CORNERSTONE CORE PROPERTIES REIT, INC. DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT Up to 77,350,000 Shares of Common Stock
Exhibit 10.1
Up to 77,350,000 Shares of Common Stock
Pacific Cornerstone Capital, Incorporated
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Dear Sirs:
Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), is registering for public sale a maximum of 77,350,000 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share, (the “Shares”),
to be issued and sold for an aggregate maximum purchase price of $610,360,000 (56,250,000 Shares to be offered to the public in a primary offering with an aggregate maximum purchase price of $450,000,000 (the “Primary Offering”) and 21,100,000 Shares to be offered pursuant to the Company's distribution reinvestment plan with an aggregate maximum purchase price of $160,360,000 (“DRP”)). The Shares are to be sold to selected persons
or entities acceptable to the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus.
The Company hereby invites you, Pacific Cornerstone Capital, Inc., a California corporation (the “Dealer Manager”), to become the dealer manager in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. By your acceptance hereof, you agree to act in such capacity and to use commercially
reasonable efforts to find purchasers for the Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Prospectus (defined below) and this dealer manager agreement (the “Agreement”), but with no obligation or understanding, express or implied, that you are making a commitment to purchase or sell the Shares. You agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to find purchasers of Shares both directly and indirectly through a selling group consisting
of participating brokers (the “Participating Brokers”) with whom you shall contract pursuant to a participating broker agreement substantially in the form attached as Attachment 1 hereto (the “Participating Broker Agreement”) or such other form as may be requested by a Participating Broker provided the consent of the Company is obtained for the use of such form.
Accompanying this Agreement is a copy of the Prospectus and the Supplemental Material (defined below) prepared by the Company for use in conjunction with the offer and sale of the Shares. You are not authorized to use any solicitation material other than that referred to in this section, which material has been furnished by the Company.
Except as described in the Prospectus or in Sections 3(f) and (g) hereof, the Shares are to be sold for a per Share cash price as follows:
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Distribution Channel |
Primary Offering |
DRP Offering |
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Participating Brokers |
$ | 8.00 | $ | 7.60 | ||||
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Participating Brokers Deferring Commission* |
$ | 7.52 | $ | 7.60 | ||||
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Fee for Service Investment Advisers |
$ | 7.44 | $ | 7.60 | ||||
* For a period of six years following the date of purchase, an additional $0.10 per share will be deducted annually from cash distributions otherwise payable to the purchaser and will be used to pay deferred commissions.
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Representations and Warranties of the Company |
The Company represents and warrants to Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers that:
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement (Registration No. 333-155640) for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Copies of such registration statement as initially filed and each amendment thereto have been or will be delivered to the Dealer Manager. The registration statement and the prospectus contained therein, as finally amended at the effective date of the registration statement, are respectively hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement” and the “Prospectus,” except that if the Company files a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, or if the Company files a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, the term “Prospectus” includes the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or the prospectus included in such post-effective amendment. The term “Preliminary
Prospectus” as used herein shall mean a preliminary prospectus related to the Shares as contemplated by Rule 430 or Rule 430A under the Securities Act included at any time as part of the Registration Statement.
(b) On the date that any Preliminary Prospectus was filed with the SEC, on the effective date of the Registration Statement, on the date of the Prospectus, and when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to
the Prospectus is filed with the SEC, the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as applicable, including the financial statements contained therein, complied or will comply with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. On the effective date, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. On the date of the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as applicable, the Prospectus did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(b) will not extend to such
statements contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as are primarily within the knowledge of the Dealer Manager or any of the Participating Brokers and are based upon information furnished by the Dealer Manager in writing to the Company specifically for inclusion therein.
(c) All additional written, audio or audio-visual material, including an investment ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ tape, video tape and internet site prepared by the Company for use in conjunction with the offer or sale of the Shares (“Supplemental
Material”) will be distributed by the Company only in full compliance with the requirements of the Act (including, without limitation, the requirement that such Supplemental Material not be delivered to any prospective purchaser unless accompanied or preceded by a Prospectus), and at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including the Offering Termination Date (as defined in Section 5 below), such Supplemental Material has not contained
and will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending, threatened, or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by the SEC; and to the knowledge of the Company, no order
suspending the offering of the Shares in any jurisdiction has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened or are contemplated.
(e) The Company intends to use the funds received from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
(f) The Company has obtained an opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) confirming that, the Company has qualified for taxation as a REIT commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2006. The conditions on which the opinion was issued were met at the time of such issuance
and will continue to exist during the Offering Period unless the board of directors of the Company determines that qualification as a REIT is no longer in the best interests of the Company, in which case the Company will promptly provide the Dealer Manager notice of such determination.
(g) The accounting firm that has certified or shall certify the financial statements filed and to be filed with the SEC as part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is a registered public accounting firm, as required by the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(h) The Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, is validly existing as a corporation under such laws and has power and authority to conduct business as described in the Prospectus under the laws of the State of Maryland and every other
jurisdiction in which it conducts business or owns or leases property.
(i) The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Company has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement.
(j) This Agreement is a valid, legal, and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity provisions contained in Section 8 hereof may be limited under applicable securities laws and to
the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(k) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or constitute a default or violation under any charter, by-law, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company.
(l) No further consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares, except such as may be required
under the securities laws of certain states, if any, which we have identified to you.
(m) At the time of the issuance of the Shares, the Shares will have been duly authorized and, upon payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(n) At all times subsequent to the date of this Agreement and up to and including the Offering Termination Date (as defined in Section 5 below), the representations and warranties made in this Section l will be true and correct with the same effect as if they had been made on
and as of such time, except as may subsequently be disclosed in writing to the Dealer Manager.
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Representations and Warranties of the Dealer Manager |
As an inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company that:
(a) The Dealer Manager is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) in good standing and a broker-dealer registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
under the securities laws of the states in which the Shares are to be offered and sold. The Dealer Manager and its employees and representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement.
(b) The Dealer Manager has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Dealer Manager has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement is a valid, legal, and binding agreement of the Dealer Manager enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity provisions contained in Section 8 hereof may be limited under applicable securities laws
and to the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Dealer Manager will not conflict with or constitute a default or violation under any charter, by-law, contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Dealer Manager.
(e) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement.
(f) The Dealer Manager represents and warrants to the Company and each person that signs the Registration Statement that the information under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus and all other information furnished to the Company by the Dealer Manager
in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(g) All training and education meetings held by the Dealer Manager will be in compliance with Rule 5110 (i)(2) of the FINRA rules. Dealer Manager will require each Participating Broker to represent that all training and education meetings held by the Participating Broker will
be in compliance with Rule 5110(i)(2) of the FINRA rules.
