or information shall not have been disclosed to the Buyer; |
Financing Bank | means any external financier (or any of their successors) responsible for (part of) the financing of the transaction envisaged by this Agreement, being, as at the date of this Agreement Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG; |
FPV-ROFR | means any right of first refusal or other rights pursuant to which the Seller, ZON Holding B.V. or any of their group companies has the right to offer or otherwise acquire any part of land in the Fresh Park Venlo Area, including the right to acquire a right of leasehold (erfpachtrecht) or similar right; |
Fresh Park Venlo Area | means the land in the area of the Property as indicated in Annex 21 (Fresh Park Venlo Area) and each adjoining land plot; |
Fundamental Warranties | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 21.2; |
Ground Rent | the amount that is due by the Buyer to the Seller periodically after the Transfer Date as compensation for the Right of Leasehold, as described in the Deed of Leasehold; |
Hazardous Substances | means any wastes, pollutants, contaminants and any other natural or artificial substance (whether in the form of a solid, liquid, gas or vapour and in any case including asbestos) which is capable of causing harm or damage to the environment or the health of any person; |
Indemnities | means the indemnities as set forth in Clause 11; |
Land Registry | the public registers held by the Dutch Land Registry Office (“de Dienst voor het Kadaster en de Openbare Registers”); |
Lease Overview | the lease overview with respect to the Property as set out in Annex 5; |
Leasehold Conditions | the draft leasehold conditions (Annex 6); |
Leases | the leases with the Lessees as listed in the Lease Overview; |
Lessees | the lessees of the Property as appear from the Leases and the Lease Overview; |
LPV Plots | the plots of land including all the buildings and further appurtenances erected thereon as set out in Annex 16 and as previous held by Logistic Park Venlo B.V., Logistic Park Venlo II B.V. and Logistic Park Venlo III B.V. and now owned by the Seller; |
Notary | H.F.G. Stroom, civil law notary (“notaris”) officiating in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, or his deputy or successor, employed with the firm Taylor Wessing N.V.; |
Notary Letter | means the letter from the Notary S&S to the Notary, the Parties, Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V., and the Financing Bank describing inter alia the fund flows at the Transfer Date with regard to this Agreement and the APA Business, which letter shall be on customary terms (including insolvency checks) as attached hereto as Annex 20; |
Notary S&S | O.W.J. Hoefnagels, civil law notary (“notaris”) officiating in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or his deputy or successor, employed with the law firm Simmons & Simmons LLP; |
OFAC List | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 10.32.a; |
Park Management Related Service Charges | Third-Party Management Contributions and any service charges/contributions related to the management of the park under the Leases; |
Parties | Seller and Buyer; |
Party | Seller or Buyer; |
Property | the plots of land, located at Venrayseweg, Venlo, with a total size of approximately 1,095,968 square meters, including in total approximately 266,040 square meters lettable floor area of warehouses, mezzanines and offices and approximately 55,751 square meters of parking facilities, locally known as Fresh Park Venlo, including the LPV Plots, and including all the buildings and further appurtenances erected on the Property (and the LPV Plots). The Property is described in detail in the Property Overview; |
Property Charges | the municipal property tax (“onroerende zaakbelasting”) insofar levied in respect of use pursuant to a right in rem (“the owners' part (“eigenaarsgedeelte”)), the water board charges, the sewerage charges and all other property charges, duties (rechten), taxes (belastingen) and charges (retributies en overige lasten) insofar as applicable to the Property; |
Property Overview | the overview of the cadastral parcels which together form the Property as listed in Annex 7; |
Purchase Price | the purchase price for the Right of Leasehold as specified in Clause 3; |
Q&A | the list of Seller's answers provided to the Buyer's questions during the Due Diligence as listed in Annex 3; |
Remaining FPV Ownership | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 24.5; |
Rent | all rents under the Leases; |
Right of Leasehold | the perpetual right of leasehold (“eeuwigdurend recht van erfpacht”) with respect to the Property that will be released to the Buyer; |
SEC | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 28.1; |
Seller | has the meaning as described thereto in the heading of this Agreement; |
Seller’s Best Knowledge | means the knowledge of the Seller, ZON Holding B.V., the managing directors of the Seller and ZON Holding B.V., the Seller's advisers and each of the Seller's group companies and the Employees (as defined in the APA business) and deemed to include the knowledge which the Seller would have obtained after due and careful consideration and after having made full and diligent enquiry of all persons having knowledge of the relevant matters, including, where appropriate, professional advisers and experts. Any other similar statement or expression that refers to the knowledge, information, belief or awareness of the Seller, refers to the same definition; |
Signing Date | the date of this Agreement; |
Soil | means the soil and groundwater belonging to the Property; |
Third-Party Management Contributions | all park management or other contributions from (current and new) third-parties within the Fresh Park Venlo Area, including any rights that the Seller or any of its group companies has to receive (park management or other) contributions from third parties within the Fresh Park Venlo Area (with the exception of possible ground rent due by a third-party for the use of plots of land in the Fresh Park Venlo Area that are not part of the Property); |
Transaction | has the meaning ascribed thereto in recital (F); |
Transfer | means execution of the Deed of Leasehold and other steps to be taken at the Transfer Date as agreed in this Agreement; |
Transfer Date | the date on which the Deed of Leasehold will be executed, being the date of this Agreement, or so much earlier or later as the Parties agree in writing; |
Transfer Tax | real estate transfer tax (“overdrachtsbelasting”); |
TTA | Turnover Tax Act 1968 (“Wet op de omzetbelasting 1968”); |
Ultimate Repair Date | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 23.3; |
U.S. Executive Orders | has the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 10.32.b; |
VAT | the turnover tax (“omzetbelasting”) as defined in the TTA due, in so far as due by law, at the statutory rate in force from time to time; |
W&I Insurance Policy | means the insurance policy issued by the W&I Insurance Provider, with Buyer as policyholder and beneficiary to provide coverage to Buyer in relation to certain representations, warranties and indemnities made and given by Seller in the Warranties and in the Indemnities; |
W&I Insurance Provider | means the insurance policy issued by the W&I Insurance Provider, with Buyer as policyholder and beneficiary to provide coverage to Buyer in relation to certain representations, warranties and indemnities made and given by Seller in the Warranties and in the Indemnities; |
Warranties | means the warranties of the Seller included in Clauses 10.4 (Information) up to and including 10.32 (OFAC/Patriot Act AML and FCPA); and |
Warranty Claim | means a claim by the Buyer for any breach or alleged breach of any of the Warranties. |
1.2. | The definitions listed in Clause 1.1 can be used both singular and plural, without losing their meaning. |
1.3. | Headings, numbering of Clauses, as well as the table of contents are solely meant to make reference easier and are not intended to interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision thereof. No rights can be derived from the headings, numbering of Clauses and/or table of contents. |
1.4. | In this Agreement, a reference to: |
a. | a “subsidiary” or “holding company” is to be construed in accordance with Section 2:24a DCC; |
b. | a "group company" is to be construed in accordance with Section 2:24a DCC. |
2. | AGREEMENT TO RELEASE / APA BUSINESS |
2.1. | On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Deed of Leasehold, the Seller hereby agrees to release the Right of Leasehold with respect to the Property to the Buyer on the Transfer Date and the Buyer hereby agrees to obtain the Right of Leasehold on the Transfer Date from the Seller. |
2.2. | The (release of the) Right of Leasehold includes all the buildings and further appurtenances erected thereon as well as the movable property which, according to generally accepted views, is intended to sustainably serve the Property within the meaning of Section 3:254 DCC, in so far as such movable property does not belong to any third party or parties, with the exception of the movable property that is (to be) sold and transferred pursuant to the APA Business. |
2.3. | The (release of the) Right of Leasehold does not include (i) the transitional services which will be arranged in a separate transitional services agreement between the relevant parties thereto and shall be a schedule to the APA Business and (ii) the Management Organization, which will be directly sold and transferred by the Seller to Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. on the basis of the APA Business. However, the APA Business is of great importance for the Buyer and is therefore inextricably linked with the investment of the Buyer in the Property (by means of obtaining the Right of Leasehold) pursuant to this Agreement. |
2.4. | If, prior to Transfer, the Buyer learns that the Seller is, becomes, or appears to be a Blocked Person, the Buyer may delay the sale and Transfer contemplated by this Agreement pending its conclusion of its investigation into the matter of the Seller’s status as a Blocked Person. If through this investigation or otherwise, it is determined that the Seller is not a Blocked Person, the Buyer is liable for the damages sustained as a result thereof by the Seller. If the Buyer determines that the Seller is or becomes a Blocked Person, the Buyer shall have the absolute right to immediately terminate this Agreement without any liability for the Buyer and take all other actions necessary, or in the opinion of the Buyer, appropriate to comply with applicable laws regarding such Blocked Person, in which event the Buyer shall receive a return of any deposit paid if such return is acceptable under applicable U.S. law. The provisions of this Clause will survive termination of this Agreement. |
3. | PURCHASE PRICE |
3.1. | The Purchase Price of the Right of Leasehold is EUR 117,500,000 (in words: one hundred and seventeen million five-hundred thousand euro). |
3.2. | The Purchase Price shall be paid by the Buyer to the Seller in accordance with Clause 6. All payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement are to be made in euro's. |
3.3. | The Seller and the Buyer take into consideration that: |
3.4. | The cost and premium for the W&I Insurance are for the account of the Buyer. However, the Seller and the Buyer declare that the aforementioned Purchase Price was established with |
4. | VAT AND TRANSFER TAX |
4.1. | VAT |
4.1.1. | The Parties acknowledge and agree that that it is considered that Article 19 and Article 29 of the COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of Value Added Taxes and the relevant sections of national legislation implementing that the Directive on Value Added Taxes (such as section 37d of the Dutch VAT Act 1968 (Wet op de omzetbelasting 1968)) will apply to the Transaction, such that the Transaction is neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services but is treated as a transfer of a going concern for VAT purposes. The foregoing was confirmed by the Dutch tax authorities in the ruling received on 27 September 2018 by e-mail on request thereto by the Seller. |
4.2. | Any and all Transfer Tax due for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be for the account of the Seller (‘verkoop vrij op naam’). Where any Transfer Tax is levied from the Buyer, Seller will fully reimburse and indemnify the Buyer for Transfer Tax, including interest and penalties. |
4.3. | Considering that any and all Transfer Tax due for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be for the account of the Seller (‘verkoop vrij op naam’), the Buyer hereby allows the Seller to discuss the Transfer Tax position and affairs with the Dutch tax authorities and grants an irrevocable power of attorney to the Seller, with the right of substitution, provided that the Seller shall keep the Buyer fully informed and the Seller must take all the Buyer’s reasonable interests into account, and – to the extent such an objection, appeal, settlement or compromise could lead to imposing a fine and/or additional tax claim - shall not file any such objection or appeal and will not enter into any such settlement or compromise with respect to the aforementioned without the prior written consent of the Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or made conditional). This includes all that the Seller (and its tax advisor) deems necessary to, but is not limited to: |
5. | COMPLETION |
5.1. | Prior to the Transfer Date, the Parties, Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V., the Notary S&S and the Notary shall sign the Notary Letter, the Buyer shall procure that the Financing Bank signs the Notary Letter, and the Seller shall procure that ING Bank N.V. that currently has a right of mortgage on (part of) the Property has signed (an) irrevocable cancellation statement(s) as meant in the Notary Letter. |
5.2. | On the Transfer Date, the Parties shall take each of the following steps in the following order: |
a. | procure that the Seller and Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. shall execute the APA Business; |
b. | execute the Deed of Leasehold before the Notary (in accordance with the Notary Letter, including that the execution will not take place until after the Notary has confirmed that ING Bank N.V. that currently has a right of mortgage on (part of) the Property has signed (an) irrevocable cancellation statement(s) and has provided (an) irrevocable redemption statement(s) as meant in the Notary Letter, and the funds necessary to fulfil the payment obligations described in this(these) cancellation statement(s) are transferred into the Clients’ Account). |
5.3. | The Buyer shall not be obliged to obtain the Right of Leasehold – pursuant to the Deed of Leasehold – unless the Seller, prior to the execution of the Deed of Leasehold, complies with all its obligations under this Agreement and the APA Business. |
5.4. | The Notary undertakes vis-à-vis the Parties to arrange for registration of the Deed of Leasehold in the Land Registry. |
5.5. | If the Seller and/or the Buyer fails to perform any action which it is obliged to perform to effectuate Transfer and completion within the agreed time frame or, if no specific time frame was agreed, as soon as reasonably possible, the Buyer (in case of failure on the part of the Seller) respectively the Seller (in case of failure on the part of the Buyer) shall be entitled to, at its sole discretion and in addition to, and without prejudice to, any other rights, claims or remedies available under this Agreement or by applicable Law (including its right to claim Damage, irrespective whether this Agreement is terminated): |
a. | demand from the non-performing Party to perform the relevant action or actions on a day and time to be determined by the other Party; |
b. | determine a new date for Transfer, which date shall be within fifteen (15) Business Days following the date of Transfer scheduled before, if any; |
c. | demand from the non-performing Party to fully cooperate to effectuate Transfer so far as practicable taking into account the defaults which have occurred; or |
d. | after a new date for Transfer has been set and Transfer did not take place on such new date, terminate this Agreement without any liability on its part, by giving written notice thereof to the non-performing Party. |
6. | PAYMENT AND COSTS |
6.1. | The Parties shall procure that the payment of: |
a. | the Purchase Price; |
b. | taxes and other charges; and |
c. | the settlement of the Property Charges, Rent, and any deposits paid by the Lessees or invoiced by the Seller, |
6.2. | The Buyer shall pay or procure the payment of an amount equal to the Purchase Price (the "Transfer Date Buyer Payments") into the Clients' Account in such a way that the Clients’ Account has been credited by no later than 12:00 a.m. on the Transfer Date. |
6.3. | The Seller shall procure the payment of an amount equal to the: |
a. | EUR 2.726.462,24 (in words: two million seven hundred twenty-six thousand and four hundred and sixty-two euro and twenty-four eurocent]) in relation to the settlement of the Rent to the extent (i) received or invoiced by the Seller and (ii) relating to the Transfer Date or the period thereafter; plus |
b. | EUR 463,017.88 (in words: four hundred sixty-three thousand seventeen euro and eighty-eight eurocent) in relation to the deposits paid by the Lessees as follows from Annex 14, |
c. | EUR 71,873.65 (in words: seventy-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three euro and sixty-five eurocent) in relation to the settlement of the Property Charges; |
6.4. | Until registration in the Land Registry of a certified copy of the Deed of Leasehold as set out in Clause 5.3, the Notary shall hold the amount of the Transfer Date Buyer Payments for and on behalf of the Buyer. After the registration in the Land Registry of a certified copy of the Deed of Leasehold as set out in Clause 5.3 and the registration of the release of all Encumbrances as set out in Clause 5.2.b, the Notary shall hold the amount of the Transfer Date Buyer Payments for and on behalf of the Seller in accordance with the Notary Letter. |
6.5. | Until execution of the Deed of Leasehold as set out in Clause 5.3, the Notary shall hold the amount of the Transfer Date Seller Payments for and on behalf of the Seller. After the execution of the Deed of Leasehold as set out in Clause 5.3, the Notary shall hold the amount of the Transfer Date Seller Payments for and on behalf of the Buyer in accordance with the Notary Letter. |
6.6. | The Seller shall procure that all those creditors who at the time of registration of the Deed of Leasehold hold a mortgage over the Property or who have imposed any charge in execution against the Right of Leasehold and/or the Property, will be paid by the Notary via the Clients' Account, whatever sums are required in relation to the cancellation of their rights of mortgage or charge. |
6.7. | The Seller, for the amount accruing to it, and the creditors mentioned in Clause 6.6, each for the amounts accruing to them, will not be entitled to payment of any amount of the Client's Account until the Notary has established, by means of an investigation of the public registers that the release has been effected in accordance with Clause 9.1. The Seller is aware and accepts that – in connection with this investigation – one or more Business Days may pass between the Transfer Date and the transfer of those payments due to the investigation to be performed by the Notary. |
7. | SETTLEMENT PROPERTY CHARGES, RENT, BUILDING RELATED SERVICE CHARGES AND PARK MANAGEMENT RELATED SERVICE CHARGES |
7.1. | All Property Charges due in connection with the Property shall be for the risk and account of the Seller, to the extent that these relate to the period up to and excluding the Transfer Date. The Seller shall timely pay any such Property Charges, whether due before, on or after the Transfer Date (provided these relate to the period up to and excluding the Transfer Date) and shall indemnify the Buyer in this respect. |
7.2. | Other than Clause 12.1, all Property Charges due in connection with the Property as from and including the Transfer Date will be for the Buyer’s account. |
7.3. | Attached hereto as Annex 23 is an overview from the Seller containing the Property Charges paid by the Seller but relating to the Transfer Date or the period thereafter and to be paid by the Seller to the Buyer at the Transfer Date as per Clause 6.3.c. |
7.4. | Rents, Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges due pertaining to the period up to and excluding the Transfer Date shall be for the risk and the account of the Seller. If such Rents, Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges have not been received or invoiced by the Seller at the Transfer Date, the amounts due will be collected by the Buyer. |
7.5. | Rents, Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges due pertaining to the period after and including the Transfer Date shall be for the risk and the account of the Buyer. |
7.6. | Any Rents paid to the Seller or invoiced by the Seller in respect of the period after the Transfer Date will be settled between the Parties on the Transfer Date by payment by the Seller to the Buyer. Any Rents paid to the Seller after the Transfer Date in respect of the period after the Transfer Date shall be paid by the Seller to the Buyer within five (5) Business Days after the first Business Day the Seller has received the Rents, insofar these have not been settled between Parties on the Transfer Date. |
7.7. | The balance of any Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges paid to the Seller or invoiced by the Seller, and the actual expenses in this regard incurred by the Seller will be settled with the Buyer as soon as practically possible after the Transfer Date on the basis of a calculation to be ascertained by the Parties in good faith, which with respect to the settlement of (i) the Building Related Service Charges shall mean shortly after 31 December 2018, and (ii) the Park Management Related Service Charges shall mean on or prior to 31 December 2018. Until the balance is ascertained and settled, costs in this regard charged to the Seller will be paid by the Seller (at the expense of the balance to be settled), and costs in this regard charged to the Buyer will be advanced by the Seller (at the expense of the balance to be settled). Any Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges paid to the Seller after the settlement as referred to in the preceding sentence in respect of the period after the Transfer Date shall be paid by the Seller to the Buyer within five (5) Business Days after the first Business Day the Seller has received the relevant Building Related Service Charges and/or Park Management Related Service Charges (insofar these have not been settled between Parties in accordance with this Clause 7.7). |
7.8. | The Seller shall inform the Lessees about the envisaged transfer of the Property and shall assist the Buyer by informing the Lessees on the new bank account used for the collecting Rents within five (5) Business Days after the Transfer Date. |
7.9. | Attached hereto as Annex 17 is an overview of all activities and operations carried out by the Seller between 1 January 2018 until the Transfer Date (the "Service Charges Operations"). |
7.10. | Each of the Seller and the Buyer shall procure that at the Transfer Date their respective representatives shall together review the gas, water and electricity meters of the various properties part of the Property and record such data in an overview to be signed by both representatives. |
7.11. | The Parties hereby agree that as from the Transfer Date all Third-Party Management Contributions shall be for the benefit of the Buyer. As far as these rights are not transferred to the Buyer by operation of law through the establishment of the Right of Leasehold, these rights are separately transferred/assigned by the Seller to the Buyer pursuant to the Deed of Leasehold. |
7.12. | The Parties hereby agree with respect to (the Third-Party Management Contributions from) (current and new) third parties within the park located on the Property, that as from the Transfer Date: |
a. | the Buyer is authorized by the Seller to inform the relevant third parties within the park of the transfer of the rights as mentioned in Clause 7.11; |
b. | the Seller shall provide the Buyer with full control over the arrangements with these third parties on (park management, or possible other) contributions inter alia by (i) keeping the Buyer fully up-to-date and providing the Buyer with all relevant information with respect to (any opportunity to commence negotiations about) the arrangements with these third parties, (ii) fully cooperating with the Buyer, and not doing or omitting to do anything without the approval of the Buyer, and (iii) granting an unconditional, irrevocable power of attorney in the Deed of Leasehold to the Buyer to act on behalf of the Seller in relation to (any negotiations and/or amendments concerning) the arrangements with these third parties about (park management, or possible other) contributions; and |
c. | the Seller shall by way of a perpetual clause (kettingbeding) impose these rights and obligations to each of its successors in the title to the Property, failure of which leads to the forfeiture of an immediately payable penalty in the amount of EUR 1,000,000 (one million euro’s), without limiting or precluding the right of Buyer to claim specific performance and/or actual damage, |
7.13. | Subject to the other provisions of this Clause 7, the Buyer will take care of settlement with the Lessees of the Building Related Service Charges and Park Management Related Service Charges for the year 2018. The Seller will take care of and is fully responsible for settlement |
7.14. | No settlement will be made in respect of any Rents, costs or charges, other than those referred to in this Clause 7. |
8. | GENERAL COSTS |
8.1. | The Parties shall each be responsible for all the costs of their own advisors in relation to the preparation and implementation of this Agreement and the transfer of the Property to the extent that no other explicit agreements have been made in this respect in this Agreement. |
8.2. | The notarial costs (including taxes where applicable) in relation to the preparation and execution of the Deed of Leasehold and costs in relation to the transfer of the Property on the Transfer Date are for the account of and will be paid by the Seller. |
9. | DESCRIPTION OF THE RELEASE OBLIGATIONS |
9.1. | On the Transfer Date, the Seller shall release the Right of Leasehold to the Buyer on the Property, which: |
a. | is unconditional and not subject to any curtailment, cancellation or annulment whatsoever, with the exception of what is mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold; |
b. | is not subject to attachments, seizures or mortgages or registrations thereof, and is not subject to any other Encumbrances, with the exception of what is mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold; |
c. | is not Encumbered by easements (“erfdienstbaarheden”), with the exception of easements mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry or created by prescription ("verjaring"); |
d. | is not Encumbered by obligations attached to a certain capacity (“kwalitatieve verplichtingen”) in the meaning of article 6:252 DCC, with the exception of those mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry; |
e. | is not Encumbered with other special burdens and restrictions, with the exception of those mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry; |
f. | no qualified rights (tolerance obligations) are registered on as defined in the Public Works (Removal of the Impediments in Private Law) Act (Belemmeringenwet Privaatrecht), with the exception of those mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry; |
g. | no restrictions under public law (entered in the municipal register of restrictions) are registered on with the exception of those mentioned in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry. |
9.2. | The Property will be actually transferred from the Seller to the Buyer on the Transfer Date after the execution of the Deed of Leasehold in the condition the Property is in at that moment, such in accordance with the provisions as set out in this Agreement and subject to the Warranties, Indemnities and other terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
10. | WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELLER |
10.1. | The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that each of the statements included in the Clauses 10.4 (Information) up to and including 10.32 (OFAC/Patriot Act AML and FCPA) is accurate, true and not misleading. |
10.2. | The Seller acknowledges that the Buyer has entered into this Agreement in full reliance on the Warranties and other covenants contained herein. |
10.3. | Each of the Warranties shall be construed separately and shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other of the Warranties or any other terms of this Agreement. |
10.4. | The Disclosed Information (i) contains all relevant information and documents relating to the (construction of) the Property, the Right of Leasehold and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the APA Business, (ii) does not contain any untrue, inaccurate and/or misleading statement, fact, matter or circumstance and (iii) does not omit to state any statement, fact, matter or circumstances the omission of which would make the contents of such information untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any respect. The Seller has not withheld any information which is or would be of material importance for the customary due diligence of a reasonable professional investor or, had Buyer had knowledge thereof on the Signing Date would have caused Buyer not to enter into this Agreement or to have entered it only on different terms, including price. |
10.5. | No VAT (other than described and addressed in Clause 4) and no Transfer Tax (other than addressed in Clause 4) will be due by the Buyer or any of its affiliates with respect to the Transaction. |
10.6. | The Seller has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise entry into, performance and delivery of, this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. |
10.7. | The Seller has obtained all consents, approvals and permits whether governmental, regulatory, corporate or otherwise relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. |
10.8. | On the Transfer Date: |
a. | the Seller has the legal and beneficial ownership of the Property; |
b. | the Seller is duly authorised to release the Right of Leasehold to the Buyer; |
c. | no party is exercising any right of retention in respect of the Property; and |
d. | the Property is not subject to any claims regarding (the title to) the Property. |
10.9. | Entering into this Agreement and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will not conflict with its constitutional documents. |
10.10. | Entering into and performance by the Seller of and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not conflict with any law or regulation applicable to it on the Transfer Date. |
10.11. | On the Transfer Date, the Property will be free of Encumbrances or any registration (inschrijving) thereof to such an extent that the Right of Leasehold can be released in accordance with Clause 9.1. |
10.12. | Other than as set out in the Deed of Leasehold, this Agreement or appearing from the Land Registry or possibly created by prescription ("verjaring"), there are no: |
a. | obligations entailed by a particular title within the meaning of article 6:252 DCC (kwalitatieve verplichtingen); |
b. | easements or servitudes; |
c. | covenants or perpetual clauses in any subsequent transfer that need to be imposed upon the Buyer; |
d. | claims by a local authority (ongevorderd) with respect to the Property and no third party is using the Property without any right or title; and |
e. | preferential and/or pre-emption rights granted to third parties which have not been waived by the relevant third parties. |
10.13. | The charges as mentioned in Clause 7.1 have been paid, in so far as the relevant assessments have been imposed. |
10.14. | As a result of the Transaction the Buyer shall not receive or become entitled to any income, fees, revenue, return or otherwise than rent with respect to the Leases and/or fees directly related to the Property in line with payments received by the Seller with respect to the Property prior to Completion. |
10.15. | During the period the Seller (partially) owned the Property, the Seller complied with all environmental and planning requirements under public law. |
10.16. | There are no actions of administrative or criminal enforcement actions pending, announced or expected. |
10.17. | The permitted use under the Leases is in accordance with the zoning plan. |
10.18. | No complaints from the neighbours have been received regarding on subjects of nuisance such as noise, air or odour pollution which could potentially result in legal proceedings. |
10.19. | The zoning plan and the quality of the Soil do not prevent the construction of new (cooled) storage space on the Property. |
10.20. | The Property has been built, used and maintained in accordance with all relevant contracts, standards, permits and regulations. The Property is in good condition, there are no maintenance backlogs, no contaminations and no defects known by the Seller or announced by a Lessee which have not been remedied yet or which did not form part of the Disclosed Information. |
10.21. | For all structures on the the Property, if and when required by law, all integrated environmental permits and notifications pursuant to the Activities Decree (Activiteitenbesluit) and the Building Decree 2012 (Bouwbesluit 2012) and all required energy labels have been issued and/or obtained and have become final and conclusive. The Property complies with all zoning regulations, issued integrated environmental permits and all applicable (general) rules pursuant to the Activities Decree (Activiteitenbesluit). Furthermore, all notifications pursuant to the Building Decree 2012 (Bouwbesluit 2012) have been issued. |
10.22. | The Seller nor any of the Lessees has used, disposed of, generated, stored, dumped, released, deposited, buried or emitted any Hazardous Substances at, on, from, to or under any of the Properties which under applicable Environmental Laws in force on the Transfer Date and in the context of the present use by the Seller of these real properties, on the Transfer Date would result in an order by a governmental body to the Seller to take remedial measures. |
10.23. | On the Transfer Date no orders or enforcement decisions have been made or announced in writing by government authorities that have not yet been carried out, or that have been carried out by a government authority but have remained unpaid. |
10.24. | The Property has not been included in (pending applications for) a designation order or any entry of the Property in a register: |
a. | as protected monument within the meaning of the Dutch Monuments and Historic Buildings Act 1988 (Monumentenwet 1988); |
b. | as an urban or village conservation area or proposal thereto in the sense of the Dutch Monuments and Historic Buildings Act (Monumentenwet 1988); |
c. | as a protected monument by the municipal or provincial authorities, except for preparations by the municipality to designate the Property as a municipal monument. |
10.25. | The Seller is not aware that the municipality has adopted any urban renewal plan (“stadvernieuwingsplan”) or environmental order (“leefmilieuverordening”) within the meaning of the former Urban and Rural Regeneration Act (“Wet op de stads- en dorpsvernieuwing”) involving the Property; |
10.26. | The Seller is not aware that the Property has been included in any designation, listing order or registration as an urban or village conservation area (“beschermd stads- of dorpsgezicht”) or in a pending request for an advice on such matters. |
10.27. | The use of the Property by the Lessees does not violate public or private law. The Property has been built in accordance with all building permits and complies with all national and local norms, especially regarding fire and life safety. |
10.28. | Other than as set out in the Deed of Leasehold or appearing from the Land Registry, there are neither qualified rights (tolerance obligations) registered in relation to the Property as defined in the Public Works (Removal of the Impediments in Private Law) Act (Belemmeringenwet Privaatrecht), nor has the Seller received any notices as defined in sections 2 or 8a of that Act. |
10.29. | No restrictions under public law in relation to the Property have been entered in the municipal register of restrictions of the Land Registry. |
10.30. | On the Transfer Date: |
a. | the Property is leased out in accordance with the Lease Overview; |
b. | the Property has no defect within the meaning of article 7:204 DCC; |
c. | the Seller does not lack any necessary permits to lease out respectively to rent the Property; |
d. | the Seller has fulfilled its obligations under the Leases; |
e. | the Lessees have performed all their materially (payment of rent) obligations due under the Leases; |
f. | the Leases (and further relevant documents that are part of the Disclosed Information) constitute the entire agreement between the Seller and the Lessees and there are no other agreements with the Lessees in place which will be transferred to the Buyer; |
g. | there are (other than appearing from the documents that are part of the Disclosed Information) currently no disputes with any of the Lessees, nor are any disputes to be expected; |
h. | the rental security provided by the Lessees is not invoked by the Seller nor will be invoked before or on the Transfer Date. |
10.31. | On the Transfer Date there are no disputes with respect to the Property, nor are there to Seller's Best Knowledge any disputes to be expected. |
10.32. | (A) neither the Seller, (B) nor any of its officers, managers nor directors, (C) nor any direct or indirect owner of 10% or more of the beneficial interests in the Seller, (D) nor, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other beneficial owner of the Seller: |
a. | is listed in the “Alphabetical Listing of Blocked Persons, Specially Designated Nationals, Specially Designated Terrorists, Specially Designated Global Terrorists, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers” (the “OFAC List”) published by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control, as in effect from time to time, and as such list is located on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s website: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx; |
b. | is a person or entity who has been determined by competent authority to be subject to the prohibitions contained in Executive Orders issued by the United States government pertaining to the OFAC List (the “U.S. Executive Orders”) or, to the Seller’s knowledge, is otherwise a person, entity or government with whom a United States person is prohibited from transacting business of the type contemplated by this Agreement, whether such prohibition arises under United States law, regulation and/or executive orders; |
c. | is owned or controlled by, or acts for or on behalf of, any person or entity on the OFAC List or any other person or entity who has been determined by competent authority to be subject to the prohibitions contained in the U.S. Executive Orders pertaining to the List (any person referenced in this provision, or in provisions (a)-(b) above, is hereby referred to herein as a “Blocked Person”); and/or |
d. | has made any bribe or other financial inducement to a public official or governmental employee in the past in connection with the acquisition, financing, operation or otherwise pertaining to the Property in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the United States of America and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. |
11. | INDEMNITIES BY THE SELLER |
11.1. | Without prejudice to or precluding any other rights or remedies which the Buyer may have under this Agreement or the law, the Seller undertakes to indemnify and hold the Buyer harmless (vrijwaren en schadeloosstellen) against all actions, claims, costs and expenses (including fees of legal and other advisers) for and in relation to each of the following matters: |
a. | any claims from (a group company of) Groep Heylen Redevelopment B.V. relating to or in connection with the (transfer of the) LPV Plots and/or (the shares in the capital of) Logistic Park Venlo B.V., Logistic Park Venlo II B.V. and/or Logistic Park Venlo III B.V.; |
b. | the wall and/or floor (panels) of object 3837 (cadastrally known as Municipality of Grubbenvorst, Section M, Number 616, Municipality of Venlo, Section X, Numbers 1465, 1467 and 1469) not being fully compliant, including for the avoidance of doubt the relevant contractor denying/disputing liability in relation thereto and any dispute(s) with or claim(s) from the Lessees in respect of such wall and/or floor panels; and |
c. | any person other than the Employees (as defined in the APA Business) claiming that they have transferred to the Buyer on the basis of a transfer of undertaking (overgang van onderneming) or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated in the APA Business or this Agreement. |
11.2. | These Indemnities shall be unlimited in time and the Buyer may opt in its sole discretion to claim damage for breach of a Warranty or under an Indemnity. |
12. | LEASES |
12.1. | Any current or future incentives granted to the Lessees pursuant to the Leases, such as rent-free periods and contributions to investments, shall be for the account of the Buyer and have been taken into account in the Purchase Price, with the exception of the one-time rent exemption which may be granted to Staay – van Rijn B.V. in relation to the EIA subsidy as referred to in clause 30.4 of the lease agreement between Staay – van Rijn B.V. and the |
12.2. | The deposits provided by the Lessees have been listed in Annex 14 to this Agreement and shall be settled between the Parties on the Transfer Date, such in accordance with Clause 6.1. |
12.3. | Insofar as necessary, the Seller shall fully cooperate with having any bank and/or corporate (parent company) guarantees registered in the name of the Buyer. |
12.4. | In relation to the circumstance that the Lessees are obligated to make a security deposit or supply a bank guarantee in regard to the Leases and the Buyer was not able to ascertain that all Lessees have fulfilled this obligation and/or one or more of the security cannot be transferred to the Buyer on the Transfer Date, the Seller hereby warrants the payment obligations of all such Lessees to the Buyer and shall indemnify the Buyer in such respect, subject to the following conditions: |
