Exhibit 1.1
PRIME REALTY INCOME TRUST,
INC.
Up to 60,000,000 Shares of Common
Stock
FORM OF DEALER MANAGER
AGREEMENT
This Dealer Manager Agreement (the
“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of
the ___ day of ___________, 2009 between Prime Realty Income Trust,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”),
The Prime Group, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the “
Advisor ”), and Capital Financial Services, Inc., a
Wisconsin corporation (the “ Dealer Manager
”).
WHEREAS, on _______________, 2009,
the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 (such
registration statement, as it may be amended, including any
pre-effective amendments, post-effective amendments or other
supplements to such registration statement after the effective date
of registration, being respectively referred to herein as the
“ Registration Statement ” and the “
Prospectus ”) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”) for the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), of an offering (the “
Offering ”) of up to 60,000,000 shares of its common
stock, $.01 par value per share (collectively, the “
Shares ”), of which 50,000,000 Shares will be issued
and sold to the public (the “ Primary Shares ”)
and 10,000,000 Shares will be offered and sold pursuant to the
Company’s dividend reinvestment plan (the “ DRIP
Shares ”) (subject to the Company’s right to
reallocate such Share amounts, as described in the Prospectus);
and
WHEREAS, the Shares are to be
offered on a “best efforts” basis for a per Share
purchase price of (i) $10.00 per Share for the Primary Shares (the
“ Offering Price ”) and (ii) $9.50 per Share for
the DRIP Shares; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the
Offering, the minimum initial purchase by any one person shall be
at least $2,500 in Shares (except as otherwise indicated in the
Prospectus) and at least $2,500,000 in Shares must be sold in the
Offering to at least 100 independent subscribers (the “
Minimum Offering ”) before the first anniversary of
the date of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company will be managed
by the Advisor; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
retain the Dealer Manager to use its best efforts to sell the
Shares and to manage the sale by other participating broker dealers
(the “ Dealers ”) of the Shares and the Dealer
Manager desires to serve as the dealer manager for the Company for
the sale of the Shares upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and in the Registration Statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, it is agreed between the Company, the Advisor
and the Dealer Manager as follows:
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1.
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Representations and Warranties of
the Company:
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The Company represents and warrants
during the full term of this Agreement that:
a.
Effective Registration Statement and Prospectus . The
Company has filed an effective Registration Statement on Form S-11
(Registration No. 333- __________) and the related Prospectus with
the SEC in accordance with applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations (the
“ Rules and Regulations ”) of the SEC
promulgated thereunder, covering the Shares. Such Registration
Statement, which includes a preliminary prospectus, was initially
filed with the SEC on _____________, 2009. Copies of such
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto have been or will
be delivered to the Dealer Manager. The registration statement
(including financial statements, exhibits and all other documents
related thereto that are filed as a part thereof or incorporated
therein) and prospectus contained therein, as finally amended and
revised at the effective date of the registration statement
(including at the effective date of any post-effective amendment
thereto), are respectively hereinafter referred to as the
“Registration Statement” and the
“Prospectus,” except that if the Prospectus filed by
the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act shall
differ from the Prospectus, the term “Prospectus” shall
also include the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b). Every
contract or document required by the Securities Act or Rules and
Regulations to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
has been and will be so filed with the SEC.
b.
Organization . The Company is and will be at all times
during the Offering duly and validly organized and formed as a
corporation under the laws of the state of Maryland, with the
corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus.
c.
Compliance with the Securities Act . At the time the
Registration Statement becomes effective and at the time that any
post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, the
Registration Statement and Prospectus will comply with the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, and at the time the
Registration Statement becomes effective, at the time that any
post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective and during the
Offering the Registration Statement and Prospectus will not contain
any untrue statements of material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however,
that the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(c) will not
apply to statements contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or Prospectus that are made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by
the Dealer Manager or any of the Dealers specifically for inclusion
in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
d.
Use of Proceeds . The Company intends to use the funds
received from the sale of the Shares as set forth in the
Prospectus.
e.
Absence of Further Consents and Approvals . No consent,
approval, authorization or other order of any governmental
authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery
by the Company of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the
Company of the Shares, except such as may be required under the
Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
f.
No Order of Suspension . No order preventing or suspending
the use of a Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose are pending, threatened or, to the knowledge of the
Company, contemplated by the SEC; and to the knowledge of the
Company,
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no order suspending the Offering in
any jurisdiction has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or threatened or are
contemplated.
g.
No Pending Actions . There are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company at law or in equity or before or by any federal
or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or
other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which will have a
material adverse effect on the business or property of the
Company.
h.
Absence of Conflict or Default . The execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the
Company will not conflict with or constitute a default under (i)
any of its organizational documents, (ii) any, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, or lease to which the Company is a party or by which
it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company is subject, or (iii) any rule, regulation, writ, injunction
or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of clause
(ii) and (iii) for such conflicts or defaults that would not
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
i.