(h) Dealer Manager will obtain FINRA approval of any sales incentive program developed by the Dealer Manager prior to its implementation. Dealer Manager will require each Participating Broker to represent that all sales incentive and bonus programs designed by the Participating
Broker for its registered representatives will comply with the FINRA rules. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “FINRA rules,” “rules of FINRA” or similar variations, shall include, unless otherwise expressly stated or context otherwise requires, NASD and FINRA rules currently in effect and any successor or subsequent rules adopted by FINRA as part of its consolidated rulebook or otherwise.
(i) Dealer Manager has established and will maintain, and will require Participating Brokers to establish and maintain, a customer identification program which requires Dealer Manager, or the Participating Broker, as applicable, to (i) verify the identify of any person
seeking to purchase the Shares through Dealer Manager, or the Participating Broker, as applicable, to the extent reasonable and practicable, (ii) maintain records of the information used to verify the person's identity and (iii) determine whether the person appears on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to brokers or dealers by any government agency, in all accordance with the requirements of 31 C.F.R. Section 103.122.
(j) Dealer Manager has established and will maintain an anti-money laundering compliance program in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act of 2001, and in accordance with NASD Rule 3011 (or successor FINRA rule) and the related
interpretive guidance described in NASD’s IM-3011-1 and IM-3011-2 (or successor FINRA interpretive guidance), and Dealer Manager will require each of the Participating Brokers to establish and maintain such a program.
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Obligations and Compensation of Dealer Manager |
(a) The Company hereby appoints the Dealer Manager as its agent and principal distributor during the Offering Period (as defined in Section 3(c)) for the purpose of finding, on a best efforts basis, purchasers for the Shares for cash through the Participating Brokers, all of
whom shall be members of FINRA. The Dealer Manager may also arrange for the sale of Shares for cash directly to its own clients and customers at the public offering price and subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager hereby accepts such agency and distributorship and agrees to use its best efforts to find purchasers for the Shares on said terms and conditions, commencing as soon as practicable.
(b) The “Offering Period” shall mean that period during which Shares may be offered for sale, commencing on the date the registration was made effective by the SEC, during which period offers and sales of the
Shares shall occur continuously in the jurisdictions in which the Shares are registered or qualified or exempt from registration (as confirmed in writing by the Company to the Dealer Manager) unless and until the Offering is terminated as provided herein, except that the Dealer Manager and the Participating Brokers shall suspend or terminate offering of the Shares upon request of the Company at any time and shall resume offering the Shares upon subsequent request of the Company. The Offering Period shall in all
events terminate upon the sale of all of the Shares. Upon termination of the Offering Period, the Dealer Manager's agency and this Agreement shall terminate without obligation on the part of the Dealer Manager or the Company except as set forth in this Agreement.
(c) Except as may be provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, as compensation for the services rendered by the Dealer Manager, the Company agrees that it will pay to the Dealer Manager selling commissions plus a dealer manager fee as follows
(based on a selling price of $8.00 per Share):
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Selling Commissions |
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Distribution Channel |
Primary Offering |
DRP Offering |
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Participating Brokers |
7.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
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Fee for Service Investment Advisers |
0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
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Dealer Manager Fee |
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Distribution Channel |
Primary Offering |
DRP Offering |
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Participating Brokers |
3.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
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Fee for Service Investment Advisers |
3.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||
If the Dealer Manager, the Participating Broker and the investor agree, the selling commissions can be paid on a deferred basis for Shares sold in the primary offering. In these instances, the Company will sell the Shares at a reduced price as set forth above and pay the Dealer Manager a correspondingly reduced sales commission at the time
of sale. The balance of the normal commission would be paid to the Dealer Manager over six years for Shares sold in the primary offering, out of the dividends or other distributions that are declared and paid with respect to the reduced-priced shares sold through the Dealer Manager or Participating Broker. The amount by which by the investor's dividends are reduced in these cases would be paid by the Company as deferred commissions to the Dealer Manager (and by the Dealer Manager to the Participating Brokers
for Shares sold by the Participating Brokers).
As an example, investors electing the deferred commission option for Shares purchased in the primary offering will pay, on the date of purchase, $7.52 per Share (which includes a commission of $0.08 per Share). For a period of six years following the date of purchase, an additional $0.08 per Share will be deducted annually from dividends
or other cash distributions otherwise payable to the investor and will be used to pay deferred commissions. The net proceeds to the Company will not be affected by the election of the deferred commission option. Under this arrangement, an investor electing the deferred commission option will pay a 1% commission upon subscription, rather than a 7% commission, and an amount equal to a 1% commission per year thereafter for the next six years, or longer if required to satisfy outstanding deferred commission obligations,
will be deducted from dividends or other cash distributions otherwise payable to such stockholder. The Company may also use other deferred commission structures, but the Company will not pay total commissions in excess of 7% of the offering price of the Shares.
If at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Company's remaining deferred commission obligations, the Company decides to list its common stock for trading on national securities exchange, or the Company begins a liquidation of its properties, the Company may accelerate the remaining commissions due under the deferred commission option.
To the extent that the distributions prior to listing are insufficient to satisfy the remaining commissions due, the obligations of the Company and the investor to pay any further deferred commissions will terminate, and the Dealer Manager and the Participating Brokers will not be entitled to receive any further portion of their deferred commissions following listing of the Company's common stock.
In addition, if an investor that has elected the deferred commission option decides to participate in the Company’s share redemption program or requests that the Company transfer such stockholder’s Shares for any reason prior to the time that the remaining deferred selling commissions have been deducted from such stockholder’s
cash distributions, the Company will accelerate the selling commissions due under the Deferred Commission Option as set forth in the Prospectus.
(d) The Company will also reimburse the Dealer Manager for all items of underwriter compensation referenced in the Prospectus to the extent the Prospectus indicates that they will be paid by the Company, provided that the Company’s reimbursement payments shall not cause
(i) total underwriting compensation (excluding reimbursement of bona fide invoiced due diligence expenses) to exceed 10% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of the 56,250,000 shares offered to the public or (ii) total Organization and Offering Expenses (as defined in Article IV of the Company’s charter included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement) to exceed 15% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of the 56,250,000 shares offered to the public.
(e) In conformity with NASD Conduct Rule 2810(b)(4)(B)(vii) (or successor FINRA rule), the Company will also pay the Dealer Manager for bona fide due diligence expenses of the Dealer Manager and the Participating Brokers, and subject to the terms and conditions, as may be allowed
by any subsequent FINRA Rule or Notice to Members.
