EXHIBIT 10.1
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of July 28, 2009,
is entered into between Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), Paladin
Realty Income Properties, L.P. (the “ Operating
Partnership ,” and collectively with the Company, the
“ Fund ”), and Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “ Advisor
”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS , the Company’s initial public offering of
shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “
Shares ”) was declared effective February 23,
2005 (the “ Initial Offering ”) and expired on
July 28, 2008;
WHEREAS , the Company’s follow-on offering of
Shares, allocated between a primary offering (the “
Primary Offering ”) and a distribution reinvestment
plan, was declared effective July 28, 2008 (the “
Follow-On Offering ”) pursuant to a prospectus
contained in a registration statement for a follow-on offering (the
“ Follow-On Registration Statement
”);
WHEREAS , the Company has qualified as a REIT (as
defined below) and invests, through the Operating Partnership, its
funds in investments permitted by the terms of the Articles (as
defined below) and Sections 856 through 860 of the Code (as defined
below);
WHEREAS , the Fund desires to avail itself of the
experience, sources of information, advice and assistance of, and
certain facilities available to, the Advisor and to have the
Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities set forth herein
on behalf of the Fund, subject to the supervision of the Board of
Directors of the Company and the general partner of the Operating
Partnership;
WHEREAS , the Fund, by action of the Company’s
Board of Directors, has determined that, consistent with the
Fund’s investment objectives and policies, its primary
investment focus shall be investing in Core and Core-Plus
Properties located in the United States; and
WHEREAS , the Advisor is willing to undertake to render
such services, subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors
and the general partner of the Operating Partnership, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing
and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions
. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the definitions hereinafter
indicated:
“ Acquisition Expenses
” means any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the
Advisor, the Operating Partnership, or any Affiliate thereof in
connection with the selection or acquisition of any Investment,
including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and
communications expenses, costs of appraisals, nonrefundable option
payments on property not acquired, accounting fees and expenses,
title insurance premiums, and other closing and miscellaneous
expenses related to selection and acquisition of Investments,
whether or not acquired.
“ Acquisition Fee
” means any and all fees and commissions, exclusive of
Acquisition Expenses, paid by any Person to any other Person
(including the Paladin Acquisition Fee (as defined in
Section 9(a)) and any other fees or commissions paid by or to
any Affiliate of the Fund or the Advisor) in connection with the
making or investing in mortgage loans or the purchase, development
or construction of any property or other Investment, including,
without limitation, real estate commissions, Development Fees and
Construction Fees (except as provided in the following sentence),
selection fees, nonrecurring management fees, loan fees, points, or
any other fees or commissions of a similar nature. Excluded shall
be all Development Fees or Construction Fees paid to any Person or
entity not affiliated with the Sponsor or Advisor in connection
with the actual development and construction of any property or
other Investment.
“ Advisor ” means
Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC, a Delaware corporation, any successor
advisor to the Company, or any person or entity to which Paladin
Realty Advisors, LLC or any successor advisor subcontracts
substantially all of its functions.
“ Affiliate ”
means, (A) any Person directly or indirectly owning,
controlling, or holding, with power to vote, 10% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of such other Person, (B) any
Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held, with the power
to vote, by such other Person, (C) any Person, directly or
indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with such other Person, (D) any executive officer, director,
trustee, general partner or manager of such other person, or
(E) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an
executive officer, director, trustee, general partner or
manager.
“ Appraised Value
” means value according to an appraisal made by an
Independent Expert.
“ Articles ”
means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company
dated as of February 25, 2005, which comprise the articles of
incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to
time.
“ Asset Management Fee
” means the fee described in Section 9(c)
hereof.
“ Average Invested
Assets ” means, for a specified period, the average of
the aggregate book value of the assets of the Company invested,
directly or indirectly, in equity interests in and loans secured by
real estate, before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other
similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of such
values at the end of each month during such period.
