An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the offering statement filed with the Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Offering Circular was filed may be obtained. |
Preliminary Offering Circular
September 21, 2016
Subject to Completion
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
257 East Main Street, Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 277-9930
7% Unsecured Bonds
$50,000,000 Maximum Offering Amount (50,000 Bonds)
$5,000 Minimum Purchase (5 Bonds)
GK Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, referred to herein as our company, is offering 7% unsecured bonds, or the Bonds. The purchase price per Bond is $1,000, with a minimum purchase amount of $5,000. The Bonds will mature on September 30, 2022 and will bear interest at a fixed rate of 7% per annum. Interest on the Bonds will be paid monthly beginning on the 15th day of the second month following the initial closing of this offering. The Bonds will be offered to prospective investors on a best efforts basis by our Managing Broker-Dealer, JCC Advisors, LLC, or JCC. "Best efforts" means that JCC is not obligated to purchase any specific number or dollar amount of Bonds, but will use its best efforts to sell the Bonds. JCC may engage additional broker-dealers, or Selling Group Members, who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, to assist in the sale of the Bonds. At each closing date, the proceeds for such closing will be disbursed to our company and Bonds relating to such proceeds will be issued to their respective investors. We expect to commence the sale of the Bonds as of the date on which the Offering Statement is declared qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will continue through the earlier of September 30, 2017 or the date upon which all $50,000,000 in offering proceeds have been received, subject to extension in the sole discretion of our manager, GK Development, Inc., for an additional six (6) months.
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(1) This includes selling commissions of 5% and a Managing Broker-Dealer Fee of up to 3% of the gross proceeds of this offering to be paid on Bonds offered on a best efforts basis. All such amounts will be paid to JCC, who may reallow up to the entire amount of selling commissions and Managing-Broker Dealer Fee to Selling Group Members. JCC shall be entitled to retain, out of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, an amount equal to 0.57% of the gross proceeds of the offering. JCC may re-allow and pay to wholesalers and other participants in the offering up to the entirety of the remaining 2.43% portion of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee. Any amount of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee in excess of the 0.57% JCC is entitled to retain that is not re-allowed shall be returned to the Issuer. This also includes due diligence expense reimbursements of up to $60,000, 0.12% of the maximum offering amount. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Plan of Distribution" for more information.
(2) The table above does not include anticipated organizational and offering expenses of $275,000, blue sky fees of $75,000 and a promotional fee of 1.88% of the gross proceeds of this offering ($940,000 if the maximum offering amount is sold) to be paid to GK Development, Inc. in compensation for promoting this offering.
Generally, no sale may be made to you in this offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.
An investment in the Bonds is subject to certain risks and should be made only by persons or entities able to bear the risk of and to withstand the total loss of their investment. Currently, there is no market for the Bonds being offered, nor does our company anticipate one developing. Prospective investors should carefully consider and review that risk as well as the RISK FACTORS beginning on page 8 of this Offering Circular.
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR THE COMMISSION, DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
FORM S-11 DISCLOSURE FORMAT IS BEING FOLLOWED.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY |
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS |
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RISK FACTORS |
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USE OF PROCEEDS |
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION |
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
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GENERAL INFORMATION AS TO OUR COMPANY |
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POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES |
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INVESTMENT POLICIES OF OUR COMPANY |
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DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE |
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS |
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DESCRIPTION OF BONDS |
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT |
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS |
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS |
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SELECTION, RETENTION AND CUSTODY OF COMPANY'S INVESTMENTS |
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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS |
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COMPENSATION OF OUR MANAGER AND ITS AFFILIATES |
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LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY |
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EXPERTS |
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LEGAL MATTERS |
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding whether to invest in our Bonds. You should carefully read this entire Offering Circular, including the information under the heading "Risk Factors" and all information included in the Offering Circular.
Our Company. GK Investment Holdings, LLC was formed on September 14, 2015 to acquire existing income producing commercial rental properties. Our company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, holds title to a commercial rental property located in Henderson, Nevada, and more commonly known as Lake Mead Crossing. Lake Mead Crossing was acquired on November 12, 2015 from an unaffiliated, third party seller, and it is currently our company's sole asset. Lake Mead Crossing consists of multiple buildings aggregating approximately 220,000 square feet of rentable commercial space. Lake Mead Crossing is part of a larger shopping center, anchored by a Target. Lake Mead Crossing is owned by two of our subsidiaries. Lake Mead Partners, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lake Mead Parent, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of our company owns a portion of Lake Mead Crossing consisting of approximately 160,000 square feet of rentable commercial space that is currently 99.2% leased. Lake Mead Development, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of our company owns the other portion of Lake Mead Crossing consisting of approximately 60,000 square feet of rentable commercial space that is currently 52.5% leased.
Mr. Garo Kholamian is the beneficial owner of 71.519% of the outstanding units of our company, and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Kholamian, is the beneficial owner of 19.519% of the outstanding units of our company. Our company is solely managed by GK Development, Inc., or GK Development or our manager. GK Development was formed on May 19, 1994 under the laws of Illinois, and Mr. Garo Kholamian is the sole director and shareholder of GK Development. As a result, Mr. Garo Kholamian will effectively manage our company.
Our company does not intend to act as a land developer in that it is has no intent to invest in, acquire, own, hold, lease, operate, manage, maintain, redevelop, sell or otherwise use undeveloped real property or "raw land," as a ground up development. Our company, engaging in its commercial real estate activities, may have the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which includes unimproved pad sites for future development and lease-up opportunities. In such instances, our company will retain the unimproved pad sites for ground lease, build-to-suit and/or sell opportunities. In situations where our company has the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which includes a large tract of developable raw land, the developable raw land will not be acquired by our company, but may be acquired by an entity affiliated with GK Development. Our company may choose to redevelop real property for an alternative use than intended when originally acquired or developed.
Our company is focused on investments in existing, income producing commercial rental properties that will benefit from GK Development's real estate operating and leasing skills, including releasing, redeveloping, renovating, refinancing, repositioning, and selling. GK Development intends to actively participate in the management of our company's properties rather than hold the properties as passive investments.
Certain affiliates of GK Development have agreed to loan us all cash flows received from equity interests they own in certain real property located at 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 and more commonly known as Lakeview Square Mall, or Lakeview Square, and that certain real property located at 1888 Green Oaks Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76116 and more commonly known as Ridgmar Mall, or Ridgmar, in order to ensure we have sufficient reserves of cash and cash equivalents to fund 120% of our debt service obligations under the terms of the Bonds, or the Bond Service Obligations, for a period of three (3) months. GK Development's affiliates have also agreed to enter into agreements with us whereby the trustee may force the sale of (1) the equity interests of 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C., or the Ridgmar Equity, in 1551 Kingsbury Partners Senior Mezz, LLC, or Senior Mezz, which entity owns an indirect 12.5% equity interest in Ridgmar, and (2) the equity interests of Garo Kholamian and GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC, or the Lakeview Equity, in GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC, or GK Preferred, which represents an indirect 72% equity interest in Lakeview Square, as a remedy if we default on the Bonds. We refer to these agreements as the Initial Forced Sale Agreements. See "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants" for more information.
Management. The sponsor of our company, GK Development, is a Barrington, Illinois based real estate acquisition and development company specializing in the acquisition, management, and redevelopment of commercial rental properties. Its management provides years of experience successfully acquiring, redeveloping and managing commercial rental properties. Mr. Garo Kholamian is the President and founder of GK Development. Prior to GK Development, Mr. Kholamian was Senior Vice President of Development for Homart Development Co., the real estate development arm of Sears Roebuck. In this position, he was instrumental in the development of shopping centers across the United States. See "Directors and Executive Officers" for more information on Mr. Kholamian and the seven other individuals responsible for the management of GK Development.
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The Offering. Our company is offering to investors the opportunity to purchase up to a maximum of $50,000,000 of Bonds. See "Plan of Distribution - Who May Invest" for further information. There is no minimum offering amount; therefore, our company may accept purchases of the Bonds as soon as the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part has been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC. The offering will continue through the earlier of September 30, 2017 or the date upon which all $50,000,000 in offering proceeds have been received, or the Offering Termination, subject to extension in the sole discretion of GK Development for an additional six (6) months. Following qualification of the Offering Statement, our company will conduct closings in this offering at its discretion, or the Closing Dates and each, a Closing Date, until the Offering Termination. On each Closing Date, offering proceeds for that closing will be disbursed to our company and the respective Bonds will be issued to investors in the offering, or the Bondholders. The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through JCC.
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| $50,000,000, aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. |
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Interest Rate |
| 7% per annum computed on the basis of a 365-day year. |
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Interest Payment Dates |
| Commencing on the 15th of the second month following the first Closing Date and continuing monthly until the Maturity Date. |
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| $1,000 per Bond. |
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| The Bonds will be senior unsecured indebtedness of our company. They will rank equally with our other senior unsecured indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated to our secured indebtedness and structurally subordinated to all indebtedness of our subsidiaries. |
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Use of Proceeds |
| We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting the estimated offering costs and expenses payable by our company, will be approximately $44,650,000. This assumes that we sell the maximum offering amount. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay down existing indebtedness and acquire commercial rental properties in our target asset class. |
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| We will issue the Bonds under an indenture, or the Indenture, to be dated as of the initial issuance date of the Bonds between us and UMB Bank, as the trustee. The Indenture contains covenants that limit our ability to incur, or permit our subsidiaries to incur, third party indebtedness if certain debt to asset value and/or interest coverage ratios would be exceeded. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions, qualifications, limitations and specialized definitions. See "Description of Company's Securities - Certain Covenants" in this Offering Circular. The Bonds will be unsecured; however, our company will be required to own real property with aggregate equity value of at least 70% of the outstanding principal of the Bonds, or the Equity-Bond Ratio. The equity subject to the Forced Sale Agreements, as defined below, will also be included in the Equity-Bond Ratio. For properties acquired, directly or indirectly, by our company, the equity value for purposes of the Equity-Bond Ratio will initially be the equity invested into the applicable property. Each acquired property will be required to be appraised, by an independent third party appraiser, annually during the term of the Bonds, and following any such appraisal, our company's equity value from a newly appraised property will be adjusted to equal the appraised value of the property less the outstanding indebtedness secured by such property (and multiplied by our company's ownership interest in the applicable property in the event we acquire a partial interest in any property). Our company will also be required to retain cash and cash equivalents, as defined by GAAP, equal to at least 120% of our company's Bond Service Obligations for a period of three (3) months, or the Cash Coverage Ratio. |
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Forced Sale Agreements |
| For the first year following the first Closing Date, our company will be a party to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements with UMB Bank and certain of GK Development's affiliates. Under those agreements, the trustee will be able to force the sale of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity as a remedy if our company defaults on the Bonds, the trustee (or the bondholders if permitted) accelerates the maturity of the Bonds, and our company is otherwise unable to pay off the Bonds. During the pendency of the Initial Forced Sale Agreements, the value of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity, $4,986,386 and $7,352,587, respectively, as determined by management, relying, in part, upon independent, third party appraisals of the underlying real properties, shall be included in the equity of our company for the purposes of calculating the Equity-Bond Ratio. The Initial Forced Sale Agreements shall terminate automatically on the first anniversary of the first Closing Date and will also terminate if the real property underlying the applicable Initial Forced Sale Agreement is sold to a third party. However, the parties to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements may extend them at their discretion (subject to approval of the trustee). In order to comply with the Equity-Bond Ratio, our company may, with the trustee's reasonable approval, enter into additional Forced Sale Agreements, or Additional Forced Sale Agreements, in substantially similar form as the Initial Forced Sale Agreements, with affiliates of GK Development. The term Forced Sale Agreement(s) is used to generally refer to an Initial Forced Sale Agreement, an Additional Forced Sale Agreement, or any combination of the foregoing. |
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| In order to assist us in meeting the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant, the owners of the Ridgmar Equity and the Lakeview Equity have agreed that they will loan us up to all of the monthly cash flow received from the Ridgmar Equity and the Lakeview Equity, upon our request and representation to them that we need such funds in order to comply with the Cash Coverage Ratio. We refer to any such loan as a Cash Flow Loan. The Cash Flow Loans will bear interest at the IRS imputed rate of interest and will mature on the Maturity Date. Nothing in the agreements governing the Cash Flow Loans precludes the sale of the Ridgmar Equity, the Lakeview Equity, or the real properties underlying either of them to third parties and you will have no right to any proceeds of any such sale. However, we may enter into additional agreements for loans with other affiliates of GK Development. |
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| If a Change of Control Repurchase Event as defined under "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants" in this Offering Circular, occurs, we must offer to repurchase the Bonds at 1.02 times the Price to Public if on or before September 30, 2019; 1.015 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2019 but on or before the September 30, 2020; 1.01 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2020 but on or before September 30, 2021; and at the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2021, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including the repurchase date. |
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| Prepayment penalties for calling Bonds early are as follows: Any accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the repurchase rate plus 1.02 times the Price to Public if such event occurs on or before September 30, 2019; 1.015 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2019 but on or before September 30, 2020; 1.01 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2020 but on or before September 30, 2021; or at the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2021. |
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| The Indenture will contain events of default, the occurrence of which may result in the acceleration of our obligations under the Bonds in certain circumstances. Events of Default, (as defined herein) other than payment defaults, will be subject to our company's right to cure within 120 days of such Event of Default. Our company will have the right to cure any payment default within 30 days before the trustee may declare a default and exercise the remedies under the indenture. See "Description of Company's Securities - Event of Default" for more information. |
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| The Bonds will be evidenced by global bond certificates deposited with nominee holders. It is anticipated that the nominee holders will be the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee, Cede & Co., for those purchasers purchasing through a DTC participant subsequent to the Bonds gaining DTC eligibility and Direct Transfer LLC, or Direct Transfer, for those purchasers purchasing prior to DTC eligibility or not through a DTC participant. See "Description of Company's Securities - Book-Entry, Delivery and Form" for more information. |
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| Our company will be required to keep 7% of gross offering proceeds in a reserve account with the trustee for a period of one (1) year following the first Closing Date, which reserve may be used to pay our company's Bond Service Obligations, as defined herein, during such time, and the remainder of which, if any, will be released to our company on the first anniversary of the first Closing Date if our company is otherwise in compliance with all terms of the Bonds. |
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| We will issue the Bonds only in denominations of $1,000. |
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| Principal and interest on the Bonds will be payable in U.S. dollars or other legal tender, coin or currency of the United States of America. |
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Future Issuances |
| We may, from time to time, without notice to or consent of the Bondholders, increase the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding by issuing additional bonds in the future with the same terms of the Bonds, except for the issue date and offering price, and such additional bonds shall be consolidated with the Bonds and form a single series. |
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| This is a Tier 2, Regulation A offering where the offered securities will not be listed on a registered national securities exchange upon qualification. This offering is being conducted pursuant to an exemption from registration under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. After qualification, we may apply for these qualified securities to be eligible for quotation on an alternative trading system or over the counter market, if we determine that such market is appropriate given the structure of the Bonds and our company and our business objectives. There is no guarantee that the Bonds will be publicly listed or quoted or that a market will develop for them. Please review carefully "Risk Factors - Investment Risk" for more information. |
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| We have designated UMB Bank as paying agent for the Bonds and Direct Transfer LLC as sub-paying agent in respect of Bonds registered to it. UMB Bank will act as trustee under the Indenture and registrar for the Bonds. The Bonds will be issued in book-entry form only, evidenced by global certificates, as such, payments will be made to DTC, its nominee or to Direct Transfer. |
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| The Indenture and the Bonds will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. |
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| You should consult your tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning the Bonds in light of your own specific situation, as well as consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction. |
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| Ridgmar was financed using senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, changes without lender consent. Under the loan documents, if the borrower is in default, the lender has the ability to accelerate the debt and charge certain penalties payable by the borrower. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell Ridgmar Equity without lender consent. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by those properties”for more information.
The Forced Sale Agreements and the Cash Flow Loan Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. In either circumstance, we would lose our rights to cash flow loans relative to the interest sold, and the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
We may enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements with affiliates. If we do, we anticipate the terms of the Forced Sale Agreements to be substantially similar to the ones related to Ridgmar and Lakeview Square. As a result, the risks associated with the Initial Forced Sale Agreements are expected to also exist with any Additional Forced Sale Agreements, including but not limited to (i) the inability to effectively sell the affected equity due to restrictions contained in the underlying senior and mezzanine debt documents , (ii) the ability of the property owner to sell the property without the consent of the trustee, and (iii) the ability of the holder of the affected equity to sell the affected equity without the consent of the trustee.
An investment in our Bonds involves certain risks. You should carefully consider the risks above, as well as the other risks described under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8 of this Offering Circular before making an investment decision. |
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Offering Circular contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "intend," "expect," "outlook," "seek," "anticipate," "estimate," "approximately," "believe," "could," "project," "predict," or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe future plans and strategies, contain financial and operating projections or state other forward-looking information. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future events, actions, plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth or anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our forward-looking statements and upon our business, results of operations, financial condition, funds derived from operations, cash flows, liquidity and prospects include, but are not limited to, the factors referenced in this Offering Circular, including those set forth below.
When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Offering Circular. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our views as of the date of this Offering Circular. The matters summarized below and elsewhere in this Offering Circular could cause our actual results and performance to differ materially from those set forth or anticipated in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee future results or performance. Furthermore, except as required by law, we are under no duty to, and we do not intend to, update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of this Offering Circular, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our Bonds is highly speculative and is suitable only for persons or entities that are able to evaluate the risks of the investment. An investment in our Bonds should be made only by persons or entities able to bear the risk of and to withstand the total loss of their investment. Prospective investors should consider the following risks before making a decision to purchase our Bonds. To the best of our knowledge, we have included all material risks to investors in this section.
Risks Related to the Offering
The Bonds are unsecured obligations of our company and not obligations of our subsidiaries and will be subordinated to any of our company's future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and effectively subordinated to any future obligations of our company's subsidiaries. Structural subordination increases the risk that we will be unable to meet our obligations on the Bonds.
The Bonds will be unsecured unsubordinated obligations of our company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of our company's other unsecured indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of our company's future obligations that are by their terms expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Bonds. The Bonds will be effectively subordinated to any of our company's existing or future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.
The Bonds are obligations exclusively of our company and not of any of its subsidiaries. None of our company's subsidiaries is a guarantor of the Bonds and the Bonds are not required to be guaranteed by any subsidiaries our company may acquire or create in the future. The Bonds are also effectively subordinated to all of the liabilities of our company's subsidiaries, to the extent of their assets, since they are separate and distinct legal entities with no obligation to pay any amounts due under our company's indebtedness, including the Bonds, or to make any funds available to make payments on the Bonds. Our company's right to receive any assets of any subsidiary in the event of a bankruptcy or liquidation of the subsidiary, and therefore the right of our company's creditors to participate in those assets, will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that subsidiary's creditors, including trade creditors, in each case to the extent that our company is not recognized as a creditor of such subsidiary. In addition, even where our company is recognized as a creditor of a subsidiary, our company's rights as a creditor with respect to certain amounts are subordinated to other indebtedness of that subsidiary, including secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness.