(f) As described in the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager agrees to sell Shares in the primary offering to persons identified by the Company as affiliates of the Company. The purchase price for Shares under this program will be $7.60 per share, reflecting that selling
commissions in the amount of $0.40 per Share will not be payable in connection with such sales. The Dealer Manager agrees to work together with the Company to implement this program and to execute sales under the program according to the procedures agreed upon by the Dealer Manager and the Company.
(g) In addition, as described in the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager may sell shares to Dealers, their retirement plans, their representatives and the family members, IRAs and the qualified plans of their representatives at a purchase price of $7.60 per share, reflecting that
selling commissions in the amount of $0.40 per share will not be payable in consideration of the services rendered by such Dealers and representatives in the Offering. For purposes of this discount, a family member includes such person’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in law or brother- or sister-in-law.
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Sale of the Shares |
(a) A subscription agreement (“Subscription Agreement”) must be completed by each person desiring to purchase Shares, or, at Dealer Manager's or Participating Broker's option, by Dealer Manager or Participating
Broker on behalf of each such person, and returned by Dealer Manager or Participating Broker together with any other documents that may be required under state securities laws or by the Company, to the Company at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Dealer Manager or Participating Broker shall ascertain that the Subscription Agreement has been properly completed in full and signed by the prospective purchaser prior to its return.
(b) All subscription checks shall be made payable to the order of CORNERSTONE CORE PROPERTIES REIT, INC. If Dealer Manager or Participating Broker receives a check not conforming to the foregoing instructions, Dealer Manager and/or Participating Broker must
return such check directly to the subscriber not later than the end of the next business day following its receipt. Checks conforming to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted by Dealer Manager for deposit directly to the Company, at Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as soon as practicable but in any event by the end of the second business day following receipt by Dealer Manager. Checks
conforming to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted by Participating Broker for deposit directly to the Company, at Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as soon as practicable but in any event by the end of the next business day following receipt by Participating Broker. In the event Participating Broker's final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location, then checks must be
transmitted to Participating Broker's final review office by the end of the next business day following receipt by Participating Broker and Participating Broker's final review office must in turn by the end of the next business day following receipt by it, transmit the check for deposit directly to Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
(c) Upon receipt of the Subscription Agreement, the Company, will determine promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days after such receipt) whether it wishes to accept the proposed purchaser as a stockholder of the Company, it being understood that the Company reserves
the right to reject the tender of any Subscription Agreement. Should the Company determine to accept the tender of the Subscription Agreement, the Company will promptly advise Dealer Manager or Participating Broker of such action. Should the Company determine to reject the tender it will promptly notify in writing the prospective purchaser, Dealer Manager and Participating Broker, if any, of such determination and will promptly return the tendered Subscription Agreement and the purchase price of the Shares directly
to the prospective purchaser.
(d) The Dealer Manager will use all reasonable efforts to offer Shares, and in its agreements with Participating Brokers will require that the Participating Brokers offer Shares, only to persons who meet the financial qualifications set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability
letter or memorandum sent to it by the Company and will only make offers to persons in the states in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager will, and in its agreements with Participating Brokers, the Dealer Manager will, require that the Participating Brokers comply with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including without limitation, the provisions
of Article III.C. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (the “NASAA Guidelines”). In making the determinations as to suitability required by the NASAA Guidelines, the Dealer Manager may rely on representations from (i) investment advisers who are not affiliated with a Participating Broker or (ii) banks acting as trustees or fiduciaries. With respect
to the maintenance of records required by the NASAA Guidelines, the Company agrees that the Dealer Manager can satisfy its obligations by contractually requiring such information to be maintained for a period of at least six (6) years by the investment advisers or banks discussed in the preceding sentence. Nothing contained in this Section 4(d) shall be construed to impose upon the Company the responsibility of assuring that prospective purchasers meet the suitability standards contained in the Prospectus and
the Subscription Agreement or to relieve Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers of the responsibility of complying with the rules of FINRA.
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Offering Termination Date |
As used herein, the term “Offering Termination Date” shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the date upon which subscriptions for the maximum number of Shares offered have been accepted by the Company which date the Company shall designate by notice to Dealer Manager in
writing; or (ii) June 10, 2011. The Company may terminate the offering of Shares at any time for any reason by written notice to the Dealer Manager at least two (2) business days prior to the date of termination.
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Covenants of the Company |
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay or cause to be paid (i) all expenses and fees in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery and shipping of the Registration Statement (including this Agreement and all other exhibits to the Registration
Statement), the Prospectus (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and the Supplemental Material, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with presentations with the prior approval of the Company and travel and lodging expenses of the representatives of the Company and any such consultants, (ii) filing fees, Company counsel's fees and expenses paid and incurred in connection with the registration
and qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers under the Act and the securities or Blue Sky laws of the states in which offers are to be made, and (iii) filing fees, Company counsel's fees and expenses paid and incurred in connection with the review by FINRA of the underwriting terms of the offering of the Shares, and (iv) the fees and expenses of any registrar or transfer agent in connection with the Shares.
(b) The Company will advise Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers promptly of the issuance of any stop order withdrawing the qualification for the offer and sale of the Shares or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose, and will use its best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(c) If at any time when a Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act any event shall have occurred as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented includes an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the SEC an appropriate amendment or supplement.
(d) The Company will deliver to Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers from time to time without charge as many copies of the Prospectus (and, in the event of an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, of such amended or supplemented
Prospectus) and the Supplemental Material as Dealer Manager or Participating Brokers may reasonably request, which Prospectus(es), as from time to time amended or supplemented, and Supplemental Material the Company authorizes Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers to use in connection with the sale of the Shares.
(e) The Company will use its best efforts to register and qualify the Shares for sale under the laws of those states and other jurisdictions where it is intended that offers and sales will be made and will comply to the best of its ability with the laws of those states so as
to permit the continuance of sales of the Shares thereunder. The Company covenants and agrees that neither the Company, nor any officer, manager or employee of either of them will make any offer or sale of the Shares unless such offer or sale is made in compliance with the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(f) The Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, by the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and by all securities laws and regulations of those states in which an exemption has been obtained or
qualification of the Shares has been effected, to permit the continuance of offers and sales of the Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Prospectus.
(g) The Company agrees to do or cause to be done all such filing, recording, publishing and other acts as may be appropriate to comply with the requirements of law for the operation of a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions, other than Maryland, where the Company shall desire
to conduct business or own properties as the case may be.
