CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC
a New York
limited liability company
PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM
Offer of Class B Limited Liability Company Units
October 16, 2023
Questions and requests
for information may be
directed to:
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME
FUND LLC
970 Peachtree Industrial
Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024
408 856 5031
Email: di.mo@cloudtoronto.us
This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Units
described herein in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such an offer or sale.
CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+
GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC
a New York
limited liability company
THIS OFFERING IS LIMITED
TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS
Minimum Subscription for Class B Units: $250,000.00
Initial Price Per Class B Unit: $1,000.00
This Private
Placement Memorandum (this “Memorandum”) describes the offering (the “Offering”)
of limited liability company interests in CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC, a New York
limited liability company (the “Fund”). The Units (as defined below)
will be sold pursuant to and in accordance with the terms set forth in this Memorandum. The
Units will be sold exclusively to “Accredited
investors” (as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, as
promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities
Act”)).
It is intended
that the Fund will be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The Fund will be managed by its manager, Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth & Income
Fund GP LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Managing Member”),
an affiliate of the Fund’s sponsor.
The purpose of
the Fund is to acquire, develop, manage, operate, lease, and sell, directly or
indirectly, commercial real estate properties consistent with the Fund’s
investment strategy of acquiring quality income- producing and value-add commercial properties, which do not require
significant development, that are either
operated by Affiliates of the Managing
Member or unrelated third parties, and, in some circumstances, leased
under short term and long-term leases to creditworthy
tenants. The
Fund may also invest in: (i) equity interests in entities that have developed
and/or acquired quality income producing commercial properties and are either
operated by Affiliates of the Managing Member or unrelated third parties, (ii)
debt securities (e.g., promissory notes, mezzanine debt instruments) secured by
security interests in commercial properties (such investments collectively the
“Real Estate Portfolio”), and (iii) in shares of publicly-traded securities
issued by real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) (up to a maximum amount of twenty-five (25%) percent of net assets the Fund) (“REIT Portfolio” and together with the Real Estate Portfolio, the “Fund Portfolio”).
The Fund
Portfolio will be held through Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth & Income Fund REIT, LLC (the
“REIT Subsidiary”). The Fund will act as manager
of the REIT Subsidiary and the Fund will invest
substantially all its assets
into Common Units (as such term is defined in the REIT Subsidiary operating
agreement) of the REIT Subsidiary. Further information with respect to the REIT
Subsidiary is set out in the REIT PPM Supplement (the “REIT Supplement”) attached
to this Memorandum as Appendix C. Investors are encouraged to read both the Memorandum and the REIT Supplement in
their entirety.
The sponsor
of the Fund (the “Sponsor”) is Cloud Toronto –
FYBN – The Wealth
Development Company, a trade name used
to refer to a group of affiliated entities directly or indirectly controlled by
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos, Inc., a New York corporation. The Sponsor is a middle
market alternative asset manager who has been involved in acquiring, managing,
and disposing of commercial real estate-related assets for over thirteen years.
This
Memorandum provides important information you should know before investing in
the Units. Please read it carefully before
you invest and keep it for future
reference. You should rely only on the information contained in this Memorandum or information to which we have referred
to you. We have not authorized anyone
to provide you with additional information or
information different from that contained in this Memorandum.
Brief Overview of the Units
A general
description of the rights, preferences, and restrictions associated with the Units is set forth below. Each Investor should
carefully read this Private Placement Memorandum (this “Memorandum”) and the Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”), a copy of which has
been enclosed as Appendix A, to understand certain risks associated with
acquiring Units and the rights, restrictions, and obligations associated with
the Units.
Class B Units
The
class of limited liability company units being offered hereunder is referred to
as the “Class B Units.” The Class B
Units are being offered at a price per Class B Unit as indicated at the
beginning of this Memorandum, and thereafter at the applicable Net Asset Value
per Unit on the applicable Dealing Day (as defined below). The holders of the Class B Units are referred
to herein collectively as the “Class B Members” and each a “Class B Member.”
The Class B Units will have limited
voting rights, as described in the
LLC Agreement. Class B Members
are entitled to participate in the income
and profit of the Fund, subject to the Managing Member Performance Allocation.
Class
B Units will be subject to a Managing Member Performance Allocation (as further
described below) of twenty (20%) percent.
To assist in funding
and diversification of the Fund,
the Managing Member,
in its discretion, may create
and offer other classes of Units in the Fund which may carry different
rights and be subject to different fees and commissions.
The
Class B Members together with other members identified in the LLC Agreement are
referred to herein collectively as the “Participating Members” and each a “Participating Member.” The Class B Units together
with any other Units
identified in the LLC Agreement shall be referred to as the “Participating Units.” The Participating Members are also
referred to herein collectively as the “Investors”
and each an “Investor.”
A summary of
the Managing Broker Dealer Fees and sales commission limits for Class B Units
permitted under the LLC Agreement and as described in further detail in this
Memorandum is set out below:
Managing Broker Dealer
Fees |
Class B Units |
Managing Broker Fee:
Based on gross assets
raised attributable to the Managing Broker Dealer |
0.7% |
Sales Commissions
Based on transaction value To be paid to duly licensed Affiliated Agents of the Managing Broker- Dealer and who are also affiliated with the Managing
Member |
Up to 2% |
Marketing Reallowance
Based on transaction value To be paid to Selling Group
Members of the Managing Broker-Dealer |
Up to 1% |
Managing Member Units
The Managing
Member intends to make capital contributions equal at least one (1%) percent of
the capital contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member may make a capital
contribution to the Fund no less frequently than semi-annually, so that the Managing Member capital contribution equals at least one
(1%) percent of the capital
contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member may offset capital contributions to the
extent Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos or its affiliates make direct investments in
underlying holdings of the Fund.
Distribution Policy
The Fund will
receive dividends from the REIT Subsidiary as further described in the REIT
Supplement. Subject to receipt of such dividends, the Managing Member intends
to declare and make periodic distributions to Members, provided however that
any such dividends will first be used to satisfy applicable fees and expenses,
and redemption requests from Investors that are accepted
by the Managing Member. Any distributions made by the Fund
are at the discretion of the Managing Member, considering factors such as the
Fund’s earnings, cash flow, capital needs and general
financial condition and the requirements of applicable law. As a result, the Fund’s distribution rates and payment frequency may vary from time to time.
Brief Overview of the Offering
The Units are being
offered on a continuous basis
commencing on the date of this Memorandum on a
best- efforts basis. Funds tendered
by Investors in the Offering will be released
immediately to the Fund on the relevant Dealing Day upon acceptance of a
subscription by the Managing Member and/or the Fund and after review and
approval by the Managing Broker. The Units are offered subject to acceptance,
prior sale, and withdrawal, cancellation, or modification of the offer at any
time without notice.
The
Offering is made on a “best efforts — no minimum” basis which means that the
Managing Broker and the participating brokers are only required to use their
best efforts to sell the Units. In a
best efforts offering, the Managing Broker is not guaranteeing the sale of a
certain number of Units, and will not purchase any outstanding Units. There is no requirement that any minimum
number of Units be sold before the gross subscription proceeds (“Proceeds”) are released to the Fund and
applied in its business. Therefore, there can be no assurance that any minimum
number of Units will be sold.
The
Units are offered
through Young America Capital, LLC1, a
registered broker/dealer and member FINRA/SIPC
(the “Managing Broker”). Upon receipt of the executed
acceptance of the Subscription Agreement
(the “Subscription Agreement”),
a copy of which has been enclosed as Appendix B, the Investor will deposit,
preferably via wire transfer (though checks will be accepted) the subscription
amount delivered directly to an account of the Fund, with such proceeds
available for use by the Fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the LLC Agreement immediately upon receipt.
Units may be
purchased at an initial
price per Unit indicated at the beginning of this Memorandum and
thereafter at their Net Asset Value per Unit on the
first Business Day of each month (a “Dealing Day”). For an initial purchase of
Units, a properly executed Subscription Agreement must be received by Cloud
Toronto – FYBN before 5:00 p.m. New York time at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Dealing
Day. Notifications received
less than five (5) Business Days prior to purchase
will be accepted solely at the Managing
Member’s discretion. For subsequent purchases, Units may be purchased on the first Business Day of each month
provided that the Managing Member received proper written notice before 5:00
p.m. New York time at least five (5) Business Days prior to the relevant
Dealing Day. Any payments submitted in the form of a transfer in kind will be executed
solely at the Managing Member’s
discretion and may require
additional notice. Payments for the purchase must be received by Cloud Toronto
– FYBN by 3:00 p.m. New York time at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the Dealing
Day and will be processed at the Net Asset Value as of the close of
business on the Dealing Day. In the event the Fund does not receive payment, in
whole or in part, by the designated time, the Investor will be liable to the
Fund for any related losses.
The Managing
Member may elect in its absolute discretion to accept subscription payments from prospective investors, in whole or in part, in specie or in kind rather than in cash.
This election may be made generally or in
any particular case. The Managing Member will use the same valuation procedures used in determining Net Asset Value
1 Information about
the Managing Broker
is available at FINRA’s BrokerCheck website: https://brokercheck.finra.org/.
to determine the value to be attributed to the relevant
assets to be transferred or assigned to the Fund as of the relevant Dealing Day. Any prospective investor seeking to
contribute assets will be responsible for all costs involved in changing the
ownership of and the transfer of the relevant assets unless the Managing Member
otherwise agrees. Upon receipt of properly completed subscription materials and
such legal and other transfer documentation as the Managing Member
and Cloud Toronto – FYBN in their
sole discretion may require, Cloud Toronto – FYBN will allot the requisite number of Units in
the normal manner. The Managing
Member reserves the right to decline to register any prospective investor
until the subscriber has been
able to prove title to the assets in question and make a valid transfer
thereof.
For purposes
of this Memorandum, a “Business
Day” is any day on which banks are open for business
in the United States and/or
such other day or days as the Managing Member may from time to time determine.
The
individual minimum subscription for Class B Units is Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00),
unless otherwise waived by the Managing Member. Subscriptions are subject to
acceptance or rejection by the Managing Member, in the Managing Member’s sole
and absolute discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Subscription Agreement. Rejected
subscriptions and subscription funds will be returned to subscribers without
interest within thirty (30) days of rejection.
The date of this Memorandum is October
16, 2023.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CAPTION PAGE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
IMPORTANT GENERAL
CONSIDERATIONS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
CONDITIONS TO RECEIVING THIS MEMORANDUM……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
WHO MAY INVEST; SUITABILITY STANDARDS………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
PRIVACY NOTICE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
SUMMARY OF OFFERING AND FUND TERMS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29
GENERAL RISK FACTORS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGY, AND POLICIES……………………………………………………………………………………………… 60
MANAGEMENT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 70
MANAGEMENT FEES AND COMPENSATION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 74
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 78
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83
AMENDMENTS TO LLC AGREEMENT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 86
TAX CONSIDERATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 89
ERISA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 94
SUPPLEMENTAL SALES MATERIAL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 97
APPENDICES
A
– LLC Agreement
B
– Subscription Agreement
The following
questions and answers about this offering of equity securities (this “Offering”) highlight material
information regarding the Fund and this Offering. Each Investor should read
this Private Placement Memorandum (this “Memorandum”),
including the section entitled “Risk Factors,” before deciding to purchase the
equity securities offered hereunder.
Q: What is CLOUD TORONTO –
FYBN CORE+ GROWTH
& INCOME FUND LLC?
A: The Fund is a
distinguished New York limited liability company (LLC) established with the
primary objective of making strategic investments in a diverse portfolio of
real estate properties, gas stations, real estate-related equity investments,
including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and other real estate-related
assets. Guided by the Managing Member’s expertise and vision, The Fund seeks to
identify and invest in opportunities that offer an attractive risk-return
profile.
Investment Focus:
At The Fund, our investment
strategy is rooted in the belief that a well-diversified portfolio is essential
for sustainable growth and resilience in the real estate market. We target a
variety of assets and investment vehicles to achieve our objectives:
Real Estate Properties: We
selectively invest in a range of real estate properties, with a keen focus on
identifying promising market opportunities and high-potential properties.
Gas Stations: Recognizing the
importance of the energy and convenience retail sector, The Fund has a
strategic interest in gas station investments.
Real Estate-Related Equity
Investments: We actively explore opportunities in real estate-related equity
investments, including holdings in REITs, to harness the benefits of collective
real estate ownership.
Other Real Estate-Related
Assets: In addition to traditional investments, The Fund remains open to
exploring unique and innovative real estate-related assets, adapting to
changing market dynamics.
Continuous Offering:
The Fund is dedicated to
ensuring accessibility and inclusivity for potential investors. We offer three
distinct classes of limited liability company units on a continuous basis,
starting from the initial Dealing Day upon acceptance of subscriptions from
Participating Members. This approach allows investors to enter and exit the
Fund as they see fit, providing flexibility and convenience.
Mission:
Our mission at The Fund is to
maximize returns for our investors by carefully curating a diversified
portfolio that not only delivers strong financial performance but also manages
risks effectively. We are dedicated to delivering long-term value through informed
and strategic investments.
Conclusion:
The Fund is committed to the
pursuit of excellence in real estate investment. With a focus on diversity,
continuous offerings, and a strong commitment to risk management, we invite
potential investors to explore the opportunities presented by The Fund. Our
team of experts is here to guide you through the dynamic world of real estate
investments and deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns. Join us on this
journey as we build and manage a portfolio that aligns with your financial
objectives and aspirations.
Q: What assets will the Fund own?
A: The
purpose of the Fund is to acquire,
develop, manage, operate, lease, and sell, directly or indirectly, commercial
real estate properties consistent with the Fund’s investment strategy of
acquiring quality income- producing and value-add
commercial properties, which do not require significant development, that are either operated by Affiliates of the Managing Member
or unrelated third parties, and, in some circumstances, leased
under short term and long-term leases to creditworthy
tenants. The
Fund may also invest in: (i) equity interests in entities that have developed
and/or acquired quality income producing commercial properties and are either
operated by Affiliates of the Managing Member or unrelated third parties, (ii)
debt securities (e.g., promissory notes, mezzanine debt instruments) secured by
security interests in commercial properties, and (iii) in shares of publicly
traded real-estate investment trusts “REITs” (up to a maximum amount of
twenty-five (25%) percent of net assets the Fund) (“REIT Portfolio”).
Q: What are the major
risks to the
investment?
A: Investment in the Units of the Fund
offered hereby involves risk, including the risk
of a significant loss of the investment and the general economic failure of the
Fund. Some of these risks are described in more detail in the section labeled
“Risk Factors.”
Q: Who
will select the investments that the Fund will invest
into?
A: The Fund’s Managing Member is Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth & Income Fund GP LLC, a New York limited liability
company. Investment decisions
of the Fund will be made by the Managing Member, although
the Managing Member may, at times, engage affiliated and third-party
investment managers to assist in these efforts.
Q: Who
is Cloud Toronto – FYBN ?
A: One
Sponsor of the Fund is Cloud Toronto – FYBN – The Wealth Development Company, a trade name
used to refer to a group of affiliated entities directly or indirectly
controlled by Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos Inc., a New York corporation. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN is an alternative asset
manager, sponsor of private funds, and real estate developer. This Sponsor has
been involved in acquiring, managing, and disposing of real estate-related assets for over thirteen years.
See section “Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Executive Summary” for additional
information concerning Cloud Toronto – FYBN – The Wealth Development Company and a full
list of the Affiliates (defined herein) of Cloud Toronto – FYBN that are referenced above.
Q: What is the Fund’s
targeted rate of return?
A: The Fund will strive to acquire assets
at a discount to current market through core plus and value-add acquisition strategies. The Fund’s target
is to provide outsized risk-adjusted returns targeting a nine to fourteen percent (9% – 14%), fund-level internal
rate of return (IRR). There is no guarantee, however, that the
Fund will achieve these results and risks do exist that may result in a
significant or complete loss or your investment. The target returns
established by us take into consideration a variety of assumptions, and there
is no guarantee that the assumptions upon which the target returns are based
will materialize.
The Fund will pursue
real estate investment strategies generally categorized as “Core Plus“ and “Value Add”
which includes stabilization, re-tenanting, small renovations, adaptive re-use, and substantial renovations of
existing assets. Estimated returns are based on past performance of a
generalized core plus and value-add strategy.
Within commercial real estate investing, Core Plus and Value Add
investment opportunities are typically viewed as low to moderate risk
respectively. Further details on the
generally accepted real estate investment risk profiles are set out below.
What is a gas station investment?
A gas station investment involves purchasing or operating
a gas station with the expectation of generating a return on your investment.
What are the key factors to consider before investing in
a gas station?
Key factors include location, competition, financial
stability, and regulatory requirements.
Is it profitable to invest in a gas station?
Profitability depends on factors like location, management, and market
conditions. It can be profitable but isn’t guaranteed.
What are the different types of gas station investments?
You can invest in existing gas stations, buy a franchise,
or build a new station from the ground up.
How important is the location of a gas station?
Location is critical. High traffic areas with limited
competition are generally more profitable.
What licenses and permits are required to operate a gas
station?
The specific requirements vary by location, but typically include
business licenses, environmental permits, and safety certifications.
What are the typical operating costs for a gas station?
Operating costs include fuel purchases, employee
salaries, maintenance, utilities, and insurance.
How can I finance the purchase of a gas station?
You can finance a gas station through personal savings,
loans, or by partnering with investors.
What are the risks associated with gas station
investments?
Risks include fluctuating fuel prices, environmental
liabilities, and changes in consumer behavior.
How do I determine the value of a gas station?
The value is often based on factors like cash flow,
location, property value, and potential for growth.
Are there any environmental concerns associated with gas
station investments?
Yes, potential environmental contamination from fuel leaks is a concern.
Proper maintenance and compliance with regulations are essential.
Can I convert a gas station into another type of
business?
Converting a gas station into another business may be possible, but it
depends on local zoning regulations and structural considerations.
What is the typical return on investment (ROI) for a gas
station?
ROI varies widely, but a well-run gas station can provide
a reasonable return on investment over time.
What are the advantages of owning a franchise gas
station?
Franchise gas stations offer brand recognition, marketing
support, and established operational processes.
How can I attract customers to my gas station?
Offering competitive fuel prices, convenience store items, and loyalty
programs can help attract and retain customers.
Is it a good idea to buy a gas station with a convenience
store?
Combining a gas station with a convenience store can enhance
profitability as it offers additional revenue streams.
Are there tax benefits to owning a gas station?
Tax benefits may include deductions for operating expenses,
depreciation, and potential credits for environmental cleanup costs.
What is the typical lease structure for gas station
operators?
Lease structures vary, but they can include fixed rent,
percentage-based rent, or a combination of both.
How can I mitigate the risk of fuel price fluctuations?
Diversifying revenue streams, optimizing inventory management, and
monitoring fuel price trends can help mitigate this risk.
Is it possible to sell my gas station investment in the
future?
Yes, you can sell your gas station investment. The ease of sale and
potential profit depend on market conditions and the condition of your
business.
A “Core Plus” investment strategy typically involves properties that are
considered to be a step above core properties but still require some level of
active management to achieve their full potential. While whether a gas station
property qualifies as “Core Plus” depends on various factors, here are some
considerations:
Location: A gas station’s location is critical. If it is in a prime,
high-traffic area with strong demographics and limited competition, it may
qualify as Core Plus.
Property Condition: The condition of the gas station property matters.
If it is well-maintained and up-to-date, it may be more likely to be classified
as Core Plus.
Income Stability: Gas stations with consistent and predictable income,
such as long-term tenant leases, may be more appealing as Core Plus
investments.
Potential for Value-Add: Properties with untapped potential, such as the
ability to expand the convenience store, add additional services, or optimize
operations, can qualify as Core Plus if they offer opportunities for value
enhancement.
Market Trends: Consider the current and future market trends for gas
stations in the area. Is there a growing demand for fuel and convenience store
services?
Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that the gas station complies with all
environmental, safety, and zoning regulations. Properties that have already
addressed potential regulatory issues may be more attractive.
Lease Terms: If there are long-term lease agreements in place with
reputable tenants, it can enhance the property’s Core Plus status.
Financial Performance: Evaluate the historical financial
performance of the gas station. A property with a track record of generating
consistent income may be viewed more favorably.
Competitive Analysis: Assess the competitive landscape. If the gas
station has a competitive advantage, such as offering unique services or having
strong brand recognition, it may qualify as Core Plus.
Exit Strategy: Consider your exit strategy. A Core Plus property should
have the potential for capital appreciation over time, allowing you to sell it
at a higher value.
It’s important to note that the classification of a property as Core,
Core Plus, or any other category can vary depending on individual investment
criteria and market conditions. Investors and real estate professionals
typically use these categories as a general guideline, but the specific
classification of a property should be based on a comprehensive analysis of its
unique attributes and potential.
Before classifying a gas station property as Core Plus, it’s advisable
to consult with real estate experts and conduct thorough due diligence to
determine if the property aligns with your investment goals and risk tolerance.
The Company, FYBN Gas Station Investment Fund Systems, is
a gas station / cstore developer focused on artificial intelligence, machine
learning, and deep learning processing for research, government, and corporate
organizations.
The Company is subject to a number of significant risks that could
result in a reduction in its value and the value of the Company Securities,
potentially including, but not limited to:
Inability of the Company to complete an initial public offering of its
securities, merger, buyout or other liquidity event, Inability to expand and
maintain market acceptance for the Company’s services and products in the
United States,
Inability to gain access to international markets and
comply with all applicable local laws and regulations,
Rapidly changing consumer preferences and market trends,
Inability to achieve management’s projections for growth, to maintain or
increase historical rates of growth, or to achieve growth based on past or
current trends,
Inability to develop, maintain and expand successful marketing
relationships, affiliations, joint ventures and partnerships that may be needed
to continue and accelerate the Company’s growth and market penetration,
Difficulties in managing rapid growth effectively,
Inability to keep pace with rapid industry, technological and market
changes that could affect the Company’s services, products and business,
Potential costs and business disruption that may result if the Company’s
customers complain or assert claims regarding the Company’s technology,
Failure to adequately address data security and privacy concerns in
compliance with U.S. and international laws, rules and policies,
Technological problems, including potentially widespread outages and
disruptions in Internet and mobile commerce, Performance issues arising from
infrastructure changes, human or software errors, website or third-party
hosting disruptions, network disruptions or capacity constraints due to a
number of potential causes including technical failures, cyber attacks, security
vulnerabilities, natural disasters or fraud,
Inability to adequately secure and protect intellectual
property rights,
Potential claims and litigation against the Company for infringement of
intellectual property rights and other alleged violations of law, Difficulties
in complying with applicable laws and regulations, and potential costs and
business disruption if the Company becomes subject to claims and litigation for
legal non-compliance, Changes in laws and regulations materially affecting the
Company’s business,
Liability risks and labor costs and requirements that may
jeopardize the Company’s business,
Ongoing need for substantial additional capital to support operations,
to finance expansion and/or to maintain competitive position, Issuance of
additional Company equity securities at prices dilutive to existing equity
holders, Dependence on and inability to hire or retain key members of
management and a qualified workforce, Potential significant and unexpected
declines in the value of Company equity securities, including prior to, during,
and after an initial public offering, and Other risks that are not generally
disclosed or known, in part because the Company is privately held and does not
provide risk disclosure in publicly available reports. In addition, the gas
station / cstore industry is highly competitive, and the Company may not be
able to compete effectively against the other businesses in its industry. The
Company faces competition from a large number of competitors, including EXXON
MOBIL, CHEVRON, BP, SHELL and Other Private Operators and Owners Like Quik
Trip, WAWA, etc, some of which have longer operating histories, significantly
greater financial, technical, marketing, distribution and other resources and
greater name recognition than the Company does. These and other companies may
develop new services and products and marketing and distribution channels in
advance of the Company or establish business models or technologies disruptive
to the Company’s business. Moreover, current and future competitors of the
Company may also make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative
relationships among themselves or with others. By doing so, they may increase
their ability to meet the needs of customers and potential customers. To the
extent that the Company is not able to compete successfully against current and
future competitors, the Company’s business, results of operations and financial
condition may suffer. It is impossible for anyone to know with any certainty which
of the companies will be more successful than the others, and an investment
will be subject to all of the risks inherent in any investment in a nascent
business and industry with a number of different competitors.
The business of the Company and investment in the Company Securities may
also be jeopardized by stagnant economic conditions and by political,
geopolitical, regulatory, financial and other developments in the United
States, Europe, China, the Middle East and elsewhere around the world,
including incidents of war and terrorism, outbreaks and pandemics of serious
communicable diseases such as COVID-19 and Ebola, and natural and man- made
disasters that are beyond the Company’s control and could disrupt its business
and adversely affect its performance and financial condition.
Investing
in CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN Gas Station Investment Funds, which have over 400 gas
stations in Georgia and a software platform that covers over 1000 cities in the
state, presents an intriguing opportunity in the gas station business. Here are
some key points to consider:
Diversification: With over 400 gas stations
in Georgia, your investment is well-diversified across locations and markets,
reducing the impact of any single market’s fluctuations on your overall
portfolio.
Market
Coverage:
The software platform covering over 1000 cities in Georgia can provide valuable
data and insights to optimize the gas station operations, such as pricing
strategies, inventory management, and marketing efforts.
Profitability: The gas station business
typically operates on thin profit margins, but a 40 – 45% profit range suggests
efficient operations and potentially competitive advantages in terms of
pricing, product offerings, or services.
Cash
Flow: The
heavy cash flow nature of the business can be advantageous for investors,
providing a consistent stream of income that can be reinvested or distributed
as returns.
Operational
Intensity:
It’s important to recognize that gas stations are highly operational- intensive
businesses. Proper management, maintenance, compliance with regulations, and
customer service are critical for success.
Economies
of Scale:
Having a significant number of gas stations in the portfolio may allow for
economies of scale in procurement, marketing, and management, potentially
increasing profitability.
Market
Stability:
Georgia’s gas station market may be relatively stable due to consistent demand
for fuel and essential goods, making it less susceptible to economic downturns.
Exit
Strategy:
Consider your exit strategy. A well-managed portfolio of gas stations can be
attractive to potential buyers or investors looking for stable income streams.
Risk
Management:
Despite the potential rewards, it’s important to assess and manage risks
associated with gas station investments, including environmental compliance,
competition, fuel price fluctuations, and regulatory changes.
Due
Diligence:
Before investing, conduct thorough due diligence on the specific gas stations
in the portfolio. Evaluate their locations, market conditions, financial
performance, and any potential value-add opportunities.
Tax
Considerations:
Work closely with tax professionals to understand the tax implications of your
investment, including depreciation, deductions, and any tax credits available
in Georgia.
Professional
Management:
Consider whether the investment funds have experienced and professional
management in place to oversee the operations, maintenance, and strategic
direction of the gas station portfolio.
Long-Term
Strategy:
Determine whether your investment aligns with a long-term strategy, as the gas
station business can provide stable income over an extended period.
Before
making any investment, consult with financial advisors and conduct a
comprehensive analysis to ensure that it aligns with your investment goals,
risk tolerance, and financial strategy. Additionally, seek legal and financial
advice to fully understand the terms and conditions of your investment in FYBN
Gas Station Investment Funds.
Q: What management fees will be paid to the Managing Member or
its Affiliates?
A: The
various management fees paid encompass the costs of ensuring a competent
management team is in place making
decisions daily for sourcing, acquiring, and providing oversight for the Fund’s
assets. Please refer to the section
labeled “Management Fees and Compensation”.
Q: What is the per Unit purchase
price?
A: After their initial issue, the Units
will be sold at the then-current “Net Asset Value” or “NAV”, which is generally
the prior month’s NAV per unit for such class, plus applicable upfront selling commissions and Managing
Broker Dealer Fees as further described below.
Q: How
is the NAV per Unit calculated?
A: The
per Unit NAV of the Fund is calculated by Cloud Toronto – FYBN each month, based on the net asset values of
the Fund’s investments (including the REIT
Portfolio), with the addition of any other assets (e.g., cash on hand), and the
deduction of liabilities.
Properties
held by the Fund will be valued at least once per year. The Managing Member,
however, at its sole and absolute discretion, can revalue properties held by
the Fund more frequently. In valuing these investments, Cloud Toronto
– FYBN has implemented a valuation
process that is commonly utilized in the real estate investment industry by
completing multi-year forecasts on each underlying asset, making assumptions on
future financing activities, and applying industry accepted discount factors to
achieve a valuation via discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. Cloud Toronto –
FYBN may also obtain third-party
appraisals for comparison purposes to the DCF results.
The
REIT Portfolio will be valued using readily available market quotations. If a market quotation is not readily
available or is deemed unreliable, or if an event that is expected to affect
the value of a security occurs after the close of the principal exchange or
market on which that security is traded, and before the close of the New York
Stock Exchange, the fair value of a security will be determined in good faith
under policies and procedures established
by and under the
supervision of Cloud Toronto –
FYBN . Further details
are set out below under “Net Asset Value Determination
and Valuation Policy.”
Q: Where will the Fund buy
properties?
A: The
Fund will select
markets for acquisitions based on simple
criteria we’ve defined
as “growth markets.”
In choosing specific geographic areas, the Fund seeks a long-term trend
toward population growth,
evidenced by a recent
track record that extends a minimum of 10 years.
Q: What is the anticipated life cycle of the Fund?
A: The Fund is being offered on a
continuous open-end basis. In an
open-end fund structure, an Investor may request redemptions of their units on
a quarterly basis, but the Fund is not obligated to redeem any Units and may
choose to redeem only some, or even none, of the Units that have been requested
to be redeemed in any particular quarter in the Managing Member’s
sole and absolute
discretion. While the Managing Member may consider a liquidity event at any time in the
future, the Managing Member does not currently intend to undertake such
consideration for three to five years from each individual asset purchases, and
the Fund is not obligated by its LLC Agreement or otherwise to affect a
liquidity event at any time.
Q: What will the Fund do with the money raised in this offering?
A: The funds raised in this offering
will primarily be utilized to purchase
and renovate real estate related
assets, and operate those assets for cash flow and value growth. On a temporary basis, the Fund may also lend a small portion of its total capital to real estate
related assets with the goal of earning interest on not-yet-deployed capital.
Q: Who can buy Units?
A: An Investor may buy Units pursuant to
this Memorandum if you are an “Accredited Investor” as described in the
offering memorandum. See section entitled “Who
May Invest; Suitability Standards.”
Q: Is
there any minimum investment required?
A: Yes.
Generally, an Investor must invest at least $250,000. Fund management has the
discretion to accept a lower minimum investment amount.
Q: How
do I subscribe?
A: Securities are offered
through Young America Capital, LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member FINRA/SIPC.
Prospective investors who would like to subscribe for the Units must
carefully read this Memorandum. If, after carefully reading the entire
Memorandum, obtaining any other information available and being fully satisfied
with the results of pre-investment due diligence activities, a prospective
investor would like to purchase Units, they must complete and sign a Subscription Agreement and any supporting documentation as requested. The Subscription
Agreement submission process is managed by the Managing Broker. An example of
the Subscription Agreement a prospective investor would complete is attached as
Appendix B. An investor must purchase at least the minimum purchase amount of $250,000
(subject to the other provisions contained in this Memorandum) and the full
purchase price must be wired to the Fund upon submission of the completed
Subscription Agreement. Instructions for completing the Subscription Agreement
will be provided by Cloud Toronto – FYBN or the Managing Broker, along with detailed
instructions for making payment via wire transfer.
As part of the subscription process, prospective investors are required
to provide a third-party verification of their accredited investor
status. The Managing
Broker will request
this verification as a part of, or separate from,
your completed Subscription Agreement. Acceptance of the prospective
Investor’s subscription by the Fund is at the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion, and the Fund will notify each prospective Investor of receipt and
acceptance of
the subscription. In the event the Fund does not accept a prospective
Investor’s subscription for the Units for
any reason, the Fund will promptly
return the funds to such subscriber in accordance with the terms of this Memorandum.
Q: If an Investor buys Units
in this Offering, how may the Investor
later sell them?
A: There
is no current market for the Units. The Fund and the Managing Member do not
expect that a public market will ever develop, and the Fund’s
Certificate of Formation
does not require
a liquidity event
at a fixed time in the
future. Therefore, redemption of Units by the Fund,
which must be agreed to by the Managing Member in its sole
and absolute discretion, will likely be the only way for an Investor to dispose
of its Units.
Q: Will an Investor be notified of how its investment is doing?
A: Yes.
The Fund will strive to provide each Investor with periodic updates
on the performance of its investment
in the Fund, including (except for certain items such as K-1 tax statements,
each of these shall be provided in the discretion of the Managing Member):
·
An investor update letter,
distributed quarterly;
·
An annual report;
·
An annual audit; and
·
An annual Form K-1 tax statement.
Q: When will an Investor
receive detailed tax information?
A: Every
effort shall be made to furnish each Participating
Member with its IRS Form K-1 for the preceding year by March 31st of
each fiscal year. Due to the
unpredictable nature of tax preparation timing, primarily by third parties who the
Fund may rely on to provide
a K-1, Fund Management advises all Investors to extend their tax filing deadlines each year.
Q: What is the anticipated timing
of distributions for this Fund?
A: While the Fund expects that
distributions will be made following deployment of the Proceeds, there may be
a delay in the receipt of cash flow from invested capital that is available for
regular distribution during the first 2-3 years of the Fund. Even then, timing of distributions will be dependent
on the status of the projects and cash needs of
the Fund, and it is not anticipated
that any amounts will be available for distribution
until a significant number of the projects that the Fund invests into
are fully stabilized (i.e., a
significant number of tenants (ninety percent (90%)+ based on rentable square
footage for any given project) have commenced using the property and are paying
rents).
Q: Who
can help answer questions?
A: Questions and requests for information may be directed
to:
970
Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024
408 856 5031
email: di.mo@cloudtoronto.us
IMPORTANT GENERAL
CONSIDERATIONS
This
Memorandum does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy by anyone in any state in which the offer or solicitation is not
authorized or in which the person making the offer or solicitation is not
qualified to do so, to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or
solicitation, or to any person other than the offeree to whom this Memorandum
has been delivered (each an “Offeree” and
collectively, the “Offerees”).
No
dealer, salesperson, or other person has been authorized in connection with
this Offering to give an Offeree any information or make any representation other
than those contained in this Memorandum and, if given or made, that information or representations may not be relied upon. Each Offeree
is advised to conduct its own thorough investigation of the Fund and
the terms of the Offering, including the merits and risks involved, before
making an investment in the Units. This Memorandum supersedes in its entirety
any preliminary transaction summary or term sheet, or any other
oral or written information heretofore delivered to each Offeree. Prior to the sale of the securities, the Fund is hereby providing
each Offeree the opportunity to ask questions and to obtain any additional
information concerning the Fund and the terms and conditions of the Offering
that the Offeree wishes to obtain.
The securities offered in connection with this Memorandum are being offered
and will be sold in reliance on the exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act provided in section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506 of
Regulation D to a limited number of investors that are “Accredited investors”
within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
This investment is suitable only for subscribers of substantial net worth that are willing,
and have the financial
capability, to bear the economic risk of an investment for an indefinite period
of time. There is no public trading market for the securities, nor is it contemplated
that one will develop in the foreseeable future. Any transfer or resale of the Units or any interest or
participation therein will be subject to restrictions under the Securities Act
and as provided in the LLC Agreement.
Purchasers
of the Units will be required to make (pursuant to the Subscription Agreement
and investor questionnaire, copies of which are attached hereto as Appendix B)
certain acknowledgments, representations, and agreements upon initial
issuance, including representations with respect to their net
worth or income and their authority to make this investment, as well
as representations that they are familiar with and understand the terms,
conditions, and risks of this offering.
Certain of the terms
of the LLC Agreement, Subscription Agreement, and other documents delivered herein are described
in this Memorandum. These descriptions do not purport
to be complete, and each summary description is subject to, and qualified
in its entirety by reference to, the actual text of the relevant document. Any
purchase of Units should be made only after a complete and thorough review of
the provisions of this Memorandum, the LLC Agreement, and the remaining
documents delivered hereto. In the event that any of the terms, conditions or
other provisions of the LLC Agreement are inconsistent with or contrary to the
description of terms in this Memorandum, the LLC Agreement will govern.
An investment in the Units involves
a high degree of risk. An independent investigation should be undertaken
by each subscriber regarding the suitability of his, her or its investment in
the Units.
Offerees
are not to construe the contents of this Memorandum, or any information made
available as described
below as legal or tax advice. Each subscriber
should consult his, her or its’ own counsel, accountant, business, and
financial advisors as to legal, tax, and related matters concerning the
purchase of the Units.
The market,
financial, and other
forward-looking information presented in this Memorandum represents the subjective views of the Managing
Member and is based on assumptions the Managing Member
believes are reasonable but that may or may not prove to be correct.
There can be no assurance
that the Managing
Member’s views are accurate
or that the Managing Member’s estimates will be realized. Nothing in this Memorandum is or should be relied on as
a promise as to the future performance or condition of the Fund. Industry experts
may disagree with these assumptions and with the Managing Member’s
view of the market and the prospects for the Fund.
In
purchasing the Units, custodians, trustees, and other fiduciaries of an
individual retirement account (“IRA”) or simplified employee
pension (“SEP”) qualifying under
Section 408 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), KEOGH plans, and
retirement plans as described in Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)
(collectively, “Qualified Plans”) should
consider the possible application of ERISA and related
provisions of the Code, as well as whether
an investment by a Qualified
Plan in the Fund would be permissible under the governing instruments
of the Qualified Plan. The Department of Labor has issued regulations which affect the type of investments in which Qualified
Plans may invest,
including investments in companies such as the Fund. Less than
twenty-five (25%) percent of the total number of Units sold will be sold to
Qualified Plans, and transfer of the Units to Qualified Plans will be
restricted so that less than twenty-five (25%) percent of the Units outstanding
at any time will be owned by Qualified Plans.
Offerees
whose authority is subject to legal investment restrictions should consult
their own legal advisors to determine whether, and if so, to what extent, the
Units will constitute legal investments for them.
This
Memorandum presents information with respect to the Fund as of the date
hereof. The delivery of this Memorandum at a time after the date on the cover does not imply that the information herein
is correct as of any time
subsequent to that date.
Each
Offeree of the Units and its representatives and beneficial owners, if any, are
invited to ask questions concerning
the terms, conditions, and other aspects of this
Memorandum and to obtain any additional information with respect to the Units,
the Fund, and the Managing Member
that they deem necessary or
advisable to supplement or to verify
the accuracy of the information contained herein and, in the case of documents referred
to herein, to request
that such documents be made available.
NASAA UNIFORM DISCLOSURE
IN
MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUER AND THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, INCLUDING
THE MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED BY
ANY FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY. FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED
THE ACCURACY OR DETERMINED THE ADEQUACY OF THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO
THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THESE
SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT
AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE
REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE
PERIOD OF TIME.
FLORIDA RESIDENTS
IF
SALES ARE MADE TO FIVE OR MORE PERSONS IN FLORIDA, AND YOU PURCHASE SECURITIES
HEREUNDER, THEN YOU MAY VOID SUCH PURCHASE EITHER WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE
FIRST TENDER OF CONSIDERATION IS MADE BY YOU TO THE ISSUER, AN AGENT OF THE
ISSUER, OR AN ESCROW AGENT OR WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS
PRIVILEGE IS COMMUNICATED TO YOU, WHICHEVER OCCURS LATER.
By accepting delivery of this Memorandum, each Offeree understands and agrees to comply with the
following:
·
the information contained herein is confidential;
·
the Offeree
will not make any photocopies of this Memorandum or any related
documents;
·
the Offeree
will not distribute this Memorandum or disclose any of its contents to any persons
other than to those persons, if any, that the Offeree retains to advise the Offeree
with respect to its contents;
·
the Offeree
will review this Memorandum, including statistical, financial, and other numerical
data, with the Offeree’s
legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, investment, or other advisors. Neither the Fund nor the Managing Member intends in this
Memorandum to furnish
legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, investment, or other
advice;
·
the Managing Member may reject any offer to purchase
Units, in whole or in
part, for any reason or no reason;
and
·
if an Offeree
does not purchase Units or if the Offering is
terminated, on request of the Fund or the Managing Member, the Offeree will
return this Memorandum and all attached documents to the Managing Member.
This Memorandum has been prepared for use by a limited
group of accredited investors to consider
the purchase of Units. The Fund reserves the right to modify or
terminate the Offering process at any time.
Information
contained in this Memorandum contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-
looking statements reflect the Fund’s current expectations or forecasts of
future events. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “will,”
“believes,” “expects,” “may,”
“should,” or “anticipates” or the negative
thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. The matters identified in the “Risk Factors” section constitute
cautionary statements identifying important factors with respect to
forward-looking statements, including certain risks and uncertainties. Other
factors could also cause actual results to vary materially from the future
results covered in the forward-looking statements contained herein.
Any projections, estimates, or other forecasts contained in this Memorandum are forward-looking statements that have been prepared
by the Fund and are based on assumptions that the Fund believes are reasonable. Projections are necessarily speculative in
nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions underlying
the projections will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results.
Accordingly, the projections are only an estimate. Actual results may, and most
likely will, vary from the
projections, and the variations may be material.
Statements in this Memorandum relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. None of
the Fund, the Managing Member or any of their respective Affiliates (defined herein)
has any obligation to update or
otherwise revise any projections, including any revisions to reflect changes in
economic conditions
or other circumstances arising after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, even if underlying
assumptions do not come to fruition.
The Fund is offering
and selling the Units in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and state laws. Accordingly, distribution of the Memorandum has
been strictly limited to persons believed meet the requirements set forth
below. Participation in the Offering is limited to Accredited Investors who
make the representation set forth below and furnish supporting documentation as
is requested by, and acceptable to, the Fund. The Fund reserves the right, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to reject any subscription based on any
information that may become known or available to it about the suitability of
an Investor or for any other reason, or no reason.
As
investment in the Units involves a high degree of risk and is suitable only for
persons of substantial financial means who have no need for liquidity in this
investment. Only Investors who (i) represent in writing that they meet the Investor
suitability requirements set
herein and as many be required under
federal or state law, and
(ii) supply the Fund with acceptable Accredited Investor verification
documentation, as requested by the Fund, may acquire the Units. The Fund has
the right to and will rely on the written representations an Offeree makes and
supporting information supplied by an Offeree. Each Offeree must provide
truthful and accurate information.
The
Investor suitability requirements stated below represent minimum suitability
requirements established by the Fund. However, an Offeree’s satisfaction of
these requirements will not necessarily mean that the Units are a suitable investment for the Offeree,
or that the Fund will accept the Offeree as an investor. Furthermore, the Managing Member may modify those
requirements in its sole and absolute discretion, and any modification may
change the suitability requirements for investors.
You (as the Offeree)
must represent in writing that you meet, among other, all of the following requirements (the “Investor
Suitability Requirements”).
(a)
You have received, read, and fully understand the Memorandum and are basing your
decision to invest on the information contained in the Memorandum. You have
relied only on the information contained in the Memorandum and have not relied
on any representations made by any other person;
(b)
You understand
that an investment in the Units involves substantial risks and you are fully cognizant of and understand all of the risks
relating to an investment in the Units,
including those risks discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the
Memorandum;
(c)
Your overall
commitment to investments that are not readily marketable is not
disproportionate to your individual net worth, and your investment in the
Units, will not cause such overall commitment to become excessive;
(d)
You have adequate means
of providing for your financial requirements, both current and anticipated, and have no need
for liquidity in this investment;
(e)
You can bear
and are willing to accept the economic risk of losing your entire investment in
the Units;
(f)
You are acquiring the Units for your own account and for investment purposes only and have
no present intention, agreement or arrangement for the distribution, transfer,
assignment, resale, or subdivision of the Units;
(g)
You have sufficient knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters
that you are capable of evaluating the
merits of investing in the Units and
have the ability to protect your own Units in connection with this investment;
and You are an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
An “Accredited investor” is any:
(a)
Natural person
that has (i) individual net worth (as defined below),
or joint net worth with his or her
spouse or spousal equivalent, of more than $1,000,000; or (ii) individual income in excess
of $200,000, or joint income with his or her spouse or spousal
equivalent in excess of $300,000, in each of the two most recent years and has
a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
(b)
Natural person that is a
holder of (i) a General Securities Representative license (Series 7); (ii) a
Private Securities Offerings Representative license
(Series 82); or (iii)
an Investment Adviser
Representative license (Series 65).
(c)
Corporation, Massachusetts or
similar business trust, partnership, limited liability company or organization
described in Code Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring Units, with total assets over $5,000,000;
(d)
Trust with total assets over $5,000,000, not formed for
the specific purpose of acquiring Units and whose purchase is directed
by a person who has such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters
that he or she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an
investment in Units as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Securities
Act;
(e)
Broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act, as amended;
(f)
Investment adviser registered
pursuant to Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or registered
pursuant to the laws of a state;
(g)
Investment adviser relying on
the exemption from registering with the Commission under Section 203(l) or (m)
of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
(h)
Investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act or a business development company (as defined
in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act);
(i)
Small business investment
company licensed by the Small Business
Administration under Section 301 (c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958, as amended;
(j)
Rural Business Investment
Company as defined in Section 384(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act;
(k)
An employee benefit plan
within the meaning of ERISA, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA),
which is either
a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, or if the employee
benefit plan has total assets
in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with
investment decisions made solely by persons who are Accredited Investors;
(l)
Private business development
company (as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of
1940, as amended);
(m)
Bank as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, any savings and loan association or other
institution as defined in Section
3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity, or any insurance company as
defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the Securities Act;
(n)
Plan established and
maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or
instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of
its employees, if such plan has total assets of more than $5,000,000;
(o)
Entity in which all of the
equity owners are Accredited Investors. If
you rely on this section, you are required to have each equity owner
of that entity complete an Investor Questionnaire to certify the owner’s status as an Accredited Investor.
(p)
Entity of a type not listed
in Sections (d) – (o), not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Units,
owning investments in excess of $5,000,000.
(q)
A “family office,” as defined
in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR
275.202(a)(11)(G)-1): (i) with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000;
(ii) that is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Units; and (iii)
whose prospective investment is directed by
a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that such family
office is capable
of evaluating the merits
and risks of the prospective investment.
(r)
A “family client,” as defined
in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1),
of a family office meeting the requirements in Section (q) above and whose
prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant
to (r)(iii) above.
For purposes
of calculating your net worth, “net worth” means the excess
of total assets
at fair market value (including personal and real property but excluding the estimated fair market value
of a person’s primary home) over
total liabilities. Total liabilities exclude
any mortgage on the primary
home in an amount of up to the home’s estimated
fair market value as long as the mortgage was incurred more than 60 days before
the securities were purchased but includes (i) any mortgage amount in excess of
the home’s fair market value and (ii) any mortgage amount that was borrowed during
the 60-day period
before the closing
date for the sale of securities for the
purpose of investing
in the securities. In the case of fiduciary accounts, the net worth and/or
income suitability requirements must be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account,
or by the fiduciary, if the fiduciary
directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Units.
In addition, the SEC has issued certain
no action letters
and interpretations in which it deemed certain
trusts to be Accredited Investors, such as a trust where the trustee is
a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act and revocable grantor trusts established by individuals who meet
the requirements of clause
(a) or (b) of the first sentence of paragraph (h) of the
Investor Suitability Requirements. However,
these no-action letters and interpretations are fact
specific and should not be relied upon without
close consideration of your unique circumstance.
The Fund and the Managing
Member value each Offerees privacy
and are providing this Privacy
Notice as a courtesy to each of the Offerees.
The
Fund and the Managing Member do not disclose nonpublic personal information
about Offerees and Investors to third parties other than as described below.
The
Fund and the Managing Member collect
information about each Offeree (such as name, address, social security number,
assets, and income) from discussions with the Offerees and Investors, from
documents that may deliver to the Fund and the Managing Member (such as the
Subscription Agreement) and in the course of providing services to Investors
and Offerees. In order to service an Investor’s account and effect the
transactions described herein, the Fund and the Managing Member may provide an
Offeree’s personal information to our Affiliates and to firms that assist us in
servicing an Investor’s account and have a need for such information, such as
any fund administrator, investor relations administrator, auditors, or accountants. The Fund and the
Managing Member do not otherwise
provide information about Offerees and Investors to outside firms,
organizations, or individuals except as required or permitted by law. Any party that receives this information will use it only for the services
required and as allowed by applicable law or
regulation and is not permitted to share or use this information for any other
purpose. Notwithstanding the above,
the Managing Member and the Fund will have no liability to an Offeree
or Investor to the
extent that the information described
above becomes publicly
known, except to the extent that
the Managing Member’s or the Fund’s actions constitute gross negligence
or willful misconduct.
California law requires certain
data security requirements of Personal Information by covered businesses and grants residents of California certain rights with respect
to obtaining information about their personal data that is maintained by a covered
business. The Fund and the Managing Member will comply
with these requirements. Among other rights, California law permits residents
of California to opt-out of certain disclosures of Personal Information to third parties. In some circumstances, any person may elect to
opt-out of the sharing of his, her or its Personal Information with third parties
and may do so by submitting a request in writing or by contacting the Fund by telephone.
This summary highlights some of the most significant information contained elsewhere in this Memorandum. Because it is a summary, it
does not contain all of the information that may be important to a potential investor. To understand
this offering fully, a potential investor should read the entire Memorandum
carefully, including, without limitation, the information discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” before
making a decision
to invest in the Units. Unless specifically noted otherwise, references throughout this Memorandum to the Fund will include
the Managing Member (as defined below) and any agent authorized to act
on the Fund’s behalf.
The Fund: |
The Fund is a New York limited liability company formed on November
30, 2022. The Fund operates as a pooled
investment that will (i) offer and sell limited liability company units in
the Fund to certain high net worth and qualified investors in exchange for
capital subscriptions from the investors, and (ii) use the proceeds contributed by the investors to acquire, indirectly through
its investment in the REIT Subsidiary, and one or more holding companies (the
“Holding Companies”) a diversified portfolio of income producing real estate
assets with potential value growth. |
Managing Member: |
The Managing Member
is a limited liability company organized in the State of New York on November 30,
2022. The Managing Member is responsible for all management decisions of the Fund.
The Managing Member is not registered as an investment advisor. |
Principals: |
Dilip Mooparakath and Darshana Somaiya are the directors of the Board of Directors of Cloud Toronto –
FYBN Cos. and authorized to act on behalf of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos. Dilip Mooparakath and Darshana Somaiya together are the parties
empowered to act on behalf of the Sponsor and the Managing Member (collectively,
the “Principals”). |
Affiliates: |
An affiliate with reference to the Fund
or Managing Member
includes such entity’s officers, directors, members, partners,
shareholders, managers, employees, agents, and the Principals (collectively
the “Affiliates”). |
Investment Strategy: |
The Fund’s
primary investment objectives are:
·
to acquire: o quality income-producing and value-add
commercial properties, which do not require significant development, that are either
operated by Affiliates of
the Managing Member or unrelated third parties, and, in some circumstances,
leased under short term and long-term leases to creditworthy tenants;
o equity interests in entities that have
developed and/or acquired quality income producing commercial properties and
are either operated by Affiliates of the Managing Member
or unrelated third parties; |
o debt securities (e.g., promissory notes,
mezzanine debt instruments) secured by security interests in commercial
properties; and
o shares of publicly traded REITs. No more than twenty-five (25%) percent of
the Fund’s assets will be invested in REITs (“REIT Portfolio”).
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The above-listed activities may be changed or modified by the Managing Member in its sole and absolute
discretion. |
Investment Risks: |
The Fund’s investment strategy is speculative and entails
substantial risks, including, among others: dependency on key individuals,
risks associated with real estate investing, litigation risk, risks arising from the use of leverage, and
the risk that
exit strategies from positions may be unavailable and have limited
liquidity. The use of leverage, in particular, can exacerbate potential
losses suffered by the funds. An Investor should not invest in the Fund
unless: (1) it is fully
able to bear the financial risks of its
investment for an indefinite period of time; and (2) it can sustain the loss
of all or a significant part of its investment and any related realized or
unrealized profits. |
The Units: |
A general description of the rights and preferences of the
Units is set forth below. Each Investor should carefully read this Memorandum
and the LLC Agreement to understand certain risks associated with acquiring
Units and the rights and obligations associated with the Units.
Class B Units – The holders of Class B Units are entitled to participate
in the income and profit
of the Fund,
subject to the Managing Member Performance Allocation. The Class B Units will have limited
voting rights, as described further in this Memorandum.
The Class
B Units will
be subject to a Managing Member Performance
Allocation (as further described below) of twenty (20%) percent.
Managing
Member Units – The Managing Member intends to
make capital contributions equal at least one (1%) percent of the capital
contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member may make a capital contribution to the
Fund no less frequently than semi-annually, so that the Managing Member
capital contribution equals at least one (1%) percent of the capital
contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member shall
receive Managing Member Units in return for such capital contributions. Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos or other
affiliates of the Managing Member wishing to make capital contributions to
the Fund shall also receive Managing Member Units.
The Fund will receive dividends from the REIT Subsidiary as further described in the REIT
Supplement. Subject to receipt of such dividends, the Managing Member intends
to declare and make periodic distributions to Members, provided however that
any such dividends will first
be used to satisfy applicable fees and expenses, and redemption requests from Investors that
are accepted by the Managing Member. Any distributions made
by the Fund are at the discretion of the Managing Member, considering factors such as the Fund’s
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earnings, cash flow,
capital needs and general financial condition and the requirements of applicable law.
As a result, the Fund’s
distribution rates and payment frequency may vary from time to time. |
The Offering: |
The Units
are being offered
on a continuous basis
commencing on the date of this Memorandum. Funds
tendered by Investors in the Offering will be released immediately to the Fund on the relevant Dealing Day upon acceptance of a subscription by the Managing Member and/or the Fund and after review and approval by the Managing Broker. The Units
are offered subject to acceptance, prior sale, and withdrawal,
cancellation, or modification of the offer at any time without notice.
The Units are offered through Young America Capital, LLC, a
registered broker/dealer and member FINRA/SIPC (the “Managing Broker”). Upon receipt of the executed acceptance of the Subscription
Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), the Investor will deposit,
preferably via wire transfer (though checks will be accepted), the
subscription amount which
will be delivered directly to an account of the Fund, with such proceeds
available for use by the Fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the LLC Agreement immediately upon receipt. A copy of the Subscription Agreement has been
enclosed as Appendix B.
The Offering is made on a “best efforts-no minimum” basis
which means that the Managing Broker and the participating brokers are only
required to use their best efforts to sell the Units. In a best efforts
offering, the Managing Broker is not
guaranteeing the sale of a certain number of Units,
and will not purchase any
outstanding Units. There is
no requirement that any minimum number of Units be sold before the Proceeds
are released to the Fund and applied in its business. The Fund is offering to sell any combination of Participating
Units with a dollar value. |
Selling Commissions: |
The
Fund will engage duly licensed and registered broker-dealers to assist with
its offer and sale of Units. The Partnership may engage and terminate such broker-dealers as it determines necessary, and the
Fund may determine the amount of compensation to be paid
to such broker- dealers. The Fund has initially entered into an agreement with Young America
Capital, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Skyway”),
as its managing broker-dealer. Skyway is a broker-dealer registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and other necessary state or other
regulators, and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
(“FINRA”).
Certain
employees of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services, LLC, an New York limited liability
company (“Services”), an affiliate
of the Fund, will be registered representatives of Skyway (“Affiliated Agents”). Skyway will pay sales commissions to Affiliated Agents
for their sale
of Units. Affiliated Agents
may perform other services on behalf of Services that are not part of such
Affiliates Agents’ relationship with Skyway and not involving the offer and
sale of securities.
Please
note that Affiliated Agents with Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos (but who are
licensed and managed through Skyway) will receive selling commissions up to two (2.00%) percent
of the subscription proceeds in the Offering from the sale
of Class B Units. Other
fees that will
be
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paid to Skyway include a
Managing Broker Fee of 0.7% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of
Units attributable to Skyway.
The Fund and/or Managing
Broker may also enter into selling agreements with third-party FINRA licensed
broker-dealers (“Soliciting Broker”),
pursuant to which such Soliciting Brokers will assist with placing other
Classes of Units.
Below is a
summary of the Managing Broker Dealer Fees and sales commission limits
permitted under the LLC Agreement:
Managing Broker Dealer
Fees |
Class B Units |
Managing Broker
Dealer Fee:
(based on gross
assets raised attributable to the Managing Broker Dealer) |
0.7% |
Sales Commissions
(based on transaction value)
(to be paid to duly licensed Affiliated Agents of the
Managing Broker-Dealer and who are also
affiliated with the Managing Member) |
up to
2% |
Marketing Reallowance (based on transaction value) (to be paid
to Selling Group
Members of the |
Up to 1% |
Individual Minimum Investment Amount:
The individual
minimum subscription for Class B Units is Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000),
unless otherwise waived by the Managing Member. Subscriptions are subject to
acceptance or rejection by the Managing Member, in the Managing Member’s sole
and absolute discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Subscription Agreement. Rejected subscriptions and subscription funds will be returned
to subscribers without
interest within thirty
(30) days of rejection.
Special Tax or
Regulatory Parallel Funds:
The Managing
Member may, in its discretion, create additional partnerships or other vehicles
(“Parallel Funds”), for Investors
with special investment needs, including Investors with special legal,
regulatory, tax or other requirements. The Parallel Funds generally will invest
side-by-side with the Fund on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Fund, including the sharing of organizational and other Fund expenses. The Parallel
Funds may contain different terms and conditions than the Fund.
Calculation of Net
Asset Value: |
The NAV per Unit of the Fund is calculated by Cloud Toronto –
FYBN each month, based on the net
asset values of the Fund’s investments (including the REIT
Portfolio), with the addition of any other assets (e.g., cash on hand), and
the deduction of liabilities.
Properties held by the Fund will be valued at least once per
year. The Managing Member, however, at its sole and absolute discretion, can
revalue properties held by the Fund more frequently. In valuing these
investments, Cloud Toronto – FYBN has
implemented a valuation process that is commonly utilized in the real estate
investment industry by completing
multi-year forecasts on each underlying asset, making assumptions on future financing activities, and applying industry
accepted discount factors to achieve
a valuation via
discounted cash flow
(DCF) analysis. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN may
also obtain third-party appraisals for comparison purposes to the DCF results. The REIT Portfolio will be valued using readily available
market quotations. If a market
quotation is not readily available or is
deemed unreliable, or if an event that is expected to affect the value
of a security occurs after the close of
the principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before
the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the fair value
of a security will be determined in good
faith under policies and procedures established by and under the supervision
of Cloud Toronto – FYBN . Further details are set out below under “Net Asset
Value Determination and Valuation Policy.” |
Fund Term: |
The Fund is being offered on a continuous basis. While the
Managing Member may consider a liquidity event at any time in the
future, the Managing Member does not currently intend to undertake such
consideration for three to five years from each
individual asset purchase, and the Fund is not
obligated by its charter, its LLC Agreement, or otherwise to effect a
liquidity event at any time. |
Diversification: |
The Fund does not have fixed guidelines for diversification
and may concentrate its investments in particular types of real estate
investments and may utilize different investment strategies, depending on the Managing Member’s
assessment of the available investment opportunities, including only
purchasing a single property. |
NAV Capital Accounts: |
The Fund will establish and maintain on its books a capital
account (“NAV Capital Account”),
for each Member and the Managing Member, into which their capital
contribution(s) (each a “Capital
Contribution”), will be credited and in which
certain other transactions will be reflected as
further described in the LLC Agreement. |
Management Fee: |
The Managing Member will be entitled to receive compensation in the form of an ongoing “Asset Management Fee.” The Asset
Management Fee with respect to the Participating Units shall be accrued
for and payable monthly in arrears, equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the
annualized fee of one and one half (1.5%) percent of the Net Asset Value of
the Participating Units as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the relevant month
calculated before deduction of theAsset Management Fee, or any accrued
but unallocated Managing Member Performance Allocation and before any
withdrawals. |
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All Participating Members’ NAV Capital Accounts (as defined herein) will pay the Asset Management Fee on a pro rata
basis, which can be waived, rebated or shared with another person in the
Managing Member’s absolute discretion. No Asset Management Fee shall be
payable with respect to the Managing Member Units. |
Managing Member Performance Allocation: |
The
Managing Member shall be entitled
to receive an allocation (the “Managing
Member Performance Allocation”) from the Fund equal to twenty (20%)
percent of the Total Return, subject to a seven (7%) percent Hurdle
Amount, and a High-Water Mark (each as defined below). Such allocation will
be measured on a calendar year basis (the “Performance Period”), accrued monthly and paid annually.Managing
Member Units will not be subject to any Managing Member Performance
Allocation. Hurdle Amount
The
Fund employs a Hurdle Amount which represents a level of return that the Fund
must achieve before the Managing Member is entitled to the Managing Member
Performance Allocation. The
“Hurdle Amount” for any
Performance Period means an
amount that results in a seven
(7%) percent annualized internal rate of
return (“IRR”) on the Net Asset Value of the Units outstanding at the
beginning of the relevant Performance Period and all Units issued since the
beginning of such Performance Period, taking into account the timing and
amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such
Units and all issuances of Units over the Performance Period and calculated
in accordance with recognized industry practices. The
ending Net Asset Value of the Units
used in calculating the IRR will be calculated on a gross
basis (i.e., before giving effect to any allocation/accrual to the Managing Member Performance Allocation). For the avoidance of doubt, the
calculation of the
Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any Units
redeemed during such period, as redeemed Units will
be subject to the Managing Member Performance
Allocation upon their redemption as described below.
Loss Carryover and High Watermark The High
Watermark is a measure utilized by the Fund
to ensure that the Managing Member Performance Allocation is only charged when at the end of the Performance
Period, the Fund’s value is above its previous highest level at the end of a
prior Performance Period (the “High Water
Mark”), so as to avoid
the Managing Member
being paid again for making back
prior gains. So, if the overall return
of the Fund is negative, then the Fund must
make up the shortfall (the “Loss
Carryover Amount”) in the next year, or later years, before another
Managing Member Performance Allocation will be allocated.
The Loss
Carryover Amount shall
initially equal zero
and shall cumulatively
increase by the absolute value of any negative Total Return in a Performance Period and decrease by any positive Total |
Return in a Performance Period. The Loss Carryover Amount shall at no time be less than zero.
The calculation of the Loss Carryover
Amount will exclude
the Total Return related
to any Units redeemed during the Performance Period, as such Units will be subject to the Managing Member
Performance Allocation upon redemption. The amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be
calculated for the purposes of the Loss Carryover
Amount and will be carried
forward to subsequent periods.
The effect of the loss
Carryover Amount is that past annual Total Return losses must be gained back
and so offset the positive annual Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the Managing
Member Performance Allocation. The Managing Member will also be
allocated a Managing Member Performance Allocation with respect to all Units that are redeemed
at the end of any quarter (in connection
with redemptions of Units) in an amount calculated as described above with the
relevant Performance Period being pro-rated to the portion of the year for which
such redeemed Units were outstanding, and proceeds for any such redemption will be reduced
by the amount of any such Managing Member
Performance Allocation applicable to those redeemed Units.
Allocation of Excess Profits
and the Managing
Member Performance Allocation
The Managing Member will be
allocated the Managing Member Performance Allocation in an amount equal to:
If the Total Return
for the Performance Period exceeds
the sum of:
(i) the Hurdle
Amount for that Performance Period;
and
(ii) the Loss Carryover Amount
(any such excess,
“Excess Profits”),
One hundred (100%) percent of
such annual Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to the Managing
Member equals twenty (20%) percent of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that
Performance Period and (y) any amount allocated to the Managing
Member pursuant to this clause
(the “Catch-Up”); and
To the extent there are remaining
Excess Profits, twenty
(20%) percent of such remaining Excess Profits.
The “Total Return” for the Performance Period shall equal the sum of:
(i) all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on the Units outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the Performance
Period (ii) the change in aggregate Net Asset Value of such Units since the
beginning of the Performance Period, before giving effect to (x) changes
resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of Units, and (y) any
allocation/accrual to the Managing Member Performance Allocation.