a. | the Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to compel the respective Lessee to supply the security agreed upon directly to the Buyer; |
b. | the Buyer can only claim payment under this Clause from the Seller for payments by the Lessees for which the missing security was intended for, up to the amount due by the Lessee and a maximum of the agreed upon amount of the security; |
c. | this warranty and indemnity applies only to the Leases/Lessees that are set out in Annex 20, and ends in respect to each Lease/Lessee on the moment on which the respective security is validly and completely supplied directly to the Buyer by that Lessee, and shall lapse fifteen (15) months after the Transfer Date, unless to the extent the Buyer has sent a notice to the Seller with a claim pursuant to this Clause. |
12.5. | Each of the Seller and Logistic Park Venlo III B.V. (also on behalf of any of its successor(s) in title (rechtverkrijgenden)) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights it may have to claim under the bank guarantee provided by Deutsche Bank AG dated 31 July 2018 (with respect to Staay-Van Rijn B.V.) to the benefit of Logistic Park Venlo III B.V. (regardless the title of claim). |
13. | ENVIRONMENT |
13.1. | The Seller has ordered Adviesbureau Tauw to conduct an exploratory soil survey at the Property, which survey resulted in a report dated 25 August 2017 the title page of which is attached hereto as Annex 9. |
13.2. | The Seller has ordered Adviesbureau Tauw to conduct an asbestos survey at the buildings at the Property constructed before 1993, which survey resulted in a report dated 7 August 2017 the title page of which is attached hereto as Annex 10. |
13.3. | The Seller provided the Buyer with the relevant information with respect to the environmental soil condition and with respect to any pollution of the buildings on the Property (including installations therein) with any substance (including but not limited to asbestos) through the Disclosed Information in accordance with the Leasehold Conditions. |
13.4. | The Buyer accepts the environmental state of the soil of the Property as set out in the survey reports as mentioned in Clauses 13.1 and 13.2. |
14. | WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BUYER |
14.1. | The Buyer represents (“verklaart”) and warrants (“garandeert”) to the Seller on the Transfer Date that: |
1. | it explicitly accepts the burdens and restrictions set out in the Deed of Delivery, this Agreement and those burdens and restrictions that are specified in the public registers in relation to immovable property and rights thereon, as defined in Clause 8.1 of the Land Register Act (“Kadasterwet”) in relation to the Property; |
2. | it has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction; |
3. | it has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, which, when executed, and assuming due execution by the Parties, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Buyer in accordance with its terms and the actual situation; |
4. | it has taken all corporate action required by its articles of association and applicable law in connection with the entering into this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder; and |
5. | it is not known with any breach of the Warranties. |
15. | DISCREPANCIES IN DIMENSIONS/DESCRIPTION |
15.1. | If the measurements or dimensions of the Property is incorrect or incomplete, neither the Buyer nor the Seller shall derive any right from this, with the same applying to other discrepancies in the description of the Property. The above shall also apply to any boundary-exceeding constructions, incorrect indication of the number of square metres of gross floor area/lettable floor area in the Leases and/or the Lease Overview, deviations from zoning plans and/or other official regulations, deviations from specifications, or deviation from limitations stipulated in notarial deeds of the number of square metres to be constructed. |
16. | DUE DILIGENCE |
16.1. | The Buyer: |
1. | has carried out the Due Diligence; |
2. | was assisted by professional advisors; |
3. | and its advisors were able to investigate the Disclosed Information including the documents included in the Data Room in respect of financial, commercial, construction, technical, environmental, legal and tax aspects and that Buyer and its advisors received sufficient answers on their queries for further explanation by Seller and its advisors; |
4. | was able to carry out a factual investigation in respect of the technical, constructional and environmental condition of the Property and in that context access was given to the Property; |
5. | was able to check the Land Registry, the trade register and municipal services. |
17. | SECURITY – ASSIGNMENT AND SET-OFF |
17.1. | The Seller shall not be entitled to set-off (verrekenen) or suspend (opschorten) any payment pursuant to this Agreement, unless this was specifically agreed upon in writing. |
17.2. | The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree and acknowledge that any and all claims under this Agreement and the APA Business (including for the avoidance of doubt any of the schedules thereto and therefore including the Right of Leasehold) of the Buyer and/or Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. against the Seller and/or ZON Holding B.V., will be capable of assignment or transfer by the Buyer to Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. or vice versa. The Seller hereby irrevocably confirms that it will cooperate with and provide its consent to any transfer or assignment of any claim against the Seller by the Buyer to Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. or by Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. to the Buyer and to the extent required hereby in advance irrevocably grants it cooperation and consent thereto. |
17.3. | The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree and acknowledge that, if so desired by the Buyer and/or Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V., the Buyer and/or Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. may set-off or suspend any claim they may have against the Seller and/or ZON Holding B.V. (whether with respect to this Agreement (including for the avoidance of doubt any of the schedules thereto and therefore including the Right of Leasehold and therefore the Ground Rent) or otherwise) with any payment obligation or debt the Buyer and/or Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. may have to any of the Seller and/or ZON Holding B.V. |
18. | NON-COMPETE |
18.1. | Each of Seller and ZON Holding B.V. undertakes vis-à-vis the Buyer that it shall, and shall procure that each of it/their affiliates shall, refrain during a period of 2 years from the Transfer Date, both directly and indirectly through one of its/his affiliates (including entities belonging to their group) or otherwise from any business activities (including but not limited to participation as shareholder, partner or in any other capacity), which are in competition with or comparable to the activities as performed by the Seller up to the Transfer Date in connection with the Property, such as the leasing out of space at a location within 150 kilometers from the Property and establishment of a land bank, agribusiness or other distribution park within 150 kilometers from the Property, which is the area in which Seller would be in competition with the Property. |
18.2. | For the avoidance of misunderstanding or disputes, the Parties explicitly agree that Clause 18.1 shall not limit: |
a. | ZON Holding B.V.'s right to (i) continue its business consisting of the trade and auction of fruit and vegetables as conducted prior to the Transfer Date, (ii) lease real estate as a lessee to conduct its own business as conducted prior to the Transfer Date and (iii) |
b. | Seller or ZON Holding B.V.'s right to lease in the capacity of lessor the building 3813 (cadastrally known as Municipality of Venlo, Section X, Numbers 1588 and 1587) as addressed in and in compliance with Clause 24.4. |
18.3. | In the event of a breach by Seller and/or ZON Holding B.V. of its obligations pursuant to Clause 18.1, the defaulting party (being both Seller and ZON Holding B.V. (on a joint and several basis) in the event an affiliate is in breach) shall forfeit to Buyer, without any further notice or demand being required, an immediately payable penalty in the amount of EUR 10,000,000 (in words: ten million Euro) for each violation and EUR 50,000 (in words: fifty thousand Euro) for each day that such violation took place or continues, without limiting or precluding the right of Buyer to claim specific performance and/or actual damage. |
19. | RISK AND INSURANCE |
19.1. | The Property is for the risk of the Seller until the Transfer Date. As per the Transfer Date, the Buyer will bear the risk and financial responsibility for the Property. |
19.2. | The Seller will be obliged to keep the Property insured on extended terms for the reconstruction value against fire and other damage until 24:00 hours on the date on which the Deed of Leasehold is signed. The Buyer will insure the Property from 00:00 hours on the date on which the Deed of Leasehold is signed on extended terms for the reconstruction value against fire and other damage. |
20. | BREACH |
20.1. | The Seller shall – notwithstanding the limitation of Seller's liability under Clause 21 (Limitation of Liability) – be liable for any and all Damage and shall indemnify (vrijwaren) and hold the Buyer harmless (schadeloosstellen) in the event of any breach by the Seller of this Agreement. |
20.2. | If either of the Parties, after having been given notice of default in accordance with Clause 34.6, defaults for a period of 10 Business Days or longer in the performance of one or more of the following obligations (a) pay the Purchase Price, (b) cooperate to transfer the Property or (c) hand over the Property to the Buyer on the Transfer Date, the non-defaulting Party will have the following alternative choices between: |
a. | demanding performance of this Agreement, in which case the defaulting Party shall incur an immediately payable penalty of three pro mille of the Purchase Price per calendar day (or part-day) delay per the calendar day the aforementioned period of 10 Business Days has lapsed until the earlier of (i) the calendar day of performance or (ii) the accumulated payable penalty amounts to ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price; or |
b. | declaring this Agreement to be dissolved by means of a written statement, in which case the defaulting Party shall incur an immediately payable penalty of ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price. |
20.3. | Any penalty paid or owed will be deducted from any damages and will be in addition to any rights accrued between the Parties in any other valid arrangement. |
21. | LIMITATION OF LIABILITY |
21.1. | The Parties acknowledge that the W&I Insurance Policy provides coverage in accordance with its terms to the Buyer in relation to certain Warranties given by the Seller to the Buyer under this Agreement. |
21.2. | The aggregate liability of the Seller towards the Buyer in respect of all claims in relation to a breach of one or more Warranties will not exceed the Deductible, except for the warranties included in Clauses 10.6 up to and including 10.13 (the “Fundamental Warranties”). The aggregate liability of the Seller towards the Buyer in respect of claims in relation to one or more of the Fundamental Warranties will not exceed the Purchase Price. |
21.3. | The Buyer's right to claim compensation for Damage for breach of one or more of the Warranties lapses: |
a. | with respect to the Fundamental Warranties: seven (7) years after the Transfer Date; |
b. | with respect to the Warranties relating to taxes through expiry of the period relevant to such taxes under the applicable statute of limitations plus six (6) months; |
c. | with respect to the other Warranties: 24 months after the Transfer Date, |
21.4. | The Seller shall not be liable in respect of any claim in relation to a breach of any of the Warranties in Agreement to the extent such claim is: |
a. | attributable to anything arising directly from any matter, act, omission, or circumstance (or any combination thereof) that was Fairly Disclosed; |
b. | attributable to anything arising directly from any act or omission (or any combination thereof) of the Seller at the explicit written request of the Buyer; |
c. | attributable to anything arising directly from any matter, act, omission, or circumstance (or any combination thereof) pursuant to an action of the Buyer (or its directors, officers, employees or agents or successors in title) after the Transfer Date; |
d. | attributable to the passing of, or any change in, any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline whether or not having the force of law of any governmental, |
e. | attributable to any change after the Transfer Date of any generally accepted interpretation or application of any law; and |
f. | covered by a policy of insurance of the Buyer (other than the W&I Insurance Policy) and insofar as the Buyer has actually recovered thereunder. |
21.5. | No liability shall attach to the Seller with respect to a breach of a Warranty in the event the aggregate liability of all claims pursuant to the Warranties does not exceed € 100,000 (in words: one hundred thousand euro) and in the event this threshold is exceeded, the Seller shall be liable for the full amount and not only for the excess. |
21.6. | The sole recourse of the Buyer in respect of any Warranty Claim in excess of the Deductible shall be the W&I Insurance other than in relation to the Fundamental Warranties. |
21.7. | The limitations set forth in this Clause 21 (Limitation of Liability) shall not apply in case of fraud (bedrog) or willful misconduct on the part of the Seller or a person acting on behalf of Seller with respect to the Due Diligence, in the negotiation of this Agreement or in relation thereto. |
22. | TRANSFERABILITY OF RIGHTS |
22.1. | Subject to Clause 17, the Parties are not allowed to pledge, assign or otherwise transfer any Party's rights under this Agreement without prior approval of the other Party, provided however that (i) the Buyer may assign and/or transfer any right in accordance with Clause 17 without the prior approval of the Seller, (ii) the Buyer may pledge any rights arising from this Agreement to its Financing Bank or any other financier with respect to (a part of) the Property and (iii) the Buyer may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights to a successor of the Property or Right of Leasehold or to the W&I Insurance Provider. The Parties acknowledge the limitation of subrogation provisions in the Insurance Policy. |
22.2. | Third parties cannot rely on this Agreement if a Party’s rights under this Agreement have not been assigned and/or transferred in compliance with Clause 22.1 or Clause 17. |
23. | TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND CLAIMS |
23.1. | Subject to Clause 23.3, all claims in connection with the Property which the Seller, ZON Holding B.V. or any of their group companies may now or at any other time be capable of enforcing against third parties, including builders, (sub)contractors, fitters and/or suppliers will be for Buyer. In as far these claims cannot be regarded as rights attached to a certain capacity (“kwalitatieve verplichtingen”) in the meaning of article 6:252 DCC, Seller hereby transfers these claims, as well as the rights under any subsidy schemes, guarantee schemes and certificates of guarantee, in each case in so far as such rights are assignable and without any requirement on the Seller to give an indemnity. Seller is also obliged to hand over to |
23.2. | The Seller shall effectuate the transfer of rights referred to in Clause 23.1 at the Transfer Date immediately after the execution of the Deed of Leasehold. If and to the extent the effectuation of the transfer of rights is not possible, the Seller will (i) on the Buyer’s own behalf and for its own risk and expenses grant an irrevocable power of attorney to the Buyer to exercise Sellers remaining rights and will at the request of the Buyer provide the Buyer with a document appointing the Buyer as a power of attorney ad litem (proces-volmacht), (ii) provide all required cooperation to the Buyer and its representatives and (iii) transfer to the Buyer any payments made to the Seller in such respect. |
23.3. | In deviation of Clause 23.1 and without prejudice to Clause 11, the Seller does not transfer the claim it has with respect to the dispute with contractor ASK as referred to in Clause 11.1, as result of which the claim will remain with the Seller. The Seller will be obliged to arrange for the wall panels of object 3837 (cadastrally known as Municipality of Grubbenvorst, Section M, Number 616, Municipality of Venlo, Section X, Numbers 1465, 1467 and 1469) to be repaired/brought in conformity with the relevant agreement with the contractor and the quality level of the (rest of the) building, without any disruption to (the management of) the park and its tenants and on or before the date falling 2 years after the Transaction Date (the “Ultimate Repair Date”). |
23.4. | The Seller shall on the Transfer Date hand over to Buyer all energy performance certificates (“energieprestatiecertificaten”) or similar documents within the meaning of the Energy Performance (Buildings) Decree (“Besluit energieprestatie gebouwen”) with respect to the Property. |
23.5. | As soon as possible but no later than one (1) month after the Transfer Date, the Seller will hand over to the Buyer the following documents: |
a. | all revision drawings, maintenance manuals and user manuals, structural drawings, drawings relating to the technical systems and all drawings related to the, as well as any licences and permits relating to the construction of the Property; |
b. | all building warranties and guarantees provided by contractors and subcontractors and suppliers, including proof that the transfer to the Buyer of all warranties and guarantees has been successfully effectuated; and |
c. | all (original) lease agreements (including annexes thereto), riders and guarantees. |
24. | ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS SELLER |
24.1. | The Seller has informed and represents to the Buyer that the Seller has received FPV-ROFR with regard to each part of land in the Fresh Park Venlo Area (excluding the Property) and has included the main terms and relevant timing of exercising such rights in Annex 22 (FPV-ROFR Provisions). The Seller and Buyer agree that the Seller shall timely inform the Buyer of any forthcoming FPV-ROFR and if the Buyer decides it would like to exercise such right, the Seller shall, in accordance with the provisions hereinafter, put Buyer in a position to do so. The Seller acknowledges the commercial importance hereof to the Buyer and that the Buyer has agreed to the Purchase Price because of the FPV-ROFR and has allocated a material part of the Purchase Price to this right. |
24.2. | Each of the Seller and ZON Holding B.V. will and shall procure that any of their group companies will: |
a. | keep Buyer pro-actively informed on all updates with regard to any FPV-ROFR; |
b. | inform the Buyer without delay of any (i) forthcoming exercise of a FPV-ROFR, (ii) actual right to exercise a FPV-ROFR and (iii) provide a clear overview of relevant timing and terms of such right(s); |
c. | at the request of the Buyer provide all information to the Buyer with respect to any FPV-ROFR; |
d. | if and when any FPV-ROFR can be exercised, offer the Buyer the possibility to either: |
1. | amend (expand) the Right of Leasehold to include the offered plot, under the simultaneous amendment of the Leasehold Conditions (regarding the - average – leasehold land value and payable ground rent) in accordance with the systematics of the existing conditions, and purchase the building(s) on the plot to the Buyer for the same purchase price as offered to the Seller (or in case no separate price was set for the building for the difference between the total value of the object (freehold) and the value of development land in the park as meant in of the Leasehold Conditions), provided that no other changes will apply in the Leasehold Conditions or otherwise to the Buyer; or |
2. | purchase and acquire the (entire) object as was offered to Seller for the same purchase price and under the same conditions as offered to the Seller; and |
e. | if the Buyer accepts the offer within the time frame applicable to Seller’s right of first refusal, use its right of first refusal in order to secure the object. |
24.3. | To the extent possible the Seller shall, in case the offer as meant in Clause 24.2.d.2. was made, transfer or assign the relevant FPV-ROFR to the Buyer. If such transfer or assignment is not possible, the Seller shall procure that it will secure such FPV-ROFR by exercising its rights and transfer the ownership on the same day to the Buyer. |
24.4. | The Seller shall as soon as possible (but in any event within one (1) month) after building 3813 (cadastrally known as Municipality of Venlo, Section X, Numbers 1588 and 1587) can be transferred from the Seller without triggering reimbursement of any of the subsidies that were provided in relation to this building), offer this building for sale to the Buyer at a purchase price as commercially agreed between the Seller and the Buyer during a period of not more than 20 Business Days, provided that any agreement by the Buyer may be subject to board approval of a group company and if no such agreement is reached within such 20 Business Days, each Party shall appoint a bona fide independent expert valuator, which two valuators will appoint a third bona fide independent expert valuator and these three valuators will jointly determine the purchase price. The valuators shall take into account Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) valuation standards, which take into account ERV for vacancy, and these valuators shall be jointly instructed to use a market capitalization rate except if that market capitalization rate is less than 5.67% in which case 5.67% shall be used (i.e. if it was 4% based on market evidence, 5.67% would be applied and if it was 6% based on market evidence 6% would be applied). The purchase price determined by the three valuators shall be the price offered by the Seller. If such purchase price is finally determined (either by the Parties or by the valuators jointly) and accepted by the Buyer (and the Buyer has obtained the relevant approvals), the Buyer will acquire such building by amendment of (expending) the Right of Leasehold and under amendment of the Leasehold Conditions (solely regarding the – average – leasehold land value and payable ground rent) in accordance with the systematics of the existing conditions, provided that no other changes will apply in the Leasehold Conditions or otherwise to the Buyer than with respect to this building 3813. It shall be at the sole discretion of the Buyer whether it is willing to accept the building offered by the Seller. |
24.5. | In the event any of the Seller, ZON Holding B.V. or any of their group companies wishes to sell, transfer or grant a right of leasehold to any plots of land it owns but which are not part of the Property, including the freehold of the Property/Right of Leasehold (listed in Annex 18) (“Remaining FPV Ownership”), the Buyer shall first be given the opportunity to include the Remaining FPV Ownership in the Right of Leasehold. The Seller shall notify the Buyer |
24.6. | In the event that the Buyer informs the Seller that it is interested to include the Remaining FPV Ownership in the Right of Leasehold, the Buyer shall make an offer and the Parties will negotiate - in good faith - on the purchase price and other conditions for a period of twenty-five (25) Business Days, during which time the Buyer may also conduct due diligence. In the event parties reach agreement, this will be confirmed in a legally binding term sheet, which may be subject to board / investment committee approval by the Buyer and/or any of its group companies. |
24.7. | If the Parties fail to reach agreement the Seller will be entitled to sell the Remaining FPV Ownership to a third party at the same or higher purchase price and under similar or better (for the Seller) financial conditions as for which the Buyer finally offered to purchase the Remaining FPV Ownership from the Buyer during the negotiations period as mentioned in Clause 24.6. If the purchase price is for any reason reduced with more than 10% from the price that was finally offered by the Buyer or if the financial conditions are materially changed to the benefit of the third party, the Seller shall give the Buyer another opportunity to purchase the Remaining FPV Ownership. If the Seller has not entered into a purchase agreement regarding the Remaining FPV Ownership with the third party and has not transferred the Remaining FPV Ownership within 8 months after the offer to the Buyer, the Seller shall give the Buyer another opportunity to purchase the Remaining FPV Ownership. |
24.8. | The Seller is obligated to impose the obligations as set out in Clause 24 to each of the Seller’s successors by way of a perpetual clause (kettingbeding), which shall be recorded in the deed of transfer or leasehold regarding the Remaining FPV Ownership and each such Seller's consecutive successor must impose the same obligations to its successors. |
24.9. | If the Seller or any of the Seller’s successors fail to comply with the provisions of this Clause 24, the Seller (or the respective successor) shall forfeit to the Buyer: |
- | regarding failure to comply with the provisions of Clause 24.1 and/or 24.2, a penalty in the amount of EUR 500,000 (five hundred thousand euro’s) regarding each FPV-ROFR, with the restriction that such a penalty is only due and payable if the non-compliance by the Seller (or its respective successor) has at that time led to the cancelation or expiration of the FPV-ROFR and therefore failure to put the Buyer (or its respective successor) in the position described in Clause 24.1, without prejudice |
- | regarding failure to comply with the provisions of Clause 24.4, and/or 24.5 and/or 24.8, a penalty in the amount of EUR 5,000,000 (five million euro’s), without prejudice to the right to demand specific performance and/or be compensated for any damage in this respect. |
24.10. | The Buyer is allowed to assign or otherwise transfer all or part of its rights pursuant to this Clause 24 to any successor to the Right of Leasehold. The Seller (or its successors) shall fully cooperate with such transfer or assignment, and shall, at first request of the Buyer, execute all relevant agreements and/or documents with respect to such transfer or assignment. |
25. | RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER/APPROVAL RIGHT SELLER |
25.1. | Seller’s right of first offer |
25.1.1. | In the event the Buyer intends to sell and/or transfer the Right of Leasehold to a third party, it shall give the Seller a written notice in which it notifies the Seller thereof and requests the Seller to make an offer for the Right of Leasehold (an “Offer Request Notice”). |
25.1.2. | Upon receipt of the Offer Request Notice, the Seller shall as soon as practically possible and in any event within 10 Business Days as from the date of receipt of the Offer Request Notice either (i) submit a non-binding offer in writing to the Buyer to acquire the Right of Leasehold (the “Non-Binding Offer”), or (ii) notify the Buyer in writing that they will not make such Non-Binding Offer. |
25.1.3. | As from the date of receipt of the Offer Request Notice, the Seller has 30 Business Days to conduct due diligence and submit a binding offer in writing to the Buyer to acquire the Right of Leasehold (in accordance with Clause 25.1.4) (the “Binding Offer”). |
25.1.4. | A Binding Offer shall: |
a. | stipulate the purchase price offered for the Right of Leasehold; |
b. | only contain market standard terms; and |
c. | be irrevocable and unconditional. |
25.1.5. | In the event a Binding Offer has been submitted to the Buyer in accordance with Clause 25.1.2, the Buyer shall, as soon as practically possible and in any event within 10 Business Days as from the date of receipt of the Binding Offer, either: |
a. | accept the Binding Offer – in which case Parties shall procure that the sale and transfer of the Right of Leasehold to the Seller shall be completed within one (1) month as from the date of acceptance of the Binding Offer; or |
b. | decide to reject the Binding Offer, by giving written notice thereof to the Seller. |
25.1.6. | In the event that: |
a. | the Seller fails to timely submit a Binding Offer or notify the Buyer pursuant to Clause 25.1.2; or |
b. | the Seller informs the Buyer in writing that it will not submit a Binding Offer pursuant to Clause 25.1.2 (ii), |
25.1.7. | In the event a Binding Offer has been submitted to the Buyer in accordance with Clause 25.1.2., the Binding Offer has been (or is deemed) rejected by the Buyer and the amount to be received by the Buyer for the Right of Leasehold from a third party is: |
a. | equal to or less than the Binding Offer, the Buyer shall be only entitled (but not obliged) to sell and transfer the Right of Leasehold to the Seller who shall purchase and accept the Right of Leasehold for the price and terms as set out in the Binding Offer, whereby the Buyer shall not be required to issue any warranties or indemnities in respect of the Right of Leasehold (other than in respect of title and ownership); or |
b. | higher than the Binding Offer, the Buyer shall be free to sell and transfer the Right of Leasehold in accordance with Clauses 25.2 and 25.3. |
25.2. | Seller’s approval right |
25.2.1. | If the Buyer intends to sell and/or transfer the Right of Leasehold to a third party, it shall give the Seller provide the Seller with a list of potential transferees (a “Transferee List”). |
25.2.2. | Upon receipt of the Transferee List, the Seller shall as soon as practically possible and in any event within 10 Business Days as from the date of receipt of the Transferee List inform the Buyer in writing if it considers any of the potential transferees unsuitable as a transferee because of such party being (i) a Blocked Person, or (ii) not a capable transferee, such lack of capacity to be evidenced by the Seller (acting reasonably), and such evidence being to the satisfaction of the Buyer (acting reasonably). |
25.2.3. | In the event the Seller has timely informed the Buyer in accordance with Clause 25.2.2 that it considers one or more potential transferees unsuitable because of any of the exhaustively |
25.3. | The Buyer is obligated to impose the obligations as set out in this Clause 25 to each of the Buyer’s successors by way of a perpetual clause (kettingbeding), which shall be recorded in the Deed of Leasehold. If the Buyer or any of the Buyer’s successors fail to comply with Clause 25, the Buyer (or the respective successor) shall forfeit to the Seller an immediately payable penalty in the amount of EUR 5,000,000 (five million euro’s). |
25.4. | The Seller is allowed to assign or otherwise transfer all of its rights pursuant to this Clause 25 to any successor to the Property. The Buyer (or its successors) shall fully cooperate with such transfer or assignment, and shall, at first request of the Seller, execute all relevant agreements and/or documents with respect to such transfer or assignment. |
26. | ANTI-SPECULATION DETAILS |
26.1. | The Buyer is not allowed to sell or transfer the Right of Leasehold to a third party, encumber the Right of Leasehold with limited rights (“beperkte rechten”) other than rights of mortgage or pledge, or transfer the beneficial title (“economische eigendom”) to a third party within 12 months after the Transfer Date. |
26.2. | A transfer of the Right of Leasehold as referred to in Clause 26.1 also includes a transfer of transition under general title of shares, the transfer of voting rights on the share or in any other way obtaining control over the activities of the Buyer by a third party. |
26.3. | Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 25 (Right Of First Offer/Approval Right Seller), 26.1, 26.2 or any other provision contained in this Agreement a transfer of the Right of Leasehold: |
a. | to any affiliate of the Buyer or Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V.; |
b. | to any other third-party as part of a portfolio sale (which shall be defined as the sale or transfer of the Right of Leasehold plus the sale (regardless the structure of such sale) of one or more other interest(s) in real property with an aggregate value of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Purchase Price, whether located in the Netherlands or elsewhere which is marketed as a portfolio sale); or |
c. | as part of merger, consolidation or similar transaction or is part of the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets by Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., |
26.4. | In case of a (partial) breach of any obligation set out in this Clause 26, the Buyer will forfeit to the Seller, without further notice of default or judicial intervention being required regardless of whether or not the default is attributable, an immediately payable penalty equal to ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price. |
26.5. | The Seller may, at its sole discretion, waive the obligations as set out in this Clause 26. Such waiver will only be granted in writing. The Seller is entitled to attach conditions to such waiver. |
27. | CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS |
27.1. | Neither of the Parties will disclose nor make accessible to anyone: |
a. | the existence of and/or any of the terms of this Agreement; |
b. | the subject matter of negotiations between the Parties in connection with this Agreement; |
c. | any other information in relation to this Agreement; or |
d. | any confidential or secret knowledge or information with respect to any aspect of the respective businesses of or the respective Parties, |
27.2. | Notwithstanding Clause 27.1, the Parties may disclose the information referred to in Clause 27.1: |
a. | to those persons who or which need to be informed for the purpose of internal decision-making in connection with this Agreement; |
b. | which is or has become publicly available without breach of this Agreement; |
c. | to the professional advisors, auditors and bankers of that Party (subject to confidentiality undertakings being duly executed or in place in advance); |
d. | to external debt financiers of the Buyer, as well as their professional advisors (subject to confidentiality undertakings being duly executed or in place in advance); and |
e. | as required to conduct the defense of a claim of a third party or to initiate or conduct any dispute on the basis of, and in accordance with, this Agreement. |
27.3. | No announcement or press release regarding this Agreement or any element thereof will be made or issued other than with the prior approval of each of the Parties. |
28. | STANDARD HINES GLOBAL INCOME TRUST CONFIDENTIALITY CARVE-OUT |
28.1. | Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 27 or any other Clause to the contrary, the Buyer and its representatives shall be entitled to retain one copy of the “Confidential Information” to the extent necessary in order to comply with any applicable laws or regulations and document retention policies, and shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to return or destroy any materials stored electronically, and the Buyer and its representatives shall not be required to return or destroy any electronic copy of the “Confidential Information” created pursuant to their standard electronic backup and archival procedures. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Buyer or its affiliates (or any entity advised by Buyer’s affiliates) shall be permitted to disclose in press releases, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other filings with governmental authorities, financial statements and/or other communications such information regarding the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and/or the terms of this Agreement and any such information relating to the Property as may be necessary or advisable to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws, rules, or regulations (including SEC rules and regulations), “generally accepted accounting principles,” or other accounting rules or procedures or in accordance with Hines Global Income Trust Inc.’s prior custom, practice, or procedure. Without limiting the foregoing, Hines Global Income Trust Inc.’s, Inc. may file this Agreement with the SEC after the execution of the same and may file a form “8-K” and/or prospectus supplement to which this Agreement may be attached. |
29. | CONDITION SUBSEQUENT |
29.1. | This Agreement is entered into under the following condition subsequent (“ontbindende voorwaarde”): |
29.2. | The condition subsequent under 29.1 a. has been included for the benefit of the Parties and each Party may invoke this condition subsequent. |
29.3. | If a condition subsequent is fulfilled, the Agreement will terminate, which termination will have retroactive effect between the Parties as from the date of entering into this Agreement. |
30. | COOPERATION WITH BUYER'S AUDITORS AND SEC FILING REQUIREMENT'S |
30.1. | The Seller shall provide to the Buyer (at the Buyer’s expense) copies of, or shall provide the Buyer access to, such factual information as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer, and in the possession or control of the Seller, or its property manager or accountants, to enable the Buyer’s auditor (Deloitte & Touche LLP or any successor auditor selected by Buyer) to conduct an audit of the income statements of the Property for the year 2018 plus up to the three prior calendar years. The Buyer shall be responsible for all out-of-pocket costs associated with this audit. The Seller shall cooperate (at no cost to the Seller) with the Buyer’s auditor in the conduct of such audit. In addition, the Seller agrees to provide to the Buyer’s auditor, if requested by such auditor, historical financial statements for the Property, including income and balance sheet data for the Property, whether required before or after the Transfer Date. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) the Buyer or its designated independent or other auditor may audit the Seller’s operating statements of the Property, at the Buyer’s expense, and the Seller shall provide such documentation as the Buyer or its auditor may reasonably request in order to complete such audit, and (ii) the Seller shall furnish to the Buyer such financial and other information as may be reasonably required by the Buyer or any affiliate of the Buyer to make any required filings with the SEC or other governmental authority; provided, however, that the foregoing obligations of the Seller shall be limited to providing such information or documentation as may be in the possession of, or reasonably obtainable by, the Seller, its property manager or accountants, at no material cost to the Seller, and in the format that the Seller (or its property manager or accountants) have maintained such information. |
31. | GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TAYLOR WESSING N.V. |
31.1. | The services to be provided by the Notary of Taylor Wessing N.V. are subject to the general terms and conditions, which includes a limitation of liability. A copy of these general terms and conditions is attached as Annex 11. |
32. | CHOICE OF FORUM AND LAW |
32.1. | This Agreement and the documents to be entered into pursuant to it (save as expressly provided otherwise therein) and any contractual and non-contractual obligations arising therefrom shall be governed and construed exclusively by Dutch Law. |
32.2. | All disputes (contractual or non-contractual) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or further agreements resulting therefrom shall be settled by the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, subject to appeal and appeal in the second instance. The Parties irrevocably waive any rights that they may have or acquire to object to the jurisdiction of these courts. |
32.3. | The General Time Limits Act (“Algemene Termijnenwet”) applies to the time limits stated in this Agreement. |
33. | NOTARY |
33.1. | The Parties are aware that the Notary works with Taylor Wessing N.V., the firm that has advised the Seller in this transaction. With reference to the Code of Conduct (“Verordening beroeps- en gedragsregels”) established by the Royal Notarial Professional Organisation (“Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie”), the Parties herewith explicitly agree and consent (i) that the Notary shall execute the Deed of Leasehold and (ii) that the Seller is assisted and represented by Taylor Wessing N.V. in relation to this Agreement and any agreements that may be concluded, or disputes that may arise, in connection therewith. |
34. | FINAL CLAUSES |
34.1. | The considerations are part of this Agreement. |
34.2. | The annexes of this Agreement form an integral part of this Agreement and are indissolubly linked to one another. A reference to this Agreement therefore also automatically includes a reference to the related annexes. In case of contrarieties between the provisions in this Agreement and the provisions in the annexes, the provisions in this Agreement prevail. |
34.3. | Any alterations or supplements to this Agreement shall only be valid if they are agreed upon between Parties and recorded in writing. |
34.4. | The obligations arising from this Agreement for Parties vis-à-vis each other are indivisible, except insofar as the nature and purpose of this Agreement expressly indicates otherwise. |
34.5. | If a provision of this Agreement turns out to be void or voidable, this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement in as far as the provision in question does not relate to the determination or payment of the Purchase Price. In that case that what resembles the most all that what Parties would have agreed upon in a legally permissible manner if they would have designated the non-binding provision as such in a timely fashion, shall be deemed to have been agreed upon between Parties. |
34.6. | All notices, announcements, approvals, permissions and requests or claims which are effected or lodged under this Agreement will be effected in English by registered post with a copy of such letter by e-mail. In connection with the execution of the provisions in this Clause: |
