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MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
The Manager is paid annual fees in exchange for advising the Company on various aspects of its business, formulating its investment strategies, arranging for the acquisition and disposition of assets, arranging for financing, monitoring performance, and managing its day-to-day operations, inclusive of all costs incidental thereto. In addition, the Manager may be reimbursed for various expenses incurred by the Manager on the Company’s behalf, including the costs of legal, accounting and other administrative activities. In May 2015, in connection with the IPO, the Company entered into a new management agreement with the Manager, (the “Management Agreement”) which replaced its then-existing management agreement as a private fund. The terms of each arrangement, pre-IPO and post-IPO, are described below.
Pre-IPO Management Agreement
The pre-IPO management fee was calculated at an annual rate of 1.25% for any Onshore Fund or Offshore Fund investor (collectively, the “Fund Investors”) with a capital commitment of at least $100 million and 1.50% for any capital commitment of less than $100 million, payable semi-annually in arrears. Commencing with the date of the initial closing of the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund and continuing through the third anniversary of their final closing (the “Fund Commitment Period”), this percentage was applied to the weighted average of all capital called, reduced for any return of capital resulting from the partial or complete disposition of any Portfolio Investment, as defined. During the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, pre-IPO management fees were $3,873, $5,463, and $2,211, respectively.
In addition, affiliates of the Manager were entitled to receive an amount not to exceed $1 million per annum to cover legal, compliance, operational, tax, accounting, insurance, transfer agent and informational technology services (“Specified General and Administrative Expenses”) performed by employees of such affiliates on behalf of the Company or the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund. No expenses were reimbursed to the Manager or its affiliates for any period prior to the IPO.
Prior to the IPO, the Master GP was entitled to an incentive return (the “Incentive Return”) generally equal to 10% of the Partnership’s profits (before certain taxes), as defined, subject to: i) an 8% cumulative preferred return payable to the Onshore Fund and Offshore Fund investors and ii) a clawback provision which requires amounts previously distributed as Incentive Return to be returned to the Company for the benefit of the Onshore Fund and Offshore Fund investors (after adjusting for tax in accordance with the partnership agreement) if, upon the termination of the Company, the amounts ultimately distributed to the Master GP exceed its allocable amount.

The Incentive Return was distributable to the Master GP from Distributable Proceeds of the Partnership (as defined) as they were distributed. Accordingly, an Incentive Return would have been paid to the Master GP in connection with a particular investment if and when such investment generated proceeds in excess of the capital called with respect to such investment, plus an 8% cumulative preferred return on such investment and on all previously liquidated investments. If, upon the termination of the Partnership, the aggregate amount paid to the Master GP as Incentive Return exceeded the amount actually due after taking into account the aggregate return to the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund investors, the excess was required to be returned by the Master GP (“clawed back”, after adjusting for tax in accordance with the Company agreements) to the Company for benefit of the Fund Investors.

Immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO, the Master GP contributed its rights to previously undistributed incentive return pursuant to the Partnership Agreement in exchange for limited partnership interests in each of the Onshore Fund and Offshore Fund equal to the amount of any such undistributed incentive returns.

Certain employees of an affiliate of the Manager are or may become entitled to receive profit sharing arrangements from the Master GP, pursuant to which they receive a portion of the Master GP’s Incentive Return. The Company is not required to reimburse the Master GP for such amounts. During the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, the Master GP did not incur any amounts payable to these employees under such profit sharing arrangements attributable to the operations of the Company.

Post-IPO Management Agreement

The Manager is entitled to a management fee, incentive allocations (comprised of income incentive allocation and capital gains incentive allocation, defined below) and reimbursement of certain expenses. The post-IPO management fee is determined by taking the average value of total equity (excluding non-controlling interests) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP at the end of the two most recently completed months multiplied by an annual rate of 1.50%, and is payable monthly in arrears in cash. The total post-IPO management fees for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $11,145.

The income incentive allocation is calculated and distributable quarterly in arrears based on the pre-incentive allocation net income for the immediately preceding calendar quarter (the “Income Incentive Allocation”). For this purpose, pre-incentive allocation net income means, with respect to a calendar quarter, net income attributable to shareholders during such quarter calculated in accordance with GAAP excluding the Company’s pro rata share of (1) realized or unrealized gains and losses, and (2) certain non-cash or one-time items, and (3) any other adjustments as may be approved by the Company’s independent directors. Pre-incentive allocation net income does not include any Income Incentive Allocation or Capital Gains Incentive Allocation (described below) paid to the Master GP during the relevant quarter.