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For
the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Total Return will (i) include any
appreciation or depreciation in the Net
Asset Value of the
Units issued during the then current Performance Period but (ii) exclude the
proceeds from the initial issuance of such Units. |
Allocation of Income,
Gain and Loss: |
Income, expense, gain and loss
of the Fund will generally be allocated
pro-rata among Members’ NAV Capital Accounts. |
Transaction Fees: |
The Managing Member or any of its Affiliates may also be paid fund formation, management, and other fees
as would be paid in the normal course of business, including,
without limitation, in connection with accounting, property management,
leasing, acquisition, maintenance and construction margin, development and
disposition of properties acquired by the Fund; provided, however, any fees
paid by the Fund to the Managing Member or its Affiliates for the provision
of such services shall be no greater than the Fund would pay to an unaffiliated
third party providing such services in either (i) Maricopa County, New York, for services provided to the Fund
as a whole, or (ii)
the county and state
where any Fund property is located, for
services provided in connection with a specific Fund
property. |
Fund Expenses: |
The Fund shall pay or reimburse the Managing Member (or its
Affiliates) for certain Organizational and Operating Expenses, and
Underwriting Expenses and Other Expenses (in each case as defined below) incurred or paid on behalf of the Fund
or the REIT
Subsidiary prior to or after the formation of the Fund and the REIT
Subsidiary. The aggregate amount of the Organizational and Operating expenses
will not exceed one percent (1%) of the total Capital Contributions of all Participating Members of this Offering as of the
termination of this Offering (the “O&O Expense
Cap”). The amount of any Organizational and Operating Expenses incurred on behalf of the Fund or the REIT Subsidiary shall be accrued
and at the end of each calendar quarter the Managing Member
shall determine the amount of any new Capital Contributions over such
period, and the Fund shall reimburse
the Managing Member accordingly, up to the amount of the O&O Expense
Cap.“Organizational and Operating Expenses” include, but are not limited to (i) legal fees for preparing Fund
and REIT Subsidiary organizational documents and related agreements and
resolutions, (ii) organizational expenses of the Fund (i.e., fees, costs and
expenses of and incidental to the formation, qualifications to do business
and fund raising of the Fund (iii) due diligence expenses (including travel
and marketing expenses of the Managing Member, its affiliates and agents);
(iv) technology processing platforms; (v) filing fees; (vi) marketing due
diligence fees including third party due diligence reports; (vi) sales team travel, seminars, and broker
dealer conferences; (vii)
training and education
meetings for registered representatives of our participating broker-dealers
(viii) permissible forms of non-cash compensation to registered
representatives of our participating broker-dealers (in each case to the
extent consistent with Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos internal policies and procedures).“Underwriting and Other
Expenses” include, but
are not limited
to: (i) underwriting fees and expenses (subject to applicable FINRA |
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limitations)
including without limitation, travel and entertainment expenses; (ii)
the Management Fee and affiliate fees including, but not
limited to, accounting expenses, acquisition and disposition, loan placement
and loan guaranty, construction and development fees and the Managing Member Performance Allocation; (iii) taxes payable
by the Fund (iv) interest and other expenses relating to any Fund
indebtedness; (v) bonding expenses; (vi) premiums for insurance protecting
the Fund and the partners and employees of the Managing Member and its affiliates and other persons
entitled to indemnification from the Fund from
liabilities to third parties for activities on behalf of the Fund; (vii) fees
incurred by the Fund for special advisory or consulting services; (viii)
the legal and other fees, costs and expenses
of and incidental to the purchase and sale (including qualification and
registration) of portfolio assets, including fees associated with the
development and management of portfolio properties (payable at then- current market rates in the
Managing Member’s discretion), (ix) banking, dead deals, registration,
qualification, depositary, custodial and similar fees and expenses; (x)
transfer, capital and other taxes, duties and costs incurred in acquiring, holding,
selling and otherwise disposing of Fund assets; (xi) costs and expenses of
the tax matters partner; and (xii) all extraordinary fees, costs and
expenses; (xii) the accounting fees, costs and expenses of the Fund and the
REIT Subsidiary, including without limitation, the annual audit of the Fund and the REIT Subsidiary (as applicable), (xiii) the
preparation of the annual and any
interim financial statements of the Fund
and the REIT Subsidiary and the federal and
state tax returns of the Fund and the REIT Subsidiary; (xiv) costs and
expenses associated with meetings of the Members, communications with Members
and preparation of Fund status reports; (xv) costs and expenses associated
with informal meetings of Members
with the Managing Member and of committees
of the Fund, including costs
and expenses of the Advisory Board; (xvi)
indemnification costs and expenses, and the legal fees, cost and expenses of
counsel for the Fund in any legal action, proceeding or investigation,
including any threatened action, proceeding or investigation, and the amount
of any judgments or settlements paid in
connection with such action, proceeding or investigation; (xvii) the fees,
costs and expenses relating to the evaluation, purchase, holding and sale of
portfolio assets, including (without limitation) expenses related to due diligence and other fees
and expenses, including salaries of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos employees with respect
to work attributable to investments made by the Fund, (xviii) all other legal
fees, costs and expenses incident to the Fund,
its management and activities; (xix)fees incurred by the Fund for special
advisory or consulting services; and (xx)
costs and expenses associated with the dissolution and winding up of the
Fund. |
Side Letters: |
The Managing Member
has the absolute discretion to create
additional classes of Units from time to time without notice to the
existing Members and may vary the terms of this Memorandum with respect to any Member and may enter into confidential
side letters or other similar agreements (“Side Letters”), with certain Members and may issue confidential
supplements to this Memorandum related to such Members which are not provided or disclosed to other Members. Such terms may waive
or modify the application of any provision of the LLC Agreement with respect to such Member, without obtaining
the consent of or giving notice
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that any such Side Letter will not adversely impact the rights
of the other Investors. Terms
may differ according to the types
of investment strategies
employed, carried interests charged, Managing Broker Dealer Fees, minimum and maximum subscription amounts,
Investor eligibility requirements and
in other respects in the complete and sole discretion
of the Managing Member. |
Fiscal Year: |
The fiscal year of the Fund shall end on December 31 of each
year (each a “Fiscal Year”), which
Fiscal Year may be changed by the Managing Member, in its sole and absolute
discretion. |
Borrowings: |
The Managing Member believes in utilizing leverage in a
moderate fashion. Considering this leverage strategy, the Managing Member
intends to follow the restrictions described below under “Investment Objectives, Strategy, and Policies” with
respect to the use of leverage.
No such restrictions are expressly described in the LLC Agreement, and the
Managing Member is under no obligation to follow such guidelines. |
Reports to Members: |
Any Member or its respective designated representative shall
have the right, at any
reasonable time, to have access to and inspect and copy the contents of books and
records of the Fund; provided, however, that
confidential communications between the Fund and its legal counsel may be
withheld from a Member in the Managing Member’s reasonable discretion.
In addition, all Members will receive the information
necessary to prepare federal and
state income tax returns following
the conclusion of such Fiscal Year as soon thereafter as is reasonably
practical. In addition to annual
financial statements, the Managing Member
intends to provide Members with quarterly reports showing the
performance of the Fund’s investments.
The Managing Member may agree to provide Members with
additional information on the underlying investments of the Fund, as well as access to the Managing Member and its employees for relevant
information. |
Redemptions and Redemption Fee: |
Lockup
Participating
Members may request redemptions of their Units as of the last
Business Day of each
quarter (a “Redemption Date”) upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice to the Managing
Member. The Managing Member is
under no obligation to agree to any such redemption request and may choose to
redeem only some, or even none, of the Units that have been requested to be
redeemed in any particular quarter in its sole discretion. In addition, Participating
Members are not permitted to make redemptions of Units until one (1)
year after the issuance of the relevant Units, subject to waiver in the sole
discretion of the Managing Member (the “Lockup”).
The ability
of the Managing Member to fulfill
redemption requests is subject to a number of limitations.
As a result, redemptions of Units may not be available during
a given quarter. To the extent
the Managing
Member agrees to choose to redeem Units in a particular quarter, it will only
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Date.
Redemptions will be made at the Net Asset Value per Unit on the relevant
Redemption Date. Redemption Fee
If
a Class B Member requests a redemption of any portion of their Units
following the expiration of the Lockup applicable to such Member’s Units,
the amount of any such redemption proceeds paid to the Member
will be reduced by a fee (the “Redemption
Fee”) as further described below.
The amount
of any Redemption Fee with respect to a Class
B Member that requests a
redemption of any portion of their Units shall be calculated by reference to
a percentage of the Net Asset Value attributable to such Class B Member’s
redeemed Units, as follows:
·
Redemptions in months 13 – 24: 3% Fee ·
Redemptions in months 25 – 36: 2% Fee ·
Redemptions in months 37 – 48: 1% Fee Thereafter, no Redemption Fee shall be applied to a
redemption by a Class B Member.
Processing Fee Class
B Members requesting a redemption of their Units after the expiration of the Lockup and any applicable Redemption Fee will bear
a processing fee of $500
which will be deducted from any redemption proceeds received by such
Member.
Limits on Aggregate Redemptions The
aggregate Net Asset Value of total redemptions of all classes of Units is
limited to no more than five (5%) percent of the Fund’s Net Asset Value per
calendar quarter (measured using the average aggregate Net Asset Value
as of the end of the immediately preceding three months). In the event
that the Managing Member determines to redeem some but not all of the Units submitted for redemption during any quarter, Units redeemed at the end of the quarter will
be redeemed on a pro rata
basis. All unsatisfied redemption requests must be resubmitted after the
start of the next quarter. |
Transferability of Units: |
There is no current market for the Units. The
Fund and the Managing
Member do not expect that
a public market
will ever develop, and the Fund’s Certificate of Formation does
not require a liquidity event
at a fixed time
in the future.
Therefore, a redemption of Units by the Fund, which must be agreed to by the
Managing Member in its sole and absolute discretion, will likely be the only
way for an investor to dispose of its Units. While the redemption program of
the Fund was designed to allow investors to request redemptions of an
investor’s Units, the Funds ability to fulfill redemption requests is subject
to a number of limitations.
Most significantly, the majority of the Fund’s
assets will most likely consist of real estate assets which cannot generally be
readily liquidated without impacting the Fund’s ability
to realize full value |
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upon disposition of such assets. As noted above, any
redemption requests by an investor will require the approval of the Managing
Member, which may be withheld in its sole
and absolute discretion and may be subject to Redemption Fees. As a result, an
investor’s ability to have its Units
redeemed by the Fund
may be limited, and the Units should be considered a long-term
investment with limited liquidity. Also, under the LLC Agreement, the
Managing Member can unilaterally redeem out a Member from its Units in its
sole and absolute discretion. The Managing Member
does not intend
to exercise its right to
force a redemption of a Member except in very limited circumstances involving
a Member who is causing significant disruption to the Fund as whole. |
ERISA and
Other Employee Benefit Plans and Accounts: |
Pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans that
are subject to Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (“ERISA”),
individual retirement accounts, Keogh Plans or other plans covered by
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), and entities
deemed to hold the plan assets of each of the foregoing (each a “Benefit Plan Investor”), governmental plans, foreign employee benefit plans
and certain church plans not subject to ERISA (such plans which are
not Benefit Plan Investors are referred to herein as “Other Benefit Plans”), may generally purchase Units in the Fund
subject to the considerations described in this Memorandum. The Managing
Member intends to conduct the operations of the Fund so that the assets of
the Fund will not be considered
“plan assets” of any plan investor. Fiduciaries of Benefit Plan Investors and
Other Benefit Plans are urged to review carefully the matters discussed in this Memorandum and consult with their own legal and financial
advisors before making an investment decision.
If requested by any tax-exempt Investors that are ERISA or
governmental pension funds,
the Managing Member
will facilitate the formation of a group trust through
which those pension funds would invest in the Fund. The group trust, and not
the Investors would be expected to report and pay the federal income taxes
resulting from unrelated business taxable income generated by the Fund.
Investors subject to ERISA should
consult their own advisors as to the effect of ERISA on an investment in the Fund.
The Managing Member will make reasonable efforts to
conduct the affairs and operations of the company in such a manner that the Fund will qualify as a
venture capital operating company under ERISA. |
Certain Tax Considerations: |
Income or gain of the Fund may be subject
to withholding tax, income
tax or other tax in the jurisdictions where investments are located. Each
Investor is advised to consult its own tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of an investment in the Fund, including the application of state
and local tax laws. |
Voting Rights
and Amendments: |
The voting rights
of Members are very limited. Other than as explicitly
set forth in the LLC Agreement, Members have no voting rights as to the Fund or
its management.Generally speaking, the
LLC Agreement may only be amended by the
consent of the Managing Member and the Members holding a majority |
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of the outstanding Units, provided however, the Managing
Member may amend the LLC Agreement in certain other
times. See Section 15.20 of the LLC Agreement for a full
list of items
that may allow
the Managing Member to unilaterally amend the LLC Agreement. |
Liability of Members: |
Except as otherwise expressly required by law, a Member, in
its capacity as such, shall have no liability in excess of (i) its obligation
to pay the purchase price
for its Units under the LLC Agreement and (ii) as otherwise required under New York Law. No Member shall be personally liable for
any debts or obligations of the Fund. |
Other
Activities of Managing Member and
its Affiliates: |
Neither the Managing Member nor its Affiliates is required to manage
the Fund as their sole and exclusive function. Each may engage in other
business activities, including competing ventures and/or other unrelated
employment. In addition to managing the Fund, the Managing Member and its
Affiliates may establish other private investment funds in the future which
employ an investment strategy similar to that of the Fund. |
Exculpation and Indemnification: |
The Managing Member will be
generally liable to third
parties for all obligations of the Fund to the extent such obligations
are not paid by the Fund or are not by their terms limited to recourse
against specific assets. The Fund (but not the Members individually) is
obligated to indemnify the Managing Member and its managers and members from any claim, loss, damage,
or expense incurred by such persons
relating to the business of the Fund,
provided that such
indemnity is otherwise not prohibited by law. |
Termination: |
Upon termination, the Fund shall be dissolved and wound-up.
The Managing Member or, if there is no Managing Member, a liquidator or other
representative (the “Representative”), appointed by a majority of the interest of the Members
shall proceed with the orderly sale or liquidation of the assets
of the Fund
and shall apply
and distribute the proceeds of such sale or
liquidation in the following order of priority,
unless otherwise required by law: (i) first, to pay all expenses of
liquidation; (ii) second, to pay all creditors of the Fund (including Members
who are creditors) in the order of priority provided by law or otherwise;
(iii) third, to the establishment
of any reserve which the Managing Member
or the Representative may deem necessary; and (iv) fourth, to the Members
or their legal
representatives in accordance with the liquidation
distribution provisions set forth above. |
Advisory Board: |
The Fund shall
have an “Advisory Board” consisting of at least three members (the “Advisory Board Members”) appointed by
the Managing Member; provided, however, that all of the of the Advisory Board
Members shall be Members or their designated representatives. Subject to the
foregoing, the Managing Member may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
increase the size of the Advisory Board. Any Advisory Board Member may, at
any time, resign from the Advisory Board or be removed, with or without
cause, by the Managing Member. All such appointments, designations,
resignations, and removals shall be effective upon notice to the Fund.
The Managing Member
shall consult with
the Advisory Board, but the Advisory Board shall have no authority
to manage the Fund. |
No Registration Rights: |
The Units will not be registered under the Securities Act and
the Members will not have any registration rights associated with their
respective Units. |
How to Subscribe: |
Securities are offered through the Managing Broker, a
registered broker/dealer and member FINRA/SIPC.
Prospective investors who would like to subscribe for the
Units must carefully read this Memorandum. If, after carefully reading the entire Memorandum, obtaining any
other information available and being fully satisfied with the results of
pre-investment due diligence activities, a prospective investor would like to
purchase Units, they must complete and sign a Subscription Agreement and any supporting documentation, as requested. The Subscription Agreement submission process is managed by the Managing Broker. An example
of the Subscription Agreement a prospective investor would complete is
attached as Appendix B. An investor must purchase at least the minimum purchase amount of $250,000 (subject to the other provisions contained in this Memorandum)
and the full purchase price must be paid upon submission of the completed
Subscription Agreement. Instructions for completing the Subscription
Agreement will be provided by the Managing Dealer,
along with detailed instructions for
making payment via wire transfer.
As part of the subscription process, prospective investors are required to provide
a third-party verification of their accredited investor status.
This is a regulatory requirement and therefore, if the investor fails to
produce the necessary third-party verification, their subscription must be
rejected. The Managing Broker will request this verification as part
of, or separate from, your completed Subscription Agreement. Acceptance of
the prospective Investor’s subscription by the Fund is in the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion, and the Fund
will notify each prospective Investor of receipt and acceptance of the
subscription. In the event the Fund does not accept a prospective Investor’s
subscription for the Units for any reason, the Fund will promptly return the
funds to such subscriber in accordance with the terms of this Memorandum. |
Eligible Investors: |
In order to invest in the Fund,
an Investor must
meet certain minimum eligibility requirements,
including qualifying as an “Accredited Investor,” as defined in Section
4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The
Subscription Agreement sets forth in detail the definitions of an Accredited
Investor. An Investor must check the appropriate places in the Subscription
Agreement to represent to the Fund that it is an Accredited Investor and
submit to the Fund and the Managing Broker any third-party verification of
such Accredited Investor status as determined needed by the Fund and the
Managing Broker, in order
to be able to purchase Units. The Managing Member may reject any Investor’s subscription for any reason
or for no reason. |
Inquiries: |
Each Investor is invited to, and it is highly recommended that
an Investor, meet with
the Managing Member
for a further explanation of the
terms and conditions of this offering and to obtain any additional
information necessary to verify the
information contained in this Memorandum, to the extent the Managing Member
possesses such |
information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or
expense. Requests for such information should be directed to:
970 Peachtree
Industrial Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024
408 856 5031
Email: di.mo@cloudtoronto.us
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Executive Summary
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN provides high net worth individuals
and the investment advisers who serve them access to sophisticated, private
real estate investments that have been traditionally reserved for institutions.
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN ’s mission is to build wealth for and with their clients while
transforming the assets and communities they touch.
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN achieves this mission by providing
well-structured residential, commercial, and hospitality real estate
investments, utilizing, to the extent beneficial to the investment project as a
whole, a vertically integrated business model that includes acquisitions, development,
construction, asset management and disposition.
Key Items on Cloud Toronto – FYBN :
·
As of 2023, Cloud Toronto –
FYBN is celebrating its 13th year since.
·
For the 8-year period
from 2013 through
2021, Cloud Toronto – FYBN experienced 41% weighted average
annual net growth in aggregate capital invested from
outside investors in its various investments.
·
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN ’s accredited investor
base is growing since 2017.
·
Cloud Toronto – FYBN has launched and exited several multi-asset,
discretionary private real estate funds, single-asset private debt and equity
offerings in its operating history.
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN is an established Alternative
Investment Sponsor and fund manager specifically focused on the Greater
Southwest and Southeast Growth Region,
with an investment team designed
to execute on ground-up
development and repositioning of existing, middle-market, real estate assets
(generally $1m – $500m in project
value), and with an institutional-grade administrative infrastructure designed to support a large base of investors and multiple funds,
Cloud Toronto – FYBN believes it is well
positioned to manage the Fund.
For financial reporting purposes, Cloud Toronto – FYBN , as represented by the legal
entity Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos Inc., consolidates some assets
within its management or ownership, as required by generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP).
To that extent, some of the capital or assets the
company manages are including within the consolidated financial statements and
some of the capital or assets are eliminated as required by GAAP.
Cloud Toronto – FYBN ’s Competitive Strengths:
Creating Access
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN focuses on creating wealth for its
clients by providing access to high quality real estate investments. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN believes that capital
organized privately into structured funds offers investors an optimal balance
of risk-adjusted return and investment performance. By allowing investors, who
may not otherwise be able to purchase a large asset, to participate with a
minimum investment as low as $250,000, Cloud Toronto – FYBN provides typical real estate investors access
to sophisticated strategies and assets that they may not otherwise have.
Vertical Integration
While Cloud Toronto – FYBN ’s business
model is in part analogous to that of a financial
asset manager, their model is built on a full- service approach. They have complemented traditional asset management functions with a hands-on
approach to real estate investing. Specifically, Cloud Toronto – FYBN employs in-house experts in asset management,
leasing, construction management, development, finance, and capital formation. Their model is designed to leverage the
scale of best-in- class third party
service providers, such as general contractors and property managers, which
maintain the control of hands-on management – such as Cloud Toronto – FYBN ‘s
construction management professionals and asset managers.
Extensive relationships and sourcing network
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN leverages its real estate services
businesses in order to source deals for their funds. In addition, management
has extensive relationships with major industry participants in each of the
markets in which they currently operate. Their local presence and reputation in
these markets have enabled them to cultivate key relationships with major
holders of property inventory, in particular, financial institutions,
throughout the real estate community.
Targeted market
opportunities
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN focuses on markets that have a long-term trend of population growth and income improvement in states with business and
investment-friendly governments. Cloud Toronto – FYBN generally avoids engaging in direct
competition in over- regulated and saturated markets.
Structuring expertise
and speed of execution
Prior real
property acquisitions completed by Cloud Toronto – FYBN have taken a variety of forms, including
direct property investments, joint ventures, participating loans and
investments in performing and non-performing mortgages with the objective of
long-term ownership. Cloud Toronto – FYBN believes they have developed a reputation of
being able to quickly execute, as well as originate and creatively structure
acquisitions, dispositions, and financing transactions.
Focus on the middle
market
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN ’s focus on middle market
opportunities offers their investors significant alternatives to active,
equity investing that provide
attractive returns to investors. This focus has allowed them to offer a
diversified range of real estate investment opportunities, particularly for
accredited investors. While Cloud Toronto – FYBN will often enter into large projects, it
breaks those projects into phases to allow middle-market participants to
invest.
Risk protection and investment discipline
Cloud Toronto –
FYBN underwrites their investments based
upon a thorough examination of property economics and a critical understanding
of market dynamics and risk
management strategies. They conduct an in-depth sensitivity analysis on each of
their acquisitions. This analysis applies various economic scenarios that
include changes to rental rates, absorption periods, operating expenses,
interest rates, exit values and holding periods. Cloud Toronto – FYBN uses this analysis to develop their
disciplined acquisition strategies.
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Management Team
Dilip Mooparakath, Chief Executive
Officer of Cloud
Toronto – FYBN
Cloud Toronto is a visionary company founded by Dilip
Mooparakath, a seasoned professional with a rich history in advertising,
branding, and a successful transition into the IT hardware and software
industry. Established in 2012 in Cupertino, California, Cloud Toronto has
consistently demonstrated its commitment to innovation and excellence,
continually expanding its portfolio to include groundbreaking ventures in
commercial real estate and cutting-edge AI technology.
Founder’s Journey:
Dilip Mooparakath embarked on his career in advertising and
branding, spending over a decade in the dynamic landscape of Mumbai, India.
Following this enriching experience, he ventured briefly into the vibrant
market of Toronto, Canada, gaining valuable international exposure.
Diversification into IT Hardware and Software:
In a strategic move, Cloud Toronto transitioned into the field
of Cloud-Based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). This venture enabled the
company to provide enterprise-level IT hardware and software solutions to a
global clientele. With a focus on cutting-edge technology, the company has
consistently delivered innovative solutions, catering to the ever-evolving
needs of the IT industry.
Commercial Real Estate Solutions:
In 2017, Cloud Toronto expanded its horizons by delving into the
domain of commercial real estate. Specializing in solutions tailored to the gas
station and convenience store (C-store) businesses, the company has brought
efficiency and innovation to the real estate market.
FYBN App:
An epitome of the company’s innovative spirit, Cloud Toronto
created the FYBN App. This AI-based application has revolutionized the
evaluation of retail business value. It provides invaluable insights and
analytics, making it an indispensable tool for businesses in the competitive
retail sector. The FYBN App has garnered recognition for its ability to provide
real-time data-driven decision support.
Leadership and Education:
Dilip Mooparakath’s exceptional leadership is anchored in a
solid educational foundation. He holds an MBA from Xavier Institute of
Management (XIM) and is a graduate of Mumbai University. These qualifications,
combined with years of hands-on experience, have positioned him as a dynamic
and influential figure in the corporate world.
Market Position:
Today, Cloud Toronto enjoys a dominant presence in the gas
station and convenience store business, competing head-to-head with established
industry giants. The company’s unique blend of IT expertise, commercial real
estate solutions, and AI-powered tools has firmly established its reputation as
an industry leader and innovator.
Mission:
Cloud Toronto is dedicated to creating and implementing
innovative solutions that empower businesses to thrive in an ever-changing
marketplace. We are committed to the principles of excellence, integrity, and
continuous improvement, ensuring that our clients stay ahead in their
respective industries.
Conclusion:
Cloud Toronto, led by the visionary Dilip Mooparakath, is an
embodiment of innovation, adaptability, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.
With a history of success in advertising, IT hardware, software, and commercial
real estate, and the groundbreaking FYBN App, the company continues to shape
the future of businesses and industries across the globe. We invite you to
explore the possibilities with us and experience the transformational power of
Cloud Toronto.
Investment in the Units of the Fund offered
hereby involves risk, including the risk of a complete
loss of the investment and the general economic failure of the Fund.
The following factors should be considered carefully in evaluating an
investment in the Units offered hereby. The risks and uncertainties described
below are not the only ones relevant to the Fund. The investment described
herein involves a substantial risk and represents an illiquid investment. An investor should
be able to bear the loss of the investor’s entire investment. You are urged to read this
Memorandum and the attached exhibits and consult with your own legal, tax, and financial advisors
before investing in the Fund.
In certain applicable circumstances, “Fund” may refer to or include the Fund’s
Affiliates, including any entities formed for the purpose of holding title to
assets of the Fund.
GENERAL RISKS RELATED
TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND
The Fund is considered a “blind
pool.” |
Because the Fund
has not identified all of the specific assets
that the Fund may purchase with investment
proceeds and operating proceeds, this is a “blind pool.” An investor will not
be able to evaluate the economic merit of the Fund’s investments until after
investments have been made.
To be successful, the Fund and its Managing Member (and its
advisors) must, among other things:
·
identify and acquire investments that further the Fund’s investment objectives; ·
rely on the Fund’s
advisors and their
Affiliates to attract, integrate, motivate, and retain qualified personnel to manage
our day-to-day operations; ·
respond to competition for
our targeted investments as well as for potential investors; ·
rely
on Affiliates and third parties to continue to build and expand the Fund’s operations structure
to support its business; and ·
be continuously aware of, and
interpret, market trends
and conditions.
The Fund may not succeed
in achieving these
goals, and a failure to do so could cause the Fund’s investors to
lose a significant portion of the value of their investment in the Fund. |
An investment in the Units has limited liquidity. There is no
public market for the Units and the Fund’s limited redemption program may not have
sufficient liquidity to redeem Units. As a result, an investor should
purchase Units as a long-term investment. |
There is no current market for the Units. The Fund and the
Managing Member do not expect that
a public market
will develop in the near future,
if ever, and the Fund’s Certificate of Formation and LLC Agreement do not
require a liquidity event at a fixed time in the future. Therefore, redemption of Units by the Fund, which must be agreed to by the Managing
Member in its sole and absolute discretion, will likely
be the only
way for an investor to
dispose of its Units. While the redemption program of the Fund was designed
to allow investors to request redemptions of an Investor’s Units,
the Funds ability
to fulfill redemption requests is subject to a number of limitations. Most
significantly, the vast majority of the Fund’s assets consist of properties that
cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting the Fund’s ability to realize
full value upon their disposition. Consequently, the Fund may not always
have a sufficient |
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amount of cash to immediately satisfy redemption requests. If
the Managing Member believes that redemption requests place an undue burden
on the Fund’s liquidity, adversely affect its operations or risk having an adverse impact
on the Fund as a whole, or otherwise determines that investing liquid assets
in real properties or other illiquid investments rather than
meeting redemption requests is in the
best interests of the Fund as
a whole, then
the Managing Member
may choose to redeem fewer
Units than are the subject of redemption requests, or none at all. As a result, Members ability to have
Units redeemed may be limited and at times a Member may not be able to
liquidate their investment, any redemption requests by a Member
will require the approval of the Managing Member, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion. |
Redemption rights of Members
are subject to limitations. |
The Managing Member
may choose to redeem fewer
Units than have
been requested in any particular quarter
to be redeemed by a Member or none at all, in its discretion at any time.
This may be due to a lack of readily available funds because of adverse
market conditions beyond the Managing Member’s control, the need to maintain liquidity for the Fund’s operations or because the Managing Member
has determined that
investing in real property or other illiquid investments is a better
use of the Fund’s capital than redeeming Units. In addition, the aggregate
NAV of total redemptions is limited, in any calendar quarter, to no more than
five (5%) percent. of the
Fund’s aggregate NAV (measured using the average aggregate NAV at the end of
the immediately preceding three months). The Managing Member may make
exceptions to, modify, or suspend redemptions of Units if in its reasonable judgment it deems such
action to be in the Fund’s
best interest and the best interest of our Members. All unsatisfied redemption requests must be resubmitted after
the start of the next quarter, or upon the recommencement of the Unit
redemptions, as applicable. |
The Managing Member has the unilateral ability to redeem a
Member. As a result, an Investor’s Units may be redeemed prior to the Investor achieving
its investment objectives and may be redeemed at a valuation that the
Investors disagrees with. |
The Managing Member
has the sole authority under
Section 6 of the LLC Agreement to redeem the Units of a Member.
Such Units will
be redeemed at the relevant
Net Asset Value per Unit. As a result, an Investor’s Units may be redeemed prior
to the Investor achieving its investment objectives and may be redeemed at a valuation that the Investors disagrees with (Full Liquidation Value). |
Property Valuations and Valuation Methodologies may not always
be timely or reflect the realizable value of an asset. |
For the purposes of calculating monthly NAV, valuations of
properties held within the Fund will occur at least annually. Annual
appraisals may be delayed for a short period in exceptional circumstances. Property valuations will be used to determine the NAV
per Unit of a Class in connection with the issuance and redemption of Member
Units. Because some time may lapse between
the valuation of a property and the issuance or redemption of Member
Units, the applicable property valuation may not
accurately be reflected in the NAV per Unit
as of the day of the acquisition or redemption, as
applicable. Significant events may have occurred that materially changes the
valuation of Fund properties including, without limitation, market
fluctuations, natural disasters, unexpected lease vacancies, or defaults. The
Managing Member may, but is not obligated to, adjust valuations of properties completed to account for the issuance of additional Units (and any capital contributions made in connection |
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therewith), the redemption of Units (and the use of funds and
proceeds to effectuate such redemptions), the sale, financing, or refinancing
of the Fund’s assets, distribution of capital to Members and the Managing
Member, and the retirement of any debt of the Fund.
The methodology for
conducting valuations of properties held
by the Fund will blend recent valuations and valuation opinions to determine the value
of the individual value of the assets and will include utilizing applicable
financial statements.
The
valuation methodologies used to value the Fund’s properties and certain of
the Fund’s investments will involve subjective judgments and projections and
may not be accurate. Valuation methodologies will also involve assumptions and opinions about future events, which may or may not turn out to be correct.
Valuations and appraisals of the Fund’s properties and other investments will
be only estimates of fair value. Ultimate realization of the value of an
asset depends to a great extent on economic, market and other
conditions beyond the Fund’s control
and the control of the Managing Member. Further, valuations do not
necessarily represent the price at which an asset would sell, since market
prices of assets can only
be determined by negotiation between a willing buyer
and seller. As such, the carrying value of an asset may not reflect
the price at which the asset could be sold in the market, and the difference
between carrying value and the ultimate sales price could be material. In
addition, accurate valuations are more difficult to obtain in times of low transaction volume because
there are fewer
market transactions that
can be considered in the context of the
appraisal. There will be no retroactive adjustment in the valuation of such assets,
the NAV of Units for
issuance or redemptions or NAV-based fees we paid
to the Managing Member to the extent such valuations prove to not accurately
reflect the realizable value the Fund’s assets. Because the price a Member
will pay for Units, and the price at which Units may be redeemed are
generally based on our prior month’s NAV per Unit, a Member may pay more than
realizable value or receive less than realizable value for its investment. |
A Member’s interest in the assets of the Fund will be diluted
as additional Units are issued. |
Holders of Participating Units will not have preemptive rights
to any further Units the Fund issues in the future. The Fund
shall have authority to issue an unlimited number of Units (including fractional Units) and
the Fund may issue
additional Units effective prior to the opening of business
on each Dealing Day unless prohibited
by the Managing Member. To the extent the Fund issues additional Units after
a Member’s purchase in the Offering, such Member’s percentage ownership
interest in the Fund will be diluted. |
Economic events may
adversely affect the Fund’s
cash flow and ability to achieve its investment objectives. |
Economic events affecting the United States economy, including
events occurring outside the United States, such as the general negative
performance of the real estate
sector or the negative performance of the U.S. economy as a whole,
could depress the
valuations of the
Fund’s assets or cause
decreased cash flow. Such events may cause Members to seek redemption of
their Units or prohibit the Fund from raising additional capital through the
sale of additional Units. Moreover, if the
Fund decides to sell certain assets to increase the Fund’s cash flow
or redeem Units,
such events may negatively impact
the Fund’s ability to
achieve its investment objectives. |
COVID-19 could have a material impact on the Fund’s
investments and operations, and
the Fund will continue to monitor the COVID- 19
situation closely. |
Beginning in late 2019, China, as well as several other
countries, experienced an outbreak of a highly contagious form of an upper
respiratory infection caused by COVID-19, a novel coronavirus strain commonly
referred to as coronavirus. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared this outbreak a “Public Health
Emergency of International
Concern.” On January 31, 2020, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health
emergency for the United
States to aid the U.S. healthcare community in responding to COVID-19. There
are no comparable recent events which may provide guidance as to the effect
of the spread of COVID-19 and a potential pandemic, and, as a result, the ultimate impact
of the COVID-19 outbreak, COVID-19’s variants, or a similar
health epidemic is highly uncertain and subject to change.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant and
widespread economic disruptions to, and uncertainty in, the global
and U.S. economy, including in the regions in
which we operate. More specifically, COVID- 19 has led to disruptions in
regional and global trade markets and the logistics necessary to import, export, and deliver
products and materials to companies and their
customers. These disruptions and delays in the supply chain have led to a lack of
availability of certain products and materials and inflation of the price of raw materials in the construction industry. The
foregoing could impair the Fund’s ability to maintain operational standards, disrupt
the operations of the Fund’s
service providers, and lead
to increased development and construction costs.
Cybersecurity and data privacy risks may have also increased
during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because of the increase in remote working,
social distancing measures and increased reliance on remote connectivity for
many aspects of the economy.
The Fund does not yet
know the full extent of potential
delays or impacts on its projected investments and operations or the global
economy as a whole. However, the effects could have a material impact on the
Fund’s investments and operations, and the Fund will continue to monitor the
COVID-19 situation closely. |
As
of the date of this Memorandum, the United States market (as well as the
larger global markets) are
experiencing inflation in asset
prices that have not been present in the market
since the 1980’s, and such inflation may adversely affect the Fund’s
financial condition and results of operations. |
An
increase in inflation could have an adverse impact on the Fund’s development
costs, labor and service provider costs, floating rate mortgages, credit
facilities, property operating expenses, and general and administrative expenses, as these costs
could increase at a rate higher than our rental and other
revenue. Inflation could
also have an adverse effect
on consumer spending, which
could impact our tenants’ revenues and, in turn, our percentage rents, where
applicable. In addition, leases of long-term duration or which include
renewal options that specify a maximum rate increase may result in
below-market lease rates over time if we do not accurately estimate inflation
or market lease rates. Provisions of leases designed to mitigate the risk of
inflation and unexpected increases in market lease rates, such as periodic
rental increases, may not adequately protect the Fund’s operations from the
impact of inflation or unexpected increases in market lease rates. If the
Fund’s operating, development and other expenses
are increasing faster
than anticipated, the Fund’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or our ability to satisfy |
our debt service obligations or to pay distributions could be materially adversely affected.
Supply
chain disruptions could create unexpected development, renovation or
maintenance costs or delays and/or
could impact the Fund’s tenants’ businesses, any of
which could have a negative effect on the Fund’s results of operations.
The construction and building
industry, similar to many other industries, has recently experienced worldwide
supply chain disruptions due to a multitude of factors that are beyond the
Fund’s control, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and such disruptions may
continue to occur. Materials, parts and labor have also increased in
cost over the recent past,
sometimes significantly and over a short period
of time. Because
the Fund will be engaged in
large-scale development projects, small-scale construction projects, such as building
renovations and maintenance or and tenant improvements required under leases
are a routine and necessary part of the Fund’s
business, the Fund will most likely incur costs for a property development, renovation or
maintenance that exceeds original estimates due to increased costs for
materials or labor or other costs that are unexpected. The Fund also may be
unable to complete renovation of a property or tenant space on schedule due to
supply chain disruptions or labor shortages. In addition, tenants’ businesses
may also be affected by supply chain issues (particularly for our industrial or
retail properties), which could impact their ability
to meet their obligations to us under their leases.
The Fund may make distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, which may
negatively impact the valuation of the Fund.
The Fund may make distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, including borrowings by
the Fund or its Affiliates, proceeds from offerings of the Units, or proceeds
from assets sales, which may reduce the amount
of capital the Fund ultimately may invest and negatively
impact the value of the Fund and a Member’s investment.
The amount and source of distributions the Fund may make
to its Members is uncertain and the Fund may be unable to generate sufficient
cash flows from its operations to make distributions to the Members at any time
in the future.
The Fund has
not established a minimum distribution payment level, and the Fund’s ability to
make distributions to its Members may be adversely affected by a number of factors,
including the risk factors described in this Subscription
Agreement. The Managing Member will make determinations regarding distributions
based upon, among other factors, the Fund’s financial performance, its debt
service obligations, its debt covenants, and capital expenditure requirements.
Among the factors that could impair the Fund’s ability to make distributions to
Members are:
·
the limited
size of the Fund’s portfolio;
·
the Fund’s inability to invest, on a timely basis and in attractive investments, the proceeds from
sales of Units;
·
the Fund’s inability to realize attractive risk-adjusted returns on its
investments;
·
unanticipated
expenses or reduced revenues that reduce cash flow or non-cash earnings;
·
defaults in the Fund’s
investment portfolio or decreases in the value
of
its properties; and
·
the fact that anticipated operating expense levels may not prove
accurate, as actual results may vary from estimates.
As a result, the Fund may not be able to make distributions to the Members at any time in the future, and the
level of any distributions the Fund does make to the Members may not increase
or even be maintained over time.
Purchasers of Units by the Fund’s Affiliates in this Offering
should not influence investment decisions of independent, unaffiliated
investors.
Affiliated persons
of the Fund may purchase
Units. There are no written
or binding commitments with respect to the acquisition of Units by these
parties, and there can be no assurance as to the amount, if any, of Units these
parties may acquire in the Offering. Any Units purchased by Affiliates will be
purchased for investment purposes only. However, the investment decisions made by Affiliates who make such purchases should not influence an investor’s decision
to invest in the Units, and an investor should make its own
independent investment decision.
This is a “best efforts”
offering. If the Fund is
unable to raise a substantial amount of capital in the near term, the Fund may have
difficulties investing in additional properties and/or repaying or refinancing
indebtedness and the investor’s ability to achieve the Fund’s investment
objectives, including diversification of our portfolio type and location, could
be adversely affected.
This offering
is being made on a “best efforts”
basis, which means that the Fund, the sponsor of the Fund,
and the broker-dealers participating in this Offering are only required
to use their best efforts
to sell the Units and have
no firm commitment or obligation to purchase of the Units. As a result, the Fund
may not be able to raise a substantial amount
of additional capital
in the near term.
If the Fund is not able to accomplish this goal, the Fund may have
difficulty in identifying and purchasing further
suitable properties on attractive terms in order to meet the
Fund’s investment objectives. Therefore, there could be a delay between the
time the Fund receives net proceeds from the sale of Units and the time the
Fund invests the new proceeds. For the Members, this could cause a substantial delay in the time
it takes for their investment to realize the full potential returns. This could also adversely affect the Fund’s ability
to pay regular distributions of cash
flow from operations to the Members. If the Fund fails to timely invest
the new proceeds of this Offering, the Fund’s ability
to achieve its investment
objections, including further diversification of the Funds’ portfolio by
property and asset type and location, could be adversely affected. Failure to raise substantial capital
also could hamper the Fund’s
ability to repay or
refinance indebtedness. In addition, subject
to our investment policies, the Fund is not limited in the number or
size of these investments or the percentage of net proceeds that the Fund may
dedicate to a single investment. If the Fund uses all or substantially all of
the future proceeds from this Offering to acquire one or a few investments, the
likelihood of the Fund’s profitability being affected by the performance of any
one of the Fund’s investments will increase, and an investment in the Units
will be subject to greater risk.
If the Fund is unable to raise a sufficient amount of capital
with respect to the Members Units, the Fund
may not be able to construct
a diverse portfolio of investments,
and the value of a Member’s investment in the Fund may fluctuate more widely
with the performance of specific investments.
The Fund is dependent upon the proceeds
to be received from this Offering
to conduct the Fund’s proposed
investment activities. If the Fund is unable to raise a sufficient amount of
capital with respect to the Members Units, the Fund may not be able to
construct a diverse portfolio of investments, and the value of a Member’s
investment in the Fund may fluctuate more widely with the performance of
specific investments. An investor’s investment in Units would be subject to
greater risk to the extent that the Fund lacks a diversified portfolio of
investments. In addition, the Fund’s fixed operating expenses, as a percentage
of gross income, would be higher, and the Fund’s financial condition and
ability to pay distributions could be adversely affected if the Fund is unable to raise substantial funds in this Offering.
The Fund may suffer from delays
if the Fund and its advisors are not able to locate suitable investments, which
could adversely affect its ability to pay distributions and to achieve the
Fund’s investment objectives.
If the Fund is
able to raise capital quickly during this Offering, the Fund may have
difficulty in identifying and purchasing suitable assets in a timely and
efficient fashion. This may impact the value of a Member’s investment in the
Member Units and the Fund’s
ability to pay distribution
to its Members.
The Managing Member
has sole and absolute
discretion of the Fund’s investment policies.
The Managing
Member has sole and absolute discretion of the Fund’s investment and
operational policies, including the Fund’s policies with respect to
investments, acquisitions, growth, operations, indebtedness, capitalization,
and distributions, at any time without the consent of Members, which could
result in the Fund making investments that are differing from, and possibly
riskier than, the types of investment described in this Memorandum. A change to
the Fund’s investment strategy may, among other things, increase the Fund’s
exposure to interest rate risk, default risk, and market fluctuations, all of
which could affect the Fund’s ability to achieve the Fund’s investment
objectives.
The Fund’s participation in a co- ownership arrangement may subject it
to risks that otherwise may not be present in other investments.
The Fund may
enter into co-ownership arrangements with respect to a portion of the assets
the Fund acquires. Co-ownership arrangements involve risks generally not
otherwise present with an investment in other assets, such as the following:
·
the risk that a co-owner may at any time have economic or business
interests or goals that are or become inconsistent with the Fund’s business
interests or goals;
·
the risk that a co-owner may be in a position
to take action
contrary to the Fund’s instructions or requests or contrary to our
policies or objectives;
·
the possibility
that an individual co-owner might become insolvent or bankrupt, or otherwise default
under the applicable loan financing
documents, which may constitute an event of default under all of the
applicable loan financing documents or
allow the bankruptcy court to reject the agreements entered into by the
co-owners owning interests in the relevant property;
·
the possibility that a co-owner
might not have adequate liquid
assets to make cash advances that may be required in order to fund
operations, maintenance, and other expenses
related to the property,
which could result in the loss of current or prospective tenants and may
otherwise adversely affect the operation and maintenance of the property, and
could cause a default under the loan financing documents applicable to the property and may result
in late charges, penalties, and interest, and may lead to the exercise
of foreclosure and other remedies by the lender;
·
the risk that a
co-owner could breach agreements related to the property, which may cause a
default under, and possibly result in personal
liability in connection with, any loan financing documents applicable to the property,
violate applicable securities laws, result in a foreclosure, or otherwise
adversely affect the property and the co-ownership arrangement;
·
the
risk that a default by any co-owner would constitute a default under any loan
financing documents applicable to the property that
could result in
a foreclosure and the loss of all or a substantial portion of the investment
made by the co-owner;
·
the risk that
the Fund could have limited control and rights, with management decisions made
entirely by a third-party; and
·
the possibility
that the Fund will not have the right to sell the property at a time that
otherwise could result in the property being sold for its maximum value.
In the event that the Fund’s
interests become adverse to those of the other co-owners, the Fund may not have the contractual right to purchase
the co- ownership interests
from the other co-owners. Even if the Fund is given the opportunity to purchase
such co-ownership interests in the future, the Fund cannot guarantee that the Fund will have sufficient funds
available at the time to purchase
co-ownership interests from the co-owners.
The Fund may
want to sell its co-ownership interests in a given property at a time when the
other co-owners in such property do not desire to sell their interests. Therefore, because the Fund anticipates that it will be much more difficult to find a willing
buyer for its co-ownership interests in a property than it would
be to find a buyer for a property owned outright, the Fund may not be able to sell its
interest in a property at the time the Fund would like to sell.
The
co-ownerships interests may also be owned by Affiliates of the Fund or the
sponsor of the Fund. There is no guarantee that such Affiliates will make decisions with respect to such real
property or real property assets that are in the best interests of the Fund,
and the Managing Member and the Fund may have no ability to require such
Affiliates to act in the best interests of the Fund. Such adverse decisions may
affect an investment in the Units or the Fund’s ability to make distributions
to the Members.
The Fund is subject to privacy law compliance risks.
The adoption,
interpretation and application of consumer, data protection and/or privacy
laws and regulations (“Privacy Laws“) in the United
States, Europe, and elsewhere are often uncertain and in flux. Compliance with Privacy Laws could
significantly impact current and planned privacy and information security
related practices, the collection, use, sharing, retention and safeguarding of
personal data and current and planned business activities of the Fund Sponsors,
the Fund and the Fund investments, and as such could increase costs and require
the dedication of additional time and resources to compliance for such entities. A failure to comply with such Privacy Laws by any
such entity or their service providers could result in fines, private and
governmental legal action, sanctions, or other penalties, which could
materially and adversely affect the results of operations and overall business,
as well as have a negative impact on reputation and Fund performance. As Privacy Laws are implemented,
interpreted, and applied, compliance costs for the Fund, and/or the Fund
investments are likely to increase, particularly in the context of ensuring
that adequate data protection and data transfer mechanisms are in place.
For
example, California has passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and
the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, and the EU has enacted the General
Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679), each of which broadly impacts
businesses that handle various types of personal data. Such laws impose stringent legal and operational obligations on
regulated businesses, as well as the potential for significant penalties.
Other
jurisdictions, including other U.S. states, have passed similar laws, including
the Colorado Privacy Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, and
other states have proposed or are considering similar Privacy Laws, which if
enacted could impose similarly significant costs and operational and legal obligations. Such Privacy Laws and regulations are expected to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, thus increasing costs, operational and legal burdens,
and the potential
for significant liability for regulated entities.
The Fund is subject to risks
relating to cybersecurity.
The Fund, the
Fund Sponsors, the Managing Member, any portfolio company or other subsidiary of the Fund and any of their investments and their respective affiliates, service
providers, customers and counterparties use computers, other electronic
devices, networks, software, on-line services and other tools (collectively,
“Information Systems“) to
process, store and transmit large amounts of electronic information, including
without limitation information relating to (i) Fund transactions, (ii) the
members of the Fund, and (iii) the business of the Fund and other Fund
investments, including their customers and counterparties (collectively, “Data“). Data may include confidential information such as market
sensitive data and personally identifiable information of members of the Fund,
customers, and other parties. Information
Systems are not able to protect Data under all circumstances and personnel may also fail to manage and update these Information
Systems sufficiently to protect Data. In
addition, computer malware,
viruses, and computer
hacking, and phishing attacks have become more
prevalent and may occur on the Information Systems at any time and may
successfully compromise the Information Systems’ security processes. Any breach of these or other Information
Systems may cause Data to be lost or improperly accessed, used or disclosed,
may impair performance, reliability and access to the Information Systems,
may impair performance, reliability and access
to the Information Systems,
and cause the Managing Member, the Fund Sponsors, the Fund, its portfolio companies
or other subsidiaries and other Fund investments
and their respective affiliates, service providers, customers and/or
counterparties to suffer, among other things, financial loss, disruption of
business, liability to third parties, regulatory intervention or reputational
damage. Any of the foregoing events
could have a material adverse effect
on the Fund, the Fund Sponsors, the Manger,
the members of the Fund, and the members’ investments therein.
RISKS RELATED
TO THE MANAGING MEMBER AND ITS ADVISORS
AND AFFILIATES
The Fund’s Managing
Member, including its advisors and Affiliates, face conflicts of
interest caused by their compensation arrangements with the Fund, which could
result in actions that are not in the long-term best interests of
the Fund’s investors.
The Fund’s
Managing Member, including its advisors and Affiliates, are entitled to
substantial fees from the Fund under the terms of the LLC Agreement and certain other agreements, including management contracts.
These fees could influence the judgment of the Managing
Member and its Affiliates in performing services for
the Fund.
The Fund’s Managing Member faces a conflict of interest because
the fees it receives for services are based on the Fund’s
NAV, which the Managing Member and its affiliates are responsible for
determining.
The Managing
Member is paid an Asset Management Fee for its
services based on the Fund’s NAV, which is calculated by the Managing
Member and its affiliates. In addition, the calculation of the Managing Member
Performance Allocation is based in part upon the Fund’s
net assets (which is a component of its NAV). The calculation of the Fund’s NAV
includes certain subjective judgments with respect to estimating, for example,
the value of the Fund’s portfolio and accrued expenses, net portfolio income
and liabilities, and therefore, the Fund’s NAV may not correspond to realizable
value upon a sale of those assets. The Managing Member may benefit from the
Fund retaining ownership of assets at times when Members may be better served
by the sale or disposition of our assets in order to avoid a reduction in the
Fund’s NAV. If the Fund’s NAV is calculated in a way that is not reflective of
its actual NAV, then the purchase price of Units or the redemption proceeds of
Units on a given date may not accurately reflect the value of the Fund’s
portfolio, and a Member’s Units may be worth less than the purchase price or
more than the redemption amount. The valuation of the Fund’s investments will
affect the amount and timing of the Asset Management Fee paid to the Managing Member
and its Managing
Member Performance Allocation. As a result, there may be circumstances where the Managing
Member is incentivized to determine valuations that are higher than the actual
fair value of our investments.
Payment of fees to the Managing Member and its advisors and Affiliates
will reduce the cash available for investment
and distribution and will increase the risk that an
investor will not be able to recover the amount of its investment in the Units.
The Managing
Member and its advisors and Affiliates perform
services for the Fund in
connection with the distribution of the Fund’s Units, the selection and
acquisition of the Fund’s investments, and the management of the Fund’s assets.
The Fund pays its advisors and Affiliates fees for these services, which will
reduce the amount of cash available for investments or distributions to the
Fund’s Members. The fees the Fund pays to its Managing Member and its
Affiliates decrease the value of the Fund’s portfolio and increase the risk investors
may not receive a return
on their investment in the Units.
The Managing Member faces conflicts of interest relating to the incentive fee structure under the Fund’s LLC Agreement, which
could result in actions that are not necessarily in the long-term best
interests of the Fund’s investors.
Pursuant to the
terms of the LLC Agreement, the Managing Member is entitled to the Managing
Member Performance Allocation based on the profits of the Fund. The Managing
Member, therefore, could be motivated to recommend riskier investments
in order for the Fund to generate the specified levels of performance that
would entitle the Managing Member to incentive compensation.
The Managing Member and its Affiliates face conflicts of
interest with respect to the allocation of investment opportunities between the
Fund and other investment programs that are managed
by Affiliates of the Managing Member.
The Fund relies
on the Managing Member and its Affiliates and advisors to identify and select
potential investment opportunities on the Fund’s behalf. At the same time, the
Managing Member’s Affiliates and advisor manage other investment programs
sponsored by the sponsor of the Fund that may have investment objectives and
investment strategies that are similar to the Fund’s objectives and strategies. As a result,
such Affiliates and advisors
could face conflicts of interest in allocating acquisition opportunities as
they become available. Each investor will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making the
investment in Units.
The Managing Member’s advisors
and officers, including its key personnel and officers,
face conflicts of interest related to the positions they hold with
affiliated and unaffiliated entities, which could hinder the Fund’s ability to successfully
implement its business strategy and to generate returns to the Members.
The Managing
Member is managed
by Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos. The management team of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos each
have other business interests as well. As a result, key personnel may have
duties to other entities and their stockholders, members, and Members, in addition to business interests in other
entities. These duties to such other entities and persons may create conflicts
with the duties that they owe indirectly to the Fund. There is a risk that
their loyalties to these other
entities could result in actions or inactions that are adverse to the Fund’s
business and violate their fiduciary duties to the Fund, which could harm the
implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy and its investment and leasing
opportunities.
Conflicts with
the Fund’s business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related
to (1) allocation of new investments
and
management time and services between the Fund and the other entities,
(2) the Fund’s
purchase of properties from, or sale of properties to, affiliated entities, (3)
the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset, (4) development
of the Fund’s properties by Affiliates, (5) investments with Affiliates of the
Managing Member, and (6) compensation to the Managing Member
and its Affiliates. If the Fund does
not successfully implement its investment strategy, the Fund may be unable to maintain or increase the value of its assets and its operating cash flows and ability to pay
distributions could be adversely affected.
The Fund’s success
depends to a significant degree upon certain key
personnel of the Managing Member. If the Managing Member is unable to obtain
key personnel, the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives could be
delayed or hindered, which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to pay
distributions to Members.
The Fund’s
success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions
of certain executive officers and other key personnel of the Managing Member, as described in detail in this Memorandum, each of whom would
be difficult to replace. The Fund cannot guarantee that all of these key
personnel, or any particular person, will remain affiliated with the Fund, its sponsor
of the Fund, and/or advisors
and Affiliates. If any of the Fund’s key personnel were to cease their
affiliation with the Managing Member, the Fund’s operating results could
suffer. Further, as of the date of this Memorandum the Fund does not separately
maintain key person life insurance on any person and the Fund may not do so in
the future. The Fund believes that its future success depends, in large part,
upon the Managing Member’s ability to hire and retain highly skilled
managerial, operational, and marketing personnel. Competition for such
personnel is intense, and the Fund cannot assure potential investors that the
Fund’s Sponsor, Managing Member, or advisors will be successful in attracting
and retaining such skilled personnel. If the Managing Member or its Affiliates
lose or are unable to obtain the services of key personnel, the Fund’s ability
to implement its investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and the
amount available for distribution to the Members may decline.
The Fund’s Sponsors are affiliate entities of the Managing
Member and, therefore, each investor
will not have the benefit of
an independent review of the Memorandum or of the Fund that customarily is
performed.
The Fund’s
Sponsors are affiliate entities of the Managing Member and, as a result, are not in a position to
make an independent review of the Fund or of this Offering. Accordingly, each investor will have to rely on its own broker-dealer or financial advisor to
make an independent review of the terms of this Offering.
The Fund is permitted to acquire assets and borrow
funds from Affiliates of the Managing Member, and any such transaction
could result in conflicts of interest.
The Fund is
permitted to acquire assets and borrow funds from Affiliates of the Managing
Member, and any such transaction could result in a conflict of interest. This
may result in the Fund paying more than the Managing Member or its Affiliates
paid for an asset or the rate at which such Affiliates are able to borrow
funds.
The Managing
Member or its Affiliates may create special
purpose entities to acquire
properties for the specific purpose
of selling the properties to the
Fund, and the Fund may acquire such properties,
From time to
time, the Fund may borrow funds from Affiliates of the Managing Member,
including the Sponsor, as bridge financing to enable the Fund to acquire a
property or for the purpose of providing short term financing as necessary. No
such transactions must be approved by the Members. In general, these transactions occur regularly in the marketplace at rates substantially higher
than conventional bank financing.
The Managing Member faces conflicts of interest relating to
joint ventures or other co- ownership arrangements that the Fund may enter into
with investment programs sponsored by the Fund’s Sponsor, which
could result in a disproportionate benefit to the Sponsor or an investment
program sponsored by the Fund’s Sponsor.
The Fund may
enter into joint ventures with an investment program sponsored by the Fund’s
Sponsor for the acquisition, development, or improvement of properties as well
as the acquisition of investments. Officers and key persons of the Managing
Member also are officers and key persons of funds sponsored by the Fund’s
Sponsor, and/or their advisors, the Managing Members of investment programs
sponsored by the Sponsor and/or the advisors or fiduciaries of investment
programs sponsored by the Sponsor. These officers and key persons may face
conflicts of interest in determining which investment program
should enter into any
particular joint venture or co-ownership arrangement. These persons also may have a conflict
in structuring the terms of the relationship between the Fund and any
affiliated co-venturer or co-owner, as well as conflicts of interests in
managing the joint venture.
RISKS RELATED TO THE FUND’S
STRUCTURE
A Member’s
Units will be diluted if the Fund issues additional Members Units.
The Members
will not have preemptive rights to any Units or other securities issued in the
future. There is no limitation on the amount of capital the Fund may raise under its Memorandum of Incorporation or LLC
Agreement. To the extent additional Members Units are issued after a Member’s acquisition of its Member
Units, its interest
in the Fund will be diluted.
Subject to
the terms of the LLC Agreement, the Managing Member may change the Fund’s investment and operational policies without
Investor consent.
Except for changes to the
investment restrictions contained in the LLC Agreement, at any time without the consent of our Investors, which could result in
our making investments that are different from, and possibly riskier or more
highly leveraged than, the types of investments described in this Memorandum. A
change in our investment strategy may, among other things, increase the Fund’s
exposure to real estate market fluctuations,
default risk and interest rate risk, all of which could materially affect the Fund’s results of operations and financial
condition.
The Fund has certain indemnification obligations, the triggering of which may have an
The LLC Agreement expressly
limits the Managing
Member’s liability as well as its officers’ and advisors’
liability by providing that the Fund and its
officers, directors, agents,
and employees, will not be liable or
adverse impact on the Fund and
its cash available for distribution to its Members.
accountable,
except in limited circumstances, to the Fund for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits
not derived. In addition, the LLC
Agreement is required to indemnify such persons to the extent permitted by
applicable law from and against any and all claims arising from operations of
the Managing Member, unless it is established that: (1) the act or omission was
committed in bad faith, was fraudulent or was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty; (2) the indemnified party received an improper personal benefit in money, property
or services; or
(3) in the case
of a criminal proceeding, the indemnified person had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
The Fund’s investment return may be reduced if the Fund is
deemed to be an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
The Fund does
not intend, or expect to be required, to register as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act. Rule 3a-1 under the Investment Company
Act generally provides that an
issuer will not be deemed to be an “investment company” provided that (1) it does not
hold itself out as being engaged primarily, or propose to engage
primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities
and (2) no more than forty (40%) percent. of the value of its assets (exclusive
of government securities and cash items) and no more than forty (40%) percent
of its net income after taxes (for the past four fiscal quarters combined) is
derived from securities other than government securities, securities issued by
employees’ securities companies, securities issued by
certain majority owned subsidiaries of such company,
and securities issued by certain companies that are
controlled primarily by such issuer. If the Fund was obligated to register
as an investment company the Fund would have to comply with a variety of
substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act that impose
significant restrictions.
If the Fund was
required to register as an investment company but failed to do so, the Fund would be prohibited from engaging in its business, and
criminal and civil actions could be brought against the Fund. In addition, its contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a
receiver to take control of the Fund and liquidate its business.
Registration
with the SEC as an investment company would be costly, would subject
the Fund to a host of complex
regulations, and would
divert the attention of management from the conduct of the Fund’s business.
In addition, the purchase of investments that does not fit its investment
guidelines and the purchase or sale of investment securities or other assets to preserve the Fund’s status as a
company not required to register as an investment company could adversely
affect the amount
of funds available for investment and the Fund’s ability
to pay distributions to the Members.
There are specific risks attributable to the Fund’s investment in the REIT Subsidiary
See Risk Factors
set out in Part III of the REIT Supplement.
RISKS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
In some cases, if an investor fails to meet the fiduciary and
other standards under ERISA,
the Code or common law as a result of an investment in the Units, an investor
could be subject to liability for losses as well as civil penalties.
There are
special considerations that apply to investing in the Units on behalf of
pension, profit sharing or 401(k) plans, health or welfare plans, individual retirement accounts, or Keogh
plans. If an investor is investing the assets of any of the entities identified in the prior sentence in the Units, such investor should satisfy itself
that:
·
the investment is consistent with fiduciary obligations under applicable law, including common law, ERISA, and the Code;
·
the investment
satisfies the prudence and diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA, if applicable, and other applicable provisions of ERISA, and the Code;
·
the investment will not impair the liquidity
of the trust, plan, or Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”);
·
an investor
will be able to value the assets of the plan annually in accordance with ERISA
requirements and applicable provisions of the applicable trust, plan, or IRA
document; and
·
the investment will not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Failure to
satisfy the fiduciary standards of conduct and other applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code, or other applicable statutory or common law may result in the imposition of
civil penalties and can subject the fiduciary
to liability for any resulting
losses as well as equitable
remedies. In addition, if an investment in the Units constitutes a
prohibited transaction under the Code, the “disqualified person” that engaged
in the transaction may be subject to the imposition of excise taxes with respect
to the amount invested.
Further, The
Fund anticipates that it will generate “unrelated business taxable income”
as that term is defined
in Sections 511 through 514 of the
U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund therefore may not be a suitable investment for tax-exempt investors, as
discussed in “MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF ACQUIRING AND
HOLDING MEMBER UNITS.”
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DEBT FINANCING
(as applied
to project level
debt facilities entered
into)
Poor credit market
conditions could impair the Fund’s subsidiaries’ ability to access debt
financing, which could affect the Fund’s ability to
achieve its investment objectives.
The Fund’s
subsidiaries will finance a portion of the purchase price of its real estate
properties by borrowing
funds. Severe dislocations and liquidity
disruptions in the U.S. credit markets could
significantly harm the Fund’s
ability to access capital. In the future, the Fund may not be able to access
debt capital with favorable terms in a cost-efficient manner,
or at all, which could
affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives.
The Fund, through its subsidiaries, intends to incur mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings,
which may increase the Fund’s business risks, could hinder the Fund’s ability to make distributions and could decrease the value of the Fund’s investment.
The Fund,
through its subsidiaries, intends to finance a portion of the purchase price of
properties by borrowing funds.
In addition,
the Fund, through its subsidiaries, may incur mortgage debt and pledge some or
all of its properties as security for that debt to obtain funds to acquire
additional properties or for working capital.
High debt levels
will cause the Fund’s subsidiaries to incur higher
interest charges, which would result in higher debt service payments
and could be accompanied by restrictive covenants.
If there is a shortfall between the cash flow from a property and the cash flow
needed to service mortgage debt on that property, then the amount available for
distributions to Members may be reduced. In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss since
defaults on indebtedness secured by a properly may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, the Fund could
lose the property securing the loan that is in default. For tax purposes, a
foreclosure on any of the properties will be treated
as a sale of the property
for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by
the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage
exceeds the tax basis in the property, the Fund will recognize taxable income
on foreclosure, but the Fund would not receive any cash proceeds. The Fund may
give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage debt to the entities that own the properties. When the Fund gives
a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one of the properties, the Fund will be responsible to the
lender for satisfaction of the debt if it is not paid
by such entity. If any mortgage contains cross-collateralization or cross-
default provisions, a default on a single property could affect multiple
properties. If any of the Fund’s properties are foreclosed upon due to a
default, the Fund’s ability to pay cash distributions to the Members
will be adversely affected.
If the Fund draws on a line of credit to fund redemptions or for any other
reason, the Fund’s leverage will increase.
The Fund may
obtain a line of credit which could provide for a ready source of liquidity to
fund redemptions of the Interests, in the event that redemption requests
exceed the Fund’s operating cash flows, liquid
assets, and net proceeds
from the continuous Offering. There can be no assurances
that the Fund will be able to obtain future lines of credit on reasonable terms
given the recent volatility in the capital markets. In addition, the Fund may not be able to obtain additional lines of credit of an appropriate size for the Fund’s
business until such time as the Fund has a substantial portfolio, or at all. If
the Fund borrows under a line of credit to fund redemptions of Units, its leverage will increase until it receives
additional net proceeds from the continuous Offering, additional operating cash flows or sell
assets to repay outstanding indebtedness. The use of leverage, in particular,
can exacerbate potential losses suffered by the funds.
Increases in interest
rates could increase the
amount of the Fund’s and its subsidiary’s debt payments and adversely affect its
ability to make distributions to Members.
The Fund may
incur indebtedness that bears interest at a variable rate. Interest the Fund pays on its debt obligations will reduce cash available for distributions. To the extent that the
Fund incurs variable rate debt, increases in interest rates could increase the
Fund’s interest costs, which could reduce its cash flows and ability to make
distributions to investors. In addition, if the Fund needs to repay existing
debt during periods
of rising interest rates,
it could be required to liquidate one or more of its
investments in properties at times which may not permit realization of the maximum return
on such investments.
Increases in interest
rates could increase the
amount of the Fund’s debt payments and adversely impact its return on
investment, ability to secure financing, and affect its ability to make
distributions to Members.
Increases in
the federal-funds target rate may lead to increases in interest rates at which
lenders are willing to lend to the Fund. Increased interest rates with respect
to the Fund’s debt will lead to a decreased return on investment for its
properties and decrease the amount of money available for distribution to the
Members.
Lenders may require the Fund to enter into restrictive covenants
relating to its operations, which could limit its ability to make distributions to Members.
When providing
financing, a lender may impose restrictions on the Fund that affect its
distribution and operating policies and ability to incur additional debt. Loan
documents the Fund enters into may contain covenants that limit its ability to
further mortgage the property or discontinue
insurance coverage. In addition, loan documents may limit the Fund’s ability to replace the property
manager or terminate certain operating or lease agreements related to the
property. These or other limitations may adversely affect the Fund’s
flexibility to make distributions to Members and the Fund’s ability to achieve
its investment objectives.
If the Fund enters into financing arrangements involving balloon
payment obligations, it may adversely affect
the Fund’s ability
to make distributions to
Members.
Some of the Fund’s
financing arrangements may require it to make a lump- sum or “balloon” payment at maturity.
The Fund’s ability to make a balloon payment at maturity is uncertain and may depend
upon the Fund’s ability to obtain additional
financing or its ability to sell the particular property. At the time the balloon
payment is due, the Fund may or may not be able to refinance the balloon
payment on terms as favorable as the original
loan or sell the particular property at a price sufficient to make the balloon payment. The effect
of a refinancing or sale could affect
the Fund’s performance and
cash flow available for distribution to the Members.
Failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives.
The Fund may
seek to manage its exposure to interest rate volatility by using interest
rate hedging arrangements, such as interest
rate cap or collar
agreements and interest rate swap agreements. These agreements involve risks, such as the risk that counterparties may fail to honor their obligations
under these arrangements and that these arrangements may not be effective
in reducing the Fund’s exposure
to interest rate changes. These interest rate hedging arrangements may create
additional assets and/ or liabilities from time to time that may be held or liquidated separately from the underlying
property or loan for which
they were originally established. Hedging may reduce the overall returns on the
Fund’s investments. Failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may have an adverse effect
on the Fund’s ability to
achieve its investment objectives.
RISKS RELATED TO INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE-RELATED ASSETS
The real estate-related equity securities in which the Fund may invest
are subject to specific
risks relating to the particular
The Fund may
invest in equity securities of both publicly traded and private real estate companies, which involves a higher degree
of risk than debt securities due to a variety
of factors, including that such
investments are subordinate to creditors and are not secured by the issuer’s property.
issuer of the securities and may be subject to the general risks of
investing in subordinated real estate securities.
The Fund’s investments in real estate-related equity securities will involve
special risks relating to the particular issuer of the equity securities,
including the financial condition and business outlook
of the issuer. Issuers of real estate-related equity
securities generally invest in real estate or real
estate-related assets and are subject to the inherent risks associated with
real estate discussed in this Memorandum, including
risks relating to rising
interest rates.
The value of the real estate- related securities in which
the Fund may invest may be volatile.
The value of
real estate-related securities fluctuates in response to issuer, political,
market, and economic developments. In the short term, equity prices can
fluctuate dramatically in response to these developments. Different parts of
the market and different types of equity securities can react differently to these developments, and they can affect a single issuer, multiple issuers within an
industry or economic sector or geographic region or the market as a whole. The
real estate industry is sensitive to economic
downturns. The value
of securities of companies engaged
in real estate activities can be affected
by changes in real estate values and rental
income, property taxes,
interest rates, and tax and regulatory requirements.
Interest rate and related risks may cause the value of the
Fund’s real estate-related assets
to be reduced.
Interest rate
risk is the risk that fixed income securities such as preferred securities, and
to a lesser extent dividend paying common stocks, will decline in value because
of changes in market interest rates. Generally, when market interest rates
rise, the market value of such securities will decline, and vice versa.