a. | the Buyer chooses as its address for service at (1045 BW) Amsterdam, Naritaweg 165 to the attention of Mr. Andy Smith, e-mail andy.smith@hines.com, with a required copy to: Simmons & Simmons at (1082 MC) Amsterdam, Claude Debussylaan 247, to the attention of Messrs. Rob Hendriks and Martijn Stuart, e-mail rob.hendriks@simmons-simmons.com and martijn.stuart@simmons-simmons.com; and |
b. | the Seller chooses at its address for service at (5928 RH) Venlo, Venrayseweg 102, to the attention of the board (Mr. A.M.A. Franken), e-mail ari.franken@royalzon.com. |
34.7. | Failure by a Party to take any action, which that Party is entitled to take by virtue of this Agreement, will not be interpreted as a renunciation of that right. |
34.8. | Any payment from the Seller to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement shall, for the amount paid and to the extent possible, constitute a reduction of the Purchase Price. |
Fresh Park Venlo B.V. | |
________________________________ Name: ZON Holding B.V. Title: managing director (bestuurder) Name: M.F. van Ginkel Title: managing director (bestuurder) | ________________________________ Name: ZON Holding B.V. Title: managing director (bestuurder) Name: Mr. A.M.A. Franken Title: financial director (bestuurder) |
HGIT Venrayseweg 100 Venlo Coöperatief U.A. | |
________________________________ Name: Title: | ________________________________ Name: Title: |
For approval and agreement to Clause 17 (Security – Assignment and Set-off), Clause 18 (Non-Compete), Clause 23 (Transfer of Rights and Claims), Clause 24 (Additional Obligations Seller) and Clause 27 (Confidentiality and announcements) up to and including Clause 34 (Final Clauses): | |
ZON Holding B.V. | |
________________________________ Name: M.F. van Ginkel Title: managing director (bestuurder) | ________________________________ Name: Mr. A.M.A. Franken Title: financial director (bestuurder) |
For approval and agreement to Clause 12.5 (Leases – bank guarantee) and Clause 27 (Confidentiality and announcements) up to and including Clause 34 (Final Clauses): | |
Logistic Park Venlo III B.V. |
________________________________ Name: Title: | ________________________________ Name: Title: |
FACILITY AGREEMENT |
October 3, 2018 EUR75,000,000 |
for HGIT VENRAYSEWEG 100 VENLO COÖPERATIEF U.A. arranged by DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG with DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG acting as Agent and DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG acting as Security Agent relating to FRESH PARK, VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS |
1. | Definitions and interpretation 1 |
2. | The Facility 27 |
3. | Purpose 28 |
4. | Conditions of Utilisation 28 |
5. | Utilisation 29 |
6. | Repayment 30 |
7. | Prepayment and cancellation 30 |
8. | Interest 35 |
9. | Interest Periods 37 |
10. | Changes to the calculation of interest 37 |
11. | Fees 39 |
12. | Tax gross up and indemnities 39 |
13. | Increased Costs 46 |
14. | Other indemnities 48 |
15. | Mitigation by the Lenders 49 |
16. | Costs and expenses 50 |
17. | Bank Accounts 51 |
18. | Guarantee and indemnity 57 |
19. | Representations 63 |
20. | Information undertakings 70 |
21. | Financial covenants 74 |
22. | General undertakings 75 |
23. | Property undertakings 82 |
24. | Events of Default 91 |
25. | Changes to the Lenders 95 |
26. | Restriction on Debt Purchase Transactions 100 |
27. | Changes to the Transaction Obligors 101 |
28. | Role of the Agent, the Security Agent, the Arranger and the Reference Banks 102 |
29. | Application of proceeds 117 |
30. | Conduct of business by the Finance Parties 118 |
31. | Sharing among the Finance Parties 118 |
32. | Payment mechanics 120 |
33. | Set-off 123 |
34. | Notices 123 |
35. | Calculations and certificates 125 |
36. | Partial invalidity 125 |
37. | Remedies and waivers 125 |
38. | Amendments and waivers 125 |
39. | Confidential Information 127 |
40. | Confidentiality of Funding Rates and Reference Bank Quotations 131 |
41. | Counterparts 132 |
42. | Governing law 133 |
43. | Enforcement 133 |
1. | The Original Lender 134 |
(1) | HGIT VENRAYSEWEG 100 VENLO COÖPERATIEF U.A. a cooperative with exclusion of liability (coöperatie met uitsluiting van aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its official seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, its office address at Naritaweg 165, 1043 BW Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and registered in the Dutch Commercial Register under number 72645113 (the Borrower); |
(2) | HGIT FRESH PARK VENLO HOLDINGS LLC, a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, having its registered office and office address at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, United States of America and registered with the Secretary of State of Delaware, United States of America under number 7008723 (Member 1 and Guarantor); |
(3) | HGIT FRESH PARK PARTNER LLC, a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, having its registered office and office address at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, United States of America and registered with the Secretary of State of Delaware, United States of America under number 7008746 (Member 2 and Guarantor, and together with Member 1, the Guarantors) |
(4) | DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG as mandated lead arranger (the Arranger); |
(5) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION listed in Schedule 1 (The Original Lender) as lender (the Original Lender); |
(6) | DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG as agent of the other Finance Parties (the Agent); and |
(7) | DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK AG as security agent and trustee for the Secured Parties (the Security Agent). |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
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(a) | ING Bank N.V.; or |
(b) | any other bank acceptable to the Agent with a Requisite Rating. |
(a) | the agreement regarding the release of a perpetual right of leasehold relating to the Property (pursuant to which the Property has been or will be acquired by the Borrower) dated on or about the date hereof, entered into between the Vendor as seller and the Borrower as purchaser (the APA Ground Lease); and |
(b) | the notarial deed dated on or about the date hereof by virtue of which a ground lease will be released to the Borrower pursuant to the APA Ground Lease. |
(a) | the amount of its participation in the Loan; and |
(b) | in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in the Loan that is due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date. |
(a) | the interest (excluding the Margin) which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in the Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last |
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(b) | the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period. |
(a) | the Loan to Value is equal to or greater than: |
(i) | 70% during the period from the Utilisation Date until and including the first Interest Payment Date after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement; |
(ii) | 65% thereafter; |
(b) | the Debt Yield is equal to or less than 7.5%; or |
(c) | an Event of Default occurs and is continuing. |
(a) | in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Commitment" in Schedule 1 (The Original Lender) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and |
(b) | in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement, |
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(a) | any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(b) | another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers, |
(i) | information that: |
(A) | is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 39 (Confidential Information); or |
(B) | is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or |
(C) | is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and |
(ii) | any Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation. |
(a) | cast, or control the casting of, all of the votes that might be cast at a general meeting of that entity; and/or |
(b) | appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent officers of that entity; and/or |
(c) | give directions with respect to the management, operation and financial policies which the directors or other equivalent officers of that entity are obliged to comply with. |
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(a) | purchases by way of assignment or transfer; |
(b) | enters into any sub-participation in respect of; or |
(c) | enters into any other agreement or arrangement having an economic effect substantially similar to a sub-participation in respect of, |
(a) | calculation period means a period of 12 months commencing on the last day of each calendar quarter falling immediately prior to the Test Date; |
(b) | projected operating income means, as at any date, the Net Operating Income that will be received by the Borrower under the Lease Documents during the calculation period commencing on that date; |
(c) | in calculating projected operating income: |
(i) | rent will only be taken into account where an unconditional and binding Lease Document exists; |
(ii) | a break clause under any Lease Document will be deemed to be exercised at the earliest date available to the relevant tenant unless there is, in the opinion of the Agent, evidence that the conditions for their exercise can no longer be fulfilled; |
(iii) | if a tenant has the right to terminate any Lease Document during the lease term for any reasons (other than in accordance with paragraph (ii) above) and, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, there are indications that the tenant contemplates a termination, such termination will be deemed to take place at the earliest date possible; |
(iv) | Rental Income will be ignored: |
(A) | if payable by a tenant that is an Obligor or affiliated or related to an Obligor; and |
(B) | if not payable under an unconditional and binding Lease Document; |
(v) | potential Rental Income increases as a result of rental uplifts will be ignored unless there are contractual indexations or fixed rental uplifts in any Lease Document; |
(vi) | Rental Income payable by a tenant that is insolvent or is two or more months in arrears on any of its rental payments will be ignored; |
(vii) | Rental Income will be reduced by the amount of any deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from that Rental Income; |
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(viii) | after expiry of any Lease Document, any part of the Property relating to such Lease Document will be deemed to be vacant, except if a new unconditional and binding Lease Document has been entered into in respect of that part of the Property; |
(ix) | Rental Income payable under a Lease Document will be ignored where any of the events set out in Clause 24.6 (Insolvency), Clause 24.7 (Insolvency proceedings) or Clause 24.9 (Creditors' process) has occurred in respect of the tenant or a guarantor of that tenant's obligations, under that Lease Document, where a reference to a Transaction Obligor in Clause 24.6 (Insolvency), Clause 24.7 (Insolvency proceedings) or Clause 24.9 (Creditors' process) is deemed to be a reference to the relevant tenant or a guarantor of that tenant's obligations under the relevant Lease Document; and |
(x) | following a rent roll review concluded by Savills Investments B.V. on instruction of Hines Global Income Trust Inc., 70% of parking and other income based on a 12-month trailing basis will be included. |
(a) | an Event of Default; or |
(b) | any event or circumstance specified in Clause 24 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default. |
(a) | a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or |
(b) | the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party: |
(i) | from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
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(ii) | from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents, |
(a) | the Omnibus Pledge Agreement; |
(b) | the Mortgage Deed; |
(c) | the Membership Pledge Agreement; and |
(d) | any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower. |
(a) | a Managing Agent, the Borrower and the Security Agent; or |
(b) | an Asset Manager, the Borrower and the Security Agent, |
(a) | air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground); |
(b) | water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters, water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and |
(c) | land (including, without limitation, land under water). |
(a) | the pollution or protection of the Environment; |
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(b) | the conditions of the workplace; |
(c) | the generation, handling, storage, disposal, use, management, release, spillage, migration, emissions or presence of any substance, material or chemical, which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the Environment, including, without limitation, any waste; or |
(d) | noise, odour or vibration. |
(a) | the applicable Screen Rate as at 11am for euro and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of the Loan; or |
(b) | as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate), |
(a) | which are less than EUR100,000; or |
(b) | which the Borrower notifies the Agent are, or are to be, applied in the reinstatement and/or repair of the Property, if those proceeds are so applied as soon as possible (but in any event within 14 days, or such longer period as the Majority Lenders may agree) after receipt. |
(a) | which are less than EUR100,000; or |
(b) | which the Borrower notifies the Agent are, or are to be, applied: |
(i) | to satisfy (or reimburse an Obligor which has discharged) any liability, charge or claim upon an Obligor by a person which is not an Obligor or an Affiliate of an Obligor; or |
(ii) | in the replacement, reinstatement and/or repair of assets of an Obligor which have been lost, destroyed or damaged, |
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(a) | sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations; |
(b) | any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; and/or |
(c) | any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction. |
(a) | in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014; |
(b) | in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019; or |
(c) | in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019, |
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(a) | moneys borrowed; |
(b) | any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent; |
(c) | any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument; |
(d) | the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability; |
(e) | receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis); |
(f) | any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing; |
(g) | any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that amount) shall be taken into account); |
(h) | any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; |
(i) | the acquisition cost of any asset or service to the extent payable before or after its acquisition or possession by the party liable where the advance or deferred payment: |
(i) | is arranged primarily as a method of raising finance or of financing the acquisition of that asset or service or the construction of that asset or service; or |
(ii) | is due to be made more than six Months before or after the date of acquisition or supply; |
(j) | any other transaction of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a borrowing; and |
(k) | the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above. |
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(a) | any Insurances; and |
(b) | the W&I Insurance, |
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(a) | the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of the Loan; and |
(b) | the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of the Loan, |
(a) | an Agreement for Lease; |
(b) | an Occupational Lease; or |
(c) | any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower. |
(a) | the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors; |
(b) | the time barring of claims under any applicable limitations laws and defences of set-off or counterclaim; |
(c) | the limitation of the enforcement of the terms of leases of real property by laws of general application to those leases; |
(d) | similar principles, rights and remedies under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and |
(e) | any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in any legal opinions supplied to the Agent as a condition precedent under this Agreement on or before the Utilisation Date. |
(a) | the Original Lender; and |
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(b) | any other person which has become a Lender in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders ), |
(a) | no Lender Approved Development is being carried out, the Loan Outstandings expressed as a percentage of the market value of the Property as a whole (determined in accordance with the most recent Valuation at that time); or |
(b) | a Lender Approved Development is being carried out: |
(i) | the Loan Outstandings; less |
(ii) | the Allocated Development Amount in respect of each such Lender Approved Development, |
(iii) | the market value of the Property as a whole; less |
(iv) | the market value(s) of the portion(s) of the Property associated with each such Lender Approved Development, |
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(a) | the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of an Obligor; or |
(b) | the ability of a Transaction Obligor to perform its payment obligations, financial covenants and other material obligations under the Finance Documents; or |
(c) | the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of any Security granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any of, the Finance Documents; or |
(d) | the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance Documents. |
(a) | (subject to paragraph (b)) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day; |
(b) | if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and |
(c) | if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end. |
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(a) | the Vendor of the Property or any of its Affiliates (or any employee, officer or adviser); or |
(b) | the provider of the Property Report or the provider of any other due diligence report (in its capacity as provider of the same) in connection with the acquisition, development, financing or refinancing of the Property, |
(i) | any reasonable expenses incurred by an Obligor to a person who is not an Obligor or Affiliate of an Obligor; |
(ii) | any Tax incurred and required to be paid by an Obligor (as reasonably determined by that Obligor on the basis of existing rates and taking into account any available credit, deduction or allowance), |
(a) | (other than where paragraph (b) below applies) as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank believes one prime bank is quoting to another prime bank for interbank term deposits in euro within the Participating Member States for the relevant period; or |
(b) | if different, as the rate (if any and applied to the relevant Reference Bank and the relevant period) which contributors to the Screen Rate are asked to submit to the relevant administrator. |
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(a) | its Original Jurisdiction; |
(b) | any jurisdiction where any asset subject to or intended to be subject to the Transaction Security to be created by it is situated; |
(c) | any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and |
(d) | the jurisdiction whose laws govern the perfection of any of the Security Documents entered into by it. |
(a) | rent, licence fees and equivalent amounts paid or payable; |
(b) | any sum received from any deposit held as security for performance of a tenant's obligations (including any Tenant Deposits); |
(c) | a sum equal to any apportionment of rent allowed in favour of the Borrower; |
(d) | any other moneys paid or payable in respect of occupation and/or usage of the Property and any fixture and fitting on the Property including any fixture or fitting on the Property for display or advertisement, on licence or otherwise; |
(e) | any sum paid or payable under any policy of insurance in respect of loss of rent or interest on rent; |
(f) | any sum paid or payable, or the value of any consideration given, for the grant, surrender, amendment, supplement, waiver, extension or release of any Lease Document; |
(g) | any sum paid or payable in respect of a breach of covenant or dilapidations under any Lease Document; |
(h) | any amount payable to the Borrower by way of reimbursement of expenses incurred or on account of expenses to be incurred in the management, maintenance or repair of, and the payment of insurance premiums for the Property; |
(i) | any profits of a revenue nature awarded or agreed to be payable to the Borrower as a result of any proceedings taken or claims made; |
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(j) | any sum paid or payable for a breach of any covenant under any Occupational Lease and for expenses incurred in relation to such a breach; |
(k) | any sum paid by an occupational tenant to a sinking fund or to ground rent due under any Occupational Lease; |
(l) | any sum paid or payable by or distribution received or receivable from any guarantor of any occupational tenant under any Lease Document; |
(m) | any Tenant Contributions; and |
(n) | any interest paid or payable on, and any damages, compensation or settlement paid or payable in respect of, any sum referred to above less any related fees and expenses incurred (which have not been reimbursed by another person) by the Borrower. |
(a) | in relation to an Account Bank (other than ING Bank N.V.), long-term instruments with a rating of two or more of the following: at least F1 (or better) by Fitch, P-1 (or better) by Moody's or A-1 (or better) by S&P; |
(b) | in relation to a Hedge Counterparty (other than Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG or ING Bank N.V.), long-term rating of two or more of the following: at least AA- (or better) by Fitch, Aa3 (or better) by Moody's or AA- (or better) by S&P; or |
(c) | in relation to an insurance company or underwriter or bank or financial institution, a long‑term unsecured debt rating of two or more of the following: at least A- (or better) by Fitch, A3 (or better) by Moody's, A- (or better) by S&P or A-X (or better) by A.M. Best. |
(a) | listed on, or owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by a person listed on, a Sanctions List, or a person acting on behalf of such a person; |
(b) | located in, domiciled or organised under the laws of a Sanctions Jurisdiction or a person that is owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by, or acting on behalf of such a person; or |
(c) | otherwise a target of Sanctions. |
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(a) | the United Nations Security Council; |
(b) | the US; |
(c) | the United Kingdom; |
(d) | the European Union; |
(e) | any member state of the European Union; |
(f) | any other country: |
(i) | in which a Transaction Obligor is established or conducts its business; |
(ii) | from which a Transaction Obligor receives payments; or |
(iii) | to which a Transaction Obligor is bound in relation to the Finance Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby; and |
(g) | the governments and official institutions, instrumentalities or agencies of any of paragraphs (a) to (f) above, including OFAC, the US Department of State, and Her Majesty's Treasury. |
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(a) | the Dutch Security Documents; |
(b) | the English Security Agreement; |
(c) | a Subordinated Creditor’s Security Agreement; |
(d) | any other document evidencing or creating Security over any asset to secure any obligation of any Transaction Obligor to a Secured Party under the Finance Documents; or |
(e) | any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower. |
(a) | an Obligor; |
(b) | any other person who becomes a Subordinated Creditor in accordance with this Agreement. |
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(a) | contribution to: |
(i) | ground rent; |
(ii) | insurance premia; |
(iii) | the cost of an insurance valuation; |
(iv) | a service or other charge in respect of the Borrower’s costs in connection with any management, repair, maintenance or similar obligation or in providing services to a tenant of, or with respect to, the Property; or |
(v) | a reserve or sinking fund; or |
(b) | VAT. |
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(a) | the Utilisation Date; |
(b) | an Interest Payment Date; |
(c) | the date falling one Business Day prior to the date of any disposal of the Property or the shares or membership rights (as applicable) in the Borrower (a Disposal) in accordance with 22.4 (Disposals) (taking into account the effect of that Disposal); or |
(d) | any date on which a Default is continuing (at the request of the Agent). |
(a) | a Finance Document; |
(b) | a Lease Document; |
(c) | a Ground Lease or any other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower; |
(d) | the Acquisition Documents; |
(e) | the W&I Insurance; |
(f) | a document appointing a Managing Agent; |
(g) | a document appointing an Asset Manager; |
(h) | any arrangement documenting any Subordinated Debt; or |
(i) | any other document designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower. |
(a) | an Obligor; |
(b) | a Subordinated Creditor. |
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(a) | the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and |
(b) | the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate. |
(a) | Hines Global Income Trust Inc.; and |
(b) | Hines Global REIT II Associates Limited Partnership. |
(a) | an Obligor which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or |
(b) | an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes. |
(a) | any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and |
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(b) | any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (a) above, or imposed elsewhere. |
1.2 | Construction |
(a) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to: |
(i) | the Agent, the Security Agent the Arranger, any Finance Party, any Secured Party any Hedge Counterparty, any Lender, any Obligor, any Transaction Obligor, any Party or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance Documents and, in the case of the Security Agent, any person for the time being appointed as Security Agent or Security Agents in accordance with the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | a document in agreed form is a document which is previously agreed in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Agent or, if not so agreed, is in the form specified by the Agent; |
(iii) | an amendment includes a supplement, novation, extension (whether of maturity or otherwise), restatement, re-enactment or replacement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) and amended will be construed accordingly; |
(iv) | assets includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description; |
(v) | an authorisation includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, permit, licence, exemption, filing, registration or notarisation; |
(vi) | disposal includes a sale, transfer, assignment, grant, lease, licence, declaration of trust or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary, and dispose will be construed accordingly; |
(vii) | a Finance Document or Transaction Document or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended, restated , re-enacted or replaced; |
(viii) | guarantee means (other than in Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity)) any guarantee, letter of credit, bond, indemnity or similar assurance against loss, or any obligation, direct or indirect, actual or contingent, to purchase or assume any indebtedness of any person or to make an investment in or loan to any person or to purchase assets of any person where, in each case, such obligation is assumed in order to maintain or assist the ability of such person to meet its indebtedness; |
(ix) | indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent; |
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(x) | a person includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality); |
(xi) | a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; |
(xii) | share or share capital includes, as the context so requires, a share, stock, limited or other partnership interest, membership rights, unit, warrant, and any other interest in, or related to, the equity of a person (other than a natural person) and shareholder shall be construed accordingly; |
(xiii) | a currency is a reference to the lawful currency for the time being of the relevant country; |
(xiv) | a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and |
(xv) | a time of day is a reference to Amsterdam time. |
(b) | The determination of the extent to which a rate is for a period equal in length to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
(c) | Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. |
(d) | Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement. |
(e) | A Default (other than an Event of Default) is continuing if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is continuing if it has not been waived in writing. |
(f) | a Cash Trap Event is continuing if it has not been remedied or waived as confirmed by the Agent in writing. |
(g) | Any provision requiring a Finance Party to act reasonably or consult with respect to a Transaction Obligor when making a determination or a decision under the Finance Documents will only require such Finance Party to act reasonably or consult if an Event of Default is not continuing at the relevant time. |
(h) | In any provision of this Agreement where any Finance Party is required to "consult" with the Borrower before making any decision, such Finance Party's obligation to consult will be treated as being discharged if it follows the following procedure: |
(i) | the consultation period will start upon the relevant Finance Party's notice (giving reasonable details of the relevant matter) in writing to the Borrower and will last for the period required by the relevant provision and if no period is specified the Consultation Period shall be two Business Days (the Consultation Period); |
(ii) | during the Consultation Period the Borrower may submit comments and/or suggestions in writing to the relevant Finance Party relating to the relevant decision for consideration by that Finance Party; |
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(iii) | to the extent that the Borrower submits any comments and/or suggestions, the Borrower and the Finance Parties will discuss such comments and/or suggestions in good faith for the remainder of the Consultation Period; and |
(iv) | the relevant Finance Party will not make the relevant decision prior to the expiry of the Consultation Period and in taking the decision will take account of any comments or suggestions submitted to it by the Borrower during the Consultation Period but shall not be bound by them, |
1.3 | Dutch terms |
(a) | The Netherlands means the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Dutch means in or of The Netherlands; |
(b) | works council means each works council (ondernemingsraad) or central or group works council (centrale of groeps ondernemingsraad) having jurisdiction over that person; |
(c) | a necessary action to authorise includes any action required to comply with the Works Councils Act of The Netherlands (Wet op de ondernemingsraden), followed by an unconditional positive advice (advies) from the works council of that person; |
(d) | constitutional documents means the articles of association (statuten), deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting), any membership agreements and an up-to-date extract of registration of the Trade Register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce; |
(e) | a security interest or security includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge (pandrecht), retention of title arrangement (eigendomsvoorbehoud), right of retention (recht van retentie), right to reclaim goods (recht van reclame) and any right in rem (beperkt recht) created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijke zekerheid); |
(f) | a winding-up, administration or dissolution includes declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard) or dissolved (ontbonden); |
(g) | a moratorium includes surseance van betaling and a moratorium is declared includes surseance verleend; |
(h) | any procedure or step taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes that person having filed a notice under Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of The Netherlands (Invorderingswet 1990); |
(i) | a liquidator includes a curator or a beoogd curator; |
(j) | an administrator includes a bewindvoerder or a beoogd bewindvoerder; and |
(k) | an attachment includes a beslag; |
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(l) | negligence means schuld; |
(m) | gross negligence means grove schuld; and |
(n) | wilful misconduct means opzet. |
1.4 | Dutch real estate terms |
(a) | exercising rights affecting the Property includes not leaving the Property uninhabited in terms of the Housing Allocation Act (Huisvestingswet) and the regulations made under said Act; |
(b) | ground lease includes any right of ground lease (erfpacht) or subleasehold (ondererfpacht) in connection with any real property within the meaning of article 5:85 of the Dutch Civil Code or article 5:93 of the Dutch Civil Code respectively according to which the lessor or the sublessor may hold and use the property; |
(c) | ground rent includes retributie; |
(d) | lease includes huur within the meaning of article 7:201 of the Dutch Civil Code; |
(e) | letting includes verhuren; |
(f) | real property means the land including any buildings and works erected thereon as well as any right in rem giving a right to use that land and/or any building and/or works erected thereon (onroerend goed); |
(g) | a retail unit includes a unit for which the Dutch retail lease regime (huur bedrijfsruimte) within the meaning of article 7:290 of the Dutch Civil Code applies and an office unit for which neither the Dutch residential lease regime nor the Dutch retail lease regime applies; |
(h) | a right in rem means zakelijk recht including, without limitation, ground lease, apartment right, building right and servitude; and |
(i) | a servitude includes erfdienstbaarheid within the meaning of article 5:70 of the Dutch Civil Code. |
1.5 | Currency symbols and definitions |
1.6 | Third party rights |
(a) | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document a person who is not a Party has no right to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of that Finance Document. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time. |
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(c) | Any Receiver, Delegate or any person described in paragraph (b) of Clause 28.11 (Exclusion of liability) may rely on any Clause of this Agreement which expressly confers rights on it. |
2. | THE FACILITY |
2.1 | The Facility |
2.2 | Finance Parties' rights and obligations |
(a) | The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor is a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of the Loan or any other amount owed by an Obligor which relates to a Finance Party's participation in the Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by that Obligor. |
(c) | A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents. |
3. | PURPOSE |
3.1 | Purpose |
(a) | financing the cost of acquisition of the Property (and for the avoidance of doubt, not any management company connected to the Property); and |
(b) | payment of any fees, costs and expenses, stamp registration and other Taxes (other than VAT) incurred by the Borrower in connection with the acquisition of the Property and approved by the Agent, |
3.2 | Monitoring |
3.3 | Compliance with money laundering provisions |
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(a) | the Loan has been or will be utilised for its own direct benefit; |
(b) | it is acting in its own name and not as lender or a trustee, agent or otherwise on behalf of any third party; and |
(c) | the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not infringe any applicable law, regulation or any other provision or procedure of an administrative or governmental nature aimed at preventing money laundering (as defined under article 1 of Directive 2001/97/EC of the European Parliament). |
4. | CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION |
4.1 | Initial conditions precedent |
(a) | The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation) in relation to the Utilisation if on or before the Utilisation Date, the Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. |
(b) | Other than to the extent that the Majority Lenders notify the Agent in writing to the contrary before the Agent gives the notification described in paragraph (a) above, the Lenders authorise (but do not require) the Agent to give that notification. The Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of giving any such notification. |
(c) | The Agent may refuse to accept the Utilisation Request if the Agent believes that the notification described in paragraph (a) above will not be capable of being given on or before the Utilisation Date. |
(d) | If on the proposed Utilisation Date the Agent has not issued the notification described in paragraph (a) above then: |
(i) | at the discretion of the Agent, the Loan may still be made; and |
(ii) | the proceeds of the Loan will be paid into the client account of the solicitors to, or an account at, the Agent to be held to the order of the Agent until it gives the notification described in paragraph (a) above. |
4.2 | Further conditions precedent |
(a) | on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date: |
(i) | no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and |
(ii) | the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all respects; and |
(b) | immediately following the making of the Loan: |
(i) | the Debt Yield will be at least 8.60%; |
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(ii) | the Loan to Cost will not exceed 60%; and |
(iii) | the Loan to Value will not exceed 60% (by reference to the Initial Valuation). |
4.3 | Maximum number of Loan |
5. | UTILISATION |
5.1 | Delivery of the Utilisation Request |
5.2 | Completion of the Utilisation Request |
(a) | The Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
(i) | it specifies the purpose of the Loan; |
(ii) | the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period; and |
(iii) | the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount). |
(b) | Only one Loan may be requested in the Utilisation Request. |
5.3 | Currency and amount |
(a) | The currency specified in the Utilisation Request must be euros. |
(b) | The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more than the Available Facility. |
5.4 | Lenders' participation |
(a) | If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in the Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office. |
(b) | The amount of each Lender's participation in the Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan. |
(c) | No Lender is obliged to participate in the Loan if, as a result: |
(i) | its share in the Loan under the Facility would exceed its Commitment for the Facility; or |
(ii) | the Loan would exceed the Total Commitments. |
(d) | The Agent must promptly notify each Lender of the details of the requested Loan and the amount of its participation in the Loan. |
5.5 | Cancellation of Commitment |
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6. | REPAYMENT |
6.1 | Repayment of the Loan |
6.2 | Reborrowing |
7. | PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION |
7.1 | Illegality |
(a) | that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event; |
(b) | upon the Agent notifying the Borrower, the Available Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and |
(c) | the Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the Loan made to the Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for the Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and that Lender's corresponding Commitment shall be cancelled in the amount of the participation repaid. |
7.2 | Change of control |
(a) | Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below): |
(i) | the Obligors shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event and the Agent shall subsequently promptly notify the Lenders of that event; and |
(ii) | if a Lender so requires and notifies the Agent within 10 Business Days of the Agent notifying that Lender in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) above , the Agent shall, by not less than 5 Business Days’ notice to the Borrower, cancel the Total Commitments and declare all outstanding Loans (together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents (including the amounts referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 7.9 (Restrictions)) immediately due and payable, whereupon the Total Commitments will be cancelled and all such outstanding Loans and amounts will become immediately due and payable. |
(b) | For the purpose of paragraph (a) above Change of Control means the Guarantors (jointly) or the Shareholder (as applicable) ceases or cease to: |
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(i) | be the legal and beneficial owner of 100% of the issued share capital or membership rights (as applicable) of the Guarantors or Borrower (as applicable); or |
(ii) | Control the Guarantors or Borrower (as applicable). |
(c) | The Borrower must promptly: |
(i) | notify the Agent of any proposed change to the ownership structure of an Obligor or in the Control of an Obligor whether or not it falls within the threshold in paragraph (b) above; and |
(ii) | on request of any Finance Party supply any documentation or other evidence requested pursuant to Clause 20.9 (Know your customer checks) in connection with the proposed change to the ownership structure of the Guarantors or the Borrower or to the Control of the Guarantors or the Borrower before such change occurs. |
7.3 | Regulatory Change of Control |
(a) | For the purposes of this Clause: |
(a) | a person, (the New Controller), directly or indirectly, obtains Control of an Ultimate Owner; or |
(b) | Hines Global Income Trust Inc. ceases to be the legal and beneficial owner (directly or indirectly) of more than 50% of the ownership interests in an Obligor (together with paragraph (i) above) each being a Regulatory Change of Control); and |