Our covenants require only a 70% real property equity to principal ratio; therefore, if our trustee were to exercise its remedy to force the sale of our properties, such a sale may not generate sufficient proceeds to repay the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds.
One of our trustee's and Bondholders' principal remedies in the event of a default is to force the sale of the rental properties we acquire, and, to the extent the Forced Sale Agreements are still in effect, to force the sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity, or any other equity interest subject to a Forced Sale Agreement. Under the indenture we must maintain a ratio of 70% equity (inclusive of those equity interests subject to the Forced Sale Agreements) to the principal amount of outstanding Bonds, subject to our right to cure any deficiency within one hundred twenty (120) days of the occurrence of such deficiency. See "Description of Bonds - Event of Default" for more information. Because the amount of real property equity we are required to maintain will not cover the full principal amount of the Bonds, if we default on the Bonds and our trustee forces a sale of our real property, or exercises its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements, the proceeds of such sales may not be sufficient to fully repay the outstanding Bondholders.
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The Bonds do not restrict or eliminate our company's or its subsidiaries' ability to incur additional debt or take other action that could negatively impact holders of the Bonds.
Subject to specified limitations in the Indenture and as described under "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants," the Indenture does not contain any provisions that would directly limit our company's ability or the ability of its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness, including indebtedness that would be senior to the Bonds. The only limitation on our company's or its subsidiaries' ability to take on additional debt is the requirement to maintain our equity-to-bond ratio.
The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties.
Our Bonds are unsecured and the primary remedy in the event of a default will be for our trustee (or sufficient Bondholders) to trigger sales of properties we own, the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity. Ridgmar's current financing requires that the ownership interest of Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, cannot change without lender's consent. If the ownership changes without lender consent, the respective borrower under the respective loan will be in default. Similarly, Lakeview Square's current financing requires that the direct ownership of Lakeview Square cannot change without lender's consent. If the direct ownership of Lakeview Square changes without lender's consent, the borrower will be in default under the loan. If either of the direct or indirect owners of Ridgmar or Lakeview Square is found to be in default under any loans, your investment will be adversely affected. Lake Mead Crossing was financed using mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt. The loan documents evidencing both the mortgage debt and mezzanine debt carry prepayment penalties. Further, on newly acquired properties by our company following this Offering, we anticipate using senior secured debt to acquire each new property we purchase. Often senior lender loans secured by real property contain prepayment penalties and/or requirements of defeasance. Any such prepayment penalties or defeasance requirements may reduce the proceeds of any forced sale of our properties or may render such a sale prohibitively expensive. This would materially and adversely affect the repayment of your investment in the event of a default.
Currently, Lake Mead Crossing is our sole asset, and it was purchased using mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt. Due to prepayment penalties on the mortgage debt and mezzanine debt, we may be unable to pay down a portion of the indebtedness secured by the property.
Our company may use offering proceeds to pay down existing indebtedness secured by Lake Mead Crossing. More specifically, it may be prudent for our company to use offering proceeds to pay down the mezzanine debt held by an affiliate of our company. The mezzanine debt carries an interest rate of 8% and has a current outstanding principal balance of approximately $9,978,500. However, if we prepay the mezzanine debt, we may be required to pay prepayment penalties equal to 12-14% of the principal prepaid. If we are required to pay the prepayment penalty, we may not be able to or may not be willing to pay off that indebtedness. If we do not pay off our mezzanine debt, our debt service obligations may reduce our ability to make payments on the Bonds.
Our company may also use proceeds from this offering to pay down mortgage debt. Lake Mead Partners, LLC is a party to a mortgage loan secured by Lake Mead Crossing. That mortgage debt carries an interest rate of 4% and has a principal of approximately $29,500,000. However, if we prepay that debt, we may be required to pay prepayment penalties equal to 1% of the principal prepaid. If we are required to pay the prepayment penalty, we may not be able to or may not be willing to pay off that indebtedness. If we do not pay off that debt, our debt service obligations may reduce our ability to make payments on the Bonds.
The cash flow indirectly received from Lake Mead Crossing will be significantly impacted by the debt burden on the property.
We financed the purchase of Lake Mead Crossing using no equity and three layers of debt financing (mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt). We are required to make the debt service payments on each of these loans before making distributions to Bondholders. The debt burden is substantially higher on Lake Mead Crossing due to the amount of debt and the high interest rate on both the mezzanine debt and interim debt. As a result, our ability to make payments to Bondholders when they become due may be adversely affected by the debt burden on Lake Mead Crossing.
We have no minimum offering amount, and if we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are offering, our investment objectives may become more difficult to reach.
We have no minimum offering amount. While we believe we will be able to reach our investment objectives regardless of the amount of the raise, it may be more difficult to do so if we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds. Such a result may negatively impact our liquidity and increase our dependence on higher interest debt to acquire target properties. In that event, our investment costs will increase, which may decrease our ability to make payments to Bondholders.
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Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar Equity may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by Ridgmar.
Ridgmar was purchased with use of senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the property is transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered without lender consent. Terms also provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in the property or the ownership interest of any entity directly or indirectly owning the property changes without lender consent. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell the Ridgmar Equity without lender consent.
Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity.
The Forced Sale Agreements and the Cash Flow Loan Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of such equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. In either circumstance we would lose our rights to Cash Flow Loans relative to the interest sold, and the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds.
Our trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Bondholders, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, unless such Bondholders shall have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.
The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default (as herein defined) in the Indenture shall occur and not be cured, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a reasonable person in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Bondholder, unless the Bondholder has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
Investment Risks
The Bonds will have limited transferability and liquidity.
Prior to this offering, there was no active market for the Bonds. Although we may apply for quotation of the Bonds on an alternative trading system or over the counter market, even if we obtain that quotation, we do not know the extent to which investor interest will lead to the development and maintenance of a liquid trading market. Further, the Bonds will not be quoted on an alternative trading system or over the counter market until after the termination of this offering, if at all. Therefore, investors will be required to wait until at least after the final termination date of this offering for such quotation. The initial public offering price for the Bonds has been determined by us. You may not be able to sell the Bonds you purchase at or above the initial offering price.
Alternative trading systems and over the counter markets, as with other public markets, may from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations. As a result, the market price of the Bonds may be similarly volatile, and Bondholders may from time to time experience a decrease in the value of their Bonds, including decreases unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. The price of the Bonds could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors, including those listed in this "Risk Factors" section of this Offering Circular.
No assurance can be given that the market price of the Bonds will not fluctuate or decline significantly in the future or that Bondholders will be able to sell their Bonds when desired on favorable terms, or at all. Further, the sale of the Bonds may have adverse federal income tax consequences.
Our limited prior operating history makes it difficult for you to evaluate this investment.
We are a recently formed entity with limited prior operating history and may not be able to successfully operate our business or achieve our investment objectives. We may not be able to conduct our business as described in our plan of operation.
You will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them and we may make real estate investments that would have changed your decision as to whether to invest in our Bonds.
As of the date of this offering circular, we only own one property, Lake Mead Crossing. We are not able to provide you with information to evaluate our additional investments prior to acquisition. We will seek to invest substantially all of the offering proceeds available for investment, after the payment of fees and expenses, in the acquisition of real estate and real estate related investments. We have established criteria for evaluating potential investments. See "Investment Policies of Company" for more information. However, you will be unable to evaluate the transaction terms, location, and financial or operational data concerning the investments before we invest in them. You will have no opportunity to evaluate the terms of transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our investments prior to our investment. You will be relying entirely on the ability of GK Development and its management team to identify suitable investments and propose transactions for GK Development, our sole manager, to oversee and approve. These factors increase the risk that we may not generate the returns that you seek by investing in our Bonds.
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The inability to retain or obtain key personnel, property managers and leasing agents could delay or hinder implementation of our investment strategies, which could impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of Bonds and could reduce the value of your investment.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of GK Development's management team. We do not have employment agreements with any of these individuals nor do we currently have key man life insurance on any of these individuals. If any of them were to cease their affiliation with us or GK Development, GK Development may be unable to find suitable replacements, and our operating results could suffer. We believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon GK Development's property managers' and leasing agents' ability to hire and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing personnel. Competition for highly skilled personnel is intense, and GK Development and any property managers we retain may be unsuccessful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If we lose or are unable to obtain the services of highly skilled personnel, property managers or leasing agents, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and our ability to pay our Bond Service Obligations and repay principal may be materially and adversely affected.
We rely on JCC Advisors, LLC to sell our Bonds pursuant to this offering. If JCC Advisors, LLC is not able to market our Bonds effectively, we may be unable to raise sufficient proceeds to meet our business objectives.
We have engaged JCC Advisors, LLC to act as our Managing Broker-Dealer for this offering, and we rely on JCC Advisors, LLC to use its best efforts to sell the Bonds offered hereby. It would also be challenging and disruptive to locate an alternative Managing Broker-Dealer for this offering. Without improved capital raising, our portfolio will be smaller relative to our general and administrative costs and less diversified than it otherwise would be, which could adversely affect the value of your investment in us.
There are limited covenants to the Indenture.
The Indenture does not directly prevent our company from incurring unsecured indebtedness that is equal or subordinate in right of payment to the Bonds. For that reason, you should not consider the covenants in the Indenture as a significant factor in evaluating whether to invest in the Bonds.
An increase in the level of our outstanding indebtedness, or other events, could have an adverse impact on our business, properties, capital structure, financial condition, results of operations or prospects, which could adversely impact the Bonds. Any such event could also adversely affect our cost of borrowing, limit our access to the capital markets or result in more restrictive covenants in future debt arrangements.
Under certain circumstances, we may redeem the Bonds before maturity, and you may be unable to reinvest the proceeds at the same or a higher rate of return.
We may redeem all or a portion of the Bonds at any time. See "Description of Company's Securities - Optional Redemption" for more information. While we are required to pay certain prepayment premiums on or prior to September 30, 2021, if redemption occurs, you may be unable to reinvest the money you receive in the redemption at a rate that is equal to or higher than the rate of return on the Bonds.
Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure
Because we are dependent upon GK Development and its affiliates to conduct our operations, any adverse changes in the financial health of GK Development or its affiliates or our relationship with them could hinder our operating performance and our ability to meet our financial obligations.
We are dependent on GK Development and its affiliates to manage our operations and acquire and manage our portfolio of real estate assets. Our sole manager, GK Development makes all decisions with respect to the management of our company. GK Development depends upon the fees and other compensation that it receives from us in connection with the purchase, management and sale of our properties to conduct its operations. Any adverse changes in the financial condition of GK Development or our relationship with GK Development could hinder its ability to successfully manage our operations and our portfolio of investments.
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You will have no control over changes in our policies and day-to-day operations, which lack of control increases the uncertainty and risks you face as an investor in our Bonds. In addition, our sole manager and sponsor, GK Development, may change our major operational policies without your approval.
Our sole manager and sponsor, GK Development determines our major policies, including our policies regarding financing, growth, debt capitalization, and distributions. GK Development may amend or revise these and other policies without your approval. As a Bondholder, you will have no rights under the limited liability company agreement of our company, or our Operating Agreement. See "General Information as to Our Company - Operating Agreement" herein for a detailed summary of our Operating Agreement.
GK Development is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our company and the selection and management of investments and has broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, you should not purchase our Bonds unless you are willing to entrust all aspects of the day-to-day management and the selection and management of investments to GK Development. Specifically, GK Development is controlled by Mr. Garo Kholamian as sole stockholder and sole director, and as a result, he will be able to exert significant control over our operations. Our company has no board of managers and Mr. Kholamian has exclusive control over the operations of GK Development, Inc. and our company, as our manager. As a result, we are dependent on Mr. Kholamian rather than a group of managers to properly choose investments and manage our company. In addition, GK Development may retain independent contractors to provide various services for our company, and you should note that such contractors will have no fiduciary duty to you or the other Bondholders and may not perform as expected or desired.
Bondholders will have no right to remove our manager or otherwise change our management, even if we are underperforming and not attaining our investment objectives.
Only the members of our company have the right to remove our manager, and only if our manager has made a decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have it adjudicated insolvent, or to seek an order for relief as debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors; to seek the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our company, to make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium on our company's debt or to take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed actions. Bondholders will have no rights in the management of our company. As an investor in this offering, you will have no ability to remove our manager.
Our manager and its executive officers will have limited liability for, and will be indemnified and held harmless from, the losses of our company.
GK Development, our manager and its executive officers and their agents and assigns, will not be liable for, and will be indemnified and held harmless (to the extent of our company's assets) from any loss or damage incurred by them, our company or the members in connection with the business of our company resulting from any act or omission performed or omitted in good faith, which does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or breach of fiduciary duty. A successful claim for such indemnification could deplete our company's assets by the amount paid. See "General Information as to Our Company - Operating Agreement - Indemnification" below for a detailed summary of the terms of our Operating Agreement. Our Operating Agreement is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.
If we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are offering, the costs we incur to comply with the rules of the SEC regarding financial reporting and other fixed costs will be a larger percentage of our net income and may reduce the return on your investment.
We expect to incur significant costs in maintaining compliance with the financial reporting for a Tier II Regulation A issuer and that our management will spend a significant amount of time assessing the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We do not anticipate that these costs or the amount of time our management will be required to spend will be significantly less if we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are offering.
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Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
Our sole manager, its executive officers and their affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of properties, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could limit our investment opportunities, impair our ability to make distributions and reduce the value of your investment.
We rely on GK Development to identify suitable investment opportunities. We may be buying properties at the same time as other entities that are affiliated with or sponsored by GK Development. Other programs sponsored by GK Development or its affiliates also rely on GK Development, its executive officers and their affiliates for investment opportunities. GK Development has sponsored privately offered real estate programs and may in the future sponsor privately and publicly offered real estate programs that have investment objectives similar to ours. Therefore, GK Development and its affiliates could be subject to conflicts of interest between our company and other real estate programs. Many investment opportunities would be suitable for us as well as other programs. GK Development could direct attractive investment opportunities or tenants to other entities. Such events could result in our investing in properties that provide less attractive returns or getting less attractive tenants, impairing our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and the value of your investment. See "Selection, Retention and Custody of Company's Investments" and "Policies with Respect to Certain Transactions" for more information.
Payment of fees to GK Development and its affiliates will reduce cash available for investment and payment of our Bond Service Obligations.
GK Development and its affiliates perform services for us in connection with the selection and acquisition of our properties and other investments, and possibly the development, management and leasing of our properties. They are paid fees for these services, which reduces the amount of cash available for investment and for payment of our Bond Service Obligations. Although customary in the industry, the fees to be paid to GK Development and its affiliates were not determined on an arm's-length basis. We cannot assure you that a third party unaffiliated with GK Development would not be willing to provide such services to us at a lower price. If the maximum offering amount is raised, we estimate that 2.55 % of the gross proceeds of this offering will be paid to GK Development, its affiliates and third parties for upfront fees and expenses associated with the offer and sale of the Bonds. The expenses we actually incur in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds, excluding acquisition and origination fees and expenses, may exceed the amount we expect to incur. In addition to this, GK Development will receive a 2% acquisition fee based on the purchase price of assets acquired from non-affiliated, third party sellers, a 2% financing fee based on the amount of debt raised to acquire new assets or refinance existing assets, exclusive of any lender fees, and a 2% disposition fee based on the sales price of assets sold, exclusive of any brokerage fees. See "Selection, Retention and Custody of Company's Investments" and "Policies with Respect to Certain Transactions" for more information.
GK Development will receive certain fees regardless of the performance of our company or an investment in the Bonds.
GK Development will receive a promoter's fee equal to 1.88% of the gross offering proceeds, an acquisition fee equal to 2% of the purchase price of each acquired asset from non-affiliated, third party sellers, and a financing fee equal to 2% of the amount of debt raised to acquire new assets or refinance existing assets of our company. These fees will be paid regardless of our company's success and the performance of the Bonds.
GK Development, as our manager, may increase the fees payable to it and/or its affiliates with the consent of a majority of the Bonds.
GK Development will have the power to contractually bind our company as its manager. As a result, GK Development may agree to increase the fees payable to it and/or its affiliates with the consent of a majority of the Bonds. For this purpose, a Bondholder will be deemed to have consented with respect to its Bonds if the Bondholder has not objected in writing within five (5) calendar days after the receipt of the consent request. As a result, GK Development may increase fees paid to it or its affiliates without the affirmative consent of the Bondholders.
GK Development and its affiliates, including our officers, face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and other programs sponsored by affiliates of GK Development, which could result in actions that are not in the long term best interests of our Bondholders.
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GK Development and its affiliates receive fees from us. These fees could influence GK Development's advice to us, as well as the judgment of the affiliates of GK Development who serve as our officers. Among other matters, the compensation arrangements could affect their judgment with respect to property acquisitions from, or the making of investments in, other programs sponsored by GK Development, which might entitle affiliates of GK Development to disposition fees and other possible fees in connection with its services for the seller. See "Selection, Retention and Custody of Company's Investments" and "Policies with Respect to Certain Transactions" for more information.
Considerations relating to their compensation from other programs could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our Bondholders, which could hurt our ability to perform our obligations due under the Bonds or result in a decline in the value of your investment.
If the competing demands for the time of GK Development, its affiliates and our officers result in them spending insufficient time on our business, we may miss investment opportunities or have less efficient operations, which could reduce our profitability and impair our ability to honor our obligations under the Bonds.
We do not have any employees. We rely on the employees of GK Development and its affiliates for the day to day operation of our business. The amount of time that GK Development and its affiliates spend on our business will vary from time to time and is expected to be greater while we are raising money and acquiring properties. GK Development and its affiliates, including our officers, have interests in other programs and engage in other business activities. As a result, they will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other programs and activities in which they are involved. Because these persons have competing interests on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. During times of intense activity in other programs and ventures, they may devote less time and fewer resources to our business than are necessary or appropriate to manage our business. We expect that as our real estate activities expand, GK Development will attempt to hire additional employees who would devote substantially all of their time to our business. There is no assurance that GK Development will devote adequate time to our business. If GK Development suffers or is distracted by adverse financial or operational problems in connection with its operations unrelated to us, it may allocate less time and resources to our operations. If any of these things occur, our ability to honor obligations under the Bonds may be adversely affected.
Our subsidiaries have mezzanine debt held by an affiliate of our manager, and there is nothing restricting us from procuring future debt financing from affiliates of our manager.
In order to finance Lake Mead Crossing, we received financing in the form of mezzanine debt from an affiliate of our manager, GK Secured Income IV, LLC, with a current outstanding principal balance of approximately $9,978,500 and interest rate of 8% per annum. We may use offering proceeds to repay this debt. There is nothing restricting us from receiving future debt financing from affiliates of our manager to make future investments. We believe the terms of the current loan are, and any future loans from an affiliate of our manager will be, fair and at market rates for such loans. However, we cannot assure you that a third party unaffiliated with GK Development would not be willing to provide current loan financing on better terms.
Our subsidiaries have interim debt held by our manager, and there is nothing restricting us from procuring future debt financing from our manager.
In order to finance Lake Mead Crossing, we received financing in the form of interim debt from our manager with a current outstanding principal balance of approximately $1,628,000 and interest rate of 7% per annum. We may use offering proceeds to repay this debt. There is nothing restricting us from receiving future debt financing from our manager to make future investments. We believe the terms of the current loan are, and any future loans from our manager will be, fair and at market rates for such loans. However, we cannot assure you that a third party unaffiliated with GK Development would not be willing to provide current loan financing on better terms.
