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Note 6 Related Party Transactions
Initial Management Agreement On November 10, 2014, the Company entered into a management agreement, with an effective date of April 1, 2014, with the Advisor. Under the terms of this initial management agreement, the Advisor was responsible for designing and implementing the Company’s business strategy and administering its business activities and day-to-day operations. For performing these services, the Company was obligated to pay the Advisor a base management fee equal to the greater of (a) 2.0% per annum of the Company’s net asset value (the value of the Company’s assets less the value of the Company’s liabilities), or (b) $30,000 per calendar month. In accordance with the terms of the initial management agreement, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016, the Company incurred $807,147 of base management fees and repaid $510,000 of cumulative management fees accrued and outstanding. Additionally, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016, the Company incurred $754,000 in acquisition fees that were paid to the Advisor for acquisitions that were completed during that period.
Amended Management Agreement Upon completion of the Company’s initial public offering on July 1, 2016, the Company and the Advisor entered into an amended and restated management agreement (the “Amended Management Agreement”). Certain material terms of the Amended Management Agreement are summarized below: Term and Termination The Amended Management Agreement has an initial term of three years expiring on the third anniversary of the closing date of the initial public offering but will automatically renew for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods thereafter, unless the agreement is not renewed or is terminated in accordance with its terms. If the Board decides to terminate or not renew the Amended Management Agreement, the Company will generally be required to pay the Advisor a termination fee equal to three times the sum of the average annual base management fee and the average annual incentive compensation with respect to the previous eight fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter prior to termination. Subsequent to the initial term, the Company may terminate the Amended Management Agreement only under certain circumstances. Base Management Fee The Company pays its Advisor a base management fee in an amount equal to 1.5% of its stockholders’ equity per annum, calculated quarterly for the most recently completed fiscal quarter and payable in quarterly installments in arrears.
For purposes of calculating the base management fee, the Company’s stockholders’ equity means: (a) the sum of (1) the Company stockholders’ equity as of March 31, 2016, (2) the aggregate amount of the conversion price (including interest) for the conversion of the Company’s outstanding convertible debentures into common stock and OP Units upon completion of the initial public offering, and (3) the net proceeds from (or equity value assigned to) all issuances of equity and equity equivalent securities (including common stock, common stock equivalents, preferred stock, LTIP units and OP Units issued by the Company or the Operating Partnership) in the initial public offering, or in any subsequent offering (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance), less (b) any amount that the Company pays to repurchase shares of its common stock or equity securities of the Operating Partnership. Stockholders’ equity also excludes (1) any unrealized gains and losses and other non-cash items (including depreciation and amortization) that have impacted stockholders’ equity as reported in the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (2) one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP, and certain non-cash items not otherwise described above, in each case after discussions between the Advisor and its independent directors and approval by a majority of the Company’s independent directors. As a result, the Company’s stockholders’ equity, for purposes of calculating the base management fee, could be greater or less than the amount of stockholders’ equity shown on its financial statements. The base management fee of the Advisor shall be calculated within 30 days after the end of each quarter and such calculation shall be promptly delivered to the Company. The Company is obligated to pay the quarterly installment of the base management fee calculated for that quarter in cash within five business days after delivery to the Company of the written statement of the Advisor setting forth the computation of the base management fee for such quarter. Incentive Compensation Fee The Company pays its Advisor an incentive fee with respect to each calendar quarter (or part thereof that the management agreement is in effect) in arrears. The incentive fee is an amount, not less than zero, equal to the difference between (1) the product of (x) 20% and (y) the difference between (i) the Company’s AFFO (as defined below) for the previous 12-month period, and (ii) the product of (A) the weighted average of the issue price of equity securities issued in the initial public offering and in future offerings and transactions, multiplied by the weighted average number of all shares of common stock outstanding on a fully-diluted basis (including any restricted stock units, any restricted shares of common stock, OP Units, LTIP units, and shares of common stock underlying awards granted under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) or any future plan in the previous 12-month period, and (B) 8%, and (2) the sum of any incentive fee paid to the Advisor with respect to the first three calendar quarters of such previous 12-month period; provided, however, that no incentive fee is payable with respect to any calendar quarter unless AFFO is greater than zero for the four most recently completed calendar quarters, or the number of completed calendar quarters since the closing date of the offering, whichever is less. For purposes of calculating the incentive fee during the first 12 months after completion of the offering, AFFO will be determined by annualizing the applicable period following completion of the offering. Per the terms of the Amended Management Agreement, AFFO is calculated by adjusting the Company’s funds from operations, or FFO, by adding back acquisition and disposition costs, stock based compensation expenses, amortization of deferred financing costs and any other non-recurring or non-cash expenses, which are costs that do not relate to the operating performance of the Company’s properties, and subtracting loss on extinguishment of debt, straight line rent adjustment, recurring tenant improvements, recurring leasing commissions and recurring capital expenditures. To date the Company has not incurred or paid an incentive fee. Management Fee Expense Incurred and Accrued Management Fees For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, management fees of $803,804 and $2,059,325, respectively, were incurred and expensed by the Company and during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company paid management fees to the Advisor in the amount of $1,876,229. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, management fees of $627,147 and $807,147, respectively, were incurred and expensed by the Company and during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 the Company paid management fees to the Advisor in the amount of $510,000. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, accrued management fees of $803,805 and $620,709, respectively, were due to the Advisor.
Allocated General and Administrative Expenses Effective May 8, 2017, the Company and the Advisor entered into an agreement pursuant to which, for a period of one year commencing on May 8, 2017, the Company has agreed to reimburse the Advisor for $125,000 of the annual salary of the General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, such reimbursement to be paid in arrears in 12 equal monthly installments beginning after the end of the month of May 2017 so long as the General Counsel and Secretary continues to be primarily dedicated to the Company in his capacity as its General Counsel and Secretary. In the future, the Company may receive additional allocations of general and administrative expenses from the Advisor that are either clearly applicable to or were reasonably allocated to the operations of the Company. Other than via the terms of the reimbursement agreement, there were no allocated general and administrative expenses from the Advisor for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 or September 30, 2016.
Note Payable to Majority Stockholder In prior years the Company received funds from its former majority stockholder ZH USA, LLC in the form of a non-interest bearing, due on demand note payable, which is classified as “Note payable to related parties” on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company repaid this loan in full during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and accordingly the balance of this note was zero and $421,000 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
Due to Related Parties, Net A rollforward of the due (to) from related parties balance, net, as of September 30, 2017, is as follows:
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