(c) | on the date of such Regulatory Change of Control and solely as a consequence of that Regulatory Change of Control: |
(A) | an Obligor and the New Controller are deemed to be one single borrower (Kreditnehmer) under section 19 paragraph 2 of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz, KWG) and/or section 39 Article 4 CRR; and |
(B) | a Lender (an Affected German Lender) that is required to comply with sections 13 KWG and/or Article 392 and/or 395 CRR exceeds any of the thresholds (other than any thresholds which, if exceeded, would trigger only notification requirements) defined in any of those sections (the Applicable Thresholds) and applicable to it solely as a consequence of: |
I. | its participation in the Loan and/or any transaction under any Hedging Agreement; and |
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II. | any credits (“Kredite” as defined in section 19 paragraph 1 KWG) to the New Controller or to any entity affiliated to the New Controller, |
(b) | The Borrower shall notify the Agent promptly if it becomes aware of the occurrence of a Regulatory Change of Control and the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the same. |
(c) | If a Regulatory Event occurs: |
(i) | each Affected German Lender shall notify the Agent and the Borrower in writing of the amount by which its combined exposure exceeds the Applicable Thresholds under sections 13 KWG and/or Article 392 and/or 395 CRR as the case may be; and |
(ii) | the Borrower shall within 30 days (or, if shorter, expiry of the period within which the Affected German Lender is required by law or regulation to return to compliance with the matters referred to in paragraph (c)(B) of the definition of “Regulatory Event”) of the date of such notice referred to in paragraph (i) above procure prepayment to the Affected German Lender of its entire participation in the Loan and related Hedging Agreements and all other outstandings owed to it under the Finance Documents and cancellation of the Commitments of that Affected German Lender in accordance with Clause 7.8 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender). |
(d) | If a Regulatory Event occurs and prior to the Borrower complying with the provisions of paragraph (c)(ii) above, such Regulatory Event ceases to be continuing, the Affected German Lender shall promptly notify the Agent and the Borrower, and the Borrower shall not be required to comply with the provisions of paragraph (c)(ii) above. |
(e) | If a Regulatory Change of Control occurs which results in a Lender being obliged by applicable law or regulation to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures, each Obligor shall, within ten Business Days of request by the Agent, provide all documentation and other evidence in relation to the New Controller to enable such Lender to carry out, and be satisfied with, all necessary “know your customer” or similar identification procedures under applicable laws and regulations. |
(f) | If, on the basis of the information referred to in paragraph (e) above, the applicable “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in relation to the New Controller have not been satisfied, the relevant Lender (an Affected KYC Lender) shall notify the Agent and the Borrower in writing of such non-satisfaction (an Affected KYC Lender Notice). |
(g) | On the date of an Affected KYC Lender Notice: |
(i) | the Commitments of that Affected KYC Lender will be immediately cancelled; and |
(ii) | the Agent must, subject to paragraph (iii) below, declare any outstanding Loan due to that Affected KYC Lender, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents, to be due and payable within 15 days of the Affected KYC Lender Notice in which case the Borrower shall pay or prepay (as applicable) such amounts; or |
(iii) | provided that not all the Lenders are Affected KYC Lenders, the Borrower may, following receipt of written consent from all of the Lenders (other than the Affected KYC Lender), such |
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(h) | On receipt of a notice under paragraph (g)(iii) above, the Affected KYC Lender must transfer all of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents in accordance with the procedure for the accession of a new Lender to the Finance Documents set out in this Agreement. |
7.4 | Mandatory prepayment |
(a) | the amount of Disposal Proceeds; |
(b) | the amount of Hedging Prepayment Proceeds; |
(c) | the amount of Lease Prepayment Proceeds; |
(d) | the amount of Insurance Prepayment Proceeds; |
(e) | the amount of Compensation Prepayment Proceeds; |
(f) | the amount of Recovery Prepayment Proceeds; and |
(g) | the amount of Cash Trap Prepayment Proceeds. |
7.5 | Application of mandatory prepayments |
(a) | An amount referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) of Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment) shall be applied on the date provided for in accordance with paragraph (c) of Clause 17.6 (Deposit Account) as follows: |
(i) | in or towards prepayment of the Loan; and |
(ii) | in or towards payment of prepayment fees and any other amount that is or will become due and payable in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 7.9 (Restrictions) as a result of those prepayments. |
(b) | An amount referred to in paragraph (g) of Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment) shall be applied on the date provided for in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 17.7 (Cash Trap Account). |
7.6 | Voluntary cancellation |
7.7 | Voluntary prepayment of the Loan |
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(a) | The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than five Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of EUR1,000,000). |
(b) | The Loan may only be prepaid after the last day of the Availability Period (or, if earlier, the day on which the Available Facility is zero). |
7.8 | Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender |
(a) | If: |
(i) | any sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
(ii) | any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or Clause 13.2 (Increased Costs), |
(b) | On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero. |
(c) | On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the Loan. |
7.9 | Restrictions |
(a) | Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment. |
(b) | Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and subject to any Break Costs, (including if any arrangement is terminated prior to its maturity and provided that a Lender has (by reason of negative interest rates) to pay to place the relevant monies on deposit for the remainder of the original deposit period (and that Lender does place the amount on deposit), the amount of interest paid by that Lender in respect of that period) and any prepayment and cancellation fees payable under this Agreement, without premium or penalty. |
(c) | The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is prepaid. |
(d) | The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement. |
(e) | No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated. |
(f) | If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7, it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lenders, as appropriate. |
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(g) | If all or part of any Lender's participation in the Loan is repaid or prepaid, an amount of that Lender's Commitment (equal to the amount of the participation which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment. |
(h) | Any prepayment of the Loan (other than a prepayment to a single Lender pursuant to Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 7.2 (Change of control) or Clause 7.8 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender)) shall be applied pro rata to each Lender's participation in the Loan. |
8. | INTEREST |
8.1 | Calculation of interest |
(a) | Margin; and |
(b) | EURIBOR. |
8.2 | Payment of interest |
8.3 | Hedging |
(a) | Subject to Clause 22.22(a)(ii) (Conditions Subsequent), on or before the Utilisation Date, the Borrower shall enter into and shall thereafter maintain Hedging Agreements in accordance with this Clause 8.3. |
(b) | (%3) The aggregate notional amount of the transactions in respect of the Hedging Agreements shall be at least 70% of the aggregate amount of the Loan. |
(i) | Each Hedging Agreement shall: |
(A) | be with a Hedge Counterparty; |
(B) | be for a term ending on the Termination Date; |
(C) | have settlement dates coinciding with the Interest Payment Dates; |
(D) | be in the form of an interest rate cap with a strike rate not exceeding 2.5% (two point five percent) per annum; |
(E) | provide for full upfront payment of the premium; and |
(F) | be based on an ISDA Master Agreement and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
(ii) | The rights of the Borrower under the Hedging Agreements shall be charged or assigned by way of security under a Security Document. |
(d) | (%3) The Borrower must comply with the terms of each Hedging Agreement. |
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(i) | The Borrower may not, and the Borrower shall procure that no Hedge Counterparty does, amend, supplement, extend or waive the terms of any Hedging Agreement without the consent of the Agent. |
(ii) | Paragraph (ii) above shall not apply to an amendment, supplement, extension or waiver that is administrative and mechanical in nature and does not give rise to a conflict with any provision of this Agreement. |
(f) | The Borrower may not, and the Borrower shall procure that no Hedge Counterparty does, terminate any Hedging Agreement (in whole or in part) except: |
(i) | if an Illegality (as that term is defined in the applicable ISDA Master Agreement) has occurred; |
(ii) | if all the Loan and other amounts outstanding under the Finance Documents (other than the Hedging Agreements) have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full; or |
(iii) | with the prior written consent of the Agent. |
(g) | If the Borrower or a Hedge Counterparty terminates or closes out a transaction in respect of a Hedging Agreement (in whole or in part) in accordance with paragraphs (d)(i) or (d)(ii) above, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of that termination or close out. |
(h) | (%3) The Borrower must procure that any hedge counterparty consents to, and acknowledges notices of, the charging or assigning by way of security by the Borrower pursuant to the relevant Security Documents of its rights under the Hedging Agreements to which it is party in favour of the Security Agent. |
(i) | Any such charging or assigning by way of security is without prejudice to, and after giving effect to, the operation of any payment or close-out netting in respect of any amounts owing under any Hedging Agreement. |
(ii) | The Security Agent shall not be liable for the performance of any of the Borrower's obligations under a Hedging Agreement. |
8.4 | Default interest |
(a) | If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date or if an Event of Default is continuing, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (c) below, is two percent per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted the Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). |
(b) | Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.4 shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Agent. |
(c) | If any overdue amount consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period: |
(i) | the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period; and |
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(ii) | the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be two percent per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due. |
(d) | Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable. |
8.5 | Notification of rates of interest |
(a) | The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement. |
(b) | The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of each Funding Rate relating to the Loan. |
9. | INTEREST PERIODS |
9.1 | Length of Interest Periods |
9.2 | Non-Business Days |
10. | CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST |
10.1 | Unavailability of Screen Rate |
(a) | Interpolated Screen Rate |
(b) | Reference Bank Rate |
(i) | euro; or |
(ii) | the Interest Period of the Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate, |
(c) | Cost of funds |
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10.2 | Calculation of Reference Bank Rate |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, if EURIBOR is to be determined on the basis of a Reference Bank Rate but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by noon on the Quotation Day, the Reference Bank Rate shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks. |
(b) | If at or about noon on the Quotation Day, none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a quotation, there shall be no Reference Bank Rate for the relevant Interest Period. |
10.3 | Market disruption |
10.4 | Cost of funds |
(a) | If this Clause 10.4 applies, the rate of interest on each Lender's share of the Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of: |
(i) | the Margin; and |
(ii) | the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the relevant Lender of funding its participation in the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select. |
(b) | If this Clause 10.4 applies and the Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. |
(c) | Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties. |
10.5 | Break Costs |
(a) | The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan or Unpaid Sum. |
(b) | Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a confirmation of the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue. |
11. | FEES |
11.1 | Arrangement fee |
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11.2 | Prepayment and cancellation fee |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Borrower must pay to the Agent for each Lender a prepayment and cancellation fee on the date of prepayment of all or any part of the Loan and on the date of cancellation of any part of the Total Commitments. |
(b) | The amount of the prepayment and cancellation fee is: |
(i) | if the prepayment or cancellation occurs on or before the first anniversary of the Utilisation Date, one percent of the amount prepaid or cancelled; |
(ii) | if the prepayment or cancellation occurs after the first but on or before the second anniversary of the Utilisation Date, 0.75 percent of the amount prepaid or cancelled; |
(iii) | if the prepayment or cancellation occurs after the second but on or before the third anniversary of the Utilisation Date, 0.5 percent of the amount prepaid or cancelled; and |
(iv) | if the prepayment or cancellation occurs after the third anniversary of the Utilisation Date, no prepayment or cancellation fee shall be payable. |
(c) | No prepayment or cancellation fee shall be payable under this Clause 11.2 if the prepayment or cancellation is made under: |
(i) | Clause 7.1 (Illegality); |
(ii) | paragraph (c) of Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment), but only to extent such Lease Prepayment Proceeds constitute commercial lease surrender prepayments; |
(iii) | paragraph (d), (e), (f) or (g) of Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment); |
(iv) | Clause 7.8 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender); or |
(v) | Clause 21.3 (Cure Rights). |
12. | TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES |
12.1 | Definitions |
(a) | In this Agreement: |
(i) | a Lender tax resident in the jurisdiction of an Obligor, which is not an individual; |
(ii) | a Lender lending through a Facility Office in the jurisdiction of an Obligor; |
(iii) | a Treaty Lender; or |
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(iv) | otherwise beneficially entitled to receive a payment under this Agreement without any Tax Deduction. |
(i) | is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty; |
(ii) | does not carry on a business in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Obligors through a permanent establishment with which that Lender's participation in the Loan is effectively connected; and |
(iii) | fulfils any condition which must be fulfilled under the Treaty for residents of that Treaty State to obtain full exemption from taxation in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Obligors on interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document, except for this purpose it is assumed that they have fulfilled: |
(A) | any condition contained in the Treaty which relates (expressly or by implication) to the amount or terms of the Loan or to there being or not being a special relationship between any Obligor and a Finance Party or between both of them and another person by reason of which the amount of interest paid exceeds the amount which would have been paid in the absence of such relationship; and |
(B) | any necessary procedural formalities. |
(b) | Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to determines or determined means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination. |
12.2 | Tax gross-up |
(a) | Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law. |
(b) | The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrower and that Obligor. |
(c) | If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor (except as provided for in paragraph (g) below), the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required. |
(d) | If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law. |
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(e) | Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment a statement evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
(f) | A Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction. |
(g) | Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, no Obligor shall be required to pay any additional amount under paragraph (c) above with respect to: |
(i) | the deduction or withholding of any income Tax imposed by the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) on any payment made by such Obligor under a Finance Document if the Finance Party is unable to supply any form described under paragraph (d) of Clause 12.5 (Lender status confirmation) below establishing that such Finance Party is exempt from U.S. withholding Tax other than as a result of any change after the date the Finance Party became a Party to this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority; or |
(ii) | a payment that could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on the date the payment felt due that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date the Finance Party became a Party to this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority; or |
(iii) | the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender and the Obligor is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under paragraph (f) above); or |
(iv) | a payment that could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had not been (A) a beneficiary (opbrengstgerechtigde); and (B) tax resident in a low tax jurisdiction (laagbelastende jurisdictie); in each case as to be defined in the Withholding Tax Act 2020 (Wet bronbelasting 2020), which was proposed on 18 September 2018 by the Dutch Ministry of Finance published as one of the draft bills that forms part of the Tax Plan 2019, if enacted. |
(h) | Notwithstanding paragraph (g) above, if as a result of a change in law after a Lender became a Party to this Agreement, such Lender has become entitled to a gross-up payment under paragraph (g) above or an indemnity payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) with respect to amounts owed by a U.S. Tax Obligor and such Lender transfers or assigns any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its applicable lending office, the transferee, assignee or Lender with respect to its new lending office shall be entitled to additional amounts under paragraph (c) with respect to such Tax imposed by the United States that were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office. |
12.3 | Tax indemnity |
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(a) | The Borrower shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the cost, loss or liability which that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) incurred for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in respect of a payment received or receivable (or any payment deemed to be received or receivable) or otherwise under a Finance Document. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: |
(i) | with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party: |
(A) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or |
(B) | under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, |
(ii) | with respect to any income Tax on payment made by an Obligor under a Finance Document if the Finance Party is not entitled to receive additional amounts because of the application of paragraph (g) of Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) above; |
(iii) | under the laws of The Netherlands, if and to the extent such Tax becomes payable as a result of a Finance Party having a substantial interest (aanmerkelijk belang) as defined in the Netherlands Income Tax Act 2001 (Wet inkomstenbelasting 2001) in the Obligor; or |
(iv) | to the extent a loss, liability or cost: |
(A) | is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up); or |
(B) | relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; or |
(C) | is attributable to, or suffered or incurred with respect to any Bank Levy. |
(c) | A Protected Party making, or intending to make, a claim under paragraph (a) above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the Borrower. |
(d) | A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this Clause 12.3, notify the Agent. |
12.4 | Tax Credit |
(a) | a Tax Credit is attributable to: |
(i) | an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part; |
(ii) | that Tax Payment; or |
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(iii) | a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax Payment was required; and |
(b) | that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit whether or not on an affiliated group basis by that Finance Party or an Affiliate of that Finance Party, |
12.5 | Lender status confirmation |
(a) | Each Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate which it executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, which of the following categories it falls in: |
(i) | not a Qualifying Lender; |
(ii) | a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender); or |
(iii) | a Treaty Lender. |
(b) | If a New Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 12.5 then such New Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Obligor) as if it is not a Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the Borrower). |
(c) | At the time a Lender becomes a Party and any time thereafter as reasonably requested by the Borrower, such Lender agrees to provide complete, accurate, and properly executed documentation (including, but not limited to, the appropriate Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form (and any successor forms)) establishing that such Lender is exempt from U.S. withholding Tax with respect to all payments under the Finance Documents and, if any such documentation previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such documentation or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so provided, however, that a Lender shall not obliged to supply any form under this paragraph 12.5(c) if it is unable to do so by reason of any change after the date of this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority. |
(d) | A Transfer Certificate shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Clause 12.5. |
12.6 | Stamp Taxes |
12.7 | VAT |
(a) | All amounts expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under |
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(b) | If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the Supplier) to any other Finance Party (the Recipient) under a Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the Relevant Party) is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration): |
(i) | (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT payable on that supply; and |
(ii) | (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT. |
(c) | Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. |
(d) | Any reference in this Clause 12.7 to any Party shall, at any time when that Party is treated as a member of a group or fiscal unity for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping or fiscal unity rules, respectively, provided for in Art. 11 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC as amended (or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union), or any other similar provision in any jurisdiction so that a reference to a Party shall be construed as a reference to that Party of the relevant group or fiscal unity of which that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or representative or head) of that group or fiscal unity at that time (as the case may be). |
(e) | In relation to any supply made by a Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, if reasonably requested by such Finance Party, that Party must promptly provide such Finance Party with details of that Party's VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Finance Party's VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply. |
12.8 | FATCA information and other information regimes |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party: |
(i) | confirm to that other Party whether it is: |
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(A) | a FATCA Exempt Party; or |
(B) | not a FATCA Exempt Party; |
(ii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and |
(iii) | supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with any other applicable law or regulation implementing similar international arrangements for the exchange of Tax or financial information between jurisdictions. |
(b) | If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly. |
(c) | Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of: |
(i) | any law or regulation; |
(ii) | any fiduciary duty; or |
(iii) | any duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information. |
(e) | If an Obligor is a US Tax Obligor or the Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation implementing similar international arrangements for the exchange of Tax or financial information between jurisdictions require it, each Lender shall, within ten Business Days of: |
(i) | where an Obligor is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an Original Lender, the date of this Agreement; |
(ii) | where a Obligor is a US Tax Obligor on a Transfer Date and the relevant Lender is a New Lender, the relevant Transfer Date; |
(iii) | where an Obligor is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Agent, |
(A) | a withholding certificate on the appropriate Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or |
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(B) | any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA or that other law or regulation. |
(f) | The Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above to the Borrower. |
(g) | If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver provided to the Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) above is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender shall promptly notify the Agent). The Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Borrower. |
(h) | The Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) or (g) above without further verification. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraph (e), (f) or (g) above. |
12.9 | FATCA Deduction |
(a) | Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction. |
(b) | Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Borrower and the Agent and the Agent shall notify the other Finance Parties. |
13. | INCREASED COSTS |
13.1 | Definitions |
(a) | the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; |
(b) | the rules for global systematically important banks contained in "Global systematically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text" published by the Basel Committee in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and |
(c) | any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee relating to "Basel III". |
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(a) | a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital; |
(b) | an additional or increased cost; or |
(c) | a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document, |
13.2 | Increased Costs |
(a) | the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application of, any law or regulation; |
(b) | compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(c) | the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or CRD IV or any other law or regulation which implements Basel III or CRD IV (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates); or |
(d) | the transfer of the Loan or any part of the Loan out of the coverpool relating to pfandbrief covered bonds. |
13.3 | Increased Cost claims |
(a) | A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.2 (Increased Costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower. |
(b) | Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a confirmation of the amount of its Increased Costs. |
13.4 | Exceptions |
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(a) | attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor; |
(b) | attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; |
(c) | compensated for by Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); |
(d) | attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation. |
14. | OTHER INDEMNITIES |
14.1 | Currency indemnity |
(a) | If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a Sum), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the First Currency) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the Second Currency) for the purpose of: |
(i) | making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or |
(ii) | obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, |
(b) | Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
14.2 | Other indemnities |
(a) | the occurrence of any Event of Default; |
(b) | a failure by a Transaction Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 31 (Sharing among the Finance Parties); |
(c) | funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in the Loan requested by the Borrower in the Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by that Secured Party alone); or |
(d) | the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower. |
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14.3 | Indemnity to the Agent |
(a) | any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent as a result of: |
(i) | investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; or |
(ii) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or |
(iii) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement; and |
(b) | any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 32.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc) notwithstanding the Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents. |
14.4 | Indemnity to the Security Agent |
(a) | Each Obligor jointly and severally shall promptly indemnify the Security Agent and any other Secured Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them as a result of: |
(i) | any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and expenses); |
(ii) | acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; |
(iii) | the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Transaction Security; |
(iv) | the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Security Agent and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law; |
(v) | any default by any Transaction Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; |
(vi) | instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement; or |
(vii) | acting as Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents or which otherwise relates to any of the Security Assets (otherwise, in each case, than by reason of the relevant Security Agent's, Receiver's or Delegate's gross negligence or wilful misconduct). |
(b) | The Security Agent and every Receiver and Delegate may, in priority to any payment to the Secured Parties, indemnify itself out of the Security Assets in respect of, and pay and retain, all sums necessary to give effect to the indemnity in this Clause 14.4 and shall have a lien on the Transaction Security and the proceeds of the enforcement of the Transaction Security for all moneys payable to it. |
15. | MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS |
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15.1 | Mitigation |
(a) | Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in the Facility ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
15.2 | Limitation of liability |
(a) | The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation). |
(b) | A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
16. | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
16.1 | Transaction expenses |
(a) | this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement or in a Security Document; and |
(b) | any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement. |
16.2 | Amendment costs |
(a) | A Transaction Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or |
(b) | an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 32.9 (Change of currency), |
16.3 | Valuations |
(a) | The Agent may request a Valuation at any time. |
(b) | The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay to the Agent the costs of: |
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(i) | the Initial Valuation; |
(ii) | a Valuation obtained by the Agent on an annual basis (provided that the first of such annual Valuations may not be requested by the Agent before the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement); |
(iii) | a Valuation obtained by the Agent in connection with the compulsory purchase of all or part of the Property; and |
(iv) | a Valuation obtained by the Agent at any time when a Default is continuing or occurs as a result of obtaining that Valuation. |
(c) | The Borrower must supply to the Agent a copy of any valuation of the Property an Obligor obtains, promptly upon obtaining it. |
(d) | Any Valuation not referred to in paragraph (b) above will be at the cost of the Lenders. |
16.4 | Enforcement and preservation costs |
(a) | the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document; |
(b) | or the Transaction Security and with any proceedings instituted by or against that Secured Party as a consequence of it entering into a Finance Document, taking or holding the Transaction Security, or enforcing those rights. |
17. | BANK ACCOUNTS |
17.1 | Designation of Accounts |
(a) | The Borrower must maintain the following bank accounts in the name of the Borrower: |
(i) | a rent account designated the Rent Account; |
(ii) | a deposit account designated the Debt Service Account; |
(iii) | a proceeds account designated the Tenant Deposit Account; |
(iv) | a deposit account designated the Deposit Account; |
(v) | a deposit account designated the Cash Trap Account; and |
(vi) | a current account designated the General Account. |
(b) | No Obligor may, without the prior written consent of the Agent, maintain any other bank account. |
17.2 | Account bank |
(a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, the Accounts must be held at the same Account Bank. |
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(b) | If an Account Bank, other than ING Bank N.V. or Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, does not have the applicable Requisite Rating or the Agent so requests (acting reasonably), the Agent may require that the Accounts be moved, within 30 days, to another bank of its choice which does have the applicable Requisite Rating. An Obligor must promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware that an Account Bank, other than ING Bank N.V. or Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, does not have the applicable Requisite Rating. |
(c) | The replacement of an Account only becomes effective when the relevant bank agrees with the Agent and the Borrower, in a manner satisfactory to the Agent (including the granting and perfection of Transaction Security over such replacement Account(s)), to fulfil the role of the bank holding that Account. |
17.3 | Rent Account |
(a) | Except as provided in paragraph (f) below, the Borrower has signing rights in relation to the Rent Account and may grant signing rights to a Managing Agent. |
(b) | The Borrower must ensure that all Rental Income (other than Lease Prepayment Proceeds and Tenant Deposits) is paid into the Rent Account. |
(c) | The Borrower may satisfy its obligations under paragraph (b) by ensuring that: |
(i) | a Managing Agent promptly collects all Rental Income and pays all Rental Income received by it into the Rent Account; and |
(ii) | pending payment into the Rent Account, the Managing Agent holds that Rental Income in a separate account in the name of the Managing Agent, into which only amounts representing Rental Income are paid. |
(d) | If any payment of any amount referred to in paragraph (b) above is paid into an Account other than the Rent Account, that payment must be paid immediately into the Rent Account. |
(e) | Except as provided in paragraph (f) below, in respect of each calendar quarter, the Borrower or the Managing Agent (as applicable) must withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the Rent Account, as follows: |
(i) | to discharge (A) its Operating Expenses and (B) any other expenses related to the Property owned by it for which Tenant Contributions are paid, in each case which are due and payable in that calendar quarter (in the amounts set out in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent in accordance with Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate)); and |
(ii) | at least three days prior to the Interest Payment Date that falls within that calendar quarter, payment of an amount equal to: |
(A) | the monies standing to the credit of the Rent Account on that Interest Payment Date; |
(B) | the (A) Operating Expenses and (B) any other expenses related to the Property owned by it for which Tenant Contributions are paid, in each case which are due and payable in respect of that calendar quarter (in the amounts set out in the most recent Compliance |
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(f) | At any time when a Default is continuing or the Repeating Representations are not correct, only the Security Agent may: |
(i) | operate the Rent Account; |
(ii) | notify the Borrower that its rights (or the Managing Agent’s rights as the case may be) to operate the Rent Account are suspended, such notice to take effect in accordance with its terms; and |
(iii) | withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the Rent Account in or towards any purpose for which moneys in any Account may be applied. |
17.4 | Debt Service Account |
(a) | The Security Agent has sole signing rights in relation to the Debt Service Account. |
(b) | Amounts must be paid into the Debt Service Account in accordance with Clause 17.3 (Rent Account). |
(c) | If any payment of any amount referred to in paragraph (b) above is paid into an Account other than the Debt Service Account, that payment must be paid immediately into the Debt Service Account. |
(d) | Except as provided in Clause 32.5 (Partial payments) and paragraph (g) below, on each Interest Payment Date, the Security Agent must withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the Debt Service Account, in the following order: |
(i) | first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid amounts owing to the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent under the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | secondly, in or towards payment to the Agent for the Lenders pro rata of any accrued interest and fees due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
(iii) | thirdly, in or towards payment to the Agent for the Lenders pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
(iv) | fourthly, in or towards payment of any other sum due but unpaid to the Finance Parties pro rata under the Finance Documents; |
(v) | fifthly, if a Cash Trap Event has occurred or is continuing on that Interest Payment Date, in or towards payment of any amount required to: |
(A) | meet contracted tenant incentives, remaining corporate costs, valuation fees, legal costs (in each case evidenced to and approved by the Agent in writing in advance) and agreed capital expenditure for the Interest Period commencing on that Interest Payment Date in line with the then current Business Plan (as set out in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent in accordance with Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate)); or |
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(B) | pay any claim made on the Borrower in respect of the payment of VAT that is payable by any person other than the Borrower, provided that no Default or Cash Trap Event other than as referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition thereof has occurred or is continuing. |
(e) | If: |
(i) | there are amounts standing to the credit of the Debt Service Account after the Security Agent has made the payments required pursuant to paragraph (d) above; and |
(ii) | a Cash Trap Event is continuing, |
(A) | withdraw all such amounts standing to the credit of the Debt Service Account; and |
(B) | deposit those amounts in the Cash Trap Account. |
(f) | If: |
(i) | there are amounts standing to the credit of the Debt Service Account after the Security Agent has made the payments required pursuant to paragraph (d) above; and |
(ii) | no Cash Trap Event is continuing, |
(A) | withdraw all such amounts standing to the credit of the Debt Service Account; and |
(B) | deposit those amounts in the General Account. |
(g) | The Security Agent is obliged to make a withdrawal from the Debt Service Account in accordance with paragraph (d) above only if: |
(i) | no Default is continuing; and |
(ii) | the Repeating Representations are correct and will be correct immediately after the withdrawal. |
17.5 | Tenant Deposit Account |
(a) | Except as provided in paragraph (d) below, the Borrower has signing rights in relation to the Tenant Deposit Account. |
(b) | The Borrower must ensure that any Tenant Deposits are, on receipt, paid into the Tenant Deposit Account. |
(c) | Except as provided in paragraph (d) below, the Borrower may only withdraw an amount from the Tenant Deposit Account: |