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Risks Related to Investments in Commercial Rental Real Estate
Our operating results may be affected by economic conditions that have an adverse impact on the commercial real estate market in general, and may cause us to be unable to realize appreciation in the value of our commercial real estate properties.
Our operating results are subject to risks generally associated with the ownership of commercial real estate, including, but not limited to changes in general economic conditions, changes in interest rates and the availability of mortgage funds that may make the sale a of commercial real estate difficult. Although we intend to hold our commercial real estate and related investments until such a time as our sole manager, GK Development, determines that a sale or other disposition appears to be advantageous to our overall investment objectives; we cannot predict the various market conditions affecting commercial real estate investments that will exist at any particular time in the future. Because of this uncertainty, we cannot assure you that we will realize any appreciation in the value of our commercial real estate properties.
Competition from other commercial rental properties for tenants could reduce our profitability and impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
The commercial rental property industry is highly competitive. This competition could reduce occupancy levels and revenues at our commercial rental properties, which would adversely affect our operations. We face competition from many sources. We face competition from other commercial rental properties both in the immediate vicinity and in the larger geographic market where our commercial rental properties will be located. Overbuilding of commercial rental properties may occur. If so, this will increase the number of units available and may decrease occupancy and rental rates. In addition, increases in operating costs due to inflation may not be offset by increased rental rates.
Increased construction of similar properties that compete with our commercial rental properties in any particular location could adversely affect the operating results of our commercial rental properties and our cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
We may acquire commercial rental properties in locations which experience increases in construction of properties that compete with our properties. This increased competition and construction could:
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We compete with numerous other parties or entities for commercial real estate assets and tenants and may not compete successfully.
We compete with numerous other persons or entities engaged in commercial real estate investment activities, many of which have greater resources than we do. Some of these investors may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. Our competitors may be willing to offer space at rates below our rates, causing us to lose existing or potential tenants.
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Many of our investments will be dependent on tenants for revenue, and lease terminations could reduce our revenues from rents, resulting in the decline in the value of your investment.
The underlying value of our commercial properties and the ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds depend upon the ability of the tenants of our commercial properties to generate enough income to pay their rents in a timely manner, and the success of our investments depends upon the occupancy levels, rental income and operating expenses of our commercial properties and our company. Tenants' inability to timely pay their rents may be impacted by employment and other constraints on their personal finances, including debts, purchases and other factors. These and other changes beyond our control may adversely affect our tenants' ability to make lease payments. In the event of a tenant default or bankruptcy, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur costs in protecting our investment and re-leasing the premises. We may be unable to re-lease the premises for the rent previously received. We may be unable to sell a commercial property with low occupancy without incurring a loss. These events and others could impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and may also cause the value of your investment to decline.
Our operating results and distributable cash flow depend on our ability to generate revenue from leasing our commercial properties to tenants on terms favorable to us.
Our operating results depend, in large part, on revenues derived from leasing space in our commercial properties. We are subject to the credit risk of our tenants, and to the extent our tenants default on their leases or fail to make rental payments we may suffer a decrease in our revenue. In addition, if a tenant does not pay its rent, we may not be able to enforce our rights as landlord without delays and we may incur substantial legal costs. We are also subject to the risk that we will not be able to lease space in our commercial properties or that, upon the expiration of leases for space located in our commercial properties, leases may not be renewed, the space may not be re-leased or the terms of renewal or re-leasing (including the cost of required renovations or concessions to customers) may be less favorable to us than current lease terms. If vacancies continue for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues which would impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds. In addition, the resale value of the commercial property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property will depend principally upon the value of the leases of such property. Further, costs associated with commercial real estate investment, such as real estate taxes and maintenance costs, generally are not reduced when circumstances cause a reduction in income from the investment. These events would cause a significant decrease in revenues and could impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Costs incurred in complying with governmental laws and regulations may reduce our net income and the cash available for distributions.
Our company and the commercial properties we own and expect to own are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety. Federal laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the Hazard Communication Act and their resolutions and corresponding state and local counterparts govern such matters as 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. The commercial properties we acquire will be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 which generally requires that certain types of buildings and services be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. These laws may require us to make modifications to our properties. Some of these laws and regulations impose joint and several liability on tenants, owners or operators for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties, regardless of fault or whether the acts causing the contamination were illegal. Compliance with these laws and any new or more stringent laws or regulations may require us to incur material expenditures. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose material environmental liability. In addition, there are various federal, state and local fire, health, life-safety and similar regulations with which we may be required to comply, and which may subject us to liability in the form of fines or damages for noncompliance.
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Our commercial properties may be affected by our tenants' activities or actions, the existing condition of land when we buy it, operations in the vicinity of our commercial properties, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of unrelated third parties. The presence of hazardous substances, or the failure to properly remediate these substances, may make it difficult or impossible to sell or rent such property. Any material expenditures, fines, or damages we must pay will impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and may reduce the value of your investment.
Any uninsured losses or high insurance premiums will reduce our net income and the amount of our cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our company will attempt to obtain adequate insurance to cover significant areas of risk to us, as a company, and to our commercial properties. However, there are types of losses at the property level, generally catastrophic in nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, which are uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. We may not have adequate coverage for such losses. If any of our commercial properties incur a casualty loss that is not fully insured, the value of our assets will be reduced by any such uninsured loss. In addition, other than any working capital reserve or other reserves we may establish, we have no source of funding to repair or reconstruct any uninsured damaged property. Also, to the extent we must pay unexpectedly large amounts for insurance, we could suffer reduced earnings that would impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
As part of otherwise attractive properties, we may acquire some properties with existing lock out provisions, which may inhibit us from selling a commercial property, or may require us to maintain specified debt levels for a period of years on some properties.
Loan provisions could materially restrict us from selling or otherwise disposing of or refinancing commercial properties. These provisions would affect our ability to turn our investments into cash and thus affect cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds, including if the trustee exercised its remedy to force the sale of the commercial properties we acquire. Loan provisions may prohibit us from reducing the outstanding indebtedness with respect to commercial properties, refinancing such indebtedness on a non-recourse basis at maturity, or increasing the amount of indebtedness with respect to such properties.
Loan provisions could impair our ability to take actions that would otherwise be in the best interests of the Bondholders and, therefore, may have an adverse impact on the value of your investment, relative to the value that would result if the loan provisions did not exist. In particular, loan provisions could preclude us from participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even though that disposition or change in control might be in the best interests of our Bondholders.
If we elect to improve any vacant portions of, or redevelop, our acquired properties, such actions will expose us to additional risks beyond those associated with owning and operating commercial rental properties and could materially and adversely affect us.
We may redevelop one or more of our acquired properties or improve vacant portions of our acquired properties, including the vacant pad sites at Lake Mead Crossing. If we elect to do so, we will be subject to additional risks and our business may be adversely affect by:
· | abandonment of redevelopment or improvement opportunities after expending significant cash and other resources to determine feasibility, requiring us to expense costs incurred in connection with the abandoned project; |
· | construction costs of a project exceeding our original estimates; |
· | failure to complete a project on schedule or in conformity with building plans and specifications; |
· | the lack of available construction financing on favorable terms or at all; |
· | the lack of available permanent financing upon completion of a project initially financed through construction loans on favorable terms or at all; |
· | failure to obtain, or delays in obtaining, necessary zoning, land use, building, occupancy and other required governmental permits and authorizations; |
· | liability for injuries and accidents occurring during the construction process and for environmental liabilities, including those that may result from off-site disposal of construction materials; |
· | our inability to comply with any build-to-suit tenant's procurement standards and processes in place from time to time; and |
· | circumstances beyond our control, including: work stoppages, labor disputes, shortages of qualified trades people, such as carpenters, roofers, electricians and plumbers, changes in laws relating to union organizing activity, lack of adequate utility infrastructure and services, our reliance on local subcontractors, who may not be adequately capitalized or insured, and shortages, delay in availability, or fluctuations in prices of, building materials. |
Any of these circumstances could give rise to delays in the start or completion of, or could increase the cost of, redeveloping or improving one or more of our acquired properties. We cannot assure you that we will be able to recover any increased costs by raising our lease rates. Additionally, due to the amount of time required for planning, constructing and leasing of redevelopment projects, we may not realize a significant cash return for several years. Furthermore, any of these circumstances could hinder our growth and materially and adversely affect us. In addition, new redevelopment or improvement activities, regardless of whether or not they are ultimately successful, typically require substantial time and attention from management.
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General Risks Related to Real Estate-Related Investments
If we make or invest in mortgage loans as part of our plan to acquire the underlying property, our mortgage loans may be affected by unfavorable real estate market conditions, including interest rate fluctuations, which could decrease the value of those loans and the return on your investment.
If we make or invest in mortgage loans, we will be at risk of defaults by the borrowers on those mortgage loans as well as interest rate risks. To the extent we incur delays in liquidating such defaulted mortgage loans; we may not be able to obtain sufficient proceeds to repay all amounts due to us under the mortgage loan. Further, we will not know whether the values of the properties securing the mortgage loans will remain at the levels existing on the dates of origination of those mortgage loans. If the values of the underlying properties fall, our risk will increase because of the lower value of the security associated with such loans.
Investments in real estate-related securities will be subject to specific risks relating to the particular issuer of the securities and may be subject to the general risks of investing in subordinated real estate securities, which may result in losses to us.
We may invest in real estate related securities of both publicly traded and private real estate companies. 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 related investments discussed in this Offering Circular, including risks relating to rising interest rates.
Real estate-related securities are often unsecured and also may be subordinated to other obligations of the issuer. As a result, investments in real estate-related securities are subject to risks of: (1) limited liquidity in the secondary trading market in the case of unlisted or thinly traded securities; (2) subordination to the prior claims of banks and other senior lenders to the issuer; (3) the operation of mandatory sinking fund or call/redemption provisions during periods of declining interest rates that could cause the issuer to reinvest redemption proceeds in lower yielding assets; (4) the possibility that earnings of the issuer may be insufficient to meet its debt service and distribution obligations and (5) the declining creditworthiness and potential for insolvency of the issuer during periods of rising interest rates and economic slowdown or downturn. These risks may adversely affect the value of outstanding real estate-related securities and the ability of the issuers thereof to repay principal and interest or make distribution payments.
Investments in real estate-related securities may be illiquid, and we may not be able to adjust our portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions.
If we invest in certain real estate-related securities that we may purchase in connection with privately negotiated transactions, they will not be registered under the relevant securities laws, resulting in a prohibition against their transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition except in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of, or is otherwise in accordance with, those laws. As a result, our ability to vary our long term stabilized portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions may be relatively limited. The subordinated and bridge loans we may purchase will be particularly illiquid investments due to their short life. Moreover, in the event of a borrower's default on an illiquid real estate security, the unsuitability for securitization and potential lack of recovery of our investment could pose serious risks of loss to our investment portfolio.
Delays in restructuring or liquidating non-performing real estate-related securities could reduce our ability to honor our obligations under the Bonds.
If we invest in real estate-related securities, they may become non-performing after acquisition for a wide variety of reasons. Such non-performing real estate investments may require a substantial amount of workout negotiations and/or restructuring, which may entail, among other things, a substantial reduction in the interest rate and a substantial write down of such loan or asset. However, even if a restructuring is successfully accomplished, upon maturity of such real estate security, replacement "takeout" financing may not be available. We may find it necessary or desirable to foreclose on some of the collateral securing one or more of our investments. Intercreditor provisions may substantially interfere with our ability to do so. Even if foreclosure is an option, the foreclosure process can be lengthy and expensive. Borrowers often resist foreclosure actions by asserting numerous claims, counterclaims and defenses, including, without limitation, lender liability claims and defenses, in an effort to prolong the foreclosure action. In some states, foreclosure actions can take up to several years or more to litigate. At any time during the foreclosure proceedings, the borrower may file for bankruptcy, which would have the effect of staying the foreclosure action and further delaying the foreclosure process. Foreclosure litigation tends to create a negative public image of the collateral property and may result in disrupting ongoing leasing and management of the property. Foreclosure actions by senior lenders may substantially affect the amount that we may receive from an investment.
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Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; if we are subject to registration under the Investment Company Act, we will not be able to continue our business.
Neither we, nor any of our subsidiaries intend to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. We expect that our subsidiaries' investments in real estate will represent the substantial majority of our total asset mix, which would not subject us to the Investment Company Act. In order to maintain an exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act, we intend to engage, through our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, primarily in the business of buying real estate, and these investments must be made within a year after this offering ends. If we are unable to invest a significant portion of the proceeds of this offering in properties within one year of the termination of this offering, we may avoid being required to register as an investment company by temporarily investing any unused proceeds in government securities with low returns, which would reduce the cash available for fulfilling our obligations under the Bonds.
We expect that most of our assets will be held through wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of our company. We expect that most of these subsidiaries will be outside the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act as they are generally expected to hold at least 60% of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own real property. Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that 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 40% of the value of the issuer's total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the 40% test. Excluded from the term "investment securities," among other things, are U.S. government securities and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. We believe that we, and our subsidiaries, will not fall within either definition of investment company as we intend to invest primarily in real property, through our wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, the majority of which we expect to have at least 60% of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own real property. As these subsidiaries would be investing either solely or primarily in real property, they would be outside of the definition of "investment company" under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act. We are organized as a holding company that conducts its businesses primarily through its subsidiaries. Both we and our operating partnership intend to conduct our operations so that they comply with the 40% test. We will monitor our holdings to ensure continuing and ongoing compliance with this test. In addition, we believe that neither we nor our subsidiaries will be considered an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act because neither we nor the operating partnership will engage primarily or hold itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, through wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, we will be primarily engaged in the non-investment company businesses of these subsidiaries.
In the event that the value of investment securities held by the subsidiaries of our company were to exceed 40%, we expect our subsidiaries to 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. Section 3(c)(5)(C), as interpreted by the staff of the SEC, requires each of our subsidiaries relying on this exception to invest at least 55% of its portfolio in "mortgage and other liens on and interests in real estate," which we refer to as "qualifying real estate assets" and maintain at least 80% of its assets in qualifying real estate assets or other real estate-related assets. The remaining 20% of the portfolio can consist of miscellaneous assets. What we buy and sell is therefore limited to these criteria. How we determine to classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large measure upon no action letters issued by the SEC staff in the past and other SEC interpretive guidance. These no action positions were issued in accordance with factual situations that may be substantially different from the factual situations we may face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. Pursuant to this guidance, and depending on the characteristics of the specific investments, certain mortgage loans, participations in mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, mezzanine loans, joint venture investments and the equity securities of other entities may not constitute qualifying real estate assets and therefore investments in these types of assets may be limited. No assurance can be given that the SEC will concur with our classification of our assets. Future revisions to the Investment Company Act or further guidance from the SEC may cause us to lose our exclusion from registration or force us to re-evaluate our portfolio and our investment strategy. Such changes may prevent us from operating our business successfully.
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In the event that we, or our subsidiaries, were to acquire assets that could make either our company or the respective subsidiary fall within the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, we believe that we would still qualify for an exclusion from registration pursuant to Section 3(c)(6). Section 3(c)(6) excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of certain specified businesses. These specified businesses include the business described in Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. It also excludes from the definition of investment company any company primarily engaged, directly or through majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of such specified businesses from which at least 25% of such company's gross income during its last fiscal year is derived, together with any additional business or businesses other than investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. Although the SEC staff has issued little interpretive guidance with respect to Section 3(c)(6), we believe that we and subsidiaries may rely on Section 3(c)(6) if 55% of the assets of our operating partnership consist of, and at least 55% of the income of our subsidiaries is derived from, qualifying real estate assets owned by wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of our operating partnership.
To ensure that neither we, nor our subsidiaries, are required to register as an investment company, each entity may be unable to sell assets they would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets they would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we or our subsidiaries may be required to acquire additional income or loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise acquire or forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire. Although we and our subsidiaries intend to monitor our portfolio periodically and prior to each acquisition or disposition, any of these entities may not be able to maintain an exclusion from registration as an investment company. If we or our subsidiaries are required to register as an investment company but fail to do so, the unregistered entity would be prohibited from engaging in our business, and criminal and civil actions could be brought against such entity. In addition, the contracts of such entity would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of the entity and liquidate its business.
Risks Associated with Debt Financing
We use debt financing to acquire properties and otherwise incur other indebtedness, which increases our expenses and could subject us to the risk of losing properties in foreclosure if our cash flow is insufficient to make loan payments.
We are permitted to acquire real properties and other real estate-related investments including entity acquisitions by assuming either existing financing secured by the asset or by borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur or increase our mortgage debt by obtaining loans secured by some or all of our assets to obtain funds to acquire additional investments or to pay our Bond Service Obligations under our Bonds. If we mortgage a property and have insufficient cash flow to service the debt, we risk an event of default which may result in our lenders foreclosing on the properties securing the mortgage.
High levels of debt or increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our loan payments, which could reduce our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our policies do not limit us from incurring debt. High debt levels could cause us to incur higher interest charges, result in higher debt service payments, and may be accompanied by restrictive covenants. Interest we pay reduces cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds. Additionally, with respect to any variable rate debt, increases in interest rates may increase our interest costs, which would reduce our cash flow and our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds. In addition, if we need to repay debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our investments in properties at times which may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments and could result in a loss. In addition, if we are unable to service our debt payments, our lenders may foreclose on our interests in the real property that secures the loans we have entered.
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High mortgage rates may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our cash flow from operations and restrict our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our ability to acquire properties or to make capital improvements to or remodel properties will depend on our ability to obtain debt or equity financing from third parties or the sellers of properties. If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, we may not be able to finance the purchase of properties. If we place mortgage debt on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance the properties when the debt becomes due or of being unable to refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when we refinance the properties, our income could be reduced. We may be unable to refinance properties. If any of these events occur, our cash flow would be reduced. This, in turn, would reduce cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and may hinder our ability to raise additional funds from capital contributions, additional bonds or borrowing more money.
We use mezzanine financing to acquire properties, which increases our expenses and could reduce our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our policies do not limit us from incurring mezzanine debt. Mezzanine debt generally carries higher interest rates and could result in higher debt service payments, and may be accompanied by restrictive covenants. Interest we pay reduces cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds. In addition, if we are unable to service our mezzanine debt payments, our mezzanine lenders may foreclose on our ownership interests securing such mezzanine loans. Some of our mezzanine financing may come from affiliates. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Mezzanine Debt."
Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
When providing financing, a lender may impose restrictions on us that affect our operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan documents we enter into may contain covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage the property, discontinue insurance coverage, or replace our manager. These or other limitations may limit our flexibility and prevent us from achieving our operating goals. Prepayment penalties or defeasance requirements required by lenders may make it economically infeasible for our trustee to exercise the forced sale remedy regarding our acquired properties.
Our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms would be impacted by negative capital market conditions.