Requisite Authority . The Company has all necessary
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent
that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution
provisions contained in Section 8 may be limited under
applicable securities laws and to the extent that the
enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that
affect creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles
relating to the availability of remedies.
j.
Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Advisor and the Dealer Manager, will constitute a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions
contained in Section 8 may be limited under applicable
securities laws and to the extent that the enforceability of this
Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors’
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the
availability of remedies.
k.
Authorization of Shares . At the time of the issuance of the
Shares, the Shares will have been duly authorized and validly
issued, and upon payment therefor, will be fully paid and
nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof contained
in the Prospectus; no holder thereof will be subject to personal
liability for the obligations of the Company solely by reason of
being such a holder; such Shares are not subject to the preemptive
rights of any shareholder of the Company; and all action required
to be taken for the authorization, issue and sale of such Shares
has been validly and sufficiently taken.
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l.
Taxes . The Company has filed all federal, state and foreign
income tax returns, which have been required to be filed, on or
before the due date (taking into account all extensions of time to
file) and has paid or provided for the payment of all taxes
indicated by such returns and all assessments received by the
Company to the extent that such taxes or assessments have become
due.
m.
Financial Statements . The financial statements of the
Company included in the Prospectus present fairly in all material
respects the financial position of the Company as of the date
indicated and the results of its operations for the periods
specified; such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis.
n.
Investment Company Act . The Company does not intend to
conduct its business so as to be an “investment
company” as that term is defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder,
and it will exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that it does
not become an “investment company” within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
o.
Qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust . The
Company intends to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), for
qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust and,
to the knowledge of the Company, there currently exists no
circumstance that will prevent the Company from complying with such
requirements as contemplated in the Prospectus with respect to the
current taxable year. The Company intends to operate the business
of the Company so as to comply with such requirements to elect
status as a real estate investment trust for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2009.
p.
Sales Material . To the knowledge of the Company, all
materials provided by the Company or any of its affiliates to the
Dealer Manager, including materials provided to the Dealer Manager
in connection with its due diligence investigation relating to the
Offering, were materially accurate as of the date
provided.
q.
Supplemental Sales Materials . Any and all supplemental
sales materials prepared by the Company and any of its affiliates
for use with potential investors in connection with the Offering,
when used in conjunction with the Prospectus, did not at the time
provided for use, and, as to later provided materials, will not at
the time provided for use, include any untrue statement of a
material fact nor did they at the time provided for use, or, as to
later provided materials, will they, omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. If at any time any event occurs as a result
of which such supplemental sales materials when used in conjunction
with the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or, in view of the circumstances under which they were made,
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer
Manager thereof.
r.
Lock-Up . The Company has obtained for the benefit of the
Dealer Manager lock-up agreements (each a “ Lock-Up
Agreement ”), in substantially the form set forth as
Exhibit A hereto, from the Advisor and each executive
officer of the Company and non-independent
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director who holds any of the
Company’s common stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for common stock of the Company, or any
warrant or other right to purchaser common stock of the Company or
any security.
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2.
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Covenants of the
Company.
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The Company covenants and agrees
with the Dealer Manager during the full term of this Agreement
that:
a.
Furnishing Materials . It will, at no expense to the Dealer
Manager, furnish the Dealer Manager with such number of printed
copies of the Registration Statement, including all amendments and
exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request. It
will similarly furnish to the Dealer Manager and others designated
by the Dealer Manager as many copies of the following documents as
the Dealer Manager may reasonably request: (a) the Prospectus in
final form and every form of supplemental or amended prospectus;
(b) this Agreement; and (c) any other printed advertising, sales
literature, supplemental sales materials or other materials
(provided that the use of such advertising, sales literature,
supplemental sales materials and other materials has been first
approved for use by the Company and filed with all appropriate
regulatory agencies) (any such advertising, sales literature,
supplemental sales materials and other materials being hereinafter
called the “ Authorized Sales Materials
”).
b.
Qualification of Shares . It will furnish such proper
information and execute and file such documents as may be necessary
for the Company to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer Manager may
reasonably designate and will file and make in each year such
statements and reports as may be required. The Company will furnish
to the Dealer Manager a copy of such papers filed by the Company in
connection with any such qualification.
c.
Effectiveness of Registration; Stop Orders . It will: (a)
use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become
effective; (b) furnish copies of any proposed amendment or
supplement of the Registration Statement or Prospectus to the
Dealer Manager; (c) file every amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may be required by
the SEC; (d) use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
order by the SEC, any state regulatory authority or any other
regulatory authority which suspends the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, prevents the use of the Prospectus, or
otherwise prevents or suspends the Offering; and (e) if at any time
the SEC, any state regulatory authority or any other regulatory
authority shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, it will use its best efforts to
obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible
time.
d.