“ Board ” means
the Board of Directors of the Company.
“ Cause ” means
(i) any fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or willful
breach of fiduciary duty by the Advisor, (ii) any material
breach of this Agreement by the Advisor not cured by the Advisor
within fifteen (15) days of the Advisor’s receipt of
notice of such breach from the Fund, or (iii) the bankruptcy
of the Advisor.
“ Claims ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16(a)
hereof.
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“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or
any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the
Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as
the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as
interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to
time.
“ Company ” means
Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Maryland.
“ Competitive Real Estate
Commission ” means a real estate or brokerage commission
paid for the purchase or sale of property which is reasonable,
customary, and competitive in light of the size, type, and location
of the Investment.
“ Construction Fee
” means a fee or other remuneration for acting as general
contractor and/or construction manager to construct improvements,
supervise and coordinate projects or to provide major repairs or
rehabilitation for an Investment.
“ Control ”
means, with respect to a Person, the possession (directly or
indirectly) of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“ Core and Core-Plus
Properties ” generally reflect a continuum of risk and
expected return as among “core”,
“core-plus”, “value-added” and
“opportunistic” investments. A “core”
property generally is the least risky, with the lowest expected
returns, e.g., a fully leased building with a stable, predictable
income stream that represents a significant percentage of total
return over the expected holding period. “Core-plus”
differs from “core” in that the properties, although
substantially leased with current income, may exhibit more lease
turnover risk and/or require some type of modest enhancement or
value-added element to turn them into “core” properties
with stabilized income streams. In contrast,
“value-added” properties require a significant
improvement, such as re-leasing, re-positioning, or re-development
before they can be stabilized and then sold, and as a result,
appreciation is a much greater component of total return than
current income and “opportunistic” investing is high
risk, and encompasses attributes such as non-traditional property
types, ground-up development, substantial vacancies and high
leverage, with little to no current income return.
“ Dealer Manager
” means Prospect Financial Advisors, LLC and Paladin Realty
Securities, LLC (f/k/a BroadWall Capital LLC) or such other Person
or entity selected by the Board of Directors to act as the dealer
manager for the offering of the Shares. Prospect Financial
Advisors, LLC and Paladin Realty Securities, LLC are members of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
“ Dealer Manager Fee
” means any dealer manager fee paid to the Dealer Manager
pursuant to (i) that certain Dealer Manager Agreement, dated
February 28, 2005, among the Company, the Operating
Partnership and Prospect Financial Advisors, LLC, (ii) that
certain Dealer Manager Agreement dated June 5, 2007, among the
Company, the Operating Partnership, Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC
and BroadWall Capital LLC, (iii) that certain Dealer Manager
Agreement dated February 6, 2008, among the Company, the
Operating Partnership, Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC and Paladin
Realty Securities, LLC, or (iv) any similar fee paid to any
other Dealer Manager in connection with a sale of the
Shares.
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“ Development Fee
” means a fee for the packaging of an Investment, including
the negotiation and approval of plans, and any undertaking to
assist in obtaining zoning and necessary variances and financing
for a specific property, either initially or at a later
date.
“ Director ”
means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
“ Dividends ”
means any dividends or other distributions of money or other
property by the Company to the Stockholders, including
distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal
income tax purposes.
“ 8% Return ”
means, with respect to the Stockholders, an amount calculated like
simple interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum
calculated on the varying daily balances of Invested Capital during
the period to which the 8% Return relates, and determined on the
basis of a 360-day year/30-day month, cumulative and non-compounded
for the period for which such 8% Return is being
determined.
“ Follow-On Offering
” means the public offering of Shares pursuant to a
Prospectus contained in the Follow-On Registration Statement filed
with the SEC.
“ Follow-On Registration
Statement ” means the registration statement on Form S-11
for the Follow-On Offering.
“ Fund ” means
the Company and the Operating Partnership, collectively.