Recently, domestic and international financial markets have experienced unusual volatility and uncertainty. Although this condition occurred initially within the "subprime" single family mortgage lending sector of the credit market, liquidity has tightened in overall financial markets, including the investment grade debt and equity capital markets. Consequently, there is greater uncertainty regarding our ability to access the credit market in order to attract financing on reasonable terms. Investment returns on our assets and our ability to make acquisitions could be adversely affected by our inability to secure financing on reasonable terms, if at all.
Interest-only indebtedness may increase our risk of default and ultimately may reduce our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
We may finance our property acquisitions using interest-only mortgage indebtedness. During the interest-only period, the amount of each scheduled payment will be less than that of a traditional amortizing mortgage loan. The principal balance of the mortgage loan will not be reduced (except in the case of prepayments) because there are no scheduled monthly payments of principal during this period. After the interest only period, we will be required either to make scheduled payments of amortized principal and interest or to make a lump sum or "balloon" payment at maturity. These required principal or balloon payments will increase the amount of our scheduled payments and may increase our risk of default under the related mortgage loan. If the mortgage loan has an adjustable interest rate, the amount of our scheduled payments also may increase at a time of rising interest rates. Increased payments and substantial principal or balloon maturity payments will reduce the funds available to honor our obligations under the Bonds because cash otherwise available for payment will be required to pay principal and interest associated with these mortgage loans.
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To hedge against interest rate fluctuations, we may use derivative financial instruments that may be costly and ineffective, may reduce the overall financial benefit of your investment, and may expose us to the credit risk of counterparties.
We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to interest rate fluctuations on loans secured by our assets and investments in collateralized mortgage-backed securities. Derivative instruments may include interest rate swap contracts, interest rate cap or floor contracts, futures or forward contracts, options or repurchase agreements. Our actual hedging decisions will be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the hedge and may differ from time to time.
To the extent that we use derivative financial instruments to hedge against interest rate fluctuations, we will be exposed to financing, basis risk and legal enforceability risks. In this context, credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. If the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes us, which creates credit risk for us. We intend to manage credit risk by dealing only with major financial institutions that have high credit ratings. Basis risk occurs when the index upon which the contract is based is more or less variable than the index upon which the hedged asset or liability is based, thereby making the hedge less effective. We intend to manage basis risk by matching, to a reasonable extent, the contract index to the index upon which the hedged asset or liability is based. Finally, legal enforceability risks encompass general contractual risks, including the risk that the counterparty will breach the terms of, or fail to perform its obligations under, the derivative contract. We intend to manage legal enforceability risks by ensuring, to the best of our ability, that we contract with reputable counterparties and that each counterparty complies with the terms and conditions of the derivative contract. If we are unable to manage these risks effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting the underwriting compensation and offering costs and expenses payable by us, will be approximately $44,650,000, assuming that the maximum amount of Bonds are purchased and issued. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay down existing indebtedness and acquire properties in our target asset classes. The remaining proceeds will be used to pay fees and expenses of this offering, and fees and expenses related to selection and acquisition of investments. If we do not sell the maximum number of Bonds, our net proceeds from the offering will be reduced; however, we will still use net proceeds from the offering to pay down existing indebtedness and acquire properties in our target asset class. A summary of the anticipated use of the proceeds is below: $
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| $ | 50,000,000 |
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Selling commissions and Managing Broker-Dealer Fee (1) |
| $ | 4,000,000 |
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Due Diligence Expense Reimbursements (2) |
| $ | 60,000 |
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| 0.12 | % |
Organization and offering expenses (3) |
| $ | 275,000 |
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| 0.55 | % |
Less Promotional Fee (4) |
| $ | 940,00 |
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| 1.88 | % |
Less Blue-Sky Filing Fees |
| $ | 75,000 |
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| 0.15 | % |
Amount available for investment (5) |
| $ | 44,650,000 |
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| 89.30 | % |
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| (1) | Includes selling commissions equal to 5% of aggregate gross offering proceeds and a Managing Broker-Dealer Fee of up to 3 % of aggregate gross offering proceeds, both of which are payable to the Managing Broker-Dealer. Our Managing Broker-Dealer, in its sole discretion, intends to reallow selling commissions of up to 5% of aggregate gross offering proceeds to unaffiliated broker-dealers participating in this offering attributable to the amount of Bonds sold by them. Our Managing-Broker Dealer shall be entitled to retain, out of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, an amount equal to 0.57% of the gross proceeds of the offering. JCC may re-allow and pay to wholesalers and other participants in the offering up to the entirety of the remaining 2.43% portion of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee. Any amount of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee in excess of the 0.57% JCC is entitled to retain that is not re-allowed shall be returned to the Issuer. See "Plan of Distribution" in this Offering Circular for a description of such provisions. |
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(2) | We have agreed to pay up to $60,000 in due diligence expense reimbursements to our Managing Broker-Dealer, which it may reallow to participating broker dealers. |
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| (3) | Organization and offering expenses include all expenses (other than those listed in the chart) to be paid by us in connection with the offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charge of our escrow holder, and amounts to reimburse our manager for its portion of the salaries of the employees of its affiliates who provide services to our manager and other costs in connection with administrative oversight of the offering and marketing process and preparing supplemental sales materials, holding educational conferences and attending retail seminars conducted by broker-dealers. As of the date of this Offering Circular, organization and offering expenses total $265,604. Start-up and organization costs will be expensed as incurred and syndication costs will be reflected as a reduction of member's equity and will be allocated to the member's capital accounts upon the sale or liquidation of our company. Our manager will not be reimbursed for the direct payment of such organization and offering expenses that exceed 0.55% of the aggregate gross proceeds of this offering over the life of the offering. We will not reimburse our manager for any portion of the salaries and benefits to be paid to its executive officers named in "Directors and Executive Officers." |
| (4) | We will pay our manager, a 1.88% promotional fee for its services in organizing and structuring this offering. |
| (5) | Until required in connection with the acquisition of properties, substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering and, thereafter, any working capital reserves we may have, may be invested in short-term, highly-liquid investments, including government obligations, bank certificates of deposit, short-term debt obligations and interest-bearing accounts. Funds available for investment may be used to acquire or invest in new properties, pay down existing indebtedness (including debt held by affiliates) or for certain development related costs consistent with our business plan. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Mezzanine Debt" and "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Interim Debt" for more details regarding current indebtedness that may be paid down using offering proceeds. |
| If we sell substantially less than the maximum offering amount and are unable to acquire properties with the proceeds from this offering and conventional mortgage debt, then we may use all of the proceeds from this offering to pay down and manage our existing debt and future debt used to acquire properties. | |
| With the proceeds of this offering we may pay down our existing mezzanine debt associated with the acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing. Lake Mead Parent, LLC, the owner of Lake Mead Partners, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC received mezzanine debt to purchase Lake Mead Crossing from an affiliate of our manager, GK Secured Income IV, LLC, or GKSI IV. Lake Mead Parent and Lake Mead Development are wholly-owned subsidiaries of our company. Under the promissory note, Lake Mead Parent, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC can borrow up to $10,500,000 at 8% interest. The mezzanine loan requires monthly interest payments only. The loan matures on November 12, 2018. Currently, the mezzanine loan has an outstanding principal of approximately $9,978,500. GKSI IV was funded by independent, third party investors. Pursuant to the terms of their investments and the promissory note for the mezzanine loan, if the mezzanine loan is prepaid, which results in GKSI IV being obligated to pay a yield maintenance fee to the members of GKSI IV, Lake Mead Partners, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC will be obligated to pay to GKSI IV an amount equal to such yield maintenance fee. If the yield maintenance fee becomes payable (a) during the first year that a member holds a unit in GKSI IV, the yield maintenance fee will be an amount equal to 12% per annum on the repayment amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; (b) during the second year that a member holds a unit, the yield maintenance fee will be an amount equal to 13% per annum on the repayment amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; or (c) during the third year that the member holds a unit, the yield maintenance fee will be an amount equal to 14% per annum on the repayment amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date. In the event that the loan is prepaid within the first twelve months, Lake Mead Partners, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC would be obligated to pay a prepayment penalty of approximately $2,200,000, in the aggregate. This amount has been measured as of December 31, 2015 using the 12% per annum rate. | |
| With the proceeds of this offering, we may pay down our existing interim debt associated with the acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing. Lake Mead Partners, LLC received an interim loan from our manager in the amount of $2,608,100 in connection with our acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing. The interim loan carries interest of 7% until the loan is called by our manager. After the loan is called, the interest rate will increase to 8%. Our manager may call the loan at any time and in its sole discretion. Currently, this interim loan has an outstanding principal of approximately $1,628,000. |
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Who May Invest
As a Tier II, Regulation A offering, investors must comply with the 10% limitation to investment in the offering, as prescribed in Rule 251. The only investor in this offering exempt from this limitation is an accredited investor, an "Accredited Investor," as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D. If you meet one of the following tests you qualify as an Accredited Investor:
You are a natural person who has had individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with your spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of these years, and have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; You are a natural person and your individual net worth, or joint net worth with your spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 at the time you purchase the Bonds (please see below on how to calculate your net worth); You are an executive officer or general partner of the issuer or a manager or executive officer of the general partner of the issuer; You are an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Bonds, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; You are a bank or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in the Securities Act, a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Exchange Act, an insurance company as defined by the Securities 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 that act, any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 or a private business development company as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; You are an entity (including an Individual Retirement Account trust) in which each equity owner is an accredited investor; You are a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, your purchase of the Bonds is directed by a person who either alone or with his purchaser representative(s) (as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, and you were not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Bonds; or You are a 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 assets in excess of $5,000,000.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii)
Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural investors are subject to the investment limitation and may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser's revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser's most recent fiscal year end). A non-accredited, natural person may only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser's annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth).
NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, Net Worth is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by your primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of your primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the donor or grantor is the fiduciary and fiduciary directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Bonds.
Determination of Suitability
The Selling Group Members and registered investment advisors recommending the purchase of Bonds in this offering have the responsibility to make every reasonable effort to determine that your purchase of Bonds in this offering is a suitable and appropriate investment for you based on information provided by you regarding your financial situation and investment objectives. In making this determination, these persons have the responsibility to ascertain that you:
| · | meet the minimum income and net worth standards set forth under “Plan of Distribution – Who May Invest” above; |
| · | can reasonably benefit from an investment in our Bonds based on your overall investment objectives and portfolio structure; |
| · | are able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on your overall financial situation; |
| · | are in a financial position appropriate to enable you to realize to a significant extent the benefits described in this offering circular of an investment in our Bonds; and |
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| · | have apparent understanding of: |
| · | the fundamental risks of the investment; |
| · | the risk that you may lose your entire investment; |
| · | the lack of liquidity of our Bonds; |
| · | the restrictions on transferability of our Bonds; and |
| · | the tax consequences of your investment. |
Relevant information for this purpose will include at least your age, investment objectives, investment experience, income, net worth, financial situation, and other investments as well as any other pertinent factors. The Selling Group Members and registered investment advisors recommending the purchase of Bonds in this offering must maintain, for a six-year period, records of the information used to determine that an investment in Bonds is suitable and appropriate for you.
The Offering
We are offering a maximum of $50,000,000 of Bonds to the public through our Managing Broker-Dealer at a price of $1,000.00 per Bond.
Our manager has arbitrarily determined the selling price of the Bonds and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset values, or to any other established criteria for valuing issued or outstanding Bonds.
The Bonds are being offered on a "best efforts" basis, which means generally that the Managing Broker-Dealer is required to use only its best efforts to sell the Bonds and it has no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of the Bonds. The offering will continue until the Offering Termination, subject to extension in the sole discretion of GK Development for an additional six (6) months. Following qualification of the Offering Statement, our company will conduct closings in this offering at its discretion, the Closing Dates and each, a Closing Date, until the Offering Termination. On the Closing Dates, offering proceeds for that closing will be disbursed to our company and the respective Bonds will be issued to investors in the offering, or the Bondholders. The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through JCC, our Managing Broker-Dealer.
Managing Broker-Dealer and Compensation We Will Pay for the Sale of Our Bonds
Our Managing Broker-Dealer will receive selling commissions of 5% of the gross offering proceeds. Our Managing Broker-Dealer also will receive a Managing Broker-Dealer Fee of up to 3% of the aggregate gross offering proceeds as compensation for acting as the Managing Broker-Dealer. Our Managing Broker-Dealer shall be entitled to retain, out of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, an amount equal to 0.57% of the gross proceeds of the offering. In addition, our Managing Broker-Dealer may reallow all or a portion of selling commissions to Selling Group Members. Additionally, we have agreed to pay up to $60,000, in due diligence expense reimbursements to our Managing Broker-Dealer,
which it may reallow to participating broker-dealers. Total underwriting compensation to be received by or paid to participating FINRA member broker-dealers, including commissions, Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, and reimbursed due diligence expenses of broker-dealers will not exceed 8.12% of proceeds raised with the assistance of those participating FINRA member broker-dealers.
Set forth below is a table indicating the estimated compensation and expenses that will be paid in connection with the offering to our Managing Broker-Dealer.
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Offering: |
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Price to public |
| $ | 1,000.00 |
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| $ | 50,000,000 |
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Less selling commissions |
| $ | 50.00 |
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| $ | 2,500,000 |
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Less Managing Broker-Dealer Fee |
| $ | 30.00 |
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| $ | 1,500,000 |
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| Less Due Diligence Expense Reimbursements | $ | 1.20 | $ | 60,000 | ||||
Remaining Proceeds |
| $ | 918.80 |
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| $ | 45,940,000 |
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We have agreed to indemnify our Managing Broker-Dealer, the Selling Group Members and selected registered investment advisors, against certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act. However, the SEC takes the position that indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against public policy and is unenforceable.
Included within the compensation described above and not in addition to, our manager may pay certain costs associated with the sale and distribution of our Bonds, including salaries of wholesalers. We will not reimburse our manager for such payments. Nonetheless, such payments will be deemed to be "underwriting compensation" by FINRA. In accordance with the rules of FINRA, the table above sets forth the nature and estimated amount of all items that will be viewed as "underwriting compensation" by FINRA that are anticipated to be paid by us and our sponsor in connection with the offering. The amounts shown assume we sell all of the Bonds offered hereby and that all Bonds are sold in our offering through Selling Group Members, which is the distribution channel with the highest possible selling commissions and a Managing Broker-Dealer Fee.
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It is illegal for us to pay or award any commissions or other compensation to any person engaged by you for investment advice as an inducement to such advisor to advise you to purchase any of our Bonds; however, nothing herein will prohibit a registered broker-dealer or other properly licensed person from earning a sales commission in connection with a sale of the Bonds.
Discounts for Bonds Purchased by Certain Persons
We may pay reduced or no selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees in connection with the sale of Bonds in this offering to:
· | registered principals or representatives of our dealer-manager or a participating broker (and immediate family members of any of the foregoing persons); | |
· | our employees, officers and directors or those of our manager, or the affiliates of any of the foregoing entities (and the immediate family members of any of the foregoing persons), any benefit plan established exclusively for the benefit of such persons or entities, and, if approved by our board of directors, joint venture partners, consultants and other service providers; | |
· | clients of an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or under applicable state securities laws (other than any registered investment advisor that is also registered as a broker-dealer, with the exception of clients who have "wrap" accounts which have asset based fees with such dually registered investment advisor/broker-dealer); or | |
· | persons investing in a bank trust account with respect to which the authority for investment decisions made has been delegated to the bank trust department. |
For purposes of the foregoing, "immediate family members" means such person's spouse, parents, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren and any such person who is so related by marriage such that this includes "step-" and "-in-law" relations as well as such persons so related by adoption. In addition, participating brokers contractually obligated to their clients for the payment of fees on terms inconsistent with the terms of acceptance of all or a portion of the selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees may elect not to accept all or a portion of such compensation. In that event, such Bonds will be sold to the investor at a per Bond purchase price, net of all or a portion of selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees. All sales must be made through a registered broker-dealer participating in this offering, and investment advisors must arrange for the placement of sales accordingly. The net proceeds to us will not be affected by reducing or eliminating selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees payable in connection with sales to or through the persons described above. Purchasers purchasing net of some or all of the selling commissions and Managing Broker-Dealer Fees will receive Bonds in principal amount of $1,000 per Bond purchased.
Either through this offering or subsequently on any secondary market, affiliates of our company may buy bonds if and when they choose. There are no restrictions to these purchases. Affiliates that become Bondholders will have rights on parity with all other Bondholders.
How to Invest
Subscription Agreement
All investors will be required to complete and execute a subscription agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part. The subscription agreement is available from your registered representative or financial adviser and should be delivered to GK Investment Holdings, LLC, c/o Great Lakes Fund Solutions at 500 Park Avenue, Suite 114, Lake Villa, Illinois 60046, together with payment in full by check or wire of your subscription purchase price in accordance with the instructions in the subscription agreement. We anticipate that we will hold closings for purchases of the Bonds on a semi-monthly or monthly basis.
Proceeds will be held with the escrow agent in an escrow account subject to compliance with Exchange Act Rule 15c2-4 until closing occurs. Our Managing Broker-Dealer and/or the Selling Group Members will submit a subscriber's form(s) of payment in compliance with Exchange Act Rule 15c2-4, generally by noon of the next business day following receipt of the subscriber's subscription agreement and form(s) of payment.
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You will be required to represent and warrant in your subscription agreement that you are an accredited investor as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D or that your investment in the Bonds does not exceed 10% of your net worth or annual income, whichever is greater, if you are a natural person, or 10% of your revenues or net assets, whichever is greater, calculated as of your most recent fiscal year if you are a non-natural person. By completing and executing your subscription agreement you will also acknowledge and represent that you have received a copy of this Offering Circular, you are purchasing the Bonds for your own account and that your rights and responsibilities regarding your Bonds will be governed by the indenture and the form of global bond certificate each filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
All Bonds will be issued to investors in book-entry only format and will be represented by global bond certificates, or certificates, deposited with a nominee holder. We anticipate that such nominee holders will be: (i) the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee Cede & Co. for purchasers purchasing through DTC participants; and (ii) Direct Transfer LLC, or Direct Transfer, for purchasers purchasing prior to the Bonds gaining DTC eligibility or not through a DTC Participant.
We intend to gain eligibility for the Bonds to be issued and held through the book-entry systems and procedures of DTC and intend for all Bonds purchased through DTC participants to be held via DTC's book-entry systems and to be represented by certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's nominee). For investors purchasing Bonds prior to their DTC eligibility, or not purchasing through a DTC participant, the certificates representing their Bonds will be registered in the name of, and held by Direct Transfer. We may, in our sole discretion, alter the nominee for Bonds sold prior to DTC eligibility or without a DTC participant.
So long as nominees as described above are the registered owners of the certificates representing the Bonds, such nominees will be considered the sole owners and holders of the Bonds for all purposes of the Bonds and the Indenture. Owners of beneficial interests in the Bonds will not be entitled to have the certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Bonds in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders under the Indenture, including for purposes of receiving any reports delivered by us or the trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Bond registered to DTC or its nominee must rely on either the procedures of DTC or its nominee on the one hand, and, if such entity is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, in order to exercise any rights of a Bondholder. Purchasers owning a beneficial interest in a Bond registered to Direct Transfer, or another nominee holder as selected by our company, will rely on the procedures of Direct Transfer or such nominee holder in order exercise its rights a Bondholder.