(i) | to repay any Tenant Deposit received by it under any Lease Document to the relevant tenant to the extent that the Borrower is obliged to make such repayment under that Lease Document; and |
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(ii) | to the extent that, in accordance with the terms of the relevant Lease Document, the Borrower is not obliged to repay a Tenant Deposit received by it under any Lease Document to the relevant tenant, to pay an amount equal to that Tenant Deposit into the Rent Account. |
(d) | At any time when a Default is continuing or the Repeating Representations are not correct, the Security Agent may: |
(i) | operate the Tenant Deposit Account; |
(ii) | notify the Borrower that its rights (or the Managing Agent’s rights as the case may be) to operate the Tenant Deposit Account are suspended, such notice to take effect in accordance with its terms; and |
(iii) | withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the Tenant Deposit Account in or towards any purpose for which moneys in any Account may be applied. |
17.6 | Deposit Account |
(a) | The Security Agent has sole signing rights in relation to the Deposit Account. |
(b) | (%3) The Borrower must ensure that all Hedging Prepayment Proceeds are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(i) | The Borrower must ensure that all Lease Prepayment Proceeds are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(ii) | The Borrower must ensure that all Insurance Prepayment Proceeds are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(iii) | The Borrower must ensure that all Compensation Prepayment Proceeds are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(iv) | The Borrower must ensure that all Recovery Prepayment Proceeds are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(v) | The Borrower must ensure that all Disposal Proceeds arising from the sale of (A) the Property or (B) the shares or membership rights (as applicable) in the Borrower are promptly upon receipt paid into the Deposit Account. |
(d) | Except as provided in Clause 32.5 (Partial payments) and paragraph (d) below, on each Interest Payment Date, or earlier at the request of the Borrower if it gives the Agent not less than five Business Days' advance notice in writing, the Security Agent must withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the Deposit Account in accordance with paragraph (b) above in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment). |
(e) | The Security Agent is obliged to make a withdrawal from the Deposit Account in accordance with paragraph (c) above only if: |
(i) | no Default is continuing; and |
(ii) | the Repeating Representations are and will be correct immediately after the withdrawal. |
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17.7 | Cash Trap Account |
(a) | The Security Agent has sole signing rights in relation to the Cash Trap Account. |
(b) | The Security Agent must pay amounts into the Cash Trap Account in accordance with: |
(i) | paragraph (e) of Clause 17.4 (Debt Service Account); and |
(ii) | Clause 21.3 (Cure Rights). |
(c) | Except as provided in Clause 32.5 (Partial payments) and paragraph (d) below , the Security Agent must: |
(i) | if the Agent has confirmed to the Borrower that no Cash Trap Event (other than as referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition thereof) or any Default has been continuing at any time during two consecutive Interest Periods commencing on or after the Interest Payment Date on which an amount was transferred into the Cash Trap Account in accordance with paragraph (b) above (the First Cash Trap IPD) and ending on the second the second Interest Payment Date thereafter (the Third Cash Trap IPD), at the request of the Borrower (if the Borrower gives the Security Agent not less than five Business Day’s advance notice in writing) transfer an amount equal to the lower of (A) the amount standing to the credit of the Cash Trap Account and (B) an amount exceeding the amount required to be retained on the Cash Trap Account to ensure that no new Cash Trap Event would occur on the Third Cash Trap IPD to the General Account within ten Business Days of the Third Cash Trap IPD; |
(ii) | if on the Third Cash Trap IPD, a Cash Trap Event or Default is continuing, apply an amount equal to that amount in prepayment of the Loan in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment); and |
(iii) | if on the First Cash Trap IPD, a Cash Trap Event as referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition thereof is continuing, apply an amount equal to that amount in prepayment of the Loan in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment). |
(d) | The Security Agent is obliged to make a withdrawal from the Cash Trap Account in accordance with: |
(i) | paragraph (c)(i) above only if: |
(A) | no Default or Cash Trap Event is continuing or would result from such withdrawal; and |
(B) | the Repeating Representations are correct and will be correct immediately after the withdrawal; and |
(ii) | paragraph (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) above only if: |
(A) | no Default is continuing; and |
(B) | the Repeating Representations are correct and will be correct immediately after the withdrawal. |
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(a) | Except as provided in paragraph (d) below, the Borrower has signing rights in relation to the General Account. |
(b) | The Borrower must ensure that any other amount received or receivable by it, other than any amount specifically required under this Agreement to be paid into any other Account, is paid into the General Account. |
(c) | Except as provided in paragraph (d) below and subject to: |
(i) | any restriction in any Subordination Agreement; and |
(ii) | the requirement that amounts paid into the General Account for a particular purpose must be used for that purpose, |
(d) | At any time when a Default is continuing or the Repeating Representations are not correct, only the Security Agent may: |
(i) | operate the General Account; |
(ii) | notify the Borrower that its rights to operate the General Account are suspended, such notice to take effect in accordance with its terms; and |
(iii) | withdraw from, and apply amounts standing to the credit of, the General Account in or towards any purpose for which moneys in any Account may be applied. |
17.9 | Miscellaneous Accounts provisions |
(a) | The Borrower must ensure that no Account goes into overdraft. |
(b) | Any amount received or recovered by an Obligor otherwise than by credit to an Account must be held subject to the security created by the Finance Documents and immediately be paid to the relevant Account or to the Agent in the same funds as received or recovered. |
(c) | If any payment is made into an Account in relation to which the Security Agent has sole signing rights which should have been paid into another Account, then, unless a Default is continuing, the Security Agent must, at the request of the Borrower and on receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Security Agent that the payment should have been made to that other Account, pay that amount to that other Account. |
(d) | The moneys standing to the credit of an Account (other than the Tenant Deposit Account) may be applied by the Security Agent in payment of any amount due but unpaid to a Finance Party under the Finance Documents. |
(e) | No Finance Party is responsible or liable to any Obligor for: |
(i) | any non-payment of any liability of an Obligor which could be paid out of moneys standing to the credit of an Account; or |
(ii) | any withdrawal wrongly made, if made in good faith. |
(f) | The Borrower must ensure that to the extent that the Account Bank offers such a facility, that appropriate arrangements are in place at all times with the Account Bank to enable the Security Agent to have |
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(g) | The Borrower must, within five Business Days of any request by the Agent, supply the Agent with the following information in relation to any payment received in an Account: |
(i) | the date of payment or receipt; |
(ii) | the payer; and |
(iii) | the purpose of the payment or receipt. |
18. | GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY |
18.1 | Guarantee and indemnity |
(a) | guarantees, as its own and independent obligation, to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Obligor of all that Obligor's obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(b) | undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever another Obligor does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, each Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as its own and independent obligation; and |
(c) | agrees with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as its own and independent obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of an Obligor not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by an Obligor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 18 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of paragraph (a) or (b) above. |
18.2 | Continuing guarantee |
18.3 | Reinstatement |
18.4 | Waiver of defences |
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(a) | any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person; |
(b) | the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group; |
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security; |
(d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person; |
(e) | any assignment or transfer by any person of any claim under any Finance Document; |
(f) | any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security; |
(g) | any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or |
(h) | any insolvency, resolution or similar proceedings. |
18.5 | Guarantor intent |
18.6 | Immediate recourse |
(a) | No Guarantor has any right of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Obligor under this Clause 18. |
(b) | This Clause 18 applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary. |
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(a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
(b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Obligor or on account of any Obligor's liability under this Clause 18. |
18.8 | Deferral of rights |
(a) | In this Clause 18.8 a payment or amount paid by a Guarantor under a Security Document includes any amount applied towards payment of the obligations of that Guarantor out of the proceeds of enforcement of any Security Interest created under that Security Document. |
(b) | Each Guarantor confirms that: |
(i) | the obligations under this Clause and each Security Document to which it is a party (as security provider) constitute its own obligations, independent from the obligations of any other Obligor under any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | consequently, it does not have nor will it acquire: |
(A) | a statutory right of recourse or similar right (including by way of indemnity or contribution) against any other Obligor; or |
(B) | a claim against any other Obligor by way of subrogation or otherwise, |
(c) | Subject to paragraph (e) below, each Guarantor has (by way of a conditional existing right (bestaande voorwaardelijke vordering)), subject only to payment by it of any amount under or in connection with this Clause or a Security Document to which it is a party as security provider, a contractual right of recourse against each other Obligor (each a Contractual Recourse Claim) in an amount equal to the lower of: |
(i) | any amount paid by it under or in connection with this Clause or a Security Document to which it is a party as security provider; and |
(ii) | the amount payable by a Guarantor under or in connection with any Finance Document on the date of the payment described under paragraph (i) above. |
(d) | Each Guarantor agrees to pledge and pledges as a disclosed pledge to the Security Agent each of its Contractual Recourse Claims against the Borrower. All the Security Interests created by that Guarantor under this paragraph (d) is security for the payment of the Secured Liabilities (as such term is defined in the Security Documents). Each Guarantor notifies each other Obligor of these rights of pledge and |
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(e) | Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, all present and future liabilities and obligations at any time of any Transaction Obligor to any Secured Party under or in connection with any Finance Document, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly or as principal or surety or in any other capacity (the Liabilities), rank first in right and priority of payment and each Contractual Recourse Claim is postponed and subordinated to the Liabilities. Consequently no Guarantor may: |
(i) | demand or receive payment of any Contractual Recourse Claim, whether in cash or in kind, from any Obligor or any other source; |
(ii) | exercise any right of set-off against any other Obligor in respect of any Contractual Recourse Claim; |
(iii) | take or omit to take any action which might impair the priority or subordination achieved or intended to be achieved by this paragraph (e); |
(iv) | assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of or create any Security Interest over its Contractual Recourse Claims or its proceeds in favour of any person (other than pursuant to paragraph (d) above) or any Security Document); |
(v) | accelerate any Contractual Recourse Claim or otherwise declare any Contractual Recourse Claim prematurely due and payable; |
(vi) | enforce any Contractual Recourse Claim by execution or otherwise; and/or |
(vii) | otherwise exercise any remedy for the recovery of any Contractual Recourse Claim. |
(f) | Subject to paragraphs (a) up to and including paragraph (e) above, until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 18: |
(i) | to be indemnified by an Obligor; |
(ii) | to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor's obligations under the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance Party; |
(iv) | to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Obligor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 18.1 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
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(v) | to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or |
(vi) | to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any Finance Party. |
(g) | If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents (other than any Permitted Payment), it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on an interest-bearing suspense account for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment mechanics). |
(h) | Each Party acknowledges any third party stipulation included in any Dutch Security Document. |
18.9 | Additional Security |
18.10 | US Guarantor |
(a) | In this Clause 18.10: |
(b) | Each US Guarantor acknowledges that: |
(i) | it will receive valuable direct or indirect benefits as a result of the transactions financed by the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | those benefits will constitute reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration for the purpose of any fraudulent transfer law; and |
(iii) | each Finance Party has acted in good faith in connection with the guarantee given by a US Guarantor and the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents. |
(c) | Each Finance Party agrees that a US Guarantor's liability under this Clause 18.10 is limited so that no obligation of, or transfer by, a US Guarantor under this Clause 18.10 is subject to avoidance and turnover under any fraudulent transfer law. |
(d) | Each US Guarantor represents and warrants to each Finance Party that: |
(i) | the aggregate amount of its debts (including its obligations under the Finance Documents) is less than the aggregate value (being the lesser of fair valuation and present fair saleable value) of its assets; |
(ii) | its capital is not unreasonably small to carry on its business as it is being conducted; |
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(iii) | it has not incurred and does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they mature; and |
(iv) | it has not made a transfer or incurred any obligation under any Finance Document with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its present or future creditors. |
(e) | Each representation and warranty in this Clause 18.10: |
(i) | is made by each US Guarantor on the date of this Agreement; |
(ii) | is deemed to be repeated by: |
(A) | each additional Guarantor on the date that additional Guarantor becomes a US Guarantor; and |
(B) | each US Guarantor on the date of the Utilisation Request, on the Utilisation Date and on each Interest Payment Date; and |
(iii) | is, when repeated, made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing. |
19. | REPRESENTATIONS |
19.1 | Status |
(a) | The Borrower is a cooperative with exclusion of liability (coöperatie met uitsluiting van aansprakelijkheid) duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its Original Jurisdiction. |
(b) | Each Guarantor is a limited liability company, duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the law of its Original Jurisdiction. |
(c) | It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. |
19.2 | Binding obligations |
19.3 | Non-conflict with other obligations |
(a) | any law or regulation applicable to it; |
(b) | its constitutional documents; or |
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(c) | any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument. |
19.4 | Power and authority |
(a) | It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Transaction Documents (other than any Lease Document entered into prior to the Utilisation Date in respect of a Unit which is not a Major Unit) to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents. |
(b) | No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Transaction Documents (other than any Lease Document entered into prior to the Utilisation Date in respect of a Unit which is not a Major Unit) to which it is a party. |
19.5 | Validity and admissibility in evidence |
(a) | Subject to Legal Reservations, all Authorisations required or desirable: |
(i) | to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and |
(ii) | to make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its Relevant Jurisdictions, |
(b) | All Authorisations necessary for the conduct of the business, trade and ordinary activities of the Obligors have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect if failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations is or is reasonably likely to materially or adversely affect the interests of the Finance Parties. |
19.6 | Governing law and enforcement |
(a) | Subject to the Legal Reservations, the choice of the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
(b) | Subject to the Legal Reservations, any judgment obtained in relation to a Finance Document in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its Relevant Jurisdictions. |
19.7 | Deduction of Tax |
(a) | Provided that the Finance Parties comply with paragraph (c) of Clause 12.5 (Lender status confirmation), no Obligor is required to make any Tax Deduction from any payment it may make under any Finance Document. |
(b) | No Rental Income payable to the Borrower is subject to a requirement to make a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from that Rental Income. |
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19.8 | No filing or stamp Taxes |
19.9 | Fiscal Unity |
19.10 | No Default |
(a) | No Event of Default and, as at the date of this Agreement and the Utilisation Date, no Default is continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the making of the Utilisation or the entry into, or the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document. |
(b) | No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any combination of any of the foregoing, would constitute) a default or a termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or to which any of its assets are subject which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
19.11 | Information |
(a) | All information supplied by it or on its behalf to any Finance Party or any of its advisors in connection with the Transaction Documents (including for any valuations, the Property, and any tax due diligence) was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at any date at which it was stated to be given. |
(b) | Any financial projections contained in the information referred to in paragraph (a) above have been prepared as at their date on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
(c) | It has not omitted to supply any information which, if disclosed, would make the information referred to in paragraph (a) above untrue or misleading in any respect. |
(d) | As at the Utilisation Date, nothing has occurred since the date of the information referred to in paragraph (a) above which, if disclosed, would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
19.12 | Financial statements |
(a) | Its most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements): |
(i) | have been prepared in accordance with GAAP; and |
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(ii) | fairly present its financial condition as at the end of the relevant financial year and operations during the relevant financial year. |
(b) | Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) there has been no material adverse change in its business, assets or financial condition. |
19.13 | Pari passu ranking |
19.14 | No proceedings |
(a) | No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations of, or before, any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect have (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been started or threatened in writing against it. |
(b) | No judgment or order of a court, arbitral tribunal or other tribunal or any order or sanction of any governmental or other regulatory body which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) been made against it. |
19.15 | Valuation |
(a) | All information supplied by it or on its behalf to the Valuer for the purposes of each Valuation was true and accurate in all material respects as at its date or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given. |
(b) | Any financial projections contained in the information referred to in paragraph (a) above have been prepared as at their date, on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. |
(c) | It has not omitted to supply any information to the Valuer which, if disclosed, would adversely affect the Valuation. |
(d) | As at the Utilisation Date, nothing has occurred since the date the information referred to in paragraph (a) above was supplied which, if it had occurred prior to the Initial Valuation, would have adversely affected the Initial Valuation. |
19.16 | Title to Property |
(a) | The Borrower will, from Utilisation Date: |
(i) | be entitled to (gerechtigd tot) the Ground Lease and thereby the beneficial owner of the Property; and |
(ii) | have good and marketable title to the Property, |
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(b) | From the Utilisation Date, except as disclosed in the Property Report: |
(i) | no breach of any law, regulation or covenant is outstanding which adversely affects or might reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value, saleability or use of the Ground Lease or the Property; |
(ii) | there is no covenant, agreement, stipulation, reservation, condition, interest, right, easement or other matter whatsoever adversely affecting the Ground Lease or the Property; |
(iii) | nothing has arisen or has been created or is outstanding which would be an overriding interest, or an unregistered interest which overrides first registration or a registered disposition, over the Ground Lease or the Property; |
(iv) | all facilities necessary for the enjoyment and use of the Property (including those necessary for the carrying on of its business at the Property) are enjoyed by the Ground Lease or the Property; |
(v) | none of the facilities referred to in paragraph (iv) above are enjoyed on terms: |
(A) | entitling any person to terminate or curtail its use of the Property; or |
(B) | which conflict with or restrict its use of the Property; |
(vi) | the Borrower has not received any notice of any adverse claim by any person in respect of the ownership of the Property or any interest in it which might reasonably be expected to be determined in favour of that person, nor has any acknowledgement been given to any such person in respect of the Property; |
(vii) | the Property is held by the Borrower free from any lease or licence (other than those entered into in accordance with this Agreement); and |
(viii) | to the best of each Obligor's knowledge, there is no material breach of, or material non-compliance with, the terms of any Lease Document or any document evidencing a Ground Lease on either the landlord's or the Borrower’s (as tenant) part. |
19.17 | Information for Property Reports |
(a) | The written information supplied by it or on its behalf to the lawyers who prepared the Property Report for the purpose of the Property Report was true and accurate as at the date of the Property Report or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given. |
(b) | The information referred to in paragraph (a) above was at the date it was expressed to be given complete and did not omit any information which, if disclosed would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
(c) | As at the Utilisation Date, nothing has occurred since the date of any information referred to in paragraph (a) above which, if disclosed, would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect. |
19.18 | No other business |
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(a) | No Obligor has traded or carried on any business since the date of its incorporation except for: |
(i) | in the case of the Guarantors, the ownership of the Borrower; and |
(ii) | in the case of the Borrower, the ownership and management of its interests in the Property. |
(b) | It is not party to any material agreement other than the Transaction Documents. |
(c) | No Guarantor has any Subsidiaries other than the Borrower; and |
(d) | The Borrower does not have any Subsidiaries. |
(e) | No Obligor: |
(i) | has, or has had, any employees; and |
(ii) | has made any contribution to, or has any obligation in respect of, any retirement benefit or occupational pension scheme. |
19.19 | Centre of main interests and establishments |
19.20 | Ranking of Security |
19.21 | Ownership |
(a) | Each Guarantor’s entire issued share capital is legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the Shareholder. |
(b) | The Borrower's entire issued share capital is legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the Guarantors. |
(c) | Each Guarantor’s and Borrower’s entire issued share capital is, indirectly, legally and beneficially owned and controlled by the Ultimate Owners. |
(d) | The shares in the capital of each Obligor are fully paid and are not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights. |
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(e) | The constitutional documents of each Obligor do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of the shares of that Obligor on creation or enforcement of the security conferred by the Security Documents. |
19.22 | Anti-corruption, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering law |
19.23 | Sanctions |
(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, neither it nor any of the other Transaction Obligors, nor any directors, officers or employees of it or any of the other Transaction Obligors: |
(i) | is a Restricted Party or is engaging in or has engaged in any transaction or conduct that is reasonably likely to result in it or any Finance Party becoming a Restricted Party; |
(ii) | is subject to any claim, action, proceeding, litigations, arbitration, formal notice or investigation with respect to Sanctions which claim, proceeding, formal notice or to the best of its knowledge (having made due and careful enquiry) investigation which adversely affects the interests of any Finance Party; |
(iii) | is engaging or has engaged in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or breaches or attempts to breach any Sanctions applicable to it or its Subsidiaries, in each case, where such would be in breach of the relevant Sanctions; or |
(iv) | has engaged or is engaging, directly or indirectly, in any trade, business or other activities with or for the benefit of any Restricted Party, to the extent that such engagement would lead to (i) non-compliance by it or its Subsidiaries or any Party with any Sanctions or (ii) designation of any person as a Restricted Party. |
(b) | The representations set out in paragraph (a) above given to, amongst others, those Finance Parties qualifying as German residents (Inländer) within the meaning of Section 2 para. 15 of the German Foreign Trade Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz) (the German Finance Parties) are made only to the extent that such German Finance Parties would be permitted to make such representations pursuant to Section 7 of the Foreign Trade Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (which includes representations relating to economic, financial and/or trade sanctions or embargoes administered, enacted or enforced by the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Nations or the European Union). |
19.24 | Immunity |
(a) | The entry into by it of each Finance Document to which it is a party, and the exercise by it of its rights and performance by it of its obligations under each Finance Document to which it is a party, constitute private and commercial acts performed for private and commercial purposes. |
(b) | It will not be entitled to claim immunity from suit, recognition, enforcement, execution, attachment or other legal process, or other relief in any proceedings taken in any Relevant Jurisdiction in relation to any Finance Document. |
19.25 | Environmental compliance |
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(a) | It is not aware of any Environmental Claim pending or threatened against it which is likely to be adversely determined and, if so adversely determined, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(b) | It is and has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to it, or to the Property in which that Obligor has an interest, in all material respects. |
19.26 | United States laws |
(a) | In this Clause 19.26, investment company has the meaning given to it in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940. |
(b) | No Obligor is: |
(i) | required to be registered as an investment company or subject to regulation under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940; or |
(ii) | subject to regulation under any United States Federal or State law or regulation that limits its ability to incur or guarantee indebtedness. |
19.27 | ERISA and Multiemployer Plans |
19.28 | Repetition |
20. | INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS |
20.1 | Financial statements |
(a) | as soon as they are available, but in any event within 180 days after the end of each of its financial years: |
(i) | its financial statements for that financial year; |
(ii) | the financial statements of each other Obligor for that financial year; and |
(iii) | the audited financial statements of Hines Global Income Trust Inc; and |
(b) | to the extent prepared and as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each half of each of its financial years: |
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(i) | its consolidated financial statements for that financial half year; and |
(ii) | if produced, the financial statements of each other Obligor for that financial half year. |
20.2 | Compliance Certificate |
(a) | The Borrower must supply to the Agent a duly completed Compliance Certificate (based on the information supplied to the Finance Parties under this Agreement): |
(i) | subject to paragraph (c) below, on each Test Date; and |
(ii) | if the Agent reasonably expects that a Cash Trap Event is continuing or there is a Default as a result of a breach of Clause 21 (Financial covenants), at any other time the Agent specifies. |
(b) | In respect of any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above, the Agent shall by no later than the date falling five Business Days after the relevant Test Date confirm to the Borrower whether it agrees with the calculations set out in that Compliance Certificate. If the Agent disagrees with the calculation provided, then the Agent shall carry out its own calculations and notify the Borrower thereof. The calculation of the Agent shall (in the absence of manifest error) be binding on the Borrower. |
(c) | Each Compliance Certificate to be delivered on an Interest Payment Date must be delivered ten Business Days prior to that Interest Payment Date and must confirm the amount of the Operating Expenses and any other expenses for which Tenant Contributions are paid which are to be discharged in accordance with paragraph (e)(i) of Clause 17.3 (Rent Account). |
(d) | Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by two directors of the Borrower. |
20.3 | Requirements as to financial statements |
(a) | Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by two directors of the relevant company as fairly presenting its financial condition as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP. |
20.4 | Monitoring of Property |
(a) | a schedule of the existing occupational tenants of the Property, showing for each tenant the rent, service charge, value added tax and any other amounts payable in that period by that tenant; |
(b) | copies of any management accounts and management cashflows produced by, or for, any Obligor; |
(c) | a summary of: |
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(i) | any arrears of rents or service charges under any Lease Document; and |
(ii) | any other breaches of covenant under any Lease Document, |
(d) | details of any insolvency or similar proceedings affecting any occupational tenant of the Property or any guarantor of that occupational tenant; |
(e) | details of any rent reviews subletting (to the extent permitted), transfer or assignment (including the details of any guarantor of any transferee or assignee) with respect to any Lease Document in progress or agreed; |
(f) | details of any Lease Document which has expired or been determined or surrendered and any new letting proposed; |
(g) | copies of all material correspondence with insurance brokers handling the insurance of the Property; |
(h) | details of any actual or proposed capital expenditure of EUR10,000 or more (including in respect of any refurbishment or development of the Property, in each case to the extent permitted by this Agreement) with respect to the Property; |
(i) | details of any proposed refurbishment or development of the Property or adjoining premises (unless already included in the then current Business Plan); |
(j) | details of any actual or required material repairs to the Property; |
(k) | details of the development of the Operating Expenses; and |
(l) | any other information in relation to the Property reasonably requested by the Agent. |
20.5 | Business Plan |
(a) | The Borrower must supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all Lenders) as soon as the same becomes available but in any event on or before the date falling ten Business Days before an Interest Payment Date an updated Business Plan, or, alternatively, confirm that no updates have been made to the then existing Business Plan which will remain the current Business Plan. |
(b) | The Borrower may at any time prepare an updated Business Plan. If the Borrower wishes any of the information set out in the updated Business Plan to be used for the purpose of any calculation or determination to be made pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Interest Period starting on any Interest Payment Date, it must supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all of the Lenders an updated Business Plan at least ten Business Days before that Interest Payment Date. |
(c) | Each Business Plan must be in a form materially consistent with the Business Plan supplied to the Agent as a condition precedent under this Agreement. |
(d) | Until a Business Plan supplied in accordance with this Clause 20.5 has been approved by the Majority Lenders, the Borrower will not be regarded as having satisfied its obligations under paragraphs (a) or (b) above and any references in this Agreement to the Business Plan will be to the previously approved Business Plan. |
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20.6 | Information required under the German Tax Code |
(a) | if that Relevant Person is a natural person, that Relevant Person's German identification number according to Section 139b German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung); and |
(b) | for any other Relevant Person its German economic identification number according to Section 139c German Tax Code (Abgabenordnung) or, if no such German economic identification number has been assigned to that Relevant Person, its German tax number applicable to the taxation on the income, |
20.7 | Information: miscellaneous |
(a) | at the same time as they are dispatched, copies of all documents dispatched by the Obligors to their shareholders generally (or any class of them) or its creditors generally (or any class of them) at the same time as they are dispatched; |
(b) | at the same as they are delivered under the property management and leasing agreement entered into by the Borrower with Hines Fresh Park Venlo B.V. as the Managing Agent dated on or about the date of this Agreement, the Approved Operating Budget, the Approved Capital Budget and the Approved Marketing Programs (each as defined in that property management agreement) or any equivalent to be delivered under any new property management agreement; |
(c) | promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any event or claim which could lead to a breach of Clause 19.18(e) (No other business) or Clause 22.8(d) (Change of business); |
(d) | promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations which are current, threatened or pending against any Obligor, and which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(e) | promptly on becoming aware of them, the details of any material claim or potential material claim made by or on behalf of the Borrower under any Insurance or the Acquisition Documents; |
(f) | promptly, certified copies of any valuation of the Property obtained by the Borrower; and |
(g) | promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of any Obligor as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request. |
20.8 | Notification of Default |
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(a) | Each Obligor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor). |
(b) | Promptly upon a request by the Agent, the Borrower shall supply to the Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it). |
20.9 | Know your customer checks |
(a) | If: |
(i) | the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; |
(ii) | any change in the status of an Obligor (or of a Holding Company of an Obligor) or the composition of the shareholders of an Obligor (or of a Holding Company of an Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or |
(iii) | a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer, |
(b) | Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents. |
21. | FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
21.1 | Debt Yield |
21.2 | Loan to Value |
(a) | up to and including the third anniversary of the Utilisation Date, 75%; and |
(b) | thereafter, 70%. |
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21.3 | Cure Rights |
(a) | Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) below, if the Agent notifies the Borrower that there is a breach of Clause 21.1 (Debt Yield) or Clause 21.2 (Loan to Value) or that a Cash Trap Event is continuing, the Borrower may, by immediate written notification to the Agent, indicate that it intends to remedy that breach, in which case, the Borrower must within ten Business Days of that notification: |
(i) | deposit into the Cash Trap Account an amount, calculated by the Agent, which, if applied towards prepayment of the Loan would be sufficient to reduce the Loan, to ensure compliance with Clause 21.1 (Debt Yield) or Clause 21.2 (Loan to Value) or that no new Cash Trap Event will occur (as applicable); or |
(ii) | prepay the Loan in accordance with Clause 7.7 (Voluntary prepayment of the Loan) in an amount calculated by the Agent to ensure compliance with Clause 21.1 (Debt Yield) or Clause 21.2 (Loan to Value) or that no new Cash Trap Event will occur (as applicable), |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, if any Obligor: |
(i) | makes a deposit in accordance with paragraph (a)(i) above; or |
(ii) | makes a prepayment in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) above, |
(c) | The Cure Rights may not be used: |
(i) | on more than two consecutive Test Dates; and |
(ii) | more than five times during the life of the Facility. |
(d) | Any deposit or prepayment referred to in this Clause 21.3 may only be funded by way of Subordinated Debt or equity subscription, provided that any Subordinated Debt or equity subscriptions are subject to a Security Interest created under a Security Document in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. |
22. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS |
22.1 | Authorisations |
(a) | obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and |
(b) | supply certified copies to the Agent of, |
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(i) | enable it to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Transaction Document; or |
(ii) | own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted. |
22.2 | Compliance with laws |
22.3 | Negative pledge |
(a) | No Obligor shall create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets. |
(b) | No Obligor shall: |
(i) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired or acquired by it; |
(ii) | sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms; |
(iii) | enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or |
(iv) | enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect, |
(c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, listed below: |
(i) | the Transaction Security; |