During periods
of rising interest rates, the average life of certain types of securities may
be extended because of slower than expected principal payments. This may lock
in a below-market interest rate, increase the security’s duration, and reduce
the value of the security. This is known
as extension risk. During
periods of declining
interest rates, an issuer may be
able to exercise an option
to prepay principal earlier than scheduled, which is generally known as “call risk” or “prepayment risk,”
If this occurs, the Fund may be forced to reinvest in lower yielding
securities. This is known
as “reinvestment risk.” Preferred and debt securities frequently have call
features that allow the issuer to repurchase the security prior to its stated
maturity. An issuer may redeem an obligation if the issuer can refinance the
debt at a lower cost due to declining interest rates or an improvement in the credit standing
of the issuer. These risks may reduce
the value of the
Fund’s real estate-related securities investments.
RISKS RELATED TO INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE
Certain
target properties of the Fund may require an expedited transaction, which may result
in limited information being available about the property or development
prior to the property acquisition.
Investment
analyses and decisions by the Managing Member may be required to be undertaken
on an expedited basis to take advantage of investment opportunities. In such
cases, the information available to the Managing Member at the time of making
an investment decision may be limited, and the Managing Member may not have
access to detailed information regarding the development project or portfolio
of properties, such as physical
characteristics, environmental matters,
zoning regulations or other
local conditions affecting such investment. Therefore, no assurance can be
given that the Managing Member will have knowledge of all circumstances that may adversely affect an investment, and we may
make investments which the Fund would not have made if more extensive due diligence had been
undertaken. In addition, the Managing Member may use consultants, legal
advisors, appraisers, accountants, investment banks and other third parties in
connection with its evaluation and/or diligence of certain investments. No
assurance can be given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information
provided by such third parties, and we may incur liability as a result
of such third parties’ actions.
The Fund’s properties may be dependent upon a single
tenant, or a limited number of major tenants, for all or a majority of
its rental income; therefore, the Fund’s financial condition and
ability to make distributions to an investor may be adversely affected by the
bankruptcy or insolvency, a downturn in the business or a lease termination,
of a single tenant.
The Fund’s
properties may be occupied by only one tenant or derive a majority of their rental
income from a limited number
of major tenants
and, therefore, the success of those properties is materially dependent
on the financial stability of such tenants. Such tenants face competition
within their industries and other factors
that could reduce
their ability to make rent payments. Lease payment defaults
by such tenants could cause
the Fund to reduce the amount of
distributions the Fund pays. A default of
a single or major tenant on its
lease payments to the Fund would cause the Fund to lose revenue from the
property and force the Fund to find an alternative source of revenue to meet
any expenses associated with the property and prevent a foreclosure if the
property is subject to a mortgage.
In the event of a default
by a single or major
tenant, the Fund may experience delays in enforcing
its rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting its
investment and re-letting the property. If a lease is terminated, the Fund may
not be able to lease the property for the rent previously received
or sell the property without
incurring a loss. A default by a single or major tenant, the
failure of a guarantor to fulfill its obligations or other premature
termination of a lease to such a tenant, or such tenant’s election not to extend
a lease upon its expiration, could have an
adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to pay distributions
to Members.
To the extent the Fund acquires
industrial properties, the demand for and profitability of the Fund’s
industrial properties may be
adversely affected by fluctuations in manufacturing activity in the United
States.
The Fund may
invest in industrial properties. To the extent the Fund acquires industrial properties; such properties may be adversely affected if
manufacturing activity decreases in the United States. Trade agreements with
foreign countries have given employers the option to utilize less expensive
non-US manufacturing workers. The outsourcing of manufacturing functions
could lower the demand for the Fund’s
industrial properties. Moreover, an increase in the cost of raw
materials or decrease in the demand for housing could cause a slowdown in
manufacturing activity, such as furniture, textiles, machinery, and chemical
products, and the Fund’s
profitability may be adversely affected.
If a major tenant declares bankruptcy, the Fund may be unable to collect balances
due under relevant leases, which could
have a material adverse
effect on the Fund’s financial condition and ability to pay
distributions to the Members.
The Fund may experience concentration in one or more tenants. Any of its tenants, or any guarantor of one of
its tenant’s lease obligations, could be subject to a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to Title 11 of the
bankruptcy laws of the United States. The bankruptcy of a tenant or lease
guarantor could delay the Fund’s efforts to collect past due balances under the
relevant lease and could ultimately
preclude full collection of these
sums. Such an event also could cause a decrease or cessation of current rental
payments, reducing the Fund’s operating cash flows and the amount available for
distributions to investors. In the event a tenant or lease guarantor declares
bankruptcy, the tenant
or its trustee may not assume our lease or its guaranty. If a given lease or guaranty is not assumed,
the Fund’s operating cash
flows and the amounts available for distributions to Members may be adversely
affected. Accordingly, the bankruptcy of a
major tenant could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s
ability to pay distributions to the Members.
The Fund’s real estate investments may include special
use single-tenant properties that may be difficult to sell or release
upon lease terminations.
The Fund
intends to invest in necessity single-tenant commercial properties, a number of
which may include special use single-tenant properties. If the leases
on these properties are terminated or not renewed, the Fund may have difficulty
re-leasing or selling these properties to a party other than the tenant due to the special purpose
for which the property
may have been designed. Therefore, the Fund may be required to expend substantial funds to renovate the property or make rent concessions in
order to lease the property to another tenant
or sell the property. These
and other limitations may adversely impact the cash flows from, or lead to a decline
in value of, these special use single-tenant properties.
A high concentration of the Fund’s properties in a particular geographic area, or with tenants
in a similar industry, would magnify the effects of downturns in that
geographic area or industry.
In the event that the Fund has a concentration of properties in any particular geographic area,
any adverse situation that disproportionately impacts
that geographic area would have a magnified
adverse impact on our portfolio.
Similarly, if tenants of our properties become concentrated in a certain
industry or industries, any adverse
impact on that industry generally would have a disproportionately adverse impact on the Fund’s
portfolio.
The Fund’s portfolio of properties could include retail
properties. The Fund’s performance, therefore, is linked
to the market for retail space generally and a downturn in the retail market
could have an adverse effect on the Fund.
The market for
retail space has been and could be adversely affected by weaknesses in the
national, regional, and local economies, the adverse financial condition of
some large retailing companies, the ongoing consolidation in the retail sector,
excess amounts of retail space in a number of markets
and competition for tenants with other shopping
centers in the Fund’s markets. Customer traffic to these shopping areas
may be adversely affected by the closing
of stores in the same shopping center,
or by a reduction
in traffic to these stores
resulting from a regional economic downturn, a general downturn
in the local area where our store is located, or a decline in the desirability of the shopping
environment of a particular
shopping center. A reduction in customer traffic could have a material adverse
effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The Fund’s operating results will be affected by economic and regulatory changes that impact the
real estate market in general.
The Fund is subject to risks generally
attributable to the ownership of real
property, including:
·
changes in
global, national, regional, or local economic, demographic or capital market
conditions;
·
current and
future adverse national real estate trends, including increasing vacancy rates,
which may negatively impact resale value, declining rental
rates, and general
deterioration of market conditions;
·
changes in supply of or demand
for similar properties in a given market or metropolitan area that will result in changes in market
rental rates or occupancy levels;
·
increased
competition for real property
investments targeted by the Fund’s investment strategy;
·
bankruptcies,
financial difficulties, or lease defaults by the Fund’s tenants;
·
changes in interest rates and availability of financing; and
·
changes in government
rules, regulations, and fiscal policies, including changes in tax, real estate,
environmental, and zoning laws.
All of these
factors are beyond the Fund’s control. Any negative changes in these factors
could affect the Fund’s ability to meet the Fund’s obligations and make
distributions to Members.
The Fund faces risks associated with property acquisitions,
which may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to pay distributions to
the Members.
The Fund
intends to acquire properties and portfolios of properties, including large
portfolios that will increase the Fund’s size and result in changes to the
Fund’s capital structure. The Fund’s acquisition activities and their success
are subject to the following risks:
·
The Fund may be unable to complete an acquisition after making
a non-refundable deposit
and incurring certain
other acquisition- related
costs;
·
The Fund may be unable to obtain financing
for acquisitions on favorable terms or at all;
·
acquired properties may fail to perform as expected;
·
the actual
costs of repositioning or redeveloping acquired properties may be greater than
the Fund’s estimates;
·
acquired
properties may be located in new markets in which he Fund may face risks associated with a lack of market
knowledge or understanding of the local economy, lack of business
relationships in the area and unfamiliarity with local governmental and
permitting procedures; and
·
the Fund may be
unable to integrate new acquisitions quickly and efficiently, particularly
acquisitions of portfolios of properties, into the Fund’s existing operations.
These
acquisition risks may reduce the Fund’s ability to pay distributions to the
Members and may negatively impact the value of a Member’s investment in the
Fund.
A significant number of the Fund’s assets may be in public
places such as shopping centers. Because these assets are public
places, crimes, violence, and other incidents beyond the Fund’s control may
occur,
Because many of
the Fund’s assets may be open to the public, the assets are exposed to a number
of incidents that may take place within their premises and that are beyond the
Fund’s control or its ability to prevent, which may harm the Fund’s consumers and
visitors. Some of the Fund’s assets may be located in large urban areas, which
can be subject to elevated levels of crime and urban violence. If violence escalates, the Fund may lose
tenants or be forced to close its assets for some time. If any of these
which could result in a reduction of business traffic
at
the
Fund’s properties and could expose the Fund to civil
liability.
incidents were
to occur, the relevant asset could face material damage to its image and the property could experience a reduction of business traffic due to lack of confidence in the
premises’ security. In addition, the Fund may
be exposed to civil liability and be required
to indemnify the victims,
which could adversely affect the Fund. Should
any of the Fund’s assets
be involved in incidents of this kind,
the Fund’s business, financial condition,
and results of operations could be adversely affected.
The Fund’s portfolio of properties could include hotel and other
hospitality properties. The Fund’s performance, therefore, is linked to the market for travel and tourism generally
and a downturn in such markets
could have an adverse effect on the Fund.
Increased
competition from alternative retail channels
could adversely impact the Fund’s retail tenants’ profitability and
ability to make timely lease payments to us.
The market for
travel and tourism could be adversely affected by weaknesses in the national,
regional, and local economies. To the extent that the market for hotel rooms
decreases, a hotel property owned and managed by the Fund may not perform as
hoped, which may lead to less cash flow available for distributions to the Members.
Further, to the extent
that additional hotels are opened or renovated close to or near existing hotels operated
by the Fund, then such hotel properties may not be able to attract guests as easily.
Traditional
retailers face increasing competition from alternative retail channels,
including factory outlet centers, wholesale clubs, mail order catalogs, television shopping networks, and various forms of e-commerce.
The increasing
competition from such alternative retail channels could adversely impact
the Fund’s retail
tenants’ profitability and ability to make
timely lease payments to the Fund. If the Fund’s retail tenants are unable to
make timely lease payments to the Fund, the Fund’s operating cash flows could
be adversely affected.
The market environment may materially adversely affect the
Fund’s operating results, financial condition, and ability
to pay distributions to the Fund’s Members.
Beginning in
late 2007, domestic and international financial markets experienced significant disruptions that severely
impacted the availability of
credit and contributed to rising costs associated with obtaining credit.
Financial conditions affecting real estate have improved amid low Treasury
rates and increased lending from banks, insurance companies, and commercial
mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) conduits. However, any deterioration of financial conditions could have the potential
to adversely affect the value of the Fund’s properties and other investments;
the availability or the terms of financing that the Fund may anticipate
utilizing; the Fund’s ability to make principal and interest payments on, or
refinance, certain property acquisitions or refinance any debt at maturity; and/or,
for the Fund’s leased properties, the ability of the
Fund’s tenants to enter into new leasing transactions or satisfy rental
payments under existing leases. The market environment also could affect the Fund’s operating results and
financial condition as follows:
Debt Markets — The debt market remains
sensitive to the macro
environment, such as Federal Reserve
policy, market sentiment, or regulatory factors
affecting the banking
and CMBS industries. Should overall borrowing costs increase, due to either increases
in index rates or increases in lender spreads, the Fund’s operations may
generate lower returns.
Real Estate Markets — Although construction activity has
increased, it remains near historic
lows; as a result, incremental
demand growth has helped to reduce
vacancy rates and support modest rental growth.
Improving fundamentals have resulted in
gains in
property values, although in many markets property values, occupancy and rental
rates continue to be below those previously
experienced before the economic downturn.
If recent improvements in the economy
reverse course, the properties the Fund acquires could substantially
decrease in value after the Fund purchases them.
The insurance the Fund carries on the Fund’s real estate may be
insufficient to pay for all potential losses or damage to the
Fund’s properties.
The Managing
Member will select policy specifications and insured limits that it believes to be appropriate
and adequate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and
industry practice. Insurance policies on the Fund’s properties may include some
coverage for losses that are generally catastrophic in nature, such as losses
due to terrorism, earthquakes, and floods, but the Fund cannot be sure that it will be adequate
to cover all losses and some of the Fund’s policies will be subject to
limitations involving large deductibles or co-payments and policy limits which
may not be sufficient to cover losses.
If the Fund or one or more of
the Fund’s tenants experience a loss which is uninsured or which exceeds policy limits, the Fund
could lose the capital invested in the damaged properties as well as the
anticipated future cash flows from those properties. In addition, if the
damaged properties are subject to recourse indebtedness, the Fund would
continue to be liable for the indebtedness, even if these properties were
irreparably damaged.
The Fund may be unable to obtain funds for future tenant
improvements, which could adversely impact the Fund’s ability to pay cash distributions
to Members, the value of the Fund’s properties and the Fund’s ability to
attract new tenants.
When tenants do
not renew their leases or otherwise vacate their space, it is usual that, in
order to attract replacement tenants, the Fund will be required to expend
substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated
space. In addition,
although the Fund expects
that its leases with tenants will require tenants to pay routine property
maintenance costs and other expenses, the Fund may be responsible for any major
structural repairs, such as repairs to the foundation, exterior walls, and
rooftops. It the Fund needs additional capital in the future to improve or maintain the Fund’s properties or for any other reason,
the Fund will have to obtain
funds from available sources, if any, including operating cash flows,
borrowings sales from this offering, or property sales. The use of cash from these sources
may reduce the amount of capital
the Fund has available to invest in real estate,
negatively impact the value of the Fund’s investment and reduce
distributions to the Members. If additional capital is not available, this may
adversely impact the value of the properties and the Fund’s ability to attract
new tenants.
The Fund faces significant competition for tenants for the
Fund’s properties, which may impact the Fund’s ability to attract and retain
tenants at reasonable rent levels.
The
Fund faces significant competition from owners, operators, and developers of
retail real estate properties. Substantially all of the Fund’s properties will
face competition from similar properties in the same market. This competition may affect the Fund’s ability
to attract and retain
tenants and may reduce the rents the Fund is able to charge. These competing
properties may have vacancy rates higher than the Fund’s properties, which may
result in their owners being willing to lease available space at lower prices than the space in the Fund’s properties. Due to such competition, the terms, and conditions of any lease
that the Fund enters into with the Fund’s tenants may vary substantially from
those described in this Memorandum.
The Fund may face potential difficulties or delays renewing
The Fund may derive a significant portion
of its revenues from rent received from its tenants.
The Fund will seek to lease the rentable square
leases or re-leasing space, which could
adversely impact the Fund’s cash flows and the Fund’s ability to pay distributions.
feet at the
Fund’s real estate properties to creditworthy
tenants. However, if a tenant
experiences a downturn
in its business or other types of financial
distress, it may be unable to make timely rental
payments. Also, when the
Fund’s tenants decide not to renew their leases or terminate early,
the Fund may not be able to re-let
the space. Even if tenants
decide to renew or lease new space, the terms of renewals or
new leases, including the cost of required renovations or concessions to
tenants, may be less favorable to the Fund than current lease terms. As a
result, the Fund’s revenues, and ability to pay distributions to Members could
be adversely affected. In addition, the presence
of hazardous or toxic
substances on the Fund’s real estate properties may adversely
affect the Fund’s ability to lease such property.
The Fund is exposed to inflation
risk as income from long-term leases will be a source of the Fund’s cash flows
from operations.
The Fund is exposed
to inflation risk, as income from long-term
leases will be a source of the Fund’s
cash flows from operations. Leases
of long-term duration or which
include renewal options that specify a maximum rate increase may result in below-market lease
rates over time if the Fund does not accurately estimate inflation or
market lease rates. Provisions of the Fund’s leases designed to mitigate the
risk of inflation and unexpected increases in market lease rates, such as
periodic rental increases, may not adequately protect the Fund from the impact
of inflation or unexpected increases in market
lease rates. If the Fund is subject
to below-market lease rates on a significant number of the
Fund’s properties pursuant to long- term leases, the Fund’s cash flow from
operations and financial position may be adversely affected.
The Fund may have difficulty selling its real estate
properties, which may limit the Fund’s flexibility and ability to pay distributions.
Because real estate
investments are relatively illiquid, it could be difficult for the Fund to promptly sell
one or more of the Fund’s real estate properties on favorable terms. This may limit the Fund’s ability
to change its portfolio
promptly in response to adverse changes in the performance of any such property
or economic or market trends. These restrictions could adversely affect the
Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives.
The Fund may acquire or finance
properties with lock-out provisions, which may prohibit
the Fund from selling a property, or may require the Fund to maintain specified
debt levels for a period of years on some properties.
A lock-out
provision is a provision that prohibits the prepayment of a loan during a specified period of time.
Lock-out provisions may include terms that provide strong financial
disincentives for borrowers to prepay their outstanding loan balance and exist in order to protect the yield expectations of lenders. The Fund
expects that many of its properties will be
subject to lock-out provisions. Lock-out provisions could materially restrict
the Fund from selling or
otherwise disposing of or refinancing properties when the Fund may desire to do so. Lock-out provisions may prohibit the Fund from reducing the outstanding
indebtedness with respect to any properties, refinancing such indebtedness on a
non-recourse basis at maturity, or increasing the amount of indebtedness with
respect to such properties. Lock-out provisions could impair the Fund’s ability
to take other actions during the lock-out
period that could
be in the best interests of its Members and, therefore, may have an
adverse impact on the ability of the Fund to make distributions to the Members. In particular, lock-out
provisions could preclude the Fund from participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of its assets or a
change in control even though that disposition or change in control might be in
the best interests of the Members.
The Fund may obtain only limited warranties when the Fund
purchases a property and would have only limited recourse in the event its due diligence did not identify any
issues that lower the value of the property.
The seller
of a property often sells such property
in its “as is” condition on a “where is” basis and “with all faults,” without any warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. In addition,
purchase agreements may contain only limited warranties, representations, and indemnifications that will only survive
for a limited period after the closing. The purchase of properties with limited
warranties increases the risk that the Fund may lose some or all of its
invested capital in the property, as well as the loss of rental income from
that property.
Costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations may
reduce the Fund’s net income
and the cash available for distributions to the
Members.
Real property
and the operations conducted on real property are subject to federal, state, and local laws and
regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety.
The Fund could be subject to liability in the form of fines or damages for noncompliance with these laws and regulations. These laws and
regulations generally govern wastewater discharges, air emissions, the
operation and removal of underground and above
ground storage tanks,
the use, storage,
treatment, transportation, and disposal of solid hazardous materials,
the remediation of contaminated property associated with the disposal
of solid and hazardous materials, and other health and safety-related concerns.
From time to time, the Fund
may acquire properties or interests in properties, with known adverse
environmental conditions where it believes that the environmental
liabilities associated with these conditions are quantifiable and that the
acquisition will yield an attractive risk-adjusted return. In such an instance,
the Fund will estimate the costs of environmental investigation, clean-up and monitoring and factor
them into the amount it will
pay for such properties. Further, in connection with property dispositions, the
Fund may agree to remain responsible for, and to bear the cost of, remediating
or monitoring certain environmental conditions on the properties.
The
Fund’s properties may be subject to the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended
(the “ADA”). Under the ADA, all places
of public accommodation must
meet federal requirements related to access and use by persons with
disabilities. The ADA’s requirements could require removal of access barriers
and could result
in the imposition of injunctive relief, monetary penalties,
or, in some cases, an award of damages. Additional or new federal, state, and
local laws also may require modifications to our properties or restrict our ability to renovate properties. The Fund will attempt
to acquire properties that comply with the ADA and
other similar legislation or place the burden on the seller or other third
party, such as a tenant, to ensure compliance with such legislation. However, the Fund
cannot assure potential investors that it will be able to
acquire properties or allocate responsibilities in this manner. If it cannot,
or if changes to the ADA mandate further changes to its properties, then the
funds used for ADA compliance may reduce cash available for distributions and
the amount of distributions to Members.
In some instances, the Managing Member may rely on third party property managers
to operate the Fund’s properties and leasing agents to lease vacancies
in its properties.
The Managing Member expects
that, in some instances, the Managing Member
will rely on third party property managers
and leasing agents.
The third-party property managers will have significant decision-making
authority with respect to the management of the Fund’s properties. The Fund’s ability
to direct and control how its properties are managed may be
limited. The Fund will not supervise any of the property managers
or
leasing agents or any of
their respective personnel on a day-to-day basis. Thus, the success of the Fund’s
business may depend in part on the ability
of the Fund’s third-party property managers to manage the day-to-day operations
and the ability of the Fund’s leasing agents to lease vacancies in its properties.
Any adversity experienced by the property managers or leasing agents could adversely
impact the operation and profitability of the
Fund’s properties and, consequently, the Fund’s ability to achieve its
investment objectives, including, without limitation, diversification of the real estate
properties portfolio by property type and location, moderate financial
leverage, conservative levels of operating risk and an attractive level of
current income.
RISKS RELATED
TO INVESTMENTS IN PUBLICLY TRADED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
The Fund will be subject to the same risks as other investors
when it holds securities of third-
party funds.
To the extent a Fund invests
in publicly traded
REITS or other third-party
funds, the Fund will be subject to the same risks that investors experience when investing in such other
funds.
The Fund will be subject
to a third-party fund’s
separate investment advisory fees.
As a shareholder of another fund, the Fund would bear its pro rata portion of the other Fund’s expenses,
including advisory fees, in addition to the expenses the Fund bears directly in
connection with its own operation.
Investments in REITs bear
specific risks.
The Fund may invest
up to twenty-five (25%) percent
of its assets publicly
traded REITs. Investments in publicly
traded REITs are subject to risks
similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including
loss to casualty or condemnation, increases in property
taxes and operating expenses, zoning law amendments, changes in interest
rates, overbuilding and
increased competition, variations in market value, fluctuations in rental income,
possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent,
and other risks related to local or general economic
conditions. Equity REITs
generally experience these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests,
whereas mortgage REITs generally experience these risks indirectly through
mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. Changes
in interest rates
may also affect the value of
the Fund’s exposure to publicly traded REITs. For instance, during
periods of declining
interest rates, certain
mortgage REITs may hold
mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, and prepayment may diminish
the yield on securities issued
by those REITs. Certain REITs have relatively small market
capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of their securities. Furthermore, publicly traded REITs are dependent upon specialized management
skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks
inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Publicly
traded REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by
borrowers, and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Internal
Revenue Code and to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of
the 1940 Act. In addition, publicly
traded REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make
distributions to shareholders.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSACTING WITH A SOVEREIGN
NATION
The underlying lease agreement,
assignment of the ground lease and/or ground sublease agreement with a native
American tribe is subject to the approval of the sovereign nation and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Any Fund investments on land
owned by Native Americans (“SN Property“) requires
the consent of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs
(the “BIA”) and of the applicable sovereign nation community (the “Community”) to grant security
interests in such property directly and to enter into the various lease agreements relating
to the SN Property. There is no guaranty
that any portfolio company of the Fund or subsidiary of such portfolio company will be successful in securing the necessary consents
required to obtain the lease,
assign the lease, or grant the sublease, or secure debt financing for that SN Property. If the portfolio
company of the Fund or any
of its subsidiaries are unable to obtain any such consents from either the BIA
or the Community, they may be unable to move forward with the investment. This
could have a material adverse impact on the Fund including the possibility of a complete loss of investment for each Investor.
The
leasehold interest or the ground sublease will be subordinated to the
Community.
No portfolio company of the
Fund or any of its subsidiaries will hold a fee simple interest in the SN
Property. Real estate investments on Native American land commonly involve
acquiring a leasehold
interest in the subject
real property, with such ownership interest allowing the property owner
significant rights with respect to such property and the development of the
improvements thereon. All SN Property
is subject to the terms and conditions of the ground lease assignment
or ground sublease agreement. Accordingly, the Community will have certain
rights to initiate defaults under the agreement to the extent that a portfolio
company of the Fund or any of its subsidiaries fails to meet its obligations.
These rights include, without limitation, the right to terminate the ground
lease, assignment of the ground lease, or the ground sublease agreement (as the
case may be). If a default is initiated, the consequences from such default
(including termination) could have a material adverse impact on the Fund,
including the possibility of a complete loss of investment for each Investor.
Lenders
are less likely to lend to a portfolio company
of the Fund or any of its subsidiaries due to the SN Property
being located on tribal land.
Lending
issues and concerns may be significant for certain lenders. Due to the subordinated nature of the SN Property (as an assignment or sublease) and the rights that a sovereign nation
(such as the Community) may have with respect to a property located on tribal
land (including exclusive jurisdiction rights), some lenders refuse to lend
against a project that is located on the Community. Having fewer lenders (including possibly having to seek debt
financing from private “hard money” lenders, who typically offer less
favorable terms than a traditional bank) who are willing to lend to a portfolio company of the Fund or any of its subsidiaries for the development of the SN Property may
result in such entity not securing debt financing or, if it does secure debt
financing, such debt financing is provided on unfavorable terms (or terms that
are not consistent with the Managing Members’ pro forma economic model
for the development. If such portfolio
company of the Fund
or any of its subsidiaries is able to secure debt financing, any unfavorable
terms will result in increased
expenses for the Fund, and decreased returns
for Investors. Such entity may
not be able to secure debt financing, and if this occurs, the Fund will be
required to either raise all of the capital needed for the project under this
Offering or obtain “mezzanine debt” on terms and conditions not
favorable to the existing Investors.
Even if a portfolio
company or any subsidiary of a portfolio company is able to locate
a lender who is willing
to lend for the SN Property development, any security interest granted in the SN Property will require
the consent of the Community and certain others.
There is no guarantee that such
consents will be successfully delivered.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGY, AND POLICIES
Investment Objectives and Strategy
The Fund’s primary
investment objectives are:
·
to acquire, develop, manage,
operate, lease, and sell, directly or indirectly, commercial real estate
properties consistent with the Fund’s
investment strategy of acquiring quality
income-producing and value-add
commercial properties, which do not require significant development, that are
either operated by Affiliates of the Managing Member or unrelated third
parties, and, in some circumstances, leased under short term and long-term
leases to creditworthy tenants.
·
The Fund may also invest in:
o
equity
interests in entities that have developed and/or acquired quality income
producing commercial properties and are either operated by Affiliates of the
Managing Member or unrelated third parties,
o
debt
securities (e.g., promissory notes, mezzanine debt instruments) secured by
security interests in commercial properties, and
o
in shares
of publicly traded
REITs (up to a maximum
amount of twenty-five (25%) percent of net
assets the Fund) (“REIT Portfolio”).
The Fund will achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all its assets in the REIT Subsidiary.
The
Managing Member believes the Fund can achieve increased returns through
investments in existing properties in
need of lease up that have additional development potential, light property
improvements, management
efficiencies, or improving the underlying tenant covenant via proactive lease
management.
The
above listed activities may be changed or modified by the
Managing Member in its sole and absolute discretion.
Potential Competitive Strengths
The Managing
Member believes that the Fund will be able to distinguish itself from other owners, operators, acquirers, and developers of real properties. The Fund believes that its long-term
success will be supported through the following competitive strengths:
·
Sophisticated Operating Infrastructure: Direct access to a robust administrative, development,
construction, finance, and tax team provides the Fund with potential strategic
advantages.
·
Boutique Sizing –
The Managing Member may, in its discretion, limit the total size of assets in
the Fund to help ensure that
management will remain focused on hand-selecting great projects without the pressure
of an institutional fund size (and fees). It is expected that the Fund will be
large enough to accommodate significant capital allocations yet sized
appropriately to match the expected investment opportunities in Cloud Toronto –
FYBN ’s target market.
·
Favorable profit split –Members have profit
splits that the Fund believes
are favorable to the Members.
·
Pass-through Taxation: Similar
to an individual investor forming a partnership and buying a single property,
the Fund produces a K-1 statement each year for each Member.
·
Manager with “Skin
in the Game” – As Members
make capital commitments to the Fund, the Managing Member will (in accordance with
the timing requirements set forth in the LLC Agreement), directly or through
its Affiliate, invest a minimum of one (1%) percent of the Capital Commitments
of the Members as a Participating Member within the Fund. Thus, as the fund
grows over time, the Managing Member’s direct
or indirect investment will also grow over time. The Managing
Member and its Affiliates reserve
the right to acquire
Participating Units up to an aggregate amount
equal to ten (10%) percent
of the outstanding Participating Units of the Fund in exchange for
payment of the applicable price per Unit then in effect.
·
Real Assets – The Fund, in
large part, is investing in tangible real estate, offering the simple elegance
of actually understanding what you own and what is securing
your capital. Please
be aware, however,
that the Fund may also invest
in other assets, including equity interests in operating businesses.
·
The Best Strategy, at the Right
Time: Because the Fund’s structure
is flexible, it can build a portfolio of income producing assets while also investing some of its
capital into more opportunistic strategies. This blended approach is designed
to limit risk while seeking attractive returns.
·
Quarterly Reporting, Regular
Valuations: The Managing
Member will value the
properties held by the
Fund at least once a year and plans to update the annual valuation quarterly.
We will strive to provide quarterly communications explaining, in simple terms,
the performance of the fund and the direction being pursued by the Managing Member. Such
communications shall be in the discretion of the Managing Member as to the
timing and contents.
·
Vertical Integration: The Fund benefits from the Sponsor’s vertically integrated business
model, allowing greater
control of the investment outcomes.
·
Deal Access: The
Fund benefits from the Managing Member’s considerable access to non-marketed
transactions and projects, relationships with deal makers and other important
members of the real estate ecosystem, and reputation for success in investing.
While
the Fund believes that these factors will help distinguish it from the Fund’s
competitors and contribute to its long-term success, there is no guarantee that
the above listed factors will provide the Fund with any actual competitive
advantages.
Real Estate
Properties
The Fund’s
goal is to acquire a portfolio of commercial and multi-family residential properties and real estate-
related assets that are diversified by way of location and industry. There is no limitation on the number,
size, or type of properties that the Fund may
acquire or the percentage of net proceeds of the Offering that may be invested
in a single property. The number and
mix of properties comprising the Fund’s portfolio will depend upon real estate
market conditions and other circumstances existing at the time the Fund acquires
properties and assets,
and the amount of proceeds the Fund raises in this offering.
The Fund is not restricted to investments in commercial
and multi-family residential
properties.
The
Fund intends to incur debt to acquire properties
when the Managing Member determines that incurring such debt is in the Fund’s best interests. In addition, from time to time, the Fund may acquire some properties without financing and later incur mortgage
debt secured by one or more of such properties if favorable financing terms are
available. The Fund will use the proceeds from these loans to acquire
additional properties and maintain liquidity.
The Fund expects a portion
of the properties acquired by the Fund will be managed and operated directly
by the Fund or by a related party manager, including apartment
properties acquired by the Fund.
Retail Real Estate
Properties
The
Fund may allocate a portion of its portfolio allocated to retail real estate
properties, which a target goal to lease to retail businesses with creditworthy and established track records. The Fund may also pursue properties leased to tenants representing a variety of retail industries to avoid concentration in any one industry. These
industries include all types of retail establishments, such as big box
retailers, convenience stores, drug stores, and restaurant properties. The Fund expects that some of these investments will
provide long-term value by virtue of their size, location, quality, condition,
and lease characteristics.
Multi-Family Housing
Properties
The
Fund will generally seek to purchase B or C grade multi-family rental
properties, to transform these properties to A or B grade properties and build
value through the transformation. These transformations include purchasing old properties in great locations and
completing full renovations, converting from standard rental to
student-oriented rentals, and similar strategies that the Managing Member
believes will build value over time.
Office and Industrial Real Estate Properties
The Fund expects that its office
properties will include
to be improved, high quality,
low-, mid-, or high-rise
office buildings that are necessary to a principal tenant, subject to a
long-term net lease, and used for purposes such as a corporate, regional, or product-specific headquarters. The Fund
also expects that its industrial property portfolio will
include to be improved, high quality industrial properties that are necessary
to a single principal tenant, subject to a long-term net lease, and used for
purposes such as warehousing, distribution, light manufacturing, research and development, or
industrial flex facilities.
The
Fund expects that some of its office and industrial properties will be
multi-tenant properties, anchored by one or more principal tenants,
who are creditworthy and subject to long-term net leases.
Real Estate Underwriting Process
In evaluating potential property acquisitions consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, the Managing Member and its Affiliates will
apply well-established underwriting processes to determine the creditworthiness
of potential tenants and/or
income potential from a particular investment property. Similarly, the Managing Member
and its Affiliates will apply its credit underwriting criteria to possible
new tenants when re-leasing properties in the Fund’s portfolio or property repositions or renovations. This process includes
analyzing the financial data and other
available information about the property and/or
tenant, such as income statements, balance sheets, net worth, cash flow, business plans, data provided by industry
credit rating services, and/or other information the Managing Member and its
Affiliates may deem relevant. Generally,
properties and/or tenants must have a proven track record in order to meet the
credit tests applied by the Managing Member and its Affiliates. In addition,
the Fund may obtain guarantees of leases by the corporate parent of a tenant,
in which case the Managing Member and its Affiliates will analyze the
creditworthiness of the guarantor.
Description of Leases
The Fund expects, in many instances, to acquire tenant
properties with existing
double-net or triple-net leases. A triple-net lease typically requires tenants to pay
all or a majority of the operating expenses, including real estate taxes,
special assessments, and sales and use taxes, utilities, maintenance,
insurance, and building repairs related to the
property, in addition
to the lease payments. A double-net lease
typically requires tenants
to pay for property taxes and insurance, in addition to the
lease payments. Not all of the Fund’s leases will be net leases.
Typically,
the Fund expects to enter into leases that have a term of five (5) years or
more. The Fund may acquire properties under which the lease term has partially expired. The Fund also may acquire properties with shorter lease terms if the property is in an attractive location, if the property
is difficult to replace, or if the property has other
significant favorable real estate attributes. Under most commercial leases, tenants are obligated to pay a predetermined
annual base rent. Some of the leases
also will contain
provisions that increase
the amount of base rent payable at points
during the lease term. The Fund expects that many of its leases will contain
periodic rent increases. Generally, the leases require each tenant to procure,
at its own expense, commercial general liability insurance, as well as property insurance covering the building for the full replacement
value and naming the ownership entity and the lender, if applicable, as the additional
insured on the policy. Tenants will be required to
provide proof of insurance by furnishing
a certificate of insurance to our advisor
on an annual basis. The insurance certificates will be tracked
and reviewed for compliance by the Managing Member.
As
a precautionary measure, the Fund may obtain, to the extent available,
secondary liability insurance, as well as loss of rents insurance that covers one year of annual rent in the event of a rental loss. In addition, some leases
require that the Fund procure
insurance for both commercial general
liability and property
damage; however, generally the premiums are fully
reimbursable from the tenant. In such instances, the policy will list the Fund
as the named insured and the
tenant as the additional insured.
Other Possible Commercial Real Estate Investments
Although the Fund expects
to invest primarily
in apartment, retail,
office, and industrial properties, the Fund also may invest in other income-producing properties, where
the properties share
some of the same characteristics as the above listed properties, including
one or more principal, creditworthy tenants, long-term leases, and/or strategic
locations. The Fund may also invest in ground leases or specialty property,
such as self-storage or other hospitality assets,
and tribal lands.
Ownership Structure
The Fund’s
investment in real estate generally
takes the form of holding
fee title. The Fund expects
to acquire such interests
either directly or indirectly through limited liability companies, limited
partnerships, or other entities owned and/or controlled by the Fund and/or
Managing Member. The Fund may acquire properties by acquiring the entity that
holds the desired properties. The Fund also may acquire properties through investments in joint ventures, partnerships, or
other co-ownership arrangements with third parties, including the developers of
the properties or Affiliates of the Managing Member.
The
Fund anticipates that nearly all property acquired by the Fund will be acquired
indirectly by, and held in, a partially owned subsidiary of the Fund.
The
equity contributed to acquire and develop a property and the corresponding
capital structure will be determined on a project-by-project
basis. When the Fund will contribute
nearly all of the equity capital
(except for a small part contributed by the manager of the subsidiary and when
such manager is an affiliate of Cloud Toronto – FYBN ), then all profit distributions will be given on a pro rata basis, based
on the equity contributed by each member.
In that case,
the Fund will receive
a distribution from the subsidiary, and such profits
shall be dealt with
in the manner covered in the LLC Agreement.
At times,
the subsidiary, will be funded
by multiple parties, including third party investors investing directly
into the subsidiary. When that is the case, the Fund will own its pro rata
portion of the subsidiary, unless otherwise agreed to by the Managing Member.
When the profits
of the subsidiary are to be distributed subject to carried
interests and other similar management compensation structures, and a Cloud
Toronto – FYBN affiliate is the manager
of such entity or is otherwise entitled to the carried
interest or other similar compensation payments, then it is the intent of the
Managing Member to waive its Carry Amount at the Fund level. For the
avoidance of doubt, it is the intent of the Managing Member to not be able to take multiple
carried interests or other similar
compensation arrangements with respect to a
project.
Investment Decisions
The
Affiliates of the Managing Member have substantial discretion with respect to
the selection of the specific investments, subject to its own
investment and borrowing policies. In pursuing investment objectives and making
investment decisions on the Fund’s behalf, the Managing Member evaluates the
proposed terms of the investment against all aspects of the transaction,
including the condition and financial performance of the asset, the terms of
existing leases, the creditworthiness of the tenant or tenants, and property
location and characteristics. Because the factors considered, including the
specific weight the Fund places on each factor, vary for each potential
investment, the Fund does not, and are not able to, assign a specific weight or
level of importance to any particular
factor. The Managing Member and its Affiliates typically procures and reviews an independent valuation estimate on each
and every proposed
investment. Finally, all investments are presented to, and approved
by, Cloud Toronto – FYBN ’s Investment Committee prior to the
deployment of any funds (other than pursuit costs) to such investments. In the case of non- arms-length
transactions, in which the Fund may purchase a fully stabilized property from another fund managed by Cloud Toronto –
FYBN or its affiliates, the Advisory
Board will approve any such transaction.
The Managing
Member has delegated discretionary investment decision making with respect to
the REIT Portfolio to the Sub-Adviser. Further
information with respect
to the Sub-Adviser is set out under
“Management and Service Providers.”
Environmental Matters
All
real property and the operations conducted on real property are subject to
federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to environmental
protection and human health and safety. These laws and regulations generally
govern wastewater discharges, air
emissions, the operation and removal of underground and above-ground storage
tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation, and disposal of solid and
hazardous materials, and the remediation of contamination associated
with disposals. State and federal laws in this area are constantly evolving,
and the Fund intends to take commercially reasonable steps, a summary of which
is described below, to protect the Fund from the impact of these laws.
The Fund generally will not purchase
any property unless and until
it obtains what is generally referred to as a “Phase I” environmental site
assessment and are generally satisfied with the environmental status of the
property. However, the Fund may purchase
a property without
obtaining such assessment if the Managing
Member determines the assessment is not necessary under the circumstances. A Phase I
environmental site assessment basically consists of a visual survey
of the building and the property in an attempt
to identify areas of potential environmental concerns,
visually observing neighboring properties to assess surface conditions or
activities that may have an adverse environmental impact on the property, and contacting local governmental agency
personnel who perform
a regulatory agency file
search in an attempt to determine any known environmental concerns in the
immediate vicinity of the property. A Phase I
environmental site assessment does not
generally include any sampling or testing
of soil, ground water or building
materials from the property and may not reveal all environmental hazards on a
property.
In
the event the Phase I environmental site assessment uncovers potential
environmental problems with a property, the Managing
Member will determine
whether the Fund will pursue
the investment opportunity and whether the Fund
will have a “Phase II” environmental site assessment performed. The factors the
Fund may consider in determining whether to conduct a Phase II environmental site assessment include,
but are not limited to, (1) the types
of operations conducted on the property and surrounding property, (2) the time,
duration, and materials used during such operations, (3) the waste handling
practices of any tenants or properly owners, (4) the potential for hazardous
substances to be released into the environment, (5) any history
of environmental law violations on the subject
property and surrounding property, (6)
any documented environmental releases, (7) any observations from the consultant that conducted the Phase I
environmental site assessment, and (8) whether any party (i.e., surrounding
property owners, prior owners, or tenants) may be responsible for addressing
the environmental conditions. The Fund will determine whether to conduct a
Phase II environmental site assessment on a case-by-case basis.
The
Fund expects that some of the properties that it will acquire may contain, at
the time of the Fund’s investment, or may have contained prior to our
investment, underground storage tanks for the storage of petroleum products and other hazardous or toxic substances. All of these
operations create a potential for the release
of petroleum products or
other hazardous or toxic substances. Some of the Fund’s potential properties
may be adjacent to or near other properties that have contained or then
currently contain underground storage tanks used to store petroleum products or
other hazardous or toxic substances. In addition, certain of the Fund’s
potential properties may be on or adjacent to or near other properties upon
which others, including former owners or tenants of our properties, have engaged, or may in the future engage, in activities that may
release petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances.
Conditions to Closing Our Acquisitions
Generally, the Fund will condition its obligation to close the purchase of any investment on the delivery
and verification of certain documents from the seller or developer,
including, where appropriate:
·
plans and specifications;
·
surveys;
·
evidence of marketable title,
subject to such liens and encumbrances as are acceptable to our advisor;
·
financial statements covering recent operations of properties having
operating histories;
·
title and liability insurance policies; and
·
tenant estoppel
certificates.
In addition, the Fund will take such steps as it deems necessary with respect to potential environmental
matters.
The
Fund may enter into purchase and sale arrangements with a seller or developer
of a suitable property under development or construction. In such cases, the Fund will be obligated
to purchase the property
at the completion
of construction, provided
that the construction conforms to definitive plans, specifications, and costs approved
by the Fund in advance. In such cases,
prior to the Fund acquiring the property, the Fund generally
would receive a certificate
of an architect, engineer, or other appropriate party, stating that the property
complies with all plans and specifications.
If renovation or remodeling is required prior to the purchase of a property,
the Fund expect to pay a negotiated maximum amount to the seller upon
completion.
In
determining whether to purchase a particular property, the Fund may
obtain an option to purchase such property. The amount
paid for an option, if any, normally
is forfeited if the property
is not purchased and normally
is credited against the purchase price if the property is purchased.
In the purchasing, leasing, and developing of properties, the Fund is subject to risks generally incident to the ownership of real estate.
Joint Venture
Investments
The Fund may enter into joint ventures, partnerships, and other co-ownership arrangements with third parties,
including Affiliates of the Managing Member, for the acquisition, development
or improvement of properties or the acquisition of other real estate-related
investments. The Fund may also enter into such arrangements with real estate
developers, owners, and other unaffiliated third parties for the purpose of
developing, owning, and operating real properties. In determining whether to
invest in a particular joint venture, the Managing Member and/or its Affiliates
will evaluate the underlying real property or other real estate-related
investment using the same criteria described above. The Managing Member and/or
its Affiliates also will evaluate the joint venture or co-ownership partner and
the proposed terms of the joint venture or a co-ownership arrangement.
The
Fund’s general policy is to invest in joint ventures only when it or its
affiliate will have a right of first refusal to purchase the co-venturer’s
interest in the joint venture if the co-venturer elects to sell such interest
in the event that the co-venturer elects
to sell all or a portion of the interests held in
any such joint venture, however, the Fund may not have sufficient funds to
exercise its right of first refusal to buy the other co-venturer’s interest in
the joint venture. It is also
possible that joint venture partners may resist granting the Fund a right of first refusal or may insist on a
different methodology for unwinding
the joint venture if one of the
parties wishes to liquidate its interest.
The co-venturer may have economic
or business interests
or goals that are or may become
inconsistent with the Fund’s business interests
or goals. In addition, the Managing Member’s
officers and key persons may face a conflict
in structuring the terms of the relationship between the Fund’s interests and
the interests of the co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since the
Fund may enter into joint ventures with Affiliates of the Sponsor, the Fund may
not have the benefit of arm’s-length negotiation of the type normally conducted
between unrelated co- venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving
benefits greater than the benefits that the Fund receives. In addition, the Fund may
assume liabilities related to the joint venture that exceed the percentage of
the Fund’s investment in the joint venture.
Development and Construction of Properties
Development of real estate
properties is subject to risks relating to a builder’s ability
to control construction costs
or to build in conformity with plans, specifications, and timetables.
Borrowing Policies
The Managing Member believes that utilizing borrowing is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective
of maximizing the return to investors and providing the Fund with added liquidity. By operating on a leveraged basis, the Fund has more funds available for investment in properties. This allows the Fund
to make more investments than would otherwise be possible,
resulting in a more diversified portfolio.
At
the same time, the Managing Member believes in utilizing
leverage in a moderate fashion. Please note however that the LLC Agreement does
not require any specific leverage limitations. The below guidelines are
intentional only, and the Fund may deviate from the below percentages as its
determines necessary:
(1)
by
the end of the Fund’s third year of operation (i.e., years from the date on
which the Fund first issues Units to third-party Members) the Fund shall borrow
no more than seventy-five (75%) percent of the total value of all portfolio
properties owned by the Fund at such time;
(2)
by the end of the Fund’s
fifth year of operations the Fund shall
borrow no more than sixty-five
(65%) percent of the total value of all portfolio properties owned by the Fund
at such time; and
(3)
thereafter, for
so long as the Fund continues to operate, the Fund shall borrow no more than
sixty (60%) percent of the total value of all portfolio properties owned by the
Fund at such time.
The Managing Member uses its reasonable efforts
to obtain financing on the most favorable terms available
to the Fund. The Managing
Member may refinance properties during the term of a loan.
The benefits of the refinancing may include increased cash
flow resulting from reduced debt service requirements, an increase in dividend
distributions from proceeds of the refinancing, if any, or an increase in
property ownership if some refinancing proceeds are reinvested in real estate,
The
Fund’s ability to increase the Fund’s diversification through
borrowing may be adversely impacted if banks and other lending institutions
reduce the amount of funds available for loans secured by real estate. When
interest rates on mortgage loans are high or financing is otherwise unavailable
on a timely basis, the Fund may purchase properties for cash with the intention
of obtaining a mortgage loan for a portion of the purchase price at a later
time. To the extent that the Fund does not obtain mortgage loans on its
properties, the Fund’s ability to acquire additional properties will be
restricted and the Fund may not be able to adequately diversify its portfolio.
The Managing Member may elect to borrow
against the portfolio
in its discretion in order to fund redemption
requests.
Disposition Policies
The
Fund intends to hold each property it acquires for a period of two (2) to five
(5) years. Regardless of intended holding periods,
circumstances might arise that could cause the Fund to determine to sell an asset before
the end of the expected holding period if the Fund believes the sale of
the asset would be in the best interests of the Members. The determination of whether a particular asset
should be sold or otherwise
disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors,
including prevailing and projected economic conditions, current tenant rolls
and tenant creditworthiness, whether, depending on the assets tax attributes,
the Fund could apply the proceeds from the sale of the asset to make other investments, and whether disposition of the asset would increase
cash flow. The selling
price of a property that is net leased will be determined in large part by the amount of rent payable
under the lease and
income produced from the property.
If a tenant has a repurchase option
at a formula price, the Fund may be limited
in realizing any appreciation. In connection with the Fund’s
sales of properties the Fund may lend the purchaser all or a portion
of the purchase price. In these instances, the Fund’s taxable
income may exceed
the cash received
in the sale.
REIT Portfolio Investment Philosophy
Real estate is
an uncorrelated, inflation-linked asset class that complements a multi-manager
portfolio offering diversification, income
with growth, and the potential
for risk reduction
and return enhancement. The strategy utilizes
publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate related
entities based primarily in North America.
The Managing
Member and the Sub-Adviser believe
public REITs are excellent vehicles
for investing in real
estate due to their liquidity, transparency, and total return characteristics
when paired with direct ownership of real estate assets. Investing in public securities
enhances our ability to diversify by geography, sector, strategy, property, and tenant while maintaining
portfolio liquidity.
Investment Limitations to Avoid Registration as an Investment Company
The
Fund intends to conduct its operations and the operations of
subsidiaries so that each is exempt from registration as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act. Under the Investment Company Act, in relevant
part, a company is an “investment company” if:
·
pursuant to
Section 3(a)(1)(A), it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or
proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or
trading in securities; and
·
pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(C), it is engaged,
or proposes to engage, in the business
of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding,
or trading in securities and owns or proposes
to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding
forty (40%) percent of the value of its total assets on an unconsolidated basis
(the 40% test). “Investment securities” excludes U.S. Government securities and
securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment
companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company
under Section 3(c)(1)
or Section 3(c)(7)
of the Investment Company Act.
The
Fund intends to acquire real estate and real estate-related assets directly,
for example, by acquiring fee interests in real property, or by purchasing
interests, including controlling interests, in REITs or other “real estate
operating companies,” such as real estate management companies and real
estate development companies, that own real property. The Fund also may acquire
real estate assets through investments in joint venture entities, including
joint venture entities in which the Fund may not own a controlling interest.
The Fund anticipates that its assets generally will continue to be held in wholly and majority-owned
subsidiaries of the company, each formed to hold a particular asset.
The
Fund expects that most, if not all, of its wholly owned and majority-owned
subsidiaries will not be relying on exemptions under either Section
3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7)
of the Investment Company Act. Consequently, interests in these subsidiaries (which
are expected to constitute most, if not all, of the Fund’s
assets) generally will not constitute “investment securities.” Accordingly, the Fund believes that the Fund and most, if not all, of its
wholly-and majority- owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under Section
3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act.
In addition, the Fund believes
that it and its subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the
Investment Company Act because none of these entities will engage primarily or
hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing,
reinvesting, or trading in securities. Rather, the Fund and any subsidiaries will be primarily
engaged in non-investment company businesses related
to real estate
Consequently, the Fund expects that it and any subsidiaries will be able to conduct
its respective operations such that none of
these entities will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
The determination of whether an entity is a majority-owned subsidiary of the Fund is made by the Managing Member. The Investment Company
Act defines a majority-owned subsidiary of a person as a company fifty (50%)
percent or more of the outstanding voting
securities of which are owned by such person, or by another
company which is a majority-owned subsidiary of such person.
The Investment Company
Act further defines
voting securities as any
security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote for the
election of directors of a company. The Fund intends to treat entities in which
it owns at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities as majority
owned subsidiaries for purposes of the 40% test. The Fund does not intend to
request that the SEC staff approve the Fund’s treatment of any particular
entity as a majority-owned subsidiary and the SEC staff has not done so. If the
SEC staff were to disagree
with the Fund’s
treatment of one or more subsidiary entities
as majority-owned subsidiaries, the Fund would need to adjust
its strategy and assets in order to continue to comply with the 40% test. Any such adjustment in the Fund’s strategy could have a material adverse effect on
the Fund.
Even
if the value of investment securities held by any of the Fund’s wholly-owned or
majority-owned subsidiaries were to exceed forty (40%) percent
of their respective total assets, the Fund expects
that such subsidiaries would be able to rely on the
exclusion from the definition of “investment company” provided by Section
3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act, which is available for entities
primarily engaged in the business of “purchasing or otherwise acquiring
mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate.” This exclusion, as
interpreted by the staff of the SEC, generally requires that at
least fifty-five (55%) percent of an entity’s assets must be comprised of
mortgages and other liens on and
interests in real estate, also known as “qualifying assets,” and at least eighty (80%) percent of the entity’s assets must be comprised of
additional qualifying assets and a broader category of assets that the Fund refers to as “real estate-related assets”
under the Investment Company Act. Additionally, no more than twenty
(20%) percent of the entity’s assets may be comprised of miscellaneous assets.
The
Fund will classify its assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act,
including the 3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, in large measure upon no-action
positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. These no-action positions were
issued in accordance with factual situations that may be substantially
different from the factual situations the Fund may face, and a number of these
no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. Accordingly, no
assurance can be given that the SEC will concur with the Fund’s classification
of its assets.
For
purposes of determining whether the Fund satisfies the exclusion provided by
Section 3(c)(5)(C), as interpreted by the staff of the SEC,
the Fund will classify the assets in which it invests as follows:
Real Property. Based on the no-action
letters issued by the SEC staff, the
Fund will classify its fee interests
in real properties as qualifying assets. In addition, based on no-action
letters issued by the SEC staff, the Fund will treat its investments in joint ventures, which in turn invest in qualifying
assets such as real property, as qualifying assets only if the Fund has the right to approve
major decisions affecting
the joint venture;
otherwise, such investments will be classified as real
estate-related assets.
Securities. The Fund intends to treat as real estate-related assets debt
and equity securities of both non- majority owned publicly traded and private
companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses, including ETFs, REITs and other real estate operating companies, and securities issued by pass-through entities of which substantially
all of the assets consist of qualifying assets or real estate-related assets.
Loans. Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, the Fund will classify its investments in various
types of whole loans as qualifying assets, as long as the loans are “fully
secured” by an interest in real estate at the time the Fund originates or
acquires the loan. However, the Fund will consider loans with loan-to-value
ratios in excess of one hundred (100%)
percent to be real estate-related assets. The Fund will treat mezzanine loan investments
as qualifying assets so long as they are structured as “Tier 1” mezzanine loans
in accordance with the guidance published by the SEC staff in a no-action
letter that discusses the classifications of Tier 1 mezzanine loans under
Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.
Qualification for exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act will limit the Fund’s ability to make certain investments. For example, these restrictions may limit the ability of the Fund and its subsidiaries to
invest directly
in mortgage-related securities that represent less than the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage
loans, debt and equity tranches of securitizations and certain
asset-backed securities and real estate companies or in assets not related to
real estate. Although the Fund intends to monitor its portfolio, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to
maintain this exemption from registration for the Fund or each of its
subsidiaries.
A change
in the value of any of the Fund’s assets could negatively affect its ability
to maintain its exemption
from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To maintain the Fund’s
exemption, the Fund may be unable to sell assets it would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets
it would otherwise
wishes to retain.
In addition, the Fund may have
to acquire additional assets that it might not otherwise have acquired or may
have to forego opportunities to acquire
assets that the Fund would otherwise want to acquire
and would be important to its investment strategy.
MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
The
Fund will be managed by its Managing Member, an affiliate of the Sponsor. There
will only be one Managing Member. Any Managing Member can be removed for Cause
upon the approval of the Participating Members holding seventy-five (75%)
percent of the Member Units, voting as a single class. “Cause” shall mean the determination of a court of competent
jurisdiction that one of the following events
occurred: (i) the Managing Member willfully or intentionally
violated, or recklessly disregarded, the Managing Member’s duties to the Fund;
or (ii) the Managing Member committed any
act involving fraud, bad faith, gross negligence, dishonesty, or moral
turpitude in its duties and responsibilities to the Fund. The Managing Member may
also withdraw as Managing Member by providing written notice to the Members. In
either event, a new Managing Member shall be elected by the approval of the
Members holding at least fifty (50%) percent of the Participating Units, voting
as a single class.
Managing Member Powers
As the sole
Managing Member, the Managing Member has the exclusive power under the LLC
Agreement to manage and conduct the Fund’s business, subject to certain limited
approval and voting rights of the Members. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Managing Member
shall have full power and authority to do the following:
·
Perform administrative and ministerial functions
in connection with the day-to-day operation of the
Fund;
·
Perform sales
and accounting management functions for the Fund;
·
Maintain the Fund’s books and records;
·
Negotiate and enter into any and all contracts
by and on behalf of the Fund deemed appropriate by the
Managing Member,
in its sole and absolute
discretion, in connection with the operation
of the Fund’s business;
·
Borrow money on behalf of the
Fund, including, but not limited to, establishing lines of credit in the name of the Fund,
and, in connection therewith, to execute and deliver for, on
behalf of and in the name of the Fund, bonds, notes, pledges, security agreements, financing statements,
profits interest agreements, assignments, and other agreements and documents
creating liens on, or granting security interests in or otherwise affecting,
the assets and properties of the Fund (any of which loan documents may contain
confessions of judgment and powers of attorney) including, without limitation,
any portfolio property, and extensions, renewals, and modifications thereof,
and to prepay in whole or in part, refinance, recast, increase, modify, or
extend any indebtedness of the Fund.
·
Cause the Fund to guarantee
the debts or obligations of third parties that own real estate assets and in
which entities the Fund has an interest;
·
Hold, operate, manage, and otherwise deal with Fund property;
·
Purchase, sell, convey,
assign, lease, rent, exchange, and otherwise dispose of, in whole or in part,
any portfolio property;
·
Sell all or substantially all Fund property
in a single transaction or plan;
·
Engage, on behalf of the
Fund, all employees, agents, contractors, property managers, attorneys,
accountants, securities broker-dealers, consultants, or any other Persons
(including Affiliates of the Managing Member), as the Managing Member, in its
sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate for the performance of services
in connection with the conduct, operation, and management of the Fund’s
business and affairs, all on such terms and for such compensation as the
Managing Member, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems proper and to
replace any such employees, agents, contractors, property
managers, attorneys, accountants, securities broker-dealers,
consultants, or any other Persons, in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Managing Member;
·
Establish and maintain
working capital reserves for operating expenses, capital expenditures, normal
repairs, replacements, contingencies, and other anticipated costs relating to the assets
of the Fund by retaining a portion of Fund proceeds as determined from time to time by the Managing
Member to be reasonable under the then-existing circumstances;
·
Determine the amounts of cash
available for distribution, and when and in what amounts such funds shall be
distributed;
·
Pay the expenses of the Fund from the funds of the Fund, provided that all of the Fund’s
·
expenses shall,
to the extent feasible, be billed directly
to and paid by the Fund
·
File, on behalf of the Fund,
all required local, state, and federal tax returns relating to the Fund or its
assets and properties, and to make or determine not to make any and all
elections with respect thereto;
·
Invest and reinvest the funds of the Fund and to establish bank,
money market and other accounts
for the deposit of the Fund’s
funds and permit withdrawals therefrom upon such signatures as the Managing
Member designates;
·
Execute and deliver any and all instruments and documents, and to do any and all other
things necessary or
appropriate, in the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion, for the
accomplishment of the business and purposes of the Fund or necessary or
incidental to the protection and benefit of the Fund;
·
Prosecute, defend, settle, or
compromise, at the Fund’s expense, any suits, actions, or claims at law or in
equity to which the Fund is a party or by which it is affected as may be
necessary or proper in the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion, to
enforce or protect the Fund’s interests, and to satisfy out of Fund’s funds any
judgment, decree, or decision of any court, board, agency, or authority having
jurisdiction or any settlement of any suit, action, or claim prior to judgment
or final decision thereon;
·
Issue additional Units or
other forms of interest in the Fund and admit additional Members as the
Managing Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion;
·
Create and issue additional
limited liability company interests and classes and groups of Members and admit
such Members as the Managing Member may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion;
·
Redeem Members’ Units in the Fund and determine the methodology for carrying out any redemptions;
·
Negotiate the terms of and
cause the Fund to enter into joint ventures or other legal structures with one
or more third parties, including with Affiliates of the Managing
Member, as the Managing Member
may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, in
connection with the operation of the Fund’s business;
·
Reinvest any cash available
for distribution;
·
Enter into any transactions with an affiliate
of the Managing Member or any Member at arm’s length
terms;
·
Amend the LLC Agreement to comply with the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and any
U.S. Treasury Regulations or
other administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, and to administer
the effects of such provisions in an equitable manner, with each Member hereby
agreeing to be bound by the provisions of any such amendment; and
·
Amend the LLC Agreement to address or reconcile any inconsistencies between
the terms set forth
therein and the terms set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum.
Managing Member Limitations
Without the consent of the Members
holding at least
fifty (50%) percent
of the Participating Units, voting as a single class, the Managing
Member shall not have authority to:
·
Do any act in contravention of the LLC Agreement;
·
Do any act which would make
it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Fund, except as otherwise provided in the LLC Agreement;
or
·
Possess Fund property, or assign rights
in specific Fund property, for other than a Fund purpose.
Advisory Board
The
Fund shall have an “Advisory Board”
consisting of at least three members (the “Advisory
Board Members”) appointed by the Managing
Member; provided,
however, that all of the of the
Advisory Board Members shall be Members or their
designated representatives. Subject
to the foregoing, the Managing
Member may, in its sole and absolute discretion, increase
the size of the Advisory Board. Any Advisory Board Member may, at any time,
resign from the Advisory Board or be removed, with or without cause, by the
Managing Member. All such appointments, designations, resignations, and removals shall be effective upon notice to the Fund. The Managing
Member shall consult with the Advisory Board, but the Advisory Board shall have
no authority to manage the Fund.
Competition
The Managing
Member or any affiliate, including the Sponsor, of the Managing
Member may conduct
or possess an interest in any other business or activity whatsoever,
independently or with others, including, without limitation, the ownership,
financing, leasing, operation, sale, management, syndication, and development
of real property even if such business or activity competes with the business
of the Fund, without any accountability to the
Fund or to any other Member, and no other Member shall have any rights under the
LLC Agreement in and to such independent business or activity
or to the income or profits derived by the Managing Member therefrom.
MANAGEMENT FEES AND COMPENSATION
The Fund has no paid employees. The Managing Member
and its Affiliates manage the day-to-day affairs
of the Fund.
Management Fees
The Managing
Member will be entitled to receive compensation in the form of an ongoing Asset
Management Fee. The Asset Management Fee with respect
to the Participating Units shall be accrued
for and payable monthly in arrears,
equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the annualized fee of one and one half (1.5%)
percent of the Net Asset Value of the Participating Units as of the close of
business on the last Business Day of the relevant month, calculated before
deduction of the Asset Management Fee, or any accrued but unallocated Managing
Member Performance Allocation and before any withdrawals.
All Participating Members’ NAV Capital
Accounts (as defined
herein) will pay the Asset Management
Fee on a pro rata basis, which can be waived, rebated
or shared with another person
in the Managing Member’s
absolute discretion. No Asset Management Fee shall be payable with respect to the Managing
Member Units.
Managing Member Performance Allocation
The Managing
Member shall be entitled to receive an allocation (the “Managing Member Performance Allocation”) from the Fund equal to
twenty percent (20%) of the Total Return, subject to a seven (7%) percent
Hurdle Amount, and a High-Water Mark (each as defined below). Such allocation
will be measured on a calendar year basis (the “Performance Period”), accrued monthly and paid annually.
Managing Member Units will not be subject to any Managing
Member Performance Allocation.
Hurdle Amount
The Fund
employs a Hurdle Amount which represents a level of return that the Fund must
achieve before the Managing Member is entitled to the Managing Member
Performance Allocation.
The “Hurdle Amount” for any Performance
Period means an amount that results in a seven (7%) percent IRR on the Net
Asset Value of the Units outstanding at the beginning of the relevant
Performance Period and all Units issued since the beginning of such Performance
Period, taking into account the timing and amount of all distributions accrued
or paid (without duplication) on all such Units and all issuances of Units over
the Performance Period and calculated in accordance with recognized industry
practices.
The ending Net
Asset Value of the Units used in calculating the IRR will be calculated on a
gross basis (i.e., before
giving effect to any
allocation/accrual to the Managing Member Performance Allocation).
For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period
will exclude any Units redeemed during such period, as redeemed Units will be
subject to the Managing Member Performance Allocation upon their redemption as
described below.
Loss Carryover and High Watermark
The High
Watermark is a measure utilized by the Fund to ensure that the Managing Member
Performance Allocation is only charged
when at the end of the Performance Period, the Fund’s
value is above its previous highest level at the
end of a prior Performance Period (the “High
Water Mark”), so as to avoid the Managing Member being paid again for making back prior gains.
So, if the overall return
of the Fund is
negative,
then the Fund must make up the shortfall (the “Loss Carryover Amount”) in the next year, or later years, before
another Managing Member Performance Allocation will be allocated.
The Loss Carryover Amount shall initially
equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute
value of any negative Total Return in a Performance Period and decrease by any
positive Total Return in a Performance Period. The Loss Carryover Amount shall
at no time be less than zero.
The
calculation of the Loss Carryover Amount will exclude the Total Return related
to any Units redeemed during the Performance Period, as redeemed Units will be
subject to the Managing Member Performance Allocation upon redemption. The amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be calculated for the
purposes of the Loss Carryover Amount and will be carried forward to subsequent
periods.
The effect
of the Loss Carryover Amount
is that past annual Total Return losses
must be gained back and so
offset the positive annual Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the
Managing Member Performance Allocation. The
Managing Member will also be allocated a Managing Member Performance Allocation
with respect to all Units that are redeemed at the end of any quarter (in
connection with redemptions of Units)
in an amount calculated as described above with the relevant Performance Period being
pro-rated to the portion of the year for which such Units were outstanding, and
proceeds for any such redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such
Managing Member Performance Allocation.
Allocation of Excess Profits and the Managing
Member Performance Allocation
The Managing
Member will be allocated the Managing Member Performance Allocation in an
amount equal to:
(1)
If the Total Return
for the Performance Period exceeds
the sum of:
(i)
the Hurdle Amount for that Performance Period; and
(ii) the Loss Carryover Amount
(any such excess,
“Excess Profits”),
One hundred (100%) percent
of such annual Excess Profits
will be allocated to the Managing
Member until the total amount allocated equals twenty (20%) percent of the sum
of: (x) the Hurdle Amount for that Performance Period and (y) any amount
allocated to the Managing Member pursuant to this clause (the “Catch-Up”).
(2)
Thereafter, Excess
Profits will be distributed
pro rata, based on each Participating
Members’ respective Units, less twenty (20%) percent to be paid pursuant to the
Managing Member Performance Allocation.
The “Total Return” for the Performance Period shall equal
the sum of: (i) all distributions accrued
or paid (without duplication) on the Units outstanding at the end of
such period since the beginning of the Performance Period (ii) the change
attributable to the appreciation or depreciation in aggregate Net Asset Value
of such Units since the beginning of the Performance Period, before giving
effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of Units,
and (y) any allocation/accrual to the Managing Member Performance Allocation.