As a result:
· | you will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing your interest in the Bonds; | |
· | all references in this Offering Circular to actions by Bondholders will refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its direct participants, or by Direct Transfer by Bondholders holding beneficial interests in the Bonds registered in its name; and | |
· | all references in this Offering Circular to payments and notices to Bondholders will refer either to (i) payments and notices to DTC or Cede & Co. for distribution to you in accordance with DTC procedures, or (ii) payments and notices to Direct Transfer or such other nominee holder for distribution to you in accordance with their applicable procedures. |
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The Depository Trust Company
We have obtained the information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry systems and procedures from sources that we believe to be reliable. The description of the clearing system in this section reflects our understanding of the rules and procedures of DTC as they are currently in effect. DTC could change its rules and procedures at any time.
DTC will act as securities depositary for the Bonds registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. DTC is:
· | a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law; | |
· | a "banking organization" under the New York Banking Law; | |
· | a member of the Federal Reserve System; | |
· | a "clearing corporation" under the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and | |
· | a "clearing agency" registered under the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. |
DTC holds securities that its direct participants deposit with DTC. DTC facilitates the settlement among direct participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in direct participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.
Direct participants of DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants. Indirect participants of DTC, such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies, can also access the DTC system if they maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant.
Purchases of Bonds under DTC's system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for the Bonds on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each beneficial owner is in turn to be recorded on the records of direct participants and indirect participants. Beneficial owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase, but beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct participants or indirect participants through which such beneficial owners entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the Bonds.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Direct Transfer LLC
All Bonds purchased by investors prior to DTC eligibility or not through a DTC participant will be registered in the name of Direct Transfer. Direct Transfer is a Delaware corporation. Direct purchasers of Bonds registered through Direct Transfer will receive a credit for Bonds on Direct Transfer's records. Beneficial owners registered through Direct Transfer will receive written confirmation from UMB Bank, our Bond registrar, upon closing of their purchases. Transfers of Bonds registered to Direct Transfer will be accomplished by entries made on the books of UMB Bank at the behest of Direct Transfer acting on behalf of its beneficial holders.
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Book-Entry Format
Under the book-entry format, UMB Bank, as our paying agent, will pay interest or principal payments to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, and to Direct Transfer. DTC will forward all payments it receives to the direct participants, who will then forward the payment to the indirect participants or to you as the beneficial owner. Direct Transfer will forward payments directly to beneficial owners of Bonds registered to Direct Transfer. You may experience some delay in receiving your payments under this system. Neither we, the trustee, nor any paying agent or sub-paying agent has any direct responsibility or liability for the payment of principal or interest on the Bonds to owners of beneficial interests in the certificates.
DTC is required to make book-entry transfers on behalf of its direct participants and is required to receive and transmit payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. Any direct participant or indirect participant with which you have an account is similarly required to make book-entry transfers and to receive and transmit payments with respect to the notes on your behalf. We and the trustee under the Indenture have no responsibility for any aspect of the actions of DTC or any of its direct or indirect participants or of Direct Transfer or Great Lakes. In addition, we and the trustee under the Indenture have no responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records kept by DTC or any of its direct or indirect participants or Direct Transfer or Great Lakes relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Bonds or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. We also do not supervise these systems in any way.
The trustee will not recognize you as a Bondholder under the Indenture, and you can only exercise the rights of a Bondholder indirectly through DTC and its direct participants or through Direct Transfer, as applicable. DTC has advised us that it will only take action regarding a Bond if one or more of the direct participants to whom the Bond is credited directs DTC to take such action and only in respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds as to which that participant or participants has or have given that direction. DTC can only act on behalf of its direct participants. Your ability to pledge Bonds, and to take other actions, may be limited because you will not possess a physical certificate that represents your Bonds.
If the global bond certificate representing Bonds is held by DTC, conveyance of notices and other communications by the trustee to the beneficial owners, and vice versa, will occur via DTC. The trustee will communicate directly with DTC. DTC will then communicate to direct participants. The direct participants will communicate with the indirect participants, if any. Then, direct participants and indirect participants will communicate to beneficial owners. Such communications will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
If the global bond certificate representing your Bonds is held by Direct Transfer, conveyance of notices and other communications by the trustee to the beneficial owners, and vice versa, will occur via Direct Transfer. The trustee will communicate directly with Direct Transfer, which will communicate directly or through Great Lakes Fund Solutions, who may be designated by Direct Transfer to handle investor communications on its behalf, with the beneficial owners.
The Trustee
UMB Bank has agreed to be the trustee under the Indenture. The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the trustee, should it become one of our creditors, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any claim as security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with us and our affiliates.
The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default (as defined herein) specified in the Indenture shall occur and not be cured, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a reasonable person in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Bondholder, unless the Bondholder has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
Resignation or Removal of the Trustee.
The trustee may resign at any time, or may be removed by the holders of a majority of the principal amount of then-outstanding Bonds. In addition, upon the occurrence of contingencies relating generally to the insolvency of the trustee, we may remove the trustee or a court of competent jurisdiction may remove the trustee upon petition of a holder of certificates. However, no resignation or removal of the trustee may become effective until a successor trustee has been appointed.
We are offering the Bonds pursuant to an exemption to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or the Trust Indenture Act. As a result, investors in our Bonds will not be afforded the benefits and protections of the Trust Indenture Act. However, in certain circumstances, our Indenture makes reference to the substantive provisions of the Trust Indenture Act.
Registrar and Paying Agent
We have designated UMB Bank as paying agent for the Bonds and Direct Transfer as sub-paying agent in respect of Bonds registered to it. UMB Bank will also act as registrar for the Bonds. The Bonds will be issued in book-entry form only, evidenced by global certificates, as such, payments will be made to DTC, its nominee or to Direct Transfer.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
As of the date of this Offering Circular, GK Investment Holdings, LLC has acquired, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lake Mead Parent, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC, a retail power center known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson Nevada for a purchase price aggregating $42,065,000, excluding prorations. Lake Mead Crossing, which is comprised of approximately 222,000 square feet of retail space leased to numerous tenants under leases expiring on various dates between 2018 and 2022, was purchased on November 12, 2015 from an unaffiliated, third party seller. The $42,065,000 purchase price was funded as follows: (i) mortgage loans aggregating $32,200,000; (ii) a mezzanine loan of $8,530,000 and (iii) interim loans aggregating $1,335,000.
Offering Proceeds will be applied to pay down existing indebtedness, invest in additional properties and the payment or reimbursement of selling commissions and other fees, expenses and uses as described throughout this Offering Circular. We will experience a relative increase in liquidity as we receive additional proceeds from the sale of Bonds and a relative decrease in liquidity as we spend net offering proceeds in connection with the acquisition and operation of our properties or the payment of debt service.
Further, other than the acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing noted above, we have not entered into any arrangements creating a reasonable probability that we will own a specific property or other asset. The number of additional properties and other assets that we will acquire will depend upon the number of Bonds sold and the resulting amount of the net proceeds available for investment in additional properties and other assets. Until required for the acquisition or operation of assets or used for distributions, we will keep the net proceeds of this offering in short-term, low risk, highly liquid, interest-bearing investments.
We intend to make reserve allocations as necessary to (i) aid our objective of preserving capital for our investors by supporting the maintenance and viability of properties we acquire in the future and (ii) meet the necessary covenants. If reserves and any other available income become insufficient to meet our covenants and cover our operating expenses and liabilities, it may be necessary to obtain additional funds by borrowing, refinancing properties or liquidating our investment in one or more properties. There is no assurance that such funds will be available, or if available, that the terms will be acceptable to us. Additionally, our ability to borrow additional funds will be limited by the restrictions placed on our and our subsidiaries' borrowing activities by our Indenture.
Results of Operation
Our management is not aware of any material trends or uncertainties, favorable or unfavorable, other than national economic conditions affecting our target asset class, the commercial rental real estate industry and real estate generally, which may be reasonably anticipated to have a material impact on the capital resources and the revenue or income to be derived from the operation of our assets.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are offering and selling to the public in this offering up to $50,000,000 of Bonds. Our principal demands for cash will be for acquisition costs, including the purchase price of any additional properties, loans and securities we acquire, improvement costs, the payment of our operating and administrative expenses, and all continuing debt service obligations, including our Bond Service Obligations. Generally, we will fund additional acquisitions from the net proceeds of this offering. We intend to acquire additional assets with cash and mortgage or other debt, but we also may acquire assets free and clear of permanent mortgage or other indebtedness by paying the entire purchase price for the asset in cash. As we are dependent on capital raised in this offering to conduct our business, our investment activity over the next twelve (12) months will be dictated by the capital raised in this offering. We expect to acquire additional properties and meet our business objectives regardless of the amount of capital raised in this offering. If the capital raised in this offering is insufficient to purchase additional properties solely with conventional mortgage debt, we will implement a strategy of utilizing a mix of capital, mortgage debt and mezzanine debt (similar to the Lake Mead Crossing acquisition) to acquire properties. Further, our company expects that it will be able to meet its cash requirements regardless of the amount of capital raised by drawing upon the Cash Flow Loans and the cash flows of properties we own.
We expect to use debt financing as a source of capital. We have no limits on the amount of leverage we may employ; however, senior property debt is generally expected to be approximately 65% of the cost of our investments. See "Investment Policies" for more information.
We anticipate that adequate cash will be generated from operations to fund our operating and administrative expenses, and all continuing debt service obligations, including the Bond Service Obligations. However, our ability to finance our operations is subject to some uncertainties. Our ability to generate working capital is dependent on our ability to attract and retain tenants and the economic and business environments of the various markets in which our properties are located. Our ability to sell our assets is partially dependent upon the state of real estate markets and the ability of purchasers to obtain financing at reasonable commercial rates. In general, we intend to pay debt service from cash flow from operations. If cash flow from operations is insufficient then our Cash Flow Lenders are obliged to make the Cash Flow Loans to us. If we have not generated sufficient cash flow from our operations and other sources, such as from borrowings, including the Cash Flow Loans, we may use funds out of the Debt Service Reserve. Moreover, our manager may change this policy, in its sole discretion, at any time. See "Description of Company's Securities - Certain Covenants" in this Offering Circular for more information.
Potential future sources of capital include secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, establishing additional lines of credit, proceeds from the sale of properties and undistributed cash flow. Note that, currently, we have not identified any additional source of financing, other than the proceeds of this offering, and there is no assurance that such sources of financing will be available on favorable terms or at all.
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GENERAL INFORMATION AS TO OUR COMPANY
GK Investment Holdings, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company formed on September 14, 2015 that invests in and operates commercial rental properties, leases such properties to multiple tenants, and makes such other real estate related investments as are consistent with its investment objectives and that GK Development, Inc., GK Development, our manager, deems appropriate. Our company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns and operates one such property, Lake Mead Crossing. The office of our company and GK Development are located at 257 East Main Street, Suite 200, Barrington, IL 60010, and the telephone number is (847) 277-9930.
GK Development is an Illinois corporation. GK Development is responsible for managing our company's affairs and for identifying and making acquisitions and dispositions on our company's behalf. GK Development is a commercial real estate acquisition and development company specializing in the acquisition, management and redevelopment of commercial rental properties such as regional malls and neighborhood shopping centers. GK Development controls a portfolio of real estate assets currently valued at over $500,000,000, the majority of which are commercial rental properties.
GK Development's management team is comprised of operation managers who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of GK Development and our company. See "Directors and Executive Officers" for more information on the management team of GK Development and our company.
Operating Agreement
Formation and Purpose
Our company was formed on September 14, 2015. Our company is governed by its operating agreement, dated as of September 14, 2015 and entered into under the laws of the State of Delaware, or the Operating Agreement. Under the Operating Agreement, our company was formed with the intent to acquire, own, redevelop, and operate commercial real estate. Notwithstanding the intended purposes of our company, pursuant to the Operating Agreement, our company is permitted to transact any lawful business not required to be stated specifically in the Operating Agreement and for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Title 6, Subtitle II, Chapter 18), as amended from time to time. See "Risk Factors – Risks Related to this Offering and Our Corporate Structure" for more information.
Management
The management of our company is entrusted solely to GK Development for as long as it remains the sole manager of our company. Only the members of our company have the right to remove our manager, and only if our manager has made a decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have it adjudicated insolvent, or to seek an order for relief as debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors; to seek the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our company, to make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium on our company's debt or to take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed actions. Bondholders will have no rights in the management of our company.
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Under the Operating Agreement, certain powers are reserved for our manager. The approval of our manager is required for the following actions with respect to our company:
· | Amendment of the Certificate of Formation or the Operating Agreement; | |
· | The conversion of our company to another type of entity organized within or without the state of Delaware, including without limitation, a limited partnership; | |
· | Merger, equity interest exchange, business combination or consolidation with any other entity, excepting a wholly-owned subsidiary; | |
· | Creating or authorizing any new class or series of units or equity, or selling, issuing or granting additional units; | |
· | A decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have our company adjudicated insolvent, or seeking an order for relief of our company as debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors with respect to our company; or to seek the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our company, or to make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, or to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium on our company's debt or to take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed actions; | |
· | Any decision to dissolve or liquidate our company, except as specifically set forth in the Operating Agreement; | |
· | Approving any budget or strategic or business plan for our company or any of its affiliates; | |
· | Except with respect to an affiliate of our company, making any investment in any entity; | |
· | Encumbering all of the assets of our company or any affiliate of our company; and | |
· | Making any distributions of Company cash or other property except as specifically provided in the Operating Agreement. |
Membership
Our company has two classes of units, Class A Units and Class B Units. Fourteen individuals, or the Class A Members, hold all of the Class A Units. Four entities, or the Class B Members, hold all of the Class B Units. Currently, Class A Units and Class B Units constitute 50% of the outstanding membership units and voting power, respectively, each a Membership Interest. Mr. Garo Kholamian owns a 25.519% Membership Interest individually, and he controls an additional 46% through certain Class B Members. As a result, Mr. Garo Kholamian has a beneficial Membership Interest of 71.519%. Mrs. Nancy Kholamian owns a 15.519% Membership Interest individually, and she will control an additional 4% through a certain Class B Member. As a result, Mrs. Nancy Kholamian will have a beneficial Membership Interest of 19.519%.
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At such time as the Initial Forced Sale Agreements have been terminated, or the Conversion Date, Class B Units will be converted into Class A Units at a ratio of four (4) Class A Units for each Class B Unit converted. After the Conversion Date, there will be no Class B Units, the entities formerly holding Class B Units will hold an 80% Membership Interest, and the individuals holding Class A Units prior to the Conversion Date will hold a 20% Membership Interest. After the Conversion Date, Mr. Garo Kholamian will own a 10.209% Membership Interest, individually, and he will control an additional 73.612% through certain Class B Members. As a result Mr. Garo Kholamian will have a beneficial Membership Interest of 83.821%. Mrs. Nancy Kholamian will own a 6.209% Membership Interest after the Conversion Date, and she will control an additional 6.401% through a certain Class B Member. As a result, Mrs. Nancy Kholamian will have a beneficial Membership Interest of 12.610%.
Membership provides certain protections and rights to the members. Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, upon approval by GK Development and recommendation to the members, a majority of the members, either present and voting at a meeting duly called and held or acting by written consent shall be required to approve the following actions with respect to our company:
· | Amendment of the Certificate of Formation or, subject to Section 10.13, the Operating Agreement; | |
· | Merger, equity interest exchange, business combination or consolidation with any other Person, except a wholly-owned subsidiary, in which our company is not the surviving entity; | |
· | A Terminating Capital Transaction; | |
· | A decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have our company adjudicated insolvent, or seeking an order for relief of our company as debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors with respect to our company; or to seek the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our company, or to make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, or to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium on our company's debt or to take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed actions; or | |
· | Any decision to dissolve or liquidate our company, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement. |
Indemnification
Our Operating Agreement limits the liability of our manager, GK Development and certain other persons or entities. See "Limitations on Liability" in this Offering Circular for more information.
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POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
Issuance of Additional Securities
Except for those actions specifically discussed in this Offering Circular, the issuing of the Bonds will not impose any restrictions on the ability of our company to issue additional bonds, debt, preferred equity or other security. The Bonds will be our direct, senior unsecured obligations and will:
· | rank equally with each other and with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to time; | |
· | rank senior to all of our future indebtedness that by its terms is expressly subordinate to the Bonds; |
| · | effectively rank junior to any of our future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and |
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See "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants" for more information.
Reports
We will furnish the following reports to each Bondholders:
Reporting Requirements under Tier II of Regulation A. Following this Tier II, Regulation A bond offering, we will be required to comply with certain ongoing disclosure requirements under Rule 257 of Regulation A. We will be required to file: an annual report with the SEC on Form 1-K; a semi-annual report with the SEC on Form 1-SA; current reports with the SEC on Form 1-U; and a notice under cover of Form 1-Z. The necessity to file current reports will be triggered by certain corporate events, similar to the ongoing reporting obligation faced by issuers under the Exchange Act, however the requirement to file a Form 1-U is expected to be triggered by significantly fewer corporate events than that of the Form 8-K. Parts I & II of Form 1-Z will be filed by us if and when we decide to and are no longer obligated to file and provide annual reports pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A.
Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of our fiscal year, ending December 31st, our manager will cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means, to each Bondholder as of a date selected by our manager, an annual report containing financial statements of our company for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Company equity and cash flows, with such statements having been audited by an accountant selected by our manager. Our manager shall be deemed to have made a report available to each Bondholder as required if it has either (i) filed such report with the SEC via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and such report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such report available on any website maintained by our company and available for viewing by the Bondholders.
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INVESTMENT POLICIES OF OUR COMPANY
Investment Strategy
Our company focuses on investments in existing, income-producing, commercial rental real estate that will benefit from GK Development's real estate operating and leasing skills, including releasing, redevelopment, renovation, refinancing, repositioning and sale. Our company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, currently owns and operates one such property, Lake Mead Crossing. GK Development intends to actively participate in the management of our company's properties, rather than holding the properties as passive investments. The objective of this strategy is to maximize cash flow and property value at the time of final disposition. By doing this, GK Development maximizes the potential of our company to pay its obligations under the Bonds as they become due. Holding periods for our company's investments will vary depending on a number of factors.
Our company's investment strategy is focused primarily on rental-based commercial real estate that has current income. Targeted property types include but are not limited to established regional malls, neighborhood shopping centers, power centers, grocery-anchored centers, lifestyle centers, office buildings, multi-family and other commercial properties. The selection of solid investment opportunities is based, in part, upon the properties' potential for enhancement in cash flows and market value.
Our company has acquired, and plans to acquire, properties on a leveraged basis, operate them in a manner to maximize their value (including execution of any of the aforementioned strategies), and then sell or refinance them to realize a return.
Our company generally will purchase individual properties, but in some cases it may consider the purchase of a portfolio of properties. Neither the Operating Agreement nor the Indenture limits the amount our company may invest in a single property; however, GK Development intends to diversify our company's real estate investments.