(ii) | any Security arising under clause 24 or clause 25 of the general terms and conditions (algemene bankvoorwaarden) of any member of the Dutch Bankers’ Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken) or any similar term applied by a financial institution in The Netherlands pursuant to its general terms and conditions, but only insofar as such Security secures the costs for administration and properly incurred fees directly related to administering the bank accounts subject to such Security in accordance with their terms and conditions; |
(iii) | any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading; |
(iv) | any Security that is released on or prior to the Utilisation Date; or |
(v) | any Security arising with the prior written consent of the Agent. |
22.4 | Disposals |
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(a) | No Obligor shall enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not and whether voluntary or involuntary) to dispose of all or any part of any asset. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any disposal: |
(i) | permitted under Clause 23.2 (Occupational Leases); |
(ii) | of the Property or the shares or membership rights (as applicable) in the Borrower, in each case in accordance with paragraph (c) below; or |
(iii) | of cash by way of a payment out of an Account in accordance with this Agreement. |
(c) | An Obligor may dispose of the Property or the shares or membership rights (as applicable) in the Borrower if: |
(i) | the Lenders have given their prior written consent to that disposal; |
(ii) | no Default is continuing or would result from that disposal; |
(iii) | that disposal is of the whole (and not part) of the Property or all the shares or membership rights (as applicable) in the Borrower; and |
(iv) | that disposal is on arm's length terms to an unrelated third party. |
(d) | The Obligors must ensure that the Disposal Proceeds are immediately applied either: |
(i) | in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Mandatory prepayment); or |
(ii) | (in the case of the disposal of the Property) paid into the Deposit Account for application in accordance with paragraph (c) of Clause 17.6 (Deposit Account). |
22.5 | Financial Indebtedness |
(a) | No Obligor may incur or permit to be outstanding any Financial Indebtedness. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any: |
(i) | Financial Indebtedness incurred under the Finance Documents; |
(ii) | Financial Indebtedness repaid prior to the Utilisation; |
(iii) | Subordinated Debt; |
(iv) | Tenant Deposits; or |
(v) | Financial Indebtedness incurred with the prior written consent of the Agent. |
22.6 | Lending and guarantees |
(a) | No Obligor may be the creditor in respect of any loan or any form of credit to any person other than another Obligor by way of Subordinated Debt. |
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(b) | No Obligor may give or allow to be outstanding any guarantee or indemnity to or for the benefit of any person in respect of any obligation of any other person or enter into any document under which that Obligor assumes any liability of any other person other than any guarantee or indemnity given under the Finance Documents. |
22.7 | Merger |
(a) | No Obligor shall enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any disposal permitted pursuant to Clause 22.4 (Disposals). |
(c) | Each Obligor shall at all times conduct itself and its business separately from any other entity or business. |
22.8 | Change of business |
(a) | No Obligor may carry on any business other than: |
(i) | in the case of the Guarantors, the ownership of the Borrower; and |
(ii) | in the case of the Borrower, the ownership and management of its interests in the Property. |
(b) | No Guarantor may have any Subsidiary other than the Borrower. |
(c) | The Borrower may not have any Subsidiary. |
(d) | No Obligor: |
(i) | will have any employees; or |
(ii) | will have any obligation in respect of any retirement benefit or occupational pension scheme. |
22.9 | Anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery laws |
(a) | No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Transaction Obligor will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facility for any purpose which would breach (i) the Bribery Act 2010, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar legislation in other jurisdictions or (ii) any applicable anti-money laundering laws. |
(b) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor will): |
(i) | conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws, anti-money laundering laws and anti-bribery laws; and |
(ii) | maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws. |
22.10 | Sanctions |
(a) | No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Transaction Obligor will): |
(i) | use, lend, contribute or otherwise make available any part of the proceeds of the Loan or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement directly or indirectly: |
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(A) | for the purpose of financing any trade, business or other activities involving, or for the benefit of, any Restricted Party; or |
(B) | in any other manner that would reasonably be expected to result in it or any other Party being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Party; or |
(ii) | fund all or part of any payment in connection with a Finance Document out of proceeds derived from business or transactions with a Restricted Party, or from any action which is in breach of any Sanctions or which could reasonably be expected to cause any Party to become a Restricted Party, |
(b) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor and any director, officer or employee of it and any other Transaction Obligor will): |
(i) | ensure that it is not a Restricted Party or engages in any transaction or conduct that is reasonably likely to result in it becoming a Restricted Party, provided that, where it relates to paragraph (b) of the definition of "Restricted Party", only to the extent that such engagement would lead to non-compliance by it or any Party with any Sanctions; |
(ii) | not engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or breaches or attempts to breach any Sanctions applicable to it, to the extent that such evasion or avoidance would lead to non-compliance by it or any Party with any Sanctions; and |
(iii) | not engage in any trade, business or other activities with or for the benefit of any Restricted Party, to the extent that such engagement would lead to non-compliance by it or any Party with any Sanctions. |
(c) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor will) ensure that appropriate controls and safeguards are in place designed to prevent any action being taken that would be contrary to paragraph (a) and/or (b) above. |
(d) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor will) procure that no proceeds from any activity or dealing with a Restricted Party are credited to any bank account held in its name with any Finance Party or any Affiliate of any Finance Party, to the extent crediting any such bank account would lead to non-compliance by it or any other Party with any Sanctions. |
(e) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor will) to the extent permitted by law, promptly upon becoming aware of them supply to the Finance Parties details of any claim, action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceedings or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority. |
(f) | Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Transaction Obligor will) comply in all respects with Sanctions. The Borrower shall deliver to the Finance Parties any certificates or other evidence requested from time to time by any Finance Party in its reasonable discretion, to confirm a Transaction Obligor's compliance with this Clause 22.10 to the extent the same is requested so as to enable that Finance Party to comply with an applicable law or regulation or request made of it by a regulatory body or an adviser which that Finance Party is customarily in the habit of complying with in respect of such matters. |
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(g) | The covenants set out in paragraphs (a) to (f) above (inclusive) to, amongst others, the German Finance Parties are made only to the extent that such German Finance Parties would be permitted to make such covenant pursuant to Section 7 of the Foreign Trade Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (which includes covenants relating to economic, financial and/or trade sanctions or embargoes administered, enacted or enforced by the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Nations or the European Union). |
22.11 | Acquisitions |
22.12 | Other agreements |
(a) | the Transaction Documents; |
(b) | any agreement: |
(i) | expressly allowed under any other term of this Agreement; |
(ii) | with another Obligor; |
(iii) | with external professional advisors for the provision of professional tax, legal, valuation, accounting or audit advice reasonably required in connection with its day to day operations related to the operation of the Property; |
(iv) | that relates to the provision of utilities to the Property provided that any such contract is with a licensed utility company; or |
(v) | entered into on arm's length terms in the ordinary course of the ownership, operation, management or maintenance of the Property at any time when a Default is not continuing. |
22.13 | Shares, dividends and share redemption |
(a) | No Obligor shall issue any further shares or membership rights (as applicable) or amend any rights attaching to its issued shares or membership rights (as applicable). |
(b) | Except as permitted under paragraph (c) below, no Obligor shall: |
(i) | declare, make or pay any dividend, charge, fee or other distribution (or interest on any unpaid dividend, charge, fee or other distribution) (whether in cash or in kind) on or in respect of its share capital (or any class of its share capital) or membership rights; |
(ii) | repay or distribute any dividend or share premium reserve; |
(iii) | pay any management, advisory or other fee to or to the order of any of the shareholders of the Transaction Obligors or holders of membership rights in the Borrower; or |
(iv) | redeem, repurchase, defease, retire or repay any of its share capital or membership rights or resolve to do so. |
(c) | Paragraph (b) above does not apply to a Permitted Payment. |
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22.14 | Fiscal unity |
22.15 | Taxes |
(a) | Each Obligor must pay all Taxes due and payable by it prior to the accrual of any fine or penalty for late payment, unless (and only to the extent that): |
(i) | payment of those Taxes is being contested in good faith; |
(ii) | adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes and the costs required to contest them; and |
(iii) | failure to pay those Taxes is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(b) | Each Obligor must ensure that its residence for Tax purposes is in its Original Jurisdiction provided that this paragraph (b) shall not limit any Obligor’s ability to elect, under Section 301.7701-3 of the US Treasury Regulations, to change its entity classification for US federal income tax purposes. |
22.16 | Ownership |
22.17 | Syndication |
(a) | Each Obligor must (and must procure that the other Transaction Obligors will) give any assistance which the Arranger reasonably requires in relation to the syndication of the Finance Documents (Syndication) including, but not limited to promptly: |
(i) | providing any information reasonably requested by the Arranger or potential Lenders in connection with Syndication; |
(ii) | providing all relevant information about the Transaction Obligors to potential Lenders including information reasonably requested by the Arranger; |
(iii) | making available the senior management and representatives of the Obligors for the purposes of giving presentations to, and participating in meetings with, potential Lenders at such times and places as the Arranger may reasonably request; |
(iv) | assisting in the preparation of an information memorandum in connection with Syndication; and |
(v) | arranging inspections of the Property by potential Lenders for their due diligence purposes at such times as the Arranger may reasonably request. |
(b) | No Obligor will be obliged to take any steps under paragraph (a) above if, as a result, it would incur third party costs or expenses or suffer any loss, unless the Agent confirms that it will pay to that Obligor the amount of those reasonable losses, costs and expenses. |
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(c) | Each Obligor must (at the cost of the relevant Lender) use its best endeavours to provide any information or documentation required by any Lender to assist it with any steps required to enable all or part of the Loan to meet any future changes to the German Pfandbrief eligibility criteria. |
(d) | Each Lender will inform the other Finance Parties if it approaches any person with a view to Syndication and shall cooperate with the Agent in maintaining a register for the recording of the names and addresses of any New Lender becoming a Finance Party as part of any Syndication and the principal amount (and stated interest, being the Margin and the applicable EURIBOR at that time) of the Commitment of that New Lender as is necessary to comply with requirement under US law to maintain the obligations in registered form. |
22.18 | Securitisation |
(a) | Each Obligor must (and must procure that the other Transaction Obligors will) promptly: |
(i) | use all reasonable endeavours to assist the Arranger, Agent and the Security Agent with any steps a Finance Party may reasonably wish to take to achieve a successful Securitisation; |
(ii) | use its reasonable endeavours to supply the Agent with all information which a Finance Party may require in connection with that Securitisation; and |
(iii) | use its reasonable endeavours to ensure full compliance with the listing rules of any applicable stock exchange or of any other relevant regulatory body that may become applicable as a result of that Securitisation. |
(b) | No Obligor will be obliged to take any steps under paragraph (a) above if, as a result, it would incur third party costs or expenses or suffer any loss, unless the Agent confirms that it will pay to that Obligor the amount of those reasonable losses, costs and expenses. |
22.19 | Ineligibility Event |
22.20 | United States laws |
(a) | In this Clause 22.20: |
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(b) | No Obligor may: |
(i) | extend credit for the purpose, directly or indirectly, of buying or carrying Margin Stock; or |
(ii) | use the Loan, directly or indirectly, to buy or carry Margin Stock or for any other purpose in violation of the Margin Regulations. |
(c) | No Obligor may use any part of the Loan to acquire any security in a transaction that is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 14 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
22.21 | Compliance with ERISA |
(a) | The Borrower shall ensure that it shall not at any time establish, maintain, contribute to or be required or permitted to contribute to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan or become a guarantor with respect to any such plan. |
(b) | The Borrower shall ensure that it shall not incur any liability in respect of any Employee Plan or any Multiemployer Plan of any ERISA Affiliate. |
22.22 | Conditions Subsequent |
(a) | The Borrower must provide to the Agent: |
(i) | a copy of the VAT registration certificate for the Borrower by no than 42 days after the Utilisation Date; and |
(ii) | evidence that it has executed the cap trade under the Hedging Agreement (delivered as a condition precedent under this Agreement) by no later than 5 Business Days after the Utilisation Date. |
(b) | By no later than 30 Business Days after the Utilisation Date, the Borrower must deliver evidence to the Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to it) that the terrorism insurance entered into or to be entered into by it pursuant to Clause 23.11 (Insurances) complies with paragraphs (b) and (c) of Clause 23.11 (Insurances). |
23. | PROPERTY UNDERTAKINGS |
23.1 | Title |
(a) | The Borrower must exercise its rights and comply in all respects with any covenant, stipulation or obligation (restrictive or otherwise) at any time affecting (i) the Property (other than where not to do so is in the interests of good estate management and does not prejudice the interests of any Finance Party under any Finance Document) or (ii) title to the Property. |
(b) | The Borrower may not agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver, surrender or release of any covenant, stipulation or obligation (restrictive or otherwise) at any time affecting the Property or title to the Property, including, without limitation, to agree on a servitude on the Property or act or allow any act which creates a servitude on the Property or to enter into ground lease agreements providing another party a right to ground lease the Property. |
(c) | The Borrower must promptly take all such steps as may be necessary or desirable to enable the Security created by the Security Documents to be registered, where appropriate, at the Land Registry. |
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23.2 | Occupational Leases |
(a) | The Borrower may not, without the prior written consent of the Agent: |
(i) | enter into any Agreement for Lease; |
(ii) | other than under an Agreement for Lease, grant or agree to grant any new Occupational Lease or grant any license or right to use any part of the Property; |
(iii) | agree to any material amendment, supplement, extension, waiver, surrender or release in respect of any Lease Document (including, the relocation of tenants or the extension of the terms for payment of any Rental Income); |
(iv) | exercise any right to break, determine or extend any Lease Document; |
(v) | commence any forfeiture or irritancy proceedings in respect of any Lease Document; |
(vi) | grant any licence or right to use or occupy any part of the Property; |
(vii) | consent to any sublease or assignment of any tenant's interest under any Lease Document; or |
(viii) | agree to any change of use under, or (except where required to do so under the terms of the relevant Lease Document) rent review in respect of, any Lease Document. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any activity or dealing with any Lease Document in respect of a Unit which is not a Major Unit. |
(c) | The Borrower must: |
(i) | diligently collect or procure to be collected all Rental Income; |
(ii) | exercise its rights and comply with its obligations under each Lease Document; and |
(iii) | use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that each tenant complies with its obligations under each Lease Document, |
(d) | Any Lease Prepayment Proceeds must be paid into the Deposit Account for application in accordance with Clause 17.6 (Deposit Account). |
(e) | Each Obligor must supply to the Agent a copy of each Lease Document, a copy of each amendment, supplement or extension to a Lease Document and a copy of each document recording any rent review in respect of a Lease Document promptly upon entering into the same. |
(f) | The Obligors must use their reasonable endeavours to find tenants for any vacant lettable space in the Property with a view to granting a Lease Document with respect to that space. |
23.3 | Ground Leases and other rights in rem |
(a) | The Borrower must: |
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(i) | in a proper and timely manner: |
(A) | exercise its rights and comply with its obligations under the Ground Lease and each other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower; and |
(B) | use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the landlord complies with its obligations under the Ground Lease and each other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower; |
(C) | if so required by the Security Agent, promptly apply for relief against forfeiture of the Ground Lease (in a manner that should preserve any Occupational Leases granted out of that Ground Lease interest); and |
(ii) | use its best endeavours to ensure that neither the Ground Lease nor any other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower is terminated or cancelled. |
(b) | The Borrower may not: |
(i) | agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver, surrender or release of the Ground Lease or under any document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower in respect of the Property; |
(ii) | exercise any right to break, determine or extend the Ground Lease or any document creating a right in rem for the benefit of the Borrower; |
(iii) | agree to any review of the ground rent payable under the Ground Lease or under any other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of an Obligor; or |
(iv) | do or allow to be done any act as a result of which the Ground Lease or under any other document creating a right in rem for the benefit of an Obligor may become liable to cancellation or termination. |
23.4 | Maintenance |
(a) | The Borrower must ensure that all buildings, plant, machinery, fixtures and fittings on the Property are in, and maintained in: |
(i) | good and substantial repair and condition and, as appropriate, in good working order; and |
(ii) | such repair, condition and, as appropriate, good working order as to enable them to be let in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
(b) | The Borrower must carry out any energy efficiency improvements necessary, or take any other steps necessary, to ensure that at all times each part of the Property which is designed to be let can be let or can continue to be let without breaching any applicable laws or regulations in respect of minimum levels of energy efficiency for properties. |
23.5 | Development |
(a) | The Borrower may not: |
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(i) | make or allow to be made any application for planning permission in respect of any part of the Property; or |
(ii) | carry out, or allow to be carried out, any demolition, construction, structural alterations or additions, development or other similar operations in respect of any part of the Property. |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to: |
(i) | the maintenance of the buildings, plant, machinery, fixtures and fittings in accordance with the Transaction Documents; |
(ii) | any alterations or improvements which a tenant is entitled to undertake in accordance with the terms of the relevant Lease Document and in respect of which the Borrower in its capacity as landlord is required to give its consent pursuant to the terms of that Lease Document; |
(iii) | any demolition, construction, structural alterations or additions, development or other similar operations as set out in the Business Plan; |
(iv) | the carrying out of non-structural improvements or alterations which affect only the interior of any building on the Property; or |
(v) | any demolition, construction, structural alterations or additions, development or other similar operations undertaken with the prior written consent of the Agent. |
(c) | The Borrower must comply in all material respects with all planning laws, permissions, agreements and conditions to which the Property may be subject. |
23.6 | Notices |
(a) | deliver a copy to the Agent; and |
(b) | inform the Agent of the steps taken or proposed to be taken to comply with the relevant requirement, order or notice. |
23.7 | Access and Investigation of title |
(a) | prior to a Default which is continuing, on an annual basis and during normal business hours, or at any time after a Default is continuing, access to the Property to conduct site visits; and |
(b) | on request, all facilities within the power of the Borrower to enable the Security Agent or its lawyers to: |
(i) | carry out investigations of title to the Property; and |
(ii) | make such enquiries in relation to any part of the Property as a prudent mortgagee might carry out, |
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23.8 | Power to remedy |
(a) | If the Borrower fails to perform any material obligations under the Finance Documents affecting the Property, the Borrower must allow the Security Agent or its agents and contractors: |
(i) | to enter any part of the Property; |
(ii) | to comply with or object to any notice served on the Borrower in respect of the Property; and |
(iii) | to take any action that the Security Agent may reasonably consider necessary or desirable to prevent or remedy any breach of any such term or to comply with or object to any such notice. |
(b) | The Borrower must, within 5 Business Days of request by the Security Agent, pay the costs and expenses of the Security Agent or its agents and contractors incurred in connection with any action taken by it under this Clause. |
(c) | No Finance Party shall be obliged to account as mortgagee in possession as a result of any action taken under this Clause. |
23.9 | Managing Agents |
(a) | The Borrower may not: |
(i) | appoint (or permit the appointment of) any Managing Agent; |
(ii) | amend, supplement, extend or waive (or permit any amendments, supplements, extension or waivers being made to) the terms of appointment of any Managing Agent; or |
(iii) | terminate (or permit the termination of) the appointment of any Managing Agent, |
(b) | The Borrower must ensure that each Managing Agent of the Property: |
(i) | enters into a Duty of Care Agreement with the Security Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; |
(ii) | acknowledges to the Security Agent that it has notice of the Security created by the Finance Documents; and |
(iii) | agrees to pay all Rental Income received by it into the Rent Account without any withholding, set-off or counterclaim. |
(c) | If a Managing Agent is in default of its obligations under its management agreement and, as a result, the Borrower is entitled to terminate that management agreement or an Event of Default has occurred, then, if the Agent so requires, the Borrower must promptly use all reasonable endeavours to: |
(i) | terminate the management agreement; and |
(ii) | appoint a new Managing Agent in accordance with this Clause 23.9. |
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23.10 | Asset Managers |
(a) | The Borrower may not: |
(i) | appoint (or permit the appointment of) any Asset Manager; |
(ii) | amend, supplement, extend or waive (or permit any amendments, supplements, extension or waivers being made to) the terms of appointment of any Asset Manager; or |
(iii) | terminate (or permit the termination of) the appointment of any Asset Manager, |
(b) | The Borrower must ensure that any Asset Manager: |
(i) | enters into a Duty of Care Agreement with the Security Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and |
(ii) | acknowledges to the Security Agent that it has notice of the Security created by the Finance Documents. |
(c) | If an Asset Manager is in default of its obligations under its asset management agreement and, as a result, the Borrower is entitled to terminate that asset management agreement or an Event of Default has occurred, then, if the Agent so requires, the Borrower must promptly use all reasonable endeavours to: |
(i) | terminate the asset management agreement; and |
(ii) | appoint a new Asset Manager in accordance with this Clause 23.10. |
23.11 | Insurances |
(a) | The Borrower must ensure that, at all times from the Utilisation Date, Insurances are maintained in full force and effect, which: |
(i) | insure the Borrower in respect of its interests in the Property and the plant and machinery on the Property (including fixtures and improvements) for their full replacement value (being the total cost of entirely rebuilding, reinstating or replacing the relevant asset if it is completely destroyed, together with all related fees and demolition costs); |
(ii) | provide cover against loss or damage by fire, storm, tempest, flood, earthquake, lightning, explosion, impact, aircraft and other aerial devices and articles dropped from them, riot, civil commotion and malicious damage, bursting or overflowing of water tanks, apparatus or pipes and all other normally insurable risks of loss or damage for a property of the type of the Property; |
(iii) | provide cover for site clearance, shoring or propping up, professional fees and value added tax together with adequate allowance for inflation; |
(iv) | provide cover against acts of terrorism, including any third party liability arising from such acts; |
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(v) | provide cover for loss of rent (in respect of a period of not less than three years or, if longer, the minimum period required under the Lease Documents) including provision for any increases in rent during the period of insurance; |
(vi) | include property owners' public liability and third party liability insurance with a limit of not less than EUR 10,000,000; |
(vii) | insure such other risks as a prudent company or other person in the same business as the Borrower would insure; |
(viii) | complies with any requirement notified in writing by the Agent to the Borrower as being required by § 15 of the German Mortgage Act (Pfandbriefgesetz); and |
(ix) | in each case are in an amount, and in form, and with an insurance company or underwriters, acceptable at all times to the Agent. |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (b) of Clause 22.22 (Conditions Subsequent), the Borrower must procure that the Security Agent (as security agent and trustee for the Secured Parties) is named as composite insured in respect of its own separate insurable interest under each of the Insurances (other than public liability and third party liability insurances) but without: |
(i) | any liability on the part of the Security Agent or any other Finance Party for any premium in relation to those Insurances (unless the Security Agent has expressly and specifically requested in writing to be made liable in respect of any increase in premium or unpaid premium in respect of any of those Insurances); or |
(ii) | any obligation on the part of the Security Agent or any other Finance Party to make any disclosure to any insurer or any insurance broker in relation to those Insurances unless and until the Security Agent becomes a mortgagee in possession of the Property, in which circumstance an obligation shall apply on the part of the Security Agent or any other Finance Party to make disclosure to any insurer or any insurance broker in relation to the Insurance or Insurances in respect of the Property pursuant to the terms of that Insurance or those Insurances. |
(c) | Subject to paragraph (b) of Clause 22.22 (Conditions Subsequent), the Borrower must procure that the Insurances comply with the following requirements: |
(i) | each of the Insurances must contain: |
(A) | a non-invalidation and non-vitiation clause under which the Insurances will not be avoided or vitiated as against any insured party as a result of any circumstances beyond the control of that insured party or any misrepresentation, non-disclosure, or breach of any policy term or condition, on the part of any other insured party or any agent of any other insured party; |
(B) | a waiver of the rights of subrogation of the insurer as against the Borrower, each Secured Party and the tenants of the Property other than any such rights arising in connection with any fraud or criminal offence committed by any of those persons in respect of the Property or any Insurance; and |
(C) | a loss payee clause under which the Security Agent is named as first loss payee in respect of any claim or series of connected claims in excess of EUR100,000 (other |
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(ii) | each insurer must give at least 30 days' prior written notice to the Security Agent if it proposes to: |
(A) | repudiate, rescind or cancel any Insurance; |
(B) | treat any Insurance as avoided in whole or in part; |
(C) | treat any Insurance as expired due to non-payment of premium; or |
(D) | otherwise decline any claim under any Insurance by or on behalf of any insured party, |
(iii) | the Borrower must be free to assign or otherwise grant Security over all amounts payable to it under each of its Insurances and all its rights in connection with those amounts in favour of the Security Agent. |
(d) | The Borrower must ensure that the Agent receives copies of the Insurances, receipts for the payment of premiums for insurance and any information in connection with the Insurances and claims under them which the Agent may reasonably require. |
(e) | The Borrower must promptly notify the Agent of: |
(i) | the proposed terms of any future renewal of any of the Insurances; |
(ii) | any amendment, supplement, extension, termination, avoidance or cancellation of any of the Insurances made or, to its knowledge, threatened or pending; |
(iii) | any claim in excess of EUR 100,000, and any actual or threatened refusal of any claim in excess of EUR 100,000, under any of the Insurances; and |
(iv) | any event or circumstance which has led or may lead to a breach by the Borrower of any term of this Clause. |
(f) | The Borrower must: |
(i) | comply with the terms of the Insurances; |
(ii) | not do or permit anything to be done which may make void or voidable any of the Insurances; and |
(iii) | comply with all reasonable risk improvement requirements of its insurers. |
(g) | The Borrower must ensure that: |
(i) | each premium for the Insurances is paid within the period permitted for payment of that premium; and |
(ii) | all other things necessary are done so as to keep each of the Insurances in force. |
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(h) | The Borrower must ensure that all Insurances shall at all times be maintained with insurers of sound security and international reputation (as regards participation, relevant underwriting expertise and size of commitment), which have at least the required Requisite Rating prior to inception and at each subsequent renewal (or if not, is approved in advance in writing by the Agent), provided that if at any time the insurer's credit rating falls below the required Requisite Rating, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of such downgrade and if requested by the Agent, replace such insurer with an insurer meeting the required Requisite Rating or arrange for facultative reinsurance with reinsurers meeting the required Requisite Rating. |
(i) | If the Borrower fails to comply with any term of this Clause 23.11, the Agent may, at the expense of the Borrower, effect any insurance and generally do such things and take such other action as the Agent may reasonably consider necessary or desirable to prevent or remedy any breach of this Clause 23.11. |
(j) | (%3) Except as provided below, the proceeds of any Insurances of EUR100,000 or more must, if the Agent so requires, be paid into the Deposit Account for application in accordance with Clause 17.6 (Deposit Account). |
(i) | To the extent required by the basis of settlement under any Insurances or under any Lease Document, the Borrower must apply moneys received under any Insurances in respect of the Property towards replacing, restoring or reinstating the Property. |
(ii) | The proceeds of any loss of rent insurance will be treated as Rental Income and applied in such manner as the Agent (acting reasonably) requires to have effect as if it were Rental Income received over the period of the loss of rent. |
(iii) | Moneys received under public liability and third party liability policies held by the Borrower which are required by the Borrower to satisfy established liabilities of the Borrower to third parties must be used to satisfy these liabilities. |
23.12 | Acquisition Documents and W&I Insurance |
(a) | The Borrower shall procure that the W&I Insurance is maintained in full force and effect until the expiry date stated therein. |
(b) | The Borrower shall not do or permit anything to be done which would or might reasonably be expected to make void or voidable the W&I Insurance. |
(c) | If the Agent so requests in writing, the Borrower shall diligently pursue any warranty claim it has pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Documents and the W&I Insurance. |
(d) | The proceeds of the W&I Insurance must be paid into the Deposit Account for application in accordance with Clause 17.6 (Deposit Account). |
23.13 | Environmental matters |
(a) | Each Obligor must: |
(i) | comply and ensure that any relevant third party complies with all Environmental Law; |
(ii) | obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Permits applicable to it or to the Property; and |
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(iii) | implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law applicable to it or the Property, |
(b) | Each Obligor must, promptly upon becoming aware, notify the Agent of: |
(i) | any Environmental Claim started, or to its knowledge, threatened; |
(ii) | any facts or circumstances reasonably likely to result in an Environmental Claim being started or threatened in writing; or |
(iii) | any suspension, revocation or notification of any Environmental Permit. |
(c) | Each Obligor must indemnify each Finance Party against any loss or liability which: |
(i) | that Finance Party incurs as a result of any actual or alleged breach of any Environmental Law by any person; and |
(ii) | would not have arisen if a Finance Document had not been entered into, |
24. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
24.1 | Non-payment |
(a) | its failure to pay is caused by: |
(i) | administrative or technical error; or |
(ii) | a Disruption Event; and |
(b) | payment is made within three Business Days of its due date. |
24.2 | Financial covenants |
24.3 | Other obligations |
(a) | An Obligor does not comply with any term of: |
(i) | Clause 8.3 (Hedging); |
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(ii) | Clause 17 (Bank Accounts) (other than Clause 17.3 (Rent Account)), unless failure of an Obligor to perform or comply with that clause is caused solely by an administrative error; |
(iii) | Clause 20.2 (Compliance Certificate) and Clause 20.8 (Notification of Default); |
(iv) | Clause 22.1 (Authorisations) to Clause 22.11 (Acquisitions) (inclusive) and Clause 22.19 (Ineligibility Event) to Clause 22.21 (Compliance with ERISA) (inclusive);or |
(v) | Paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of Clause 23.2 (Occupational Leases), Clause 23.3 (Ground Leases and other rights in rem) or Clause 23.11 (Insurances). |
(b) | A Transaction Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 24.1 (Non-payment), Clause 24.2 (Financial covenants) and paragraph (a) above). |
(c) | No Event of Default under paragraph (b) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within ten Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (ii) any Transaction Obligor becoming aware of the failure to comply. |
24.4 | Misrepresentation |
(a) | Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed to be made by a Transaction Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Transaction Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made. |
(b) | No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the misrepresentation or misstatement or the circumstances giving rise to it is or are capable of remedy and is or are remedied within ten Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (ii) any Transaction Obligor becoming aware of the misrepresentation or misstatement. |
24.5 | Cross Default |
(a) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period. |
(b) | Any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(c) | Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any Transaction Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described). |
(d) | Any creditor of any Transaction Obligor becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described). |
24.6 | Insolvency |
(a) | A Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due; |
(ii) | is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under applicable law; |
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(iii) | suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts; or |
(iv) | by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Finance Party in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness. |
(b) | The value of the assets of any Transaction Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities but disregarding any Subordinated Debt). No Event of Default under this paragraph (b) will occur if the Transaction Obligor is incorporated in The Netherlands. |
(c) | A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Transaction Obligor. If a moratorium occurs, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by that moratorium. |
24.7 | Insolvency proceedings |
(a) | Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to: |
(i) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Transaction Obligor; |
(ii) | a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Transaction Obligor; |
(iii) | the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Transaction Obligor or any of its assets; or |
(iv) | enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Transaction Obligor, |
(b) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 days of commencement. |
24.8 | United States Bankruptcy Laws |
(a) | In this Clause 24.8, US Bankruptcy Law means the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other United States Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. |
(b) | Any of the following occurs in respect of a US Debtor: |
(i) | it makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; |
(ii) | it commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any U.S. Bankruptcy Law; or |
(iii) | an involuntary case under any US Bankruptcy Law is commenced against it and is not controverted within 20 days or is not dismissed or stayed within 60 days after commencement of the case; or |
(iv) | an order for relief or other order approving any case or proceeding is entered under any US Bankruptcy Law. |
24.9 | Creditors' process |
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24.10 | Cessation of business |
24.11 | Unlawfulness and invalidity |
(a) | It is or becomes unlawful for a Transaction Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any Transaction Security created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be effective or any subordination created under a Subordination Agreement is or becomes unlawful. |
(b) | Any obligation or obligations of any Transaction Obligor under any Finance Documents are not (subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable and the cessation individually or cumulatively materially and adversely affects the interests of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents. |
(c) | Any Finance Document ceases to be in full force and effect or any Transaction Security or any subordination created under a Subordination Agreement ceases to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable or effective or is alleged by a party to it (other than a Finance Party) to be ineffective. |