“ Good Reason ”
means (i) any failure by the Company or the Operating
Partnership to obtain a satisfactory agreement from a successor
entity to the Company or the Operating Partnership to assume and
agree to perform the Fund’s obligations under this Agreement,
or (ii) any material breach of this Agreement by the Fund not
cured by the Fund within fifteen (15) days of the Fund’s
receipt of notice of such breach from the Advisor.
“ Gross Proceeds
” means the aggregate purchase price of all Shares sold for
the account of the Company, without deduction for Selling
Commissions, volume discounts, marketing support fees, due
diligence expense reimbursement, fees paid to the Dealer Manager or
other Organization and Offering Expenses. For the purposes of
computing Gross Proceeds, the purchase price of any Share for which
Selling Commissions are paid to the Dealer Manager or a Soliciting
Dealer (where net proceeds to the Company are not reduced) shall be
deemed to be the full amount of the offering price per
Share.
“ Indemnitee ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16(a)
hereof.
“ Independent Director
” means a Director who is not, and within the last two years
has not been, directly or indirectly associated with the Advisor or
Sponsor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the
Advisor, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates,
(ii) employment by the Advisor, the Sponsor or any of their
Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer, trust manager or
director of the Advisor, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates,
(iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for
the Company, (v) service as a director, trust manager or
trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts advised by
the Advisor or organized by the Sponsor, or (vi) maintenance
of a material business or professional relationship with the
Advisor, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates. A business or
professional relationship is considered material if the gross
revenue derived by the Director from the Advisor or Sponsor and
their Affiliates exceeds five percent (5%) of either the
Director’s annual gross revenue, derived from all
sources,
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during either of the last two years or the
Director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. An
indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a
Director’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers- or
fathers-in-law, sons- or daughters-in-law or brothers- or
sisters-in-law is or has been associated with the Advisor or
Sponsor or any of their Affiliates or the Company.
“ Independent Expert
” means a Person or entity with no material current or prior
business or personal relationship with the Advisor or any of the
Directors that is engaged to a substantial extent in the business
of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type
held by the Company.
“ Initial Offering
” means the offering of Shares pursuant to that certain
registration statement declared effective February 23,
2005.
“ Invested Capital
” means, with respect to the Stockholders, as of any relevant
date, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate
amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed by the Company to
the Operating Partnership from the gross proceeds of the issuance
by the Company of Shares to the Stockholders, over (ii) the
sum of (A) the cumulative distributions of Net Sales Proceeds
(as defined in the OP Partnership Agreement) made to the Company
pursuant to Section 5.1(c) of the OP Partnership Agreement as
of such date and distributed to the Stockholders, and (B) the
cumulative amounts paid to the Stockholders to repurchase Shares
under the Company’s share redemption plan as of such
date.
“ Investment ”
means any Real Property Investment or any Real Estate Related
Investment.
“ Listing ” means
the listing of Shares on a national securities exchange.
“ Listing Date ”
means the date on which a Listing occurs.
“ NASAA Guidelines
” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 16(a)
hereof.
“ Net Income ”
means for any period, the total revenues of the Fund applicable to
such period, less the total expenses of the Fund applicable to such
period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts
or other similar non-cash reserves; provided, however, that Net
Income for purposes of calculating total allowable Operating
Expenses under Section 11 hereof shall exclude the gain from
the sale of the Fund’s assets.
“ Offering ”
means any public offering of Shares pursuant to a Prospectus that
is registered with the SEC, including the Initial Offering and the
Follow-On Offering.