Our company does not intend to act as a land developer in that it is has no intent to invest in, acquire, own, hold, lease, operate, manage, maintain, redevelop, sell or otherwise use undeveloped real property or "raw land," as a ground up development. Our company, engaging in its commercial real estate activities, may have the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which includes unimproved pad sites for future development and lease-up opportunities. In such instances, our company will retain the unimproved pad sites for ground lease, build-to-suit and/or sell opportunities. In situations where our company has the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which includes a large tract of developable raw land, the developable raw land will not be acquired by our company, but by an entity affiliated with GK Development. Our company may choose to redevelop real property for an alternative use than intended when originally acquired or developed.
Other than Lake Mead Crossing, our company does not own any properties, nor has it identified any properties which are probable for acquisition, as of the date of this Offering Circular.
Dispositions
We may from time to time dispose of properties if, based upon management's periodic review of our portfolio, our manager determines such action would be in our best interest. In addition, we may elect to enter into joint ventures or other types of co-ownership with respect to properties that we already own, either in connection with acquiring interests in other properties or from investors to raise equity capital.
Leverage of Properties
Our company borrows money to acquire its properties when GK Development determines that it is advantageous to our company. By operating on a leveraged basis, our company expects that it will have more funds available for investment in properties and other investments. This will allow our company to make more investment than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a more diversified portfolio. Although our company expects its liability for the repayment of indebtedness to be limited to the value of the specific property securing the liability and the rents or profits derived therefrom, our company's use of leverage increases the risk of default on the mortgage payments and a resulting foreclosure of a particular property. See "Risk Factors" for more information.
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Our company may borrow any amount necessary to enable our company to invest the proceeds of this offering in properties. Our company intends to borrow up to the maximum amount available from its lenders, thus increasing the number of properties that our company can acquire as well as enhancing the yield to our company. GK Development's experience with prior real estate programs with similar commercial rental properties has been that lender's preferences will be to make loans with an approximately 60-70% loan-to-value ratio in respect to the properties in the class targeted by our company. Therefore, our company believes that its aggregate loan-to-value on its portfolio will be approximately 65%. Lake Mead Crossing has been assessed an aggregate value of approximately $48,400,000. The $42,065,000 purchase price of Lake Mead Crossing was funded by: (i) mortgage loans aggregating $32,200,000; (ii) a mezzanine loan of $8,530,000 and (iii) interim loans aggregating $1,335,000. Although our company's current loan-to-value ratio is approximately 90.3%, using the current outstanding balances for all loans, our company plans to use proceeds from this offering to repay the mezzanine and interim loans. If our company repays these loans in their entirety, its loan-to-value ratio will be reduced to 66.5%. With respect to the Lake Mead Crossing acquisition, management determined the fair value of the total identifiable net assets with the assistance of a third party appraiser using the income approach methodology of valuation. The income approach methodology utilizes the remaining non-cancelable lease terms as defined in lease agreements, market rental data, and discount rates. Key assumptions used includes a capitalization rate of 7.5%, growth rates for market rentals of 3.0%, and a discount rate of 9.0%. The fair value is allocated to the acquired tangible assets (consisting of land, buildings and improvements), and acquired intangible assets and liabilities (consisting of above-market and below-market leases, leasing commissions and acquired in-place leases).
GK Development may choose to refinance our company's properties during the term of a loan. The benefits of refinancing may include an increased cash flow resulting from reduced debt service requirements, thus an increase in cash available for payments under the Bonds, and an increase in property ownership if refinancing proceeds are reinvested in real estate.
Investments in Real Estate Mortgages
Our business objectives emphasize equity investments in commercial rental property. Although we do not presently intend to invest in mortgages or deeds of trust, other than in a manner that is ancillary to an equity investment, we may elect, in our discretion, to invest in mortgages and other types of real estate interests, including, without limitation, participating or convertible mortgages. Investments in real estate mortgages run the risk that one or more borrowers may default under certain mortgages and that the collateral securing certain mortgages may not be sufficient to enable us to recoup our full investment.
Investment in Other Securities
Other than as described above, we do not intend to acquire any additional securities such as bonds, preferred stocks or common stock, for investment purposes. From time to time, we may elect to acquire properties through co-investment or joint venture structures. In such an instance, we intend to structure such investments so that we maintain control of the property owning subsidiary.
Investment Company Act Considerations
We intend to conduct our operations so that our company and our subsidiaries are each 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 40% of the value of its total assets on an unconsolidated basis. "Investment securities" does not include 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.
We intend to conduct our operations so that our company and most, if not all, of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries own or proposes to acquire "investment securities" having a value of not more than 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We will continuously monitor our holdings on an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of our company and each wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiary with this test. We expect that most, if not all, of our company's 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 our assets) generally will not constitute "investment securities." We believe that our company and most, if not all, of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act.
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In addition, we believe that neither our company nor any of its wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because they will not engage primarily or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, our company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in non-investment company businesses related to real estate. Consequently, our company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
We will classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act, including our 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 we may face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff will concur with our classification of our assets. In addition, the SEC staff may, in the future, issue further guidance that may require us to re-classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act. If we are required to re-classify our assets, we may no longer be in compliance with the exclusion from the definition of an investment company provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.
For purposes of determining whether we satisfy the 55%/80% tests, we will classify the assets in which we invest as follows:
| · | Real Property. Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will classify our fee interests in real properties as qualifying assets. In addition, based on no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will treat our investments in joint ventures, which in turn invest in qualifying assets such as real property, as qualifying assets only if we have the right to approve major decisions affecting the joint venture; otherwise, such investments will be classified as real estate-related assets. We expect that no less than 55% of our assets will consist of investments in real property, including any joint ventures that we control. |
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| · | Loans. Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will classify our 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 we originate or acquire the loan. However, we will consider loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 100% to be real estate-related assets. We will treat our 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. |
We will classify our investments in construction loans as qualifying assets, as long as the loans are "fully secured" by an interest in real estate at the time we originate or acquire the loan. With respect to construction loans that are funded over time, we will consider the outstanding balance (i.e., the amount of the loan actually drawn) as a qualifying asset. The SEC staff has not issued no-action letters specifically addressing construction loans. If the SEC staff takes a position in the future that is contrary to our classification, we will modify our classification accordingly.
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Consistent with no-action positions taken by the SEC staff, we will consider any participation in a whole mortgage loan, including B-Notes, to be a qualifying real estate asset only if: (1) we have a participation interest in a mortgage loan that is fully secured by real property; (2) we have the right to receive our proportionate share of the interest and the principal payments made on the loan by the borrower, and our returns on the loan are based on such payments; (3) we invest only after performing the same type of due diligence and credit underwriting procedures that we would perform if we were underwriting the underlying mortgage loan; (4) we have approval rights in connection with any material decisions pertaining to the administration and servicing of the loan and with respect to any material modification to the loan agreements; and (5) if the loan becomes non-performing, we have effective control over the remedies relating to the enforcement of the mortgage loan, including ultimate control of the foreclosure process, by having the right to: (a) appoint the special servicer to manage the resolution of the loan; (b) advise, direct or approve the actions of the special servicer; (c) terminate the special servicer at any time with or without cause; (d) cure the default so that the mortgage loan is no longer non-performing; and (e) purchase the senior loan at par plus accrued interest, thereby acquiring the entire mortgage loan.
We will base our treatment of any other investments as qualifying assets and real estate-related assets on the characteristics of the underlying collateral and the particular type of loan (including whether we have foreclosure rights with respect to those securities or loans that have underlying real estate collateral) and we will make these determinations in a manner consistent with guidance issued by the SEC staff.
Qualification for exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act will limit our ability to make certain investments. For example, these restrictions may limit the ability of our company 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 we intend to monitor our portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain this exemption from registration for our company or each of our subsidiaries.
A change in the value of any of our assets could negatively affect our ability to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To maintain compliance with the Section 3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to acquire assets that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy.
To the extent that the SEC staff provides more specific guidance regarding any of the matters bearing upon the definition of investment company and the exceptions to that definition, we may be required to adjust our investment strategy accordingly. Additional guidance from the SEC staff could provide additional flexibility to us, or it could further inhibit our ability to pursue the investment strategy we have chosen.
If we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we would become subject to substantial regulation with respect to our capital structure (including our ability to use borrowings), management, operations, transactions with affiliated persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act), and portfolio composition, including restrictions with respect to diversification and industry concentration and other matters. Compliance with the Investment Company Act would, accordingly, limit our ability to make certain investments and require us to significantly restructure our business plan.
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DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE
We currently own one property, Lake Mead Crossing.
Lake Mead Crossing
Our company acquired, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, (i) Lake Mead Parent, LLC, the sole member of Lake Mead Partners, LLC, the owner of a portion of Lake Mead Crossing, and (ii) Lake Mead Development, LLC, the owner of a portion of Lake Mead Crossing, a portion of a retail power center known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson Nevada for a purchase price aggregating $42,065,000, excluding prorations. Lake Mead Crossing, which is comprised of approximately 222,000 square feet of retail space leased to numerous tenants under leases expiring on various dates between 2018 and 2022, was purchased on November 12, 2015 from an unaffiliated, third party seller. The purchase was funded as follows: (i) mortgage loans aggregating $32,200,000; (ii) a mezzanine loan of $8,530,000 and (iii) interim loans aggregating $1,335,000.
Lake Mead Crossing consists of approximately 220,000 square feet of commercial retail rental space, 30,000 square feet, comprise of two concrete pads, and 45,000 square feet of vacant land. Of the approximately 220,000 square feet of space, approximately 185,000 square feet, or 84.27%, is currently leased. Lake Mead Crossing is part of a larger shopping center with over 400,000 square feet of commercial rental space. Lake Mead Crossing is shadow anchored by a Target consisting of 152,000 square feet of space not owned by our company. Lake Mead Crossing's largest tenants are Ross, Dress for Less, a retail apparel store, PetSmart, an animal retail and pet care store, Marshalls, a retail apparel store, and Big Lots, a miscellaneous retail store. Each of these stores occupies 10% or more of Lake Mead Crossing. Lake Mead Crossing was constructed in 2008. For more details, related to Lake Mead Crossing its tenants and their leases, see below.
Proposed program for the renovation, improvement or development of such properties.
With respect to Lake Mead Parent, LLC, the commercial rental property is comprised of 155,140 square feet of rentable space for lease to multiple tenants. As of December 31, 2015, 150,460 square feet (96.98%) was leased to eleven tenants under various leases expiring on various dates between 2019 and 2020. We plan to lease the vacant retail space and currently, we have no present plans for the improvement of the property.
With respect to Lake Development, LLC, the commercial rental property is comprised of 66,044 square feet of rentable space for lease to multiple tenants. As of December 31, 2015, 34,700 square feet (52.54%) was leased to three tenants under various leases expiring on various dates between 2018 and 2022. We plan to lease the vacant retail space. In addition, the commercial rental property includes unimproved pad sites which Lake Mead Development, LLC intends to secure one or more tenants for a build-to-suit opportunity. These could include stand-alone retailers, medical office facilities and/or restaurants. Currently, no tenants have been secured and there are no present plans for the improvement of the property.
Lake Mead Crossing is a multi-tenant retail shopping center located in downtown Henderson, Nevada and management believes it has excellent visibility, access and daytime traffic. The neighborhood is dominated by retail and other commercial development and is also provided with an abundant residential development properties located in subdivisions scattered throughout the market area. Additionally, Lake Mead Crossing is located in the path of substantial residential growth. Cadence, is a 2,200 acre planned residential development located 0.2 miles from Lake Mead Crossing. Under the plan for Cadence, multiple developers are expected to build up to 13,250 homes.
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A summary of the key competitive conditions are as follows:
| · | Lake Mead Crossing is located in a well performing commercial corridor with very good visibility; |
| · | Lake Mead Crossing is the only power center located in downtown Henderson, NV; |
| · | Lake Mead Crossing has a good parking ratio; |
| · | Lake Mead Crossing lies in the Las Vegas metropolitan area; and |
| · | Lake Mead Crossing is shadow anchored by a super Target store. |
Key Tenant Lease Terms
Below is a summary of the key lease terms of tenants that currently occupy at least 10% of our gross leasable area, or GLA.
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| $ | 25,156 |
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| $ | 10.00 |
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| 1/31/2020 |
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| $ | 301,872 |
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| $ | 351,000 |
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| $ | 679,416 |
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| $ | 294,000 |
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| $ | 301,872 |
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| $ | 351,000 |
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| $ | 679,416 |
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| $ | 294,000 |
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| $ | 301,872 |
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| $ | 351,000 |
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| $ | 679,416 |
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2019 |
| $ | 301,872 |
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| $ | 87,750 |
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| $ | 169,854 |
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| $ | 25,156 |
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| $ | 1,232,644 |
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Schedule of Lease Expirations
The following chart shows the number of leases expiring at Lake Mead Crossing in each of the next ten years and the square footage, percentage of overall leased space, and annual rent relating to such expiring leases.
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| 37,200 |
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| 82,741 |
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| $ | 85,459 |
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| $ | 60,152 |
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| $ | 354,192 |
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| $ | 551,598 |
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| $ | 79,326 |
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| $ | 25,382 |
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| $ | 77,490 |
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| $ | 106,275 |
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Components Upon Which Depreciation Are Taken
The following chart provides the details of how tax depreciation is calculated at Lake Mead Crossing.
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| $ | 9,703,750 |
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| $ | 28,885,358 |
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| 39 |
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| $ | 2,565,750 |
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| $ | 910,142 |
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| $ | 42,065,000 |
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Realty Taxes
The following chart provides the details of how taxes are assessed at Lake Mead Crossing.
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| $ | 206,174 |
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The total operating revenue for Lake Mead Crossing for the year ended December 31, 2014 was approximately $3,395,000, certain operating expenses excluding depreciation, amortization, management fees, interest expense, amortization of in-place leases, and amortization of above- and below-market leases was approximately $638,000, and revenue in excess of certain operating expenses was approximately $2,757,000 each determined in accordance with GAAP and excludes financial information attributable to the portions of Lake Mead Crossing owned by unaffiliated entities.
Lake Mead Crossing was financed using 100% debt in the form of mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt. In connection with the financing of Lake Mead Crossing, the following loans are outstanding:
| · | Lake Mead Partners, LLC, owner of a portion of the property received mortgage debt totaling $29,500,000 with an additional $500,000 that it can use if it chooses. To date, it has not used the additional amount. The debt carries an interest rate of 4% and requires principal and interest payments of $156,650.25. The loan matures on November 12, 2025. |
| · | Lake Mead Development, LLC, owner of a portion of the property received mortgage debt totaling $2,700,000. The debt carries a floating interest rate equal to the LIBOR plus 2.75% and requires monthly principal payments of $5,450 plus interest. The loan matures on November 12, 2017. |
| · | Lake Mead Parent, LLC, the owner of Lake Mead Partners and the wholly-owned subsidiary of our company, and Lake Mead Development, LLC received mezzanine debt to purchase Lake Mead Crossing from an affiliate of our manager. Under the promissory note, Lake Mead Parent, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC can borrow up to $10,500,000 at 8% interest. The mezzanine loan requires monthly interest payments only. The loan matures on November 12, 2018. The mezzanine loan has a current outstanding principal of approximately $9,978,500. |
| · | Lake Mead Partners, LLC received an interim loan from our manager in the amount of $2,608,100, of which $1,335,000 was used to acquire the property. The interim loan carries interest of 7% until the loan is called by our manager. After the loan is called, the interest rate will increase to 8%. Our manager may call the loan at any time and in its sole discretion. |
| · | Lake Mead Development, LLC received an interim loan from our manager in the amount of $20,000. The interim loan carries interest of 7% until the loan is called by our manager. After the loan is called, the interest rate will increase to 8%. Our manager may call the loan at any time and in its sole discretion. This loan has been fully repaid. |
Lake Mead Crossing contains two unimproved pad sites, each being 30,000 square feet, for future development and lease-up opportunities. Our company may use the unimproved pad sites for ground lease, build-to-suit and/or sell opportunities.
Properties Subject to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements
The real estate described below is not owned by our company. However, the equity interests in the real estate described below are subject to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements and the proceeds of any sale of such equity interests may be used to repay our Bondholders.
Lakeview Square
Our company does not own Lakeview Square, but equity interests that indirectly own a percentage of the property owner's parent will be subject to an Initial Forced Sale Agreement. See "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants" for more information. This description should be used by potential investors to determine the risks of our company defaulting under terms of the Indenture and the Bonds.
Lakeview Square is located at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Michigan State Route 66, approximately four miles south of downtown Battle Creek, Michigan. As of the 2010 census, Battle Creek had a population of approximately 52,000, while the Battle Creek metropolitan area, comprising all of Calhoun county, had a population of approximately 136,000. The headquarters of Kellogg Company, a multinational food company, is located in Battle Creek.
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Lakeview Square has approximately 551,228 square feet of space, of which 291,593 square feet is owned by the following anchor tenants: Sears, JCPenney and Macy's. Of the remaining leasable space, 79.49% is currently under lease. The total operating revenue for Lakeview Square for the year ended December 31, 2015 was approximately $5,017,200 net operating income before depreciation and amortization was approximately $2,032,000, and net income was approximately $779,000, each determined in accordance with GAAP and excludes financial information attributable to the portion of Lakeview Square owned by unaffiliated third parties. Lakeview Square's largest tenants, by annual rent for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, were: Barnes & Noble, GKC Theaters, Dunham's Sports, Encore Shoes, Fred Meyer Jewelers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Buckle, Zales Jewelers, and Pearle Vision.
The Lakeview Equity consists of the equity interests of Garo Kholamian and GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC, or GKPI, in GK Preferred Income Investments I, LLC, or GK Preferred, the sole member of Lakeview Square, LLC, or the Owner, the sole owner of Lakeview Square. As of the date of this Offering Circular, Garo Kholamian and GKPI collectively own 72% of GK Preferred. Mr. Kholamian and GKPI will provide Cash Flow Loans in amounts up to all of the distributions they collectively receive from the Lakeview Equity. No distributions were made to Mr. Kholamian or GKPI from Lakeview Equity during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, Mr. Kholamian and GKPI received distributions totaling $1,364,211 from GK Preferred.
Lakeview Equity, as 72% owner of GK Preferred, sole owner of Owner, owner of Lakeview Square, indirectly owns 72% of the overall equity in Lakeview Square, which is also the amount of its equity in Lakeview Square available under the Initial Forced Sale Agreements. As determined by management relying, in part, upon an independent, third party appraisal dated of August 15, 2015, the overall equity in Lakeview Square has a value of $10,211,927; which provides $7,352,587 of equity available of the value of the underlying real property under the Initial Forced Sale Agreements.
Ridgmar Mall
Our company does not own Ridgmar, but equity interests that indirectly own a percentage of the property will be subject to an Initial Forced Sale Agreement. See "Description of Bonds - Certain Covenants" for more information. The description should be used by potential investors to determine the risks of our company defaulting under terms of the Indenture and the Bonds.
Ridgmar is a commercial rental mall located just minutes from downtown Fort Worth, Texas on Interstate 30. This strategic location leaves Ridgmar positioned to draw from an overall trade area of 741,841 people in some 267,078 households, with a median age of 35.1 years. The population in this market is projected to grow 9.82% over the next five years. This in conjunction with the relatively high average household incomes ($63,983) in the area provides Ridgmar with a significant customer base.