Management Fees And Compensation
Company
Level Fees The below
are fees that are paid directly from the Company to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services, its Affiliates, or other related
or third parties as listed in the Payee column. No similar fees (for the same services performed) will be
taken at multiple entity levels with respect to the same investor Capital
Contributions. For example, if the
Company invests 50% equity into a single asset offering, to the extent that
offering’s entity charges a similar fee, the fee owed by the Company will be
offset, dollar for dollar, by the asset-level fee (or vice versa ),
eliminating the instance of paying extra, or double fees for the same services performed. Please note that after
the Notes have converted (if such event
occurs), for those
re-occuring fees, similar
fees will be taken with respect to the deemed
“Capital Contributions” made
by the note holders to the Company. |
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Service or Arrangement |
Payee |
Payor |
Agreement Where Descrip- tion of Services Performed is Located |
Approved Rate |
Approved Rate |
Off-Sets;
Carve-Outs |
Management Fee |
Managing Member |
Company |
Management Agreement |
The Asset
Management Fee is equal to one and one
half (1.5%) percent of the Net Asset Value of the Participating Units
as of the close of business on the
last Business Day of the relevant month, calculated before deduction of the
Asset Management Fee, or any
accrued but unallocated Managing Member Performance Allocation and before
any withdrawals. |
The Management Fee is a re-occur- ring, annual
fee, payable in arrears
each month based on the current NAV of the Members as of the last day of each
such month. It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay this fee will initially
be from the Capital Contributions of the Members and then, if available, from financing proceeds
and/or operational cash flow. |
If any
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company pays to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services or its Affiliate any similar
fee, the Management Fee de- scribed herein shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis with respect to the capital contributions made by the
Company to such direct or indirect subsidiary. For example,
if the Company invests 50% equity
into a single asset offering, to the
extent that offering’s entity charges a
similar fee, the fee owed by the Company will be offset, dollar
for dollar, by the
asset-level fee, eliminating the instance
of paying extra, or double fees. |
Managing Broker Fees and
Commissions |
Skyway Cap- ital Markets LLC |
Company |
Private Placement Engagement Agreement |
The Company has an agreement
with Young America Capital LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member
FINRA/SIPC (“Managing Broker”), pursuant to which the securities will
be offered and
sold. Please note that salespersons
affiliated with Cloud Toronto – FYBN (but who are licensed and managed through a Broker Dealer) will receive selling
commissions up to 2.00% of the gross proceeds in the Offering. Other fees that will be paid
to Young America Capital LLC include the following: (1) a
non-refundable engagement fee of $10,000 that was or will be paid upon
execution of a placement agreement between the Company and the Managing
Broker; (2) a Managing Broker Dealer (MBD) Fee of 0.7% of all sales
of Class B shares (3) a Marketing and Due Diligence Fee of up to 1.00%
of all sales
of Class B Shares (based on the principal amount
of the securi- ties issued). |
Vary (see description to the
left that described different fees paid and
when paid). Fees are
generally paid in arrears on a monthly
basis. All such MBD fees and
selling commissions will be paid from
proceeds received from the Offering. |
None |
|
Asset Level Fees The below
asset level fee descriptions relate to fees paid by the project level
entities (e.g., direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company that hold
title or a leasehold interest to real property), with such fees and other
amounts paid to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services, LLC, its Affiliates or other
related persons in connection with services performed or other commitments
made. |
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Service or Arrangement |
Payee |
Payor |
Agreement Where Description of Services Performed is Located |
Approved Rate |
Approved Rate |
Off-Sets;
Carve-Outs |
Loan Guaranty Fee |
Entities or persons
providing guarantees |
RE Holding Company
(or, if different,
the applicable borrower) |
N/A |
0.25% of the gross
value of the
loan guaranteed by such guarantor. |
The Loan Guaranty Fee is a re-occur- ring, annual
fee, payable in arrears each month based
on the aggregate gross amount guaranteed by
the guarantor under the applicable loan. It is anticipated that the source of funds used to pay this fee will initially be from the Capital
Contributions of the Members
and then, if available, from financing proceeds and/or operational cash flow. |
None |
Loan Placement Fee (if permitted by applicable law) |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services or its Affiliate |
RE Holding Company
(or, if not
the RE Holding Company, the applicable borrower) |
Loan Placement Agreement |
Up to 1% of the
gross loan proceeds. |
The Loan
Placement Fee is a one- time fee, payable on the date
of the applicable financing. It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay this fee will initially
be from the Capital Contributions of the Members and then, if available, from financing proceeds
and/or operational cash flow. |
None |
Construction Management
Fee (if applicable) |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN
Development, LLC (an affiliate of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services) |
RE Holding Company |
Construction Management Agreement |
Up to a maximum
of 4% of hard project
costs (which, generally
speaking, is intended to be based on the gross payments to the general
contractor, plus at times certain other amounts paid (e.g. furniture, fix-
tures and equipment). |
The Construction Management Fee is
typically paid to the payee on a monthly or quarterly basis as costs are incurred). It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay this fee will be from the initial
Capital Contributions
of the Members or from proceeds received in connection with a con-
struction loan financing. |
None |
Service or Arrangement |
Payee |
Payor |
Agreement
Where Description of Services Performed is Located |
Approved Rate |
Approved Rate |
Off-Sets;
Carve-Outs |
Real Estate Brokerage Fee |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC |
RE Holding Company |
Real Estate Brokerage Services Agreement |
A market-rate fee for real estate brokerage services, ranging from 2%-6% on the purchase or sale of any real
property held by the RE Holding Company, depending on the asset
class, representation (dual
or single), and transaction size. |
The Real Estate Brokerage Fee is a one-time fee payable upon the closing of any real
estate acquisition or
disposition by the RE Holding Company. |
The Real
Estate Brokerage Fee may be reduced by any com- missions paid by the RE
Holding Company to any third party engaged
by the RE Holding Com- pany performing similar services. |
Acquisition Fee / Disposition Fee |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC |
RE Holding Company |
Acquisition Services Agreement |
Up to 2% of price paid
on the purchase or sale of any
real property held by the RE Holding Company. |
The
Acquisition / Disposition Fee is a one-time fee payable upon the closing of any real
estate acquisition or
disposition by the RE Holding Company. It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay any such fee in connection with RE Holding Company acquiring real estate will be paid by the selling
party when the property is being
acquired by the RE Holding Company. Any
such fee paid with respect to the
disposition of any
real property is anticipated to be paid from proceeds received from
such sale transaction. |
If a Real
Estate Brokerage Fee (described above) is paid to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC, then no Acquisition / Disposition Fee (as
applicable) will be paid. |
NET ASSET VALUE DETERMINATION AND VALUATION POLICY
Net Asset Value Determination
The NAV for
each class of Units is determined by Cloud Toronto – FYBN based on the net asset values of the Fund’s
investments (including the REIT Portfolio) through its investment in the REIT
Subsidiary, the addition of any other assets (such as cash on hand), and the
deduction of any liabilities, including the allocation/accrual of any Managing
Member Performance Allocation to the Managing Member.
Each class
of Units will have an undivided interest
in the Fund’s assets and liabilities. Cloud Toronto – FYBN will calculate the Fund’s NAV per Unit for each class as of the last calendar day of each month, using a process
that reflects several components including (i) the
estimated fair value of Fund properties based on DCF analysis (as further
described below) (ii) securities held within the REIT Portfolio for which
readily available market quotes are available, (iii) securities held within the
REIT Portfolio for which readily available market quotes are not available and
are subject to fair value by Cloud Toronto – FYBN , and (iv) other
assets and liabilities of the Fund. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN may
also utilize third-party appraisals in valuing Fund properties.
At the end of
each month, before taking into consideration redemptions or class-specific
expense accruals for that month, any change in the Fund’s aggregate NAV
(whether an increase or decrease) is allocated among each class of Units based
on each class’s relative percentage of the previous aggregate NAV plus
issuances of Units that were effective on the first calendar day of such month.
Changes in the Fund’s
monthly NAV include,
without limitation, accruals
of the Fund’s net portfolio income, interest expense,
the Asset Management Fee, any accrued Managing Member Performance Allocation, distributions, unrealized/realized gains and losses on assets,
any applicable organization and offering costs and any expense reimbursements.
Changes in the Fund’s monthly NAV also include material non-recurring events,
such as capital expenditures and material property acquisitions and
dispositions occurring during the month. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, Cloud
Toronto – FYBN may in its discretion consider
material market data and other information that becomes available after the end of the applicable month in valuing
the Fund’s assets
and liabilities and calculating the Fund’s NAV for a particular month. On
an ongoing basis, Cloud Toronto – FYBN will adjust the accruals to reflect actual
operating results and the outstanding receivable, payable and other
account balances resulting
from the accumulation of monthly accruals
for which financial information is available.
At the close
of business on the date that is one business day after each record date for any
declared distribution, the NAV for each class will be reduced
to reflect the accrual of the Fund’s liability to pay any distribution
to Members of each class. NAV per Unit for each class
is calculated by dividing such class’s NAV at the end of each
month by the number of Units outstanding for that class at the end of such month.
Valuation Policy
Cloud Toronto
– FYBN has adopted valuation guidelines
that contain a comprehensive set of methodologies to be used in connection with estimating the values of the Fund’s
assets and liabilities for purposes of the Fund’s
NAV calculation. These guidelines are designed to produce a fair and accurate estimate
of the price that would
be received for the Fund’s investments in an arm’s-length
transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller in possession of all material
information about the Fund’s investments.
Properties
held by the Fund will be valued at least once per year. The Managing Member,
however, at its sole and absolute discretion, can revalue properties held by
the Fund more frequently In valuing
these investments, Cloud Toronto – FYBN has implemented a valuation process that is
commonly utilized in the real estate investment industry by completing
multi-year forecasts on each underlying asset, making assumptions on future
financing activities, and applying industry accepted discount factors to achieve
a valuation via discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. Cloud Toronto – FYBN may also obtain third-party appraisals for
comparison purposes to the DCF results.
The REIT
Portfolio will be valued using readily available market quotations If a market
quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, or if an event that
is expected to affect the value of a security occurs after the close of the
principal exchange or market on which that security is traded, and before the
close of the New York Stock Exchange, the fair value of a security will be determined in good faith under policies
and procedures established by and under the supervision
of Cloud Toronto – FYBN .
The Fund is permitted to limit the liability of its Managing
Members and officers, and to indemnify and advance expenses to its Managing
Members, officers, and other agents, to the extent permitted by New York law.
Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, the Managing Member, officers, and agents of the
Fund shall not be liable
to the Fund or to any Member for (i) any act or omission performed or failed to
be performed by such person, or for any losses, claims,
costs, damages, or liabilities arising
from any such act or omission, except
to the extent such loss, claim, cost damage, or liability results
from such person’s gross
negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud; (ii) any tax liability imposed on the Fund; or
(iii) any losses due to the misconduct, negligence, dishonesty, or bad faith of
any agents of the Fund.
The
Fund, its receiver, or its trustee (in the case of its receiver or trustee, to
the extent of the portfolio properties of the Fund) shall indemnify, save
harmless, and pay all judgments and claims against the Managing Member,
officers, and agents relating to any liability or damage incurred by reason of
any act performed or omitted to be performed by such person solely in connection with the business
of the Fund, including attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the defense
of any action based on any
such act or omission, which attorneys’ fees may be paid as incurred.
In the event of any action
by a Member against the Managing Member,
officers, and/or agents
relating to any liability or damage incurred by
reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by such persons solely
in connection with the business of the Fund, including a derivative suit, the
Fund shall indemnify, save harmless, and pay
all expenses of such Member,
including attorneys’ fees incurred in the defense
of such action, if such Member is successful in such action.
The
Managing Member has authority to cause the Fund to acquire and maintain the
equivalent of directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage insuring the actions
of the Managing Member, officers, and agents in such amounts as
it may determine appropriate and customary for a business of the type conducted
by the Fund.
Notwithstanding
the above, the Managing Member, officers, and agents shall not be indemnified
from any liability for fraud, bad faith, gross negligence, or willful
misconduct in its duties and responsibilities to the Fund.
As
a result, the Fund and its Members may be entitled to a more limited right of
action than they and the Fund would otherwise have it these indemnification
rights were not included in the LLC Agreement.
The
general effect to Members of any arrangement under which the Fund agrees to insure or indemnify any persons against liability is a potential
reduction in distributions resulting from the Fund’s payment of premiums
associated with insurance or indemnification payments in excess of amounts
covered by insurance. In addition, indemnification could reduce the legal remedies
available to the Members and the Fund against the Fund’s Managing Member, officers, and agents.
However, indemnification does not reduce
the exposure of the Managing
Member and officers to
liability under federal or state securities laws, nor does it limit the
Members’ ability to obtain injunctive relief
or other equitable remedies for a violation of a member’s,
manager’s, or an officer’s duties
to the Fund, although the
equitable remedies may not be an effective remedy in some circumstances.
The
SEC and some state securities commissions take the position that
indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against
public policy and unenforceable.
The rights,
preferences, and obligations of the three classes
of Units are set forth in the LLC
Agreement.
A general
description of the rights, preferences, and restrictions associated with the Units is set forth below. Each Investor should carefully
read this Memorandum and the LLC Agreement to understand certain
risks associated with
acquiring Units and the rights, restrictions, and obligations associated with
the Units.
Units may be
purchased at an initial price per Unit indicated at the beginning of this
Memorandum and thereafter at their Net Asset Value per Unit on the first Business Day of each month (a “Dealing Day”).
For an initial purchase of Units, a properly
executed Subscription Agreement must be received
by the Managing Broker before 5:00
p.m. New York time at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the Dealing Day. Notifications received less
than five (5) Business Days prior to purchase will be accepted solely at the
Managing Member’s discretion. For subsequent purchases, Units may be purchased
on the first Business Day of each month provided that the Managing Broker
received proper written notice before 5:00 p.m. New York time at least five (5)
Business Days prior to the relevant Dealing Day. Any payments submitted in the form of a transfer in kind will be
executed solely at the Managing Member’s discretion and may require additional
notice. Payments for the purchase must be received by Cloud Toronto – FYBN by 3:00 p.m. New York time at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the Dealing Day and will be processed at the Net Asset Value as of the close of business
on the Dealing Day. In the event the Fund does not receive payment,
in whole or in part, by the
designated time, the Investor will be liable to the Fund for any related
losses.
The Managing
Member may elect in its absolute discretion to accept subscription payments from prospective investors, in whole or in part,
in specie or in kind rather than in cash. This election
may be made generally or in
any particular case. The Managing Member will use the same valuation procedures used in determining Net Asset Value to determine
the value to be attributed to the relevant
assets to be transferred or assigned to the Fund as of the relevant Dealing Day. Any prospective investor seeking to
contribute assets will be responsible for all costs involved in changing the
ownership of and the transfer of the relevant assets unless the Managing Member
otherwise agrees. Upon receipt of properly completed subscription materials and
such legal and other transfer documentation as the Managing Member
and Cloud Toronto – FYBN in their
sole discretion may require, Cloud Toronto – FYBN will allot the requisite number of Units in
the normal manner. The Managing
Member reserves the right to decline to register any prospective investor
until the subscriber has been
able to prove title to the assets in question and make a valid transfer
thereof.
Class B Units
The holders of
Class B Units are entitled to participate in the income and profit of the Fund,
subject to the Managing Member Performance Allocation. The Class B Units will have limited voting rights, as described
further in the LLC Agreement.
Managing Member Units
The Managing
Member intends to make capital contributions equal at least one (1%) percent of
the capital contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member may make a capital
contribution to the Fund no less frequently than semi-annually, so that the
Managing Member capital contribution equals at least one (1%) percent of the
capital contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing Member may offset capital
contributions to the extent Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos or its affiliates make
direct investments in underlying holdings of the Fund.
Distribution Policy
The Fund will
receive dividends from the REIT Subsidiary as further described in the REIT
Supplement. Subject to receipt of such dividends, the Managing Member intends
to declare and make periodic distributions to Members, provided however that
any such dividends will first be used to satisfy applicable fees and expenses,
and redemption requests from Investors that are accepted
by the Managing Member. Any distributions made by the Fund
are at the discretion of the
Managing Member, considering factors such as the Fund’s earnings, cash flow,
capital needs and general
financial condition and the requirements of applicable law. As a result, the Fund’s distribution rates and payment frequency may vary from time to time.
Distributions are made on all classes
of Units at the same time. There is no assurance that the Fund will pay distributions in any particular amount, if at all. The Fund
may fund any distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations,
including, without limitation, borrowings, offering proceeds (including from
sales of Units), and the sale of Portfolio Assets. The Fund has no limits on
the amount it may fund from such sources.
Additional Capital
If the Fund requires
additional funds at any time in excess
of capital contributions made by the Members, the Fund
or its Affiliates may borrow
funds from a financial institution or other lender.
In addition, the Managing Member is authorized to cause the Fund to
issue Units and such other limited liability company interests in the Fund, and
to create such additional classes or groups of Members, and to amend the LLC
Agreement in connection therewith, as the Managing Member
may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion. Additional limited
liability company interests in the Fund and additional
classes or groups of Members may have such relative rights, power and duties as
the Managing Member may determine to be in the best interests of the Fund in its sole and absolute discretion, including, without limitation, rights,
powers and duties
senior to the Units, the Members and any other
existing classes or groups
of partners, providing for priority returns on capital contributed, providing
for ownership which is not proportionate to the Units of the existing Members,
and/or providing for such other rights, powers and duties as the Managing
Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.
Redemption Rights
Redemptions Generally
There
is no current market for the Units. The Fund and the Managing Member do not
expect that a public market will ever develop, and the Fund’s
Certificate of Formation
does not require
a liquidity event
at a fixed time in the future. Therefore, redemption of Units by the Fund, which must be agreed to by the Managing Member
in its sole and absolute discretion, will likely be the only way for
an investor to dispose of its Units. While the redemption program of the
Fund was designed to allow investors
to request redemptions of an investor’s Units, the Funds ability to fulfill redemption requests
is subject to a number of limitations. Most significantly, the vast majority
of the Fund’s assets will most likely consist
of real estate assets which
cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting the Fund’s ability to realize
full value upon disposition of such assets.
Any redemption requests
by an investor will require the approval of the Managing
Member, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. As a result,
an investor’s ability to have its Units redeemed by the Fund may be limited,
and the Units should be considered a potentially long-term investment with
limited liquidity.
Redemption Rights
Lockup
Participating Members
may request redemptions of their Units as of the last Business Day of each quarter (a “Redemption Date”) upon at least sixty
(60) days’ prior written notice to the Managing Member. The Managing Member is under
no obligation to agree to any such redemption request
and may choose
to redeem only some, or even
none, of the Units that have been requested to be redeemed
in any particular quarter in its sole discretion. In addition,
Participating Members are not permitted to make redemptions of Units until one
(1) year after the issuance of the relevant Units, subject to waiver in the
sole discretion of the Managing Member (the “Lockup”).
The ability of the Managing Member to
fulfill redemption requests
is subject to a number
of limitations. As a result,
redemptions of Units may not be available during a given quarter. To the extent the Managing
Member agrees to choose to redeem Units in a particular quarter, it will only redeem Units as of the opening of the Redemption Date. Redemptions will be made at the Net Asset Value per Unit
on the relevant Redemption Date.
Redemption Fee
If a Class B
Member requests a redemption of any portion of their Units following the
expiration of the Lockup applicable to such Member’s
Units, the amount
of any such redemption proceeds
paid to the Member will be
reduced by a fee (the “Redemption Fee”)
as further described below.
The amount of
any Redemption Fee with respect to a Class B Member that requests a redemption
of any portion of their
Units shall be calculated by reference to a percentage of the Net Asset Value attributable to such Class B Member’s redeemed Units, as
follows:
·
Redemptions in months 13 – 24: 3% Fee
·
Redemptions in months 25 – 36: 2% Fee
·
Redemptions in months 37 – 48: 1% Fee
Thereafter, no Redemption Fee shall be applied to a redemption by a Class B Member. Processing Fee
Class B Members requesting a redemption of their Units after the expiration of the Lockup
and any applicable Redemption Fee will bear a processing fee of $500
which will be deducted from any redemption proceeds received by such Member.
Limits on Aggregate Redemptions
The aggregate
Net Asset Value of total redemptions of all classes of Units is limited to no
more than five percent (5%) of the Fund’s Net Asset Value per calendar quarter
(measured using the average aggregate Net Asset Value as of the end of the
immediately preceding three months). In the event that the Managing Member
determines to redeem some but not all of the Units submitted for redemption during
any quarter, Units
redeemed at the end of the
quarter will be redeemed on a pro rata basis. All unsatisfied redemption requests must be resubmitted after the start of
the next quarter.
Source of Redemption Funds
The
Managing Member may utilize any source of proceeds to effectuate a redemption
of the Participating Units, including, but not limited to, the use of
contributions from the sale of Units. Fund proceeds, whether derived from
operations and investments or capital contributions, used for redemptions will
not be available for distribution to non-redeemed Members or for re-investment.
Dilution of Interests
Holders of
Participating Units will not have preemptive rights to any further Units the
Fund issues in the future. The Fund
has the authority to issue an unlimited number of Units (including fractional
Units) and the Fund may issue additional Units effective prior to the opening
of business on each Dealing Day unless prohibited by the Managing Member. To
the extent the Fund issues additional Units after a Member’s purchase in the
Offering, such Member’s percentage ownership interest in the Fund will be
diluted.
Transferability of Units
Any
redemption requests by an investor will require the approval of the Managing
Member, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. As a result,
an investor’s ability to have its Units redeemed by the Fund may be limited,
and the Units should be considered a potentially long-term investment with
limited liquidity.
Units in the Fund may be transferred without
the consent of the Managing
Member. “Transfer” includes any transfer, sale, assignment, pledge,
hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of any Unit in the Fund, including any
transfer by death, disability or involuntarily by operation of law.
Notwithstanding the above, subject
to certain standard
limitations set forth in the LLC Agreement, a Member may at any
time transfer all or any portion of its Units in the Fund to (i) the other
Members; (ii) any affiliate of the transferor
but only so long as the only party with authority to bind such affiliate is the Member
making such transfer;
(iii) to a
trust for estate planning purposes, but only so long as the only party with
authority to bind such trust is the Member making such transfer; or (iv) its personal representative or heirs or beneficiaries upon the disability or death of a Member.
Information Rights
Necessary
tax information shall be delivered to each Member after the end of each fiscal
year of the Fund. Such tax information shall include, but shall in no event be limited
to, a Form K-1 and an internally prepared balance sheet and related statements of income, cash flow and Members’
capital for the most recently
ended fiscal year of the Fund.
Every effort shall be made to furnish all such tax information as
promptly as possible after the end of each fiscal year. The Managing Member is
specifically authorized to represent the Members and act as the “Partnership
Representative,” as that term is used under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and in any similar capacity under state or local law.
The Fund is subject
to various conflicts
of interest arising
out of its relationship with its Managing
Member, and the Managing Member’s Affiliates, including conflicts
related to the arrangements pursuant to which the Fund will compensate the
Managing Member and its Affiliates. Some of the potential conflicts of interest
in the Funds transactions with the Managing Member
and its Affiliates are described below.
For a description of some of the risks
related to these conflicts of interest, see section entitled
“Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Managing
Member and its Advisors and
Affiliates”
There
is no independent oversight mechanism of the Fund to monitor the conflicts of
interest between the Fund and the Managing Member.
Affiliates
The Managing
Member is a manager-managed limited
liability company, and its member is Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services,
LLC, an New York limited liability
company (“Cloud Toronto – FYBN Manager Owner”). Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Services, LLC provides a variety of administrative, management, accounting,
finance, fund management, and related services to its Affiliates. Cloud Toronto
– FYBN Services, LLC is a member-managed
limited liability company, and its sole member is Cloud Toronto – FYBN Companies, LLC, an New York limited liability
company (“Cloud Toronto – FYBN Companies”). Cloud Toronto – FYBN Companies operates each of its Affiliates
which include businesses activities of real estate investment, construction,
development, property management, brokerage, securities brokerage, and administrative services. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Companies is a manager-managed limited liability company. John C. Loeffler II is the manager of Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Companies. The sole member
of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Companies is Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Cos, Inc., a New York
corporation (“Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos”).
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos operates each of its Affiliates which include business
activities of real estate investment, construction, development, property
management, brokerage, securities brokerage, and administrative services. Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Cos’s two (2) directors are John C. Loeffler II and Jennifer
Schrader. Certain employees of Affiliates of the Managing
Member are registered representatives of the Managing
Dealer and, as such, may receive
fees and commissions based on their sale Units in this Offering.
Compensation
All
of the terms of Managing Member’s rights and preferences, including
compensation, were determined by the Managing Member and are not the result of
arms’-length negotiations.
Certain Affiliates of the Managing
Member will receive
compensation from the Fund for services performed on behalf of the Fund or the Managing
Member, including, without
limitation, Affiliates of the Fund (including Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty Group, LLC, Cloud Toronto – FYBN Development, LLC, Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services, LLC, Cloud Toronto – FYBN Hospitality, LLC and Cloud Toronto – FYBN Securities, LLC) performing brokerage services
(with corresponding brokerage fees), property management (with corresponding property
management fees), construction services (with corresponding construction charges and fees),
hospitality services, loan guarantee fees, accounting services, and marketing
and offering of the Interests (with corresponding commissions and other sales
& administrative fees).
Calculation of Fees and Net Asset Value
The
Managing Member is paid an Asset Management Fee for its services based on the
Fund’s NAV, which is calculated by the
Managing Member and its
affiliates. In addition, the distributions to be received by the Managing Member with respect
to its Managing Member Performance Allocation are based in part upon the Fund’s
net assets (which is a component of its NAV). The calculation of the Fund’s NAV
includes certain subjective judgments with respect to estimating, for example,
the value of the Fund’s portfolio and accrued expenses, net portfolio income
and liabilities, and therefore, the Fund’s NAV may not correspond to realizable value upon a sale
of those assets. The Managing Member may benefit from the Fund retaining
ownership of assets at times when Members may be better served by the sale or
disposition of the Fund’s assets in order to avoid a reduction in the Fund’s
NAV. If the Fund’s NAV is calculated
in a way that is not reflective of
its actual NAV, then the purchase
price of Units or the redemption proceeds
of Units on a given date may not accurately reflect the value of the
Fund’s
portfolio, and a Member’s Units may be worth less than the purchase price or
more than the redemption amount. The valuation
of the Fund’s investments will affect the amount
and timing of the
Asset Management Fee paid to the Managing Member and its
Managing Member Performance Allocation. As a result, there may be circumstances where the Managing
Member is incentivized to determine valuations that are higher than
the actual fair value of the Fund’s
investments.
Managing Member’s Incentives
The Managing
Member, is entitled to the Managing
Member Performance Allocation Amount, as described in the
LLC Agreement.
This
Managing Member Performance Allocation could create an incentive for the
Managing Member to cause the Fund to make investments in assets that are higher
yielding, and therefore riskier than would be the case if this allocation
provision did not exist because the Managing Member has a limited capital contribution obligation to the Fund, and the greater the profits of the Fund (which is a function
of the level of risk taken by the Fund), the
great the Managing Member Performance Allocation. The right to the Managing
Member Performance Allocation was determined upon initial formation of the Fund
without negotiations with any third party.
Other Investment and Business Opportunities
The Fund relies on the Managing
Member and its Affiliates and advisors to identify and select potential
real estate investment opportunities on the Fund’s
behalf. At the same time, the Managing
Member’s Affiliates and advisor
manage other real estate programs sponsored by the Fund’s sponsor that may have
investment objectives and investment strategies that are similar to
the Fund’s objectives and strategies. As a result, such Affiliates and advisors could face conflicts of interest in allocating real estate
acquisition opportunities as they
become available. By way of example, if one of these other real
estate programs attracts a tenant that the Fund is competing for, the Fund
could suffer a loss of revenue due to delays in locating another suitable
tenant. Each investor will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in
which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making the
investment in Interests.
The Managing
Member is indirectly managed by Dilip Mooparakath. Each of the foregoing individuals have other business interests
as well. As a result,
key personnel may have duties to other entities and their stockholders,
members, and Members, in addition to business interests in other entities.
These duties to such other entities and persons may create conflicts with the duties that they
owe indirectly to the Fund. There is a risk that their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions
that are adverse to the Fund’s business and violate their fiduciary duties to
the Fund, which could harm the implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy
and its investment and leasing opportunities.
Conflicts
with the Fund’s business and interests are most likely to arise ‘from
involvement in activities related to (1) allocation of new investments and
management time and services between the Fund and the other entities, (2) the Fund’s
purchase of properties from, or sale of properties to, affiliated entities,
(3) the timing and terms of
the investment in or sale of an asset, (4) development of the Fund’s properties
by Affiliates, (5) investments with Affiliates of the Managing Member, and (6)
compensation to the Managing Member and its Affiliates. If the Fund does not successfully implement its investment strategy,
the Fund may be unable to maintain or increase the value of its
assets and its operating cash flows and ability to pay distributions could be
adversely affected.
No Separate Representation
The Fund, Managing Member,
and its principles and Affiliates have not been represented by separate counsel in connection with the formation
of the Fund, Managing Member, or the other related entities, the drafting of
this Memorandum and the LLC
Agreement, any other
of the various agreements and other documents
or entities relevant to this Offering or the Offering
of the Interests themselves. Accordingly, the Fund has not had the benefit of
independent counsel advising
it on its arrangements with the Managing
Member. The attorneys, accountants and other experts who perform services for
the Fund and the Managing Member may perform similar services for the Sponsor and its
Affiliates and it is contemplated that those
multiple representations will continue
in the future. However, should
the Fund or the Managing
Member become involved in disputes, the Managing
Member will cause the disputing parties to retain separate
counsel for those matters unless the respective parties’ consent.
Affiliate Loans
The Managing
Member or its Affiliates may lend money
to the Fund from time to time.
There is no guarantee
or assurance that the Fund could not find financing upon more favorable terms
with a third party. The terms of the affiliate
loans will be developed exclusively by the Managing
Member and its Affiliates, which may conflict
with the interests of the
Fund. In the event that the Funds defaults on such affiliate loans, the
Managing Member and/or its Affiliates may have certain recourse
against the Fund,
including, without limitation, accrual of default-based interest, assessment of late fees, and even foreclosure. The Managing Member and/or its Affiliates anticipate it will have access
to a line-of-credit or other credit facility, the purpose of which is to use
amounts under that line-of-credit to make loans to the Fund. The Managing
Member will lend such amounts based on an interest that is higher than the interest the Managing Member or its Affiliates will pay under
the applicable line-of-credit or other credit facility.
Transactions with Affiliates
The Managing
Member may from time to time engage in transactions with investments funds,
accounts, products, joint ventures, and/or other similar arrangements (whether
currently in existence or subsequently established) that are sponsored, advised
and/or managed by Affiliates of the Managing Member. Such transactions may include loans, sales or purchases of the
Fund portfolio properties, securities, or other assets of the Fund (“Affiliated
Transactions”).
The Fund will only engage in Affiliated Transactions to the extent
the Managing Member believes the entry
into such transactions are in the best interests of the Fund, and will or are
likely to result in efficiencies to the Fund, reduced transaction costs or commissions, or access to transactions that would not otherwise be available to the Fund.
The sale and
purchase of any Affiliated Transactions must be approved by both Cloud Toronto
– FYBN Cos’ Investment Committee and the Fund’s Advisory
Board as being fair and reasonable to the Fund and on substantially the same, or more
favorable, terms and conditions as third party transactions. For any acquisition by the Fund,
the purchase price will be limited to the cost of the
property to the Affiliate, including acquisition-related expenses, or if
substantial justification exists, the current appraised value of the property
as determined by an independent expert.
Amendment to LLC Agreement
The provisions of this LLC Agreement may be amended
only as follows:
Managing Member
Amendments.
Pursuant to its special
power of attorney
as described below,
the Managing Member
may unilaterally execute and make the following amendments
to the LLC Agreement:
1. Amend
the Agreement in connection with the creation of additional Units or other
forms of interest in the Fund to incorporate the rights and obligations
relating to such additional Units or other forms of interest in the Fund, as
the Managing Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion;
2. Amend
the Member Register to the LLC Agreement
to reflect the admission
of any new Members and their
respective Member Percentage
Interests as of that time;
3.
Amend the LLC Agreement
to comply with the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and any
U.S. Treasury
Regulations or other administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, and to administer the effects of such provisions
in an equitable manner; or
4.
Amend the LLC Agreement
to address or reconcile any inconsistencies between
the terms thereof.
Member Amendments.
All
other amendments (not described in Section 5.1) to the LLC Agreement require
the written approval of each of the Managing Member and the Members by the
holders of a majority of the Units (which shall in each case be in its or their sole and absolute discretion),
unless the provision that is the subject of such amendment includes or is part of a provision that requires the vote, consent,
or approval of a greater
or less vote, in which case such amendment
must have the written approval
of the Managing Member and such Members
by the holders of a majority of the Units as are required by such provisions
that is the subject of such amendment.
Attorney-in-Fact.
Under
the LLC Agreement, each Member grants to the Managing Member a special power of
attorney irrevocably making, constituting, and appointing the Managing Member
as such Member’s attorney-in-fact, to take certain actions permitted under the
LLC Agreement.
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME
TAX CONSIDERATIONS OF ACQUIRING
AND HOLDING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS
Introduction
The following
is a summary (the “Summary”) of
certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of a Participating Member
who is an individual citizen
of the U.S. or resident
alien (as defined
in United States Department
of the Treasury Regulations (the “Treasury
Regulations”) Section 301.7701(b)-1) for investing in Units in the Fund.
This summary is very limited,
and does not purport to address all material tax consequences of the ownership of Units and, except
as otherwise specifically provided below, the discussion below assumes that a
Member is an individual citizen of the United States or resident
alien (as defined
in Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701(b)-1) and generally
does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular Member,
such as dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities, banks,
tax-exempt organizations, life insurance companies, trusts, corporations or
non-resident alien individuals. In
addition, very limited information regarding state and local taxes is provided.
Although the Fund will furnish the Members with such information regarding the
Fund as is reasonably required for income tax purposes, each Member will be
responsible for preparing and filing such Member’s own tax returns.
The following
summary of the tax aspects is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
on existing Treasury
Regulations, and on administrative rulings
and judicial decisions interpreting the Code as
in effect at the time this Summary
was drafted. Significant uncertainty exists regarding
certain tax aspects
of limited liability
companies (treated for income tax purposes as partnerships). Such uncertainty is due, in part, to continuing changes in U.S. federal tax laws
that have not fully been interpreted through Treasury Regulations or judicial
decisions. Please note that this Section labeled
“Material U.S. Federal Income
Tax Considerations of Acquiring and Holding Limited Liability Company
Interests” does not take into account many of the changes made by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(the CARES Act) enacted on March 27, 2020, any of the provisions in the
enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation and Reduction
Act.
Tax legislation may be enacted
in the future that will affect the Fund and a Member’s
investment in the Fund.
Because the tax aspects of this Offering are complex and certain of the tax
consequences may differ depending on individual tax circumstances, each Member
is urged to consult with and rely on its own tax advisor about this Offering’s
tax aspects and its individual situation.
The Fund has not obtained and
does not intend to obtain an opinion of counsel with respect to this summary of
tax matters. In addition, no rulings
have been or will be requested from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) with respect to the matters
discussed herein. Therefore, there
can be no assurances that the IRS or any other governmental agency
or taxing jurisdiction will agree with the statements set forth below.
Investors should
consult their own tax advisors
concerning their situations and the impact
which their participation in
the Fund may have on their federal income tax liability as well as how state,
local and foreign income, and other
tax laws may apply to their participation and the implications those laws may
have. In evaluating an investment in
the Fund, a Member should take into account the cost of obtaining such advice.
The Fund is not structured with the intent
of generating tax losses and no Member should invest
in the Fund with the expectation of using losses from the Fund’s
activities to offset income from any other source.
The following
discussion does not specifically discuss the tax consequences to the Members of
the Fund’s investment in other limited liability companies and/or partnerships. This discussion does not address
any state or local
tax consequences and assumes all Investors are individual citizens
of the U.S. or resident
aliens (as defined
in Treasury Regulations Section
301.7701(b)-1). Investors should
consult their tax advisors with respect to such tax considerations. The following discussion also does not address the tax consequences to a Member
with respect to the
Member’s indirect investment in the REIT.
Tax Status of the Fund.
Classification
of the Fund as a Partnership
Subject to certain exceptions, a partnership generally
incurs no U.S. federal income
tax liability. Instead,
the partners are required to take into account their respective
distributive shares of the partnership’s net income or loss, as well as their
respective distributive shares of certain specially characterized items (e.g.,
capital gains and losses), in computing their respective income
tax liability. In such a case, distributions by a partnership to a partner
generally are not taxable
unless the distributions exceed the partner’s adjusted basis in such partner’s
interest in the partnership.
The availability to the Members of most of the tax treatment described in this
summary requires that the Fund be classified
as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes
rather than an association taxed
as a corporation, under the
U.S. federal income tax laws.
Although the Managing Member
does not plan to request
a ruling from the IRS regarding the Fund’s status, it is anticipated that the Fund
will be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Still, there is no assurance that the IRS
will not challenge such classification.
If a
partnership were to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, its partners would be treated as shareholders of a corporation, with
the result, among other things, that (i) items of income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit of the partnership would not flow through to its partners for
reporting on their individual U.S. federal income tax returns, (ii) cash
distributions, if any, would be treated
as distributions by a corporation
in respect of its stock, and such distributions would be taxable to the
partners as dividends to the extent of current and accumulated earnings and
profits of the partnership, and (iii) the taxable income of the partnership
would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on corporations (thereby reducing
the cash available for distribution).
The discussion that follows is based on the assumption that the Fund
will be classified as a partnership and not as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Classification
of the Fund as a Publicly Traded
Partnership
Code Section
7704 treats certain so-called “publicly traded partnerships” (“PTPs”) as corporations for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. Consequently,
the treatment of an entity as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes is dependent on that entity not being classified as a PTP. It is intended that the Fund will be
operated in a manner that it will not be treated
as a PTP. The Fund does not plan to request a ruling from the IRS regarding whether the Fund may be treated as a PTP. Consequently, it is not possible to state with complete assurance
that the Fund will
be treated as a partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Taxation of Partners.
Tax Consequence of Ownership of Units
No U.S. federal income
tax is generally paid by a partnership as an entity.
Instead, each member
is required to report on its income
tax return its distributive
share of a partnership’s income,
gain, loss, deduction, or credit (and
items of tax preference), regardless of whether any actual distribution is made to that partner
during the taxable
year. Thus, a prospective Member may be liable for income taxes with
respect to ownership of Units in the Fund without receiving a corresponding distribution from the Fund. Members may be required
to recognize tax from taxable
income in excess of cash distributions from the
Fund, causing such Members
to pay “out-of-pocket” any related tax liability. Accordingly, each Member
should consult with the Member’s tax advisor regarding the impact of an
investment in the Fund, specifically including the possibility that such Member
may incur a tax liability with respect to such investment but may not receive
corresponding distributions from the Fund with which to pay such tax liability.
Conversely, as
discussed below with respect to cash distributions, actual (or constructive)
distributions of money from a partnership will be taxable only to the extent
that such distributions exceed the adjusted basis of the Member’s interest
in the Fund, regardless of whether the Fund has current income.
See the Supplement to Private
Placement Memorandum for a discussion on the characterization of an item of income or loss with respect
to a distribution from the
REIT Subsidiary.
Tax Basis of the Units
A Member’s
basis in its Units initially will be equal to the amount of cash or the tax
basis of property contributed to the Fund by such Member.
Subsequently,
a Member must adjust its basis to reflect certain Fund transactions. A Member’s basis will generally be increased by (i) any cash or the
tax basis of property
contributed to the Fund by that
Member (except as noted
above), (ii) that Member’s distributive share of the Fund’s taxable income,
(iii) that Member’s share of the Fund’s recourse debt, if any, with respect
to which that Member bears the economic
risk of loss, and (iv) that Member’s distributive share (based on that Member’s
ongoing interest in the Fund profits) of any Fund indebtedness with respect
to which no Member, including the Managing Member, bears the economic risk of
loss (“non-recourse debt”), but which increase
will be limited
to the fair market value of the property securing
such indebtedness. A Member’s basis will be decreased, but not below zero, by (i) the amount of that Member’s
distributive share of items of Fund loss and
deduction, (ii) the amount of any money distributed, or constructively
distributed, to that Member, and (iii) the adjusted basis of distributed
property other than money, to that Member.
A reduction in the amount
of a Member’s share of Fund debt will be treated as a constructive cash distribution to
that Member and will reduce the basis of that Member’s Units in the Fund. This discussion does not address any
income tax consequences where the indebtedness is incurred by the REIT
Subsidiary.
Allocations of Income and Losses.
Under Code
Section 704(b), a partner’s distributive share of income, gain, loss,
deduction, or credit (or any item
thereof) will be determined in accordance with the LLC Agreement only if such
allocation has “substantial economic effect.” In determining
whether an allocation has substantial economic effect, the principal considerations are (i) whether the allocation actually affects
the eventual amount of money or other property allocable to a partner, (i.e.,
it has economic effect), without regard to tax consequences, and (ii) whether
the effect described in (i) is substantial. Further,
the test for determining whether economic effect of an allocation is
substantial is extremely complicated. There
are a couple of alternatives for an allocation to meet the test for economic
effect. An allocation to a Member will meet the economic effect
test when (i) the Members’
capital accounts are maintained in accordance
with the requirements of the Treasury Regulations, (ii) liquidating distributions are made in accordance with positive
capital account balances, (iii) the allocation does not create (or increase) a
deficit balance in the Member’s capital account in excess of the amount that
the Member’s obligation to restore a deficit, and (iv) the LLC Agreement has a qualified income offset. If an allocation under the LLC Agreement
does not have substantial economic effect, then the IRS will reallocate
profits and losses among
the Members in accordance with their interests in the Fund, determined
by taking into consideration all facts and circumstances.
The Treasury
Regulations require special rules for allocations of deductions and losses
attributable to non- recourse liabilities. Again,
this discussion does not address any income tax consequences where the
indebtedness is incurred by the REIT Subsidiary. The Members should consult with their own independent tax
advisors relating to the special rules for allocations of deductions and losses
attributable to non-recourse liabilities.
The Fund’s
liquidating distributions will not be made in accordance with positive capital
account balances, but rather based on the distribution as set forth in the LLC
Agreement. Thus, the LLC Agreement
does not comply with the substantial economic
effect requirements. As such, it is intended
that allocations will be consistent with the Members’ interest in the Fund. There is no assurance that the IRS will not set aside the allocations of income and loss
by the Fund for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In cases where
the allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit do not satisfy the
substantial economic effect test of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under
Code section 704(b), such items will be re- determined in accordance with the
overall economic interests of the Members (i.e., the “partners’ interest in the
partnership”) — taking
into account all facts and circumstances. In such a case, the IRS will consider (i) the Members’
relative contributions to the Fund,
(ii) the interests of the Members
in economic profits
and losses if different than that
in taxable income or loss, (iii) the interests
of the Members in cash flow and other non-liquidating distributions, and
(iv) the rights of the Members
to distributions of capital upon liquidation.
Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company may allocate items of ordinary income or
loss and/or capital gain or loss (including short-term capital gain or loss) to
a Member in connection with a
Redemption so as to reduce or eliminate the difference between the fair
market value of the amount to be distributed to such Member in the Redemption
and the adjusted tax basis of the Units being redeemed.
Note that
taxable losses (mostly from depreciation deductions) from the ownership and
operation of real estate held by the REIT Subsidiary cannot be allocated from
the REIT Subsidiary to the Fund. Accordingly,
these taxable losses are not available to be allocated
from the Fund to the Members. This is a major difference with having the real
estate being owned by the REIT Subsidiary, rather than having the real estate
owned by the Fund.
Tax on Net Investment Income.
The Members
are likely subject to a 3.8 percent (3.8%) Medicare tax, in addition to regular
tax on income and gains, on some or all of their “net investment income” to the
extent they meet certain requirements. “Net
investment income” generally includes net
income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents, and substitute
interest and dividend payments that do not rise in the ordinary course of a
trade or business, and net gains on the disposition of property other than property
held in a trade or business. “Net investment income”
includes net income from a trade or business, and net
gains realized on the disposition of property held in a trade or business, that
is a passive activity with respect to a taxpayer. Members should consult their tax advisors regarding the
applicability of this tax in respect of their ownership of Units in the Fund.
Certain Limitations on the Deductibility of Losses and Expenses.
Various provisions of the Code may apply to restrict
the deductibility of capital and ordinary losses realized,
or expenses incurred, by the Fund. For example, the ability of the Members (other than widely held corporations) to deduct their shares of any losses attributable to the Fund
may be limited by the tax basis a Member has in the Units, and may be subject
to the “passive activity loss” limitations of the Code, the
“at risk” limitations of the Code, and the
Code provisions for “excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers”. Note that taxable losses (mostly from depreciation
deductions) from the ownership and operation of real estate held by the REIT
Subsidiary cannot be allocated from the REIT Subsidiary to the Fund. Accordingly, these taxable losses are not
available to be allocated from the Fund to the Members. This is a major difference with having the real estate being
owned by the REIT Subsidiary, rather than having the real estate owned by the
Fund.
Tax Basis Limitation.
Code Section 704(d) prohibits a Member from claiming partnership
losses in excess of the Member’s adjusted basis
in its partnership interest. This
limitation will apply to both individual and corporate Members.
Income and Losses from Passive
Activities.
Passive
activity limitations of Code Section 469 impose certain restrictions on the
ability of noncorporate taxpayers, as well as certain
closely held subchapter C corporations and personal service
corporations, to deduct losses
and credits from passive activities. In
general, a passive activity is a trade or business activity in which a taxpayer
does not materially participate. The trade or business activity
of leasing is treated as a passive
activity. Code Section 469 generally provides that losses
and credits from a passive activity may be used only to offset income from
other passive activities, but not portfolio income. Conversely, income from a passive activity generally may be
offset by losses and credits
from other passive
activities and from an “active”
business. However, with respect to certain closely held subchapter C corporations,
passive losses and net income from an active business may be offset against
each other. Members should consult
their own tax advisors concerning the application of the passive activity
rules.
Application of At-Risk Limitations.
Generally, the
losses that a taxpayer can claim in certain activities are limited by Code
Section 465 to the amount that the taxpayer has at risk with respect
to such activities. Losses that are disallowed in any year because of the at-risk limitations are carried
over to succeeding years and can be used in those years to the extent that the
Member’s at-risk amount has increased. A
taxpayer is considered to be at risk in any activity with respect to (i) the
net amount of money and the adjusted
basis of property
contributed by the taxpayer to the activity;
and (ii) any amount
borrowed with respect to the activity to the extent that: (a) the taxpayer is
considered personally liable for the repayment
of that amount;
or (b) the net fair market value
of the taxpayer’s interest in the assets
not used in the activity which he has pledged as security
for such borrowed amount. A
taxpayer’s at-risk amount is increased by profits earned in the activity
and decreased by losses occurring in the activity.
Members should consult
their own tax advisors
concerning the application of at-risk rules.
Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers
Code Section
461(l) provides that a noncorporate taxpayer is not allowed to claim a
deduction for excess business losses. An “excess business
loss” (an “EBL”) is the excess,
if any, of: (1) the taxpayer’s aggregate deductions for the taxpayer’s trade or businesses, determined without regard
to whether or not such deductions are disallowed for such
tax year under the EBL limitation and any deduction allowable for NOLs or qualified business income; over (2)
the sum (x) the taxpayer’s
aggregate gross income or gain for the tax year from such trades or businesses, plus (y)
$270,000 (or $540,000 in the
case of a married couple filing a joint return). Currently, the previous mentioned provisions in Code Section
461(l) apply to taxable years that begin before January 1, 2029.
Any excess business loss that is disallowed would be carried forward as a net operating loss (a “NOL”).
NOLs are limited to offset up to eighty
(80%) percent of the taxpayer’s taxable income in a year.
Limitations in Certain Deductions.
The expenses
of an individual taxpayer paid or incurred
for the production of income,
but not attributable to a trade or business (“Section
212 Expenses”), as itemized deductions, are not deductible for tax years
2018 through 2025 pursuant to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. After 2025, such expenses would be deductible only to the extent
that they, along with certain other “miscellaneous itemized deductions,” exceed
two (2%) percent of the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income for that taxable year. Section 212 Expenses are generally not
deductible by a noncorporate taxpayer in calculating its alternative minimum
tax liability. Corporate taxpayers
and tax-exempt organizations are not affected by the two (2%) percent floor.
Limitations on Interest Deductions.
Code Section
163(d) disallows a noncorporate taxpayer’s deduction for “investment interest”
in excess of “net investment income,” as those terms are defined in Code
Section 163(d). It is possible that
this limitation may limit the deductibility of a noncorporate Investor’s share of any interest
paid by the Fund (if any) and could potentially limit the deductibility of
interest paid by a noncorporate Investors on indebtedness incurred to finance
his or her purchase of Units. Again,
this discussion does not address any income tax consequences where the
indebtedness is made to the REIT Subsidiary.
Organizational and Syndication Costs.
Expenses of organizing the Fund and of promoting
the sale of Units in the Fund (i.e., “syndication expenses,” which include sales
commissions (including to the Managing Member or its Affiliates and if any,
broker-dealers), professional fees for preparing the subscription agreement and
attachments, and printing costs) must be capitalized, and not deducted, by the
Fund.
Adjustments to Basis of Assets.
The Fund may
make an election under Code Section 754 to adjust the tax basis of the assets
of the Fund in connection with a transfer of any Units in the Fund and certain distributions by the Fund.
The Fund also will generally
be required, under certain circumstances, to reduce the basis of its assets in connection with certain transfers
of Units and certain
distributions.
Other Tax Considerations.
Tax Shelter Disclosure
Certain rules
require taxpayers to disclose — on their Federal income tax returns and, under
certain circumstances, separately to the
Office of Tax Shelter Analysis —
their participation in “reportable
transactions” and require “material advisors” to maintain investor lists with
respect thereto. These rules apply to
a broad range of transactions, including transactions that would not ordinarily be viewed as tax shelters,
and to indirect participation in a “reportable transaction” (such as through
a partnership). Investors
are urged to consult with their own tax advisers with respect to the Treasury
Regulations’ effect on an investment in the Fund.
Tax Shelter
Reporting Rules
A participant in a “reportable transaction” is required
to disclose its participation in such transaction by filing Form 8886
(the “Reportable Transaction Disclosure
Statement”), with its tax return for each taxable year in which the Fund participates in a “reportable transaction.” In addition,
the Managing Member and other material advisors
to the Fund may be required to file Form 8264 (the “Application for Registration of a Tax Shelter”), containing certain
information about the “reportable transaction” and comply with detailed
list-maintenance requirements specified in the
Code and Treasury
Regulations. Additionally, each Member treated
as participating in a “reportable transaction” of the Fund is required
to file Form 8886 with its tax return. The Fund and any such Member, respectively, must also submit a
copy of the completed form with the IRS’s Office of Tax Shelter Analysis.
The Managing
Member cannot predict whether any of the Fund’s transactions will subject it,
the Fund, or any of the Members to the aforementioned requirements.
INVESTORS
SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS ABOUT THEIR OBLIGATION TO REPORT OR
DISCLOSE TO THE IRS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE FUND AND
PARTICIPATION IN THE FUND’S ITEMS OF INCOME, GAIN, LOSS OR DEDUCTION WITH
RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS OR INVESTMENTS SUBJECT TO THESE RULES. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FUND COULD INVEST
IN A TRANSACTION THAT LATER BECOMES A LISTED TRANSACTION (A CATEGORY OF
REPORTABLE TRANSACTION), WHICH IN ADDITION TO THE ITEMS ABOVE, COULD RESULT IN
AN EXCISE TAX TO APPLY TO THE MEMBERS.
In addition,
pursuant to these rules, the Fund may provide to its advisers identifying
information about the Members and their participation in the Fund and the
Fund’s items of income, gain, loss or deduction from those transactions or
investments, and the Fund or its advisers may disclose this information to the
IRS upon its request.
Audit Risk and Resolution of Disputes Involving
Fund and Tax Liability Resulting
From an Audit.
Recent IRS
procedures apply to the Fund. These
new partnership audit procedures will require the Fund to pay tax (including
interest and penalties) on any adjustments to taxable income made as a result
of an audit. The amount of tax paid by the Fund will be determined without the benefit
of Member level
tax items that could otherwise reduce tax due on any adjustment. Because the audit adjustment tax is paid by the Fund, the economic burden
of any such tax on the Fund would fall on the Members
at the time the audit adjustment tax is paid. However, the Fund may instead elect to pass through any audit adjustments to those who were Members
of the Fund in the “reviewed year” to
which the audit adjustment relates. If
the Fund were to make such election with respect to an audit adjustment, the
tax burden associated with such adjustment would fall on those Members who held
Units in the “reviewed year” to which the audit adjustment relates.
The Code
provides for one person to be designated as the “Partnership Representative”
for these purposes, who is generally
the person that will be responsible for handling the audit. The LLC
Agreement appoints Managing
Member as the Partnership Representative for the Fund. If an entity is appointed as the Partnership Representative,
then an individual still needs to be appointed
by the Fund as a designated individual to act on behalf Partnership Representative.
If the IRS (or
any state or local taxing
authority, to the extent
similar audit procedures are followed
by such taxing authority) audits
the Fund’s information return for taxable
years and makes any adjustments to taxable income as a result of such audit,
the Partnership Representative will, at the direction of the Managing
Member in the Managing
Member’s sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to elect to pass through
any audit adjustments to those who were
members of the Fund in the year that was audited. If the tax liability is passed on to the Members, the Fund may not
make cash distributions to Members to assist them in paying
a tax liability resulting from an audit
unless otherwise determined by the Managing
Member in its sole and absolute discretion. Each Member is required to cooperate with the Partnership Representative and
to take such actions as requested by the Managing Member in connection with
such audit.
Further, if the Fund is required
to pay any audit adjustments assessed by the IRS or any state
and local taxing authorities resulting from an audit, the Fund will allocate any such tax liability among the current
or former Members of the Fund for the “reviewed
year” to which the assessment relates in a manner that reflects the current or
former Members’ respective interests in the Fund for that reviewed year based
on such Member’s share of such assessment as would have occurred if the Fund
had amended the tax returns for such reviewed year and such Member incurred the
tax liability directly (using the tax rates applicable to the Fund under Code
Section 6225(b)). To the extent the
Fund is assessed amounts, the
current or former Member(s) to which this audit adjustment relates are required under the LLC Agreement to pay to the Fund such
Member’s share of the audit adjustments including
such Member’s share of
any additional accrued
penalties and interest
assessed against the Fund relating
to such Member’s
share of the audit
adjustments. If a Member does not
timely pay to the Fund the full amount of its share of the audit adjustment,
then the shortfall will be treated as an amount due and payable by the Fund to
the defaulting Member, bearing interest at the
rate of ten percent (10%) per annum,
compounded annually, and the Fund may pursue
several remedies as set forth in the LLC Agreement. These provisions survive the dissolution
of the Fund and the withdrawal of any Member or the transfer or redemption of
any of the Member’s Units.
General Rules Applicable to Tax-Exempt Organizations
A tax-exempt organization
generally is exempt from Federal income tax on its passive investment income,
such as dividends, interest, and capital gains, whether realized by the
organization directly or indirectly through a partnership in which it is a partner.
(Tax-exempt organizations which are private foundations currently are subject to a tax on their “net investment
income.”)
The general
exemption from tax afforded to tax-exempt organizations does not apply to their
“unrelated business taxable income”
(“UBTI”). A type of UBTI is income or gain derived
directly or through
a partnership from “debt-financed property”, which is
any income-producing property with respect to which there is “acquisition
indebtedness” at any time during
the taxable year. Gain from the sale or exchange
of, and derived from, debt-financed property generally is
taxable in the proportion in which the property is financed by “acquisition
indebtedness.” The LLC Agreement allows the Fund to incur indebtedness.
Tax-exempt organizations which are Members would be subject to Federal income
tax on such portion of their income from the Fund that is considered to be
UBTI.
Please note
that this discussion does not take into account the application of UBTI with
respect to the two- tiered structure whereby
the Member makes
an investment in the Fund which in turn makes an investment in the REIT Subsidiary. A tax-exempt organization should consult with its tax advisor as
to such income tax treatment and the application of the rules with respect to
UBTI.
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), is a broad statutory framework that
governs most U.S. retirement and other U.S. employee benefit plans. ERISA and
the rules and regulations of the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) under ERISA contain provisions that should be considered by
fiduciaries of employee benefit plans subject to the provisions or Title I of
ERISA (“ERISA Plans”) and their legal advisors. In particular, a fiduciary of
an ERISA Plan should consider whether an investment in the Units (or, in the
case of a participant-directed defined
contribution plan (a “Participant-Directed Plan”),
making the Units available for investment under the Participant-Directed
Plan) satisfies the requirements set forth in Part 4 of Title I of ERISA,
including the requirements that (1) the investment satisfy the prudence and
diversification standards of ERISA, (2) the investment be in the best interests
of the participants and beneficiaries of the ERISA Plan, (3) the investment be
permissible under the terms of the ERISA Plan’s investment policies and governing instruments and (4) the investment
does not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA.
In
determining whether an investment in the Units (or making the Units available
as an investment option under a Participant-Directed Plan) is prudent for ERISA
purposes, a fiduciary of an ERISA Plan should consider all relevant facts and
circumstances including, without limitation, possible limitations on the
transferability of shares of the Units, whether
the investment provides
sufficient liquidity in light of the foreseeable needs of the ERISA Plan (or
the participant account in a Participant-Directed Plan), and whether the investment is reasonably designed, as part of the ERISA Plan’s portfolio, to further the
ERISA Plan’s purposes, taking into consideration the risk of loss and the
opportunity for gain (or other return) associated with the investment. It
should be noted that the Fund will invest its assets in accordance with the
investment objectives and guidelines described herein, and that neither
Managing Member nor any of its Affiliates has any responsibility for developing any overall investment strategy for any ERISA
Plan (or the participant account in a Participant-Directed Plan) or for
advising any ERISA Plan (or participant in a Participant-Directed Plan) as to
the advisability or prudence of an investment in the Fund. Rather, it is the obligation of the appropriate fiduciary for each ERISA Plan
(or participant in a Participant-Directed Plan) to consider whether an
investment in the Units by the ERISA Plan (or making the Units available for
investment under a Participant– Directed Plan in which event it is the obligation of the participant to
consider whether an investment in shares of the Units is advisable), when
judged in light of the overall portfolio of the ERISA Plan, will meet the
prudence, diversification and other applicable requirements of ERISA.
Section
406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit certain transactions
involving the assets of an ERISA Plan, as well as those plans that are not
subject to ERISA but that are subject to Section 4975 of the Code, such as
individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”) and non-ERISA Keogh plans (collectively
with ERISA Plans, “Plans”), and certain persons (referred to as “parties in
interest” for purposes of ERISA or “disqualified
persons” for purposes of the Code) having certain
relationships to Plans, unless a statutory or administrative
exemption is applicable to the transaction. A party in interest or disqualified person
who engages in a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to non-deductible excise
taxes and other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code, and the
transaction might have to be rescinded. In addition, a fiduciary that causes an ERISA Plan to engage
in a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be personally liable for any resultant loss incurred by the ERISA Plan and may be subject
to other potential remedies.
A Plan that proposes
to invest in the Units (or to make the Units available
for investment under a Participant- Directed Plan) may already
maintain a relationship with the Managing Member or one or more of its
Affiliates, as a result of which
the Managing Member or such affiliate may be a
“party in interest” under ERISA or a “disqualified person” under the Code, with respect
to such Plan (e.g., if the Managing
Member or such affiliate provides
investment management, investment advisory or other services to that
Plan). ERISA (and the Code) prohibits plan assets from being used for the benefit
of a party in interest
(or disqualified person).
This prohibition is not triggered
by “incidental” benefits to a party in interest
(or disqualified person)
that result from a transaction involving the Plan that is motivated
solely by the interests of the Plan. ERISA (and the Code) also prohibits a
fiduciary from using its position to cause the Plan to make an investment from
which the fiduciary, its Affiliates, or certain parties in which it has an
interest would receive a fee or other consideration or benefit. In this
circumstance, Plans that propose to invest in the Units
should consult with their counsel
to determine whether
an investment in the Units would result
in a transaction that is
prohibited by ERISA or the Code.
If
the Fund’s assets were considered to be assets of a Plan (referred to herein as
“Plan Assets”), the Fund’s management
might be deemed to be fiduciaries of the investing Plan. In this event, the
operation of the Fund could become subject to the restrictions of the fiduciary
responsibility and prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA and/or
the prohibited transaction rules of the Code.
Neither
ERISA nor the Code contains a definition of Plan Assets. The DOL has
promulgated a final regulation under ERISA, 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101 (as amended
by Section 3(42) of ERISA, the “Plan Assets Regulation”), that provides guidelines as to whether,
and under what circumstances, the underlying assets
of an entity will be deemed to constitute Plan Assets for purposes of applying the
fiduciary requirements of Title I of ERISA (including the prohibited transaction rules of Section
406 of ERISA) and the prohibited transaction provisions of Code Section 4975.
Under the Plan Assets
Regulation, the assets
of an entity in which a Plan or IRA makes an equity investment will generally be deemed to be
assets of such Plan or IRA unless the entity satisfies one of the exceptions to
this general rule. Generally, the exceptions require that the investment in the
entity be one of the following:
a.
in securities issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act;
b.
in “publicly offered securities,” defined generally as interests that are “freely transferable,” “widely held” and
registered with the SEC;
c.
in an “operating company”
which includes “venture capital operating companies” and “real estate operating companies;” or
d.
in which equity participation by “benefit plan investors” is not significant.
[The Units offered hereunder will not be issued by a registered
investment company. In addition, the Plan Assets Regulation provides that
equity participation in an entity by benefit plan investors is “significant” if
at any time twenty-five (25%) percent or more of the value of any class of equity interest
is held by “benefit plan investors.”
The term “benefit plan investors” is defined for this purpose
under ERISA Section
3(42), and in calculating the value
of a class of equity interests, the value of any equity interests held by the
Managing Member or any of its Affiliates must
be excluded. Less than 25% of the total number
of Units sold will be sold to Qualified Plans,
and transfer of the
Units to Qualified Plans will be restricted so that less than twenty-five (25%) percent
of the Units outstanding at any
time will be owned by Qualified Plans.] [Note: subject to review following integration of Feeder Fund.]
As
noted above, the Plan Assets Regulation provides an exception with respect to
securities issued by an “operating company,” which includes a “venture capital
operating company” (a “VCOC”) and a “real estate operating
company” (a “REOC”). Under the Plan Assets
Regulation, an entity
will qualify as a VCOC if (a) on certain
specified testing dates, at least fifty (50%) percent of the entity’s
assets, valued at cost, are invested in “venture capital investments,” which are investments in operating companies
(other than VCOCs)
with respect to which the entity has or obtains direct contractual rights
to substantially participate in the management of such operating company and (b) the entity in
the ordinary course of its business actually exercises such management rights.
Under the Plan Assets Regulation, an entity will constitute a REOC if (i) on certain specified
testing dates, at least fifty (50%) percent
of the entity’s assets, valued
at cost, are invested in real estate that is managed or developed and with
respect to which the entity has the right to substantially participate directly
in the management or development of the real estate and (ii) the entity
in the ordinary course of its business
is engaged directly
in real estate management or development activities. A REOC can be a venture
capital investment. Because
the Fund intends
to invest primarily in single tenant,
triple-net lease industrial and office buildings, the operating
partnership may not be able to qualify as a REOC because such properties are
typically not subject to sufficient ongoing management to qualify as a good
REOC asset for testing purposes. In such event, the Fund would not be able to
qualify as a VCOC.
However,
as noted above, if a Plan acquires “publicly offered securities,” (the assets
of the issuer of the securities will not be deemed to be Plan Assets under the
Plan Assets Regulation. The definition of publicly offered securities requires
that such securities be “widely held,” “freely transferable” and satisfy
certain registration requirements under federal
securities laws.
Under
the Plan Assets Regulation, a class of securities will meet the registration requirements under
federal securities laws if they are (i) part of a class of securities
registered under section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act or (ii) part of an offering
of securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act and the
class of securities of which such security is a part is registered under the
Exchange Act within 120 days (or such later
time as may be allowed
by the SEC) after the end of the fiscal
year of the issuer during
which the offering
of such securities to the public occurred. The Fund
will not meet the registration requirements under the Plan Assets Regulation.
Also under the Plan Assets Regulation, a class of securities will be “widely
held” if it is held by 100 or more persons independent of the issuer. The
requirement will not be met by the Fund in the near future, if ever.
Prospective investors
that are subject
to the provisions of Title I of ERISA and/or
Code Section 4975 should
consult with their counsel and advisors
as to the provisions of Title I of ERISA and/or Code Section 4975 relevant to an investment in the Units.
As
discussed above, although IRAs and non-ERISA Keogh plans are not subject to
ERISA, they are subject to the provisions of Section 4975 of the Code prohibiting
transactions with “disqualified persons” and investments and transactions
involving certain fiduciary conflicts. A prohibited transaction or conflict of
interest could arise if the fiduciary making the decision
to invest has a personal
interest in or affiliation with our company or any of its respective affiliates. In the case of an IRA, a prohibited transaction or conflict of interest that involves
the beneficiary of the IRA could result
in disqualification of the IRA. A fiduciary
for an IRA who has any personal interest in or affiliation with the Fund or any of its respective Affiliates, should consult with his or her tax and legal advisors regarding the impact such
interest may have on an investment in the Units with assets of the IRA.
Units
sold by the Fund may be purchased or owned by investors who are investing Plan
assets. The Fund’s acceptance of an investment by a Plan should not be
considered to be a determination or representation by the Fund or any of its respective Affiliates that such an investment is appropriate for a
Plan. In consultation with its advisors, each prospective Plan investor should
carefully consider whether an investment in the Units is appropriate for, and
permissible under, the terms of the Plan’s governing documents.
Governmental
plans, foreign plans, and most church plans, while not subject to the fiduciary
responsibility provisions of ERISA or the provisions of Code Section 4975, may
nevertheless be subject to local, foreign, state, or other federal
laws that are substantially similar
to the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the Code.
Fiduciaries of any such plans should consult with their
counsel and advisors before deciding to invest in the Units.