“ Operating Expenses
” means, for purposes of Section 11 hereof, all costs
and expenses incurred by the Fund, the Advisor or any of their
respective Affiliates, as determined under generally accepted
accounting principles, which in any way are related to the
operation of the Fund or to the Fund’s business, including
advisory fees, but excluding (i) the expenses of raising
capital such as Organization and Offering Expenses,
(ii) interest payments, (iii) taxes, (iv) non-cash
expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt
reserves, (v) incentive fees payable to the Advisor, including
the Subordinated Disposition Fee described in Section 9(d)
hereof, (vi) the subordinated distribution of net sales
proceeds, the subordinated distribution upon listing and the
subordinated
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distribution upon termination to be received by
the Advisor described in Section 9(e) hereof,
(vii) Acquisition Fees, Origination Fees and Acquisition
Expenses, and (viii) real estate commissions on the resale of
property and other expenses connected with the acquisition,
disposition and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans,
or other property (such as the costs of foreclosure, insurance
premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair, and improvement of
property).
“ Operating Partnership
” means Paladin Realty Income Properties, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, and any successor thereof.
“ OP Partnership
Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as the same may
be amended from time to time.
“ Organization and Offering
Expenses ” means any and all costs and expenses, other
than Selling Commissions and any Dealer Manager Fee, incurred by
the Advisor or any of its Affiliates, including the Sponsor, in
connection with the formation, qualification and registration of
the Company and the Operating Partnership and the marketing and
distribution of the Shares, including, without limitation, the
following: legal, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing,
registration and escrow fees and expenses; printing, amending,
supplementing, mailing and distributing costs; filing,
registration, Listing and qualification fees and taxes; telegraph
and telephone costs; and all advertising and marketing expenses,
including any payment or reimbursements to the Dealer Manager or
other broker-dealers of expenses associated with the Offering and
all other costs related to investor and broker-dealer sales
meetings.
“ Origination Fee
” means the origination fee described in Section 9(b)
hereof.
“ Paladin Acquisition
Fee ” means the acquisition fee described in
Section 9(a) hereof.
“ Person ” means
an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, 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 company 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.
“ Primary Offering
” means all Shares offering in the Initial Offering with the
exception of Shares offered pursuant to the Company’s
distribution reinvestment plan.
“ Prospectus ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2(10) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act
”), including a preliminary Prospectus, an offering circular
as described in Rule 253 and a combined prospectus as described in
Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Act or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by
whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and
selling securities to the public.
“ Purchase Price
” means the amount actually paid for an Investment or
allocated to the purchase, development, construction or improvement
of a property, inclusive of expenses related thereto and the amount
of debt associated with such property, but exclusive of Acquisition
Fees and Acquisition Expenses.
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“ Real Estate Related
Investments ” means (a) the issuance of loans, such
as first mortgage and mezzanine loans on real property;
(b) investments in equity securities such as common stocks,
preferred stocks and convertible securities of public or private
real estate companies; and (c) investments in debt securities
such as collateralized mortgage backed securities, commercial
mortgages and other debt securities.
“ Real Property
Investment ” means any investment in unimproved and
improved real property, (including, without limitation, fee or
leasehold interests, options and leases), either directly or
through a joint venture.
“ REIT ” means a
“real estate investment trust” as defined in
Section 856 of the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations.
“ Remaining Capital
” means, with respect to the Stockholders, as of any relevant
date, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate
amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed by the Company to
the Operating Partnership from the gross proceeds of the issuance
by the Company of Shares to the Stockholders, over (ii) the
cumulative amounts paid to the Stockholders to repurchase Shares
under the Company’s share redemption plan as of such
date.
“ Sale ” means,
with respect to any Investment, any transaction or series of
transactions whereby:
(a) the Fund directly or indirectly
(except as described in other subsections of this definition)
sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of
any Investment, including, without limitation, any event with
respect to any Investment that gives rise to a significant amount
of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; or
(b) any joint venture directly or
indirectly sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its
ownership of any Investment, including any event with respect to
any real property which gives rise to insurance proceeds or
condemnation awards.
“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities ”
means the Shares or any other stock or other evidences of equity or
beneficial or other interests, voting trust certificates, bonds,
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or
unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general
any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any
certificates of interest, shares or participations in, temporary or
interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants,
options or rights to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the
foregoing.
