Management Fee For all services to be rendered, payments to be made and costs to be assumed by you as provided in sections 2, 3, and 4 hereof, the Trust on behalf of the Fund shall pay you in United States Dollars on the last day of each month the unpaid balance of a fee equal to the excess of (a) 1/12 of .55 of 1 percent of the average daily net assets as defined below of the Fund for such month; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $250,000,000 the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $250,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .52 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $1,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $1,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .50 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $2,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $2,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .48 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $5,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $5,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .45 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $7,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $7,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .43 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds 10,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $10,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .41 of 1 percent of such portion; and provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds 12,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $12,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .40 of 1 percent of such portion; over (b) any compensation waived by you from time to time (as more fully described below). You shall be entitled to receive during any month such interim payments of your fee hereunder as you shall request, provided that no such payment shall exceed 75 percent of the amount of your fee then accrued on the books of the Fund and unpaid.
Base Fee The Company shall pay to the Advisor a quarterly base fee (the “Base Fee”) payable in arrears in cash, for services provided by the Advisor in the preceding quarter. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Base Fee” will be equal to 0.70% per annum of the Total Market Capitalization of the Company, subject to the payment of a minimum quarterly base fee (“Minimum Base Fee”), if applicable. For purposes of this Agreement, “Total Market Capitalization” shall be calculated on a quarterly basis as (i) the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Ashford Prime’s common stock for each trading day of the preceding quarter multiplied by the average number of shares of Ashford Prime’s common stock outstanding during such quarter, on a fully-diluted basis (assuming all common units and long term incentive partnership units in the Operating Partnership which have achieved economic parity with common units in the Operating Partnership have been converted to common stock in the Company), plus (ii) the quarterly average of the aggregate principal amount of the Company’s consolidated indebtedness (including the Company’s proportionate share of debt of any entity that is not consolidated but excluding the Company’s joint venture partners’ proportionate share of consolidated debt), plus (iii) the quarterly average of the liquidation value of the Company’s outstanding preferred equity. The Minimum Base Fee for each quarter will be equal to the greater of (i) 90% of the Base Fee paid for the same quarter in the prior year and (ii) the G&A Ratio multiplied by the Company’s Total Market Capitalization. For purposes of this Agreement, the “G&A Ratio” will be calculated as the simple average of the ratios of total general and administrative expenses, less any non-cash expenses but including any dead deal costs, paid in the applicable quarter by each member of a select peer group set forth in Exhibit A (each, a “Peer Group Member” and collectively, the “Peer Group”), divided by the total enterprise value of such Peer Group Member (calculated in the same manner as the Company’s Total Market Capitalization). The G&A Ratio for each Peer Group Member will be calculated based on the financial information presented in such Peer Group Member’s Form 10-Q or 10-K periodic filings with the SEC following the end of each quarter. The Peer Group may be modified from time to time by mutual written agreement of the Advisor and a majority of the Independent Directors, negotiating in good faith. The Base Fee, as calculated above, shall be payable in arrears no later than the 15th day following the end of each quarter (i.e., one-fourth of 0.70% of the Total Market Capitalization of the Company). The Minimum Base Fee shall be calculated as soon as practicable following the end of the quarter, and to the extent the Minimum Base Fee exceeds the Base Fee paid to the Advisor with respect to any quarter, the Company will pay the Advisor the difference between Minimum Base Fee and the Base Fee within 5 business days of final calculation of the Minimum Base Fee. For purposes of payment of the Base Fee for a partial quarter relating to the first quarter in which this Agreement is effective or for the last quarter in which this Agreement is terminated, the Base Fee shall be calculated as 0.70% of the Total Market Capitalization of the Company, calculated using each trading day of such partial quarter prior to termination, multiplied by the number of days in the applicable quarter in which this Agreement is in effect divided by 365 or 366 days, as applicable. The Minimum Base Fee shall be similarly reduced proportionately based on the number of days in the applicable quarter in which this Agreement is in effect divided by 365 or 366 days, as applicable.