SUPPLEMENTAL SALES MATERIALS
In addition
to this Memorandum, the Fund may utilize certain
sales material in connection with the Offering of the Units, although only when
accompanied by or preceded by the delivery of this Memorandum. The sales materials may include information relating to this Offering, the past performance of the Sponsors
and their Affiliates, real estate indices, the
performance of this Offering, and as it compares to a benchmark, the
performance of an investment in real estate as compared to other asset
classes and industry
trends. The sales material may be in the form of property brochures and articles
and publications concerning real estate. In certain jurisdictions, some or all
of our sales material may not be permitted and will not be used in those
jurisdictions.
The Offering
of Units are made only by means of this Memorandum. Although the information contained in the
supplemental sales material will not conflict with any of the information
contained in this Memorandum, the supplemental materials do not purport to be
complete, and should not be considered a part of this Memorandum.
APPENDIX
A
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME
FUND LLC
A NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
October 16, 2023
NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR THE REGULATORY
AUTHORITY OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THIS LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OR THE UNITS (“UNITS”) PROVIDED FOR HEREIN. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL.
THE
UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”),
NOR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY, AND THE COMPANY IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO REGISTER THE UNITS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER SUCH LAWS IN THE FUTURE.
UNITS MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A “U.S.
PERSON,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE MANAGING MEMBER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION
IS NOT REQUIRED. HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING UNITS MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF UNITS ARE CONTAINED IN SECTION 9 OF THIS AGREEMENT. BASED UPON THE FOREGOING, EACH ACQUIROR OF UNITS MUST BE
PREPARED TO BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF INVESTMENT THEREIN FOR AN INDEFINITE
PERIOD OF TIME.
Table of
Contents
Page
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1
Defined Terms………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
SECTION 2 FORMATION; PURPOSE………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
2.1
Formation………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
2.2
Term………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
2.3
Name……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
2.4
Purpose………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
2.5
Place of Business……………………………………………………………………………………… 13
2.6
Nature of Units……………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
2.7
Name and Mark………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
2.8
Parallel Funds…………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
SECTION 3 CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS…………………………………………………………….. 16
3.1
Member Units
and Member Capital Accounts……………………………………………. 16
3.2
Capital Contributions; Admission of Members.………………………………………….. 16
3.3
Managing Member
Capital Accounts………………………………………………………… 17
3.4
Investor Member
Loans…………………………………………………………………………… 17
3.5
Managing Member
Loans………………………………………………………………………… 17
3.6
Additional Adjustments. 18
3.7
Other Matters…………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
SECTION 4 CAPITALIZATION; ISSUANCE OF UNITS………………………………………………….. 18
4.1
Description of Units………………………………………………………………………………… 18
SECTION 5 DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS……………………………………………………………………….. 21
5.1
Distributions; Tax Distributions.……………………………………………………………….. 21
5.2
Allocation of
Profits and Losses………………………………………………………………… 22
5.3
Redemption of Participating
Member Units………………………………………………. 22
5.4
Discretionary Redemptions……………………………………………………………………… 24
SECTION 6 MANAGING MEMBER……………………………………………………………………………………. 25
6.1
Management Powers………………………………………………………………………………. 25
6.2
Limitations……………………………………………………………………………………………… 28
6.3
Selection of the Managing Member…………………………………………………………… 29
Table of Contents
(continued)
Page
6.4
Duties and Obligations of the Managing
Member/Fees and
Reimbursement……………………………………………………………………………………… 29
6.5
Exculpation/Indemnification of the Managing
Member…………………………….. 31
6.6
Compensation.……………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
6.7
Advisory Board………………………………………………………………………………………. 32
6.8
Competition…………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
6.9
Selling Expenses……………………………………………………………………………………… 33
SECTION 7 RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS……………………………………………………….. 35
7.1
Limitation of Liability……………………………………………………………………………… 35
7.2
Priority and Return of Capital – Members…………………………………………………. 35
7.3
Services Provided
by Members………………………………………………………………… 35
7.4
No Management by Members…………………………………………………………………. 35
7.5
Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgments of the Members………… 36
7.6
Confidentiality……………………………………………………………………………………….. 37
7.7
Disclosures…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
7.8
Possible Carried
Interest Legislation…………………………………………………………. 39
7.9
Acknowledgment of Liability for
Taxes…………………………………………………….. 39
7.10
Withholding…………………………………………………………………………………………… 39
SECTION 8 MEETINGS; VOTING………………………………………………………………………………………. 40
8.1
Meetings of the
Members……………………………………………………………………….. 40
8.2
Record Date…………………………………………………………………………………………… 40
8.3
Method of Voting…………………………………………………………………………………… 40
8.4
Meetings……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 40
8.5
Action Without
a Meeting; Telephone Meetings……………………………………….. 40
SECTION 9
BOOKS AND RECORDS…………………………………………………………………………………… 41
9.1
Books and Records…………………………………………………………………………………. 41
9.2
Tax Information……………………………………………………………………………………… 41
9.3
Fiscal Year………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41
SECTION 10
TRANSFER OF UNITS……………………………………………………………………………………. 41
10.1
Transfer of Units…………………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Table of Contents
(continued)
Page
10.2
Permitted Transfers………………………………………………………………………………… 42
10.3
Conditions to Permitted Transfers……………………………………………………………. 42
10.4
Prohibited Transfers………………………………………………………………………………… 43
10.5
Rights of Unadmitted Assignees……………………………………………………………….. 43
10.6
Admission of Transferees as Substitute Members……………………………………… 43
10.7
Distributions and Allocations in Respect to Transferred Units…………………….. 44
SECTION 11
WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBER………………………………………………………………………….. 44
11.1
Covenant Not to Withdraw
or Dissolve…………………………………………………….. 44
11.2
Consequences of
Withdrawal…………………………………………………………………… 44
11.3
Breach Payments…………………………………………………………………………………….. 45
11.4
No Bonding…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 45
SECTION 12 DISSOLUTION OF the COMPANY……………………………………………………………………. 45
12.1
Liquidating Events…………………………………………………………………………………… 45
12.2
Winding Up…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 47
12.3
Distributions Held in Trust
Reserves…………………………………………………………. 47
12.4
Certificate of Cancellation………………………………………………………………………… 48
12.5
Return of Contribution Nonrecourse to Members……………………………………… 48
12.6
Corporate Reorganization……………………………………………………………………….. 48
SECTION 13 COMPANY VALUATION………………………………………………………………………………… 49
13.1
By Whom Determined…………………………………………………………………………….. 49
13.2
When Determined.………………………………………………………………………………….. 49
13.3
Valuation of Units.………………………………………………………………………………….. 49
13.4
Valuation Rules.……………………………………………………………………………………… 49
13.5
Suspension of Valuations and
Redemptions.……………………………………………… 50
13.7 Adjustments to Company Valuations………………………………………………………… 50
SECTION 14 REMEDIES…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 50
14.1
Default…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 50
14.2
Suspension of Rights……………………………………………………………………………….. 50
14.3
Security Interest……………………………………………………………………………………… 51
Table of Contents
(continued)
Page
SECTION 15 MISCELLANEOUS…………………………………………………………………………………………. 51
15.1
Addresses and Notices…………………………………………………………………………….. 51
15.2
Creditors………………………………………………………………………………………………… 52
15.3
Waiver…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 52
15.4
Severability…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
15.5
Governing Law;
Parties in Interest……………………………………………………………. 53
15.6
Exclusive Jurisdiction……………………………………………………………………………….. 53
15.7
Waiver of Lis
Pendens and Partition…………………………………………………………. 54
15.8
Execution in Counterparts……………………………………………………………………….. 54
15.9
Incorporation by Reference……………………………………………………………………… 54
15.10
Computation of Time………………………………………………………………………………. 54
15.11
Titles and Captions………………………………………………………………………………….. 54
15.12
Pronouns and Plurals………………………………………………………………………………. 54
15.13
Construction…………………………………………………………………………………………… 54
15.14 Entire Agreement……………………………………………………………………………………. 54
15.15
Limitation on Benefits of this Agreement………………………………………………….. 54
15.16
Additional Actions
and Documents…………………………………………………………… 54
15.17
Leveraging……………………………………………………………………………………………… 55
15.18
Spousal Consent……………………………………………………………………………………… 55
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+
GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+
GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC (this “Agreement”), is entered into to be effective as of the 6th day of March, 2023, by
and among Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Company“),
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth &
Income Fund GP, LLC, a New York limited liability company, as the “Managing
Member,” and those persons set forth on Exhibit “A” attached hereto
and incorporated herein
by reference, in their capacity
as “Members.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company
was formed as a limited
liability company under
the laws of the
State of New York by the filing of a Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”)
dated as of March 9, 2012, which was filed for recordation in the office of the
Secretary of State of New York.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the
foregoing premises, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1
1.1
Defined
Terms.
Unless otherwise stated, the terms used in this Agreement shall have the
usual and customary meanings associated with their use, and shall be
interpreted in the context of this Agreement.
The following terms, when used in this Agreement and capitalized, shall
have the meanings stated below:
1.1.1
“Act” means the New York
Limited Liability Company
Act, New York Code, Title 6, Section 18-101, et seq., as amended from
time to time, (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding Applicable Law),
and all references to specific sections thereof shall include any amended or
successor provisions thereto.
1.1.2
“Accounting Period” shall mean the period beginning
on the day the Company
commences operations and thereafter on the day immediately succeeding the last
day of the immediately preceding Accounting Period and ending on the last day
of the calendar month, or any other day determined by the Managing Member as
appropriate for ending a NAV Capital Account’s Accounting Period.
1.1.3
“Additional Soliciting Dealer” means as set forth in Section
6.9.
Section 6.7.1.
1.1.4
“Advisory Board” shall have the meaning set forth in
1.1.5
“Advisory Board Member” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 6.7.1.
1.1.6
“Affiliate” means, as
to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of,
is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person, or is a director
or officer of such Person, or of an Affiliate of such Person.
1.1.7
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
1.1.8
“Applicable Law” means
any applicable law, rule, regulation, case law, judicial or administrative
ruling, order, decree or directive, or any license, permit or other similar
approval or sanction of any Governmental Authority, now or hereafter in effect,
to which a Member (or any of its Affiliates) is or may be subject.
1.1.9
“Appraisal” means a
fair market value appraisal of the Company’s assets conducted by one or more
appraisers selected by the Managing Member.
1.1.10
“Bankruptcy” means,
with respect to any Person: (i) if such Person (A) makes an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, (B) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (C) is adjudged
as bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered
against it an order for relief,
in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (D) files
a petition or answer seeking
for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (E) files an answer
or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any
proceeding of this nature, or (F) seeks,
consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties; or (ii) if 120 days after the commencement
of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation or similar relief under any statute, law
or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed, (A) without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, within 90 days
after the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of
all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated
or stayed, or (B) within
90 days after the expiration of any such stay, the
appointment is not vacated.
1.1.11
“Baseline Property
Valuation” means as set forth
in Section
13.4.1.1.
1.1.12
“Beginning Value”
means, with respect to any Accounting
Period (or such shorter
period as the Managing Member
may determine), the Net Asset Value of the Company’s capital at
the beginning of such Accounting Period.
1.1.13
“BPO” means an opinion
as to the price or value of a Portfolio Property prepared by a third-party valuation expert who is not an employee
of the Managing Member or its Affiliates, or otherwise affiliated with the
Managing
Member or
its Affiliates, which is based upon such factors as the Managing Member and
valuation expert performing such opinion may determine to be relevant.
1.1.14
“Breach Amount” means as set forth in Section 11.3.
1.1.15
“Breach Payments” means as set forth in Section 11.3.
1.1.16
“Breaching Member” means as set forth
in Section 11.2.
1.1.17
“Business Day” means
any day other than Saturday or Sunday, or any other day on which banks in New
York are permitted or required by applicable law to be closed.
1.1.18
“Capital Accounts” means as set forth
in Section 3.1.
1.1.19
“Capital Contribution” means with respect
to each Member, the Class A Capital Contributions,
the Class B Capital Contributions, and the Class I Capital Contributions.
1.1.20
“Cash Available for Distribution” means the Net Cash Flow (as defined in the REIT Subsidiary
LLC Agreement) received by the Company, less any amounts that the
Managing Member determines in its sole discretion shall be utilized to satisfy Company
Expenses and payments
of Redemption proceeds
pursuant to Section 5.5 and 5.6, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall
be paid in priority to any distributions to Participating Members.
1.1.21
“Cause” means,
with respect to a Managing
Member, fraud, embezzlement, gross negligence or willful neglect,
or misconduct which, in each case,
causes material harm to the Company.
1.1.22
“Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
1.1.23
“Class” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.1.1.
1.1.24
“Class A Capital
Contribution” means, with respect to any Class A Member, the amount of
money and the fair market value (as agreed by the Company and the contributing
Class A Member) of any property contributed in-kind to the Company with respect to the Class
A Units in the Company
held by such Class
A Member, whether directly or indirectly, provided, however, that unless
otherwise approved by the Managing Member,
all Class A Capital Contributions shall be in cash.
1.1.25
“Class A Member” means
any Person who (i) executes this Agreement as a Class A Member or who has been
admitted as an additional or Substitute Class A Member pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement and (ii) is the owner of Class A Units. “Class A Member(s)” means all such Persons.
1.1.26
“Class A Member Units”
means the number of Class A Units held by a Class A Member,
as set forth on the Member Register,
as updated from time to time by the Managing Member
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
1.1.27
“Class B Capital
Contribution” means, with respect to any Class B Member, the amount of
money and the fair market value (as agreed by the Company and the contributing
Class B Member) of any property contributed in-kind to the Company with respect
to the Class B Member Units in the Company held by such Class B Member, whether
directly or indirectly, provided, however, that unless otherwise approved by
the Managing Member, all Class B Member Capital Contributions shall be in cash.
1.1.28
“Class B Member” means
any Person who (i) executes this Agreement as a Class B Member or who has been
admitted as an additional or Substitute Class B Member pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement and (ii) is the owner of a Class B Member Units. “Class B Members” means all such Persons.
1.1.29
“Class B Member Units” means the number
of Class B Units
held by a Class B Member, as set forth
on the Member Register, as updated from time
to time by the Managing
Member in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth
herein.
1.1.30
“Class I Capital
Contribution” means, with respect to any Class I Member, the amount of
money and the fair market value (as agreed by the Company and the contributing
Class I Member) of any property contributed in-kind to the Company with respect
to the Class I Units in the Company held by such Class I Member, whether
directly or indirectly (provided, however, that unless otherwise approved by the Managing
Member, all Class I Capital
Contributions shall be in cash).
1.1.31
“Class I Member” means
any Person who (i) executes this Agreement as a Class I Member or who has been
admitted as an additional or Substitute Class I Member pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement and (ii) is the owner of Class I Units. “Class I Member(s)” means all such Persons.
1.1.32
“Class I Member
Units” means the number of Class
I Units held by a Class I
Member, as set forth on the Member
Register, as updated from time
to time by the Managing
Member in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth
herein.
1.1.33
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
1.1.34
“Company” means the limited
liability company formed pursuant to this Agreement and identified in the opening
paragraph of this Agreement.
1.1.35
“Company Assets” means
all securities, real property, and other assets held by the Company, including
without limitation, Company Property.
1.1.36
“Company Documents” means as set forth
in Section 7.5.8.
1.1.37
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1.1.38
“Company Property” or
“Company Properties” means any property held by the Company, and
includes, without limitation, any Portfolio Property.
1.1.39
“Control” means
the power to direct the management and policies of an entity, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other
beneficial interests, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have correlative
meanings.
1.1.40
“Covered Person” means
the Managing Member, the Partnership Representative, an Advisory Board
Member or an Affiliate of any of them
and, directly or indirectly, the respective officers, directors, shareholders,
partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries, employees, representatives or
agents of the Managing Member, the Partnership Representative, an Advisory Board Member or an
Affiliate of any of them.
1.1.41
“Dealing Day” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.1.2 hereof.
1.1.42
“Defaulting Member” means as set forth in Section 1.7.2 of the Tax Matters Schedule.
1.1.43
“Defaulting Party” means as set forth in Section 14.1.
1.1.44
“Disabled” and “Disability”
means, with respect to any Member or the Managing Member:
1.1.44.1
the appointment by a court of competent jurisdiction of a guardian or conservator to act for such
party;
1.1.44.2
a party hereto that:
(i)
is “disabled,” as such term is defined in the disability income policy
maintained by the Company or such party at the time in question, and such
disability continues for a consecutive period of 360 calendar days or for
shorter periods aggregating 360 calendar days (including sick leave days)
during any 18- month period; or
(ii)
if no disability income
policy is maintained by the Company
or such party, and such party
is an employee of Company, is found to be unable to fully perform substantially
all material aspects of such party’s duties as an employee of the Company on a
regular and consistent basis for a consecutive period of 360 calendar days or for shorter periods aggregating 360 calendar days (including sick leave days), during any 18-month
period; or
1.1.44.3
for a period of six months or more:
(i)
is unaccountably absent;
(ii)
is being detained under
duress; or
(iii)
is incarcerated by a government body.
If such party is a trust, this definition shall
apply in the event of the death or Disability of the trustor/settlor of the trust who is involved
in the day-to-day operation of the Company.
If such party is an entity,
this definition shall relate to death or Disability of the individual who is involved in the day-to-day operation of
the Company.
1.1.45
“Ending Value” means,
with respect to any Fiscal Year (or such shorter period
as the Managing Member may determine), the Net Asset Value of the Company’s capital at the end of
such Accounting Period, before giving effect to redemptions.
1.1.46
“Expense Cap”
means as set forth in Section 6.4.3.
1.1.47
“Fiscal Year” means as set forth in Section 9.3.
1.1.48
“Initial Closing” means the first
date on which the Company accepts subscription agreements
submitted to the Company from one or more Participating Members.
1.1.49
“Initial Members”
shall mean the Participating Members admitted as of the date of the Initial
Closing.
1.1.50
“Initial Offer Price” shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in
Section 3.2.2.
1.1.51
“Law Firm” means as set forth in Section
7.5.8.
1.1.52
“Liquidating Event” means as set forth in Section 12.1.
1.1.53
“Lock-up Period” means the one (1) year period following
the issuance
of Participating Member Units.
1.1.54
“Loss Carryover Account”
shall mean a loss carryover account for each Member operated as follows. For each Fiscal Year (or such shorter
period depending on the date that a Member is admitted to the Company), each
Member’s Loss Carryover Account will be debited
with any Net Capital Depreciation of the Company, with the
Fiscal Year (or shorter period, if applicable), and further adjusted to reflect Redemptions, if any, by such Member
for such Fiscal
Year (or such shorter period, if applicable). The Managing Member will not be entitled
to any Managing Member Performance Allocation until such Member has recovered any Net
Capital Depreciation debited to its Loss Carryover Account and subject
to further restrictions as
described in the Private Placement Memoranda.
1.1.55
“Majority in Interest”
means any combination of the Participating Members owning more than 50% of the
Units held by all Participating Members at that time. All references in this Agreement to an approval or a vote by
specified percentage of the Participating Members means any combination of
Participating Members collectively holding such specified percentage of the
Units then held by all Participating Members at that time.
1.1.56
“Managing Member”
means “Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth
& Income Fund GP LLC”, a New
York limited liability
company, and includes any Person who becomes
an additional or successor Managing
Member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, each in such Person’s capacity as a Managing Member of the Company.
1.1.57
“Managing Member Related Party
Transactions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.4.4.
1.1.58
“Managing Member
Units” means the number of Managing
Member Units held by Managing
Member, as set forth on Exhibit “A”,
which may be updated from time to time.
1.1.59
“Member” means, where
no differentiation is required, any Managing
Member, Class A Member, Class
B Member, Class
I Member or any other Member holding a series of Units
designated by the Managing Member as a Unit.
1.1.60
“Member Assessment” means as set forth in Section 1.7.2 of the Tax Matters Schedule.
1.1.61
“Member Register” means the list maintained (and updated from time to time as
needed) by the Managing Member that sets forth the full name, last known
business, residence or mailing addresses (as applicable), Capital Contribution
and number of Units of each Member. No
Participating Member shall be entitled to view the details of the Member
Register with respect to any other Participating Member without the consent of
the Managing Member, which consent will be determined in the sole discretion of
the Managing Member.
1.1.62
“Member Unit” means
the Units of a Member in the Company at any particular time.
1.1.63
“Name and Mark” shall mean the “Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund LLC”
and “Cloud Toronto – FYBN ” related names and marks, together with any
associated URL, any other “Cloud Toronto – FYBN ” formatives, and any abbreviated
marks thereof.
1.1.64
“NAV Capital Accounts”
means individual accounts established and maintained in accordance with Section
5.2 for each Participating Member and the Managing Member. The Participating Members and the
Managing Member acknowledge that a separate NAV Capital Account will be
established for each Participating Member and the Managing Member. The NAV Capital Account of each
Participating Member and the Managing Member shall be subject to adjustment as
provided elsewhere in this Agreement.
1.1.65
“Net Asset Value” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.3.
1.1.66
“Net Asset Value per Class” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 13.3.
1.1.67
“Net Asset Value per Unit” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 13.4.
1.1.68
“Net Capital Appreciation”
shall mean, with respect to any Accounting Period (or such shorter
period as the Managing Member
may determine), the excess,
if any, of the Ending Value over the Beginning Value, adjusted for Capital
Contributions and Redemptions, net of all expenses, not including the
Management Fee and Performance Allocation.
1.1.69
“Net Capital Depreciation”
shall mean, with respect to any Accounting Period (or such shorter
period as the Managing Member may determine), the excess, if any, of the Beginning Value over the Ending Value,
adjusted for Capital Contributions and Redemptions, net
of all expenses, not including the Management Fee and Performance Allocation.
1.1.70
“Parallel Fund” means as set forth in Section 2.8.1.
1.1.71
“Participating Member”
means, where no differentiation is required, any Class A Member, Class B
Member, or Class I Member or any other Person holding any other units
designated by the Managing Member as Participating Member Units.
1.1.72
“Participating Member
Units” means the Class A Units, Class B Units, and Class I Units, as
applicable.
1.1.73
“Percentage Interest” means the percentage interest of each Member holding Units vis a vis the other Members holding
Units, calculated by dividing the sum of the amounts of the Net Asset Value per
Unit for all of the Units held by such Member, as of the relevant Valuation
Date, by the sum of the amounts of the Net Asset Value per Unit for all of the
Units held by all of the Members, expressed as a percentage. The sum of the
Percentage Interests of all Members aggregated across each of the Units for
each Fiscal Year shall equal 100%.
1.1.74
“Permitted Transfer” means as set forth in Section 10.2.
1.1.75
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or
municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof, and any
fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.
1.1.76
“Personal Representative” means, with respect to any
Member:
1.1.76.1 the person
or persons, including any bank or trust
company, who shall be the duly appointed, qualified and acting personal
representative, executor or administrator of a such party’s estate;
1.1.76.2 in
the absence of a duly appointed personal representative, executor or
administrator, the trustee of such party’s inter
vivos trust which holds title to the Member Units; or
1.1.76.3 in case of such party’s Disability, the duly appointed, qualified and acting
conservator or guardian of such party’s estate or the agent of such party
acting pursuant to a duly executed durable power of attorney.
1.1.77
“Portfolio Assets” means any and all interests (or any portion thereof, including, but not limited to, fractional interests, leasehold interests, undivided
interests, or remainders) of real, personal, or intangible property (not including any and all interests in any Portfolio
Company), together with any
improvements thereon and any and all personal property, tangible or intangible,
related thereto or used in the ownership, operation or maintenance of such real
or personal property, or otherwise in connection therewith, and all additions
thereto and replacements thereof; provided,
this shall include any interest held by the Company through an entity that for
federal income tax purposes is considered to be disregarded as being separate
from the Company.
1.1.78
“Portfolio Company” means any direct or indirect
wholly or partially owned
subsidiary of the Company.
1.1.79
“Portfolio Property” means (i) any Portfolio Assets,
and (ii) any interests issued
to the Company in any Portfolio Company in exchange for cash.
1.1.80
“Private Placement
Memorandum” means any private placement memoranda pursuant
to which Participating Member Units in the Company are sold to investors, as
supplemented from time to time.
1.1.81
“Qualified Plans” means any individual retirement account, simplified
employee pension qualifying under Section 408 of the Code, KEOGH plans, and retirement plans as described
in Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
1.1.82
“Redemption” means the
redemptions of a Participating Member’s Units in accordance with Section 5
hereof, as applicable.
Section 5.5.2.
“Redemption Request” shall have the meaning set forth in
1.1.83
“Redemption Date” means the last Business Day of a
calendar quarter.
1.1.84
“Redemption Fee”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5.4.
1.1.85
“Regulations” mean the federal
income tax regulations,
including
any temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code, as the same may be
amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of successor regulations).
1.1.86
“REIT Subsidiary” means Cloud Toronto –
FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund REIT, LLC (or any successor
thereto).
1.1.87
“REIT LLC Agreement”
means the limited liability company agreement of the REIT Subsidiary dated as
of February 28, 2023.
1.1.88
“Stated Rate of Interest”
means such rate as the Managing Member may determine or successfully negotiate
in its reasonable discretion.
1.1.89
“Subscription Agreement”
shall mean the Subscription Agreement executed by a Participating Member in form and substance
satisfactory to the Managing
Member evidencing its agreement to be bound hereby.
1.1.90
“Substitute Member”
means, with respect to the transferee of Member Units, any Person admitted to
the Company as a “Member” pursuant to Section 10.6 hereof.
1.1.91
“Tax Payable” means as set forth in Section 1.7.2 of the Tax Matters Schedule.
1.1.92
“Transfer” means as set forth in Section 10.1.
1.1.93
“UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code.
1.1.94
“Unit Holder” means a Person
who holds a Unit, whether
or not such Person has been admitted as a Member.
1.1.95
“Units” means with respect to any Member, the Participating
Member Units or the Managing Member Units, or
any other class of units issued by the Company in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
1.1.96
“Valuation Date” shall
mean the last Business Day of each month, or such other date as the Managing
Member shall determine in its sole discretion.
1.1.97
“Withdrawal” means as set forth in Section 11.1.
SECTION 2
2.1
Formation. The Company was formed as a limited
liability limited company
upon the filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of the
State of New York.
2.2
Term.
2.2.1
The term of the Company commenced
upon the filing
of the Certificate with the Secretary
of State of the State
of New York and shall continue
until the Company dissolved as provided in Section 12.
2.2.2
The existence of the Company as a separate
legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the
Certificate in accordance with the Act.
2.3
Name. The name of the Company
is “CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH
& INCOME FUND LLC”.
2.4
Purpose. The purpose of the Company shall be to
acquire, develop, manage, operate, lease, and sell, directly
or indirectly, commercial real estate properties consistent with the Company’s investment strategy of acquiring quality
income-producing and value-add commercial properties, and as further described in the Private
Placement Memorandum. The Company may
achieve its purpose by investing substantially all of its assets into the REIT
Subsidiary.
2.5
Place
of Business. The Company’s principal place of business shall be 970 Peachtree
Industrial Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024, . The Company may have other or additional places of business
within or outside of the State of New York.
2.6
Nature
of Units.
Units shall be personal property for all purposes. All property owned by the Company, whether
real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be owned by the Company as an
entity, and no Member shall have any direct ownership of such property or any
right to use such property for any purpose other than a purpose of the Company.
2.7
Name and Mark.
2.7.1
Notwithstanding any provision
of this Agreement to the contrary, the Members
and the Unit Holders acknowledge and agree that: (i) the Name and Mark are the property of the Managing Member or its
Affiliates (other than the Company) and in no respect shall the limited right
to use the Name and Mark be deemed an asset of the Company; (ii) the Company’s
limited right to use the Name and Mark may be withdrawn by the Managing Member
or its Affiliates at any time without compensation to the Company; (iii) the Company has no right to license,
sublicense, assign, or otherwise transfer any right, title or interest in or to
the Name and Mark; (iv) no Member
other than the Managing Member shall, by virtue of its ownership of an interest
in the Company, hold any right, title or interest in or to the Name and Mark; (v) all
goodwill and similar
value associated with the Name and
Mark are owned by, and
shall accrue solely for the benefit of, the
Managing Member or its Affiliates
(other than the Company); and (vi) following
the dissolution and liquidation of the Company, the limited right of the
Company to use the Name and Mark shall be terminated. Except as specifically authorized by the Managing Member or its Affiliate in writing, in no
event shall any Class A Member use the Name and Mark for its own account.
2.7.2
Subject to Section 2.7.1, the Managing Member hereby
grants to the Company, and the Company hereby accepts, a non-exclusive, non-
assignable, non-sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, during the term of
the Company, the Name and Mark as part of the legal name of the Company; and
otherwise in connection with the conduct by the Company of its activities in
accordance with this Agreement.
2.7.3
The Managing Member and its Affiliates shall be entitled
to take all reasonable actions to protect their ownership of the Name
and Mark. The Company shall use the
Name and Mark only in a manner and format approved in writing by the Managing
Member, and only in connection with goods or services adhering to such
standards, specifications, and instructions as are developed by the Managing
Member and its Affiliates (other than the Company). If the Managing Member or such Affiliates determine that the Company
is not using, or cannot
use, the Name and Mark in
accordance with such format, manner, standards, specifications, and instructions, the Company shall cure the cause of such failure
or, if the Managing Member
determines that the Company cannot or should not cure such failure, discontinue such non-conforming use. The Managing
Member shall have the right to
present to its Affiliates all information concerning the Company’s use of the
Name and Mark as shall be reasonably necessary for such Affiliates to determine
whether such format, manner, standards, specifications, and instructions have
been, and are likely to be, satisfied.
2.7.4
If the name, mark or URL of the Company are changed, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7
shall apply equally
to the new name, mark or
URL.
2.8
Parallel Funds.
2.8.1
General.
Members acknowledge and agree that the Managing Member may organize one or more
of the investment funds in connection with the organization of the Company for
purposes including, but not limited to, the following (each a “Parallel Fund”):
2.8.1.1
reducing the exposure of
investors to United States income tax liability in respect of “trade or
business” income.
2.8.1.2
seeking an exemption from
such registration as an “investment company,” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act.
2.8.1.3
addressing regulatory, tax or
similar considerations applicable to the investors therein (it being
acknowledged that merely obtaining a more advantageous economic arrangement
relative to the Managing Member or the Members is not a “similar consideration”).
In order to most efficiently seek exemption from
registration requirements for both the Company
and the Parallel Fund, when applicable, without
materially altering the economic rights and obligations of the Members and
the Managing Member, in its reasonable discretion, may at any time cause a Member to exchange its interest in the Company
for an economically equivalent
interest in the Parallel Fund or vice-versa.
2.8.2
Parallel Investment Activities.
2.8.2.1
If one or more Parallel Funds
are formed, the Company and such
Parallel Funds shall, to the maximum extent reasonably practicable, jointly
participate in each investment (on substantially identical terms) in any manner
reasonably determined by the Managing Member. To the maximum
extent reasonably practicable, the Parallel Funds shall not sell
or distribute portfolio company securities unless the Company
is engaging or has engaged
in a proportionate sale or distribution of corresponding securities (in
the case of a sale, on substantially the same terms).
2.8.2.2
Solely with respect to a Parallel
Fund formed for the purpose
of reducing the exposure of investors to United States income tax
liability in respect of “trade or business” income, the Managing Member shall
exercise its independent business judgment (taking into account its separate fiduciary duties to such fund) in determining when, whether, and the extent to which such fund shall
acquire, hold or dispose of any specific investments. The Members expressly do not intend to directly, or indirectly
through the Company, enter into any actual or constructive partnership with
such Parallel Fund or the equity holders thereof.
CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
3.1
Member Units and Member Capital Accounts. A separate capital
account shall be established
for each Member and the Managing Member (a “Capital Account”) and shall
be maintained in accordance with Code Section 704 and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv) as further
determined in accordance with the Tax
Matters Schedule attached
hereto and incorporated
herein by reference, and subject to adjustment in accordance with the Tax
Matters Schedule attached hereto.
3.2
Capital Contributions; Admission of Members.
3.2.1
Each Participating Member
shall make a Capital Contribution to the Company in the amount set forth in the
applicable Subscription Agreement by such Participating Member with the Company. Details
of the name and address of each Participating Member, each Member’s initial Capital Contribution to the
Company, and the initial number
of Units held by each
Participating Member are set forth on the Member
Register. The Member
Register may be amended
from time to time by the Company to reflect any additional Capital Contributions
made to the Company, additional Units
issued by the Company, any Units transferred in accordance with this Agreement
and any Person admitted as a Member after the date hereof. Members who change their addresses shall
advise the Company of any such change of address. Any reference to the Member Register in this Agreement means the
Member Register as amended to reflect any changes in the information specified
herein. Each investor desiring to become a Member shall
submit to the Company the applicable Subscription Agreement by
such Member, together with the consent of such
investor’s spouse (if applicable) and cash (by wire transfer
or by cashier’s check as
directed in the applicable Subscription Agreement) in the full amount of the
investor’s initial Capital Contribution. In
the event that there are more than 95 “partners” as determined under Code
Section 7704 and the applicable Treasury Regulations, the Managing Member shall
have the ability to amend this Agreement, and the Members agree to be bound by
such amendment, in order to provide for the ability for the Company
and/or Members to engage in redemptions and/or
transfers of Units as
prescribed in Code Section 7704, and any related authorities, including
Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1, which permit certain redemptions and
transfers without causing the Company to be treated as “publicly traded
partnership” in Code Section 7704. No
person shall be admitted into the Company unless such person is a United States
person under Code Section 7701(a)(30).
3.2.2
Each Member shall make an
initial Capital Contribution to the Company in the amount of $1,000 per Unit
subscribed (the “Initial Offer Price”), payable in cash or by contribution of
other valuable property (the value of such to be determined by the Managing
Member in its reasonable discretion) except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement. The Company may, at its election and in its discretion,
cause the Company to accept Subscription Agreements for less than the Initial
Offer Price or the Net Asset Value per Unit and issue fractional Units in
connection therewith. Units will be
issued by the Company to an investor, and an investor shall be admitted
as a Member of the Company with respect to the issued
Units, only upon the receipt and acceptance by the
Company of an duly completed and executed Subscription Agreement in form and
substance acceptable to the Company, an executed counterpart signature page to
this Agreement indicating the investor’s agreement to be bound by each and
every term and condition of this Agreement (to the extent required by the
Company); and the delivery to the Company of cash (by wire transfer or by
cashier’s check as directed by in the applicable Subscription Agreement) equal to the total initial
Capital Contribution required
from such investor in exchange for the Units to be
issued to such Person.
3.2.3
The Managing Member may elect
in its absolute discretion to accept subscription payments from a Member, in
whole or in part, in specie or in kind rather than in cash. This election may be made generally or in
any particular case. The Managing Member will use the same valuation procedures
used in determining Net Asset Value to determine the value to be attributed to
the relevant assets to be transferred or assigned to the Company as of the
relevant Dealing Day. Any prospective investor seeking to contribute assets will be responsible for all costs involved in changing the ownership
of and the transfer of the relevant assets unless the Managing Member otherwise
agrees. Upon
receipt of a properly executed
Subscription
Agreement and such legal and other transfer documentation as the Managing Member in its sole discretion may require, the Managing Member
will allot the requisite
number of Units in the normal manner.
The Managing Member
reserves the right to decline to admit any Member to the Member Register until such Member has been able to prove title to the assets in question and make a valid transfer
thereof.
3.2.4
The Managing Member, either
directly or through an Affiliate (in which case such Affiliate may acquire Participating Member Units) may acquire Participating Member Units in an amount equal at
least one (1%) percent of the Capital Contributions of all of the Participating Members. The Managing
Member may acquire Participating Member Units no less frequently than
semi-annually. The Managing Member
may offset such acquisitions to the extent Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos or its
affiliates make direct investments in underlying holdings of the Fund.
3.3
Managing
Member Capital Accounts. A separate Capital Account shall be maintained for the Managing
Member, with respect
to the Managing Member Units,
in accordance with the Tax
Matters Schedule attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Managing Member Units, set forth on
the Member Register, have been granted to the Managing Member in exchange for
services already provided and/or to be provided to the Company. It is the intention of the Participating
Members and the Managing Member that such Managing Member Units shall be
treated as a “profits interest” under Revenue Procedures 93-27 and 2001- 43, or any similar
provisions of any future IRS guidance or applicable law, including Regulations under Code §83.
3.4
Participating
Member Loans. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, any Participating Member
may, with the approval of the Managing Member, lend or advance money to the Company; provided, however, no Participating Member shall be obligated to make any loans
to the Company. If any Participating Member makes any loan or loans to the Company
or advances money on its
behalf, the amount of any such loan or advance shall not be treated as a
Capital Contribution to the Company, but shall be an indebtedness of the
Company payable to such Participating Member. The amount of any such loan or advance by a lending
Participating Member shall be repayable out of the Company’s cash and shall bear interest at the Stated Rate of Interest during the period such loan
is outstanding.
3.5
Managing Member
Loans. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Managing Member may lend or advance money to the Company; provided,
however, the Managing
Member shall not be obligated to make any loans to the Company. If the Managing Member makes any loan or
loans to the Company or advances money on its behalf, the amount of any such
loan or advance shall not be treated
as a Capital Contribution to the Company,
but shall be an indebtedness of the Company payable to the
Managing Member. The amount of any
such loan or advance by the Managing Member
shall be repayable
out of the Company’s cash and shall
bear interest at the
Stated Rate of Interest; provided,
however, the Stated
Rate of Interest
shall not be in excess of ten percent (10%) for amounts loaned by
the Managing Member or its Affiliate.
3.6
Other Matters.
3.6.1
Except as specifically
provided in this Agreement, or as otherwise approved by the Managing
Member, no Member shall
receive any interest, salary or draw with respect to
its Member Capital Contributions or its holdings of Participating Member Units. Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
Members may, however, at the Managing Member’s discretion, be entitled to
receive a salary for services rendered on behalf of the Company
or otherwise in their respective capacities as Members.
3.6.2
Except as otherwise provided
by this Agreement or by a separate agreement or with third-party creditors or
in the Act or otherwise at law, no Member shall be liable for the debts,
liabilities, contracts or any other obligations of the Company beyond its respective
Member Capital Contribution and no Managing Member shall be liable for the
debts, liabilities, contracts or any other obligations of the Company beyond
the Managing Member Capital Contribution.
3.6.3
None of the provisions of this Agreement, whether in regard to contributions or otherwise, is
intended for the benefit of, nor shall such provisions be enforceable by,
creditors of the Company beyond the Capital Contributions.
SECTION 4
CAPITALIZATION; ISSUANCE OF UNITS
4.1
Description of Units
4.1.1
The beneficial interest in the Company
shall be divided
into an indefinite number of Units of one or more classes as described
in the Private Placement Memoranda (each a “Class” and collectively, the
“Classes”). Each Class of
Units shall be identical in all respects with every other Class of Units except
as described in this Agreement and the Private
Placement Memoranda and shall represent an undivided beneficial
interest in the Company Assets; provided, however, that a fractional Unit shall
carry proportionately all the rights and obligations of a full Unit of the
Company, including rights and obligations with respect to receipt of
distributions, Redemption of Units and liquidation of the Company. The Managing
Member may create additional classes of Units in its sole discretion.
4.1.2
Upon satisfaction of the
requirements in Section 3.2.2 hereof,
the Managing Member
may hold the Initial Closing
and commence admitting Participating Members. The Company shall have authority to issue
an unlimited number of Units (including fractional Units) and the Company may
issue additional Units effective prior to the opening of business on the first
Business Day of each month unless prohibited by the Managing Member (each a “Dealing
Day”) for such consideration and on such terms as may be determined by the
Managing Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any issuance of Units following
the admission of Initial Members shall be effected at not less than the Net
Asset Value per Unit of the applicable Class determined as provided in Section
13 hereof on the Valuation Date that occurs on the Business Day immediately
prior to the relevant Dealing Day.
4.1.3
The offering price of each
Unit upon the admission of subscribers as Initial Members shall be the Initial
Offer Price and thereafter all Units shall be issued at a per Unit price equal
to the Net Asset Value per Unit of the applicable Class determined as set forth
in Section 13 hereof as of the close of business
on the Valuation Date that occurs on the Business Day immediately prior to the
Admission Date.
4.1.4
There shall be a class of
Member Units that shall be designated as “Class
A Member Units” that shall have the rights
and be subject to the obligations set forth in this Agreement and the Private
Placement Memorandum. It is
intended that the Class A Member Units shall be issued to Persons who,
individually or through Affiliates and/or referrals, are responsible for at least
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in Capital
Contributions, provided, however, that the Managing Member shall have full discretion to issue Class A Member
Units to any Persons as determined
by the Managing Member.
4.1.5
There shall be a class of
Member Units that shall be designated as “Class
B Member Units” that shall have the rights and be subject
to the obligations set forth in this Agreement and the Private
Placement Memorandum. It is
intended that the Class B Member Units shall be issued to Persons who,
individually or through Affiliates and/or referrals, are responsible for at least
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in Capital
Contributions, provided, however, that the Managing Member shall have full discretion to issue Class B Member
Units to any Persons as determined
by the Managing Member.
4.1.6
There shall be a class of
Member Units that shall be designated as “Class I Member Units” that shall have the rights and be subject to
the obligations set forth
in this Agreement and the Private
Placement Memorandum. It is
intended that the Class I Member Units shall be issued to Persons who,
individually or through Affiliates and/or referrals, are responsible for at least
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in Capital
Contributions, provided, however, that the Managing Member shall have full discretion to issue Class I
Member Units to any Persons
as determined by the Managing
Member.
4.1.7
There shall be a class of
Units issued to the Managing Member in exchange for services provided and/or to
be provided by Managing Member to the Company that shall be designated as “Managing
Member Units” that shall have the rights and be subject
to the obligations set forth
in this Agreement. It is the intention of the Managing Member
and all of the Members that the Managing Member Units and any Managing Member
Performance Allocation attributable to such Units be treated as a “profits
interest” as that term is described in Revenue Procedures 93-27 and 2001-43.
4.1.8
The Managing Member may, but is not required
to, convert the Units of an existing
Participating Member into another Class
of Units at any time as determined by the Managing Member
in its sole and absolute discretion.
4.1.9
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement,
for so long as the Company invests
substantially all its assets in the REIT Subsidiary,
in the event that a Member holds Units in excess of the Ownership Limit (as
defined in the Excess Share Schedule attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference), such Member shall be subject to the provisions of the Excess
Share Schedule.
4.1.10
In addition, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Managing Member is hereby
authorized to cause the
Company to issue Member Units and such other classes
of Units in the Company,
and to create such additional classes
of Units, and to amend this Agreement
in connection therewith, as the Managing
Member may determine
in its sole discretion. Additional Member Units in the Company and
additional classes of Members may have such relative rights, power and duties as the Managing
Member may determine
to be in the best
interests of the Company in its sole discretion, including, without limitation,
rights, powers and duties senior to the Member Units, the Members and any other
existing classes or groups of Members, providing for priority returns on
capital contributed, providing for ownership which is not proportionate to the
Units of the existing Members, and/or providing for such other rights, powers
and duties as the Managing Member may determine in its sole discretion.
SECTION 5
5.1
Distributions.
5.1.1
Distributions. The Managing Member
may determine, in its
sole discretion, to distribute Cash Available for Distribution to the
Participating Members and the Managing Member which shall be based upon their Percentage
Interests. For so long as the Company invests substantially all its assets in
the REIT Subsidiary, the Managing Member shall make distributions of Cash
Available for Distribution to the Participating Members and the Managing Member
as shall be necessary for the REIT Subsidiary to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code
(so long as such qualification is, in the opinion of the Managing
Member, in the best interests of the Company).
5.1.2
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make a distribution to the
Unit Holders or the Managing Member in violation of the Act and other
applicable law. Further, the Managing Member
shall have the sole and absolute discretion to invest or reinvest any Cash Available for Distribution
consistent with the purpose of the Company, rather than making a distribution
pursuant to Section 5.1.1, provided, however, that the Managing Member
shall make a good faith effort to set aside cash available to the Company to
make a timely distribution pursuant to Section 5.1.1.
5.1.3
The holder of the Managing
Member Units may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to defer or waive
the receipt of any distribution to which it is otherwise entitled
under this Agreement. Following one or more elections
by the holder of the Managing
Member Units, the holder of the Managing Member Units may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, elect to receive an additional portion of any distribution pursuant
to Sections 5.1.1 up to the amount of the deferred
distribution (to the extent
such amount was deferred and not waived by the holder of the Managing Member
Units).
5.2
NAV Capital
Accounts.
5.2.1
A capital account for
purposes of tracking each Member’s NAV per Unit shall be established for each
Participating Member and the Managing Member
and shall be maintained as set forth below (each,
a “NAV Capital
Account”). Each Participating Member’s and the Managing Member’s NAV
Capital Account shall have an initial aggregate balance equal to the amount of
cash or other assets constituting each such Participating Member’s and the
Managing Member’s initial Capital Contribution.
5.2.2
Each Participating Member’s
and the Managing Member’s NAV Capital Account
shall be increased by the sum of: (i) the amount
of cash or other
assets constituting additional Capital Contributions, if any, by such Member;
(ii) with respect the Managing Member,
the amount of the Performance Allocation, as set forth
in Section 6.6, and (iii)
the Net Capital Appreciation allocated to such Member’s
NAV Capital Account.
5.2.3
Each Participating Member’s
and the Managing Member’s NAV Capital Account
shall be reduced
by the sum of: (i) the amount of any cash and the distributions to such Member; (ii)
the Net Capital Depreciation allocated to such Participating Member’s
and the Managing
Member’s NAV Capital
Account; and (iii) such Participating Member’s and the
Managing Member’s pro rata share of expense items, Management Fee and
Performance Allocation (solely with respect to Participating Members), as set forth
in Section 6.6,
if any, and any other
non-pro rata expenses
(including, without limitation, withholding taxes) charged to each such
Participating Member’s and the Managing Member’s NAV Capital Account.
5.2.4
Any increase or reduction in a Participating Member’s or the Managing Member’s NAV Capital Account under Section 5.2.2 and Section 5.2.3 may be
subject to further adjustment by the Managing Member, in its sole discretion,
to provide for the allocation of fees or other expenses to be borne by a specific Class of Units held by a Member.
5.2.5
No Participating Member or
the Managing Member with a deficit balance in its NAV Capital Account shall
have any obligation to make any contribution
to the capital of the Company with respect to such deficit,
and such deficit shall not be considered a debt
owed to the Company or to any other person for any purpose whatsoever.
5.3
Allocation of Net Capital
Appreciation/Depreciation. Subject
to Section 5.4,
at the end of each Accounting Period, Net Capital
Appreciation, and Net Capital Depreciation for the Accounting Period
shall be allocated among the Participating Members and the Managing Member in proportion to their respective
Percentage Interests. Additional
Adjustments.
5.3.1
It is the intent
of the Company, the Managing
Member, and the Participating Members
that (i) the aggregate Net Asset Value
of the Company shall at all times be equal to the sum of the NAV Capital
Accounts of the Managing Member and the Participating Members, and
(ii) the amount of the product of the number of Units of a specific class of
Unit held by the Managing Member or any of the Participating Members
times the aggregate
Net Asset Value per Unit for such class of Unit
held by the Managing Member or such Participating Member
(as determined for all
classes of Units
held by the Managing Member
or such Participating Member) shall at all
times be equal to the NAV Capital Account of the Managing Member or such
Participating Member. The Managing
Member, in its reasonable discretion, may make
adjustments to the Net Asset
Value of the Company and/or the Net Asset Value per
Unit for a class of Unit to the extent
that such calculations in any of the clauses
set forth in this Section 5.4.1 are not equal as described
herein.
5.3.2
Further, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, additional adjustments to the NAV Capital
Accounts within the relevant Accounting Period which the Managing
Member may deem necessary or desirable may be made at the sole discretion of
the Managing Member to (i) accurately allocate Net Capital Appreciation or Net
Capital Depreciation and applicable fees and expenses allocable to a Class of
Units, (ii) comply with the provisions or intent of this Agreement (including
without limitation the immediately preceding sentence), or (iii) comply with
provisions of the Code or other controlling law; such adjustments shall be
determined in good faith by the Managing Member, whose determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive on all of the Members.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the Managing Member may allocate any items of Net
Capital Appreciation, Net Capital Depreciation, income, gains and expenses on a
Class by Class basis as necessary for the operation of the Fund.
5.4
Redemption of Participating Member
Units.
5.4.1
No Participating Member may
redeem Participating Member Units during
the Lockup Period,
except as may be permitted by the Managing Member in its sole discretion.
5.4.2
Following the expiration of the Lockup
Period, Participating Members
may request Redemptions of their Participating Member Units as of the relevant Redemption Date upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice
to the Managing Member (a “Redemption Request”). The Managing Member, may in its sole
discretion, accept Redemption Requests on less than 60 days’ prior written
notice.
5.4.3
With respect to each
Participating Member that has made a Redemption Request, the Managing
Member shall have the right,
but not the
5.4.4
5.4.5
The aggregate Net Asset Value
of total Redemptions of all classes of Participating Member Units is limited to no more than five (5%) percent
of the Company’s Net Asset Value per calendar quarter (measured using
the average aggregate Net Asset
Value as of the end of the immediately preceding three months). In the event that the Managing Member determines
to redeem some but not all of the Participating Member Units submitted
for Redemption during any quarter, Participating Member Units redeemed
at the end of the quarter will be redeemed
on a pro rata basis. All
unsatisfied redemption requests must be resubmitted after the start of the next
quarter.
5.4.6
To the extent the Managing
Member agrees to choose to redeem Participating Member Units in a particular
quarter, it will only redeem Participating Member Units as of the opening of
the Redemption Date. Redemptions will be made at the Net Asset Value per Unit
on the relevant Redemption Date. As a result, it may take a substantial amount
of time for the Company to complete the Redemption of one or more Participating
Members’ Units. Until all required
Redemption payments have been made (i.e., the Participating Member has received
100% of the amount described above), such Participating Member shall remain a
Participating Member of the Company, entitled to receive all the benefits of a
Participating Member.
5.4.7
The Managing Member, in its sole discretion, may require any Participating
Member to redeem such Participating Member’s Units at a redemption price equal to the Net Asset Value per Unit as of the Dealing Day that next follows the notice of the redemption to such
Participating Member (which date shall also be considered a Redemption
Date for purposes of this Agreement), or using
such alternative methodology as the Managing Member may determine in its
sole and absolute discretion as being in the best interests of the Company.
5.4.8
All Redemptions shall be
based upon the Net Asset Value per Unit of the Participating Member Units as of
the relevant Redemption Date.
5.4.9
In the event the Managing Member
elects to make Redemptions incrementally over time, it is possible
such Redemptions would take
place over a number
of months or even years.
As a result, fluctuations in the Net Asset
Value of the Company and adjustments thereto
could affect the amounts to be paid to
a Participating Member whose Units are being redeemed with respect to different
Member Units redeemed at different times, taking into account the Net Asset
Value of the Participating Member Units at the time of each Redemption.
5.4.10
The Managing Member may utilize any source of proceeds to effectuate Redemptions, including, but not limited to, Cash Available for Distribution
and/or the use of funds borrowed by the Company from third parties.
5.4.11
At any time that any Member
Units are redeemed
pursuant to this Section
5.5, the Managing Member shall be entitled to the Managing Member
Performance Allocation with respect to such Member
Units, which shall be calculated by reference to the Net Asset
Value per Unit of the redeeming Member’s
Participating Member Units as of the
relevant Redemption Date.
5.4.12
In the event the Company Redeems
100% of a Participating
Member’s Member Units, said Participating Member shall no longer have any
right, title or interest in, to or under this Agreement as a Participating
Member as of such date.
5.4.13
Any payments made to a Participating Member in connection
with the Redemption of such Participating
Member’s interest shall be subject to all applicable withholdings with regard
to the collection of taxes, interest, and penalties attributable to such Participating Member. If the Managing Member deems it necessary,
the Managing Member may set up an escrow account or otherwise set aside any amounts
as reasonably determined by the Managing Member pending the
determination of whether any withholding is required. Any such amounts withheld by the Company with regard
to the collection of taxes, interest, and penalties attributable to such
Participating Member in connection with a Redemption and paid to any taxing
jurisdiction shall be treated as a payment
under this Section 5.4.
5.4.14
Following the Redemption of
any Participating Member interest, the Participating Member shall continue to
be subject to the provisions of Section 1.7 of the Tax Matters
Schedule.
5.4.15
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement,
the Managing Member does not intend to cause the Company to redeem any Member Units if
the Redemption could cause the Company to become a “publicly traded Company”
within the meaning of Code Section 7704(b).
5.4.16
For purposes of this Section
5.5, the term “Participating Member” shall also include a Unit Holder.
5.5
Discretionary Redemptions.
5.5.1
Notwithstanding any other
provision contained in this Agreement, the Managing Member may redeem any
Member’s Units upon ten (10) days advance notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member may redeem
any Member’s Units immediately upon notice, where in its sole discretion it
believes such action to be in the best interests of the Company, including
without limitation, to maintain the status of the REIT Subsidiary as a real estate
investment trust under the Code, and to prevent
the Company or any Company
Assets constituting “plan
assets” within the meaning of U.S. Department of Labor Regulation §2510.3- 101.
5.5.2
Redemptions under this Section
5.5 shall be at an amount that is equal to the Net Asset Value of the
applicable Units.
5.5.3
All Redemptions under this Section 5.5
shall be based upon
the Net Asset Value of the applicable Units being redeemed
based upon the reference
to
the Net Asset Value of the redeeming Member’s Units as of the relevant Redemption
Date.
5.5.4
The Managing Member may utilize any source of proceeds to effectuate
Redemptions under this Section 5.5, including, but not limited to, Cash Available
for Distribution; additional Capital Contributions by Members, and/or the use of
funds borrowed by the Company from third parties.
5.5.5
At any time that any Units
are redeemed pursuant to this Section 5.5, the Managing Member shall be
entitled to the Managing Member Performance Allocation with respect to such Units, which shall be calculated as the
amount by reference to the Net Asset
Value of the redeeming Member’s
Units as of the
relevant Redemption Date.
5.5.6
In the event the Company
Redeems 100% of a Member’s Units, said Member
shall no longer
have any right,
title or interest
in, to or under this Agreement as a Member as of such
date.
5.5.7
Any payments made to a Member
in connection with the Redemption under this Section 5.5 of such
Member’s interest shall be subject to all applicable withholdings with regard
to the collection of taxes, interest, and penalties attributable to such
Member. If the Managing Member deems
it necessary, the Managing Member may set up an escrow account or otherwise set aside any amounts as
reasonably determined
by the Managing Member pending the determination of whether
any withholding is required. Any such amounts
withheld by the Company with regard
to the collection of taxes, interest, and penalties attributable to such Member
in connection with a Redemption and paid
to any taxing jurisdiction shall be treated
as a payment under this Section
5.6.
5.5.8
Following the Redemption
under this Section 5.6 of any Participation Member interest, the Member
shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 1.7 of the Tax
Matters Schedule.
5.5.9
For purposes of this Section
5.6, the term “Member” shall also include a Unit Holder.
5.6
Book Profits,
Book Losses, and Tax Allocations. Book Profits, Book Losses, and Tax Allocations shall be allocated in
accordance with the Tax Matters Schedule attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
6.1
Management
Powers.
The Managing Member shall have control of and shall be responsible for
the management of the Company business (and any Portfolio Company, to the
extent applicable), with all rights and powers generally conferred by this
Agreement and by the Act, subject only to any the limitations set forth in this
Agreement, including Section 6.2 below. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, and subject to Section 6.2 below, the Managing Member
shall have full power and authority to do the following:
6.1.1
Perform administrative and ministerial functions in connection
with the day-to-day operation of the Company;
6.1.2
Perform sales and accounting management functions for
the Company;
6.1.3
Maintain the Company’s books and records;
6.1.4
Negotiate and enter into any and all contracts by and on
behalf of the Company
deemed appropriate by the Managing
Member, in its sole
discretion, in connection with the operation of the Company’s business;
6.1.5
Borrow money on behalf of the Company, including, but not limited to, establishing lines
of credit in the name of the Company, and, in connection therewith, to execute and
deliver for, on behalf of and in the name of the Company, bonds, notes,
pledges, security agreements, financing statements, profits interest
agreements, assignments and other agreements and documents creating liens on,
or granting security interests in or otherwise affecting, the assets and
properties of the Company (any of which loan documents may contain confessions
of judgment and powers of attorney) including, without limitation, any Company
Property, and extensions, renewals and modifications thereof, and to prepay in
whole or in part, refinance, recast, increase,
modify or extend
any indebtedness of the Company.
There shall be no limit on the amount
of money that can be borrowed in connection with any
one Company Property;
6.1.6
Cause the Company to guarantee the debts or obligations of third parties that own real estate
assets and in which entities the Company has an interest;
Property;
6.1.7
Hold, operate, manage, and otherwise deal with Company
6.1.8
Purchase, sell, convey, assign,
lease, rent, exchange, and
otherwise dispose
of, in whole or in part,
any Company Assets;
6.1.9
Loan Company funds and enter
into any modifications of any such loans;
6.1.10
Sell all or substantially all
Company Assets in a single transaction or plan;
6.1.11
Engage, on behalf of the
Company, all employees, agents, contractors, property Managing Members,
attorneys, accountants, investment advisers, securities broker-dealers,
consultants or any other Persons (including Affiliates of the Managing
Member), as the Managing Member,
in its sole discretion,
deems appropriate for the performance of services in connection with the
conduct, operation and management of the Company’s business and affairs, all on
such terms and for such compensation as the Managing Member, in its sole
discretion, deems proper and to replace any such employees, agents,
contractors, property Managing Members, attorneys, accountants, securities
broker-dealers, consultants, or any other Persons, in the sole discretion of
the Managing Member;
6.1.12
Establish and maintain
working capital reserves for operating expenses, capital
expenditures, normal repairs,
replacements, contingencies,
and other anticipated costs relating
to the assets of the Company by retaining a portion
of Company proceeds as determined from time to time by the Managing Member to
be reasonable under the then-existing circumstances;
6.1.13
Determine the amounts of Cash
Available for Distribution and when and in what amounts such funds shall be
distributed;
6.1.14
Pay the expenses of the
Company from the funds of the Company, provided that all of the Company’s
expenses shall, to the extent feasible, be billed directly to and paid by the
Company;
6.1.15
File, on behalf of the Company,
all required local, state and
federal tax returns relating to the Company
or its assets and properties, and to make or
determine not to make any and all elections with respect thereto;
6.1.16
Invest and reinvest the funds
of the Company and to establish bank, money market and other accounts for the
deposit of the Company’s funds and permit withdrawals therefrom upon such
signatures as the Managing Member designates;
6.1.17
Execute and deliver any and all instruments and documents,
and to do any and all other
things necessary or appropriate, in the Managing
Member’s sole discretion, for the accomplishment of the business
and purposes of the Company or necessary or incidental to the
protection and benefit of the Company;
6.1.18
Prosecute, defend, settle or
compromise, at the Company’s expense, any suits, actions or claims at law or in
equity to which the Company is a party or by which it is affected as may be
necessary or proper in the Managing Member’s
sole discretion, to enforce or protect the Company’s interests, and to satisfy
out
of Company funds any judgment, decree or decision of any court, board, agency
or authority having jurisdiction or any settlement of any suit, action or claim
prior to judgment or final decision thereon;
6.1.19
Issue additional Units or
other forms of interest in the Company, admit additional Members, and amend the
Agreement in connection with the creation of such additional Units or other
forms of interest in the Company to incorporate the rights and
obligations relating to such additional Units or other forms of
interest in the Company, as the Managing Member may determine in its sole and
absolute discretion;
6.1.20
Amend Exhibit “A” attached
hereto to reflect
the admission of any new Members
or Managing Members
and the Members
or Managing Members’ respective Percentage Interests
as of that time;
6.1.21
Subject to the terms of Section
5 above, redeem Members’ Units in the Company and determine the methodology
for carrying out any Redemptions;
6.1.22
Negotiate the terms of and cause the Company to enter into joint ventures or other legal
structures with one or more third parties, including with Affiliates of the
Managing Member, as the Managing Member may determine in its sole discretion,
in connection with the operation of the Company’s business;
6.1.23
Reinvest any Cash Available for Distribution;
6.1.24
Enter into any transactions with an Affiliate of the Managing Member or any Member at arm’s
length terms;
6.1.25
Amend this Agreement to comply with the provisions of the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2015, and any U.S. Treasury Regulations or other administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder, and to administer the effects of such provisions in an equitable manner, with each Member and Managing Member hereby agreeing to be bound by the
provisions of any such amendment;
6.1.26
Amend this Agreement to
address or reconcile any inconsistencies between the terms hereof;
6.1.27
Amend this Agreement to
address any operational or administrative changes necessary to facilitate the
operation of the Company and the administration of Member Units, and the NAV
Capital Accounts, provided that such amendment shall not have a material adverse
effect on any Member or Class of Members;
6.1.28
Require any and all Members
to execute an amended and restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for the Company, which will replace and supersede this Agreement, but only to the
extent such agreement is amended per the terms of this Agreement
and prior to any such required execution, Managing Member provides each Member hereof with a written
statement verifying and representing that the agreement is being amended per
the terms of this Agreement; and
6.1.29
To the extent each and every
requirement of Section 6.1.27 immediately above has been satisfied and any Member
fails to timely execute such an
amended and restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for the Company, to
execute said agreement on behalf of such party, in such party’s name and as its
attorney-in-fact.
6.2
Limitations. Without the consent of a Majority in
Interest of the Members, the Managing Member shall not have authority to:
6.2.1
Do any act in
contravention of this Agreement;
6.2.2
Do any act which would make
it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Company, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement;
6.2.3
Possess Company Property, or
assign rights in specific Company Property, for other than a Company purpose.
6.3
Selection of the Managing Member. The initial Managing Member shall be Cloud
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Participating Members holding 75% of the Units of the Participating
Members in the Company. The Managing
Member may also withdraw as Managing
Member by providing written notice to the Members.
In either event,
a new Managing Member shall
be elected by the approval of a Majority in Interest, and the Majority in
Interest shall vote to continue the business of the Company. The Members hereby specifically authorize
the Managing Member to execute documents and sign agreements on behalf of the
Company in lieu of requiring
execution by the Members, and third parties
shall be entitled
to rely upon the signature of the Managing
Member as having
authority to bind the Company.
6.4
Duties and Obligations of the Managing
Member/Fees and Reimbursement.
6.4.1
The Managing Member shall
take all actions which may be necessary or appropriate for: (i) the continuation of the Company’s valid existence and qualification as a limited liability
limited Company under the laws of the State of New York; and (ii) the
accomplishment of the Company’s purposes, including the maintenance, preservation, and operation of the Company
Property in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and applicable laws and
regulations.
6.4.2
The Managing Member shall
devote to the Company such time as may be necessary for the proper performance
of all duties hereunder, but the Managing Member shall not be required to devote full time to the performance of such duties.
6.4.3
The Company shall pay or reimburse the Managing Member and its Affiliates, as applicable,
for certain Organizational and Operating Expenses,
Underwriting Expenses
and Other Expenses
(in each case as
defined below) incurred or paid on behalf of the Company or the REIT Subsidiary prior to or after the formation
of the Company and the REIT Subsidiary.
The aggregate amount of the Organizational and Operating expenses will
not exceed 1% of the total Capital Contributions of all Participating Members
as of the termination of the offering of Participating Units (the “Expense
Cap”). The amount of any Organizational and Operating Expenses incurred on behalf of the
Company or the REIT Subsidiary shall be accrued and at the end of each calendar quarter the
Managing Member shall determine the amount of any new Capital Contributions
over such period, and the Company shall reimburse
the Managing Member
accordingly, up to the amount
of the Expense Cap.
6.4.3.1
“Organizational and Operating
Expenses” include, but are not limited to (i) legal fees for preparing Company
and REIT Subsidiary organizational documents
and related agreements and resolutions, (ii) organizational expenses
of the Company (i.e., fees,
costs and expenses of and incidental to the formation, qualifications to do
business and fund raising of the Company (iii) due diligence expenses
(including travel and marketing expenses of the Managing Member, its affiliates
and agents); (iv) technology processing platforms; (v) filing fees; (vi)
marketing due diligence fees including third party due diligence reports; (vi)
sales team travel, seminars, and broker dealer conferences; (vii) training and
education meetings for registered representatives of our participating
broker-dealers (viii) permissible forms of non-cash compensation to registered
representatives of our participating broker-dealers (in each case to the extent
consistent with Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos internal policies and procedures).
6.4.3.2
“Underwriting and Other Expenses”
include, but are not limited to: (i) underwriting fees and
expenses (subject to applicable FINRA limitations) including without
limitation, travel and
entertainment expenses; (ii) the
Management Fee and affiliate fees including, but not limited to, accounting
expenses, acquisition and disposition, loan placement and loan guaranty, construction and development fees and the Managing Member Performance Allocation; (iii)
taxes payable by the Company (iv) interest
and other expenses relating to any
Company indebtedness; (v) bonding expenses; (vi) premiums for insurance
protecting the Company and the partners and employees of the Managing Member
and its affiliates and other persons entitled to indemnification from the
Company from liabilities to third parties for activities on behalf of the
Company; (vii) fees incurred by the Company for special advisory or consulting
services; (viii) the legal and other fees, costs and expenses of and incidental
to the purchase and sale (including qualification and registration) of
portfolio assets, including fees associated with the development and management
of portfolio properties (payable at then-current market rates in the Managing
Member’s discretion), (ix) banking, dead deals, registration, qualification,
depositary, custodial and similar fees and expenses; (x) transfer, capital and
other taxes, duties and costs incurred in acquiring, holding, selling and otherwise disposing
of Company assets;
(xi) costs and expenses
of the tax matters partner;
and (xii) all extraordinary fees, costs
and expenses; (xii) the accounting fees, costs and expenses of the Company and
the REIT Subsidiary, including
without limitation, the annual audit of the Company and the
REIT Subsidiary (as applicable), (xiii) the preparation of the annual and any
interim financial statements of the Company
and the REIT Subsidiary and the federal and state tax returns of the
Company and the REIT Subsidiary; (xiv) costs and expenses associated with
meetings of the Members, communications with Members and preparation of Company
status reports; (xv) costs and expenses associated with informal meetings
of Members with the Managing
Member and of committees of the
Company, including costs and expenses
of the Advisory Board; (xvi) indemnification
costs and expenses, and the legal fees,
cost and expenses
of counsel for the
Company in any legal action, proceeding or investigation, including any
threatened action, proceeding or investigation, and the amount of any judgments
or settlements paid in connection with such action, proceeding or
investigation; (xvii) the fees, costs and expenses relating to the evaluation,
purchase, holding and sale of portfolio assets, including (without limitation)
expenses related to due diligence and other fees and expenses, including
salaries of Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Cos employees
with respect to work attributable
to investments made by the Company, (xviii) all other legal fees, costs
and expenses incident to the Company, its management and activities; (xix)fees
incurred by the Company for special advisory or consulting services; and (xx) costs
and expenses associated with the dissolution and winding up of the Company.