Ridgmar consists of 1,235,515 square feet of space, of which 836,675 square feet is owned by the following anchor tenants: Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Neiman Marcus. Of the remaining space, 74.66% is currently under lease. The total operating revenue for Ridgmar Mall for the year ended December 31, 2015 was approximately $11,365,500 net operating income before depreciation and amortization was approximately $4,844,900, and net loss was approximately $148,700, each determined in accordance with GAAP and excludes financial information attributable to the portion of Ridgmar owned by unaffiliated third parties.
The Ridgmar Equity consists of the 100% equity interest of 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C. in 1551 Kingsbury Partners Senior Mezz, LLC, Senior Mezz, the sole owner of 1551 Kingsbury Partners SPE, LLC, the Owner, possessing a 12.5% TIC ownership interest in Ridgmar. As a result, 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C will provide Cash Flow Loans in amounts up to all of the distributions it receives from the Ridgmar Equity. In the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C. received distributions totaling $193,537 and $48,781, respectively, from Ridgmar Equity.
Ridgmar Equity, as sole owner of Senior Mezz, sole owner of Owner, possessing a 12.5% TIC ownership interest in Ridgmar, indirectly owns 12.5% of the overall equity in Ridgmar, which is also the amount of its equity in Ridgmar available under the Initial Forced Sale Agreements. As determined by management relying, in part, upon an independent, third party appraisal dated August 15, 2015 of the value of the underlying real property, the overall equity in Ridgmar has a value of $39,891,089; which provides $4,986,386 of equity attributable to our company and available under the Initial Forced Sale Agreements.
Limitations of the Forced Sale Agreements
Ridgmar was financed using senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, changes without lender consent. Under the loan documents, if the borrower is in default, the lender has the ability to accelerate the debt and charge certain penalties payable by the borrower. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell Ridgmar Equity without lender consent. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by those properties”for more information.
The Forced Sale Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. If this were to occur, the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
We may enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements with affiliates. If we do, we anticipate the terms of the Forced Sale Agreements to be substantially similar to the ones related to Ridgmar and Lakeview Square. As a result, the risks associated with the Initial Forced Sale Agreements are expected to also exist with any Additional Forced Sale Agreements, including but not limited to (i) the inability to effectively sell the affected equity due to restrictions contained in the underlying senior and mezzanine debt documents , (ii) the ability of the property owner to sell the property without the consent of the trustee, and (iii) the ability of the holder of the affected equity to sell the affected equity without the consent of the trustee.
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion is a summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences relevant to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Bonds, but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all potential tax consequences. The discussion is based upon the Code, current, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations issued under the Code, or collectively the Treasury Regulations, the legislative history of the Code, IRS rulings, pronouncements, interpretations and practices, and judicial decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change at any time. Any such change may be applied retroactively in a manner that could adversely affect a holder of the Bonds. This discussion does not address all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder in light of such holder's particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, including, without limitation:
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In addition, this discussion is limited to persons that purchase the Bonds in this offering for cash and that hold the Bonds as "capital assets" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not address the effect of any applicable state, local, non-U.S. or other tax laws, including gift and estate tax laws.
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As used herein, "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of the Bonds that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
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If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds the Bonds, the tax treatment of an owner of the entity generally will depend upon the status of the particular owner and the activities of the entity. If you are an owner of an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Bonds.
We have not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS with respect to the matters discussed below. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a different position concerning the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Bonds or that any such position would not be sustained.
THIS SUMMARY OF MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE TAX ADVICE. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED BELOW TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS AND THE APPLICATION OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS, INCLUDING GIFT AND ESTATE TAX LAWS, AND ANY TAX TREATIES.
U.S. Holders
Interest
U.S. Holder generally will be required to recognize and include in gross income any stated interest as ordinary income at the time it is paid or accrued on the Bonds in accordance with such holder's method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of the Bonds
A U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange, redemption (including a partial redemption), retirement or other taxable disposition of a Bond equal to the difference between the sum of the cash and the fair market value of any property received in exchange therefore (less a portion allocable to any accrued and unpaid stated interest, which generally will be taxable as ordinary income if not previously included in such holder's income) and the U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Bond. A U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in a Bond (or a portion thereof) generally will be the U.S. Holder's cost therefore decreased by any payment on the Bond other than a payment of qualified stated interest. This gain or loss will generally constitute capital gain or loss. In the case of a non-corporate U.S. Holder, including an individual, if the Bond has been held for more than one year, such capital gain may be subject to reduced federal income tax rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to certain limitations.
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Medicare Tax
Certain individuals, trusts and estates are subject to a Medicare tax of 3.8% on the lesser of (i) "net investment income", or (ii) the excess of modified adjusted gross income over a threshold amount. Net investment income generally includes interest income and net gains from the disposition of Bonds, unless such interest payments or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of the Medicare tax on their ownership and disposition of Bonds in light of their individual circumstances.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
A U.S. Holder may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding when such holder receives interest and principal payments on the Bonds or proceeds upon the sale or other disposition of such Bonds (including a redemption or retirement of the Bonds). Certain holders (including, among others, corporations and certain tax-exempt organizations) generally are not subject to information reporting or backup withholding. A U.S. Holder will be subject to backup withholding if such holder is not otherwise exempt and:
| · | such holder fails to furnish its taxpayer identification number, or TIN, which, for an individual is ordinarily his or her social security number; |
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A U.S. Holder should consult its tax advisor regarding its qualification for an exemption from backup withholding and the procedures for obtaining such an exemption, if applicable. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the holder's U.S. federal income tax liability or may be refunded, provided the required information is furnished in a timely manner to the IRS.
Non-U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors.
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DESCRIPTION OF BONDS
This description sets forth certain terms of the Bonds that we are offering pursuant to this Offering Circular. In this section, we use capitalized words to signify terms that are specifically defined in the Indenture to be dated as of the first Closing Date, by and between us and UMB Bank, as trustee, or the trustee. This section contains definitions of certain capitalized terms that are used herein. We refer you to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used in this Offering Circular for which no definition is provided.
Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every aspect of the Bonds or the Indenture. We urge you to read the Indenture because that document and not this summary defines your rights as a Bondholders. Please review a copy of the Indenture. The Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the offering statement, of which this offering circular is a part, at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain a copy of the Indenture from us without charge. See "Where You Can Find More Information" for more information. You may also review the Indenture at the trustee's corporate trust office at 1670 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80202.
Ranking
The Bonds will be our direct, senior unsecured obligations and will:
· rank equally with each other and with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to time; · rank senior to all of our future indebtedness that by its terms is expressly subordinate to the Bonds; · effectively rank junior to any of our future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and · effectively be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of each of our subsidiaries, including the claims of mortgage lenders holding secured indebtedness, as to the specific property receiving each lender's mortgage and other secured indebtedness.
Manner of Offering
The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through JCC Advisors, LLC, our Managing Broker-Dealer, as well as other selected dealers, or Selling Group Members. Our Managing Broker-Dealer, nor any Selling Group Member, will be required to purchase any of our Bonds.
Interest and Maturity
The Bonds will mature on September 30, 2022 and will bear interest at a fixed rate of 7% per annum. Interest on the Bonds will be paid monthly beginning on the 15th day of the second month following the first Closing Date.
THE REQUIRED INTEREST PAYMENTS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENT ARE NOT A GUARANTY OF ANY RETURN TO YOU NOR ARE THEY A GUARANTY OF THE RETURN OF YOUR INVESTED CAPITAL. While our company is required to make the Interest Payments and Principal Payment as described in the Indenture and above, we do not intend to establish a sinking fund to fund such payments. Therefore, our ability to honor these obligations will be subject to our ability to generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing in order to fund those payments. If we cannot generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing to honor these obligations, we may be forced to sell some or all of our company's assets to fund the payments, or we may not be able to fund the payments in their entirety or at all. If we cannot fund the above payments, Bondholders will have claims against us with respect to such violation.
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Optional Redemption
We may redeem the Bonds in whole or in part, at any time. If we plan to redeem our Bonds, we are required to give notice of redemption not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to any date of redemption, the Redemption Date, to each Bondholder's address appearing in the securities register maintained by the trustee. In the event we elect to redeem less than all of the Bonds, the particular Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by the trustee by such method as the trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
If the Redemption Date is on or before September 30, 2019, our company will pay the Bondholder an amount equal to 1.02 times the Price to Public for each Bond being redeemed at that time. If the Redemption Date is after September 30, 2019 but on or before September 30, 2020, our company will pay the Bondholder 1.015 times to the Price to Public for each Bond redeemed at that time. If the Redemption Date is after September 30, 2020 but on or before September 30, 2021, our company will pay the Bondholder 1.01 times to the Price to Public for each Bond redeemed at that time. If the Redemption Date is after September 30, 2021, our company will pay the Bondholder the Price to Public for each Bond redeemed at that time.
Merger, Consolidation or Sale
We may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation, and we may sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our assets to any corporation, provided that the successor entity, if other than us:
· is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any United States, or U.S., state or the District of Columbia; and · assumes all of our obligations to perform and observe all of our obligations under the Bonds and the Indenture;
and provided further that no Event of Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing.
Except as described below under "- Certain Covenants - Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event," the Indenture does not provide for any right of acceleration in the event of a consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the assets, recapitalization or change in our stock ownership. In addition, the Indenture does not contain any provision which would protect the Bondholders against a sudden and dramatic decline in credit quality resulting from takeovers, recapitalizations or similar restructurings.
Certain Covenants
Equity-Bond Ratio and Forced Sale Agreements
The Bonds will be unsecured; however, our company will be required to comply with the Equity-Bond Ratio covenant by owning real property with aggregate equity value of at least 70% of the outstanding principal of the Bonds, or the Equity-Bond Ratio. The equity subject to Forced Sale Agreements will also be included in the Equity-Bond Ratio. For properties acquired, directly or indirectly, by our company, the equity value for purposes of the Equity-Bond Ratio will initially be the equity invested into the applicable property. Each acquired property will be required to be appraised, by an independent third party appraiser, annually during the term of the Bonds, and, following any such appraisal, our company's equity value from a newly appraised property will be adjusted to equal the appraised value of the property less the outstanding indebtedness secured by such property and multiplied by our company's ownership interest in the applicable property, in the event we acquire a partial interest in any property.
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For the first year following the first Closing Date, our company will be a party to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements with UMB Bank and certain of GK Development's affiliates. Under those agreements, the trustee will be able to force the sale of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity as a remedy if our company defaults on the Bonds, the trustee (or the Bondholders if permitted) accelerates the maturity of the Bonds, and our company is otherwise unable to pay off the Bonds. During the pendency of the Forced Sale Agreements, the value of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity, $4,986,386 and $7,352,587, as determined by management relying, in part, upon independent, third party appraisals dated August 15, 2015, of the underlying real property, and any other equity interest subject to a Forced Sale Agreement shall be included in the equity of our company for the purposes of calculating the Equity-Bond Ratio. The Initial Forced Sale Agreements shall terminate automatically on the first anniversary of the first Closing date of this offering, and will also terminate if the real property underlying the applicable Initial Forced Sale Agreement is sold to a third party. However, the parties to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements may extend them at their discretion (subject to approval of the trustee). In order to comply with the Equity-Bond Ratio, our company may, with the trustee's reasonable approval, enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements, in substantially similar form as the Initial Forced Sale Agreements, with affiliates of GK Development.
As with all non-payment defaults, our company will have a 120-day cure period to cure any breach of the Equity-Bond Ratio covenant before a default may be declared relative to such covenant. Any cure may be made by either acquiring additional property or entering into Additional Forced Sale Agreements.
Cash Coverage Ratio and Cash Flow Loans
While any Bonds remain outstanding, the Indenture provides that our company will maintain cash and cash equivalents, as defined by GAAP, equal to at least 120% of our company's Bond Service Obligations for a period of three (3) months. Our company will be required to make monthly reports of its cash and cash equivalents to the trustee to ensure compliance with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant. If our company falls out of compliance with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant, it will have 120 days to cure such non-compliance.
Our company has entered into loan agreements with the holders of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity, or the Cash Flow Lenders, whereby the Cash Flow Lenders are obligated to advance our company up to the entirety of the monthly distributions to them from the Lakeview Equity and Ridgmar Equity, in order to enable our company to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant. Any such advances will be represented by a promissory note, subordinate to the Bonds, that will bear interest at the then in effect IRS imputed interest rate and will have the same maturity date as the Bonds. We will be required to represent to the Cash Flow Lenders (or any of them) that we require such a loan in order to comply with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant in order to receive such a loan. Prior to the Cash Flow Loans' maturity date, our company may, but is not required, to make payments on the Cash Flow Loans at its discretion. At its discretion, our company may enter into substantial similar arrangements with other affiliates of GK Development in order to provide cash to our company to ensure compliance with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant; provided, that the repayment of any loan from an affiliate of GK Development to our company shall be subordinate to the Bonds.
Limitations of the Forced Sale Agreements and Cash Flow Loans
Ridgmar was financed using senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, changes without lender consent. Under the loan documents, if the borrower is in default, the lender has the ability to accelerate the debt and charge certain penalties payable by the borrower. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell Ridgmar Equity without lender consent. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by those properties”for more information. Properties that we acquire in the future may have restrictions.
The Forced Sale Agreements and the Cash Flow Loan Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. In either circumstance, we would lose our rights to cash flow loans relative to the interest sold, and the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
We may enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements with affiliates. If we do, we anticipate the terms of the Forced Sale Agreements to be substantially similar to the ones related to Ridgmar and Lakeview Square. As a result, the risks associated with the Initial Forced Sale Agreements are expected to also exist with any Additional Forced Sale Agreements, including but not limited to (i) the inability effectively sell the affected equity due to restrictions contained in the underlying senior and mezzanine debt documents, (ii) the ability of the property owner to sell the property without the consent of the trustee, and (iii) the ability of the holder of the affected equity to sell the affected equity without the consent of the trustee.
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Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event
"Change of Control Repurchase Event" means (A) the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of the membership units entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all the membership units entitled to vote in meetings of our company (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and (B) following the closing of any transaction referred to in subsection (A), neither we nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, the NYSE Amex Equities, or the NYSE Amex, or the Nasdaq Stock Market, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market.
If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless we have exercised our option to redeem the Bonds as described under "- Optional Redemption," we will make an offer to each Bondholder to repurchase all or any part of that Bondholder's Bonds at a repurchase price equal to 1.02 times the Price to Public if on or before September 30, 2019, 1.015 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2019 but on or before the September 30, 2020, 1.01 times the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2020 but on or before September 30, 2021, and at the Price to Public if such event occurs after September 30, 2021, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including the repurchase date.
Reports
We will furnish the following reports to each Bondholder:
Reporting Requirements under Tier II of Regulation A. Following this Tier II, Regulation A bond offering, we will be required to comply with certain ongoing disclosure requirements under Rule 257 of Regulation A. We will be required to file: an annual report with the SEC on Form 1-K; a semi-annual report with the SEC on Form 1-SA; current reports with the SEC on Form 1-U; and a notice under cover of Form 1-Z. The necessity to file current reports will be triggered by certain corporate events, similar to the ongoing reporting obligation faced by issuers under the Exchange Act, however the requirement to file a Form 1-U is expected to be triggered by significantly fewer corporate events than that of the Form 8-K. Parts I & II of Form 1-Z will be filed by us if and when we decide to and are no longer obligated to file and provide annual reports pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A.
Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of our fiscal year, ending December 31st, our manager will cause to be mailed or made available, by any reasonable means, to each Bondholder as of a date selected by our manager, an annual report containing financial statements of our company for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Company equity and cash flows, with such statements having been audited by an accountant selected by our manager. Our manager shall be deemed to have made a report available to each Bondholder as required if it has either (i) filed such report with the SEC via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and such report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such report available on any website maintained by our company and available for viewing by the Bondholders.
Insurance
We will, and will cause each of our subsidiaries to, keep all of its insurable property insured against loss or damage at least equal to their then full insurable value with insurers of recognized responsibility and having an A.M Best policy holder's rating of not less than A-V.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
We will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent: (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon us or any subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of us or any subsidiary; and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of us or any subsidiary; provided, however, that we shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or for which we have set apart and maintain an adequate reserve.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Bonds. We may apply for quotation of the Bonds on an alternative trading system or over the counter market beginning after the final closing of this offering. However, even if the Bonds are listed or quoted, no assurance can be given as to (1) the likelihood that an active market for the Bonds will develop, (2) the liquidity of any such market, (3) the ability of Bondholders to sell the Bonds or (4) the prices that Bondholders may obtain for any of the Bonds. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of the Bonds, or the availability of the Bonds for future sale, will have on the market price prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of the Bonds, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of the Bonds. See "Risk Factors — Investment Risks."
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Event of Default
The following are Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Bonds:
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Book-entry and other indirect Bondholders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to give notice or direction to or make a request of the trustee and how to declare or rescind an acceleration of maturity.
Annually, within 120 days following December 31st while the Bonds are outstanding, we will furnish to the trustee a written statement of certain of our officers certifying that to their knowledge we are in compliance with the Indenture, or else specifying any Default and the nature and status thereof. We will also deliver to the trustee a written notification of any uncured Default within 30 days after we become aware of such uncured Default.
Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs
Subject to any respective Cure Period, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the Bondholders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds may declare the principal thereof, premium, if any, and all unpaid interest thereon to be due and payable immediately. In such event, the trustee will have the right force us to sell any real property held by us or any subsidiary of ours that we have the unilateral right to cause it to sell its assets. We will be required to contribute the proceeds of any such sale to the repayment of the Bonds. With respect to subsidiaries for which we do not have the unilateral right to sell their assets (for example, if we acquire a property in a joint venture), the trustee has the right to force us to sell our equity in such subsidiary in order to repay the Bonds.
If the sale of our assets is insufficient to repay all obligations under the Bonds, then the trustee will also have the right to force the sale of any equity interest or property then subject to a Forced Sale Agreement.
Limitations of the Forced Sale Agreements
Ridgmar was financed using senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, changes without lender consent. Under the loan documents, if the borrower is in default, the lender has the ability to accelerate the debt and charge certain penalties payable by the borrower. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell Ridgmar Equity without lender consent. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by those properties”for more information.
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The Forced Sale Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. If this were to occur, the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
We may enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements with affiliates. If we do, we anticipate the terms of the Forced Sale Agreements to be substantially similar to the ones related to Ridgmar and Lakeview Square. As a result, the risks associated with the Initial Forced Sale Agreements are expected to also exist with any Additional Forced Sale Agreements, including but not limited to (i) the inability effectively sell the affected equity due to restrictions contained in the underlying senior and mezzanine debt documents, (ii) the ability of the property owner to sell the property without the consent of the trustee, and (iii) the ability of the holder of the affected equity to sell the affected equity without the consent of the trustee.
At any time after the trustee or the Bondholders have accelerated the repayment of the principal, premium, if any, and all unpaid interest on the Bonds, but before the trustee has obtained a judgment or decree for payment of money due, the Bondholders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Bonds may rescind and annul that acceleration and its consequences, provided that all payments and/or deliveries due, other than those due as a result of acceleration, have been made and all Events of Default have been remedied or waived.