A subsidiary of the Company allocates and distributes to the Master GP an Income Incentive Allocation with respect to its pre-incentive allocation net income in each calendar quarter as follows: (1) no Income Incentive Allocation in any calendar quarter in which pre-incentive allocation net income, expressed as a rate of return on the average value of the Company’s net equity capital (excluding non-controlling interests) at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters, does not exceed 2.0% for such quarter (8.0% annualized); (2) 100% of pre-incentive allocation net income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive allocation net income, if any, that is equal to or exceeds 2.00% but does not exceed 2.2223% for such quarter; and (3) 10.0% of the amount of pre-incentive allocation net income, if any, that exceeds 2.2223% for such quarter. These calculations will be prorated for any period of less than three months. No Income Incentive Allocation was due to the Master GP for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Capital Gains Incentive Allocation is calculated and distributable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year and is equal to 10% of the Company’s pro rata share of cumulative realized gains from the date of the IPO through the end of the applicable calendar year, net of the Company’s pro rata share of cumulative realized or unrealized losses, the cumulative non-cash portion of equity-based compensation expenses and all realized gains upon which prior performance-based Capital Gains Incentive Allocation payments were made to the Master GP. No Capital Gains Incentive Allocation was due to the Master GP for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The Company will pay all of its operating expenses, except those specifically required to be borne by the Manager under the Management Agreement. The expenses required to be paid by the Company include, but are not limited to, issuance and transaction costs incident to the acquisition, disposition and financing of the company’s assets, legal and auditing fees and expenses, the compensation and expenses of the Company’s independent directors, the costs associated with the establishment and maintenance of any credit facilities and other indebtedness of the Company (including commitment fees, legal fees, closing costs, etc.), expenses associated with other securities offerings of the Company, costs and expenses incurred in contracting with third parties (including affiliates of the Manager), the costs of printing and mailing proxies and reports to the Company’s shareholders, costs incurred by the Manager or its affiliates for travel on the Company’s behalf, costs associated with any computer software or hardware that is used for the Company, costs to obtain liability insurance to indemnify the Company’s directors and officers and the compensation and expenses of the Company’s transfer agent.

The Company will pay or reimburse the Manager and its affiliates for performing certain legal, accounting, due diligence tasks and other services that outside professionals or outside consultants otherwise would perform, provided that such costs and reimbursements are no greater than those which would be paid to outside professionals or consultants. The Manager is responsible for all of its other costs incident to the performance of its duties under the Management Agreement, including compensation of the Manager’s employees, rent for facilities and other “overhead” expenses; the Company will not reimburse the Manager for these expenses. During year ended December 31, 2015, expense reimbursement of $4,119 was recorded in General and Administrative and $2,181 was recorded in Acquisition and Transaction expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

If the Company terminates the Management Agreement, it will generally be required to pay the Manager a termination fee. The termination fee is equal to the amount of the management fee during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the termination. In addition, an Incentive Allocation Fair Value Amount will be distributable to the Master GP if the Master GP is removed due to the termination of the Management Agreement in certain specified circumstances. The Incentive Allocation Fair Value Amount is an amount equal to the Income Incentive Allocation and the Capital Gains Incentive Allocation that would be paid to the Master GP if the Company’s assets were sold for cash at their then current fair market value (as determined by an appraisal, taking into account, among other things, the expected future value of the underlying investments).

Upon the successful completion of a post-IPO offering of the Company’s common shares or other equity securities (including securities issued as consideration in an acquisition), the Company will grant the Manager options to purchase common shares in an amount equal to 10% of the number of common shares being sold in the offering (or if the issuance relates to equity securities other than the Company’s common shares, options to purchase a number of common shares equal to 10% of the gross capital raised in the equity issuance divided by the fair market value of a common share as of the date of issuance), with an exercise price equal to the offering price per share paid by the public or other ultimate purchaser or attributed to such securities in connection with an acquisition (or the fair market value of a common share as of the date of the equity issuance if it relates to equity securities other than our common shares). Any ultimate purchaser of common shares for which such options are granted may be an affiliate of Fortress.
As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, amounts receivable from the Manager or its affiliates of $0 and $335, respectively, are included within other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, amounts due to the Manager or its affiliates of $994 and $160, respectively, excluding accrued management fees, are included within other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, amounts due to the Manager or its affiliates of $1,506 and $3,626, respectively, related to accrued management fees, are included within accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Other Affiliate Transactions
As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, a private equity fund sponsored by Fortress owns an approximately 20% interest in Jefferson Terminal which has been accounted for as a component of non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The carrying amount of this non-controlling interest at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $71,321 and $54,273. For the year ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the amount of this non-controlling interest share of net loss was $(7,950) and $(3,068), respectively.
A non-controlling interest holder of Jefferson Terminal provides construction services for Jefferson Terminal. At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, accounts payable due to this vendor was $4,708 and $14,025, respectively.