6.4.4
The Members understand and
acknowledge that the Company, one or more Company
subsidiaries or Affiliates thereof (and the Managing
Member on behalf of the Company, one or more Company subsidiaries or Affiliates
thereof) may be transacting business with the Managing Member and its
Affiliates (any such transactions, the “Managing Member Related Party
Transactions”), including, without limitation, those set forth on Exhibit
B attached hereto; provided,
however, such Managing Member
Related Party Transactions must be: (i) as set forth
on Exhibit B, (ii) on such terms and conditions that are no more
favorable to the Managing Member or its Affiliate than would be given to a third-party
service provider providing similar
services based on arms-length terms, or (iii) immaterial to the overall business or financial performance of the Company
(which the Members acknowledge and agree that “immaterial” shall be deemed to
mean no more than 0.05% of the total assets
of the Company (with “total
assets” determined based on the total assets of the Company as
reported on its balance sheet from time to time (i.e. total property, plant and equipment as reported on the
balance sheet) in the aggregate for all services performed that
are deemed “immaterial”), with items (ii) and (iii) immediately above being
determined by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion. Such Managing Member
Related Party Transactions may include but may
not be limited to asset management, accounting and reporting services, property
management, construction, development, technical and pre-opening, renovation
management, procurement, general
contractor, legal, accounting, centralized services,
media, advertising and signage, branding and outlet consulting, servicing,
finance, origination, guaranty, sale or disposition fees payable to the Managing
Member or any other Affiliate of the Managing
Member. To the extent such Managing
Member Related Party Transactions have been described herein, including on Exhibit
B, or in the Subscription Agreement, such transactions are hereby deemed
ratified and approved by the Members and may be provided by the Managing
Member or Affiliates of the Managing Member
to or for the benefit
of the Company, one or more Company
subsidiaries or the Managing Member
and paid for or reimbursed by the Company
or Company subsidiary, as the case may be, at the rates set forth on Exhibit
B, which rates are deemed
to be fair market rates as of the date hereof and performance of such
services and the payment of such compensation shall be deemed approved by the
Members. No professional or other
service provider will be disqualified from providing services to the Company, the Managing Member,
any Company subsidiary or their Affiliates by reason of the provision of services by such professional or service provider
to the Managing Member or its Affiliates, whether or not related to the
Company’s business or other activities. Absent
manifest abuse, the Managing Member will not be deemed to have breached any
obligations it may have to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company as a
result of causing the Company or such subsidiary to enter into such Managing
Member Related Party
Transactions. The Managing
Member may, in its sole and absolute discretion, waive payment of any Managing
Member Related Party Transaction fees for any Affiliates or pursuant to any
side letter or other agreement.
6.5
Exculpation/Indemnification of the Managing
Member.
6.5.1
To the maximum extent
permitted under the Act in effect from time to time, no Covered Person
shall be liable
to the Company or to any Member for (i) any act or omission
performed or failed
to be performed by it, or for any losses, claims, costs, damages, or
liabilities arising from any such act or omission, except to the extent
such loss, claim,
cost damage, or liability results
from such Person’s
willful misconduct or fraud; (ii) any tax liability
(including additions, interest,
and penalties) imposed on the
Company or any Member; or (iii) any losses due to the misconduct, gross
negligence, dishonesty or bad faith of any agents of the Company.
6.5.2
To the maximum extent
permitted under the Act in effect from time to time, the Company, its receiver,
or its trustee (in the case of its receiver or
trustee, to the extent of the Portfolio Properties) shall indemnify, save harmless, and pay all judgments and claims against
the Covered Person relating to any liability or damage incurred by reason of
any act performed or omitted to be performed by the Covered Person solely in
connection with the business of the Company, including attorneys’ fees incurred
in connection with the defense of any action arising from or based upon any
such act or omission, which attorneys’ fees may be paid as incurred.
6.5.3
In the event of any action by
a Member against a Covered Person relating
to any liability or damage incurred
by reason of any act performed or
omitted to be performed by the Covered
Person solely in connection with the business of the Company, including a
derivative suit, the Company shall indemnify, save harmless, and pay all expenses of such Member,
including attorneys’ fees incurred in the defense of such action, if such
Member is successful in such action.
6.5.4
The Managing Member shall
have authority to cause the Company to acquire
and maintain the equivalent of directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage insuring the actions
of the Covered Persons in such amounts
as it may
determine appropriate and customary for a business
of the type conducted by the
Company.
6.5.5
Notwithstanding the
provisions of Sections 6.5.1, and
6.5.2 above, a Covered Person shall not be indemnified from any
liability for fraud, bad faith, or willful misconduct in its duties and
responsibilities to the Company.
6.5.6
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary above, in the event that any provision in this Section
6.5 is determined to be invalid in whole or in part, the remainder of such
Section shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law.
6.6
Compensation. The Managing Member
or its Affiliates shall be entitled to receive
the compensation described in the Private Placement Memorandum (the “Management
Fee”). Members may also obtain a performance allocation (the “Managing
Member Performance Allocation”) as described in the Private
Placement Memoranda. As of the close
of each Fiscal Year and subject to the limitations described in the Private
Placement Memoranda (including the applicability of the Loss Carryover Account), the Managing Member
Performance Allocation may be debited against the NAV Capital
Account of each Participating Member and simultaneously credited to the NAV Capital Account
of the Managing Member with respect to Managing Member Units, and such adjustments shall
impact the Net Asset Value per Unit.
6.7
Advisory Board.
6.7.1
The Company shall have an “Advisory Board” consisting of at least three members (the “Advisory
Board Members”) appointed by the Managing Member; provided, however, that
all of the of the Advisory Board Members shall be Members or their designated
representatives (or equity holders of any Parallel Funds or their designated representatives). Subject to the foregoing, the Managing Member may, in its sole and absolute discretion, increase the size of the Advisory Board.
Any Advisory Board Member may, at any time, resign from the Advisory
Board or be removed, with or without cause, by the Managing Member. All such appointments, designations,
resignations, and removals shall be effective upon notice to the Company.
6.7.2
The Managing Member may
consult with the Advisory Board with respect
to such matters as determined by the Managing
Member in its sole
and absolute discretion, but the Advisory Board shall have no other power to
participate in the management of the Company.
Without limiting the Managing Member’s
ability to demonstrate that it has acted in good faith,
the Managing Member shall be deemed to have acted in
good faith when acting in accordance with the approval of the Advisory Board,
provided that the Managing Member made a good faith effort to inform the
Advisory Board of all the facts pertinent to such approval.
6.7.3
A Person’s status as an
Advisory Board Member shall not constitute such Person as an agent of the Company,
and, except as specifically
provided
in this Agreement, the Advisory Board shall have no power or authority to
manage, direct or act for the Company.
6.7.4
If a Parallel Fund is formed,
the Advisory Board shall function as a joint committee
in respect of the Company
and such Parallel
Fund in the same manner as if the Company and the Parallel
Fund were a single Company
and all the equity holders of
the Company and the Parallel Fund were constituent partners thereof.
6.7.5
Any Advisory Board Member
may, at its sole and absolute discretion, decline to participate in any
specific deliberation or vote of the Advisory Board.
6.7.6
Any recommendation,
determination, approval, or other action of
the Advisory Board shall require the approval of a
majority of its members. No such
action shall require an actual meeting of the Advisory Board, but meetings may be held at the request
of the Managing Member or any Advisory
Board Member. The Managing
Member intends to, but shall
not be required to, hold quarterly meetings of the Advisory Board.
With respect to any meeting
of the Advisory Board held at the request of the Managing
Member, the costs of such meeting (including the reasonable
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Managing Member and the Advisory Board
members in attending such meeting)
shall be a Company Expense,
reimbursable to the Managing Member and Advisory
Board Members. The costs of any other meeting of the Advisory Board shall not be a
Company Expense and shall not be reimbursed by the Company.
6.7.7
Notwithstanding any provision contained
in this Agreement to the contrary, the acquisition or disposition of
assets held or to be held directly or indirectly by the Company which involves
the sale to or the sale from an Affiliate of the Managing Member (or any other
fund sponsored or co-sponsored by an Affiliate of the Managing Member) shall
require the approval of the Advisory Board. With
respect to any proposed transaction involving the acquisition or disposition of
real property and related
improvements thereon, the Advisory Board
shall be supplied
with a third party opinion of value (appraiser, broker opinion-of-value,
or such other third party valuation instrument) prior to providing any approval
of such transaction (with such third party valuation document to be dated no
earlier than sixty (60) days prior to the approval provided by the Advisory
Board.
6.8
Competition. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit
the Managing Member or any Affiliate of the Managing Member from conducting or
possessing an interest in any other business or activity whatsoever,
independently or with others, including, without limitation, the ownership,
financing, leasing, operation, sale, management, syndication, and development
of real property even if such business or activity competes with the business
of the Company, without any accountability to the Company or to any other
Member, and no other Member shall have any rights
by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent business or activity
or to the income or profits derived by the Managing Member therefrom.
6.9
Selling
Expenses.
The Company will engage a duly licensed and registered managing
broker-dealer (“Managing Broker-Dealer”) to assist with its offer and
sale of Participating Member Units. Such Managing Broker-Dealer may also enter
into soliciting dealer agreements between the Managing Broker-Dealer and other duly licensed broker-dealers who are members of
FINRA (each an “Additional Soliciting Dealer”) to assist with the offer
and sale of Participating Member Units. The
Managing Member may engage and terminate such Managing Broker-Dealer as it determines necessary (and subject
to any contractual arrangements entered
into by and between the Managing Broker-Dealer and the Company), and the
Company may contract for the payment of placement fees and compensation to be
paid to such Managing Broker-Dealer
and Additional Soliciting Dealers in connection with such placement and selling
services; provided, however, such placement fees and selling
commissions payable to Managing Broker- Dealer and Additional Soliciting
Dealers shall not exceed the amount set forth in the Private Placement
Memorandum. Amounts paid to the
Managing Broker-Dealer and any Additional Soliciting Dealers, if applicable,
shall be Company-level expenses, generally payable by the Company.
SECTION 7
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS
7.1
Limitation
of Liability. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts,
obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort
or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the
Company, and no Member shall be obligated personally
for any such debt, obligation or liability
of the Company solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.
7.2
Priority and Return of Capital – Members. No Member shall
have priority over any other Member(s), either as to the
return of Capital Contributions or as to Profits, Losses or distributions, except
as set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement; provided
that this Section 7.2 shall not apply to loans (as distinguished from Capital Contributions) which a Member has made to the Company.
7.3
Services
Provided by Members. Members and/or their Affiliates may provide services to the Company
and be compensated therefor, so long as such compensation arrangements are affirmatively approved by the Managing Member
and the party providing such services, and the
fees paid are no greater
than the Company
would incur to third parties
providing such services in either (i) Maricopa County, New
York, for services provided to the Company as a whole, or (ii) the county and state where any Company Property is located, for services provided in connection with a
specific Company Property.
7.4
No
Management by Members. No Member, in its capacity as
such, except as otherwise provided herein, shall take part in the day-to-day
management, operation or control of the business and affairs at the Company. The Members, in their capacity as such,
shall not have any right, power,
or authority to transact any business in the name of the Company or to act for or on behalf of or to bind the Company. A Member shall
have no rights
other than those specifically
provided herein or granted by law.
7.5
Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgments of the Members. Each
Member, as a condition to its admission as a
Member, as the case may
be, does hereby represent, warrant and acknowledge to the Company, the other
Members and the Managing Member that such party:
7.5.1
Authority to Act. Has full power and authority to execute
and agree to this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder and all necessary
actions and approvals by the board of directors, shareholders, managers,
partners, or such other Persons necessary for the due authorization, execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement have been taken;
7.5.2
Review of Documents. Has carefully read this Agreement and each of the Exhibits attached
hereto, as well as all other documents relevant to the investment contemplated hereby; has
adequate familiarity with investments and businesses of the type contemplated
by the Company to appreciate and understand each of such documents; has been
afforded an adequate opportunity to retain legal and/or financial advisors of
such party’s choice to advise such party with respect to the investment
contemplated hereby;
7.5.3
Risks of Investment. Understands that the Company is recently
organized and has minimal financial or operating history and that there are
risks incident to the investment contemplated hereby which are applicable to
such party’s investment in the Company; and has adequate experience and
background in investing in investments of this type such that such party is
able to adequately assess the risks of an investment herein;
7.5.4
Illiquidity. Understands that such party’s investment in the Company will be
illiquid; that such party must bear the economic risk of such investment for an
indefinite period of time, because the Units (as applicable) hereunder are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable state securities
laws, to the extent applicable, and therefore cannot be sold unless they are
subsequently registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or any applicable
state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration is available; and
that such party’s right to assign any Units in the Company is further
restricted by the other provisions of this Agreement;
7.5.5
Independent Analysis. Has independently conducted such party’s
due diligence and evaluation with regard to the investment contemplated hereby;
has been encouraged by the Company and the Managing Member to engage such
party’s own legal, financial and tax advisors and has done so to the extent
such party deemed appropriate; and has had access to all information such party
considers necessary or appropriate to complete such party’s due diligence and
evaluation;
7.5.6
Access to Information. Has been afforded the opportunity to
obtain any additional information such party deems necessary to verify any of
the information set forth
in this Agreement and the Exhibits
attached hereto, and any other information such party deems
appropriate concerning the proposed investment; has
received answers
from the Managing
Member on all inquiries such party has asked of the Managing Member concerning the
Company;
7.5.7
Reliance by Company and Managing Member. Understands that the Company and the
Managing Member are permitting such party to acquire Units in reliance upon
such party’s representations and warranties as set forth in this Section 7.5;
and such party is acquiring
said interest for such party’s
own account, as a principal, for investment, and not
with a view to the resale or distribution of all or any part of such Units, as the case may be, and not on behalf
of any other Person; and
7.5.8
Representation. Acknowledges that this Agreement, and
certain documents related to the organization of the Company (collectively, the
“Company Documents”), were prepared by Mills
and Hoopes, L.L.P. (“Law Firm”). With respect to Law Firm’s participation
(including rendering of advice) in the preparation of the Company
Documents, such party agrees with the Company,
the Managing Member and the Members as follows:
7.5.8.1
Notwithstanding any prior,
present and/or continuing representation by Law Firm of any Person comprising the Managing Member
or any Member, or any of
their respective Affiliates or principals, with respect to other matters, Law
Firm is only representing the Company and the Managing Member and neither any
Member (other than the Managing Member) nor any of their respective principals
in connection with the preparation of the Company Documents or thereafter;
7.5.8.2
Law Firm has expressly
recommended to each Member that it obtain appropriate independent legal, tax
and other professional consultation and advice with respect to the Company
Documents and all aspects of the effect and enforceability thereof, and by executing
this Agreement, each respective party to this Agreement confirms said
recommendation by Law Firm; and
7.5.8.3
Law Firm has no obligation to
render or provide any advice to any Member, or any of their respective
Affiliates or principals, with respect to any of the Company Documents, or the
effect or enforceability thereof.
7.6
Confidentiality.
7.6.1
The Members hereby
acknowledge that the Company will be in possession of confidential information
the improper use or disclosure of which could
have a material adverse effect
upon the Company
or upon one or more Members
or Portfolio Companies.
7.6.2
The Members acknowledge and
agree that all information provided to them by or on behalf of the Company or
the Managing Member concerning the Company, a Member or a Portfolio Company
(including all information contained in any private placement memorandum or
other materials provided in connection with the formation of the Company or the
placement of interests therein) shall be
deemed strictly confidential and shall not, without the prior
consent of the Managing Member,
be (i) disclosed to any Person (other than a
Member)
or (ii) used by a Member other than
for a Company purpose or a purpose reasonably related to protecting such
Member’s interest in the Company. The
Managing Member hereby consents to the disclosure by each Member of Company
information to such Member’s accountants, attorneys and similar
advisors bound by a
duty of confidentiality. The Managing
Member consents to the use by any Member of Company information solely for such
Member’s internal purposes to assess investment and other similar opportunities
and circumstances, so long as such use causes no material harm to the Company,
any other Member, or any Portfolio Company and so long as, in any event, such
use conforms to the requirements of all applicable laws (including laws
relating to “insider trading”). The
foregoing requirements of this Section 6.6
shall not apply to a Member with regard to any information that is currently or
becomes: (i) required to be disclosed pursuant to applicable law or a domestic
national securities exchange rule (but in each case only to the extent of such requirement); (ii) required to be disclosed
in order to protect such Member’s interest in the Company (but
only to the extent of such requirement and only after consultation with the Managing
Member); (iii) publicly
known or available in the absence of any improper
or unlawful action on the part of such Member;
or
(iv) known or available to such Member via
legitimate means other than through or on behalf of the Company
or the Managing Member. For purposes of this Section 7.6. Company information (including information relating to
a Portfolio Company or another Member) provided by one Member to another shall
be deemed to have been provided on behalf of the Company. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Member Register is a
confidential document of the Company and the Managing Member, and no other
Member shall have a right to receive information contained on the Member
Register except to the extent the information contained thereon relates specifically
to the Member (i.e., Units held by
Member, its Capital Contribution amount, etc.).
7.6.3
Provided that the Company
and the Managing
Member may disclose any
information to the extent necessary or convenient for the formation, operation, dissolution, winding-up, or termination of the Company
(as determined by the Managing Member in its reasonable
discretion), the Company and the Managing Member shall similarly refrain
from disclosing any confidential information furnished by a Member pursuant to Section 7.6.
7.6.4
To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Managing Member may, in its reasonable discretion, keep
confidential from any Member information to the extent the Managing Member reasonably determines that:
(i) disclosure of such information to such
Member likely would have a material adverse
effect upon the Company, a Member or a Portfolio
Company due to an actual or likely conflict of business
interests between such Member and one or more other parties or an actual
or likely imposition of additional statutory or regulatory constraints upon the Company, a Member or a Portfolio Company; or (ii) in the case of a Member that the Managing Member reasonably
determines cannot or will not adequately protect against the disclosure of
confidential information, the disclosure of such information to a non-Member
likely would have a material adverse effect upon the Company, a Member, or a
Portfolio Company.
7.6.5
Notwithstanding any other
provisions in this Agreement, any information regarding the tax treatment or
tax structure of the transactions described in this Agreement or any related
tax strategies (if any) shall not be limited in any manner with respect to any
disclosure by any of the Members or the Unit Holders and shall not provide any confidentiality restrictions whatsoever on any of the Members or the Unit Holders.
7.7
Disclosures. Each
Member shall furnish to the Company upon request any information with respect
to such Member reasonably determined
by the Managing Member to be
necessary or convenient for the formation, operation, dissolution, winding-up,
or termination of the Company.
7.8
Possible
Carried Interest Legislation. In the
event of changes to United States Federal income tax law adversely affecting the taxation
of the Managing Member’s interest
in the Company, the Members
will negotiate in good faith to amend the Agreement in such a manner as to minimize the adverse consequences
for the Managing Member and its members without a material increase to the
after-tax consequences for the Members.
7.9
Acknowledgment of Liability for Taxes. To the extent
that the laws of any taxing
jurisdiction require, each Member and Unit Holder requested to do so by the
Managing Member shall submit an agreement indicating that such person shall
make timely income tax payments to the taxing jurisdiction and that such person accepts
personal jurisdiction of the
taxing jurisdiction with
regard to the collection of taxes, interest, and penalties attributable to such person’s income.
7.10
Withholding.
7.10.1
The Company shall withhold
taxes from distributions to, and allocations
among, the Members and Unit Holders to the extent required by law (as
determined by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion). Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.10,
any amount so withheld by the Company
with regard to a Member or Unit Holder
shall be treated
for purposes of this Agreement as an amount actually
distributed to such Member or Unit
Holder pursuant to Section 5. An amount
shall be considered withheld by the Company if, and at the time, remitted
to a taxing jurisdiction without regard to whether such remittance occurs at
the same time as the distribution or allocation to which it relates.
7.10.2
If, pursuant to Section
7.10.1, an amount withheld with regard to a Member or Unit Holder is
treated for purposes of this Agreement as an amount distributed to such Member or Unit Holder
pursuant to Section 5, subsequent
actual distributions to such Member or Unit Holder pursuant to Section 5
shall be reduced as necessary to, as quickly as possible, cause the aggregate
distributions to such Member or Unit Holder over the term of the Company
(including actual distributions and distributions deemed to have occurred pursuant to Section 7.10.1 to equal the actual
distributions that would have been made to such Member or Unit Holder if Section
7.10.1 were not part of this Agreement.
7.10.3
Each Member and Unit Holder shall
reimburse the Company and the Managing Member for any
liability they may incur for failure to properly withhold taxes in respect of
such Member or Unit Holder. Each
Member and Unit Holder hereby agrees that neither the Company nor the Managing
Member shall be liable for any excess taxes withheld in respect of such
Member’s or Unit Holder’s interest in the Company and that, in the event of over withholding a Member’s or Unit
Holder’s sole recourse shall be to apply for a refund from the appropriate
taxing jurisdiction.
SECTION 8
8.1
Meetings
of the Members. Meetings of the Members, or a vote of the Members without a
meeting, may be called by the Managing Member upon the written request of any
one or more of the Members holding 10% or more of the Units. The call shall state the nature of the
business to be transacted or, if no meeting is to be held, the matter to be voted on and the day that
the votes shall be counted. Notice of
any such meeting shall be given to the Managing Member and all Members not less
than 10 Business Days or more than 30 days prior to the date of such meeting
unless waived in writing. Whenever
the vote or consent of Members is permitted or required under this Agreement,
such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of Members or may be given in
accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 8.3.
8.2
Record
Date.
For the purpose of determining the Members entitled to vote on a matter,
or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, the Member
requesting such meeting
may fix, in advance, a date as the record
date for any such determination. Such date shall not be more than 30 days nor less than 10 Business
Days before any such meeting.
8.3
Method
of Voting.
Each Member may cast the number of votes equal to such Member’s Units. A Member may vote in person at a meeting,
by written proxy or by a signed writing directing the manner in which such Member desires
its vote to be cast, which writing
must be received by the other Member(s) prior to the date on which votes
are to be counted. The proxy
of a Member may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it on all matters in
which a Member is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any
meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Member or its
attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be
valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise
provided in the proxy. Every proxy
shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.
8.4
Meetings. Each meeting of Members shall be conducted
by the Managing Member.
8.5
Action Without
a Meeting; Telephone
Meetings. Any action required
by the Act or this Agreement to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of the Members, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of Members,
may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice, and without
a vote, if a consent
or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Members holding not less than the minimum percentage of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting
at which all of the Members
were present. Any electronic communication, including, but not limited to, electronic mail,
photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar
reproduction of a writing signed by a Member shall be
regarded as signed
by such Member
for purposes of this
Section 8.5. Subject
to the provisions of applicable law and this Agreement regarding
notice of meetings, Members may participate in and hold a meeting by using a conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting
can hear each other, and participation in a
telephone meeting pursuant
to this Section 8.5 shall constitute presence in person
at such meeting, except when a person
participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully
called or convened.
SECTION 9
9.1
Books
and Records. The Company shall keep adequate books and records at its
principal place of business, setting forth a true and accurate account of all
business transactions arising out of and in connection with the conduct of the
Company. Subject to Section 7.6,
any Member or its respective designated representative shall have the right,
at any reasonable time, to have access to and inspect and copy
the contents of such books and records provided, however, that confidential
communications between the Company and its legal counsel may be withheld from a
Member in the Managing Member’s reasonable discretion.
9.2
Tax
Information. Necessary tax information shall be delivered to each Member
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company. Such tax information shall include, but shall in no event be limited to, a Form K-1 and an internally prepared balance sheet and related
statements of income, cash flow and Members’ capital for the most
recently ended Fiscal Year of the Company. Any
and all statements of income, cash flow and Members’ capital shall be prepared
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied and certified (or reviewed) by independent
certified public accountants retained by the Managing Member on behalf of the Company
and shall include
a statement or certification that such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied. Every effort shall be made
to furnish a Form K-1 to each Member (or a reasonable estimate of taxable income or loss of each Member)
by March 31 of
each Fiscal Year.
9.3
Fiscal Year. The “Fiscal Year” for the Company
shall begin on January 1st of each year (provided that the Fiscal Year for the first year of the Company shall begin on the date of the formation of the Company)
and end on December 31st of each year (provided that the Fiscal
Year for the last year of the Company shall end on the date of the
liquidation of the Company).
SECTION 10
10.1
Transfer
of Units.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 10, no
Unit Holder may voluntarily withdraw from the Company and no Units in the
Company may be transferred without the consent of the Managing Member. As used in this Section, “Transfer”
means to transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of
any Units in the Company, including any transfer by death, Disability or
involuntarily by operation of law.
10.2
Permitted
Transfers.
Notwithstanding any of the other requirements of this Section 10,
except subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth in Sections 10.3
and 10.7 hereof, a Member may at any time Transfer all or any portion of
its Units in the Company to (i) the other Members; (ii) any Affiliate of the
transferor but only so long as the only party with authority to bind such
Affiliate is the Member making such Transfer; (iii) to a trust for estate
planning purposes, but only so long as the only party with authority to bind
such trust is the Member making such Transfer; or (iv) its Personal
Representative or heirs or beneficiaries upon the Disability or death of a
Member (any such Transfer referred to in (i) through (iv) above shall be
referred to in this Agreement as a “Permitted Transfer”).
10.3
Conditions to Permitted Transfers. A Transfer shall not be treated as a Permitted Transfer under Section 10.2
hereof unless and until the following conditions are satisfied, provided that the Managing Member may in
its sole and absolute discretion waive any of the following conditions:
10.3.1
The transferor and transferee shall execute and deliver to the
Company such documents and instruments of conveyance as may be necessary or
appropriate in the opinion of counsel to the Company to effect such Transfer
and to confirm the agreement of the transferee to be
bound by the provisions of this Section
10. In any case not described in the preceding
sentence, the Transfer shall be confirmed by presentation to the Company
of legal evidence
of such Transfer, in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel
to the Company. In all cases, the Company shall be reimbursed by the transferor
and/or transferee for all costs and expenses that it reasonably incurs in
connection with such Transfer.
10.3.2
The Units which are the subject of the Transfer are registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any applicable state securities laws, or
alternatively, the Member
or the proposed transferee of the Units obtains an opinion
of counsel satisfactory to the Company’s legal counsel to the effect
that such Transfer is exempt from all applicable
registration requirements or that such Transfer will not violate any applicable
securities laws.
10.3.3
The Transfer does not cause
the Company to become a “publicly traded Company” within the meaning of Code
Section 7704(b). The transferor may
be required to furnish the Company an opinion of counsel, which counsel and
opinion shall be satisfactory to the Company, that the Transfer will not cause
the Company to become a “publicly traded Company” within the meaning of Code
Section 7704(b).
10.3.4
The Transfer does not result in 25% or more of the Units (as
determined by the Managing Member) being owned by Qualified Plans. The transferor may be required to furnish
the Company an opinion of counsel, which counsel and opinion shall be
satisfactory to the Company, that the Transfer will not cause 25% or more of
the Units (as determined by the Managing Member) being owned by Qualified
Plans.
10.3.5
The Transfer does not cause
the Company to terminate for federal income tax purposes. The transferor may be
required to furnish the Company an opinion of counsel, which counsel and
opinion shall be satisfactory to the Company, that the Transfer will not cause
the Company to terminate for federal income tax purposes.
10.3.6
The transferor and transferee
shall furnish the transferee’s taxpayer identification number, sufficient
information to determine the transferee’s initial tax basis in the Units
transferred, and any other information reasonably necessary to permit the Company
to file all required federal and state tax returns and other legally required
information statements or returns.
10.3.7
The Managing Member shall have consented
in writing to
such Transfer.
10.4
Prohibited Transfers.
10.4.1
10.4.2
Indemnification. In the case of a Transfer or attempted
Transfer of any Units that is not a Permitted Transfer, the parties engaging or
attempting to engage in such Transfer shall be liable to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, the Managing Member and the other Members from all cost,
liability, and damage that any of such indemnified Persons may incur
(including, without limitation, incremental tax liability and attorneys’ fees
and expenses) as a result of such Transfer or attempted Transfer and efforts to
enforce the indemnity granted hereby.
10.5
Rights of Unadmitted Assignees. A Person who acquires Member
Units but who is not admitted as a Substitute
Member pursuant to Section 10 hereof shall be entitled only to
allocations and distributions with respect to such Member Units in accordance
with this Agreement, but shall have no right to any information or accounting of the affairs
of the Company, shall not be entitled to inspect the books or records
of the Company, shall not have the voting rights as a Member, and shall not
have any of the rights of a Member under the Act or this Agreement.
10.6
Admission
of Transferees as Substitute Members. Subject to the other provisions of this Section
10, a transferee of any Units may be admitted to the Company as a
Substitute Member only if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
10.6.1
The Managing Member consents
to such admission;
10.6.2
The Units with respect to
which the transferee is being admitted was acquired by means of a Permitted
Transfer;
10.6.3
The transferee becomes a
party to this Agreement and executes such documents
and instruments as the Company
may reasonably request
to confirm such transferee as a Member
and such transferee’s agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof;
10.6.4
The transferee pays or
reimburses the Company for all reasonable legal, filing, and publication costs
that the Company incurs in connection with the admission of the transferee as a Member with respect
to the transferred Units; and
10.6.5
The transferee executes a statement that it is acquiring
such Units for investment and not for resale.
10.7
Distributions
and Allocations in Respect to Transferred
Units.
If any Units in the Company
is transferred during
any accounting period
in compliance with the provisions of this Section 10,
all Book Profits,
Book Losses, each item thereof,
and all other items attributable to the transferred
Units for such period shall be divided and allocated between the transferor and
the transferee in the manner set forth in Section 1.6 of the Tax Matters
Schedule. All distributions on or before the date of such Transfer shall be made to the
transferor, and all distributions thereafter shall be made to the transferee.
SECTION 11
11.1
Covenant
Not to Withdraw or Dissolve. Notwithstanding any provision of the Act,
each Member recognizes that the Members have entered into this Agreement based
on their mutual expectation that all Members will continue as Members and carry
out the duties and obligations undertaken by them hereunder and that, except as
otherwise expressly required or permitted hereby, each Member hereby covenants and agrees not to (i) take any action to dissolve
or to file a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to itself, (ii) take any action that would cause a Bankruptcy of such Member,
(iii) voluntarily withdraw
or attempt to withdraw from the Company, (iv) to the fullest
extent permitted by law, exercise any power under the Act to dissolve the
Company, (v) to the fullest extent permitted by law, petition for judicial
dissolution of the Company
(to the fullest extent permitted by law), or (vi) demand a return of such Member’s
contributions or profits
without the unanimous consent of the Members (collectively, (i)-(vi) above shall
be referred to as “Withdrawal”).
11.2
Consequences of Withdrawal. If a Member
attempts to take any action in breach of Section 11.1 hereof, such
Member (the “Breaching Member”) shall immediately cease to be a
Member and shall have no further
power to act for the Company, to bind the Company, to vote, or to consent, and the Breaching Member
shall be liable in damages, without requirement of a prior accounting, to the
Company for all costs and liabilities that the Company or any Member may incur
as a result of such breach. In
addition:
11.2.1
The Company shall have no
obligation to pay to the Breaching Member its contributions, capital, or
Profits, but may, by notice to the Breaching
Member within 30 days of its Withdrawal, elect to make Breach Payments (as defined below) in complete
satisfaction of the Breaching Member’s Units in the Company;
11.2.2
If the Company does not elect
to make Breach
Payments, the Company shall treat the Breaching Member as if it were an unadmitted assignee of the Units of the Breaching Member and shall
make distributions to the Breaching Member only of those amounts otherwise payable with respect to
such Units hereunder;
11.2.3
The Company may apply any
distributions otherwise payable with respect
to such Units (including Breach Payments) to satisfy any claims
it may have against the Breaching Member; and
11.2.4
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary hereinabove provided, unless the Company has elected to make Breach
Payments to the Breaching
Member in satisfaction of its Units, the Company may offer and sell (on any
terms that are not manifestly unreasonable) the Units of the Breaching
Member to any other
Members or other Persons on the Breaching Member’s behalf, provided that any
Person acquiring such Units becomes
a Member with respect to such Units and agrees to perform the duties and
obligations imposed by this Agreement on the Breaching Member.
11.3
Breach
Payments.
A Breaching Member may be redeemed out of its equity interest in the
Company by the Company making payment (“Breach Payments”) equal to the
Breach Amount, which shall be determined and paid in accordance with the terms
hereof. For purposes hereof, Breach Payments shall be made in five equal
installments, without any interest thereon. Each
payment shall be equal to one-fifth of the Breach Amount (as defined below) and
shall be paid on the next five consecutive anniversaries of the breach by the
Breaching Member. The “Breach Amount” shall be an amount equal to the
greater of $1 or one-half the Net Asset Value of the Breaching Member’s Units
on the day of such breach. The Net
Asset Value of a Member’s Units in the Company shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Net Asset Value
determination shall be final and binding in the absence of a showing of gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company may, at its sole election,
prepay all or any portion of the Breach Payments at any time without
penalty.
11.4
No
Bonding.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Act, the Company shall not be obligated
to secure the value of the Breaching
Member’s Units by bond or otherwise;
provided, however, that if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that,
in order to continue the business of the Company such value must be so secured,
the Company may provide such security. If
the Company provides such security, the Breaching Member shall not have any
right to participate in Company profits
or distributions during
the term of the Breach,
or to receive any interest
on the value of such Units.
SECTION 12
12.1
Liquidating Events. The Company shall
dissolve and commence
winding up upon the first to occur of any of the
following (each a “Liquidating Event”):
12.1.1
The determination of the Managing Member,
in its sole and absolute
discretion, to dissolve, wind up, and liquidate the Company;
12.1.2
The happening of any event
that makes it unlawful or impossible to carry on the business of the Company;
12.1.3
The termination of the legal
existence of the last remaining Member of the Company or the occurrence of any
other event that causes the last remaining Member of the Company
to cease to be a Member of the Company,
unless the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner
permitted by this Agreement or the Act;
12.1.4
An event of withdrawal or the
removal of a Managing Member, unless at the time there is at least one other
Managing Member who shall carry on the business of the Company,
or unless the Company is continued in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the
Act; or
12.1.5
The entry of a decree of
judicial dissolution under Section 17-802 of the Act.
Upon the occurrence of an event of withdrawal or
the removal of the Managing Member (unless at the time there is at least one
other Managing Member, who shall carry on the business of the Company), to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Members are hereby authorized to, and
shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event of withdrawal or the
removal of the Managing Member, agree
in writing (i) to continue
the business of the Company
and (ii) to appoint,
effective as of the date of withdrawal or removal, one or more additional
Managing Members pursuant to Section 6.3.
Upon the occurrence of any event that
causes the last remaining Member of the
Company to cease to be a Member of the Company, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the Managing Member and the Personal Representative of such
Member are hereby authorized to, and shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event that causes
the last remaining Member to cease to
be a Member of the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company, and
(ii) to the admission of the Personal Representative or its nominee or
designee, as the case may be, as a Substitute
Member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that caused
the last remaining Member of
the Company to cease to be a Member of the Company.Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of a Member or Managing Member
shall not cause said Member
or Managing Member
to cease to be, or to
withdraw
as a Member or Managing Member of the Company, and upon the occurrence of such
an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, each of the Members, and the Managing Member waives any right it
might have to agree in writing to dissolve the Company upon the Bankruptcy of a Member or Managing
Member or the occurrence of an event
that causes such party to
cease to be, or to withdraw as, a Member of the Company.
In the event
of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs
(including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be
applied in the manner, and in the order of priority,
set forth in Section 17-804 of the Act.
12.2
Winding
Up.
Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Company shall continue
solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner,
liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors, the Managing Member,
the Members, and/or Unit
Holders. No Member shall take any
action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the
winding up of the Company’s business and affairs. The Managing Member shall be
responsible for overseeing the winding up and liquidation
of the Company and shall
take full account of the Company’s liabilities and the Company Properties shall
be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with
obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom, to the extent
sufficient therefor, shall be applied and distributed in the following order:
12.2.1
First, to the payment
and discharge of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities to
creditors other than Members, Unit Holders, or the Managing Member;
12.2.2
Second, to the payment and
discharge of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities to Members, Unit
Holders, and/or the Managing Member; then
12.2.3
The balance, if any, to the
Managing Member and the Participating Members in proportion to their respective
Percentage Interests as recorded in the stock ledger books of the Company after
the Shares are properly tendered for redemption as determined by the Managing
Member.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon a liquidation within the meaning of Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), if the Managing Member or any of the Participating
Members has a deficit balance in its capital account (after giving effect to
all contributions, distributions, allocations and other capital
account adjustments for all taxable
years, including the year
during which such liquidation occurs), the Managing Member or such Participating Member shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the
capital of the Company with respect to such deficit, and the negative
balance of such party’s capital
account shall not be considered a debt owed by the
Managing Member or such Participating Member to the Company or to any other
person for any purpose whatsoever.
12.3
Distributions
Held in Trust Reserves. At the discretion of the Managing Member, a Pro Rata share of
the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Managing Member and the
Participating Members pursuant to this Section 12 may be:
12.3.1
Distributed to a trust
established for the benefit of the Managing Member and the Participating
Members for the purposes of liquidating Company assets, collecting amounts owed
to the Company, and paying any contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities
or obligations of the Company or of the Managing Member
and the Participating Members arising
out of or in connection with the Company. The assets of any such trust shall be
distributed to the Managing Member and the Participating Members
from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Managing Member, in the same proportions as
the amount distributed to such trust by the Company would
otherwise have been distributed to the Managing
Member and the Participating Members pursuant to this Agreement; or
12.3.2
Withheld to provide a
reasonable reserve for Company liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to
reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the
Company, provided that such withheld amounts shall be distributed to the
Managing Member and the Participating Members as soon as practicable.
12.4
Certificate
of Cancellation. The Company shall terminate when (i) all of the assets of the
Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and
obligations of the Company shall have been distributed to the Members in the
manner provided for in this Agreement, and (ii) the Certificate shall have been
canceled in the manner required by the Act.
12.5
Return
of Contribution Nonrecourse to Members. Except as provided by law, upon dissolution, each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company
for the return of its Capital Contributions. If the Company Properties remaining after the payment or discharge of the
debts and liabilities of the Company is insufficient to return the Capital
Contributions of one or more Members, such party or parties shall have no
recourse against any Member, the Managing Member or any other party.
12.6
Corporate Reorganization.
12.6.1
General. If the Managing Member determines that it
is advisable and in the best interests of the Company
and the Members to undertake a conversion of the Company
from a subchapter K tax entity to (i) a subchapter C corporation (a “Corporate
Successor”) and/or (ii) an overall plan to restructure the Company and its
assets so that it will qualify as a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code for federal income tax purposes, whether or not in connection with or anticipation of a
Public Registration, and whether by conversion, merger or consolidation with
and into another Person, recapitalization, Unit exchange, or otherwise (as
applicable, a “Corporate Reorganization”), the Managing Member shall have the power and authority to
effect such Corporate Reorganization in any manner whatsoever. The Managing Member shall use reasonable
efforts to undertake any Corporate Reorganization in such manner as would
provide for no tax gain or loss to the Members
solely as a result of the Corporate
Reorganization; provided, however, the Managing Member and the Company
shall have no liability and not be responsible for any such taxable gain or loss attributable to the
Members.
12.6.2
Further
Assurances. In connection with a Corporate Reorganization effected
by the Managing Member in accordance with this Section 12.6, each Member shall take any and all such action
and execute and deliver any and all such instruments and other
documents as the Managing Member may reasonably request in order to effect or
evidence such Corporate Reorganization, including (without limitation) a
stockholders agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Member shall have or be entitled
to exercise any dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or other similar rights in
connection with a Corporate Reorganization. The
Members shall cooperate with the Managing Member in all respects
in connection with a Corporate
Reorganization effected in compliance with this Agreement.
SECTION 13
13.1
By Whom Determined. The Managing Member (or a service provider
selected by the Managing
Member on its behalf) shall have the power and duty to determine from time to time
the Net Asset Value of the Company and may appoint one or more persons to
assist it in the determination of the value of Company Assets and to make the actual calculations pursuant to its
directions. The Net Asset Value of
the Company shall be determined
pursuant to this Section 13 shall be
binding on all parties concerned.
13.2
When
Determined. The Net
Asset Value of the Company shall be determined as of the close of business on
the last Business Day of each month (each a “Valuation Date”).
13.3
Net Asset Value. For purposes of determining the net asset value of the Company, the Managing Member, in its sole
discretion, shall first determine the Net Asset Value of each Class (“Net
Asset Value per Class”) of the Company
which shall equal the aggregate value of the assets of the Company
less the accrued
liabilities incurred by or attributable to each Class
of Units the Company,
including but not limited to, the Company
Expenses attributable to the period
prior to such Valuation Date. The
aggregate Net Asset Value per Class of each Class of Units shall equal the “Net Asset
Value” of the Company. Except
as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, in determining the Net Asset Value per Class, there shall be
taken into consideration any items of income earned but not yet received,
expenses incurred but not yet paid, liabilities fixed or contingent, and
prepaid expenses to the extent not otherwise reflected in the books of account.
13.4
Net Asset Value per Unit. At the inception
of the Company, the value of each Unit shall be deemed to be one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00), except for the Managing Member Units which shall have zero
value ($0) and, on each Valuation Date thereafter, the value of each Unit shall
be determined by dividing the aggregate Net Asset Value per Class of the Company in
U.S.
dollars as of such Valuation Date by the number of Units of the Company
outstanding for such Class on the Valuation
Date (considering any Units to be redeemed on such Valuation Date as
outstanding for such purposes) (the “Net Asset Value per Unit”). The Company may, in its discretion, accept
a lesser amount for a subscription for Units and issue fractional Units in
connection therewith.
13.5
Valuation Rules. All Company
Assets shall be valued at prices that in the opinion
of the Managing Member (or a service provider on its behalf) represents the
fair value of such assets.
13.5.1
Valuation of Company Property.
The Managing Member shall cause the value of Company Property to be determined
initially at cost, and thereafter using (A) any Appraisals conducted for
purposes of and immediately prior to the performance of such Property Valuation
or (B) BPOs conducted for purposes of and immediately prior to such Property
Valuation, or (C) any combination of Appraisals and BPOs.
13.5.1.1
The first required valuation
of Company Property must be performed within 12 months after the Initial
Closing (the “Baseline Property Valuation”). Member Units purchased immediately following the Baseline
Property Valuation and continuing
until the next Company Valuation is performed will be based
on the Baseline Company Valuation, as the same may be adjusted
pursuant to Section 13.7 below.
13.5.1.2
Thereafter, at least one time
per calendar year, the Company shall be required to obtain a Property
Valuation. The Managing Member may
elect to have additional Property Valuations performed at such times as it may determine in its sole discretion.
13.5.2
Valuation of Securities.
The Managing Member and any agent selected by the Managing Member may
conclusively rely upon any regularly published reports of sales, bid, asked and
closing prices, and over the counter quotations for the values of any listed
or unlisted securities and may use the services
of any recognized pricing service
for the purpose of establishing the fair value of any security or other asset.
The reasonable and equitable
decision of the Managing Member regarding whether a method of valuation fairly
indicates fair value, and the selection of a pricing service, shall be
conclusive and binding upon all persons.
13.6
Suspension
of Valuations and Redemptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Managing Member may suspend the determination
of the Net Asset Value of the Company
or of the Units pursuant
to this Section 13 and/or
the right or obligation of the Company
to redeem Units
in accordance with Section 6
for the whole or any part
of any period when; (i) there exists any state of affairs which, in the reasonable
opinion of the Managing Member, constitutes an emergency as a result of which
disposition of the assets of the Company would not be reasonably practicable or would be seriously prejudicial to
the Members;(ii) any market or exchange on which a significant portion of
securities held by the Company are quoted is closed (other than for ordinary
holidays) or during which dealings therein are
restricted or suspended, (iii)
there has been a breakdown
in the means of communication or in any software
and/or hardware systems
normally employed in determining the price or value of any of Company
Assets, or, or when for any reason the prices or values of any Company cannot
reasonably be promptly and accurately ascertained; (iv) the transfer of funds
involved in the realization or acquisition of any investment cannot,
in the reasonable opinion of the Managing
Member, be
effected
at normal rates of exchange; or (v) there has been a delay or default in any
payment due to the Company from any other person.
Adjustments to Company Valuations. The Net Asset
Value of the Company may also be struck
and adjusted at such other times as the Managing
Member may reasonably determine to accurately reflect the state of the
Company’s value. The Managing Member
shall determine when and in what amounts the Net Asset Value of the Company is
to be adjusted.
SECTION 14
14.1
Default. In the event any Member
(the “Defaulting Party”) fails to timely
perform any duty or obligation required under the terms of this
Agreement, the Company shall have the right to pursue such legal remedies as
are available under the Act and the laws of the State of New York in such
manner and to such extent deemed to be in the best interest of the Company
under the prevailing facts and
circumstances, including, but not limited to,
the institution of legal proceedings to specifically enforce
the obligation of the Defaulting Party in accordance with this Agreement; provided,
however, before pursuing
such remedies the Defaulting Party
shall be given written notice of the default and a period
of 10 days after such notice is given in which to cure the default.
14.2
Suspension of Rights. Without
limiting the rights of the Company, the Managing
Member, any Member under this Section 14, and without being deemed an
election of remedies, subsequent to the default by the Defaulting Party and until such time as the default has been cured, the Defaulting Party shall have no right to receive
any distribution from the Company
nor to vote or otherwise participate in the management of Company affairs
(as applicable) or any other
rights as a Member under this Agreement or under the Act.
14.3
Security
Interest.
Without limiting the rights of the Company, the Managing Member, any
Member under this Section 14, and without the exercise of any rights
under this Section 14.3 being deemed an election of remedies, each Member hereby
grants a security
interest in its Units to the Company to secure the performance of its
obligations as a Member under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
its obligation to make capital
contributions pursuant to Section 3 hereof. This Section 14.3 is a Security Agreement for purposes of
the UCC. Each Member hereby warrants,
covenants and agrees with respect to its Units that:
14.3.1
Except for the security
interests granted hereby, such party is the legal owner and holder of all
rights, title and interest in its Member Units, free from any claim, security
interest or encumbrance, and has the full power and lawful authority to sell and
assign the same in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Such party agrees not to Transfer any
right, title or interest in all or any part of such Member Units in violation
of this Agreement;
14.3.2
Such party authorizes the Company to file a UCC Financing Statement covering the Member
Units;
14.3.3
If an event of default by
such party has occurred, then the Company shall be entitled to all the rights and remedies of a secured
party under UCC,
as enacted
in the State of New York,
including, without limitation, the right and power
to sell, at public or private sale or sales,
or otherwise dispose
of, or utilize the Member Units in any manner
authorized or permitted
under the UCC after default
by a debtor, and to apply the proceeds toward the payment of any
amounts owed to the Company and any costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees and
other legal expenses thereby incurred by the Company. The Security Agreement described in this Section 13.3
shall not be construed as relieving such party from any personal
liability on any loan,
or for any deficiency thereon.
All expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other legal expenses) actually
incurred or paid by the Company in connection
with or incident to any action to protect or enforce the Security Agreement
shall be borne by such party. No
delay or omission on the part of the Company in exercising any right hereunder
shall operate as a waiver of any such right or any other right. A waiver on any one or more occasions
shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy on any
future occasion; and
14.3.4
The Company shall, at its
option, be entitled to bring suit against such party for any default (plus
interest thereon at a default rate of 20% per annum) without exhausting or
pursuing any other remedies provided herein.
15.1
Addresses and Notices.
15.1.1
Any notice, demand, request,
report, document, or proxy materials required or permitted to be given
or made to a Member
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be deemed delivered and received by the intended recipient: (i) on the Business
Day that such notice is sent by electronic mail or facsimile or hand delivered to the intended
recipient, provided that such notice
is also sent by United States
Mail, by certified mail, return receipt
requested and postage
paid thereon; (ii) the third Business Day after the date placed in
United States Mail, certified mail, return receipt requested and postage paid
thereon; and (iii) the first Business Day after notice is sent by express mail
or other overnight mail service.
15.1.2
All notices shall be
delivered to the address of the name of such Person on the subscription
agreement completed by such Person for its acquisition of the Units or to such other address as such Person
may from time to time specify by written notice to
the Company. If a notice
is sent to the Company, it shall be sent to the Company’s principal place of business. The Managing Member
may rely and shall be
protected in relying on any notice
or other document from a Member or other Person if believed by it to be genuine.
15.1.3
Any payment, distribution, or
other matter to be given or made to a Member hereunder shall be deemed
conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice
or report or to make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, when delivered in person or upon
sending of such payment, distribution, or other matter to the record holder
of the Units
as the address indicated
on the records of the Company, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an
interest in such Units by reason of assignment or otherwise.
15.1.4
An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice,
demand, request, report, document, proxy material, payment,
distribution, or other matter in accordance with the provisions of this Section
15.1 executed by the Managing Member or its agents or the mailing
organization shall be prima facie evidence of the
giving or making of such notice, demand, request report, document, proxy
material, payment, distribution, or other matter. If any notice, demand,
request, report, document, proxy material,
payment, distribution, or other matter given or made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15.1 is returned
marked to indicate
that it was unable
to be delivered, such notice,
demand, request, report,
documents, proxy materials, payment,
distribution, or other
matter and, if returned by the United
States Postal Service (or other
physical mail delivery mail service
outside the United States of America), any subsequent notices, demands,
requests, reports, documents, proxy materials,
payments, distributions, or other matters
shall be deemed
to have been duly given or
made without further mailing (until
such time as such record Member or another Person notifies the Company of a change in his, her, or its address) or other
delivery if they are available for the Member at the principal office of the Company for a period of one year from the date of the giving
or making of such notice,
demand, request, report, document, proxy material, payment,
distribution, or other
matter to the other Members..
15.2
Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit
of, or shall be enforceable
by, any creditor of the Company.
15.3
Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the
strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy
consequent upon a breach thereof
shall constitute waiver
of any such breach of any other
covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
The due performance or observance by a party of any of its obligations
under this Agreement may be waived only by a writing signed by the party
against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought, and any such waiver shall be
effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
15.4
Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is
intended to be severable. If any
portion of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the parties that such determination shall not affect
the validity or legality of the remainder of this Agreement.
15.5
Governing
Law; Parties in Interest. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed according to the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws, and will bind and inure to the benefit
of the Members and the Managing Member, and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, permitted assigns
and Personal Representatives. The Covered Persons and their heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall
be entitled to receive the benefits of this Agreement.
15.6
Exclusive Jurisdiction. Each of the Members and the Managing
Member and each Person holding any beneficial
interest in the Company (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust company,
or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise), to
the fullest extent permitted
by law, (i) irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions, or proceedings
arising out of our relating in any way to this Agreement (including any claims,
suits, actions to interpret, apply, or enforce (A) the provisions of this
Agreement, (B) the duties, obligations, or liabilities of the Company to the
Members or the Managing Member, or of Members or the Managing Member
of the Company, or among
Members, (C) the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the Company, the Members
or the Managing Member, (D) any provision of the New York Limited Liability Company Act, or (E)
any other instrument, document, agreement or certificate contemplated by any provision
of the New York Limited Liability Company Act relating to the Company
(regardless of whether such claims, suits, actions or proceedings (x) sound in contract,
tort, fraud or otherwise, (y) are based
on common law, statutory, equitable, legal or other grounds,
or (z) are derivative or direct claims)),
shall be exclusively brought in the Superior Court located in the City of New
York of the State of New York
or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction
thereof, any other court in the
State of New York with subject matter jurisdiction; (ii) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in connection with any such claim, suit, action
or proceeding; (iii) irrevocably agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert
in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is
not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of such courts or any other court to which proceedings in such
courts may be appealed, (B) such
claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or
proceeding is improper; (iv) expressly
waives any requirement for the posting
of a bond by a party
bringing such claim, suit, action or proceeding; (v) consents to process being served in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding by mailing, certified
mail, return receipt
requested, a copy thereof
to such party at the address in effect for notices hereunder, and agrees that
such service shall constitute
good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof;
provided, that nothing in clause
(v) hereof
shall affect or limit any right to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law; and
(vi) irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding.
15.7
Waiver of Lis Pendens
and Partition. The Members recognize
that no such party
has any direct right in the Company Properties but only an interest in the
Company which is deemed to be personal property. Nevertheless, because the Company may suffer irreparable
financial injury if a lis pendens or
an action for partition were filed with respect to the Company Properties in
connection with a Company dispute, each Member hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law,
any such right to file a lis pendens against
the Company Properties or an action for partition thereof.
15.8
Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, all of which taken together shall be
deemed one original.
15.9
Incorporation by Reference. Every exhibit, schedule
and other appendix
attached to this Agreement is deemed incorporated herein by this
reference.
15.10 Computation
of Time.
In computing any period of time pursuant to this Agreement, the day of the act, date of notice, event
or default from which the designated period
of time begins to run will not be included. The last day of the period so computed will be included, unless
it is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in
the State of New York, in which
event the period shall run until the end of the next day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
15.11 Titles and
Captions.
All article, section or paragraph titles or captions contained in this
Agreement are for convenience only and are not deemed part of the context
hereof.
15.12 Pronouns
and Plurals. All pronouns and any variations thereof are deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular
or plural as the identity
of the person or Persons may require.
15.13 Construction. Every covenant, term and provision of this
Agreement shall be construed simply according to its fair meaning and not
strictly for or against any Member.
15.14 Entire
Agreement.
Subject to any Side Letters entered into by the Managing Member and any Member,
this Agreement and the documents referenced herein contain
the entire understanding
amongst the Company, the Managing Member and the Members, and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements amongst
them representing the subject matter contained
herein.
15.15 Limitation
on Benefits of this Agreement. No Person or entity other than the Members
and the Company (or the Covered Persons) is or shall be entitled to bring any
action to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any Member or the
Company. All covenants, undertakings,
and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of,
and shall be enforceable only by, the Members
(or their respective successors and assigns
as permitted hereunder) and
the Company.
15.16 Additional Actions
and Documents. Each Member shall take or cause to be taken such further actions and shall execute,
acknowledge, deliver, and file such further documents and instruments, and use reasonable efforts to obtain such
consents, and provide all information and take or refrain from taking action,
as may be necessary or as may be reasonably requested to achieve the purposes
of this Agreement.
15.17 Leveraging. No Member or Unit Holder is
permitted to leverage such Member’s or Unit Holder’s Units for any purpose
unless otherwise approved by the Managing Member.
15.18 Spousal Consent. Any married individual who becomes a Member or Unit Holder must have his or her non-Member or
non-Unit Holder spouse execute the Spousal Consent in the form attached
hereto (as such may be amended from time to time, the “Spousal Consent”), and the execution of such Spousal Consent shall be a condition
precedent to becoming a Member or Unit Holder. If an individual becomes married after such individual is
already a Member or Unit Holder, then such individual shall cause his or her
non-Member or non-Unit Holder spouse to execute the Spousal Consent as soon as
practicable after the individual becomes married.
15.19 Side
Letters.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement (including Section 15.14 hereof) to the contrary, it is
hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Company, and the Managing Member on its
own behalf or on behalf of the Company, may, without the approval of any other Member, enter into a side letter
or similar agreement
(each, a “Side
Letter”) to or with a Member which has the effect of establishing rights under, or altering or supplementing
the
terms of, this Agreement or of any subscription agreements between such Member
and the Company. The parties hereto
agree that any terms contained in a Side Letter shall govern with respect to
such Member notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement or of any
subscription agreement or Private Placement Memoranda. Except as required by law, the Managing Member and the Company
shall not be required to deliver the Side Letter or disclose the existence of
any Side Letter or the terms and agreements contained therein to any Member. Notwithstanding the above, a Side Letter
may not modify, terminate, amend, or change the rights of the Managing Member
without the express written consent of the Managing Member.
15.20
Amendment. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended
only as follows:
15.20.1
Managing Member Amendments. Pursuant to its special power of attorney as provided below, the Managing
Member may unilaterally execute and make the following amendments to this Agreement:
15.20.1.1
to amend the Member
Register as appropriate from time to time to update
the information therein;
15.20.1.2
to cure any ambiguity or
mistake, to correct or supplement any provision herein
that may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Agreement or any private placement memorandum or other offering
documents;
15.20.1.3
to make any amendment
as described in this
Agreement;
15.20.1.4
to delete or add any provision of this
Agreement required
to be so deleted or added for the benefit
of Members by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission or by a state “Blue Sky” Commissioner or similar official;
15.20.1.5
to minimize the adverse
impact of, or comply
with, any final regulation of the United States
Department of Labor, or other federal
agency having jurisdiction, defining “plan assets” for ERISA purposes;
15.20.1.6
to comply with applicable governmental laws
and regulations governing monetary laws and investments as in effect from time
to time, including without limitation the USA Patriot/Freedom Act;
15.20.1.7
as required by a lender making a loan to the
Company;
15.20.1.8
to modify the allocation provisions of this
Agreement to comply
with Code §§ 704(b) and 514(c)(9);
15.20.1.9
to specially allocate any
income tax deduction for the Company as a result of paying Placement Fees and
Sales Commissions;
15.20.1.10
to change the name and
principal place of business of the Company;
15.20.1.11
to decrease the rights and
powers of the Managing Member (so long as such decrease does not impair the
ability of the Managing Member to manage the Company and conduct its business
affairs); and
15.20.1.12
to make any amendments that
expand or improve the rights, benefits and/or economic interests of Members
under this Agreement (without, in more than a de minimis manner, adversely
affecting the economic interests or voting rights of any Members, unless each
such adversely affected Member consents in writing).
15.20.2
Member Amendments. All other amendments (not described in Section
15.20.1) to this Agreement require the written approval of each of the
Managing Member and the Members by Majority in Interest (which shall in each
case be in its or their sole and absolute discretion), unless the provision
that is the subject of such amendment
includes or is part of a provision that requires the vote,
consent, or approval of a greater or less vote, in which case such amendment
must have the written approval of the Managing Member and such Members by
Majority in Interest as are required by such provisions that is the subject of
such amendment.
15.20.3
Attorney-in-Fact. Each Member hereby grants to the Managing
Member a special power of attorney irrevocably making, constituting and
appointing the Managing
Member as such Member’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, with power and
authority to act in such Member’s name and on its behalf to execute, acknowledge and swear to in the execution, acknowledgment, filing and/or recording of any of the following (such special
power of attorney granted by each Member (i) is a special power of attorney
coupled with an interest, is irrevocable,
shall survive the incapacity of the granting Member and is limited to the
matters set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) may be exercised by the Managing
Member acting for the Member by a facsimile signature of such Member):
15.20.3.1 any
separate Certificate of Formation, as well as any amendments thereto or to this
Agreement, which, under the laws of the State of New York or the laws of any other state,
are required to be executed
or filed or which
is deemed advisable by the Managing Member to execute or file;
15.20.3.2 any
other instrument or document which may be required to be filed by the Company
under the laws of any state or by any governmental agency,
or which is deemed advisable by the Managing Member to file;
15.20.3.3 any instrument or document which may be required to effect the continuation of the Company,
the admission of additional Members,
or the dissolution and
termination of the Company (provided the continuation, admission, or
dissolution and termination are in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement); and
15.20.3.4 any amendment
to this Agreement as set forth in Section
15.20.1.
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
FOLLOW
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Persons
comprising Managing Member
and the Members have executed
this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
COMPANY:
Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income
Fund LLC a New York limited
liability company
By: Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund GP LLC,A New York limited liability
company
Its: Managing Member
Its: Authorized Person
EXHIBIT “A”
Names and Addresses of
Members, Percentage
Interests and Capital Contributions
Name and
Address of Managing Member |
Managing Member Percentage Interest |
Managing
Member Units |
Capital
Contribution |
Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth & Income
Fund GP LLC 970 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Suite
1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024 |
100% |
1,000 |
$0 |
Name and
Address of Class A Members |
Participating Member Percentage Interest |
Class A Units |
Capital
Contribution |
*maintained by the Managing Member as a separate
Member Register. |
|
|
|
Name and
Address of Class B Members |
Participating Member Percentage Interest |
Class B Units |
Capital
Contribution |
*maintained by the Managing Member as a separate
Member Register. |
|
|
|
Name and
Address of Class I Members |
Participating Member Percentage Interest |
Class I Units |
Capital
Contribution |
*maintained by the Managing Member as a separate
Member Register. |
|
|
|
EXHIBIT “B”
RELATED PARTY FEE SCHEDULE AFFILIATE SERVICES
AND RATES
(see attached)
DocuSign Envelope ID: 992CF002-D1BA-4AC4-889B-1CFC72EB5F70
EXHIBIT B
Company
Level Fees The below
are fees that are paid directly from the Company to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services, its Affiliates, or other related
or third parties as listed in the Payee column. No similar fees (for the same services performed) will be
taken at multiple entity levels with respect to the same investor Capital
Contributions. For example, if the
Company invests 50% equity into a single asset offering, to the extent that
offering’s entity charges a similar fee, the fee owed by the Company will be
offset, dollar for dollar, by the asset-level fee (or vice versa ),
eliminating the instance of paying extra, or double fees for the same services performed. Please note that after
the Notes have converted (if such event
occurs), for those
re-occuring fees, similar
fees will be taken with respect to the deemed
“Capital Contributions” made
by the note holders to the Company. |
||||||
Service or Arrangement |
Payee |
Payor |
Agreement Where Descrip- tion of Services Performed is Located |
Approved Rate |
Approved Rate |
Off-Sets;
Carve-Outs |
Management Fee |
Managing Member |
Company |
Management Agreement |
The Asset
Management Fee is equal to one and one
half (1.5%) percent of the Net Asset Value of the Participating Units
as of the close of business on the
last Business Day of the relevant month, calculated before deduction of the
Asset Management Fee, or any
accrued but unallocated Managing Member Performance Allocation and before
any withdrawals. |
The Management Fee is a re-occur- ring, annual
fee, payable in arrears
each month based on the current NAV of the Members as of the last day of each
such month. It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay this fee will initially
be from the Capital Contributions of the Members and then, if available, from financing proceeds
and/or operational cash flow. |
If any
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company pays to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Services or its Affiliate any similar
fee, the Management Fee de- scribed herein shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis with respect to the capital contribu- tions made by
the Company to such direct or indirect subsidiary. For example,
if the Company invests 50% equity
into a single asset offering, to the
extent that offering’s entity charges a
similar fee, the fee owed by the Compa- ny will be offset, dollar
for dollar, by the
asset-level fee, eliminating the instance
of paying extra, or double fees. |
Managing Broker Fees and
Commissions |
Skyway Cap- ital Markets LLC |
Company |
Private Placement Engagement Agreement |
The Company has an agreement
with Young America Capital LLC, a registered broker/dealer and member
FINRA/SIPC (“Managing Broker”), pursuant to which the securities will
be offered and
sold. Please note that salespersons
affiliated with Cloud Toronto – FYBN (but who are licensed and managed through a Broker Dealer) will receive selling
commissions up to 2.00% of the gross proceeds in the Offering. Other fees that will be paid
to Young America Capital LLC include the following: (1) a
non-refundable engagement fee of $10,000 that was or will be paid upon
execution of a placement agreement between the Company and the Managing
Broker; (2) a Managing Broker Dealer (MBD) Fee of 0.7% of all sales
of Class B shares (3) a Marketing and Due Diligence Fee of up to 1.00%
of all sales
of Class B Shares (based on the principal amount
of the securi- ties issued). |
Vary (see description to the
left that described different fees paid and
when paid). Fees are
generally paid in arrears on a monthly
basis. All such MBD fees and
selling commis- sions will be paid from
proceeds received from the Offering. |
None |
|
|
Service or Arrangement |
Payee |
Payor |
Agreement
Where Description of Services Performed is Located |
Approved Rate |
Approved Rate |
Off-Sets;
Carve-Outs |
Real Estate Brokerage Fee |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC |
RE Holding Company |
Real Estate Brokerage Services
Agreement |
A market-rate fee for real estate brokerage services, ranging from 2%-6% on the purchase or sale of any real
property held by the RE Holding Company, depending on the asset
class, representation (dual
or single), and transaction size. |
The Real Estate Brokerage Fee is a one-time fee payable upon the closing of any real
estate acquisition or
disposition by the RE Holding Company. |
The Real
Estate Brokerage Fee may be reduced by any com- missions paid by the RE
Holding Company to any third party engaged
by the RE Holding Com- pany performing similar services. |
Acquisition Fee / Disposition Fee |
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC |
RE Holding Company |
Acquisition Services Agreement |
Up to 2% of price paid
on the purchase or sale of any
real property held by the RE Holding Company. |
The
Acquisition / Disposition Fee is a one-time fee payable upon the closing of any real
estate acquisition or
disposition by the RE Holding Company.
It is
anticipated that the source of funds used to pay any such fee in connection with RE Holding Company acquiring real estate will be paid by the selling
party when the property is being
acquired by the RE Holding Company. Any
such fee paid with respect to the
disposition of any
real property is anticipated to be paid from proceeds received from such
sale transaction. |
If a Real
Estate Brokerage Fee (described above) is paid to Cloud Toronto – FYBN Realty, LLC, then no Acquisition / Disposition Fee (as
applicable) will be paid. |
TAX MATTERS
SCHEDULE
1.1
Definitions. The capitalized words and phrases
used in this Tax Matters
Schedule shall have the following meanings:
1.1.1
“Adjusted Agreed
Value” means, with respect to any Company
Property, the Company Property’s Initial Agreed Value with the adjustments required
under this Agreement.
1.1.2
“Adjusted Capital Account
Balance” means, with respect to any Unit Holder, the Unit Holder’s
Capital Account as of the end of the relevant
Fiscal Year, after
increasing the Capital Account by the amounts which the Unit Holder is
obligated to restore under this Agreement or is deemed obligated
to restore pursuant
to Regulation Sections
1.704-2(g) and (i)(5) (i.e., the Unit Holder’s share of
Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain).