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Covenants of Dealer Manager |
(a) Dealer Manager covenants and agrees to comply, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Participating Brokers to comply, with any applicable requirements of the Act, and of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all applicable
state securities laws and regulations as from time to time in effect, any other state and federal laws and regulations applicable to the offering, the sale of Shares or the activities of the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation the privacy standards and requirements of the ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 1999, the requirements of any applicable state privacy laws and the applicable provisions of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, this Agreement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
and the FINRA rules and, in particular, the conduct rules which require Dealer Manager (i) to recommend the purchase of Shares only when Dealer Manager has reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor concerning his investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, and any other information known by the Dealer Manager, that the investor is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable him to realize to a significant extent the benefits
described in the prospectus, that the investor has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in the program, including loss of investment and lack of liquidity, and that the program is otherwise suitable for the investor, (ii) to maintain or require to be maintained certain files concerning the basis for Dealer Manager's determination of the suitability of the investor, (iii) to have reasonable grounds to believe, based on information made available to the Dealer Manager by the Company,
that all material facts are adequately and accurately disclosed and that such disclosed facts provide a basis for evaluating an investment in the Company, and (iv) to inform the prospective investor or require the prospective investor to be informed of all pertinent facts relating to the liquidity and marketability of the investment during the term of the investment. Dealer Manager also agrees not to deliver the Supplemental Material to any person unless the Supplemental Material is accompanied or preceded by
the Prospectus. The Dealer Manager will permit a Participating Broker to participate in the offering only if such Participating Broker is a member of FINRA and will reallow commissions only to such FINRA members.
(b) Dealer Manager will not, and will require in its agreements with Participating Brokers that such Participating Brokers not, give any information or make any representation in connection with the offering of the Shares other than those contained in the Prospectus and Supplemental
Material furnished by the Company, publish, circulate or otherwise use any other advertisement or solicitation material in connection with the Offering. Dealer Manager is not authorized to act as agent of the Company in any transaction, and Dealer Manager agrees not to act as such agent and not to purport to do so without the prior written approval of the Company. Dealer Manager agrees that if and when the Company supplies Dealer Manager with copies of any supplement to the Prospectus, Dealer Manager will thereafter
distribute Prospectuses with such supplement. Dealer Manager further agrees to comply with all instructions from the Company concerning the destruction of out-dated Prospectuses and the use of supplemented or amended Prospectuses.
(c) Dealer Manager agrees to solicit purchases of Shares only in the States and other jurisdictions in which the Company indicates that such solicitation can be made and in which Dealer Manager has determined that such solicitation can be made by Dealer Manager and in which
Dealer Manager is qualified to so act.
(d) Dealer Manager will not sell the Shares pursuant to this Agreement unless the Prospectus is furnished to the purchaser at least five (5) business days prior to the execution of the Subscription Agreement, or is sent to such person under circumstances that it would be received
by the purchaser five (5) business days prior to his execution of the Subscription Agreement.
(e) Dealer Manager will use reasonable efforts to select, and will require in its agreements with Participating Brokers that such Participating Brokers use reasonable efforts to select, investors who Dealer Manager reasonably believes meet the investor suitability requirements
which are set forth in the Prospectus and Subscription Agreement (Appendix A to the Prospectus) and such additional individual state requirements as are specified in the Subscription Agreement and which are confirmed by the investors by payment of the purchase price for the Shares including that each investor be of legal age in the state of his or her residence. Dealer Manager will maintain, for a period of six years, in Dealer Manager's files a copy of the Subscription Agreement for each investor for whom Dealer
Manager acts as Dealer Manager.
(f) To the extent that information is provided to Dealer Manager marked “For Broker-Dealer Use Only,” Dealer Manager covenants and agrees not to provide such information to prospective investors.
(g) The Dealer Manager will provide the Company with such information relating to the offer and sale of the Shares by it as the Company may from time to time reasonably request or as may be requested to enable the Company to prepare such reports of sale as may be required to be filed
under applicable federal or state securities laws.
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Indemnification |
(a) Subject to the limitations below, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Participating Brokers and (to the extent permitted by the Company's charter) the Dealer Manager, their officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Participating Broker
or Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (“Losses”), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company or on its behalf specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or based upon
written information furnished by the Company under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”), or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to
any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company will reimburse each Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person, in connection with investigating or defending such Loss upon final disposition of the proceeding giving rise to such Loss; provided that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished (x) to the Company by the Dealer Manager or (y) to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of any Participating Broker specifically for use in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereto,
any such Blue Sky Application or any such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and, further, the Company will not be liable in any such case if it is determined that such Participating Broker or the Dealer Manager was at fault in connection with the Loss, expense or action.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not provide for indemnification of any Indemnified Persons for any liability or loss suffered by any such Indemnified Person, unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) the directors of the Company or the Advisor
or its affiliates have determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company; (ii) the Indemnified Persons were acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company; (iii) such liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct by the Indemnified Persons; and (iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Company's Net Asset Value (as defined in the Company's charter) and not
from its stockholders.
(c) In addition, the Company shall not indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnified Person for any Losses or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there
has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular Indemnified Person, (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular Indemnified Person and (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular Indemnified Person 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 Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
(d) The Dealer Manager will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each director and officer of the Company (including any person named in the Registration Statement, with his consent, as about to become a director), each other person who has signed the Registration Statement
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (each a “Dealer Manager Indemnified Person”), from and against any Losses to which any of the Company Indemnitees may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
(A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them
or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for use with reference
to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or any such Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material, (iii) any unauthorized use of sales materials, use of unauthorized verbal representations or use of “For Broker-Dealer Use Only” materials with members of the public concerning the Shares by the Dealer Manager;
(iv) any untrue statement made by the Dealer Manager or its representatives or agents or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (v) any material violation of this Agreement; (vi) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorism financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT
Act of 2001; or (vii) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA or SEC rules. The Dealer Manager will reimburse each Dealer Manager Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such Loss, expense or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.
(e) Each Participating Broker severally will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager, each of their officers and directors (including any person named in the Registration Statement, with his consent, as about to become a director), each other person who has
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (each, a “Participating Broker Indemnified Person”) from and against any Losses to which a Participating Broker Indemnified Person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Participating Broker specifically for use with reference to the Participating Broker in the preparation of Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or any such Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material, (iii) any unauthorized use of sales materials, use of unauthorized verbal representations or use of “For Broker-Dealer Use Only”
materials with members of the public concerning the Shares by the Dealer Manager; (iv) any untrue statement made by such Participating Broker or its representatives or agents or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (v) any material violation of this Agreement; (vi) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorism
financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; or (vii) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA or SEC rules. Each such Participating Broker will reimburse each Participating Broker Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss, expense or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that such Participating Broker may otherwise have.