24.12 | Repudiation and rescission of agreements |
(a) | A Transaction Obligor (or any other relevant party) rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Finance Document or any of the Transaction Security or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document or any Transaction Security. |
(b) | Any party to the Acquisition Documents or the APA Business rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate any of those agreements or instruments in whole or in part where to do so has or is, in the reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, likely to have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Document |
24.13 | Compulsory purchase |
(a) | Any part of the Property is compulsorily purchased or the applicable local authority makes an order for the compulsory purchase of all or any part of the Property; and |
(b) | in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, taking into account the amount and timing of any compensation payable, the compulsory purchase has or will have a Material Adverse Effect. |
24.14 | Ground Leases and other rights in rem |
24.15 | Major damage |
(a) | Any part of the Property is destroyed or damaged; and |
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(b) | in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, taking into account the amount and timing of receipt of the proceeds of insurance effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the destruction or damage has or will have a Material Adverse Effect. |
24.16 | Material adverse change |
24.17 | Acceleration |
(a) | If an Event of Default described in Clause 24.8 (United States Bankruptcy Laws) occurs, the Total Commitments will, if not already cancelled under this Agreement, be immediately and automatically cancelled and all amounts outstanding under the Finance Documents will be immediately and automatically due and payable, without the requirement of notice or any other formality, provided that if the US Debtor under Clause 24.8 (United States Bankruptcy Laws) is not the Borrower, all amounts due under the Finance Documents shall become immediately due and payable at the Agent’s election, in the Agent’s sole and absolute discretion. |
(b) | On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders: |
(i) | by notice to the Borrower: |
(A) | in not already cancelled in terms of paragraph (a) above cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled; |
(B) | declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or |
(C) | declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or |
(ii) | exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents. |
25. | CHANGES TO THE LENDERS |
25.1 | Assignments and transfers by the Lenders |
(a) | assign any of its rights; or |
(b) | transfer by way of transfer of contract (contractsoverneming) any of its rights and obligations, |
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25.2 | Borrower consent |
(a) | The consent of the Borrower is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is: |
(i) | to any bank, credit institution, financial institution, insurance and reinsurance company, and debt funds regularly investing in real estate loans on behalf of institutional investors, provided that such New Lender is regulated for the purpose of such investment activities within the European Union, the United States of America, Switzerland or Australia; |
(ii) | to another Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender; |
(iii) | to a fund which is a Related Fund of that Existing Lender; or |
(iv) | made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing. |
(b) | The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer, if required, must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent ten Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrower within that time. |
25.3 | Conditions of assignment or transfer |
(a) | An assignment will only be effective on: |
(i) | receipt by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Lender; and |
(ii) | performance by the Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender. |
(b) | A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 25.6 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with. |
(c) | If: |
(i) | a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and |
(ii) | as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax gross up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs), |
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(d) | Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender. |
25.4 | Assignment or transfer fee |
25.5 | Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders |
(a) | Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for: |
(i) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents; |
(ii) | the financial condition of any Transaction Obligor; |
(iii) | the performance and observance by any Transaction Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or |
(iv) | the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document, |
(b) | Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it: |
(i) | has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Transaction Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(ii) | will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Transaction Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force. |
(c) | Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to: |
(i) | accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 25; or |
(ii) | support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Transaction Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise. |
25.6 | Procedure for transfer |
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(a) | Subject to Clause 25.2 (Borrower consent) and the conditions set out in Clause 25.3 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate. |
(b) | The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender. |
(c) | Subject to Clause 25.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date: |
(i) | to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by way of transfer of contract its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the Discharged Rights and Obligations); |
(ii) | each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender; |
(iii) | the Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; |
(iv) | the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender"; and |
(v) | if all the Existing Lender's rights and obligations under the Finance Documents are transferred to the New Lender, the Existing Lender will cease to be a Lender under this Agreement. |
(d) | Each Party (other than the Existing Lender and the New Lender) cooperates in advance (verleent medewerking bij voorbaat) with any transfer made in accordance with this Clause, and irrevocably authorises the Agent: |
(i) | to enter into and deliver any duly completed Transfer Certificate on its behalf; and |
(ii) | to accept notice of any transfer permitted under this Clause on its behalf. |
25.7 | Procedure for assignment |
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25.8 | Copy of Transfer Certificate to Borrower |
25.9 | Security over Lenders' rights |
(a) | any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and |
(b) | any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities, |
(i) | release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents. |
25.10 | Pro rata interest settlement |
(a) | If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a "pro rata basis" to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 25.6 (Procedure for transfer) or any assignment pursuant to Clause 25.7 (Procedure for assignment) the Transfer Date of which, in each case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period): |
(i) | any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date (Accrued Amounts) and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period; and |
(ii) | the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt: |
(A) | when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and |
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(B) | the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 25.10, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts. |
(b) | In this Clause 25 references to "Interest Period" shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees. |
(c) | An Existing Lender which retains the right to the Accrued Amounts pursuant to this Clause 25.10 (Pro rata interest settlement) but which does not have a Commitment shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents. |
26. | RESTRICTION ON DEBT PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS |
26.1 | Prohibition on Debt Purchase Transactions by the Group |
26.2 | Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates |
(a) | For so long as a Sponsor Affiliate: |
(i) | beneficially owns a Commitment; or |
(ii) | has entered into a sub-participation agreement relating to a Commitment or other agreement or arrangement having a substantially similar economic effect and such agreement or arrangement has not been terminated, |
(A) | the Majority Lenders; or |
(B) | whether: |
I. | any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments; or |
II. | the agreement of any specified group of Lenders, |
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(b) | Each Lender must, unless such Debt Purchase Transaction is an assignment or transfer, promptly notify the Agent in writing if it knowingly enters into a Debt Purchase Transaction with a Sponsor Affiliate (a Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction), such notification to be substantially in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (Forms of Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction Notice). |
(c) | A Lender must promptly notify the Agent if a Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction to which it is a party: |
(i) | is terminated; or |
(ii) | ceases to be with a Sponsor Affiliate, |
(d) | Each Sponsor Affiliate that is a Lender agrees that: |
(i) | in relation to any meeting or conference call to which all the Lenders are invited to attend or participate, it will not attend or participate in the same if so requested by the Agent or, unless the Agent otherwise agrees, be entitled to receive the agenda or any minutes of the same; and |
(ii) | in its capacity as Lender, unless the Agent otherwise agrees, it will not be entitled to receive any report or other document prepared at the behest of, or on the instructions of, the Agent or one or more of the Lenders. |
26.3 | Sponsor Affiliates' notification to other Lenders of Debt Purchase Transactions |
27. | CHANGES TO THE TRANSACTION OBLIGORS |
27.1 | Assignments and transfer by Transaction Obligors |
27.2 | Additional Subordinated Creditors |
(a) | The Borrower may request that any person becomes a Subordinated Creditor, with the prior written approval of the Agent, by delivering to the Agent: |
(i) | a duly executed Subordination Accession Agreement; |
(ii) | a duly executed Subordinated Creditor's Security Agreement; and |
(iii) | such constitutional documents, corporate authorisations and other documents (including legal opinions) and matters as the Agent may reasonably require, in form and substance satisfactory |
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(b) | A person referred to in paragraph (a) above will become a Subordinated Creditor on the date the Agent enters into the Subordination Agreement, Subordination Accession Agreement and the Subordinated Creditor's Security Agreement delivered under paragraph (a) above. |
(c) | If the accession of a Subordinated Creditor requires any Finance Party or prospective new Lender to carry out all necessary "know your customer" checks or other similar checks under any applicable law or regulation in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower must, promptly on request by any Finance Party, supply, or procure the supply of, any documentation or other evidence reasonably requested by that Finance Party (whether for itself, or on behalf of any other Finance Party or any prospective new Lender) to enable a Finance Party or prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied with the results of those checks |
28. | ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT, THE ARRANGER AND THE REFERENCE BANKS |
28.1 | The Agent and the Security Agent |
(a) | Each of the Arranger and the Lenders appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents. |
(b) | The Security Agent declares that it holds the security created by a Security Document, on behalf of the Secured Parties as their authorised attorney or agent in accordance with the terms of those Security Documents. |
(c) | Unless expressly provided to the contrary in any Finance Document, the Security Agent in its capacity as security trustee declares that it holds the Security Assets governed by English law on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms contained in this Agreement. |
(d) | Each of the Finance Parties authorises the Agent and the Security Agent to: |
(i) | perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent and the Security Agent (as applicable) under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions; and |
(ii) | enter into and deliver each Finance Document expressed to be entered into by that Agent. |
(e) | Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (d) above each Finance Party: |
(i) | confirms its approval of each Security Document; and |
(ii) | authorises and directs the Security Agent (by itself or by such person(s) as it may nominate) to enter into and enforce the Security Documents as trustee or agent or as otherwise provided (and whether or not expressly in the names of the Finance Parties) on its behalf. |
(f) | Each Finance Party authorises the Agent and the Security Agent to: |
(i) | execute the rights and make decisions assigned to the Agent and the Security Agent in the Finance Documents on the instruction of the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable; |
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(ii) | be its agent and attorney under and in connection with each other Finance Document; and |
(iii) | execute and deliver to its legal counsel a power of attorney to sign all documents referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above. |
(g) | Subject to Clause 28.13 (Resignation of the Agent and the Security Agent), the Agent and Security Agent must ensure that as long as Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG is a Lender, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG will remain as the Agent and Security Agent. |
28.2 | Enforcement through Security Agent only |
28.3 | Instructions |
(a) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent shall: |
(i) | unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) in accordance with any instructions given to it by: |
(A) | all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision; and |
(B) | in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and |
(ii) | not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with paragraph (i) above (or, if this Agreement stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Finance Party or group of Finance Parties, from that Finance Party or group of Finance Parties). |
(b) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Finance Party or group of Finance Parties, from that Finance Party or group of Finance Parties) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion and the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested. |
(c) | Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Finance Party or group of Finance Parties under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties. |
(d) | Paragraph (a) above shall not apply: |
(i) | where a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document; |
(ii) | where a Finance Document requires the Agent or the Security Agent to act in a specified manner or to take a specified action; |
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(iii) | in respect of any provision which protects the Agent's or Security Agent's own position in its personal capacity as opposed to its role of Agent or Security Agent for the relevant Finance Parties or Secured Parties (as applicable) including, without limitation, Clause 28.6 (No fiduciary duties) to Clause 28.11 (Exclusion of liability) (inclusive), Clause 28.14 (Confidentiality) to Clause 28.22 (Custodians and nominees) (inclusive) and Clause 28.25 (Acceptance of title) to Clause 28.28 (Disapplication of Trustee Acts) (inclusive); |
(iv) | in respect of the exercise of the Security Agent's discretion to exercise a right, power or authority under any of: |
(A) | Clause 29.1 (Order of application); |
(B) | Clause 29.2 (Prospective liabilities); and |
(C) | Clause 29.5 (Permitted deductions). |
(e) | If giving effect to instructions given by the Majority Lenders would (in the Agent's or (as applicable) the Security Agent's opinion) have an effect equivalent to an amendment or waiver referred to in Clause 38 (Amendments and waivers), the Agent or (as applicable) Security Agent shall not act in accordance with those instructions unless consent to it so acting is obtained from each Party (other than the Agent or Security Agent) whose consent would have been required in respect of that amendment or waiver. |
(f) | In exercising any discretion to exercise a right, power or authority under the Finance Documents where either: |
(i) | it has not received any instructions as to the exercise of that discretion; or |
(ii) | the exercise of that discretion is subject to paragraph (d)(iv) above, |
(g) | The Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of any Finance Party or group of Finance Parties until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its discretion require (which may be greater in extent than that contained in the Finance Documents and which may include payment in advance) for any cost, loss or liability (together with any applicable VAT) which it may incur in complying with those instructions. |
(h) | Without prejudice to the remainder of this Clause 28.3 (Instructions), in the absence of instructions, each of the Agent and the Security Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of (in the case of the Agent) the Finance Parties and (in the case of the Security Agent) the Secured Parties. |
(i) | Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent is authorised to act on behalf of a Finance Party (without first obtaining that Finance Party's prior written consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document. This paragraph (i) shall not apply to any legal or arbitration proceeding relating to the perfection, preservation or protection of rights under the Security Documents or enforcement of the Transaction Security or Security Documents. |
28.4 | Duties of the Agent and Security Agent |
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(a) | The duties of the Agent and the Security Agent under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature. |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, each of the Agent and the Security Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) for that Party by any other Party. |
(c) | Without prejudice to Clause 25.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate to Borrower), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate. |
(d) | Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, neither the Agent nor the Security Agent is obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party. |
(e) | If the Agent or the Security Agent receives notice from a Party referring to any Finance Document, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
(f) | If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, or any fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent, the Arranger or the Security Agent) under this Agreement, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties. |
(g) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied). |
28.5 | Role of the Arranger |
28.6 | No fiduciary duties |
(a) | Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes: |
(i) | the Agent or the Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person; or |
(ii) | the Security Agent as an agent, trustee or fiduciary of any Transaction Obligor. |
(b) | None of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger shall be bound to account to any other Finance Party or (in the case of the Security Agent) any Secured Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
28.7 | Business with the Group |
(a) | The Agent, the Security Agent and the Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Transaction Obligor or Affiliate of a Transaction Obligor. |
(b) | If it is also a Lender, each of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Arranger have the same rights and powers under the Finance Documents as any other Lender and may exercise those rights and powers as though it were not the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger (as applicable). |
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(c) | Each of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Arranger may carry on any business with any Transaction Obligor or its related entities (including acting as an agent or a trustee in connection with any other financing). |
28.8 | Rights and discretions |
(a) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may: |
(i) | rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; |
(ii) | assume that: |
(A) | any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Finance Parties or any group of Finance Parties are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and |
(B) | unless it has received written notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and |
(iii) | rely on a certificate from any person: |
(A) | as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or |
(B) | to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing, |
(b) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may assume (unless it has received notice in writing to the contrary in its capacity as agent or security agent and trustee for the Finance Parties or Secured Parties respectively) that: |
(i) | no Default has occurred (unless, in the case of the Agent, it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 24.1 (Non-payment)); |
(ii) | any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Finance Parties has not been exercised; and |
(iii) | any notice or request made by the Borrower (other than the Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Transaction Obligors. |
(c) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts. |
(d) | Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, each of the Agent and the Security Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable), (and so separate from any lawyers instructed by the Lenders) if the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable), in its reasonable opinion deems this to be desirable. |
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(e) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Agent or by the Security Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying. |
(f) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents and the Security Assets through its officers, employees and agents and shall not: |
(i) | be liable for any error of judgment made by any such person; or |
(ii) | be bound to supervise, or be in any way responsible for any loss incurred by reason of misconduct, omission or default on the part, of any such person, |
(g) | Unless a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise each of the Agent and the Security Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent or security trustee under the Finance Documents. |
(h) | Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, none of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
(i) | Each of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger may do anything which, in its opinion, is necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation. |
(j) | Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Security Agent is obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. |
28.9 | Responsibility for documentation |
(a) | None of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger, is responsible or liable for: |
(i) | the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Security Agent, the Arranger, a Transaction Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Property Report or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; |
(ii) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or the Security Assets or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Security Assets; or |
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(iii) | any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party or Secured Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise. |
(b) | Except as provided above, none of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger has any duty: |
(i) | either initially or on a continuing basis to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents (including any information relating to the financial condition or affairs of any Transaction Obligor or its related entities or the nature or extent of recourse against any Party or its assets) whether coming into its possession before, on or after the date of this Agreement; or |
(ii) | unless specifically requested to do so by a Lender in accordance with a Finance Document, to request any certificate or other document from any Transaction Obligor. |
28.10 | No duty to monitor |
(a) | whether or not any Default has occurred; |
(b) | as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or |
(c) | whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred. |
28.11 | Exclusion of liability |
(a) | Without limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent, the Security Agent or any Receiver or Delegate), none of the Agent, the Security Agent nor any Receiver or Delegate will be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for: |
(i) | any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Security Assets, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; |
(ii) | exercising, or not exercising, any right, power, authority or discretion given to it by, or in connection with, any Finance Document, the Security Assets or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, any Finance Document or the Security Assets; |
(iii) | any shortfall which arises on the enforcement or realisation of the Security Assets; or |
(iv) | without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) to (iii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of: |
(A) | any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or |
(B) | the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction, |
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(b) | No Party (other than the Agent, the Security Agent, that Receiver or that Delegate (as applicable)) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent, the Security Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate, in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent, the Security Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document or any Security Asset and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent, the Security Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate may rely on this Clause 28.11 subject to Clause 1.6 (Third party rights). This paragraph (b) constitutes an irrevocable third party stipulation for no consideration (onherroepelijk derdenbeding om niet) as referred to in Section 6:253 of the Dutch Civil Code for the benefit of any Receiver or Delegate or any officer, employee or agent of the Agent, the Security Agent, Receiver or a Delegate. |
(c) | Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent will be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) if the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) for that purpose. |
(d) | Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent, the Security Agent or the Arranger to carry out: |
(i) | any "know your customer" or other checks in relation to any person; or |
(ii) | any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Finance Party, |
(e) | Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent, the Security Agent, any Receiver or Delegate, any liability of the Agent, the Security Agent, any Receiver or Delegate arising under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Security Assets shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been finally judicially determined to have been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Agent, the Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances known to the Agent, the Security Agent, any Receiver or Delegate at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Agent, the Security Agent, any Receiver or Delegate be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Agent, the Security Agent, the Receiver or Delegate has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages. |
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28.12 | Lenders' indemnity to the Agent and Security Agent |
(a) | Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, the Security Agent and every Receiver and every Delegate, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by any of them (otherwise than by reason of the Agent's, the Security Agent's or the Receiver's or the Delegate's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 32.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc), notwithstanding the Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent or Security Agent) in acting as Agent, Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents (unless the relevant Agent, Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document). |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Borrower shall immediately on demand reimburse any Lender for any payment that Lender makes to the Agent or the Security Agent pursuant to paragraph (a) above. |
(c) | Paragraph (b) above shall not apply to the extent that the indemnity payment in respect of which the Lender claims reimbursement relates to a liability of the Agent or the Security Agent to an Obligor. |
28.13 | Resignation of the Agent and the Security Agent |
(a) | Each of the Agent and the Security Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates or, if any of the rights of a Lender under this Agreement are the subject of a Securitisation, the servicer or any similar person appointed in relation to that Securitisation as successor by giving written notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower. |
(b) | Alternatively the Agent or the Security Agent may resign by giving 30 days' notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the other Finance Parties and the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent or Security Agent (as applicable). |
(c) | If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent or Security Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) (after consultation with the other Finance Parties and Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent or Security Agent (as applicable). |
(d) | If the Agent or Security Agent wishes to resign because (acting reasonably) it has concluded that it is no longer appropriate for it to remain as agent or security agent and the Agent or Security Agent is entitled to appoint a successor Agent or Security Agent under paragraph (c) above, the Agent or Security Agent may (if it concludes (acting reasonably) that it is necessary to do so in order to persuade the proposed successor Agent or Security Agent to become a party to this Agreement as Agent or Security Agent) agree with the proposed successor Agent or Security Agent amendments to this Clause 28 and any other term of this Agreement dealing with the rights or obligations of the Agent or Security Agent consistent with then current market practice for the appointment and protection of corporate trustees together with any reasonable amendments to the agency fee payable under this Agreement which are consistent with the successor Agent's or Security Agent’s normal fee rates and those amendments will bind the Parties. |
(e) | The retiring Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall make available to the successor Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent or Security Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent |
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(f) | The resignation notice of the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall only take effect upon: |
(i) | the appointment of a successor; and |
(ii) | (in the case of the Security Agent) the legal, valid, binding and enforceable transfer of the Security Assets to that successor. |
(g) | Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (b) of Clause 28.26 (Winding up of trust) and (e) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 14.4 (Indemnity to the Security Agent) and this Clause 28 (and any fees for the account of the retiring Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party. |
(h) | After consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by giving 30 days' notice to the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable), require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above but the cost referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be for the account of the Obligors. |
(i) | The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either: |
(i) | the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.8 (FATCA information) and a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; |
(ii) | the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 12.8 (FATCA information) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or |
(iii) | the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; |
(j) | The Borrower must, promptly and at its own cost, take any action and enter into and deliver any document which is required by the Agent or Security Agent to ensure that a Security Document for effective and perfected Security Interests is created in favour of any successor Security Agent. |
28.14 | Confidentiality |
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(a) | In acting as agent or trustee for the Finance Parties, the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments. |
(b) | If information is received by another division or department of the Agent or Security Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) shall not be deemed to have notice of it. |
28.15 | Relationship with the other Finance Parties |
(a) | Subject to Clause 25.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent's principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office: |
(i) | entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and |
(ii) | entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day, |
(b) | Any Lender may by written notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall: |
(i) | contain the address, fax number and (where communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 34.5 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made); and |
(ii) | be treated as a notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address (or such other information), department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 34.2 (Addresses) and paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 34.5 (Electronic communication). |
(c) | The Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender. |
(d) | Each Finance Party shall supply the Security Agent with any information that the Security Agent may reasonably specify as being necessary or desirable to enable the Security Agent to perform its functions as Security Agent. |
28.16 | Credit appraisal by the Lenders |
(a) | the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group; |
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(b) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document, the Security Assets and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Security Assets; |
(c) | whether that Finance Party has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Security Assets, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Security Assets; |
(d) | the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Property Report and any other information provided by the Agent, the Security Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and |
(e) | the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any part of, the Security Assets, the priority of any of the Transaction Security or the existence of any Security affecting the Security Assets. |
28.17 | Agent's and Security Agent's management time |
(a) | Any amount payable to the Agent or Security Agent under Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 14.4 (Indemnity to the Security Agent), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and Clause 28.12 (Lenders' indemnity to the Agent and Security Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the management time or other resources of the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent or Security Agent may notify to the Borrower and the other Finance Parties, and is in addition to any fee, if any, paid or payable to the Agent or Security Agent under Clause 11 (Fees). |
(b) | Without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, in the event of: |
(i) | a Default; |
(ii) | the Agent or Security Agent being requested by a Transaction Obligor or the Majority Lenders to undertake duties which the Agent or Security Agent, as applicable, and the Borrower agree to be of an exceptional nature or outside the scope of the normal duties of the Agent or Security Agent under the Finance Documents; or |
(iii) | the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) and the Borrower agreeing that it is otherwise appropriate in the circumstances, |
(c) | If the Agent or Security Agent, as applicable, and the Borrower fail to agree upon the nature of the duties, or upon the additional remuneration referred to in paragraph (b) above or whether additional remuneration is appropriate in the circumstances, any dispute shall be determined by an investment bank (acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator) selected by the Agent or Security Agent (as applicable) and approved by the Borrower or, failing approval, nominated (on the application of the Agent or |
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28.18 | Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent |
28.19 | Reliance and engagement letters |
28.20 | No responsibility to perfect Transaction Security |
(a) | require the deposit with it of any deed or document certifying, representing or constituting the title of any Transaction Obligor to any of the Security Assets; |
(b) | obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution, delivery, legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Finance Document or the Transaction Security; |
(c) | register, file or record or otherwise protect any of the Transaction Security (or the priority of any of the Transaction Security) under any law or regulation or to give notice to any person of the execution of any Finance Document or of the Transaction Security; |
(d) | take, or require any Transaction Obligor to take, any step to perfect its title to any of the Security Assets or to render the Transaction Security effective or to secure the creation of any ancillary Security under any law or regulation; or |
(e) | require any further assurance in relation to any Security Document. |
28.21 | Insurance by Agent or Security Agent |
(a) | Neither the Agent nor the Security Agent shall be obliged: |
(i) | to insure any of the Security Assets; |
(ii) | to require any other person to maintain any insurance; or |
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(iii) | to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained in any Finance Document, |
(b) | Where the Security Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person as a result of its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such insurers or any other information of any kind, unless the Majority Lenders request it to do so in writing and the Security Agent fails to do so within 14 days after receipt of that request. |
28.22 | Custodians and nominees |
28.23 | Delegation by the Security Agent |
(a) | Each of the Security Agent, any Receiver and any Delegate may, at any time, delegate by power of attorney or otherwise to any person for any period, all or any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it in its capacity as such. |
(b) | That delegation may be made upon any terms and conditions (including the power to sub-delegate or with a right of substitution) and subject to any restrictions that the Security Agent, that Receiver or that Delegate (as the case may be) may, in its discretion, think fit in the interests of the Secured Parties. |
(c) | No Security Agent, Receiver or Delegate shall be bound to supervise, or be in any way responsible for any damages, costs or losses incurred by reason of any misconduct, omission or default on the part of, any such delegate or sub-delegate, sub-delegate or third party attorney (derde-gevolmachtigde). |
28.24 | Additional Security Agents |
(a) | The Security Agent may at any time appoint (and subsequently remove) any person to act as a separate agent, co-agent, attorney, trustee or as a co-trustee jointly with it: |
(i) | if it considers that appointment to be in the interests of the Secured Parties; |
(ii) | for the purposes of conforming to any legal requirement, restriction or condition which the Security Agent deems to be relevant; or |
(iii) | for obtaining or enforcing any judgment in any jurisdiction, |
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(b) | Any person so appointed shall have the rights, powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those given to the Security Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents) and the duties, obligations and responsibilities that are given or imposed by the instrument of appointment. |
(c) | The remuneration that the Security Agent may pay to that person, and any costs and expenses (together with any applicable VAT) incurred by that person in performing its functions pursuant to that appointment shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be treated as costs and expenses incurred by the Security Agent. |
28.25 | Acceptance of title |
28.26 | Winding up of trust |
(a) | all of the Secured Liabilities and all other obligations secured by the Security Documents have been fully and finally discharged; and |