1.1.3
“Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit” means, with respect to any Unit Holder, the deficit balance,
if any, in the Unit Holder’s Capital
Account as of the end of the relevant
Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
1.1.3.1
The Capital Account shall be increased by the amounts
which the Unit Holder
is obligated to restore under this Agreement or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g)
and (i)(5) (i.e., the Unit Holder’s share of Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain);
and
1.1.3.2
The Capital Account shall
be decreased by the items described in Regulation Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit is intended to comply with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury
Regulations and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with
that Regulation.
1.1.4
“Capital Account”
means, with respect to each Unit Holder, the capital account maintained in the
Company’s books and records in the following manner:
1.1.4.1
Each Unit Holder’s Capital
Account shall be credited by:
1.1.4.1.1
the amount of money
contributed by the Unit Holder to
the Company;
1.1.4.1.2
the fair market value of any property contributed by the
Unit Holder
to the Company (net of liabilities secured
by such property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject
to under Code Section 752);
1.1.4.1.3
the amount of Book Profits or items of income and gain
allocated to the Unit Holder pursuant to Sections
1.2, 1.3 or 1.5 of this Tax
Matters Schedule, but not items of income and gain allocated
to the Unit Holder pursuant to Section 1.4 of this Tax Matters Schedule, and
1.1.4.1.4
the amount of Company
liabilities that are assumed by the Unit Holder under Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c).
1.1.4.2
Each Unit Holder’s Capital
Account shall be debited by
1.1.4.2.1
the amount of money distributed to the Unit Holder;
1.1.4.2.2
the fair market value of any
property distributed to the Unit Holder (net of liabilities secured by such property that the Unit Holder is considered to assume
or take subject to under Code Section 752);
1.1.4.2.3
the amount of Book Losses and
items of deduction and loss allocated to the Unit Holder pursuant
to Sections 1.2, 1.3 or 1.5 of this Tax Matters Schedule, but not items of income and gain
allocated to the Unit Holder pursuant to Section 1.4 of this Tax Matters
Schedule; and
1.1.4.2.4
the amount of the Unit Holder’s
liabilities that are assumed by the Company under
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c).
1.1.4.3
If Company Property is
distributed to a Unit Holder, the Capital Accounts of all Unit Holders shall be
adjusted in the same manner as if the distributed Company Property were sold in
a taxable transaction for an amount equal to the gross fair market value of
such Company Property on the date of distribution (taking
into account Code Section 7701(g))
and the Profit or Loss from such disposition were allocated among the
Unit Holders pursuant to this Agreement.
1.1.4.4
If money or other property (other
than a de minimis amount) is
1.1.4.4.1
contributed to the Company by
a new or existing Unit Holder in exchange for Units, or
1.1.4.4.2
distributed by the Company to
a retiring or continuing Unit Holder as consideration for Units in the Company,
or
1.1.4.4.3
any Units are granted to a
new or existing Member in exchange for services rendered to the Company, then,
if the Managing Member deems such an adjustment necessary to reflect the
economic interests of the Unit Holders, the Adjusted Agreed Value of the Company
Property shall be adjusted to equal its gross fair market value on such date
(taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) and the Capital Accounts of
all Unit Holders shall be adjusted in the same manner as if all the Company
Property had been sold in a taxable transaction for such amount on such date
and the Book Profits or Book Losses allocated to the Unit Holders pursuant to
this Agreement; provided, however, the Managing Member may make such
adjustments at any time that it determines such adjustments are necessary to
comport with the economics with this Agreement.
1.1.4.5
To the extent that Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) requires an adjustment to the tax basis of any Company
Property pursuant to Code Section
734(b) or Code Section 743(b) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the Adjusted
Agreed Value of the Company Property and the
Capital Accounts of the Unit Holders
shall be adjusted in the manner
required under that Section of the Regulations.
1.1.4.6
The transferee of any Units
transferred pursuant to this Agreement shall succeed to the Capital Account of
the transferor that is attributable to the transferred Units. The parties intend that the Capital
Accounts of all Unit Holders be
maintained in accordance with Regulation Section
1.704-1(b), and all provisions of this Agreement
relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts
shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with that Section of the Regulations.
1.1.5
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any corresponding provision of
any succeeding law.
1.1.6
“Company Minimum Gain”
has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(2) for “partnership
minimum gain.”
1.1.7
“Initial Agreed Value”
means, with respect to Company Property contributed to the Company, the Company
Property’s fair market value upon contribution (as determined by mutual
agreement of the contributing Unit Holder and the Company) and, with respect to all other
Company Property, the Company Property’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the time it is
acquired.
1.1.8
“Member Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.704- 2(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations
for “partner nonrecourse debt.”
1.1.9
“Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning
set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) for “partner nonrecourse debt
minimum gain.”
1.1.10
“Member Nonrecourse Deductions”
has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) for “partner
nonrecourse deductions.”
1.1.11
“Nonrecourse Deductions”
has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions shall
be determined according to the provisions of Regulation Section 1.704-2(c).
1.1.12
“Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning
set forth in Regulation Section
1.704-2(b)(3).
1.1.13
“Book Profits
and Book Losses” means, for each Fiscal Year or other
period for which Book Profits and Book Losses
must be computed, the Company’s
taxable income or loss
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a), adjusted as follows:
1.1.13.1
Taxable income or loss shall
include all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction which Code Section
703(a)(1) requires to be stated separately;
1.1.13.2
Book Profits or Book Losses
shall include any tax-exempt income of the Company not otherwise taken into
account in computing Book Profits or Book Losses;
1.1.13.3
Book Profits or Book Losses shall
include Company expenditures which are described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B)
(or treated as such pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i)) and
which are not otherwise taken into account in computing Book Profits or Book
Losses;
1.1.13.4
gain or loss resulting from
any taxable disposition of Company Property
shall be computed
by reference to the Company
Property’s Adjusted Agreed
Value, rather than by
reference to the Company Property’s adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes;
1.1.13.5
in computing Book Profits and
Book Losses, if the Adjusted Agreed Value of Company Property differs from the
Company Property’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, then the
amount of depreciation, depletion, or amortization for a period with respect to the Company
Property shall be the amount that bears the same relationship to the Adjusted Agreed Value
of such Company Property as the depreciation (or cost recovery deduction),
depletion, or amortization computed for tax purposes with respect to such Company
Property for such period bears to the adjusted tax basis of such Company
Property or, if the Company Property has a zero basis for tax purposes,
the amount determined under any reasonable method selected by the
Managing Member; and
1.1.13.6
Book Profits and Book Losses shall
not include any items which are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 1.5 or 1.6 of this Tax Matters Schedule.
1.1.14
“Treasury Regulations”
or “Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including any
temporary regulations, promulgated pursuant to the Code as such regulations may
be amended or superseded from time to time.
1.2
General
Allocations of Book Profits and Book Losses.The
rules set forth below in this Section 1.2
of this Tax Matters Schedule shall apply for the purpose of determining each
Member’s and the Managing Member’s allocable share of the items of income,
gain, loss and expense of the Company comprising Book Profits or Book Losses
of the Company for each taxable
year, determining special allocations of other items of income, gain, loss and
expense, and adjusting the balance of each Member’s and the Managing Member’s
Capital Account to reflect the aforementioned general
and special allocations. For each taxable
year, the special
allocations in Tax Matters Schedule shall be made immediately prior to
the general allocations of this Tax Matters Schedule.For each Fiscal Year of
the Company, after adjusting each Member’s and the Managing Member’s Capital
Account for all Capital Contributions and distributions during such Fiscal Year and all special allocations pursuant to Tax Matters Schedule
with respect to such Fiscal Year, all Book Profits and Book
Losses (other than Book Profits and Book Losses specially allocated pursuant to
this Tax Matters Schedule) shall be allocated to each Member’s and the Managing
Member’s Capital Accounts in a manner such that, as of the end of such Fiscal
Year, the Capital Account of each Member and the Managing Member (which may be
either a positive or negative balance)
shall be equal to (a) the amount
which would be distributed to such
Member and the Managing Member, determined as if the Company were to sell all
of its assets for the Adjusted Agreed Value thereof and distribute the proceeds
thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.1,
minus (b) the sum of (i) such each Member’s and the Managing Member’s share of
Company Minimum Gain (as determined according to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(d) and (g)(3)) and Company Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (as determined according to Treasury
Regulation
Section 1.704-2(i)) and (ii) the amount, if any,
which such each Member and the Managing Member is obligated to contribute to
the capital of the Company as of the last day of such Fiscal
Year.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.2 of this Tax Matters Schedule, the
amount of items of Company expense and loss allocated pursuant to this Section 1.2 of this Tax Matters Schedule to any
Member or the Managing Member shall not exceed the maximum amount of such items that can be so allocated without
causing such Member or Managing
Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any
taxable year. All such items in
excess of the limitation set forth in this Section
1.2 of this Tax Matters
Schedule shall be allocated
first to Members and the Managing Member who would not have an Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit, pro rata in proportion to their Capital Account balances as
adjusted in accordance with Section 1.1.3.1 and Section 1.1.3.2 of the
definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in this Tax Matters Schedule. Reserved.
1.4
Tax
Allocations.
1.4.1
Tax Allocations. Except as provided in this Section 1.4 of
this Tax Matters Schedule, for income tax purposes, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit of the
Company for any tax period
shall be allocated
among the Unit Holders in accordance with the
allocation of Book Profits and Book Losses prescribed in Section 1.2 of this Tax Matters
Schedule.
1.4.2
Contributed Company Property. In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and
the Regulations thereunder, as well as Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(3), income, gain, loss,
and deduction with respect to any property
contributed (or deemed
contributed) to the Company shall be allocated among the Unit Holders,
solely for tax purposes, so as to take into account any variation between the
adjusted basis of the property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the date of contribution (or deemed contribution) using any method available
to the Company under Regulation Section 1.704-3 as determined by the Managing
Member in its sole and absolute discretion.
1.4.3
Adjustments to Agreed Value. If the Adjusted Agreed Value of any
Company Property is adjusted as provided in Section 1.1.4.4 of this Tax Matters
Schedule, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to the Company
Property shall, solely for tax purposes, take account of any variation
between the adjusted basis of the Company Property for federal income tax purposes and its Adjusted Agreed Value in the
manner as provided under Code Section
704(c) and the Regulations thereunder using any method
available to the Company
under Regulation Section
1.704-3 as determined by the Managing Member
in its sole and absolute
discretion.
1.4.4
In the event of a Redemption of any Units:
1.4.4.1
“net income”, as defined
for federal income
tax purposes, may be
allocated to the Unit Holder whose Units have been redeemed up to the excess,
if any, of the amount received in the Redemption by such Unit Holder, over such
Unit Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such Units (determined without regard to
the Unit Holder’s share of the liabilities of the Company under Code Section
752).
1.4.4.2
“net loss”, as defined for
federal income tax purposes, may be allocated to the Member whose Units have
been redeemed up to the excess, if any, of such Member’s adjusted tax basis in
such Units, over the amount received in the Redemption by such Member (determined without regard to the Member’s
share of the liabilities of the Company
under Code Section 752).
1.4.5
Allocations pursuant
to this Section
1.4 of this Tax Matters
Schedule are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any unit
Holder’s Capital Account or share of Book Profits, Book Losses or other items
or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
1.5
Special Allocations. The following
allocations shall be made in the following
order:
1.5.1
Company Minimum
Gain Chargeback. Except
as set forth in Regulation
Section
1.704-2(f)(2), (3), (4), and (5), if, during any Fiscal Year, there is a net
decrease in Company Minimum Gain, each Unit Holder, prior to any other
allocation pursuant to this Tax Matters Schedule, shall be specially allocated
items of gross income and gain for such Fiscal
Year (and, if necessary, succeeding Fiscal Years)
in an amount equal to that Unit Holder’s share of the net
decrease of Company
Minimum Gain, computed
in accordance with Regulation Section
1.704- 2(g)(2). Allocations of
gross income and gain pursuant to this Section 1.5.1 of this Tax Matters
Schedule shall be made first from gain recognized from the disposition of
Company Property subject to Nonrecourse Liabilities to the extent of the Minimum
Gain attributable to that Company Property, and thereafter, from a pro rata portion
of the Company’s other items of income and gain for
the Fiscal Year. It is the intent
of the parties hereto that any allocation pursuant to this Section
1.5.1 of this Tax Matters Schedule
shall constitute a “minimum gain chargeback” under
Regulation Section 1.704-2(f).
1.5.2
Member Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if,
during any Fiscal Year, there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain, each Unit Holder with a share of that Member Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain (determined under Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) as of the
beginning of the Fiscal Year, shall be specially allocated
items of income
and gain for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, succeeding
Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to that Unit Holder’s share of the net
decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed in accordance with
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations
of gross income and gain pursuant to this Section
1.5.2
of this Tax Matters Schedule shall be made first from gain recognized from the
disposition of Company Property
subject to Member
Nonrecourse Debt to the extent
of the Member Minimum Gain
attributable to that Company Property, and thereafter, from a pro rata portion
of the Company’s other items
of income and gain for the Fiscal
Year. It is the intent
of the parties hereto that
any allocation pursuant to this Section 1.5.2 of this Tax Matters Schedule
shall constitute a “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback” under
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
1.5.3
Qualified Income Offset. If an Unit Holder unexpectedly receives an
adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),(5), or (6), then, to the extent required under
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(d), such Unit Holder shall be allocated items of income and gain of the Company (consisting of a pro rata portion of
each item of Company income, including gross income and gain for that Fiscal
Year) before any other allocation is
made of Company items for that Fiscal Year, in the amount and in proportions required
to eliminate the Unit Holder’s Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly as
possible. This Section 1.5.3
of this Tax Matters Schedule
is intended to comply with,
and shall be interpreted
consistently with, the “qualified income offset” provisions of the Regulations
promulgated under Code Section 704(b).
1.5.4
Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for a Fiscal Year
or other period shall be allocated among the Unit Holders in the ratio that
they share Book Profits and Book Losses for that period, as reasonably
determined by the Company’s tax advisors under the direction of the Managing
Member.
1.5.5
Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Member Nonrecourse Deduction for any Fiscal Year or other period
attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated to the Unit Holder who bears
the risk of loss for the Member Nonrecourse Debt in accordance with Regulation
Section 1.704-2(i).
1.5.6
Regulatory Allocations. The allocations included in Section 1.5 of
this Tax Matters Schedule are included to comply with the Regulations under
Section 704(b) of the Code. In
allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction, the allocations
included in Section 1.5 of this Tax Matters Schedule
shall be taken into account
so that to the maximum
extent possible the net amount of income, gain, loss and deduction allocated to each Unit Holder will be
equal to the amount that would have been allocated to each Unit Holder if the allocations contained in Section 1.5 of this Tax Matters Schedule had not
been made.
1.6
Varying
Interests; Allocations in Respect to Transferred Units. Book Profits, Book Losses, and other items
shall be calculated on a monthly, daily, or other basis permitted under Code Section 706 and the Regulations, using any conventions permitted by law and selected by the Managing Member. If any Units are sold, assigned, or
transferred during any Fiscal Year in compliance with the provisions of this
Agreement, Book Profits, Book Losses, each item thereof, and all other items
attributable to such Units for such Fiscal Year shall be divided and allocated
between the transferor and the transferee by taking into account their varying
interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using
any conventions permitted by law and selected by the Managing Member.
1.6.1
Partnership Representative.The Managing Member shall designate the
Company’s “Partnership Representative”, as defined
under Code Section
6223. The Managing
Member initially designates itself to serve as the initial
Partnership Representative. The Managing Member
shall also designate an individual representative to
act on behalf of the Partnership Representative where the Partnership
Representative is an entity. The
Managing Member initially designates reflect Dilip Mooparakath as the
designated individual. The
Partnership Representative (including any individuals required to be designated
in connection with the designation of the Partnership Representative) may only
be removed and replaced by the Managing Member in its sole and absolute discretion. All material decisions made by, or action taken by, the Company’s Partnership
Representative shall
be made at the direction of the Managing
Member, in the Managing Member’s sole and absolute discretion.
1.6.2
The Partnership
Representative shall represent the Company in any disputes, controversies or
proceedings with the IRS or with any state, local, or non-U.S. taxing
authority. The Partnership
Representative shall, at the direction of the Managing Member in the Managing
Member’s sole and absolute discretion, have the power to take such actions on
behalf of the Company in any and all proceedings with the IRS and any other such taxing authority
as the Managing Member
determines to be appropriate and any decision made by the Partnership
Representative at the direction of the Managing
Member shall be binding on all Members
and Unit Holders. The Members and Unit Holders
acknowledge and agree that, if directed by the Managing Member, the Partnership
Representative shall have the power to cause the Company to elect out of the
partnership-level audit procedures to the extent allowed under Code Section
6221(b) or to elect out of partnership-level tax assessments under Code Section
6226, in each instance, as directed by the Managing Member in the Managing
Member’s sole and absolute discretion. Further, to the extent requested to do
so by the Partnership Representative at the direction of the Managing Member,
the Members and Unit Holders shall timely
file amended returns and pay tax
liabilities (including interest and penalties) under Code Section 6225(c)(2). The Members and Unit Holders agree to
cooperate in good faith, including, without limitation, by timely providing
information requested by the Partnership Representative and making
elections and filing
amended returns requested by the Partnership Representative, to give
effect to the preceding sentence. Subject to the foregoing, to the extent
required to do so under the Subchapter C of Subtitle A, Chapter 63 of the Code, as amended by P.L. 114-74, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
(together with any subsequent amendments thereto, Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder, and published administrative interpretations thereof)
(the “Post-2017 Company Audit Procedures”), the Company shall make any payments
of assessed amounts
under Code Section
6221 of the Post-
2017 Company Audit Procedures and shall allocate any such assessment among the
current or former Members and former Unit Holders of the Company for the
“reviewed year” to which the assessment relates in a manner that reflects the
current or former Members’ or Unit Holders’ respective interests in the Company
for that reviewed year based on such Member’s or Unit Holder’s share of such
assessment as would have occurred if the Company had amended the tax returns
for such reviewed year and such Member or Unit Holder incurred the assessment
directly (using the tax rates applicable to the Company pursuant to Code
Section 6225(b)). To the extent that
the Company is assessed amounts under Code Section 6221(a), the current or
former Member(s) or Unit Holder(s) to which this assessment relates shall pay
to the Company such Member’s or Unit Holder’s share of the assessed amounts
including such Member’s or Unit Holder’s share of any additional accrued
penalties and interest assessed against the Company relating to such Member’s
or Unit Holder’s share of the assessment (together, the “Member Assessment”),
upon thirty (30) days of written notice from the Partnership Representative
requesting the payment.
If a Member or Unit Holder does not timely
pay to the Company the full
amount of the Member Assessment (the “Defaulting Member”), and a
“Defaulting Member” as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement, then the
shortfall shall be treated as an amount due and payable (the “Tax Payable”)
by the Company to the Defaulting Member, with the following results:
1.6.2.1
the unpaid balance of the
Tax Payable shall bear default
interest at the rate of 10%, compounded quarterly, from the day that the amount of the Tax Payable is due
and payable until the date that the Tax Payable,
together with all accrued default
interest, is repaid to the Company;
1.6.2.2
all amounts otherwise
distributable or payable by the Company to the Defaulting Member shall be and
is used to offset the amount that the Defaulting Member owes to the Company
until the amount
due and all accrued default
interest have been paid in full;
1.6.2.3
in the sole discretion of the Managing
Members, and to the extent permitted by law, the payment of the Tax Payable and accrued default
interest shall be secured by a security interest in the Defaulting
Member’s Units; and
1.6.3
in addition to the other
rights and remedies granted to it under this Agreement, the Company has the right to take any action
available at law or in equity, at
the cost and expense of the
Defaulting Member, to obtain payment from the Defaulting Member of the unpaid
balance in default of the Tax Payable and all accrued and unpaid default
interest. As a result of such default,
in the sole discretion of the Managing
Members, and to the extent
permitted by law, the Company shall be entitled to all the rights and
remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable
state (or states), as reasonably determined by the Managing Members,
with respect to the security
interest granted. Each Defaulting Member
hereby authorizes the Company, as applicable, to prepare and file
financing statements and other instruments that the Managing Members may deem
necessary to effectuate and carry out the preceding provisions of this Section. Each Member agrees that the aforesaid
liquidated damages provisions constitute reasonable compensation to the Company
and its non-Defaulting Members for the additional risks and damages
sustained by each of them when and if any Defaulting Member shall default on an obligation to
pay any Member Assessment.
1.6.4
At the sole and absolute
discretion of the Managing Member, with respect to current Members
and current Unit Holders, the Company may alternatively allow some
or all of a Member’s or Holder’s obligation pursuant to this Section 1.7 of
this Tax Matters Schedule to be applied to, and reduce, the next
distribution(s) or payments otherwise payable to such Member or Unit Holder under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, the provisions contained in this Section 1.7 of this Tax
Matters Schedule shall survive (w) the dissolution of the Company,
(y) the withdrawal or Redemption of any Member or
Unit Holder, or (z) the Transfer of any Member’s or Unit Holder’s Interests.
1.6.5
Any Person designated as the Partnership
Representative shall receive no compensation (other than compensation, if any,
otherwise specified in this Agreement) from the Company or its Members or Unit
Holders for its services in that capacity.
1.6.6
The Managing Member may, with
respect to the Company, make the election provided under Code Section 754 of
the Code and any corresponding provision of applicable state law in its sole
and absolute discretion.
1.6.7
Each Member and Unit Holder covenants (i) to timely file all tax returns required to be filed
by such Person
pursuant to the laws of each applicable taxing jurisdiction, (ii) to timely provide any information
requested by the Managing Member, the Tax Matters Representative or the Company
to comply with any tax law or in
connection with the Company’s
obligation
relating to any taxing jurisdiction, including, without limitation, to timely
provide information requested by the Partnership Representative as needed to comply with the provisions of the Post-2017 Company Audit Procedures,
and (iii) with respect to each such filing, to report all Company items on such
Person’s income tax return in a manner consistent with the tax return of the Company. However,
if a Member or Unit Holder reports
a Company item on such Person’s
income tax return in a manner inconsistent with the tax return of the Company,
then such Person shall notify the Managing Member
of such treatment before filing such Person’s income
tax return. If a Member or
Unit Holder fails to comply with any provision of this Section 1.7.7 of this
Tax Matters Schedule, then such Person shall be liable to the Company for any
expenses, including professionals’ fees, tax, interest, penalties, or litigation
costs, that may arise as a consequence of such inconsistent reporting or
breach, including those arising as a result of an audit by a taxing
jurisdiction. The obligations of any
Member or Unit Holder set forth in this Section 1.7.7 of this Tax Matters Schedule
shall apply on a flow through basis and apply to the ultimate beneficial owners
of Interests.
1.7
Miscellaneous.
1.7.1
Returns and Other Elections. The Managing Member shall cause the
preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required pursuant to the Code
and all other tax returns deemed necessary and required in each jurisdiction in
which the Company does business. All elections permitted to be made by the
Company under federal or state laws shall be made by the Managing Member in his
sole discretion.
1.7.2
Knowledge. Each Unit Holder acknowledges that he
understands the economic and income tax consequences of the allocations under
this Agreement and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Tax Matters
Schedule in reporting the Unit Holder’s taxable income and loss from the
Company.
1.7.3
Amendment.
The Managing Member may amend this Tax Matters Schedule to comply with the Code
and the Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(b) and to the extent necessary to (i) comply
with the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
and any U.S. Treasury Regulations or other administrative pronouncements
promulgated thereunder, and (ii) administer the effects of such provisions in
an equitable manner, and each Member and Unit Holder agrees to be bound by the
provisions of any such amendment.
1.7.4
FATCA. Each Member and Unit Holder shall deliver
to the Company such other tax forms or other documents as shall be prescribed
by applicable law, to the extent applicable, (i) to demonstrate that payments
to such Member and Unit Holder under this Agreement are exempt from any
United States withholding tax imposed
pursuant to FATCA or
(ii)
to allow the Company to determine the amount to deduct or withhold under FATCA
from a payment hereunder. Each Member
and Unit Holder further agrees to complete and to deliver to the Company
from time to time, so long as it is eligible to do so, any successor or additional form required by the Internal Revenue
Service or reasonably requested by the Company in order to secure an exemption
from, or reduction in the rate of, United States withholding tax. “FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through
1474 of the Code and any applicable Treasury regulation promulgated thereunder
or published administrative guidance implementing such Sections whether in
existence on the date hereof or promulgated or published hereafter.
EXCESS SHARE
SCHEDULE
1.01
Definitions. For purposes of this Excess Share Schedule,
the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below. References
to sections shall refer to sections in this Excess Share Schedule.
“Beneficial
Ownership” shall mean ownership of Units by a Person who would be treated as an owner of such Units either
directly, indirectly or constructively through the application of Code Section
544, as modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B).
The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Own”
and “Beneficially Owned” shall have correlative meanings.
“Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean an
organization or organizations described in Code Sections 170(b)(1)(A) and
170(c) and identified by the Managing Member as the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of the Excess Share Trust.
“Excess Shares” shall have
the meaning given to it in Section 1.3(a). “Excess Share Trust” shall mean the trust created
pursuant to Section 1.14.
“Excess Share Trustee” shall mean a Person, who shall
be unaffiliated with the Company, any Purported Beneficial
Transferee and any Purported Record Transferee, identified by the Managing
Member as the trustee of the Excess Share Trust.
“Existing
Holder” shall mean (a) Members,
and (b) any Person to whom an Existing Holder Transfers, subject to the
limitations provided in this Agreement, Beneficial Ownership of Units causing
such transferee to Beneficially Own Units in excess of the Ownership Limit.
“Existing Holder Limit” (a) for the
Company shall mean, initially, the Units representing a Percentage Interest of 100%, and, after any adjustment pursuant
to Section 1.09, shall mean such percentage of the outstanding Units,
as the case may be, as so adjusted, and (b) for any Existing Holder who becomes
an Existing Holder by virtue of clause (b) of the definition thereof, shall
mean, initially, the Percentage Interest of the outstanding Units Beneficially
Owned by such Existing Holder at the time that such Existing Holder
becomes an Existing
Holder, but in no event shall such Percentage Interest be
greater than the Existing Holder Limit for the Existing Holder who Transferred
Beneficial Ownership of such Units or, in the case of more than one transferor,
in no event shall such Percentage Interest be greater than the smallest
Existing Holder Limit of any transferring Existing Holder, and, after any
adjustment pursuant to Section 1.09 hereof, shall mean such Percentage
Interest of the outstanding Units as so adjusted.
“Market Price” shall mean the market
price of such class of Units on the relevant date as determined in good faith
by the Managing Member.
“Ownership Limit” shall initially mean a
Percentage Interest of 7.1%, and after any adjustment as set forth in Section
1.10, shall mean such Percentage Interest as so adjusted. The Percentage Interests shall be
determined by the Managing Member in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive for all purposes hereof.
“Person” shall mean an individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust (including,
without limitation, a trust qualified under Code Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17)), portion
of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Code Section
642(c), association, private foundation within the meaning of Code Section
509(a), joint stock company or other Entity.
“Prohibited Owner
Event” has the meaning provided
in Section 1.03(c).
“Purported Beneficial Transferee” shall
mean, with respect to any purported Transfer which results in Excess Shares,
the beneficial holder of the Units, if such Transfer had
been valid under Section 1.02.
“Purported Record Transferee” shall mean,
with respect to any purported Transfer which results in Excess Shares, the
record holder of the Units, if such Transfer had been valid under Section
1.2.
“Redemption Price” has the meaning
provided in Section
1.18.
“Restriction Termination Date” shall mean
the first day on which the Managing Member determines that it is no longer
in the best interests of the Company
that the REIT Subsidiary attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a
real estate investment trust under the Code.
“Transfer” means to give, sell, assign,
pledge, hypothecate, devise,
bequeath, or otherwise dispose of, transfer, or permit to be transferred, during life or at death. The word “Transfer,” when used as a noun, shall mean a Transfer
restriction.
1.02
Ownership Limitation.
(a)
Except as provided in Section 1.12,
until the Restriction Termination Date, no Person
(other than an Existing Holder)
shall Beneficially Own Units in excess of the Ownership Limit and no Existing
Holder shall Beneficially Own Units in excess of the Existing
Holder Limit for such
Existing Holder.
(b)
Except as provided in Section 1.12,
until the Restriction Termination Date,
any Transfer that, if effective, would result in any Person (other than an
Existing Holder) Beneficially Owning Units in excess of the Ownership Limit
shall be void ab initio as to the
Transfer of the Units which would otherwise be Beneficially Owned by such
Person in excess of the Ownership Limit; and the intended transferee shall
acquire no rights in such Units.
(c)
Except as provided in Sections
1.09 and 1.12, until the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer
that, if effective, would result in any Existing
Holder Beneficially Owning
Units in excess of the applicable Existing Holder Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of the
Units which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Existing Holder in excess
of the applicable Existing Holder Limit; and such Existing Holder shall acquire
no rights in such Units.
(d)
Until the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer
that, if effective, would result in the REIT Subsidiary being beneficially owned (as provided
in Code Section 856(a)) by less than 100 Persons (determined without
reference to any rules of attribution) shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of Units which would be otherwise
beneficially owned (as provided in Code Section 856(a)) by the transferee; and
the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Units.
(e)
Until the Restriction
Termination Date, any Transfer that, if effective, would result in the Company,
and subsequently the REIT Subsidiary being “closely held” within the meaning of
Code Section 856(h) shall be void ab
initio as to the Transfer of the Units which would cause the REIT Subsidiary to be “closely
held” within the meaning of Code Section
856(h); and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such
Units.
(f)
Until the Restriction
Termination Date, any Transfer that, if effective, would result in the REIT
Subsidiary otherwise failing to qualify as a real estate investment trust under
the Code shall be void ab initio as
to the Transfer of Units that would result in the REIT Subsidiary failing to
qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code; and the intended
transferee shall acquire no rights in such Units.
(g)
Until the Restriction
Termination Date, any Transfer that, if effective, would result in the REIT Subsidiary becoming a “pension-held REIT” as defined
in Code Section 856(h) shall be void ab initio
as to the Transfer of Units which
would result in the REIT Subsidiary
becoming a “pension-held REIT;” and the intended
transferee shall acquire
no rights in such Units.
1.03
Excess Shares.
(a)
If, notwithstanding the other
provisions contained in this Excess Share Schedule, at any time, until the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported
Transfer or other change in the capital structure of
the REIT Subsidiary such that any Person would Beneficially Own Units in excess
of the applicable Ownership Limit or Existing Holder Limit (as applicable), then, except as
otherwise provided in Sections 1.09 and 1.12, the Units
Beneficially Owned in excess of such Ownership Limit or Existing Holder Limit
(rounded up to the nearest whole Unit) shall constitute “Excess Shares”
and shall be treated as provided in this Excess Share Schedule. Such
designation and treatment shall be effective as of the close of business on the
business day prior to the date of the purported Transfer or change in capital
structure.
(b)
If, notwithstanding the other provisions contained in this Article VI, at any
time, until the Restriction Termination Date, there is a purported Transfer or
other change in the capital structure of the REIT Subsidiary (as a result of a
direct or indirect Transfer or otherwise) which, if effective, would cause
the REIT Subsidiary to (i) be beneficially owned (as provided
in Code Section 856(a)) by less than 100 Persons, (ii) become “closely held”
within the meaning of Code Section 856(h), (iii) become a “pension-held REIT”
within the meaning of Code Section 856(h), or (iv) otherwise fail to qualify as
real estate investment trust under the Code, then the Units that are the subject of such
Transfer or other event which would cause the REIT Subsidiary to fail such requirement
shall constitute “Excess Shares” and shall be treated as provided in this
Excess Share Schedule. Such
designation and treatment shall be effective as of the close of business on the
business day prior to the date of the purported Transfer or change in capital structure.
(c)
If, at any time prior to the
Restriction Termination Date, notwithstanding the other provisions contained in
this Excess Share Schedule, there is an event (a “Prohibited Owner
Event”) which would result in the disqualification of the REIT Subsidiary
as a real estate investment trust under the Code by virtue
of actual, Beneficial or constructive ownership of Units, then Units
which result in such disqualification shall be automatically exchanged for an
equal number of Excess Shares to the extent necessary to avoid such
disqualification. Such exchange shall be effective as of the close of business on the business
day prior to the date of the Prohibited
Owner Event. In determining which
Units are exchanged, Units owned directly or indirectly by any Person who caused the Prohibited Owner Event to occur shall be exchanged before any Units not so held are exchanged. If similarly situated Persons exist, such
exchange shall be pro rata among such
Persons according to the number of Units
owned by each. If the REIT Subsidiary
is still so disqualified as a real estate investment trust under the Code,
Units owned directly or indirectly by Persons who did not cause the Prohibited
Owner Event to occur shall be chosen by random
lot and exchanged
for Excess Shares until the REIT Subsidiary is no longer
so disqualified as a real
estate investment trust under the Code.
1.04
Prevention of Transfer. If the Managing Member or its designee
shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer
has taken place in violation of Section 1.02
or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire beneficial ownership (determined without
reference to any rules of attribution) or Beneficial Ownership of any
Units in violation of Section 1.02, the Managing Member or its designee
shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer, including, without limitation, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books
of the Company or instituting proceedings to enjoin
such Transfer; provided, however, that any Transfers or attempted Transfers
in violation of paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
(g)
or (h) of Section 1.02 shall automatically result in the designation and
treatment described in Section 1.03, irrespective of any action (or
non-action) by the Managing Member.
1.05
Notice. Any Person who acquires or attempts to
acquire Units in violation of Section 1.02, or any Person
who is a transferee such that Excess
Shares result under
Section 1.03, shall
immediately give written notice or, in the event of a proposed or attempted
Transfer, shall give at least fifteen (15) days prior written
notice to the Company of such event and shall provide to the Company such other
information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect, if
any, of such Transfer or attempted Transfer on the REIT Subsidiary’s status as
a real estate investment trust under the Code.
1.06
Information for the
Company.
Until the Restriction Termination Date:
(a)
Every Beneficial Owner of
more than ½ of 1% of the number or value of outstanding Units shall, within
thirty (30) days after January
1 of each year, give written notice
to the Company stating the name and address of such Beneficial Owner,
the number of Units Beneficially Owned, and a description of how such Units are
held. Each such Beneficial Owner
shall provide to the Company
such additional information as the Company
may reasonably request in order to determine the effect,
if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the REIT Subsidiary’s status as a real
estate investment trust under the Code.
(b)
Each Person who is a
Beneficial Owner of Units and each Person who is holding Units for a Beneficial
Owner shall provide to the Company in
writing such information with respect to direct, indirect and constructive
ownership of Units as the Managing Member deems reasonably necessary to comply
with the provisions of the Code applicable to a real estate investment trust,
to determine the REIT
Subsidiary’s status as a real estate investment trust under the
Code, to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental
agency or to determine any such compliance.
1.07
Other Action by Managing
Member.
Nothing contained in this Excess Share Schedule shall limit the
authority of the Managing Member to take such other action as it deems
necessary or advisable to protect the REIT Subsidiary and the interests of the
Company and its Members by preservation of the REIT Subsidiary’s status as a
real estate investment trust under the Code.
1.08
Ambiguities. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Excess Share Schedule
including, without limitation, any definition contained in Section 1.01, the Managing Member
shall have the power to interpret and determine the application of the
provisions of this Excess Share
Schedule with respect
to any situation based on the facts known to the Managing Member.
1.09
Modification of Existing
Holder Limits.
The Existing Holder Limits may be modified as follows:
(a)
Subject to the limitations
provided in Section 1.11, the Managing Member may grant options which
result in Beneficial Ownership of Units by an Existing Holder pursuant to an option plan approved by the Managing
Member. Any such grant shall increase
the Existing Holder Limit
for the affected
Existing Holder to the maximum
extent possible under
Section 1.11 to permit
the Beneficial Ownership of the Units issuable upon the exercise of such
option.
(b)
The Managing Member shall
reduce the Existing Holder Limit for any Existing Holder after any Transfer
permitted in this Excess Share Schedule by such Existing Holder by the Percentage Interest of the outstanding Units
so Transferred or after the lapse (without exercise) of an option described in this Section 1.09(a) by the Percentage Interest
of the Units that the option,
if exercised, would have represented, but in either case no
Existing Holder Limit shall
be reduced to a Percentage Interest which is less than the Ownership Limit.
1.10
Increase or Decrease in
Ownership Limit. Subject to the limitations provided in Section 1.11, the
Managing Member may from time to time increase or decrease the Ownership Limit
in order to retain the REIT Subsidiary’s status as a real estate investment
trust under the Code.
1.11
Limitations on Changes in Existing
Holder and Ownership Limits.
(a)
Neither the Ownership Limit
nor any Existing Holder Limit may be increased
(nor may any additional Existing
Holder Limit be created) if, after giving
effect to such increase (or creation), five (5) Beneficial Owners of Units (including, without
limitation, all of the
then Existing Holders) could Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 49.9% in value of the outstanding equity in the REIT
Subsidiary.
(b)
Prior to the modification of any Existing
Holder Limit or Ownership Limit pursuant to Sections 1.09 or
1.10, the Managing Member may require such opinions of counsel,
affidavits, undertakings or agreements as it may deem necessary
or advisable in order to determine
or ensure the REIT Subsidiary’s status as a real estate investment trust under
the Code.
(c)
No Existing Holder Limit shall be reduced to a Percentage Interest which is less than the Ownership Limit.
1.12
Waivers by Managing Member. The Managing Member, upon receipt of a
ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of counsel or other
evidence satisfactory to the Managing Member and upon at least fifteen
(15) days written
notice from a transferee prior to the proposed Transfer which, if
consummated, would result in the intended transferee owning Units having a Percentage Interest
in excess of the Ownership
Limit or the Existing Holder
Limit, as the case
may be, and upon such other conditions as the Managing
Member may direct,
may waive the Ownership Limit or the Existing Holder
Limit, as the case may be, with respect to such transferee.
1.13
Severability. If any provision of this Excess Share
Schedule or any application of any such provision is determined to be void,
invalid or unenforceable by any court having jurisdiction over the issue, the
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall be affected only
to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.
1.14
Trust for Excess Shares. Upon any purported Transfer that results
in Excess Shares pursuant to Section 1.03,
such Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Excess Share
Trustee, as trustee of the Excess Share Trust for the exclusive benefit of the
Charitable Beneficiary. Excess Shares so held in trust shall be issued
and outstanding Units of the Company. The Purported Beneficial Transferee shall have no rights in such Excess Shares except
as provided in Section 1.17.
1.15
Distributions on Excess
Shares.
Any distributions (whether as dividends, distributions upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up or otherwise) on Excess Shares shall be paid to the
Excess Share Trust for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up, the Purported Record Transferee shall receive the lesser of (a) the amount
of any distribution made upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or (b) the price
paid by the Purported Record Transferee for the Units, or if the
Purported Record Transferee did not give value for the Units,
the Market Price of the Units on the day of the event causing
the Units to be held in trust. Any such dividend paid or distribution
paid to the Purported Record Transferee in excess of the amount provided in the preceding sentence prior to the discovery by the Company that the Units with respect to which the dividend or distribution was made had been exchanged
for Excess Shares shall be repaid by the Purported Record Transferee to
the Excess Share Trust for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
1.16
Voting of Excess Shares. The Excess Share Trustee shall be entitled
to vote the Excess Shares for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary on any
matter. Subject to New York law, any vote taken
by a Purported Record Transferee prior to the discovery by the
Company that the Excess Shares were held in trust shall be rescinded ab initio. The owner of the Excess
Shares shall be deemed
to have given an irrevocable proxy to the Excess Share Trustee to vote the Excess
Shares for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
1.17
Non-Transferability of Excess Shares. Excess
Shares shall be transferable only as provided in this Section 1.17. At the direction of the Managing
Member, the Excess
Share Trustee shall transfer
the Units held in the Excess Share Trust to a person whose ownership of the
Units will not violate the Ownership Limit or Existing Holder Limit and for whom such transfer would
not be wholly or partially
void pursuant to Section
1.02. Such transfer shall be made within sixty
(60)
days after the latest of (x) the date of the Transfer which resulted in such Excess Shares and
(y) the date the Managing Member determines in
good faith that a Transfer resulting in Excess Shares has occurred, if the Company
does not receive
a notice of such Transfer
pursuant to Section
1.05. If such a transfer is made, the interest
of the Charitable Beneficiary shall terminate and proceeds of the sale shall be
payable to the Purported Record Transferee and to the Charitable Beneficiary. The Purported Record Transferee shall
receive the lesser of the price paid by the Purported Record Transferee for the
Units or, if the Purported Record Transferee did not give value for the Units,
the Market Price of the Units on the day of the event causing the Units to be
held in trust, and the price received
by the Excess Share Trust from the sale or other disposition of the Units. Any proceeds in excess of the amount
payable to the Purported Record Transferee shall be paid to the Charitable
Beneficiary. Prior to any transfer of
any Excess Shares by the Excess Share Trustee, the Company must have waived in
writing its purchase rights under Section 1.18. It is expressly understood that the Purported
Record Transferee may enforce the provisions of this
Section 1.17 against the Charitable Beneficiary.
If any of the foregoing restrictions on transfer
of Excess Shares is determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable by any
court of competent jurisdiction, then the Purported Record Transferee may be
deemed, at the option of the Managing Member, to have acted as an agent of the
Company in acquiring such Excess Shares and to hold such Excess Shares on
behalf of the Company.
1.18
Call by the Company on Excess
Shares.
Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to
the Company, or its designee, at a price
per Unit equal to the lesser
of the price per Unit in the transaction that created such Excess Shares (or, in the case of a devise, gift or
other transaction in which no value was given for such Excess
Shares, the Market
Price at the time
of such devise, gift or other transaction) and the Market Price of the Units to
which such Excess Shares relates on the date the Company, or its designee,
accepts such offer (the “Redemption Price”). The Company shall have the right to accept
such offer for a period of ninety (90) days after the later of (x) the date of the Transfer
which resulted in such Excess
Shares and (y) the date the Managing Member determines in
good faith that a Transfer resulting in Excess Shares has occurred, if the
Company does not receive a notice of such Transfer pursuant to Section 1.05
but in no event later than a permitted Transfer pursuant to and in compliance with the terms of Section
1.17. Unless the Managing
Member determines that it is in the interests of the
Company to make earlier payments
of all of the amount determined as the Redemption
Price per Unit in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Redemption Price may be payable at the option
of the Managing Member at any time up to but not later than one year after the date the Company accepts the offer to purchase the Excess Shares. In no event shall the Company have an
obligation to pay interest to the Purported Record Transferee.
SPOUSAL
CONSENT
TO
LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY AGREEMENT
dated and effective as of , 20
The
undersigned is the spouse of a Member and acknowledges that the undersigned has
read the foregoing Limited Liability Company Agreement dated and effective as
of January 3, 2023 (the “Agreement”),
by and among the Investor
Members and the Managing Member
of Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Company”)
and understands its provisions. The undersigned hereby
expressly approves of and agrees
to be bound by the provisions of the Agreement in its entirety,
including, but not limited to, those provisions relating to the sales and
transfers of Units and the restrictions thereon. If the undersigned predeceases the undersigned’s spouse when the
undersigned’s spouse owns any Units in the Company, the undersigned agrees
not to devise or bequeath
whatever community property
interest or quasi-community property
interest the undersigned may have in the Company
in contravention of the
Agreement.
Dated: By:
Print
Name:
APPENDIX B
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETION PACKAGE
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND, LLC
Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth
& Income Fund LLC
Attention: Subscription Administration 970
Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024
Re: Purchase of Units of Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income Fund LLC
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth & Income
Fund LLC, is a New York limited liability company (the “Fund”), the managing member
of which is Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income
Fund GP LLC, a New York
limited liability compa- ny (the “Managing Member”). The Fund will be operated by the Managing
Member in accordance with the terms of that certain Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Fund (the “LLC Agreement”), a copy of which has been included
as Exhibit “A” of that certain confidential Private
Placement Memorandum for one Class of limited liability company Units, Accredited Investors Only, dated as of October 16, 2023 (the
“Memorandum”). Capitalized terms used herein and in the other Subscription
Documents (as defined below) and not specifically defined, shall have the
meanings set forth in the Memorandum.
The Fund has been formed for the purpose
described in the Memorandum. The Fund is offering the follow-
ing class of Units (of which shall have the rights and interests set forth in
the LLC Agreement):
•
Class
B limited liability company units (the “Class B Units”) at a minimum investment
of $250,000.00. The Class B Units are being offered
at a price of $1,000.00 per Class B Unit, and thereafter at their Net Asset Value per Unit on the relevant
Dealing Day.
1.
Purchase. The
undersigned (the “Investor”), subject to the terms and conditions hereof and
the provisions of the Memorandum and the LLC Agreement, hereby irrevocably tenders this subscription for the amount
set forth on the signature page.
The undersigned understands and agrees
that the Fund has the right to accept or reject this subscription, in whole
or in part, and that this subscription will be deemed accepted only when signed as accepted
by the Managing Member. The undersigned agrees that the Fund need not
accept subscriptions in the order received. If the Fund learns, after it has accepted the undersigned’s subscription, that the undersigned has misrepresented any information
in any of the documents the undersigned submitted to it in connection with this subscription, then, in addition
to any other rights available
to the Fund, it will have the right to acquire the Units from the undersigned
for a total price equal to the amount paid by the Investor for the Units less the amount of any member distributions already
received by the undersigned.
2.
Adoption of LLC Agreement. The undersigned hereby specifically accepts and
adopts each and
3.
Conditions Precedent. This Agreement is made and the release of the funds and Subscription
Documents to the Fund are subject
to the following terms and conditions:
(a)
The
Managing Member shall have the right to accept or reject this subscription in
whole or in part in its sole and absolute discretion, including but not limited to the Managing
Member’s determination of the financial inability of the
subscriber to bear the economic risk of this investment or the subscriber’s
inability to understand the risks and merits of the Offering and/or his
inability to obtain the services of a Purchaser Represen- tative (as hereinafter
defined) in accordance with Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and
applicable state securities laws.
(b)
Prior to the delivery
of the funds, this Subscription Agreement and the Subscription Docu- ments, the Managing Member shall have received subscriptions in accordance with the terms set forth in the Mem-
orandum.
(c)
The Managing
Member shall have received any and all documents the Managing Member deems necessary to determine and
verify the status of the subscriber as an “Accredited Investor” (as such term
is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, as promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”)).
U.S. Representations and Warranties. To induce
the Fund to sell the Units to the undersigned, and knowing that the Fund is relying upon the truth
and accuracy of the following in issuing the Units and establish-
ing compliance with applicable foreign, federal, and state securities laws, the
undersigned hereby represents, war- rants, covenants, and acknowledges to the Fund each of the following representations and warranties understanding that, unless specifically stated otherwise, such representations and warranties apply
to the undersigned whether it is
a Person or non-U.S. Person. A “U.S. Person” is defined in Regulation S
of the Securities Act1.
If
any of these warranties and representations are not true and accurate as of the
date of the payment of funds by Investor, then Investor shall,
on the date of the payment of funds by Investor, deliver
to the Fund and the Managing Member a written
notice stating which representations and warranties are not true and accurate
and also provide a detailed
statement explaining why they are not true and accurate.
(a)
If
the undersigned is a U.S. Person, the undersigned is a bona fide resident of
the state represented on the signature page hereof. If the undersigned is not a
U.S. Person, the undersigned is a bona fide resident of the country
provided on the signature page hereof. The undersigned has no present
intention of becom- ing a resident of any other
state, country, or jurisdiction. The address and Social Security
Number (or if not a U.S. Person, equivalent federal number)
or Employer Identification Number (or if a non-U.S.
Person, equivalent federal number) set forth on the signature page hereof are the undersigned’s true and correct
residential or business
address and Social Security
Number (or if a non-U.S.
Person, equivalent federal
number) or Employer
Identification Num- ber (or if
a non-U.S. Person, equivalent federal number).
(b)
The undersigned has full power
to execute, deliver
and perform under
each of the follow-
ing: (i) this Subscription Agreement;
(ii) the Accredited Investor
Questionnaire; and (iii) the LLC Agreement,
and to deliver them to the Fund simultaneously herewith. This Subscription Agreement and the other agreements are the legal
and binding obligation of and are enforceable against
the undersigned in accordance with their respective terms.
(c)
Investor
agrees to furnish such information as reasonably requested by Fund to verify
its Accredited Investor status,
which may include
one or more of those
items set forth
in the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 506(c)(2)(ii), which includes financial
information or a confirmation letter from a registered bro-
(d)
Investor
is the sole and true party in interest and is not purchasing for the benefit of
any other person. The Units are being purchased solely for Investor’s own
account, for investment, and are not being purchased with a view to the resale,
distribution, subdivision or fractionalization thereof. Investor has no plans
to enter into any such contract, arrangement or agreement.
(e)
The
execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, will
not result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default under, or conflict
with, or cause the acceleration of any obligation under, any agreement
or other instrument of any description to which the undersigned is a party or
by which the undersigned is bound, or any judgment, decree, order, or award of any court,
governmental body, or arbitrator, or any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
(f)
The
undersigned has been given access to full and complete information regarding
the Fund and has utilized such access to the undersigned’s satisfaction for the
purpose of obtaining such information regarding the Fund as the undersigned has reasonably requested. In particular, the undersigned: (i) has received
and thoroughly read and evaluated the Memorandum, including the
exhibits, schedules and subsequent amendments
or updates thereto; and (ii) has been given a reasonable opportunity to
review such documents as the undersigned has requested and to ask questions of,
and to receive answers from, representatives of the Fund concerning the terms and conditions of the Units and the business and affairs of the Fund and to obtain any additional information concerning the Fund’s business
to the extent reasonably available so as to understand more fully the nature of
this investment and to verify the accuracy of the information supplied.
(g)
The
undersigned represents that he, she or it has consulted with a qualified
attorney, tax advisor or accountant or has elected not to do so, and
understands the income tax aspects of an investment in the Units. The
undersigned, in determining to purchase the Units, and if the undersigned
consulted the undersigned’s legal counsel, tax advisor, accountants, and other advisors:
(i) has been encouraged and has had the opportunity to rely upon the advice of the undersigned’s legal counsel, tax advisor, accountants, and other advisors
with respect to the
purchase of the Units; and (ii) has relied solely
upon the advice
of the undersigned’s legal counsel,
tax advisor, accountants, or
other financial advisors with respect to the financial, tax, and other
considerations relating to the purchase of the Units. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Fund nor anyone on
behalf of the Fund has made any representations to the undersigned regarding
the tax consequences of an investment in the Units.
(h)
The
undersigned understands and acknowledges that all documents are confidential
and were prepared by the Fund and that no independent legal counsel, accountant, or Fund has passed upon or assumed any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness, or fairness of information provided to the undersigned
and no independent legal counsel,
accountant, or company
has independently verified
or investigated in any way the accu- racy, completeness, or fairness of
such information.
(i)
The
undersigned acknowledges that the Fund is relying on exemptions from the
registra- tion requirements of the Securities
Act and as afforded by applicable state and foreign statutes and
regulations.
1 A “U.S. person” as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and used herein means: any natural person resident in the United States;
any partnership or corporation organized or incorpo- rated under the laws of
the United States, its territories or possession, any state, or the District of
Columbia; any estate of which any executor
or administrator is a U.S. person; any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person; any agency or branch
of a foreign entity located in the United States; any non-discretionary account
or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other
fiduciary for the account of a U.S. person; any discretionary account or
similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident
in the United States; and a
partnership or corporation if (i) organized or incorporated under the laws of
any foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) formed by a U.S. person principally for the
purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless
it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors
(as defined in Rule 501(a)
under the Secu- rities Act) who are not natural
persons, estates, or trusts.
(j)
(ii) the Fund has no obligation or intention to register the Units for resale or transfer under
the Securities Act or any state, country, or foreign securities
laws, or to take any action (including the filing of reports or the publication
of information as required by Rule 144 under the Securities Act) which would make available any
exemption from the registration requirements of any such laws, and (iii) the undersigned therefore
may be precluded from selling
or otherwise transferring or disposing of the Units for an indefinite
period of time or at any particular time.
(k)
Investor agrees
to indemnify, hold harmless, and pay all judgments and claims against
the Fund, the Managing
Member, and each member of the Fund from any liability or injury, including, but not limited to, that arising under Federal or
state securities laws, incurred as a result of any misrepresentation herein, or
any warranties not performed, by Investor.
(l)
The
undersigned (i) agrees that the undersigned will not sell or otherwise transfer
or dis- pose of the Units, or any portion thereof, unless the transfer is made
in accordance with the LLC Agreement
and such Units are registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state or foreign securities laws or the
under- signed obtains an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that
such Units may be sold in reliance on an exemption from such registration requirements, and (ii) understands that any documentation evidencing the Units, if any, will contain a legend
referencing such restrictions.
(m)
The
undersigned understands that no federal, state, or foreign agency, including
the Se- curities and Exchange Commission and the securities commission or
authorities of any other state or foreign gov- ernment has approved or
disapproved the Units, passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Offering, or
made any finding or determination as to the fairness of the Units for
investment.
(n)
Neither the Company nor any person
representing or acting
on behalf of the Company,
or purportedly representing or acting on behalf of the Company,
has made any representations, warranties, agreements, or statements other
than those contained herein or in the Memorandum that influenced or affected the undersigned’s
decision to purchase the Units, nor has the undersigned relied on any
representations, warranties, agreements, or statements in the belief that they were made on behalf of any of the forgoing, nor has the undersigned relied on the absence of any such representations, warranties, agreements, or statements in reaching the decision to purchase the Units.
(o)
The
undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (i) when the Company accepts this sub-
scription, any funds received by the Company in accordance herewith will be
deposited into a separate bank ac- count of the Company, and (ii) if the Company
rejects this subscription or if the Offering is terminated or withdrawn
prior to acceptance of this subscription, any funds deposited by the undersigned will be refunded
promptly without interest.
(p)
Investor, if a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity,
is authorized and duly empow- ered to purchase and hold the Units, has its principal
place of business
at the address set forth on the signature page and has not been formed for the
specific purpose of purchasing the Units.
(q)
Investor acknowledges the Company, its Managing Member,
employees, their agents,
any broker or any other person expressly or by implication have not
represented, guaranteed or warranted:
(i)
that
the past performance or experience on the part of the Managing Member or any of its employees, associates, affiliates, agents
or any other person (or entity), will in any fashion indicate
actual profitability of the Company or investment performance of this
purchase;
(ii)
the amount
or type of consideration, profit or loss or tax consequences that will begenerated
by the Company; and
(iii)
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UNDERSIGNED WHO ARE “U.S.
PERSONS”:
(r)
If
the undersigned is a “U.S. Person,” the undersigned: (i) if an individual, is
at least 21 years of age; (ii) if an individual, is a citizen or resident of
the Interested States; (iii) maintains the undersigned’s principal residence
or business at the address
shown on the signature page hereof; and (iv) warrants
that any finan- cial information that is provided
herewith by the undersigned, or is subsequently submitted by the undersigned at
the request of the Company, does or will accurately reflect the undersigned’s
financial condition with respect to which the undersigned does not anticipate
any material adverse change.
(s)
If
the undersigned is a “U.S. Person” the undersigned certifies that he, she, or
it: (i) is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act;
and (ii) has accurately completed and delivered to the Company the Accredited Investor Questionnaire attached
to the Mem- orandum in order to enable the Company to verify the undersigned’s
status as an accredited investor under the Securities Act.
(t)
If the undersigned is a U.S. Person and subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Secu- rity Act (“ERISA”), the undersigned is aware of and has taken into
consideration the diversification requirements of Section 404(a)(3) of ERISA in
determining to purchase the Units and the undersigned has concluded that the
purchase of the Units is prudent.
(u)
If the undersigned is a U.S. Person, the undersigned is not subject
to back- up withholding
provisions of Section 3406(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UNDERSIGNED WHO ARE “NON-U.S. PERSONS”:
(v)
If the undersigned is not a non-U.S. Person:
(i) the undersigned is not purchasing the Units for the account or benefit of a U.S. person; (ii) the undersigned has not prearranged the sale and resale of the Units with any U.S. Person or buyer in
the Interested States; (iii) as of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the un- dersigned has no
present plan or intention to sell the
Units in the United States
at any predetermined time; (iv) the
undersigned has not entered into, does not have the intention of entering into,
and will not enter into any option, equity swap, or other similar derivative
instrument in the United States with respect to the Units at any time until the
end of a period of one year from the date of this Subscription Agreement; (v) the Units were not offered
to the undersigned in the United States, and at the time of execution of this
Subscription Agreement and at the
time of any offer to the undersigned to purchase the Units hereunder, the
undersigned was physically outside the United States; and (vi) the undersigned will resell the Units only in accordance with the terms
of the LLC Agreement and Regulation S of the Securities Act, pursuant to an effective
registration under the Securities Act,
or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
(w)
If
the undersigned is a non-U.S. Person, the undersigned understands that the
Units are being offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act and any other available exemptions
from the registration requirements of federal, state,
and foreign securities laws and that the Company
is relying upon the
truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, acknowledgements, and
understandings set forth herein in order to confirm that the undersigned is a
non-U.S. Person.
(x)
If
the undersigned is a non-U.S. Person, the undersigned understands that non-U.S.
Per- sons contemplating an investment in the Company
are urged to consult their
own tax advisors
and that the Company
will be required to withhold tax and deposit it with the Internal Revenue
Service (“IRS”) at the highest applicable
U.S. marginal tax
rate on any income allocated to an
Investor who is a non-U.S. Person, even if no cash is distrib- uted to that
Investor.
4.
5.
Binding Agreement. Investor
agrees that Investor may not cancel, terminate or revoke this Sub- scription Agreement (except as permitted under state securities laws) or any
agreement Investor makes hereunder,
and that this Subscription Agreement shall survive upon the death or disability
of Investor and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs,
successors, assigns, executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, or
personal representatives of Investor. Investor agrees that the Company will
have no obligation to recognize the ownership, beneficial or otherwise, of
Investor’s interest by anyone other than the undersigned.
6.
Right to Refuse to Accept Commitment Installment Payments. The
Company, in its sole dis- cretion, may refuse or postpone
acceptance of one or more of Investor’s commitment installment payments,
subject to market conditions and keeping consistent with the Company’s
business plan and performance objectives. If the Company takes such action,
Investor shall have no recourse
against the Company
or its Managing Member, officers, agents, employees, or
affiliates.
7.
Incorporation by Reference. The Investor
Subscription Commitment and related information set
forth on the
signature page are incorporated as integral terms of this
Subscription Agreement.
8.
Notices. Notices and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered when received
or, if by U.S. mail,
when deposited in a regularly maintained receptacle, by Certi-
fied First Class Mail, postage prepaid, addressed:
(a)
if
to Investor, at the address shown on the signature page hereof unless the
Investor has advised the Company,
in writing, of a different address as to which notices
shall be sent under this Agreement; and
(b)
if to the Company,
at the address first above stated, to the attention of the Managing
Mem- ber or to such other
address or to the attention of other such officer, as the Company
shall have furnished to Investor.
9.
Counsel. Investor has had the opportunity to consider the Memorandum, the LLC Agreement, and this Subscription Agreement
with Investor’s advisors or legal counsel and has either obtained the advice of
such advisors in connection with Investor’s execution
hereof or does hereby expressly
waive its right to seek such legal counsel in connection with this
transaction.
10.
Sale
of the Units in a Permitted Offshore Transaction.
If any
subsequent resale of the Units is permitted in an offshore transaction pursuant to the LLC Agreement
and Regulation S of the Securities Act, the un- dersigned agrees to cause
the parties to such transaction to execute a Certificate of Compliance in the form required
by the Company and agree to be bound by the terms of the LLC Agreement.
11.
Miscellaneous. This Subscription Agreement, the LLC Agreement, and the documents and agree- ments
referenced therein embody the entire agreement and understanding between the
Company and the Investor and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof.
(a)
This
Subscription Agreement does not
entitle the undersigned to any rights as a holder of Units or as a member of
the Company until payment for such Units has been received and accepted by the
Com- pany. This Subscription Agreement shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
This Subscription Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one instrument.
(b)
(c)
If
any provision of this Subscription Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under
any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision will be deemed
inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and will be deemed modified
to conform with such statute
or rule of law, but such provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision hereof.
(d)
This Subscription Agreement may be executed through
the use of separate signature
pages or in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts
will, for all purposes, constitute one agreement binding on all parties,
notwithstanding that all parties are not signatories to the same counterpart.
12.
Subscription Payments.
Subject to
Section 13 below, all subscription payments should be made in cash, payable to
“Cloud Toronto – FYBN Core+ Growth &
Income Fund LLC.” The Fund will deposit subscription payments immediately on acceptance in a Fund account. Such deposit shall
not itself constitute acceptance of any subscription
by the Fund. Persons making
subscriptions that are accepted will,
upon payment receive
notice that such subscrip-
tion was accepted. Other subscriptions that are not accepted will be returned.
13.
Subscriptions In-Kind. The
Fund may elect in its absolute discretion to accept subscription pay- ments
from an Investor, in whole or in part, in specie or in kind rather than in
cash. This election may be made
generally or in any particular case. The
Fund will use the same valuation procedures used in determining Net Asset Value to determine the value to be
attributed to the relevant assets to be transferred or assigned to the Fund as
of the relevant Dealing Day. The
Investor agrees that it will be responsible for all costs involved in changing
the ownership of and the transfer of the relevant
assets unless the Fund otherwise agrees. Upon receipt
of properly completed
subscription materials and such legal and other transfer documentation as the
Fund may in its sole dis- cretion require, the Fund will allot the requisite number of Units in the normal manner.
The Fund reserves
the right to decline
to register any prospective investor
until Investor has been able to prove title to the assets
in question and
make a valid transfer thereof.
TITLE
Investor desires
to take title to the Units as follows and indicated by Investor’s selecting
a category
and then initialing here: Initials Initials
□ Individual / Joint
□ individually, as a single person
□ a married
person, as my sole and separate property
□ husband and wife, as community property
with rights of survivorship
□ husband and wife, as community property
□ tenants in common
□ joint tenants with rights of survivorship
□ Trust:
□ Corporate:
□ IRA / Employee Benefit Plans / Keogh / Other Entity:
□ Partnership
/ Limited Liability Company: Checkbook
IRA LLC □ Yes □ No
Custodian
Name: Account Number:
U.S. Person.
Investor is a “U.S. Person”,
indicated by Investor’s single check mark and initials alongside the selection checked:
□ Yes Initials Initials
□ No Initials Initials (Signature
pages for individuals and entities attached.)
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH
& INCOME FUND,
LLC
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE
Class B Units Subscription Commitment $ ($250,000 Minimum)
Registration Name (Individual
Name, Joint Account
Name, Trust Name, Entity Name, IRA Name)
Tax Identification Number (USA) or Equivalent Federal
Number (EIN or
SSN)
Investor #1
Investor
Full Name
Registration
Address
Street Address
(Cannot be a P.O. Box)
City
State Zip
Phone
Number
Email Address
Signature Date Signed
Title
BY:
Signature of Authorized Agent
PRINT NAME of
Authorized Agent
Investor #2 (if applicable)
Investor
Full Name
Registration
Address
Street Address
(Cannot be a P.O. Box)
City
State Zip
Phone
Number
Email Address
Signature Date Signed
Title
Date Signed Agent Title
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+
GROWTH & INCOME
FUND, LLC
By: Cloud Toronto – FYBN CORE+ Growth
& Income Fund GP LLC, its Managing
Member
By: Date Signed
Authorized
Representative
The undersigned certifies that he, she, or it is an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), because he, she, or it meets
at least one of the following definitions of “accredited investor”
(check each one that applies; you must check at least one):
□
a natural
person whose individual “net worth”2 or joint net worth with Client’s spouse
or spousal equivalent, exceeds
$1,000,000;
□ a natural person who had an individual income
in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most-recent
years or joint income with Client’s spouse or spousal equivalent3 in
excess of $300,000 in each of those years;
□ a director, executive officer
or manager of the Company,
or a director, executive officers
or manager
of the
Managing Member4;
□
a natural
person who is a “knowledgeable employee” (as defined
in Rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Invest-
ment Company Act) of the Company
where the Company would be an “investment company” (as defined in Section 3 of
Investment Company Act), but for the
exclusion provided by either Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of Investment
Company Act;
□ a “family client,” as defined
in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”),
of a family office as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act, (i) with assets under
management in excess of $5,000,000, (ii) that is not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and (iii) whose prospective
investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the prospective investment, and whose prospective investment
is directed by such family office pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence:
or
□ a natural person holding in
good standing one or more of the following professional licenses:
(i)
General Securities Representative license (Series
7);
(ii)
Private Securities Offerings Representative license
(Series 82), and
(iii)
Investment Adviser
Representative license (Series
65)
□ a bank (as defined
in Section 3(a)(2)
of the Securities Act) or a savings
and loan association or other institution (as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act), in each case whether
acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;
□ an insurance company (as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act);
□ a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
□ an investment adviser registered pursuant to Section
203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Advisers Act”) or registered
pursuant to the laws of a state;
2 “Net worth” means the excess
of total assets at fair market value over total liabilities. For the purposes
of determining “net worth” the value of the Client’s primary residence is
excluded as an asset. In addition, any liabilities secured by Client’s primary
residence are included
in total liabilities for purposes of this calculation only if and to the extent that:
(1) such liabilities exceed the fair market value of the residence; or
(2) such liabilities were incurred within 60 days before the date hereof (other
than as a result of the acquisition of the residence). Joint net worth can be
the aggregate net worth of you and your spouse or spousal equivalent, and
assets need not be held jointly to be included in the calculation. Reli- ance
on the joint net worth standard does not require that the Units be purchased
jointly.
4 The term “spousal equivalent” means a cohabitant occupying a relationship generally equivalent to that of a
spouse.
5 Executive officer means the
president, any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division
or function (such as sales,
administration or finance),
any other officer
who performs a policy making function, or any other person
who performs similar policy making functions for the Issuer.