(f) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify in writing the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof. The failure of an indemnified party so to notify the indemnifying party will relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this Section 8 as to the particular item for which indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other liability that it may have to any indemnified party. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled, to the
extent it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to participate in the defense thereof, with separate counsel. Such participation shall not relieve such indemnifying party of the obligation to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable legal and other expenses (subject to Section 8(e) incurred by such indemnified party in defending itself, except for such expenses incurred after the indemnifying party has deposited funds sufficient to effect the settlement, with prejudice,
of the claim in respect of which indemnity is sought. Any such indemnifying party shall not be liable to any such indemnified party on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party. Any indemnified party shall not be bound to perform or refrain from performing any act pursuant to the terms of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnified party.
(g) The indemnifying party shall pay all legal fees and expenses of the indemnified party in the defense of such claims or actions; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be obliged to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm in connection with
the defense of similar claims arising out of the same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims notwithstanding that such actions or claims are alleged or brought by one or more parties against more than one indemnified party. If such claims or actions are alleged or brought against more than one indemnified party, then the indemnifying party shall only be obliged to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm that has been selected by a majority of the indemnified parties against which such
action is finally brought; and in the event a majority of such indemnified parties is unable to agree on which law firm for which expenses or fees will be reimbursable by the indemnifying party, then payment shall be made to the first law firm of record representing an indemnified party against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid only to the extent of services performed by such law firm and no reimbursement shall be payable to such law firm on account of legal services performed by another law firm.
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Effective Date and Termination |
Provided that at least one counterpart of this Agreement shall then have been executed and delivered, this Agreement shall become effective at 12:00 noon, California time, of the first full business day following the effective date of the Registration Statement or at such later time after the Registration Statement becomes effective as the
Company shall first release the Shares for sale to the public. For the purpose of this section the Shares shall be deemed to have been released for sale to the public upon release by the Company of correspondence or other notification to Dealer Manager indicating the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, whichever shall first occur.
This Agreement may be terminated by either party, at such party’s option, by giving notice to the other party. In any case, this Agreement will terminate at the close of business on the Offering Termination Date; provided, however, that all accrued fees, commissions and out-of-pocket accountable expenses payable to Dealer Manager under
the terms and conditions hereof shall be paid when due although this Agreement shall have theretofore been terminated.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability of the Company to Dealer Manager and without liability on Dealer Manager's part to the Company.
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Survival of Indemnities, Warranties and Representations |
The indemnity agreements contained in Section 8 hereof, and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section l hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Dealer Manager or any
controlling person referred to in Section 8, and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares, and any successor of Dealer Manager or the Company or of any such controlling person or any legal representative of any such controlling person, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective indemnity agreements and representations and warranties.
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Notices |
Except as in this Agreement otherwise provided, (a) whenever notice is required by the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise to be given to the Company, such notice shall be in writing addressed to the Company at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and (b) whenever notice is required by the
provisions of this Agreement or otherwise to be given to Dealer Manager, such notice shall be in writing addressed to Dealer Manager at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. Any notice referred to herein may be given in writing or by facsimile or telephone and if by facsimile or telephone shall be immediately confirmed in writing. Notice (unless actual) shall be effective upon mailing or facsimile transmission with confirmation of receipt, as the case may be.
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Counterparts |
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be an original contract, but all counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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Persons Entitled To Benefit of Agreement |
Except as provided in the next sentence, this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of Dealer Manager, Participating Brokers, the Company or controlling persons thereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right by virtue of this Agreement, and the term “successors and assigns,”
as used in this Agreement, shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Shares.
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Not a Separate Entity |
Nothing contained herein shall constitute the Dealer Manager and Participating Brokers, or any of them, as an association, partnership, unincorporated business or other separate entity.
Please confirm your agreement to become Dealer Manager under the terms and conditions herein set forth by signing and returning the enclosed duplicate copy of this Agreement at once to the Company at the address specified in Section 11 above.
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ATTACHMENT 1
FORM OF PARTICIPATING BROKER AGREEMENT
Up to 77,350,000 Shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), is registering for public sale a maximum of 77,350,000 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share, (the “Shares”),
to be issued and sold for an aggregate maximum purchase price of $610,360,000 (56,250,000 Shares to be offered to the public in a primary offering with an aggregate maximum purchase price of $450,000,000 (the “Primary Offering”) and 21,100,000 Shares to be offered pursuant to the Company's distribution reinvestment plan with an aggregate maximum purchase price of $160,360,000 (“DRP”)). The Shares are to be sold to selected persons
or entities acceptable to the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus.
Pacific Cornerstone Capital, Incorporated, a California corporation (the “Dealer Manager”), has entered into a dealer manager agreement (“Dealer Manager Agreement”) with the Company pursuant to which it has
agreed to act as dealer manager in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. The Dealer Manager has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to find purchasers of Shares both directly and indirectly through a selling group consisting of participating brokers (“Participating Brokers”).
The Dealer Manager hereby invites you to become a Participating Broker in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. By your acceptance hereof, you agree to act in such capacity and to use your best efforts to find purchasers for the Shares in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus and this Agreement.
Accompanying this Agreement is a copy of the Prospectus. We may also provide you with written, audio or audio-visual material, including an investment ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ tape, video tape and internet site prepared by the Company for use in conjunction with the offer and sale of the Shares (“Supplemental
Material”). You are not authorized to use any solicitation material other than the Prospectus and Supplemental Material referred to in this paragraph, which material has been furnished by the Company.
Except as described in the Prospectus or in Section 3(c) hereof, the Shares are to be sold for a per Share cash price as follows:
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* For a period of six years following the date of purchase, an additional $0.10 per share will be deducted annually from cash distributions otherwise payable to the purchaser and will be used to pay deferred commissions.
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Sale of the Shares. |
(a) A subscription agreement (“Subscription Agreement”) must be completed by each person desiring to purchase Shares, or, at your option, by you on behalf of each such person, and returned by you together
with any other documents that may be required under state securities laws or by the Company, to Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. You shall ascertain that the Subscription Agreement has been properly completed in full and signed by the prospective purchaser prior to its return.