“ Selling Commissions
” means any and all commissions payable to underwriters,
dealer managers, or other broker-dealers in connection with the
sale of Shares, including, without limitation, commissions payable
to the Dealer Manager.
“ Senior Living Assets
” means any Investment involving the housing or care of
residents or users age 55 and older, including without limitation,
active adult or independent living facilities, continuing care
retirement communities, and assisted living and skilled nursing
facilities.
“ Shares ” means
the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per
share.
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“ Sponsor ” means
any Person directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing,
wholly or in part, the Company or any Person who will control,
manage or participate in the management of the Company, and any
Affiliate of such Person. Not included is any Person whose only
relationship with the Company is that of an independent property
manager of Company assets, and whose only compensation is as such.
Sponsor does not include wholly independent third parties such as
attorneys, accountants, and underwriters whose only compensation is
for professional services. A Person may also be deemed a Sponsor of
the Company by:
(i) taking the initiative, directly
or indirectly, in founding or organizing the business or enterprise
of the Company, either alone or in conjunction with one or more
other Persons;
(ii) receiving a material
participation in the Company in connection with the founding or
organizing of the business of the Company, in consideration of
services or property, or both services and property;
(iii) having a substantial number of
relationships and contacts with the Company;
(iv) possessing significant rights
to control Company properties;
(v) receiving fees for providing
services to the Company which are paid on a basis that is not
customary in the Company’s industry; or
(vi) providing goods or services to
the Company on a basis which was not negotiated at arms length with
the Company.
“ Stockholders ”
means the holders of record of Shares maintained in the
Company’s books and records.
“ Subordinated Disposition
Fee ” means the fee described in Section 9(d)
hereof.
“ Termination Date
” means the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 15 hereof.
2. Appointment
. The Fund hereby
appoints the Advisor to serve as its advisor on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Advisor hereby
accepts such appointment.
3. Duties of the Advisor
.
The Advisor shall undertake to
source and recommend to the Fund opportunities to make Investments
and to provide a continuing and suitable investment program
consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund
as determined and adopted from time to time by the Board and in
accordance with this Agreement (including, without limitation,
Section 4 hereof). In performance of this undertaking, subject
to the supervision of the Board and consistent with the provisions
of the Company’s Prospectus for the Follow-On Offering (and
any supplements thereto), the Articles, the Bylaws of the Company
and the OP Partnership Agreement, the Advisor shall, either
directly or by engaging an Affiliate:
a. serve as the Fund’s
investment advisor;
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b. perform and supervise the various
administrative functions reasonably necessary for the daily
management of the Fund;
c. maintain and preserve the books
and records of the Company and the Operating
Partnership;
d. investigate, select, engage and
conduct business with, on behalf of the Fund, such Persons as the
Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its
obligations hereunder, including but not limited to appraisers,
consultants, accountants, contractors, leasing agents,
correspondents, lenders, technical advisors, attorneys, real estate
brokers, broker-dealers, underwriters, corporate fiduciaries,
escrow agents, transfer agents, depositaries, custodians, agents
for collection, insurers, insurance agents, banks, builders,
developers, property managers, mortgagors, mortgage brokers, real
estate research firms and any and all agents for any of the
foregoing, including Affiliates of the Advisor, and Persons acting
in any other capacity deemed by the Advisor necessary or desirable
for the performance of any of the services described in this
Section 3, including but not limited to entering into
contracts in the name of the Company or the Operating Partnership
with any of the foregoing;
e. consult with the officers of the
Company and the Board and assist the Board in the formulation and
implementation of the Company’s financial and investment
policies, and, as necessary, furnish the Board with advice and
recommendations with respect to the making of investments
consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund
and in connection with any borrowings proposed to be undertaken by
the Fund;
f. (i) source potential
Investments and analyze and recommend potential Investments for the
Fund in compliance with the investment objectives and policies of
the Fund and