Amendments and Supplements . If at any time when a
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act any
event occurs as a result of which, in the opinion of either the
Company or the Dealer Manager, the Prospectus or any other
prospectus then in effect would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or, in view of the circumstances under which they
were made, omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, the Company will promptly notify
the Dealer Manager thereof (unless the information shall have been
received from the Dealer Manager) and will prepare, or cause to
prepare, an amended or supplemental prospectus which will correct
such statement or omission.
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The Company will then promptly
prepare such amended or supplemental prospectus or prospectuses as
may be necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 10 of
the Securities Act.
e.
Supplemental Sales Materials . If at any time any event
occurs as a result of which such supplemental sales materials when
used in conjunction with the Prospectus would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or, in view of the circumstances under
which they were made, omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, the Company will
promptly notify the Dealer Manager thereof.
f.
Offering Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, including (a) the preparation, filing and printing of
the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto, (b) the preparation, printing and delivery to
the Dealer Manager, the Selected Dealer Agreement and such other
documents as may be required in connection with the offer, sale,
issuance and delivery of the Shares, (c) the fees and disbursements
of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (d)
the fees and expenses related to the registration and qualification
of the Shares under federal and state securities laws, including
the fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with the
preparation of any Blue Sky survey and any supplement thereto, (e)
the printing and delivery to the Dealer Manager of copies of any
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, including any amendments
and supplements thereto, (f) the fees and expenses of any
registrar, escrow or transfer agent in connection with the Shares,
(g) the filing fees and legal costs of any required filings with
the FINRA Corporate Finance Division under the COBRA system and (h)
the costs and expenses of the Company relating to the preparation
and printing of any Authorized Sales Materials and Company-approved
investor presentations undertaken in connection with the marketing
of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated
with the production of slides and graphics, fees and expenses of
any consultants engaged in connection with presentations with the
prior approval of the Company and travel and lodging expenses of
the representatives of the Company and any such
consultants.
g.
Continued Compliance . It will comply in all material
respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, by the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder and by all securities laws and regulations
of those states in which an exemption has been obtained or
qualification of the Shares has been effected, to permit the
continuance of offers and sales of the Shares in accordance with
the provisions hereof and of the Prospectus.
h.
Dealer Manager Expenses . The Company will reimburse the
Dealer Manager upon request for preapproved travel, meal and hotel
costs of any of Dealer Manager’s personnel to attend meetings
or conduct due diligence visits with or on behalf of the Company.
The Company hereby consents to the Dealer Manager deducting the
above reimbursements from investor subscription amounts payable to
the Company from time to time during the Offering. The Company
shall also bear the expenses of due diligence meetings, at which
time potential investors or broker dealer group members will be
introduced to the Company, and for all other expenses typically
paid by an issuer in an offering of this type. The Dealer Manager
agrees that it shall not incur any out-of-pocket-expense in excess
of $5,000 without the prior consent of the Company, other than fees
and expenses of Dealer Manager’s counsel.
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The
Advisor, on behalf of the Company, has paid to the Dealer Manager
an initial deposit in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars
($40,000) (the “ Deposit ”). The Deposit is
nonrefundable to the extent that the Dealer Manager incurs
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the underwriting of the
Offering for which it is not otherwise reimbursed under this
Agreement. Unless the Dealer Manager is entitled to retain the
Deposit as payment for the non-reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses as
provided in the previous sentence, the Deposit shall be applied
against the aggregate dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer
Manager pursuant to Section 6(a) such that any dealer
manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager from time to time in
connection with the sales of the Shares shall be reduced by the
amount of the Deposit previously paid to the Dealer
Manager.
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3.
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Representations and Warranties of
the Advisor.
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The Advisor represents and warrants
during the full term of this Agreement that:
a.
Organization . The Advisor is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Illinois, with all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations
hereunder.
b.
Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Advisor, and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the Dealer Manager, will constitute a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Advisor enforceable against the Advisor in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions
contained in Section 8 may be limited under applicable
securities laws and to the extent that the enforceability of this
Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws that affect creditors’
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to the
availability of remedies.
c.
No Pending Actions . There are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Advisor, threatened
against the Advisor at law or in equity or before or by any Federal
or state commission, regulatory body or administrative agency or
other governmental body, domestic or foreign, which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business or property of the Advisor and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
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Representations and Warranties of
the Dealer Manager.
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The Dealer Manager represents and
warrants during the full term of this Agreement that:
a.
Organization . The Dealer Manager is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Wisconsin, with all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its
obligations hereunder.
b.
Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Dealer Manager, and
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company and the Advisor, will constitute a valid
and legally binding agreement of the Dealer Manager enforceable
against the Dealer Manager