(b) All subscription checks shall be made payable to the order of CORNERSTONE CORE PROPERTIES REIT, INC. If you receive a check not conforming to the foregoing instructions, you must return such check directly to the subscriber not later than the end of the next business
day following its receipt. Checks conforming to the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted by you for deposit directly to Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ by the end of the next business day following receipt by you. In the event your final internal supervisory review is conducted at a different location, then checks must be transmitted to your final review office by the end of the next business day following
receipt by you and your final review office must in turn, by the end of the next business day following receipt by it, transmit the check for deposit directly to Cornerstone Core Properties REIT, Inc., c/o Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
(c) Upon receipt of the Subscription Agreement, the Company, will determine promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days after such receipt) whether it wishes to accept the proposed purchaser as a member in the Company, it being understood that the Company reserves
the right to reject the tender of any Subscription Agreement, in each case in its sole discretion. Should the Company determine to accept the tender of the Subscription Agreement, the Company will promptly advise you of such action. Should the Company determine to reject the tender, it will promptly notify in writing the prospective purchaser and you of such determination and will promptly return the tendered Subscription Agreement and the purchase price of the Shares directly to the prospective purchaser.
(d) You will use all reasonable efforts to offer Shares only to persons who meet the financial qualifications set forth in the Prospectus or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent to you by the Company and you will only make offers to persons in the states in which
it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. In offering Shares, you will comply with the provisions of all applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors, including without limitation, the provisions of Article III.C. of the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (the “NASAA Guidelines”).
Nothing contained in this Section 1 shall be construed to impose upon the Company the responsibility of assuring that prospective purchasers meet the suitability standards contained in the Prospectus and the Subscription Agreement or to relieve you of the responsibility of complying with the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). For purposes of this Agreement, references to “FINRA rules,” “rules
of FINRA” or similar variations, shall include, unless otherwise expressly stated or context otherwise requires, NASD and FINRA rules currently in effect and any successor or subsequent rules adopted by FINRA as part of its consolidated rulebook or otherwise.
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Offering Termination Date. |
As used herein, the term “Offering Termination Date” shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the date upon which subscriptions for the maximum number of Shares offered have been accepted by the Company which date the Company shall designate by notice to the Dealer Manager
in writing; or (ii) June 10, 2011; provided, however, that the Company may, by providing notice to Dealer Manager in writing, extend the Offering Termination Date for an additional period of up to one year, in which case the Offering Termination Date shall mean the date as set forth in such notice. The Company may terminate the offering of Shares at any time for any reason by written notice to the Dealer Manager at least two (2) business days prior to the date of termination.
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Obligations and Compensation of Participating Broker. |
(a) The Dealer Manager hereby appoints you as a distributor during the Offering Period (as defined in Section 3(b) for the purpose of finding, on a best efforts basis, purchasers for the Shares for cash. You hereby accept such agency and distributorship and agree to use your
best efforts to find purchasers for the Shares on said terms and conditions, commencing as soon as practicable.
(b) The “Offering Period” shall mean that period during which Shares may be offered for sale, commencing on the date the registration was made effective by the SEC, during which period offers and sales of
the Shares shall occur continuously in the jurisdictions in which the Shares are registered or qualified or exempt from registration (as confirmed in writing by the Company to the Dealer Manager) unless and until the Offering is terminated as provided herein, except that you shall suspend or terminate offering of the Shares upon request of the Company or the Dealer Manager at any time and shall resume offering the Shares upon subsequent request of the Company or the Dealer Manager. The Offering Period shall in
all events terminate upon the sale of all of the Shares. Upon termination of the Offering Period, your agency and this Agreement shall terminate without obligation on your part or the part of the Dealer Manager or the Company except as set forth in this Agreement.
(c) Except as may be provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus, as compensation for the services rendered by you, the Dealer Manager agrees that it will pay to you selling commissions as follows (based on a selling price of $8.00 per Share):
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If you and the investor agree, the selling commissions can be paid on a deferred basis for Shares sold in the primary offering. In these instances, the Company will sell the Shares at a reduced price as set forth above and the Dealer Manager will pay you a correspondingly reduced sales commission at the time of sale. The balance of the normal
commission would be paid by the Company to the Dealer Manager and by the Dealer Manager to you over six years for Shares sold in the primary offering out of the dividends or other distributions that are declared and paid with respect to the reduced-priced shares sold through you. The amount by which by the investor’s dividends or other distributions are reduced in these cases would be paid by the Company as deferred commissions to the Dealer Manager and by the Dealer Manager to you.
As an example, investors electing the deferred commission option for Shares purchased in the primary offering will pay, on the date of purchase, $7.52 per Share (which includes a commission of $0.08 per Share). For a period of six years following the date of purchase, an additional $0.08 per Share will be deducted annually from dividends
or other cash distributions otherwise payable to the investor and will be used to pay deferred commissions. The net proceeds to the Company will not be affected by the election of the deferred commission option. Under this arrangement, an investor electing the deferred commission option will pay a 1% commission upon subscription, rather than a 7% commission, and an amount equal to a 1% commission per year thereafter for the next six years, or longer if required to satisfy outstanding deferred commission obligations,
will be deducted from dividends or other cash distributions otherwise payable to such stockholder. The Company may also use other deferred commission structures, but the Company will not pay total commissions in excess of 7% of the offering price of the Shares.
If at any time prior to the satisfaction of the Company’s remaining deferred commission obligations, the Company decides to list its common stock for trading on national securities exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or other over-the-counter market, or the Company begins a liquidation of its properties, the Company may accelerate the
remaining commissions due under the deferred commission option. To the extent that the distributions prior to listing are insufficient to satisfy the remaining commissions due, the obligations of the Company and the investor to pay any further deferred commissions will terminate, and the Dealer Manager and you will not be entitled to receive any further portion of their deferred commissions following listing of the Company’s common stock.
In addition, if an investor that has elected the deferred commission option decides to participate in the Company’s share redemption program or requests that the Company transfer such stockholder’s Shares for any reason prior to the time that the remaining deferred selling commissions have been deducted from such stockholder’s
cash distributions, the Company will accelerate the selling commissions due under the Deferred Commission Option as set forth in the Prospectus.
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Representations and Warranties of Participating Broker. |
You represent and warrant to and covenant to the Dealer Manager and the Company that:
(a) You are a member of FINRA in good standing and a broker-dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act and under the securities laws of the states in which the Shares are to be offered and sold. You and your employees and representatives have all required licenses and
registrations to act under this Agreement.
(b) You have full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, and you have duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement is a valid, legal, and binding agreement of yours enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity provisions contained in Section 6 hereof may be limited under applicable securities laws and to the
extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the compliance with the terms of this Agreement by you will not conflict with or constitute a default or violation under any charter, by-law, contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over you.
(e) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by you of this Agreement.
(f) You have not violated any of the “bad boy” disqualification provisions contained in the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which the Shares may be offered.
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Covenants of Participating Broker |
(a) You will not make any written or oral statement with respect to the Company or the offering of Shares that is materially inconsistent with the statements in the Prospectus or Supplemental Material.