(b) | no Secured Party is under any commitment, obligation or liability (actual or contingent) to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Obligor pursuant to the Finance Documents, |
(i) | the trusts set out in this Agreement shall be wound up and the Security Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of the Transaction Security and the rights of the Security Agent under each of the Security Documents; and |
(ii) | any Security Agent which has resigned pursuant to Clause 28.13 (Resignation of the Agent and the Security Agent) shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of its rights under each Security Document. |
28.27 | Powers supplemental to Trustee Acts |
28.28 | Disapplication of Trustee Acts |
28.29 | Role of Reference Banks |
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(a) | No Reference Bank is under any obligation to provide a quotation or any other information to the Agent. |
(b) | No Reference Bank will be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, or for any Reference Bank Quotation, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
(c) | No Party (other than the relevant Reference Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of any Reference Bank in respect of any claim it might have against that Reference Bank or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document, or to any Reference Bank Quotation, and any officer, employee or agent of each Reference Bank may rely on this Clause 28.29 subject to Clause 1.6 (Third party rights). This Clause 28.29 constitutes an irrevocable third party stipulation for no consideration (onherroepelijk derdenbeding om niet) as referred to in Section 6:253 of the Dutch Civil Code for the benefit of any entity which is a Reference Bank but which is not a Party. |
28.30 | Third party Reference Banks |
28.31 | Conflict of interest and powers of attorney |
29. | APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
29.1 | Order of application |
(a) | in discharging any sums owing to the Security Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate; |
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(b) | in payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent or any Secured Party in connection with any realisation or enforcement of the Transaction Security taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and |
(c) | in payment to the Agent for application in accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial payments). |
29.2 | Prospective liabilities |
(a) | any sum to the Security Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate; and |
(b) | any part of the Secured Liabilities, |
29.3 | Investment of proceeds |
29.4 | Currency conversion |
(a) | For the purpose of, or pending the discharge of, any of the Secured Liabilities the Security Agent may convert any moneys received or recovered by the Security Agent from one currency to another, at a market rate of exchange. |
(b) | The obligations of any Transaction Obligor to pay in the due currency shall only be satisfied to the extent of the amount of the due currency purchased after deducting the costs of conversion. |
29.5 | Permitted deductions |
(a) | to set aside by way of reserve amounts required to meet, and to make and pay, any deductions and withholdings (on account of taxes or otherwise) which it is or may be required by any applicable law to make from any distribution or payment made by it under this Agreement; and |
(b) | to pay all Taxes which may be assessed against it in respect of any of the Security Assets, or as a consequence of performing its duties, or by virtue of its capacity as Security Agent under any of the Finance Documents or otherwise (other than in connection with its remuneration for performing its duties under this Agreement). |
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29.6 | Good discharge |
(a) | Any payment to be made in respect of the Secured Liabilities by the Security Agent may be made to the Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties and any payment made in that way shall be a good discharge, to the extent of that payment, by the Security Agent. |
(b) | The Security Agent is under no obligation to make the payments to the Agent under paragraph (a) above in the same currency as that in which the obligations and liabilities owing to the relevant Finance Party are denominated. |
30. | CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES |
(a) | interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
(b) | oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
(c) | oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax. |
31. | SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES |
31.1 | Payments to Finance Parties |
(a) | the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent; |
(b) | the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and |
(c) | the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the Sharing Payment) equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial payments). |
31.2 | Redistribution of payments |
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31.3 | Recovering Finance Party's rights |
31.4 | Reversal of redistribution |
(a) | each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the Redistributed Amount); and |
(b) | as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor. |
31.5 | Exceptions |
(a) | This Clause 31 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor. |
(b) | A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if: |
(i) | it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and |
(ii) | that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings. |
32. | PAYMENT MECHANICS |
32.1 | Payments to the Agent |
(a) | On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment. |
(b) | Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Agent) and with such bank as the Agent, in each case, specifies. |
32.2 | Distributions by the Agent |
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32.3 | Distributions to an Obligor |
32.4 | Clawback and pre-funding |
(a) | Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. |
(b) | Unless paragraph (c) below applies, if the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds. |
(c) | If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is willing to make available amounts for the account of the Borrower before receiving funds from the Lenders then if and to the extent that the Agent does so but it proves to be the case that it does not then receive funds from a Lender in respect of a sum which it paid to the Borrower: |
(i) | the Agent shall notify the Borrower of that Lender's identity and the Borrower to whom that sum was made available shall on demand refund it to the Agent; and |
(ii) | the Lender by whom those funds should have been made available or, if that Lender fails to do so, the Borrower to whom that sum was made available, shall on demand pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify the Agent against any funding cost incurred by it as a result of paying out that sum before receiving those funds from that Lender. |
32.5 | Partial payments |
(a) | If the Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents, the Agent or the Security Agent (as applicable) shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order: |
(i) | first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid amount owing to the Agent, the Security Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate under the Finance Documents; |
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(ii) | secondly, in or towards payment to the Agent for the Lenders pro rata of any accrued interest and fees due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
(iii) | thirdly, in or towards payment to the Agent for the Lenders pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
(iv) | fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | The Agent shall, if so directed by all the Lenders, vary, or instruct the Security Agent to vary (as applicable), the order set out in paragraphs (a)(i) to (a)(iv) Any such variation may include the re-ordering of obligations set out in any such paragraph. |
(c) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor. |
(d) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event of a partial payment, any Lender which is a Pfandbriefbank may allocate payments received by it at its own discretion between amounts which are due to it in its capacity as Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents. This paragraph (d) overrides any appropriation made by a Transaction Obligor or any other Party or person. |
32.6 | No set-off by Obligors |
32.7 | Business Days |
(a) | Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). |
(b) | During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date. |
32.8 | Currency of account |
(a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, euro is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from a Transaction Obligor under any Finance Document. |
(b) | Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred. |
(c) | Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than euro shall be paid in that other currency. |
32.9 | Change of currency |
(a) | Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then: |
(i) | any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or |
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(ii) | any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably). |
(b) | If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency. |
32.10 | Disruption to Payment Systems etc |
(a) | the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances; |
(b) | the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes; |
(c) | the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; |
(d) | any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 38 (Amendments and waivers); |
(e) | the Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 32.10; and |
(f) | the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above. |
33. | SET-OFF |
34. | NOTICES |
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34.1 | Communications in writing |
34.2 | Addresses |
(a) | in the case of the Borrower and the Guarantors, that identified with its name below; |
(b) | in the case of each Lender or any other Transaction Obligor, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and |
(c) | in the case of the Arranger, the Original Lender, the Agent and the Security Agent, that identified with its name below, |
34.3 | Delivery |
(a) | Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective: |
(i) | if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or |
(ii) | if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address; |
(b) | Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent or the Security Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent or the Security Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent's or the Security Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent or Security Agent shall specify for this purpose). |
(c) | All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent. |
(d) | Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors. |
(e) | Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following Business Day. |
34.4 | Notification of address and fax number |
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34.5 | Electronic communication |
(a) | Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties: |
(i) | notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and |
(ii) | notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five Business Days' notice. |
(b) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between an Obligor and a Finance Party may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication. |
(c) | Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Agent or the Security Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent or the Security Agent shall specify for this purpose. |
(d) | Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5.00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following Business Day. |
(e) | Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 31.5. |
34.6 | English language |
(a) | Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English. |
(b) | All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be: |
(i) | in English; or |
(ii) | if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document. |
35. | CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
35.1 | Accounts |
35.2 | Certificates and determinations |
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35.3 | Day count convention |
36. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
37. | REMEDIES AND WAIVERS |
(a) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No election to affirm any Finance Document on the part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
(b) | Each Obligor irrevocably waives any right it may have at any time to: |
(i) | any rights and defences under Sections 6:6 up to and including 6:16, 6:139, 6:154, and 7:851 up to and including 7:870 of the Dutch Civil Code or any other applicable law; |
(ii) | suspend (opschorten) any obligation under this Agreement under Sections 6:52, 6:262 and 6:263 of the Dutch Civil Code or any other applicable law; or |
(iii) | rescind (ontbinden) this Agreement, in whole or in part, under Sections 6:228 and 6:265 of the Dutch Civil Code or any other applicable law. |
38. | AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
38.1 | Required consents |
(a) | Subject to Clause 38.2 (All Lender matters) and Clause 38.3 (Other exceptions), any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties. |
(b) | The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 38. |
(c) | Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of Clause 28.8 (Rights and discretions), the Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the services of lawyers in determining the consent level required for and effecting any amendment, waiver or consent under this Agreement. |
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(d) | Each Obligor agrees to any such amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 38 which is agreed to by the Borrower. This includes any amendment or waiver which would, but for this paragraph (d), require the consent of all of the Obligors. |
(e) | Paragraph (c) of Clause 25.10 (Pro rata interest settlement) shall apply to this Clause 38. |
38.2 | All Lender matters |
(a) | the definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions); |
(b) | an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
(c) | a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable; |
(d) | a change in currency of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents; |
(e) | an increase in any Commitment or the Total Commitments, an extension of any Availability Period or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments rateably under the Facility; |
(f) | a change to the Borrower; |
(g) | any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders; |
(h) | Clause 2.2 (Finance Parties' rights and obligations), Clause 5.1 (Delivery of the Utilisation Request), Clause 6 (Repayment), Clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation), Clause 16.3 (Valuations), Clause 17 (Bank Accounts), Clause 21 (Financial covenants), Clause 22.4 (Disposals), Clause 22.9 (Anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery laws), Clause 22.10 (Sanctions), Clause 23.2 (Occupational Leases), Clause 23.3 (Ground Leases and other rights in rem), Clause 23.11 (Insurances), Clause 25 (Changes to the Lenders ), Clause 27 (Changes to the Transaction Obligors), Clause 31 (Sharing among the Finance Parties), Clause 32.5 (Partial payments) this Clause 38, Clause 42 (Governing law) or Clause 43.1 (Jurisdiction); |
(i) | (other than as expressly permitted by the provisions of any Finance Document) the nature or scope of: |
(i) | the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity); |
(ii) | the Security Assets; or |
(iii) | the manner in which the proceeds of enforcement of the Transaction Security are distributed |
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(j) | the release of any guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 18 (Guarantee and indemnity) or of any Transaction Security unless permitted under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or relating to a sale or disposal of an asset which is the subject of the Transaction Security where such sale or disposal is expressly permitted under this Agreement or any other Finance Document, |
38.3 | Other exceptions |
38.4 | Replacement of Screen Rate |
(a) | Subject to Clause 38.3 (Other exceptions), if the Screen Rate is not available for euro, any amendment or waiver which relates to providing for another benchmark rate to apply in relation to euro in place of that Screen Rate (or which relates to aligning any provision of a Finance Document to the use of that benchmark rate) may be made with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower. |
(b) | If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraph (a) above within three Business Days (unless the Borrower and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation to any request) of that request being made: |
(i) | its Commitment shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and |
(ii) | its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request. |
39. | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
39.1 | Confidentiality |
39.2 | Disclosure of Confidential Information |
(a) | to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional |
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(b) | to any person: |
(i) | to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Agent or Security Agent and, in each case, to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(ii) | with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers; |
(iii) | appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (b) of Clause 28.15 (Relationship with the other Finance Parties)); |
(iv) | who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above; |
(v) | to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation; |
(vi) | to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes; |
(vii) | to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with any Insurance; |
(viii) | to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 25.9 (Security over Lenders' rights); |
(ix) | who is a Party, a member of the Group or any related entity of an Obligor; |
(x) | in connection with or in contemplation of a Securitisation; |
(xi) | with the consent of the Borrower; or |
(xii) | if an Event of Default in continuing, |
(A) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality |
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(B) | in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information; |
(C) | in relation to paragraphs (b)(v) to (b)(viii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; and |
(c) | to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Finance Party; and |
(d) | to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Transaction Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information. |
39.3 | Disclosure to numbering service providers |
(a) | Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors the following information: |
(i) | the names of Transaction Obligors; |
(ii) | the country of domicile of the Transaction Obligors; |
(iii) | the place of incorporation of the Transaction Obligors; |
(iv) | the date of this Agreement; |
(v) | Clause 42 (Governing law); |
(vi) | the names of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Arranger; |
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(vii) | the date of each amendment of this Agreement; |
(viii) | the amount of Total Commitments; |
(ix) | the currency of the Facility; |
(x) | the type of Facility; |
(xi) | the ranking of Facility; |
(xii) | the Termination Date; |
(xiii) | the changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xii) above; and |
(xiv) | such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrower, |
(b) | The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Transaction Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider. |
(c) | Each Obligor represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (a)(i) to (xiv) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information. |
(d) | The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the other Finance Parties of: |
(i) | the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Transaction Obligors; and |
(ii) | the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Transaction Obligors by such numbering service provider. |
39.4 | Entire agreement |
39.5 | Inside information |
39.6 | Notification of disclosure |
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(a) | of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 39.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
(b) | upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 39. |
39.7 | Continuing obligations |
(a) | the date on which all amounts payable by the Transaction Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and |
(b) | the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party. |
40. | CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES AND REFERENCE BANK QUOTATIONS |
40.1 | Confidentiality and disclosure |
(a) | The Agent and each Obligor agree to keep each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below. |
(b) | The Agent may disclose: |
(i) | any Funding Rate (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Reference Bank Quotation) to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 8.5 (Notification of rates of interest); and |
(ii) | any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be. |
(c) | The Agent may disclose any Funding Rate or any Reference Bank Quotation, and each Obligor may disclose any Funding Rate, to: |
(i) | any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional or contractual obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it; |
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(ii) | any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; |
(iii) | any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate or Reference Bank Quotation is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that it may be price sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the relevant Obligor, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and |
(iv) | any person with the consent of the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be. |
(d) | The Agent's obligations in this Clause 40 relating to Reference Bank Quotations are without prejudice to its obligations to make notifications under Clause 8.5 (Notification of rates of interest) provided that (other than pursuant to paragraph (b)(i) above) the Agent shall not include the details of any individual Reference Bank Quotation as part of any such notification. |
40.2 | Related obligations |
(a) | The Agent and each Obligor acknowledge that each Funding Rate (and, in the case of the Agent, each Reference Bank Quotation) is or may be price sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Agent and each Obligor undertake not to use any Funding Rate or, in the case of the Agent, any Reference Bank Quotation for any unlawful purpose. |
(b) | The Agent and each Obligor agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender or Reference Bank, as the case may be: |
(i) | of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 40.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and |
(ii) | upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 40. |
40.3 | No Event of Default |
41. | COUNTERPARTS |
42. | GOVERNING LAW |
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(a) | Subject to paragraph (b) below, this Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by Dutch law. |
(b) | Paragraph (c) of Clause 28.1 (The Agent and the Security Agent), Clause 28.22 (Custodians and nominees), Clause 28.26 (Winding up of trust), Clause 28.27 (Powers supplemental to Trustee Acts) and Clause 28.28 (Disapplication of Trustee Acts) and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the Clauses are governed by English law. |
(c) | If a Party is represented by one or more attorneys in connection with the execution of any Finance Document and the relevant power of attorney is expressed to be governed by Dutch or any other law, each other Party accepts that choice of law in accordance with Article 14 of the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency of 14 March 1978. |
43. | ENFORCEMENT |
43.1 | Jurisdiction |
(a) | Unless specifically provided in another Finance Document in relation to that Finance Document, the courts of Amsterdam, The Netherlands have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of any Finance Document or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with any Finance Document) (a Dispute). |
(b) | Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
43.2 | Waiver of trial by jury |
44. | USA PATRIOT ACT |
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Name of Original Lender | Commitment |
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG | EUR 75,000,000 |
(with Treaty Passport Scheme reference number 7/D/358823/DTTP and being tax resident in The Federal Republic of Germany) |
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1. | Transaction Obligors |
(a) | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Transaction Obligor. |
(b) | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of each Transaction Obligor: |
(i) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Finance Documents to which it is a party; |
(ii) | in the case of each Transaction Obligor incorporated under Dutch law, a confirmation by its board of directors (bestuur) that no works council (ondernemingsraad) having jurisdiction over that Transaction Obligor has been installed and no works council will be installed in the foreseeable future; |
(iii) | in the case of each Transaction Obligor incorporated under Dutch law, a declaration by each managing director (bestuurder) on conflict of interest (tegenstrijdig belang) within the meaning of Article 2:47 of the Dutch Civil Code; |
(iv) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and |
(v) | authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, the Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
(c) | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above. |
(d) | If required, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares or membership rights (as applicable) in each Transaction Obligor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party. |
(e) | A certificate of each Transaction Obligor (signed by two directors) confirming that the borrowing, guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on any Transaction Obligor to be exceeded. |
(f) | A certificate signed by two directors of the relevant Transaction Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. |
(g) | A good standing certificate in respect of each Guarantor issued by the appropriate governmental authority it is jurisdiction of formation as of a recent date. |
(h) | A copy of the membership register of the Borrower. |
(i) | Evidence required by the Agent for the purpose of any "know your customer" requirements and compliance with any obligations and best practices under any applicable anti-money laundering |
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(j) | A structure chart (certified by two directors of the Shareholder) setting out the ownership of each Obligor, the Ultimate Owners, each Subordinated Creditor (with percentage ownership rights indicated and supported by certified copies of the share registers (or equivalent)) and the Property. |
(k) | Evidence that the Borrower has applied for a VAT number with the Dutch tax authorities. |
2. | Financial information |
(a) | A pro forma balance sheet of each Obligor as at the Utilisation Date, showing the Utilisation and certified by two directors of the Borrower. |
(b) | The most recent audited consolidated financial statements of Hines Global Income Trust, Inc. |
(c) | A tax report from Ernst & Young Belastingadviseurs LLP. |
(d) | Evidence that there is outstanding EUR45,700,000 by way of Subordinated Debt. |
(e) | The arrangements documenting the Subordinated Debt. |
(f) | Copies of the bank mandates for the Accounts. |
(g) | The Funds Flow Statement. |
(h) | A copy of the Business Plan. |
3. | Valuation and survey |
(a) | A copy of the Initial Valuation to be delivered by the Borrower at least ten (10) Business Days before the Utilisation Date. |
(b) | Confirmation that the Agent's internal valuer or appointed nominee has carried out a satisfactory inspection of the Property. |
(c) | An environmental phase 1 report from Arcadis Nederland B.V., ground condition reports from HMB B.V. and Kragten B.V., a building survey/technical due diligence report from Arcadis Nederland B.V., a measurement survey from Architect B.V and an abestos report from Tauw B.V. each on or in relation to the Property and each addressed to the Finance Parties. |
(d) | A copy of the current energy performance certificate(s) in respect of the Property or evidence that an energy performance certificate is not required under applicable law or regulation. |
4. | Insurance |
(a) | Evidence, by way of a report issued by INTECH Risk Management GmbH, the insurance advisor to the Finance Parties confirming, that the insurance cover in force in respect of the Property complies with the terms of this Agreement and the necessary premia have been paid. |
(b) | Copies of all insurance policies relating to the Property. |
(c) | An insurance valuation of the Property. |
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(d) | Evidence to the satisfaction of the Agent of the Property Manager’s and the Asset Manager’s professional indemnity insurance, with, in each case, a limit of not less than EUR5,000,000. |
5. | Property |
(a) | All title documents relating to the Borrower's interests in the Property, including the deed which contains the rights of Ground Lease in electronic format. |
(b) | Copies of the official site plans, cadastral maps and building plans. |
(c) | Copies of all Lease Documents in electronic format, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any guarantee agreement (howsoever described) between Borrower and the person guaranteeing the obligations of each tenant under the current lease agreements. |
(d) | A certified tenancy schedule including rent roll showing a minimum Net Rental Income of no less EUR900,000 per annum and evidence of the financial standing of such tenants at the Property; |
(e) | The Property Report, prepared by the Borrowers external legal adviser (having a satisfactory level of professional indemnity cover) and addressed to the Finance Parties including confirmation that the data contained in the tenancy schedules in respect of letting arrangements at the Property is correct (by reference to the underlying lease and title documents they have reviewed). |
(f) | An overview report in respect of the Property Report prepared by the Agent's external legal adviser addressed to the Finance Parties. |
(g) | Evidence that all Security (other than under a Security Document) affecting the Borrower's interests in the Property has been, or will be, discharged by the Utilisation Date. |
(h) | Evidence that the existing ground lease(s) granted in favour of Logistic Park Venlo II B.V. and Logistic Park Venlo III B.V. is or are cancelled and that the freehold property of Logistic Park Venlo B.V. is transferred to the Vendor, in each case, in order to establish the Ground Lease in favour of the Borrower in relation to the Property. |
(i) | Copies of all Authorisations required in connection with the transfer of the Property to the Borrower and the right of mortgage granted over the Property in favour of the Security Agent. |
(j) | The signed and dated notary letter, addressed to, amongst others, the Parties, dealing with, among other things (i) the release of all Security affecting the Property (other than under a Security Document) and (ii) the disbursement of the Loan to the Borrower on the Utilisation Date. |
(k) | A copy of the Acquisition Documents duly executed by each party to it. |
(l) | A copy of the Vendor's completion statement relating to its sale of the Property. |
6. | Finance Documents and Security |
(a) | This Agreement duly executed by each party to it. |
(b) | Each Fee Letter duly executed by each party to it. |
(c) | The Subordination Agreement duly executed by each party to it. |
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(f) | In respect of each Dutch Security Document which is required by Dutch law to be executed as a notarial deed, duly executed powers of attorney from each party thereto, authorising the relevant civil law notary and any of its employees to execute the relevant Dutch Security Document. |
(g) | A notice to the Account Bank (countersigned by the Account Bank), the relevant Hedge Counterparty, the Vendor, each intercompany creditor, each insurer in respect of the Insurances and each other counterparty substantially in the relevant form set out in the relevant Security Document. |
7. | Managing Agent |
(a) | A copy of the appointment of the Managing Agent duly executed by each party to it. |
(b) | A Managing Agent Duty of Care Agreement duly executed by each party to it. |
8. | Asset Manager |
(a) | A copy of the appointment of the Asset Manager duly executed by each party to it. |
(b) | An Asset Manager Duty of Care Agreement duly executed by each party to it. |
9. | Legal opinions |
(a) | A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in The Netherlands, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
(b) | A legal opinion of Baker Botts LLP, legal advisers to the Guarantors in Delaware, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
(c) | An agreed-form notarisverklaring and indeckungnahme letter from Simmons & Simmons LLP, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lender prior to signing this Agreement. |
(d) | A legal opinion of Allen & Overy LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. |
10. | Other documents and evidence |
(a) | Evidence that the relevant process agent, if not an Obligor, under the relevant Finance Documents for service of process in England has accepted its appointment. |
(b) | Evidence that all fees, costs and expenses then due and payable by the Obligors under this Agreement (including the fees of Allen & Overy LLP, INTECH Risk Management GmbH, as insurance adviser to the Arranger and the Agent and the Valuer) have been or will be paid by the Utilisation Date. |
(c) | Evidence that any other fees, and the costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 11 (Fees) and Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date. |
(d) | A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document. |
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1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is the Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request. |
2. | We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms: |
Proposed Utilisation Date: | [l] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) |
Amount: | EUR[l] or, if less, the Available Facility |
3. | We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request. |
4. | The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account]. |
5. | The purpose of the Loan is [l]. |
6. | [We confirm that you may [disburse the Loan through [l] and] deduct from the Loan (although the amount of the Loan will remain the amount requested above): |
(a) | the outstanding balance of the arrangement fee being EUR[l]; |
(b) | the insurance adviser to the Arranger and the Agent’s fees, being EUR [l] |
(c) | the legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent’s fees, being EUR [l]; and |
7. | The fees of the Valuer, being EUR [l].This Utilisation Request is irrevocable. |
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1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate. |
2. | We refer to Clause 25.6 (Procedure for transfer): |
(a) | The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by way of transfer of contract (contractsoverneming) and in accordance with Clause 25.6 (Procedure for transfer) all of the Existing Lender's rights and obligations under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment and participation in the Loan as specified in the Schedule. |
(b) | The proposed Transfer Date is [l]. |
(c) | The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 34.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule. |
3. | The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in Clause 25.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders). |
4. | The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is: |
(a) | [not a Qualifying Lender]. |
(b) | [a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);] |
(c) | [a Treaty Lender;] |
5. | This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate. |
6. | This Transfer Certificate and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by Dutch law. |
7. | The courts of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Transfer Certificate (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Transfer Certificate or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Transfer Certificate). |
8. | This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate. |
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Note: | The execution of this Transfer Certificate may not transfer a proportionate share of the Existing Lender's interest in the Transaction Security in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Existing Lender's Transaction Security in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities. |
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[Existing Lender] | [New Lender] |
By: | By: |
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1. | We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate. |
2. | We confirm that: |
(a) | Loan to Value is [l]%; and |
(b) | Debt Yield is [l]% |
3. | We set out below calculations establishing the figures in paragraph 2 above: |
4. | The amount required to be paid out of the Rent Account in accordance with paragraph (c) of Clause 17.3 (Rent Account) is: |
5. | [We confirm that no Default is continuing.] ¬ |
Signed: | ||
Director | Director | |
of | of | |
HGIT Venrayseweg 100 Venlo Coöperatief U.A. | HGIT Venrayseweg 100 Venlo Coöperatief U.A. |
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1. | We refer to paragraph (b) of Clause 26.2 (Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates) of the Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning in this notice. |
2. | We have entered into a Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction. |
3. | The Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction referred to in paragraph 2 above relates to the amount of our Commitment(s) as set out below. |
Commitment | Amount of our Commitment to which Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction relates to EUR |
EUR [Commitment] | [insert amount (of that Commitment) to which the relevant Debt Purchase Transaction applies] |
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1. | We refer to paragraph (c) of Clause 26.2 (Disenfranchisement of Sponsor Affiliates) of the Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this notice unless given a different meaning in this notice. |
2. | A Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction which we entered into and which we notified you of in a notice dated [l] has [terminated]/[ceased to be with a Sponsor Affiliate]. |
3. | The Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction referred to in paragraph 2 above relates to the amount of our Commitment(s) as set out below. |
Commitment | Amount of our Commitment to which Notifiable Debt Purchase Transaction relates to EUR |
[Commitment] | [insert amount (of that Commitment) to which the relevant Debt Purchase Transaction applies] |
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HINES GLOBAL REIT II PROPERTIES LP By: Hines Global Income Trust, Inc., its general partner By: Sherri W. Schugart President and Chief Executive Officer | |
HINES GLOBAL REIT II ADVISORS LP By: Hines Global REIT II Advisors GP LLC, its general partner By: Sherri W. Schugart President and Chief Executive Officer | |
HINES GLOBAL INCOME TRUST, INC. By: Sherri W. Schugart President and Chief Executive Officer |
Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Hines Global REIT II Properties LP | Delaware | |
HGREIT II 2819 Loker GP LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II 2819 Loker LP | Delaware | |
Hines GREIT II Ireland Fund Irish Collective Asset-Management Vehicle | Ireland | |
HGREIT II Bishops Holdings LLC | Delaware | |
Hines Global REIT II 891 Coronado LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Cottonwood Center LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Goodyear Crossing LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Edmondson Road LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Madison Road LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Montrose LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Montrose OpCo LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Montrose Services LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Reading LLC | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Reading LP | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Reading Student Housing B.V. | Netherlands | |
HGREIT II Reading Student Housing Operations B.V. | Netherlands | |
Hines Global REIT II Services Holdings, Inc. | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Reading Services, Inc. | Delaware | |
HGREIT II Reading, Inc. | Delaware | |
HGR II International Investment Manager LLC | Delaware | |
Hines Global Income Investments, Inc. | Delaware | |
HGIT 5353 Fannin Lot Parcel, Inc. | Delaware | |
HGIT 5353 Fannin LP | Texas | |
HGIT 5353 Fannin GP LLC | Delaware | |
HGIT Fresh Park Partner LLC | Delaware | |
HGIT Fresh Park Venlo Holdings LLC | Delaware | |
HGIT Venraysewg 100 | Netherlands |
• | March 23, 2017 related to the statement of revenues and certain operating expenses of Rookwood Commons and Rookwood Pavilion, two contiguous shopping centers located in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the year ended December 31, 2016, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on March 23, 2017 |
• | December 18, 2018 related to the statement of revenues and certain operating expenses of Fresh Park Venlo, a specialized logistics park located in Venlo, the Netherlands, for the year ended December 31, 2017, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on December 18, 2018 |
/s/ Altus Group U.S., Inc. | |
Altus Group U.S., Inc. | |
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