□
(m) of the Advisers
Act;
□ an investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), or a business development company (as defined
in Section 2(a)(48)
of the Investment Company Act);
□
a Small
Business Investment Company
licensed by the United States
Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d)
of the Small Business Investment Act
of 1958, as amended;
□
a Rural Business Investment Company as defined
in Section 348A of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act of 1961, as amended;
□
a plan
established and maintained by a state,
its political subdivisions, or any agency
or instrumentality of a
state or its politicalsubdivisions, for thebenefit of its employees, that has total
assets in excess
of $5,000,000;
□ an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee
Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, whose
investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, that is either
a bank, savings
and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser; or an employee
benefit plan with total
assets in excess of $5,000,000; or a self-directed employee benefit plan whose investment decisions are made
solely by persons that are accredited investors;
□ a private business development company (as defined
in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended);
□ an organization described in
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business
trust, a partnership or a limited liability company, in each case not formed for the specific
purpose of purchasing Units and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
□ a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 that was not formed for the specific
purpose
of purchasing the Units and
whose purchase of the Units is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that such person is capable
of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Units;
□
a revocable
trust that may be revoked
or amended at any time by the grantor(s), each of whom is
either an accredited investor as determined (i) under any of the paragraphs
above;
□
an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors
(in which case both the entity and the equity owners will need to be
accredited );
□ an entity, of a type not
listed in the categories above, not formed for the specific purpose of
acquiring the Units offered,
owning “investments” (as defined in Rule 2a51-1(b)
under the Investment Company Act) in excess of $5,000,000;
□ a “family office” (as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers
Act):
(i)
with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii)
that is not formed
for the specific purpose of acquiring the Units; and
(iii)
whose prospective investment is directed
by a person who has such knowledge and expe rience in
financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of the prospective investment; or
□ A “family client,” (as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers
Act of a family office meeting the requirements
immediately above and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by
such family office pursuant to sub-section (iii) immediately above.
Registration Name (Individual
Name, Joint Account
Name, Trust Name, Entity Name, IRA Name)
Signature Section:
Signature Date Signed
Signature Date Signed
BY:
Signature
of Authorized Agent Date Signed
PRINT NAME of Authorized Agent Agent Title
Read
& Approved, Date Signed IRA Account Owner
ACH ELECTRONIC PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION
If you desire to have distributions made by direct
deposit to your bank account,
please fill in the following information. Please note that
this option may not be available for qualified or custodial accounts. If your
custodian accepts ACH payments, please enter the Custodian’s banking
information and correct funding note to correctly associate your accounts to
distributions.
Please select the appropriate box below, “yes” if you wish to register for direct deposit (ACH/ electronic payment), or “no” if you prefer to receive distributions via live check.
□ Yes □No
Financial Institution Name: |
|
ABA/Routing Number: |
|
Account
Number: |
|
Name(s) on Account: |
|
Type of Account: |
□Personal Checking □ Business Checking □Personal Savings □ Business Savings |
I,
the undersigned Investor, hereby authorize CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND, LLC (the
“Company”), the Managing Member or its agent to deposit my distributions to the
checking or savings account identified above.
This authorization shall remain in effect until I provide written notice
to the Company to terminate the authorization. In the event
that the Company
deposits funds erroneously into my account, the Company is hereby authorized to debit my account for an amount
not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.
Registration Name (Individual
Name, Joint Account
Name, Trust Name, Entity Name, IRA Name)
Signature Section:
Signature Date Signed
Signature Date Signed
BY:
Signature
of Authorized Agent Date Signed
PRINT NAME of Authorized Agent Title
Read
& Approved, Date Signed IRA Account Owner
BROKER DEALER INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PRIVATE PLACEMENT
PURCHASE PROCEDURES – To help
the government
fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities and to adhere to
requirements of Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, federal law requires all financial organizations to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person who completes this Investor Questionnaire. What this means for you: When
you complete this form and accompanying subscription documents, we will ask for
your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to
identify you. The information you
provide will be used to verify your identity by using internal sources and
third-party vendors.
INVESTOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Legal Address
of Investor (CANNONT
BE P.O. BOX)
Last Name First Name
Date
of Birth
Social Security Number (USA) or Equivalent Federal Number
Legal Residence Address:
Street Address
City
State Zip
Home
Phone
Investor #2
Last Name First Name
Date
of Birth
Social Security Number (USA) or Equivalent Federal Number
Legal Residence Address:
Street Address
City
State Zip
Home
Phone
INVESTOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION**
Are you currently: □Employed |
□Self-Employed |
□Not Employed □Retired □Other: |
Job Title |
|
Occupation |
Employer |
|
Years with
this Employer |
If you are not currently employed
or if you are retired,
please provide source of annual
income:
** Decline to Provide – I certify that the above information is
correct and if any requested information in
the above Section is incomplete or
not provided by
me, I hereby certify
that I am declining to provide it. |
Initials(s) |
INVESTOR ATTESTATIONS
Please review
the following and signify your understanding of the statements by initialing, where
indicated.
Investor/Purchaser Representations:
■ I am able to bear the economic risk of this investment; this investment could
be restricted as to
assignability and there may be no public market.
■ I recognize that this
investment carries certain risk, including but not limited to lack of liquidity
for an extended period; this is
considered a speculative venture.
■ I have received the
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum, the Supplement(s) (if any) and
related offering documents and I have had the opportunity to ask questions and
have received answers to my questions, to my satisfaction.
By initialing above, I acknowledge and
understand the Investor/Purchaser Representations |
Senior Investor
Representations:
■ I am purchasing this
investment for my own account and I acknowledge that this invest- ment is not liquid
and is highly speculative. I may not be able to sell this investment and, if I am able to sell my investment, I may receive
less than my purchase price.
I have consid- ered the implications of this investment, should this become
part of my estate at my death.
■ Regardless of whether I am
currently employed or retired, I have adequate sources of in- come from
investments (excluding this investment), pensions, savings, and salary to take
care of all of my medical, health-related and living expenses for an extended
period, in- cluding in the event of disability or emergency.
By initialing above, I acknowledge and
understand the Senior Investor Representations |
INVESTOR ATTESTATIONS
Check the appropriate box for each inquiry below, with regard to this investment:
Investment Objective:
Risk Tolerance:
Investment Time Horizon:
Liquidity Needs:
□Capital Preservation
□Low
□0 to 2 Years
□High
□Income
□Moderate
□2 to 5 Years
□Medium
□Growth
□High
□5 or more Years
□Low
□Aggressive Growth
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE **
In the event of disability or
emergency, do you have enough insurance and readily-available funds (excluding
this investment) to take care of all of your medical, health-related and living expenses
for a period of one year or more?
□ Yes □No
All figures
should be expressed in U.S. Dollars. Check the appropriate box for each inquiry below.
If you qualified as an accredited investor based on joint
income with a spouse, please provide combined financial information. |
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ANNUAL INCOME (from all sources) |
NET WORTH** (VALUE OF ALL ASSETS,EX- CLUDING
VALUE OF YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE) |
FEDERAL TAX BRACKET (highest marginal) |
□ Below $200,000 |
□ Below $1,000,000 |
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□$200,000 – $399,000 |
□$1 million to $4.9 million |
□ 0 – 25% |
□$400,000 – $1,000,000 |
□$5 million to 9.9 million |
□More than
25% |
□ Over $1,000,000 |
□ Over $10,000,000 |
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How many years of experience do you
have in investing in the
following types of investments?
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Years of Experience |
Estimated total
amount invested over the time period you provided |
Private Placements (LPs, Private Funds) |
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Tax credits/deductions or other tax-benefit investments |
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Investment Experience and Financial Information is correct and if any information is left blank or not provided by me, I certify that I am
declining to provide it. |
Initials(s) |
AFFILIATIONS AND DISCLOSURES AND SIGNATURES
Are you or any member of your immediate family (family members
living in your household) licensed
by or reg- istered with FINRA or associated with a broker-dealer? Note – this does not include your financial advisor
unless he/she is a member of your immediate family?
□ Yes □No
If yes, provide name of
broker-dealer:
Note: If the above response is “yes” we will send the required notification to your firm under FINRA Rule 3210.
Are you, or a member of your immediate family, a director/officer or 5% owner of a publicly traded
company?
If yes, provide name of the
company:
AFFILIATIONS AND DISCLOSURES AND SIGNATURES
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A LEGAL/DISCLOSURES CLAUSE |
Important Disclosures
FINRA BROKER-CHECK
– The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Broker Check allows
the public to obtain current regulatory information about FINRA member firms
and financial advisors, including Sky- way Capital
Markets, LLC. You can get more information, including an investor
brochure that includes
information describing FINRA Broker
Check, by calling its Broker Check hotline at (800) 289-9999 or by visiting its
website at brokercheck.finra.org.
DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT – These securities are not
insured by SIPC or the FDIC or by any Government Agency.
The securities are not obligations of the FDIC or any other Government Agency. The securities are not deposits or other obligations of a
financial institution. The securities
are not guar- anteed by any financial institution and they are subject to
investment risks, including possible loss of the principal invested.
Signature
(or Authorized Signor)
Print
Name
Date
Investor #2
Signature
(or Authorized Signor)
Print
Name
Date
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIPS FORM AND CERTIFICATION
FOR TRUSTS, CORPORATIONS, LLCs AND LPs
This form should be completed by investors that are investing
in the name of a trust or in the name of a corporation,
limited liability
company, limited partnership, or other type of legal entity.
Under the U.S. Patriot
Act, we are required to collect and verify information about investors in this offering, which includes information about the beneficial owners of
investors that choose to invest in the name of a trust or other type of legal
entity.
Trust investors should complete
this form and submit a copy of their Trust Documents/Certificate.
Corporate, LLC and LP investors should
complete this form and submit
a copy of the Operating Agreement, Articles of Organization, Shareholders Agreement, or other applicable governing
documents for the entity.
CHOOSE TYPE OF
OWNERSHIP (choose one):
□ Revocable Trust
□ Limited Liability Company (LLC)
□ Other (describe):
□ Irrevocable Trust
□ Limited Partnership (LP)
□ Corporation
AUTHORIZED SIGNOR INFORMATION
Provide the name of the person
that is authorized to make this
investment and sign on behalf of this legal entity.
If this investment decision
is being made by a third-party administrator
(such as a Trust attorney or financial institution), provide the name and
contact information of the administrator. |
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ID Number of Legal Entity
(Trust, Corp, LLC,
LP or
Corp) |
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If Trust,
provide the title
of the Trust;
if Legal Entity, provide the
title of the Legal Entity. |
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If Trust,
provide date of Trust Agreement |
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If Trust,
provide date of last amendment (if any) |
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LIST OF TRUSTEES OR BENEFICIAL OWNERS
If Trust,
complete the table below, listing each trustee of the trust. For other types of
legal entities, complete the table below, listing
(a) each person
who owns 25% or more of equity
interests of the entity and (b) each person that exercises significant management
responsibility for the entity (regardless of their ownership).5
For each person owning 25% or more of equity interests
of the entity, please submit
a copy of their photo
ID.
Beneficial Owner(s) – Provide
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Date
of Birth |
Social
Security Number |
Residential Address |
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CERTIFICATION OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Please select one of the
following, as applies
to your authority to make this investment:
□ The Beneficial Owner(s)
listed above may act independently as provided in the Trust, Operating Agree- ment, or Shareholders Agreement (or
other applicable governing document(s)).
□ The Beneficial Owner(s) listed
above may act as a majority as provided in the Trust, Operating Agreement, or Shareholders Agreement (or
other applicable governing document(s)).
□ The Beneficial Owner(s)
listed above must act unanimously as provided in the Trust, Operating
Agreement, or Shareholders Agreement
(or other applicable governing document(s)), and the authoriza- tion of all
Beneficial Owners is required.
By completing and
signing this Beneficial Ownership Form and Certification, you are certifying
that (i) you are authorized to make this investment and such investment is in
full compliance with the Trust or Operating
Agree- ment, (ii) the Trust, Shareholders Agreement or Operating
Agreement has not been revoked,
modified, or amended in any manner that would cause the
statements contained in this Certification to be incorrect, (iii) the entity
exists under applicable state laws, and (iv) you agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Cloud Toronto – FYBN Cos Inc., the Fund, the Manager and Young
America Capital, LLC for any and all losses, liabilities, claims and costs
(including reason- able attorneys’ fees)
resulting from our effecting this investment or acting upon any instruction
given by you with regard to this investment.
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5 Provide detailed
information for each layer of beneficial ownership, if applicable. For example, if the beneficial owner is another entity, provide the entity name
and the beneficial owners of that second layer of owners. Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Print Name of Beneficial Owner/Authorized Signor Print Co-Beneficial Owner (if applies)
Signature of Beneficial Owner/Authorized Signor Signature of Co-Beneficial Owner (if applies)
Date Signed Date
Signed– Co/Joint Owner (if applicable)
If there are more than two persons that are required to sign this Certification, attach additional pages.
ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS VERIFICATION LETTER
(To Be Completed For Individuals)
[INSERT NAME OF CLIENT]
(“Client”) has requested that the undersigned provide CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND, LLC, a New
York limited liability company (the “Company”) with this Accredited Investor
Status Verification Letter (this “Status Letter”) to assist the Company in its verification of the Client’s
status as an “accredited investor” within the meaning
of Rule 501(a) of the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “‘Securities Act”),
in connec- tion with the Client’s potential purchase of securities (the
“Units”) offered for sale by the Company.
I hereby certify that I am
(please check appropriate box):
□ a registered broker-dealer, as defined in the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended;
□ an investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission;
□ a licensed attorney in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which he or she is
admitted to
practice law; or
□
a certified public
accountant in good standing under
the laws of the place
of his or her residence or principal office.
Based solely on a review of the Client
Materials (as defined
below), the undersigned hereby advises the Company that the Client satisfies one
or more of the following criteria (check all boxes that apply):
□
a natural
person whose individual “net worth”1 or joint net worth with Client’s spouse
or spousal equivalent2,
exceeds $1,000,000;
□ a natural person who had an
individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most- recent years or joint income with Client’s spouse
or spousal equivalent in excess of$300,000 in each of those years;
□ a director, executive officer
or manager of the Company,
or a director, executive officers
or
manager of the
Manager3;
1 “Net worth” means the excess
of total assets
at fair market value over total liabilities. For the purposes
of determining “net worth” the value of the Client’s
primary residence is excluded as an asset. In addition, any
liabilities secured by Client’s
primary residence are included in total liabilities for purposes of this calculation only if and to the extent that: (1) such liabilities exceed
the fair market
value of the residence; or (2) such liabilities were incurred within
60 days before the date
hereof (other than as a result of the acquisition of the residence). Joint net
worth can be the aggregate net worth of you and your spouse or spousal
equivalent, and assets need not be held
jointly to be included in the calculation. Reliance on the joint net worth standard
does not require
that the Units be purchased jointly.
2 The term “spousal equivalent” means
a cohabitant occupying a relationship
generally equivalent to that of
a spouse.
3 Executive officer
means the president, any vice president
in charge of a principal
business unit, division
or function (such as
sales, administration or finance), any other officer who performs a policy
making function, or any
other person who performs
similar policy making
functions for the Company.
□
□ a “family client,” as defined
in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Advisers Act”),
of a family office as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act, (i) with assets under management in excess of$5,000,000, (ii) that is not formed
for the specific purpose
of acquiring the securities offered,
and (iii) whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that such family
office is capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, and whose prospective investment is directed
by such family
office pursuant to clause (iii)
of this sentence: or
□ a natural person holding in
good standing one or more of the following professional licenses:
(i)
General Securities Representative license (Series
7);
(ii)
Private Securities Offerings Representative license
(Series 82), and
(iii)
Investment Adviser
Representative license (Series
65)
In connection with this Status Letter,
the undersigned has reviewed the original or photocopies of the
following documents (the “Client Materials”) (please check the appropriate box
or boxes):
□ Form 1040 filed with the Internal Revenue Service by Client
[and his/her spouse] for the two
most-recent years;
□ Form 1099 filed with the Internal Revenue Service by Client
[and his/her spouse] for the two
most-recent years;
□
Schedule K-1 of Form 1065 filed with the Internal Revenue
Service by Client [ and his/her
spouse] for the two most recent-years;
□ Form W-2 issued by the Internal
Revenue Service to Client
[and his/her spouse]
for the two
most
recent-years; or
□ Other Internal Revenue Service
documents (please specify):
□ Othe (1) Bank Statements,
brokerage statements and other statements of securities holdings, certificates of deposit, tax assessments or appraisal reports
of Client issued by independent third parties and dated within three months of the date of this Status Letter,
and (2) a consumer report from at least one of the nationwide
consumer reporting agencies indicating Client’s liabilities, dated within three
months of the date of this Status Letter.
Dated:
Name of Firm: By: Name: Title: E-mail Address: Phone Number: License Number:
ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS VERIFICATION LETTER
(To Be Completed For Entities)
[INSERT NAME OF ENTITY]
(“Entity”) has requested that the undersigned provide CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND, LLC, a New
York limited liability company (the “Company”) with this Accredited Investor Status Verification Letter (this “Status
Letter”) to assist the Company in its verification of the Entity’s status as an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “‘Securities Act”), in con- nection with the Entity’s potential
purchase of securities (the “Units”) offered for sale by the Company.
I
hereby certify that I am (please check appropriate box):
□ a registered broker-dealer, as defined in the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended;
□ an investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission;
□ a licensed attorney in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which he or she is
admitted to
practice law; or
□
a certified public account ant in good standing under
the laws of the place
of his or her resi- dence or principal office.
The undersigned hereby advises
the Company that the Entity
satisfies one or more of the following crite- ria (please check all boxes that apply):
□
a bank (as defined
in Section 3(a)(2)
of the Securities Act) or a savings
and loan association or other institution (as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the
Securities Act), in each case
whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;
□ an insurance company (as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act);
□ a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended;
□
an investment adviser registered pursuant
to Section 203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”) or registered
pursuant to the laws of a state;
□
an investment adviser relying on the exemption from registering with the SEC under Section 203(l) or (m) of the Advisers
Act;
□
an investment company registered under
the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”),
or a business development company (as defined in Section 2(a)
(48)
of the Investment Company Act);
□ a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the United
States Small Business
Adminis- tration under Section
301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958, as amended;
a Rural Business Investment Company as defined in Section 348A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act of 1961, as amended;
□
□ an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended,
whose investment decision
is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Sec-
tion 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
that is either a bank, savings and
loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser; or an
employee benefit plan with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or a
self-directed employee benefit plan whose investment decisions are made solely
by persons that are accredited inves- tors;
□ a private business development company (as defined
in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended);
□
an organization described in Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986,
as amend- ed, a corporation, a
Massachusetts or similar business trust, a partnership or a limited liability
company, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of purchasing Units
and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
□ a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 that was not formed for the specific
purpose
of purchasing the Units and
whose purchase of the Units is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that such person is capable
of eval- uating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Units;
□ a revocable trust that may be revoked or amended at any time by the grantor(s), each of whom is
either an accredited investor as determined under any of the paragraphs above;
□ an entity in which all of the
equity owners are accredited investors (in which case, please com- plete and execute both this Status Letter for entities and, for each such equity
owner, the Status Letter for individuals on Section
4, Pages 1-3);
□ an entity, of a type not
listed in the categories above, not formed for the specific purpose of ac-
quiring the Units offered, owning
“investments” (as defined
in Rule 2a51-1(b) under the Invest- ment Company Act) in excess of
$5,000,000;
□ a “family office” (as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers
Act):
(i)
with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii)
that is not formed
for the specific purpose of acquiring the Units; and
(iii)
whose
prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that such family
office is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of the prospective investment; or
□ a “family client” (as defined
in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act) of a family office meeting the requirements in the category
immediately above and whose prospective investment in the Company is directed by such family office
pursuant to clause (iii) of the category imme- diately above.
is an accredited investor
within three months of the date of this Status Letter. This Status Letter may
be relied upon by the Company in connection with (i) the offering and sale of
the Units, and (ii) to the extent permitted
pursuant to Rule 506(c) of the Securities Act and any corresponding guidance
from the U.S. Se-
curities and Exchange Commission, for a period
of five (5) years following
the date of this Status Letter in connection with any other offering by
the issuer (provided that the Client delivers
a written representation that the Client continues to qualify as an “accredited investor” at the time of such subsequent
offering and that the issuer is not aware of information to the contrary).
Dated:
Name of Firm: By: Name: Title: E-mail Address: Phone Number: License Number:
ELECTRONIC MAIL
AUTHORIZATION
By signing below and providing an email address, Investor agrees and consents to have the Fund and/or its third-party service providers
electronically deliver Account
Communications (as defined
herein). “Account Communications” means all current and future account
statements; the Limited
Partnership Agreement (including all supplements and amendments thereto); Subscription
Agreement; notices (including privacy notices); letters to members; financial
statements; regulatory communications and other information, documents, data
and records regarding Investor’s investment in the Fund (including K-1s). Electronic communication by the Fund includes e-mail delivery as well as electronically making available to Investor Account
Communications on the Company’s website,
if applicable. In- vestor may revoke or restrict its consent to electronic delivery
of Account Communications at any time by notifying the Company, in writing, of
Investor’s intention to do so.
The Fund and its affiliates and their respective third-party service providers shall not be liable for any interception of Account
Communications. In addition, there are risks,
such as system outages, that are associated with electronic
delivery. Account Communications are
provided to one email address, regardless of how the investment may be
registered (e.g., joint/trust/entity ownership).
Signature (or Authorized Signor,
if entity Date
Print Full Name Email Address
You
may, but are not required to, authorize the Company to copy all future Account Communications to your
representative (CPA, attorney,
financial advisor, etc.) by providing
contact information for such person below. All such Account Communications will be
subject to the above terms/conditions.
Print Authorized Person’s Name Print Authorized Person’s Email
APPENDIX C
SUPPLEMENT TO
PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM OF
CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC
October 16, 2023
This
Supplement (this “Supplement”) to the Private Placement Memorandum dated
October 16, 2023 (as amended supplemented from time to time, the “Memorandum”)
of CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH
& INCOME FUND LLC (“Fund”) is being furnished to prospective
investors in the Fund to describe the Fund’s intention to utilize a real estate
investment trust subsidiary through which it will undertake and own its
investments. The subsidiary entity, CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME
FUND REIT LLC (the “REIT”) was formed as a New York limited liability company
on March 9, 2012. The Fund will own
all REIT Subsidiary Common Units in the REIT and will act as the sole Manager
of the REIT. The REIT will be governed by its limited liability company
agreement (“LLC Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto. Prospective investors in the Fund are urged
to carefully review the REIT’s LLC Agreement
before making any decision regarding an investment in the Fund.
This
Supplement may only be used in connection with such a prospective investor’s
consideration of an investment in the Fund and may not be used for any other
purpose. Each potential investor, by
accepting delivery of this Supplement, agrees not to make a photocopy or other
copy or to divulge the contents hereof to any person other than a legal,
business, investment, or tax advisor in connection with obtaining the advice of
such person with respect to a potential investment in the Fund.
The
REIT has been formed by the Fund to act as a subsidiary investment vehicle
through which the Fund will carry out its investment program as described in
the Memorandum. The REIT structure is
being utilized to provide certain tax-exempt investors in the Fund with
favorable tax benefits. This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Memorandum, which has been previously provided to the recipient
hereof. The Memorandum contains
important information about the structure, management, investment program,
investment philosophy and terms of the Fund, as well as certain risks and other
considerations associated therewith. Accordingly, prospective investors in the
Fund are urged to carefully review the Memorandum, as well as the limited
liability company agreement of the Fund, before making any decision regarding
an investment in the Fund.
Potential investors are not
to construe the contents of this Supplement or any other communication from the
REIT, the Fund or any of their respective employees, affiliates or
representatives as providing assurances, whether express or implied, that the investment
objectives of the REIT or the Fund will be realized, that any benefits or
advantages to potential investors of an investment in the Fund suggested, implied or advocated in this
Supplement will be available or accomplished, or that any historical performance
record of any person identified herein or any of their respective employees,
affiliates or representatives will be repeated with respect to the Fund or will
confer any benefits on the Fund or
prospective investors.No person other than the Fund
has been authorized to provide any information on the REIT or the Fund or the REIT Subsidiary Common
Units of the REIT that will be held by the Fund except the information contained in this Supplement, and any
other information must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the REIT
or the Fund. Prospective investors in
the Fund should not construe the contents of this Supplement as legal, tax,
investment or other advice. Each
prospective investor should make its own inquiries and consult its own advisors
as to the appropriateness and desirability of an investment in the Fund and as to legal,
tax, and
related
matters concerning the Fund’s investment in the REIT Subsidiary Common Units.
Prospective investors are invited to ask questions and request additional
information by contacting the Fund at:
CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+
GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC
970
Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024408 856 5031
Email: di.mo@cloudtoronto.us
FOR ALL NON-U.S.
INVESTORS GENERALLY
IT
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY PERSONS WISHING TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY TO INFORM THEMSELVES OF AND TO OBSERVE ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS OF ANY RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD INFORM
THEMSELVES AS TO THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND TAX CONSEQUENCES WITHIN THE
COUNTRIES OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP, RESIDENCE, DOMICILE AND PLACE OF BUSINESS WITH
RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSAL OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED
HEREBY, AND ANY FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY BE RELEVANT THERETO.
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I. OVERVIEW OF THE
REIT
The REIT
CLOUD
TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND REIT LLC (the “REIT”) was
organized
as a New York limited liability REIT on February 2, 2023, and expects to
qualify as a real estate investment REIT (“REIT”) under Section 856 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. The REIT
was formed for the sole purpose of enabling non-U.S. investors and U.S.
tax-exempt investors to participate in CLOUD TORONTO – FYBN CORE+ GROWTH & INCOME FUND LLC., a New
York limited liability company (“Fund”), in a manner that maximizes
efficiency on tax, regulatory or other grounds (Please See Section V of this
Supplement (“Certain U.S. Tax Considerations”) for further discussion of U.S.
federal tax consequences of the Fund’s investment in the REIT). The REIT is recently formed and has only a
limited operating history.
As a New York limited liability REIT, the REIT
will be governed by its Certificate of Formation, a copy of which is available
upon request and its Limited Liability Company Agreement, a copy of which is
attached hereto. The REIT will issue
two types of securities, common limited liability company interests (the “REIT
Subsidiary Common Units”) and non- participating preferred limited
liability company interests (the “REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units”).
All of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units will be issued to the Fund (on behalf
of the investors in the Fund) and
will entitle the investors in the Fund to receive a pro rata portion of the dividends paid by the REIT based upon the
distribution provisions of the Fund pursuant to the Fund Agreement. The
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units are being issued to certain third party investors in order to meet the
qualification requirements for being treated as a real estate investment trust
under the Code, are not being offered to the Fund pursuant to this Supplement
and will have a fixed return.
The Fund’s and the REIT’s principal place of business is 970 Peachtree Industrial Blvd,
Suite 1-2, Suwanee, GA 30024 and its telephone number is 408 856 5031
II. PRINCIPAL TERMS
OF THE REIT
The following is a summary of
the principal terms the REIT. The
summary is qualified in its entirety by the information contained elsewhere in
this Supplement, the REIT’s Limited Liability Company Agreement, and the Subscription Agreement pursuant to
which investors will acquire interests in the Fund, copies of which is available upon request. This summary should be read in conjunction
with the Private Placement Memorandum dated October 16, 2023, (as amended and
supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Memorandum”) of the Fund,
which contains important information about the structure, management,
investment program, investment philosophy and terms of the Fund, as well as
certain risks and securities, tax, regulatory and other considerations
associated therewith. Accordingly,
prospective investors in the Fund are urged to carefully review the Memorandum,
which has been previously provided to recipients of this Supplement, as well as
the limited liability company agreement of the Fund (the “Fund Agreement”).
An investment in the Fund
involves significant risks relating to both the Fund and its investment in the
REIT. Please refer to Section III of
this Supplement (“Risk Factors”) below for further discussion of such risks.
The REIT Cloud
Toronto – FYBN Core+
Growth & Income
Fund REIT LLC, a New
York
limited liability REIT formed on February
2, 2023, (the “REIT”).
Purpose The
REIT has been formed by the Fund to act as a subsidiary investment vehicle
through which the Fund will carry out its investment program as described in
the Memorandum. The REIT structure is being utilized to provide certain tax-exempt investors in the Fund
with favorable tax benefits.
Manager Except
as otherwise provided herein and in the LLC Agreement, the management and control of the REIT will be vested solely in its manager (“Manager”). The Fund will serve as the Manager of the
REIT, acting through the Fund’s Managing Member.
Capital Structure The limited
liability company interests of the REIT (the “REIT
Subsidiary
Units”) consist of REIT Subsidiary Common Units (“REIT Subsidiary REIT
Subsidiary Common Units”) and REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units (the “REIT Subsidiary REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units”). The rights of the holders of REIT Subsidiary Units will be governed
by the New York Limited Liability Company Act, the REIT’s Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”)
and the REIT’s limited liability company agreement (the “REIT LLC Agreement”), copies
of which are attached
hereto or available upon request.
Transfer of REIT
Subsidiary Units; Redemption
No
Member may sell, transfer, pledge or assign all or any portion of its interest in the REIT, without prior
written consent of the Manager, which may be withheld by the Manager in its
sole discretion. No Member may redeem
its interest in the REIT without the
Manager’s consent, which may be withheld by the Manager in its sole discretion
Term The
REIT will have a term substantially co-extensive with that of the Fund. The REIT will dissolve and liquidate as
soon as practicable following the completion of the Fund’s liquidation.
Distributions Subject to the provisions of applicable law and the rights of the
holders of the REIT’s outstanding
REIT Subsidiary REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units and the holders of REIT
Subsidiary REIT Subsidiary Common Units are, except as otherwise determined by
the Manager, entitled to receive ratably such distributions as may be
authorized and declared on the REIT Subsidiary
REIT Subsidiary Common Units by the Manager in its
discretion from funds legally
available. Before payment of any
distributions to the Common
Unit holders, the REIT must have first
paid the full, cumulative distributions outstanding on all REIT Subsidiary REIT
Subsidiary Preferred Units. The
Manager’s determination as to whether to make a distribution to the holders of
REIT Subsidiary Common Units may take into account the REIT’s ongoing expenses
(including debt payments), anticipated investments or capital expenditures and
reserves.
In
the event of the dissolution of the REIT, holders of its REIT Subsidiary Common
Units are entitled to receive the net assets of the REIT after any preferential
amounts required to be paid or distributed to holders of the REIT’s outstanding
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units. Holders
of REIT Subsidiary Common Units do not
have any preemptive rights, redemption or conversion rights.
Voting Rights The holders
of the REIT Subsidiary Common
Units will have the
exclusive
right to appoint the Manager. Except
as otherwise provided in the LLC Agreement and under “Amendments” below, the
REIT Subsidiary Common Units shall be the exclusive voting interests of the REIT.
Amendments Subject to any limitations set out in any designation related to a
Class of REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units, the LLC Agreement
may be amended from time to time by the Manager acting alone, without the necessity of any approval or consent
of any of the Members. The Manager
shall provide promptly the Members with a copy of any amendment to the LLC
Agreement,
REIT Limited
Liability Company Agreement Restrictions
The
LLC Agreement contains certain restrictions on the number of REIT Subsidiary Units that individual Members
may own to ensure the REIT’s qualification as a Real Estate Investment
Trust under the Code. For the REIT to qualify as a Real Estate
Investment Trust under the Code, no more than 50% in value of its outstanding
REIT Subsidiary Units may be owned, directly
or indirectly (taking into account certain constructive
ownership rules), by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to
include certain entities) during the last half of the REIT’s taxable year
(other than the first year) or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable
year. The REIT Subsidiary Units must
also be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of
the REIT’s taxable year (other than the first year) or during a proportionate
part of a shorter taxable year. Because
the REIT expects to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust, the LLC
Agreement contains restrictions on the acquisition of REIT Subsidiary Units
that are intended to ensure compliance with these requirements.
The
LLC Agreement provides that (i) no Person may Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own (as such capitalized terms are defined below) 7.4% or more
of the outstanding REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units (the “Ownership Limit”) and that (ii) no Person will Beneficially
Own or Constructively Own REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive
Ownership would result in a non-US Person (as defined below) Beneficially
Owning or Constructively Owning REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units, the fair market value of which would compromise 50% or more of
the fair market value of the issued
and outstanding REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units. The Ownership Limit does not
apply to an underwriter who is engaged in a public offering of REIT Subsidiary
Common Units or REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units. In addition, the Manager in its sole and exclusive discretion,
may exempt a Person from the Ownership Limit.
The
LLC Agreement defines “Beneficial Ownership” as ownership of REIT
Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units by a Person who
would be treated as an owner of such REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT
Subsidiary Preferred Units either directly or indirectly through the
application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code, regardless of ownership as determined for purposes of applicable corporate
law. “Constructive Ownership” is defined as ownership of REIT Subsidiary Common Units
or REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units by a Person who would be
treated as owner of such REIT Subsidiary Common Units or REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units either directly or indirectly through the application of
Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section
856(d)(5) of the Code, regardless of ownership as
determined for purposes of applicable corporate law. “Person” is
defined as an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a
trust qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a
trust permanently set aside for or to be used
exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c)
of the Code, association,
private foundation within the meaning of Section
509(a) of the Code, joint stock corporation or other entity and also includes a
group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
Operating Agreement provides that the foregoing restrictions (the “Ownership
Restrictions”) will apply until such time as the Managers determine that it
is no longer in the best interest of the REIT to attempt to, or continue to,
qualify as a REIT under the Code.
Members’ Reporting Requirements to the REIT
Certain
Tax Considerations
If
any purported transfer of the REIT’s REIT Subsidiary Units or any other event
would otherwise result in any individual being treated as beneficially owning
the REIT’s REIT Subsidiary Units in
violation of the Ownership Restrictions, then any such purported transfer will
be null and void as to that number of REIT Subsidiary Units (“Excess Units”)
that is sufficient to enable compliance with the Ownership Restrictions and the
purported transferee shall acquire no
right or interest in such Excess Units. In
the case of any event other than a purported
transfer, the person holding record
title to any such Excess Units shall cease to own any right or interest
in such Units.
The
Fund Agreement contains mirror provisions to ensure that no holder of REIT
Subsidiary Units in the Fund would be deemed to own REIT Subsidiary Units in the REIT in excess of the Ownership Limit.
Every
Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of 0.5% or more, or such lower
percentages as required pursuant to regulations of the Code, of the outstanding REIT Subsidiary Units must,
within 30 days after January 1 of each year, give written notice to the REIT
stating the name and address of such Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner,
the number of REIT Subsidiary Common Units and/or REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned, and a description of how such
units are held. Each such Beneficial
Owner or Constructive Owner will provide to the REIT such additional
information as the REIT may request to determine the effect, if any, of such
Beneficial Ownership on the REIT’s
status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit; and each
Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of REIT Subsidiary
Common Units and/or REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units and each Person (including
the Member of record) who is holding REIT Subsidiary Common Units and/or REIT
Subsidiary Preferred Units for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner will
provide to the REIT such information as the REIT may request to determine the
REIT’s status as REIT and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit.
The
REIT expects to qualify as a REIT under Section 856 of the Code for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. See
Section IV of this Supplement (“Certain U.S. Tax Considerations”) for further
discussion of U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the REIT.
Each
potential investor in the Fund is urged to consult its tax advisors to
determine the specific tax consequences of purchasing, owning,
receiving distributions on, and selling, REIT Subsidiary Common Units
under the tax laws applicable to such investor.
Risk Factors An investment by the Fund in the REIT involves
significant risks
relating
to both the REIT and the Fund and should be considered only by sophisticated
investors able to assume the risks of loss and illiquidity inherent in such an
investment. There will be no market
for the REIT Subsidiary Common Units and Members should not expect the REIT or
the Fund to realize any liquidity in its investments for the foreseeable
future. Moreover, there is no
assurance that the REIT or Fund investment objectives will be achieved, and
investment results may vary from year to year.
Each prospective investor in the Fund should carefully review this
Supplement and the LLC Agreement, as well as the Memorandum and the Fund
Agreement, before deciding to invest in the Fund. Investors are urged to review
Section III of this Supplement (“Risk Factors”) below.
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III. RISK FACTORS
The
utilization of the REIT by the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk. In addition to being subject to normal
investment risks, the utilization of the REIT will also be subject to certain
specific risks, including the risks set forth in the Memorandum and the
following:
Overall Risks
The REIT has been formed by the Fund to act as a
subsidiary investment vehicle through which the Fund will carry out its
investment program as described in the Memorandum and to provide certain
tax-exempt investors in the Fund with favorable tax benefits. Accordingly,
investors in the Fund will be exposed to, and need to be aware of, the risks
associated with the use of the REIT to carry out the Fund’s investment program. A number of such risks and other
considerations are described in the Memorandum, and prospective investors are
urged to carefully review the Memorandum before making any decision regarding
an investment in the REIT.
The Fund and the REIT have a limited operating
history. No assurances can be given,
and none are provided herein,
that the REIT investments will be successful or that the investment objectives or targeted returns
of the Fund through the REIT will be realized, that any benefits or advantages
to investors in the Fund suggested or implied in the Memorandum or this Supplement
will be available or accomplished, or that any historical successes of
affiliates of the Manager or affiliates of the Fund or any other person
identified herein will be repeated with respect to the REIT or the Fund or will
confer any benefits on the Fund, the REIT or prospective investors in the Fund. Moreover, the investments undertaken by
the REIT on behalf of the Fund will be highly speculative and an investor in
the Fund could lose some or all of the amount invested therein. By following
the investment objective and principal investment strategies outlined in the
Memorandum, the Fund, and therefore the REIT, will be subject to an above
average level of risk and volatility.
Limited Transferability and Liquidity of REIT
Subsidiary Common Units
The REIT Subsidiary Common Units have not been
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no
such registration is contemplated. No
public market for the REIT Subsidiary Common Units is expected to develop, and no redemption right is being offered
by the REIT. Furthermore, any outside
transfer or assignment of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units will be dependent on
the consent of the Manager, which may be withheld in the Manager’s sole
discretion. The REIT Subsidiary
Common Units are therefore not liquid and involve a high degree of risk. Investment in the Fund therefore should be
considered only by sophisticated investors who are financially able to maintain
their investment for the duration of the REIT’s term and bear the tax
liabilities with respect thereto, and who can afford to lose all or a
substantial part of their investment.
Lack of Regulatory Oversight.
The REIT is not presently registered, and does
not propose in the future to register,
under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended,
in reliance upon an exemption
available to
privately
offered investment companies. Neither
the Manager nor the Managing Member of the Fund are registered, nor do any of
them intend to register, as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended. Investors
will therefore not receive the benefit
of the additional oversight, disclosure, record keeping requirements and other
protections provided by these statutes.
No Rights
as a Member of the REIT
Although
the Fund will use the capital contributions from its investors to purchase a
REIT Subsidiary Common Units in
the REIT, an investor in the Fund will
not become a direct Member of the REIT. Only the Fund, acting through its Managing
Member, will be entitled to exercise the rights, privileges and benefits
afforded it under the REIT’s LLC Agreement.
Qualification
of the REIT as a Real Estate
Investment Trust
The REIT intends
to qualify as a
Real Estate Investment Trust
under the Code. However, no assurance
can be given that the REIT will qualify or remain qualified as a Real Estate
Investment Trust. Failure of the REIT
in any taxable year to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust will render
the REIT subject to tax on its taxable income at regular corporate rates and
distributions to members of the REIT in any non-qualifying years will not be
deductible by the REIT. If a
corporation’s status as a Real Estate Investment Trust is terminated, the
corporation generally may not be eligible to elect Real Estate Investment Trust
status again prior to the fifth taxable year following the year in which it
fails to qualify under the Code as a Real Estate Investment Trust. The requirements for qualification as a
Real Estate Investment Trust are extremely complex, and the REIT’s compliance
with such requirements may depend on factors that are outside of the REIT’s control or upon the resolution of legal
issues for which guidance is
lacking. Future legislation, new
regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may
significantly change the tax laws or the application of the tax laws with
respect to qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust. Any such change could adversely affect the
REIT’s ability to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust or the federal
income tax consequences of such qualification.
Even if the REIT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust, the REIT may be subject to federal income tax in certain circumstances.
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IV. DESCRIPTION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY REIT
SUBSIDIARY UNITS
General
Under the LLC Agreement, the limited liability
company REIT Subsidiary Units of the REIT consists of REIT Subsidiary Common
Units and REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units (collectively, the “Units”). Upon consummation of the Offering related
to the Fund, the REIT will have outstanding REIT Subsidiary Common Units, but
no REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units. The REIT will undertake the offer and sale
of REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units in a separate offering, in which the REIT
intends to sell up to 125 REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units. The REIT Subsidiary Common Units and the
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units will be fully paid and non-assessable, except
as otherwise required under the New York Limited Liability Company Act.
REIT Subsidiary Common Units
Distributions. Subject to the provisions of applicable
law and the rights of the holders of the REIT’s outstanding REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units, and any additional class or series of REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units that may be issued from time to time (with respect to the REIT,
such additional classes or series of REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units, together
with the REIT’s REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units are collectively referred to as
the “REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units”), the holders of REIT
Subsidiary Common Units are, except as otherwise determined by the Manager,
entitled to receive ratably such distributions as may be authorized and
declared on the REIT Subsidiary Common Units by the Manager in its discretion
from funds legally available. Before
payment of any distributions to the Common Interest holders, the REIT must have
first paid the full, cumulative distributions outstanding on all REIT
Subsidiary Preferred Units. The
Manager’s determination as to whether to make a distribution to the holders of
REIT Subsidiary Common Units may take into account the REIT’s ongoing expenses
(including debt payments), anticipated investments or capital expenditures and
reserves.
In the event of the dissolution of the REIT,
holders of its REIT Subsidiary Common Units
are entitled to receive the net assets of the REIT after any preferential
amounts required to be paid or distributed to holders of the REIT’s outstanding
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units. Holders of REIT Subsidiary Common Units do not
have any preemptive rights, redemption or conversion rights.
Voting. Except to the extent authorized in the LLC
Agreement or required by applicable law, the holders of REIT Subsidiary Common
Units will have limited voting rights.
Redemption. The outstanding REIT Subsidiary Common
Units are not subject to redemption.
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units
Rights, Privileges and Distributions. The REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units will
have such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights,
powers
and
duties as the Manager may by resolution provide. It is expected that rights, privileges of the REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units with respect to distributions, including the distribution of
the REIT’s assets upon dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, will be senior
to all other classes and series of REIT Subsidiary Units of the REIT, whether
such class or series is now existing or is created in the future. Holders of the REIT Subsidiary Preferred
Units will not, however, participate in any appreciation in the value of the
REIT.
Voting. Except to the extent authorized in the LLC
Agreement or required by applicable law, the holders of REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units shall not be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to the
holders of REIT Subsidiary Common Units of the REIT for a vote.
Redemption. It is expected that the REIT Subsidiary
Preferred Units will be subject to redemption at any time by notice of such
redemption on a date selected by the REIT for such redemption on the terms set
forth in the designating resolution.
Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the REIT, the holders of
REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units of the REIT will be entitled to receive pro
rata in cash out of the assets of the REIT available therefore, before any
distribution of the assets may be made to the holders of the REIT’s REIT
Subsidiary Common Units, an amount per Preferred Unit equal to the purchase
price of the Preferred Unit, plus all accumulated and unpaid distributions
thereon, plus, if applicable, any redemption premium. Upon payment of such amount, the holders of the REIT’s REIT
Subsidiary Preferred Units will have no other rights or claims to any of the remaining assets of the REIT either
upon distribution of such assets or upon dissolution, liquidation, or winding
up. A consolidation or merger of the
REIT with one or more entities, a sale or transfer of all or substantially all
of the REIT’s assets, or a statutory interest exchange shall not be deemed a
dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the REIT.
Conversion. The REIT Subsidiary Preferred Units will not be convertible into interests of any other class or series.V. CERTAIN
U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Circular 230 Notice
IN
COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE: (I) ANY U.S. FEDERAL
TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MEMORANDUM IS NOT
INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY ANY TAXPAYER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF AVOIDING TAX PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES;
(II) SUCH ADVICE WAS WRITTEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING OF THE OFFERING;
AND (III) TAXPAYERS SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES
FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.
Introduction
The following
discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax considerations that
may be relevant to a prospective holder of REIT Subsidiary Common Units. The discussion is not
exhaustive of all possible tax considerations and does not give a detailed discussion of any state or
local tax considerations. Because the
provisions governing Real Estate Investment Trusts are complex, no attempt is made in the following
discussion to discuss
in detail all of the possible tax considerations applicable to the REIT or its Members.
It also does not discuss
all of the aspects of
U.S.
federal income taxation that may be relevant to prospective Members in light of
their particular circumstances or to certain types of Members (including
insurance companies, tax- exempt entities, financial institutions,
broker-dealers, foreign corporations and individuals not citizens or residents
of the United States) who are subject to special treatment under the U.S.
federal income tax laws.
The discussion below is based upon provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), temporary and final Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions and administrative rulings and practices,
all as in effect as of December 15, 2011. No
assurance can be provided that judicial decisions or legislative or administrative actions
that differ from the
following discussion will not be forthcoming.
Any such differences could apply retroactively to prior transactions and could modify
the conclusions set forth herein.
No ruling will be
sought from the Internal Revenue
Service (the “IRS”) regarding any of the tax issues discussed herein, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge any of the positions taken
by the REIT and that such a challenge will not succeed.
For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Member”
is an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States
for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
U.S. Federal
Taxation of the REIT
General. The REIT expects that it will be taxed as
a Real Estate Investment Trust under Sections
856 through 860 of the Code. In general, the REIT’s qualification and taxation as a Real Estate Investment Trust depends upon the REIT’s
ability to satisfy
on a continuing basis, through actual operating results,
distributions, diversity of Common Interest ownership and other requirements
imposed under the Code, as discussed below.
The following is a general
summary of the Code provisions that govern the federal income tax treatment of a REIT and its
Members.
If the REIT qualifies for taxation as a Real Estate Investment Trust, it generally
will not be subject to federal corporate income
taxes on net income (including capital gains) that it currently distributes to its Members.
Notwithstanding its status
as a Real Estate Investment Trust, however, the
REIT will be subject to federal corporate income tax in certain circumstances,
including the following:
(i)
The REIT will be taxed at regular corporate rates on any undistributed Real Estate Investment Trust taxable
income, including undistributed net capital gains
(although, to the extent
so designated by the REIT, Members would receive an offsetting credit against
their own federal income tax liability for federal income
taxes paid by the REIT with respect
to any such gains);
(ii)
Under certain circumstances, the REIT may be subject
to the “corporate alternative
minimum tax” on items of tax preference;
(iv)
If the REIT has net income
from prohibited transactions (generally, certain sales or
other dispositions of property held primarily for sale to customers in the
ordinary course of business, other than certain involuntary conversions or
sales or dispositions of foreclosure property), such income will be subject to
a 100% tax;
(v)
If the REIT should fail to
satisfy the annual 75% or 95% gross income test (as discussed below),
but still maintains its qualification as a
Real Estate Investment Trust by
having met other requirements, it would be subject to a 100% tax on an
amount equal to (a) the gross income attributable to the greater
of (i) the amount by which 75% of its gross income
exceeds the amount of its
income qualifying for the 75% gross income test for the taxable year, or (ii)
the amount by which 95% of its gross income exceeds the amount of its income
qualifying for the 95% gross income test for the taxable year, multiplied by
(b) a fraction intended to reflect the REIT’s profitability;
(vi)
If the REIT should fail to distribute during each calendar
year at least the sum of (i) 85%
of its ordinary income for such year,
(ii) 95% of its capital
gain net income
for such year,
and
(iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior years, the REIT would be subject to a 4% excise
tax on the excess of such required
distribution over the amounts actually
distributed;
(vii)
If the REIT were to acquire
an asset from a corporation which is or has been a subchapter C corporation in
a transaction in which the basis of the asset in the REIT’s hands is determined by reference to the basis of the asset in the hands of the subchapter C corporation, and the REIT subsequently recognizes gain
on the disposition of the asset within the ten-year period beginning on the day that the asset was acquired, then the REIT would be required to pay tax at the highest regular corporate tax rate on
this gain to the extent: (1) the fair market value of the asset; exceeds (2)
the REIT’s adjusted tax basis in the asset, in each case, determined as of the
date on which the asset was
acquired. The results described in this paragraph assume that no election will be made under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.337(d)-7 for the subchapter C corporation to be subject to an
immediate tax when the asset is acquired; and
(viii)
The REIT could be subject to a 100% tax on certain payments
that it receives from a
“taxable REIT subsidiary” (“TRS”), or on certain expenses deducted by a
“taxable REIT subsidiary”, if the economic arrangement between the REIT, the taxable
REIT subsidiary and the
tenants at the [Fund’s] properties are not comparable to similar arrangements
among unrelated parties.
Requirements for Real Estate Investment Trust
Qualification. The Code defines a Real Estate Investment Trust as a domestic
corporation, trust or association that is not a financial institution or an insurance company and which,
but for the Real Estate Investment Trust provisions
of Sections 856 through 859 of the Code, would be taxable as a corporation. The Real Estate Investment Trust must be managed
by one or more trustees or directors and the beneficial ownership of the Real
Estate Investment Trust must be evidenced by transferable shares or by
transferable certificates of beneficial interest. In addition, commencing with a Real Estate Investment Trust’s
second taxable year, (i) the beneficial ownership of the Real Estate Investment Trust must be held by 100 or
more persons, and (ii) during the last half of each taxable year not more than
50% in value of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s outstanding shares can be
owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as specially defined
in the Code to include
certain entities). The Real Estate
Investment Trust will be treated
as having met condition (ii) if it has complied with certain United
States Department of Treasury Regulations for ascertaining the ownership of its shares for such year and if it did not know (or after the exercise of reasonable due diligence would not have known) that its shares were sufficiently closely held during
such year to cause it to fail condition (ii). A Real Estate Investment Trust must also
meet certain other tests, described below, regarding the nature of its income
and assets. The LLC Agreement
contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s REIT Subsidiary Common Units that are intended to assist the Real Estate
Investment Trust in continuing to satisfy the share
ownership requirements described above. See
“Description of Limited Liability Company REIT
Subsidiary Units – Restrictions on Transfer”.
Income Tests. To maintain qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust, the Real Estate
Investment Trust must satisfy, on an annual basis, two gross
income tests:
(i)
at least 75% of the Real
Estate Investment Trust’s gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited
transactions) for each taxable year must be derived directly or indirectly from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property,
including (A) “rents
from real property,” (B) gain from the sale or other
disposition of real property, (C) dividends and other
distributions on, and gain (other than gain from prohibited transactions) from
the sale or other disposition of, transferable shares or certificates of
beneficial ownership in other Real Estate Investment Trusts, (D) interest
on obligations secured
by mortgages on real property
or on interests in real property, (E) income and gain derived from
“foreclosure property,” and (F) income from certain types of temporary
investments; and
(ii)
at least 95% of the Real
Estate Investment Trust’s gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited
transactions) for each taxable year must be derived from (A) “rents from real property”, (B) gain from the sale or
other disposition of shares, securities, and real property (including interests
in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) that is not, in
general, inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary
course of trade or business), (C) dividends, (D) interest, (E) income and gain derived
from “foreclosure property”, and (F) payments made to a Real
Estate Investment Trust under an interest rate swap or cap agreement, option,
futures contract, forward rate agreement or any similar financial instrument
entered into by the Real Estate Investment Trust in order to reduce
interest rate risks with respect
to any indebtedness incurred
or to be incurred by the Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire
or carry real estate
assets (and gain from the sale or other disposition of any such investment).
If the Real Estate Investment Trust fails to
satisfy one or both of the 75% or 90% gross income tests for any taxable year, it may nevertheless qualify
as a Real Estate Investment Trust for such year under a special relief
provision under the Code which may be available to the Real Estate
Investment Trust if: (i) following
the Real Estate
Investment Trust’s identification of the failure
to meet the 75% or 95% test, the Real Estate Investment Trust files a
schedule with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS” or “Service”) setting
forth a description of each item of income described
in the 75% and/or 95% test; and (ii) the failure to meet the test is due to reasonable cause
and not to willful neglect.
Asset Tests. At the close of each quarter of its
taxable year, the Real Estate Investment Trust
must also satisfy
the following tests
relating to the nature and diversification of its assets
(the“Asset Tests”):
(i)
at least 75% of the value
of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s
total assets must be represented by “real estate
assets” (which also includes any property attributable to the temporary investment of new capital,
but only if such property
is shares or a debt instrument and only for the
1-year period beginning on the date the Real Estate Investment Trust receives
such capital), cash and cash items (including receivables) and government securities (“75% Value Test”);
(ii)
not more than 25% of the
value of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s total assets may be represented by securities (other
than securities of a qualified
Real Estate Investment Trust subsidiary (a “QRS”) and securities that constitute qualifying assets for purposes
of the 75% Value Test) (“25%
Value Test”);
(iii)
except with respect to
securities of a TRS or QRS and securities that constitute qualifying assets for
purposes of the 75% Value Test:
(A)
not more than 5% of the value
of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s total assets may be represented by securities of any one issuer (“5% Value Test”);
(B)
the Real Estate Investment Trust may not hold securities possessing more than 10%
of the total voting power of the outstanding securities of any one issuer (“10%
Voting Test”);
(C)
the Real Estate Investment
Trust may not hold securities having a value of more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer (“10%
Value Test”); and
(iv)
not more than 20% of the
value of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s total assets may be represented
by securities of one or more TRSs (“20% Value Test”).
A TRS of the Real Estate Investment Trust is a
corporation in which the Real Estate Investment Trust owns shares (directly or indirectly) and that elects,
together with the Real Estate Investment Trust, to be treated as
a TRS under Section 856(l) of the Code. Once
this election is made, it is irrevocable unless both the Real Estate Investment
Trust and the TRS consent to its revocation
(although the consent
of the IRS is not required). If the Real Estate Investment Trust’s TRS owns, directly or indirectly, securities representing more than
35% of the total voting power or value of the outstanding securities of any non-Real
Estate Investment
Trust corporate subsidiary,
then such subsidiary would also be treated as the Real Estate Investment Trust’s TRS. In general,
a TRS is a corporation that is subject
to a corporate-level tax on its net income.
A Real Estate Investment Trust will not lose its
Real Estate Investment Trust status for certain failures to satisfy the 5%
Value Test, the 100% Voting Test or the 10% Value Test, if the failure is due
to the ownership of assets, the total value of which does not exceed a de
minimis amount (the lesser of 1%
of the total value of the Real Estate Investment Trust’s assets
at the end of the quarter or $10
million), and following the identification of such failure, the Real Estate
Investment Trust disposes
of such assets
within 6 months
after the end of the quarter in which the Real
Estate Investment Trust’s
identification of the failure to satisfy the requirements occurred.
If a Real Estate Investment Trust fails to meet any of the other asset test requirements for a quarter or does not meet the de minimis
exception described above,
then the Real Estate
Investment Trust will be deemed to satisfy the necessary requirements as long as (i) following
the Real Estate Investment Trust’s identification of the failure to
satisfy the requirements for a particular quarter, a description of each asset that caused
such failure is set forth in a schedule and filed
with the IRS, (ii) the failure was due to reasonable cause
and not willful
neglect, (iii) the Real
Estate Investment Trust disposes of the assets set forth in the schedule within
6 months after the end of the quarter in which the Real Estate
Investment Trust’s identification of the failure
to satisfy the requirements occurred, and (iv) the Real Estate Investment Trust pays a tax equal to the greater
of $250,000 or an amount determined by multiplying the net income generated by
the assets set forth in the schedule filed with the IRS by the highest
rate of corporate tax (presently 35%) for the period beginning on the date the
failure to satisfy the asset ownership requirements occurred and ending on the earlier
of the date on which the Real Estate Investment Trust disposes of such assets or the end of the first quarter
when there is no longer a failure to satisfy such asset requirements. The REIT
expects that it will maintain adequate records of the value of its assets to
facilitate compliance with the Asset Tests and that it will take such other
actions necessary to cure any noncompliance.
In applying the Asset Tests,
the REIT will be treated
as owning all of the assets held by any of its QRSs.
For purposes of the Asset Tests, “securities”
may include debt securities, except that debt securities which qualify as “straight debt” (generally, any written unconditional promise to pay on
demand or on a specified
date a sum certain in money where the interest
rate, and interest
payment dates, are not contingent on profits, the borrower’s discretion
or similar factors and which is not convertible, directly or indirectly, into
shares) is not taken into account for purposes of the 10% Value Test if one of the following
conditions is also met: (i) the issuer
is an individual or (ii) the only securities of the issuer which
are held by the REIT or its TRSs are “straight debt”. Also, certain types of instruments, such as government and Real
Estate Investment Trust securities, obligations to pay rents from real property and Code Section
467 rental agreements, are exempted from the
10% limit.
Annual Distribution Requirements. To qualify as a Real Estate Investment
Trust, the REIT will be required to distribute dividends (other than capital
gain distributions) to its Members in an amount at least equal to (A)
the sum of (i) 90% of the REIT’s “REIT taxable income” (computed without
regard to the dividends paid deduction and the REIT’s
net capital gain)
and (ii) 90% of the net income (after tax), if any,
from foreclosure property, minus (B) the sum
of certain specified items of noncash income.
In addition, if the REIT were to dispose of any asset acquired
from a subchapter C corporation in a “carryover basis” transaction within ten
years of the acquisition, the REIT would be required to distribute at least 90%
of the after-tax “built-in gain” recognized on the disposition of such asset.
The REIT will be required to pay dividend
distributions in the taxable year to which they relate. Dividends paid in the
subsequent year, however, will be treated as if
paid in the prior year for
purposes of the prior year’s
distribution requirement if one of the following
two sets of criteria
are satisfied:
(i)
the dividends are declared
in October, November
or December and are made payable to Members of record on a
specified date in any of these months, and such dividends are actually
paid during January of the following year; or
(ii)
the dividends are declared
before the REIT timely files its federal
income tax return for such year, the dividends are paid in the 12-month
period following the close of the year and not later
than the first
regular dividend payment
after the declaration, and the REIT elects on its federal income tax return for such year to have a specified amount of the subsequent dividend
treated as if paid in such year.
To the extent that the REIT does not distribute
all of its net capital gain or distributes at least 90%, but less than 100%, of
its “REIT taxable income,” as adjusted, it will be subject to tax on the
undistributed amount at capital gains and ordinary corporate tax rates
respectively. Furthermore, if the REIT
should fail to distribute during each calendar year at least
the sum of (i) 85% of its ordinary
income for such year, (ii) 95% of its capital
gain net income
for such year,
and
(iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior years,
the REIT will be subject
to a 4% excise tax on
the excess of such required
distribution over the amounts actually
distributed.
If the REIT is subject to an adjustment to its
REIT taxable income (as defined in Section 860(d)(2) of the Code) resulting
from an adverse determination by either a final court decision, a closing agreement between the REIT and the IRS under Section 7121 of the Code, or an agreement as to tax liability between the REIT and an IRS district
director, or if the REIT identifies a failure to pay a required amount,
then in each case the REIT may be able to rectify
any resulting failure
to meet the 90% distribution requirement by paying “deficiency dividends” to Members
that relate to the adjusted year but that are paid in
a subsequent year. To qualify as a
deficiency dividend, the REIT must make the distribution within 90 days of the
adverse determination and the REIT also must satisfy other procedural
requirements. If the REIT satisfies
the statutory requirements of Section 860 of the Code, a deduction is allowed for any deficiency dividend subsequently paid by
it to offset an increase in its
REIT taxable income resulting from the adverse determination. The, however, must pay statutory interest on the amount of any
deduction taken for deficiency dividends to compensate for the deferral of the
tax liability.
As discussed below, the REIT may retain, rather
than distribute, all or a portion of its net capital gains and pay the tax on
the gains and may elect to have its Members include their proportionate share
of such undistributed gains as long-term capital gain income on their own
income tax returns and receive
a credit for their share of the tax paid by the REIT. For purposes of the 4 percent
excise tax described
above, any such retained gains would be treated as having been distributed by the REIT.
Possible Relief for certain Failures to Qualify
as a REIT. If a REIT fails to satisfy one or more requirements for
qualification (other than the failures to meet certain of the income or the
assets tests for which there are separate
relief provisions, as discussed above),
it may be eligible to cure
the failure without
terminating REIT status if: (i) the failure
was due to reasonable cause
and not willful neglect;
(ii) the failure
is corrected; and (iii) except
for failures not exceeding a certain
de minimis amount, a penalty amount is paid.
Taxation of U.S. Members
As long as the REIT qualifies as a Real
Estate Investment Trust, distributions made to the
REIT’s
taxable Members out of then-current or accumulated earnings and profits (and
not designated as capital gain dividends) will be taken into account by them as
ordinary income, and corporate Members will not be eligible for the dividends
received deduction as to such amounts. Distributions that are designated by the REIT as capital gain dividends
generally will be taxed as long-term capital
gains (to the extent they do not exceed the REIT’s actual
net capital gain for the taxable year) without regard to the
period for which the Members has held his REIT Subsidiary Common Units. Distributions in excess of current and
accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a Member to the extent
that they do not exceed the adjusted basis of the Member’s REIT Subsidiary Common Units, but rather will reduce the adjusted basis
of such REIT Subsidiary
Common Units. To the extent that such
distributions exceed the adjusted basis of a Member’s REIT Subsidiary Common Units, they will be treated as gain from the sale of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units (which gain will be capital gain, assuming the REIT Subsidiary Common Units are a capital asset in the hands of the
Member, and will be long-term or short-term capital gain depending on how
long the Member has held the REIT Subsidiary
Common Units).
Any dividend declared by the REIT in October,
November or December of any year and payable
to Members of record on a specific
date in any such month will be treated as both paid by
the REIT and received by the Member on December
31 of such year, provided
that the dividend
is actually paid by the
REIT during January of the following
calendar year.
Members may not include in their individual income tax returns
any net operating losses or capital losses of the REIT.
A REIT may elect to retain its net long-term
capital gains recognized during the taxable year (“Retained Gains”) and pay a corporate-level
tax on such Retained Gains, in which case: (i) each Member of the REIT must include
in his income (as long-term capital gains) his proportionate
share of the Retained Gains (as designated by the REIT in a notice mailed to Members within 60 days after
the close of such taxable year or
mailed to Members with the REIT’s annual report for such taxable year); (ii)
the Member is deemed to have paid, and will receive a credit for, his
proportionate share of the tax paid by the REIT on the undistributed gains; and
(iii) a Member required to include in gross income any such Retained Gains
would increase its adjusted basis in the REIT Subsidiary Common Units by an amount equal to the Retained Gains
so
included and would reduce its adjusted basis in its REIT Subsidiary Common
Units by the amount of tax paid by the REIT that is deemed to have
been paid by such
Member.
In general,
a Member will recognize gain or
loss on its sale or other taxable disposition of the REIT Subsidiary Common
Units equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market
value of any other property received in such sale or other taxable disposition
and the Member’s adjusted basis
in said REIT Subsidiary Common Units at such time. Such gain or loss
will be capital gain or loss if the REIT Subsidiary Common Units are held by
the Member as a capital asset and as long-term capital gain or loss if the REIT Subsidiary Common
Units have been held
by the Member for more than one year. In general, any loss upon a sale or exchange
of REIT Subsidiary Common
Units by a Member who has held such REIT Subsidiary Common Units for six months
or less (after
applying certain holding
period rules) will be treated
as a long-term capital
loss to the extent of distributions from the REIT required to be treated by
such Member as long- term capital gain.
Members should consult with their own tax
advisors with respect to their capital gain tax liability in respect of
distributions received from the REIT and gains recognized upon the sale or
other disposition of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units. THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION
DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY MEMBER THAT IS A FOREIGN CORPORATION OR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT
IS NOT A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH CORPORATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO
THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE REIT.
Redemptions. If the REIT makes a cash redemption of any
REIT Subsidiary Common Units (although no holder of REIT Subsidiary Common Units shall be entitled
to a redemption of such REIT Subsidiary Common Units), any amounts paid in redemption (other than
accumulated dividends and accrued interest thereon) will be treated under
Section 302 of the Code as a distribution taxable as a dividend
(to the extent of current
and accumulated earnings
and profits) at ordinary income rates unless the redemption satisfies one of the tests
set forth in Section 302(b)
of the Code and is therefore
treated as a sale or exchange of the redeemed
REIT Subsidiary Common Units. Because the determination as to whether
any of the alternative tests of Section
302(b) of the Code
will be satisfied with respect
to any particular holder of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units
depends upon the facts and circumstances at the time that the determination
must be made, prospective holders of the REIT Subsidiary Common Units are
advised to consult their own tax advisors to determine such tax treatment at the time of the redemption.
If a
cash redemption of the REIT
Subsidiary Common Units is treated as a taxable sale or
exchange, the relevant Member will recognize gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the amount of
cash and the fair market value of any property received (less any portion
thereof attributable to accumulated and declared but unpaid dividends, which
will be taxable as a dividend to the extent of current and accumulated earnings
and profits) and (2) the Member’s adjusted basis in the REIT Subsidiary Common
Units for tax purposes. This gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the REIT Subsidiary Common Units have been held as a capital asset and will
be long-term gain or loss if such REIT Subsidiary Common Units have been held
for more than one year.
If a cash redemption of the REIT Subsidiary
Common Units is treated as a distribution taxable as a dividend, the amount of
the distribution will be measured by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received
by the Member. The Member’s
adjusted basis in the
redeemed REIT Subsidiary Common Units for tax purposes will be transferred to
the Member’s remaining REIT Subsidiary Common Units, if any.
Backup Withholding. The REIT will generally report to its
Members and the IRS the amount of dividends
paid during each calendar year, and the amount of tax withheld, if any. Under the backup withholding rules,
backup withholding may apply to a Member with respect to dividends paid unless
the Member (a) is a corporation or comes within certain other exempt categories
and, when required, demonstrates this fact, or (b) provides a taxpayer
identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup
withholding, and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup
withholding rules. The IRS also may impose
penalties on a Member that does not provide the REIT with its correct
taxpayer identification number. A
Member may credit any amount
paid as backup
withholding against the Member’s income
tax
liability. In addition, the REIT may be required
to withhold a portion of capital gain distributions to any Member who fails to certify to the REIT its non-foreign status.
State and Local Taxes. The REIT and its Members may be subject to
state and local taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which the
Fund, the REIT or its Members transact business, own property, or reside. The state and local
tax treatment of the REIT
and that of its Members may differ from the federal income tax treatment
described above. In addition, state legislatures and regulatory authorities could at any time adversely
change the way in which a
Real Estate Investment Trust and its Members
are taxed, by imposing additional entity-level taxes
or changing the law in any other respect. Moreover,
such changes could apply retroactively. Consequently, prospective Members should
consult their own tax advisors
regarding the effect of
state and local tax laws on an investment in the REIT Subsidiary
Common Units.
PROSPECTIVE
INVESTORS IN THE FUND ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN TAX AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS REGARDING THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF SECURITIES IN THE REIT,
INCLUDING THE FEDERAL,
STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN, AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF
SUCH PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP OR SALE AND OF POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX
LAWS.