(b) You will provide the Dealer Manager with such information relating to the offer and sale of the Shares as the Dealer Manager may from time to time reasonably request or as may be requested to enable the Dealer Manager or the Company, as the case may be, to prepare such
reports of sale as may be required to be filed under applicable federal or state securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(c) You will cease making offers and soliciting subscriptions for Shares if so requested by the Dealer Manager in order to comply with applicable federal and state securities laws, and will forward to offerees for execution and delivery such additional documents and instruments
as the Dealer Manager may reasonably require.
(d) You will: (i) maintain all representation letters, questionnaires and other materials utilized by you to ascertain the satisfaction of the above criteria by offerees and investors, for a period of at least six years from the date of the offering is completed; and (ii)
make such material available to the Dealer Manager upon its request.
(e) Before, during or after the offering, except with the prior written consent of the Dealer Manager and except for internal-use only purposes or for the delivery to your advisors, will not duplicate any of the Supplemental Material or other similar selling documentation
furnished to you by the Dealer Manager or the Company.
(f) You have not paid or awarded, and will not pay or award, directly or indirectly, any commission or other compensation to any person engaged to render investment advice to a potential subscriber as an inducement to advise the purchase of the Shares, except as such commissions
or other compensation may be paid or awarded to you or reallowed by you in connection with the sale of the Shares as described in the Prospectus.
(g) All training and education meetings held by you will be in compliance with Rule 5110 (i)(2) of the FINRA rules.
(h) All sales incentive and bonus programs designed by you for your registered representatives will comply with all applicable FINRA rules.
(i) You have established and will maintain a customer identification program which requires you to (i) verify the identify of any person seeking to purchase the Shares through you to the extent reasonable and practicable, (ii) maintain records of the information used to
verify the person’s identity and (iii) determine whether the person appears on any lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to brokers or dealers by any government agency, in all accordance with the requirements of 31 C.F.R. Section 103.122.
(j) You have established and will maintain an anti-money laundering compliance program in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act of 2001, and in accordance with NASD Rule 3011 (or successor FINRA rule) and the related interpretive
guidance described in NASD’s IM-3011-1 and IM-3011-2 (or successor FINRA interpretive guidance).
(k) You covenant and agree to comply with any applicable requirements of the Act, and of the Exchange Act, and the published rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all applicable state securities laws and regulations as from time to time in effect, any other state
and federal laws and regulations applicable to the offering, the sale of Shares or the activities of the Participating Broker pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation the privacy standards and requirements of the ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 1999, the requirements of any applicable state privacy laws and the applicable provisions of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, this Agreement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented and the FINRA rules and, in particular, the rules which require the Participating
Broker (i) to recommend the purchase of Shares only when the Participating Broker has reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor concerning his investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, and any other information known by the Participating Broker, that the investor is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable him to realize to a significant extent the benefits described in the prospectus, that the investor has a fair market
net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in the program, including loss of investment and lack of liquidity, and that the program is otherwise suitable for the investor, (ii) to maintain certain files concerning the basis for Participating Broker’s determination of the suitability of the investor, (iii) to have reasonable grounds to believe, based on information made available to the Participating Broker by the Company, that all material facts are adequately and accurately disclosed and that such
disclosed facts provide a basis for evaluating an investment in the Company, and (iv) to inform the prospective investor or require the prospective investor to be informed of all pertinent facts relating to the liquidity and marketability of the investment during the term of the investment. Participating Broker also agrees not to deliver the Supplemental Material to any person unless the Supplemental Material is accompanied or preceded by the Prospectus.
(l) You will not give any information or make any representation in connection with the offering of the Shares other than those contained in the Prospectus and Supplemental Material furnished by the Company. You agree not to publish, circulate or otherwise use any other
advertisement or solicitation material. You are not authorized to act as agent of the Company or the Dealer Manager in any connection or transaction, and you agree not to act as such agent and not to purport to do so without the prior written approval of the Company and the Dealer Manager. You agree that if and when the Company or Dealer Manager supplies Participating Broker with copies of any supplement to the Prospectus, Participating Broker will thereafter distribute Prospectuses with such supplement.. You
further agree to comply with all instructions from the Company or the Dealer Manager concerning the destruction of out-dated Prospectuses and the use of supplemented or amended Prospectuses.
(m) You agree to solicit purchases of Shares only in the States and other jurisdictions in which the Company indicates that such solicitation can be made and in which you have determined that such solicitation can be made by you and in which you are is qualified to so act.
(n) You will not sell the Shares pursuant to this Agreement unless the Prospectus is furnished to the purchaser at least five (5) business days prior to the execution of the Subscription Agreement, or is sent to such person under circumstances that it would be received by
the purchaser five (5) business days prior to his execution of the Subscription Agreement.
(o) You will use reasonable efforts to select investors who you reasonably believe meet the investor suitability requirements which are set forth in the Prospectus and Subscription Agreement (Appendix A to the Prospectus) and such additional individual state requirements
as are specified in the Subscription Agreement and which are confirmed by the investors by payment of the purchase price for the Shares including that each investor be of legal age in the state of his or her residence. You will, for a period of six years, maintain in your files a copy of the Subscription Agreement for each investor for whom you acts as Participating Broker.
(p) You agree to comply with the record-keeping requirements imposed by (a) federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (b) the applicable rules of FINRA and (c) the NASAA Guidelines, including the requirement to maintain records
(the “Suitability Records”) of the information used to determine that an investment in Shares is suitable and appropriate for each subscriber for a period of six years from the date of the sale of the Shares. You further agree to make the Suitability Records available to the Dealer Manager and the Company upon request and to make them available to representatives of the SEC and FINRA and applicable state securities administrators
upon the Dealer’s receipt of a subpoena or other appropriate document request from such agency.
(q) To the extent that information is provided to you marked “For Broker-Dealer Use Only,” you covenant and agree not to provide such information to prospective investors.
6. Indemnification
(a) Subject to the limitations below, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Participating Brokers and (to the extent permitted by the Company's charter) the Dealer Manager, their officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls such Participating Broker
or Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (“Losses”), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company or on its behalf specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or based upon
written information furnished by the Company under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”), or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to
any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company will reimburse each Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person, in connection with investigating or defending such Loss upon final disposition of the proceeding giving rise to such Loss; provided that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished (x) to the Company by the Dealer Manager or (y) to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of any Participating Broker specifically for use in the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such post-effective amendment thereto,
any such Blue Sky Application or any such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and, further, the Company will not be liable in any such case if it is determined that such Participating Broker or the Dealer Manager was at fault in connection with the Loss, expense or action.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not provide for indemnification of any Indemnified Persons for any liability or loss suffered by any such Indemnified Person, unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) the directors of the Company or the Advisor
or its affiliates have determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company; (ii) the Indemnified Persons were acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company; (iii) such liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct by the Indemnified Persons; and (iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of the Company's Net Asset Value (as defined in the Company's charter) and not
from its stockholders.
(c) In addition, the Company shall not indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnified Person for any Losses or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there
has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular Indemnified Person, (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular Indemnified Person and (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular Indemnified Person 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 Securities and Exchange Commission and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws.
(d) The Dealer Manager has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each director and officer of the Company (including any person named in the Registration Statement, with his consent, as about to become a director), each other person who has signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (each a “Dealer Manager Indemnified Person”), from and against any Losses to which any of the Company Indemnitees may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained (A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to
any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically for use
with reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or any such Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material, (iii) any unauthorized use of sales materials, use of unauthorized verbal representations or use of “For Broker-Dealer Use Only” materials with members of the public concerning the Shares by the
Dealer Manager; (iv) any untrue statement made by the Dealer Manager or its representatives or agents or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (v) any material violation of this Agreement; (vi) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundering abatement and anti-terrorism financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules
and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; or (vii) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA or SEC rules. The Dealer Manager will reimburse each Dealer Manager Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such Loss, expense or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Dealer Manager may otherwise have.
(e) You and each other Participating Broker severally will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer Manager, each of their officers and directors (including any person named in the Registration Statement, with his consent, as about to become a director), each other
person who has signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (each, a “Participating Broker Indemnified Person”) from and against any Losses to which a Participating Broker Indemnified Person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or (C) any Supplemental Material, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date
of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Participating Broker specifically for use with reference to the Participating Broker in the preparation of Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or any such Blue Sky Application or Supplemental Material, (iii) any unauthorized use of sales materials, use of unauthorized verbal representations or use of “For Broker-Dealer
Use Only” materials with members of the public concerning the Shares by the Dealer Manager; (iv) any untrue statement made by such Participating Broker or its representatives or agents or omission to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (v) any material violation of this Agreement; (vi) any failure to comply with applicable laws governing money laundering abatement
and anti-terrorism financing efforts, including applicable FINRA rules, SEC rules and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001; or (vii) any other failure to comply with applicable FINRA or SEC rules. Each such Participating Broker will reimburse each Participating Broker Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss, expense or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that such Participating Broker may
otherwise have.
(f) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify in writing the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof. The failure of an indemnified party so to notify the indemnifying party will relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this Section 6 as to the particular item for which indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other liability that it may have to any indemnified party. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled, to the
extent it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to participate in the defense thereof, with separate counsel. Such participation shall not relieve such indemnifying party of the obligation to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable legal and other expenses (incurred by such indemnified party in defending itself, except for such expenses incurred after the indemnifying party has deposited funds sufficient to effect the settlement, with prejudice, of the claim in respect
of which indemnity is sought. Any such indemnifying party shall not be liable to any such indemnified party on account of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party. Any indemnified party shall not be bound to perform or refrain from performing any act pursuant to the terms of any settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnified party.
(g) The indemnifying party shall pay all legal fees and expenses of the indemnified party in the defense of such claims or actions; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be obliged to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm in connection with
the defense of similar claims arising out of the same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims notwithstanding that such actions or claims are alleged or brought by one or more parties against more than one indemnified party. If such claims or actions are alleged or brought against more than one indemnified party, then the indemnifying party shall only be obliged to reimburse the expenses and fees of the one law firm that has been selected by a majority of the indemnified parties against which such
action is finally brought; and in the event a majority of such indemnified parties is unable to agree on which law firm for which expenses or fees will be reimbursable by the indemnifying party, then payment shall be made to the first law firm of record representing an indemnified party against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid only to the extent of services performed by such law firm and no reimbursement shall be payable to such law firm on account of legal services performed by another law firm.
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Effective Date and Termination. |
This Agreement shall become effective upon its execution and delivery by the Dealer Manager, the Company and you. This Agreement may be terminated by you or the Dealer Manager at your or its option by giving written notice to the other and the Company. In any case, this Agreement will terminate at the close of business on the Termination
Date; provided, however, that all accrued fees payable to you under the terms and conditions hereof shall be paid when due although this Agreement shall have theretofore been terminated.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7 shall be without liability of Dealer Manager and the Company to you and without liability on your part to the Dealer Manager or the Company, except with respect to compensation earned for accepted subscriptions.
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Survival of Indemnities, Warranties and Representations. |
Your indemnity agreements contained in Section 6 hereof, and the representations and warranties of the Participating Broker set forth in Section 4 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of you, the Dealer Manager,
the Company, or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares, and any successor of the Company, the Dealer Manager or of any such controlling person or any legal representative of any such controlling person, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefit of your indemnity agreements and representations and warranties.
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Notices. |
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (a) whenever notice is required by the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise to be given to the Company, such notice shall be in writing addressed to the Company at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, (b) whenever notice is required by the
provisions of this Agreement or otherwise to be given to the Dealer Manager, such notice shall be in writing addressed to Dealer Manager at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and (c) whenever notice is required by the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise to be given to you, at the address set forth on the last page of this Agreement. Any notice referred to herein may be given in writing or by facsimile or telephone and if by telephone shall be immediately confirmed in writing. Notice
(unless actual) shall be effective upon mailing or facsimile transmission with confirmation of facsimile receipt, as the case may be.
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Counterparts |
This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be an original contract, but all counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement
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Persons Entitled To Benefit of Agreement. |
Except as provided in the next sentence, this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of you, the other Participating Brokers, the Dealer Manager, the Company or controlling persons thereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right by virtue of this Agreement, and the term “successors
and assigns,” as used in this Agreement, shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Shares.
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Not a Separate Entity. |
Nothing contained herein shall constitute you, the Dealer Manager or the other Participating Brokers, or any of them, as an association, partnership, unincorporated business or other separate entity.
13. Assignability
Neither the rights nor the obligations of the Dealer Manager or the Participating Broker may be transferred or assigned, provided, however, that the Dealer Manager may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any successor Dealer Manager under the Dealer Manager Agreement. Any other purported assignment of this
Assignment or any of the rights and obligations hereunder shall be null, void and of no effect.
Please confirm your agreement to become a Participating Broker under the terms and conditions herein set forth by signing and returning the enclosed duplicate copy of this Agreement at once to the Dealer Manager at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
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