The Bondholders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Bonds may waive any default with respect to that series, except a default:
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The Bondholders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Bonds may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the Bonds, provided that (i) such direction is not in conflict with any rule of law or the Indenture, (ii) the trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction and (iii) the trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Bondholders not joining therein. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the trustee, before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the Indenture at the direction of the Bondholders, the trustee is entitled to receive from those Bondholders security or indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which it might incur in complying with any direction.
A Bondholder will have the right to institute a proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy under the Indenture, if:
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However, the Bondholder has the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Bond on the respective due dates (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Bondholder.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are currently no legal proceedings involving our company.
On December 23, 2015, the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois entered a consent order censuring GK Development, Inc., our manager, and Garo Kholamian, the President, sole director and sole shareholder of our manager for violation of the Illinois Securities Act related to certain previous private offerings. The Illinois Secretary of State stated in the order that it is not intended to trigger or otherwise result in disqualification from the usage of Regulation A or Regulation D. The Illinois Secretary of State alleged failures of risk disclosure in those offerings based upon the actual performance of those programs and to disclose certain prior performance information considered required by the Illinois Secretary of State. Our manager and Mr. Kholamian disputed these allegations but, nevertheless, on December 22, 2015 stipulated to the entry of the consent order to settle this matter without any admission of the veracity of the alleged facts or conclusions of law of the Illinois Secretary of State.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners (5% or more)
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| Garo Kholamian(1) |
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| Nancy Kholamian(2) |
| 19.519% Membership Interest |
| 31.038% (Class A) |
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Security Ownership of Management
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| Garo Kholamian |
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| 51.038% (Class A) 92.000% (Class B) |
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(1) Held by Garo Kholamian individually and through the Garo Kholamian Revocable Trust, the Kholamian Family Insurance Trust, and GK Corporate Partners, LLC.
(2) Held by Nancy Kholamian individually and through the Nancy Kholamian Revocable Trust.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth information on the directors and executive officers of GK Development. Our company is managed by GK Development, its sole manager. Consequently, our company does not have its own separate directors or executive officers.
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Garo Kholamian |
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| President and Sole Director |
| 1995 |
Sherry Mast |
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| Principal - Leasing |
| 1997 |
Gregory C. Kveton |
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| Principal - Development |
| 2002 |
Susan Dewar |
| 58 |
| Senior Vice President - Acquisitions |
| 2004 |
Matt Leiter |
| 43 |
| Senior Vice President - Equity Markets |
| 2011 |
Melissa Pielet |
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| Principal - Equity Markets |
| 2013 |
RaeAnn Overberg |
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| Senior Vice President - Operations |
| 2004 |
Michael Sher |
| 58 |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| 2015 |
Executive Officers
Set forth below is biographical information for GK Development's executive officers.
Garo Kholamian, age 58, is the President, sole Director and sole shareholder of GK Development. Since the formation of the GK Development in 1995, Mr. Kholamian and his affiliates have acquired and developed over 120 million square feet of commercial property including apartments, office and commercial rental. Prior to forming GK Development, Mr. Kholamian was Senior Vice President of Development for Homart Development Co., the real estate development arm of Sears Roebuck, specializing in regional shopping malls, power centers and office buildings. At Homart, Mr. Kholamian was responsible for site selection, negotiation and project development and management of Homart's community shopping centers, including over 2.2 million square feet of commercial rental space in the Midwest and Florida. Before managing the development of these centers, Mr. Kholamian assisted in the development of 1.5 million square feet of regional malls and 1.1 million square feet of office space throughout the U.S. for Homart. Mr. Kholamian received his Master's Degree in Business Management from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985 and his Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1981. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a licensed real estate broker in Illinois.
Sherry Mast, age 48, is the Principal - Leasing at GK Development. Ms. Mast joined GK Development in 1997 and, prior to taking over leasing, established property management and financial systems for GK Development. Ms. Mast is responsible for leasing of the company's entire portfolio and manages outside broker relationships, as well as day-to-day leasing activity. Prior to joining GK Development, Ms. Mast was Marketing Manager for Karp's, a nationally recognized bakery supply company. There she was responsible for new product development, creating bakery supply solutions for national retailers. From joining that company in 1992, Ms. Mast was involved in the creation of new products and worked closely with national clients, including Starbucks Coffee, Wal-Mart, Dominick's Finer Foods and American Superstores. Prior to joining Karp's, Ms. Mast was Quality Assurance Associate for Hyatt Hotel Corporation from 1989 through 1992. There she assisted in improving customer relations and maintaining Hyatt's industry-leading service standards. Ms. Mast received her Bachelor's Degree in Corporate Communications from Northern Illinois University. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and is a registered real estate salesperson in Illinois.
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Gregory C. Kveton, age 60, is the Principal - Development at GK Development. He joined GK Development in 2002 to spearhead the company's ground-up development team by identifying opportunities in emerging growth markets. He also directs new development and ongoing capital construction. During his tenure, GK Development has specialized in projects that deliver steady, increasing value for GK Development's investors, tenants and community. Previously, Greg was Senior Vice President - Operations with fiscal and operation responsibility for GK Development's portfolio. Before he joined GK Development, he was Vice President of Asset Management in the commercial rental group of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, where he was responsible for project oversight for power center development in the western United States. At Homart Development Company, the real estate development arm of Sears Roebuck, Greg was National Director of the Community Centers group, where he oversaw asset and property management for the company's power and community centers portfolio. Greg graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and holds both the Certified Shopping Center Manager and Certified Retail Property Executive designations from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
Susan Dewar, age 58, is the Senior Vice President - Acquisitions at GK Development. Susan joined GK Development in 2004, enriching the team with her extensive background in commercial, office and industrial real estate. Susan is responsible for reviewing and assessing each potential acquisition for GK Development. She has been actively involved in the acquisition and financing of several regional malls, including a portfolio of four malls totaling more than 1.74 million square feet. She was previously involved in obtaining financing for several of GK Development's properties, and maintains a presence in both the local and national banking communities. Previously, Susan was Vice President of Real Estate for the Elmer J. Krauss Organization, at the time, the largest industrial real estate owner in the State of Florida. While with Krauss, she oversaw more than 30 acquisition/disposition transactions in a 3-year period, including all due diligence and financing. In addition, she was responsible for all property and asset management for the entire portfolio. Susan attended the University of Houston, focusing on Business and Real Estate, and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Florida. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), a Certified Property Manager, and a 20-year member of the Institute of Real Estate Management.
Matt Leiter, age 43, is the Senior Vice President - Equity Markets at GK Development. Matt manages legacy investments and its investors. Matt also structures new investment products for distribution to Broker Dealers, Family Offices, and Institutional investors. Matt manages and monitors the financial performance of the company's four equity funds and seven single-asset real estate investment offerings. He has also selected and managed GK's National Sales, Key Accounts and Wholesaling team, leading them to more than $50 million raised in less than two-years, allowing for the purchase or recapitalization of more than $150 million of real estate assets. Before joining GK Development, he was General Manager at the Leiter Group, a Florida real estate development firm with a focus on mixed-use multi-family public/private projects. There he led in managing and developing projects with a combined value of over $300 million. He also has experience as the Chief Operating Officer of a European software company and as a sales manager at Caterpillar, Inc., where he worked for six years. Matt received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign - Urbana and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Melissa Pielet, age 51, is the Principal - Finance at GK Development. Melissa arranges financing for all of GK Development's acquisitions and developments. She procures first mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and preferred equity for GK Development's portfolio. This includes construction loans, bridge loans and permanent loans. She is also responsible for ongoing communication with lenders on all GK-owned assets. Before joining the GK Development team, Melissa was a Principal and Executive Vice President of finance for 26 years with HSA Commercial. There she was responsible for financing the development and acquisition of over 67 million square feet of real estate with a market value of over $2.5 billion. This included industrial, commercial, office, medical office, senior living, hotels and vacant land. During her tenure at HSA, Melissa oversaw communication with lenders for all ongoing needs related to HSA Commercial's 16 million square feet of owned assets, including negotiation various loan restructures to benefit ownership. She also arranged financing for various third party borrowers, including all of GK Development's acquisitions and developments. Melissa attended the University of Wisconsin, studying real estate and marketing. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is licensed as a real estate broker in the state of Illinois.
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RaeAnn Overberg, age 52, is the Senior Vice President - Operations at GK Development. RaeAnn brings the GK Development more than 20 years' experience in leasing, facilities management, marketing, and site selection of commercial and commercial rental properties. Currently, RaeAnn oversees operations and has fiscal responsibility for GK Development's portfolio of more than 6 million square feet of space. She is responsible for managing revenue and capital projections, physical property condition, and shopper marketing programs to meet the changing needs of the portfolio. RaeAnn was previously Director of Specialty Leasing; in 2004 she initiated the specialty leasing program for GK Development's regional mall acquisitions. Before joining GK Development, RaeAnn worked for DHL Airways as Director of Corporate Services. She has also held positions in office building development and mall management for Homart Development Company, the real estate development arm of Sears Roebuck. RaeAnn graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Business. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and holds both their Certified Shopping Center Manager designation and Certified Retail Executive designation.
Michael Sher, age 58, is the Chief Financial Officer of GK Development Inc. Michael joined GK bringing over 30 years of experience including public accounting, specializing in audit, tax and consulting services within the real estate industry. Michael has a wide breadth of audit experience including managing the audits of large real estate portfolios encompassing all asset classes; privately offered real estate syndications; and entities with troubled loan and real estate-owned portfolios. Prior to joining GK, Michael was a partner with McGladrey LLP and served as the Chief Financial Officer of a multifamily real estate developer, Mesa Development Corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. Mesa Development has developed over $400,000,000 of multifamily real estate. As CFO, Michael was responsible for all aspects of the finance department including the reporting process, investor and lender relations, treasury, tax and compliance. Michael's education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master's of Science in Taxation from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant and member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society.
Directors
Garo Kholamian is the sole shareholder and director of GK Development.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Our company does not have executives. It is operated by a sole manager, GK Development. We will not reimburse our manager for any portion of the salaries and benefits to be paid to its executive officers named in "Directors and Executive Officers." See "Compensation of our manager and its Affiliates" for a list of fees payable to GK Development and/or its affiliates.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Forced Sale Agreements
For the first year following the first Closing Date, our company will be a party to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements with UMB Bank and certain of GK Development's affiliates. Under those agreements, the trustee will be able to force the sale of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity as a remedy if our company defaults on the Bonds, the trustee (or the bondholders if permitted) accelerates the maturity of the Bonds, and our company is otherwise unable to pay off the Bonds. During the pendency of the Forced Sale Agreements, the value of the Ridgmar Equity and Lakeview Equity, $4,986,386 and $7,352,587, as determined by management relying, in part, upon independent, third party appraisals dated August 15, 2015, of the value of the underlying real properties, and any other equity interest subject to a Forced Sale Agreement shall be included in the equity of our company for the purposes of calculating the Equity-Bond Ratio. The Initial Forced Sale Agreements shall terminate automatically on the first anniversary of the first Closing Date of this offering, and will also terminate if the real property underlying the applicable Initial Forced Sale Agreement is sold to a third party. However, the parties to the Initial Forced Sale Agreements may extend them at their discretion (subject to approval of the trustee). In order to comply with the Equity-Bond Ratio, our company may, with the trustee's reasonable approval, enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements, in substantially similar form as the Initial Forced Sale Agreements, with affiliates of GK Development.
Ridgmar was financed using senior and mezzanine debt. Terms of each loan provide that the borrower will be in default if the ownership interest in Ridgmar, directly or indirectly, changes without lender consent. Under the loan documents, if the borrower is in default, the lender has the ability to accelerate the debt and charge certain penalties payable by the borrower. As a result, it may not be possible or it may be prohibitively expensive to sell Ridgmar Equity without lender consent. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – The Effectiveness of our trustee's remedy to force a sale of the Ridgmar Equity, Lakeview Equity and call the loans of Lake Mead Crossing and future acquired properties may be limited by covenants and penalties in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective underlying properties” and “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering – Our trustee's remedy to force a sale of Ridgmar may be limited due to covenants contained in the senior and mezzanine debt secured by those properties”for more information.
The Forced Sale Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of such equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. If this were to occur, the value of the interest sold would no longer be available to support the Equity-Bond Ratio or the repayment of the Bonds in the event the trustee exercised its rights under the Forced Sale Agreements. While we may replace the Lakeview Equity or Ridgmar Equity with equity in other properties, you will not have had the opportunity to evaluate such properties prior to making an investment in the Bonds. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
We may enter into Additional Forced Sale Agreements with affiliates. If we do, we anticipate the terms of the Forced Sale Agreements to be substantially similar to the ones related to Ridgmar and Lakeview Square. As a result, the risks associated with the Initial Forced Sale Agreements are expected to also exist with any Additional Forced Sale Agreements, including but not limited to (i) the inability to effectively sell the affected equity due to restrictions contained in the underlying senior and mezzanine debt documents, (ii) the ability of the property owner to sell the property without the consent of the trustee, and (iii) the ability of the holder of the affected equity to sell the affected equity without the consent of the trustee.
Cash Flow Loans
Our company has entered into loan agreements with the holders of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity, or the Cash Flow Lenders, whereby the Cash Flow Lenders are obligated to advance our company up to the entirety of the monthly cash flow to them from the Lakeview Equity and Ridgmar Equity, in order to enable our company to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant. Any such advances will be represented by a promissory note, subordinate to the Bonds, that will bear interest at the then in effect IRS impute interest rate and will have the same maturity date as the Bonds. We will be required to represent to the Cash Flow Lenders (or any of them) that we require such a loan in order to comply with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant in order to receive such a loan. The source of the Cash Flow Loans will be the distributions from GK Preferred and Senior Mezz to Lakeview Equity and Ridgmar Equity, respectively. Prior to the Cash Flow Loans' maturity date, our company may, but is not required, to make payments on the Cash Flow Loans at its discretion. At its discretion, our company may enter into substantial similar arrangements with other affiliates of GK Development in order to provide cash to our company to ensure compliance with the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant; provided, that the repayment of any loan from an affiliate of GK Development to our company shall be subordinate to the Bonds.
The Cash Flow Loan Agreements do not limit the rights of the holders of such equity to sell their equity, nor do those agreements preclude a sale of the underlying real properties. If this were to occur, we would lose our rights to the cash flow loans relative to the interest sold. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Offering –Neither the Forced Sale Agreements nor the Cash Flow Loan Agreements limit the rights of GK Development's affiliates to sell the Lakeview Equity or the Ridgmar Equity to an unaffiliated third party, nor do they preclude the sale of the real property underlying each of the Lakeview Equity and the Ridgmar Equity” for more information.
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Mezzanine Debt
Lake Mead Parent, LLC, the owner of Lake Mead Partners, LLC and the wholly-owned subsidiary of our company, and Lake Mead Development, LLC received mezzanine debt to purchase Lake Mead Crossing from an affiliate of our manager. Under the promissory note, Lake Mead Parent, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC can borrow up to $10,500,000 at 8% interest. The mezzanine loan requires monthly interest payments only. The loan matures on November 12, 2018. Currently, the mezzanine loan has an outstanding principal of approximately $9,978,500. We believe the terms of the current loan are, and any future loans from an affiliate of our manager will be, fair and at market rates for such loans. However, we cannot assure you that a third party unaffiliated with GK Development would not be willing to provide current loan financing on better terms.
Interim Debt
Lake Mead Partners, LLC received an interim loan from our manager in the amount of $2,608,100 in connection with our acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing. The interim loan carries interest of 7% until the loan is called by our manager. After the loan is called, the interest rate will increase to 8%. Our manager may call the loan at any time and in its sole discretion. Currently, this interim loan has an outstanding principal of approximately $1,628,000. We believe the terms of the current loan are fair and at market rates for such loans. However, the terms of this loan were not negotiated at arm's length, and we cannot assure you that an unaffiliated third party would not be willing to provide loan financing on better terms.
Lake Mead Development, LLC received an interim loan from our manager in the amount of $20,000 in connection with our acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing. The interim loan carries interest of 7% until the loan is called by our manager. After the loan is called, the interest rate will increase to 8%. Our manager may call the loan at any time and in its sole discretion. This loan has been fully repaid. We believe the terms of this loan were fair and at market rates for such loans. However, the terms of this loan were not negotiated at arm's length, and we cannot assure you that an unaffiliated third party would not have been willing to provide loan financing on better terms.
See "Selection, Retention and Custody of Company's Investments" and "Policies in Respect to Certain Transactions" for more information on related party transactions.
SELECTION, RETENTION AND CUSTODY OF COMPANY'S INVESTMENTS
GK Development, our company's manager, or its affiliates will be responsible for all aspects of the management of our company's assets. Through this management, GK Development or its affiliates will be entitled to the fees enumerated below:
Acquisition Fees. GK Development will be entitled to 2% of the purchase price of each property purchased from non-affiliated, third party sellers for identifying, reviewing, evaluating, investing in and the purchase of real property acquisitions. These acquisition fees are payable by our company regardless of whether the property ever generates positive cash flow.
Property Management Services Fee. Each property owned by our company will be managed by a property manager, which may be GK Development or an affiliate of GK Development. For its services, the property manager will be paid property management fees, leasing compensation and other compensation on arm's-length terms and at competitive rates, provided that property management fees for any property may not exceed 5% of annual gross revenues from that property. The property management fees will be paid in arrears on a monthly basis. The property management fees are payable by our company regardless of whether the property ever generates positive cash flow.
Disposition Fees. GK Development will receive 2% of the gross sale price from the disposition of each property by our company. These disposition fees are payable by our company regardless of whether the investment is sold at a gain or a loss.
Financing Fees. GK Development will be entitled to 2% of the principal amount of any financing in conjunction with the purchase or refinance of an asset. These financing fees are payable by our company regardless of whether the asset generates positive cash flow.
Other Fees. GK Development may be entitled to certain additional, reasonable fees in association with other activities imperative to the operations of our company. Such activities include, but are not limited to, property leasing, property development, and loan guarantees. GK Development will endeavor to determine such fees based upon benchmark market rates.
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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Conflicts Generally
GK Development has not established any formal procedures to resolve the conflicts of interest discussed below. Bondholders, therefore, will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties to resolve conflicts equitably. Although GK Development will attempt to monitor these conflicts, it will be extremely difficult if not impossible to assure that these conflicts do not arise, and may, in certain circumstances, result in adverse consequences to our company.
Specific Conflicts Inherent in our Company
As described below, certain conflicts of interest are inherent in an investment in our company. By investing in this offering, each Bondholder will be deemed to have consented to these conflicts and to have agreed not to assert any claim that any such conflicts violate any duty owed by GK Development, our manager, or its affiliates to the Bondholders, except to the extent that such conflict results in liability under the Securities Act. These conflicts include those inherent to the business relationship between our company and GK Development described in the preceding section. See "Selection, Retention and Custody of Company's Investments" and "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" for more information.
Property Purchased from GK Development and their Affiliates. Our company may acquire properties, or an interest therein, from GK Development, and/or its affiliates. These properties, or interests therein, may be acquired in exchange for any combination of cash, debt and/or equity in our company. GK Development, or their affiliates, may derive a profit as a result of these acquisition transactions.
Other Activities. GK Development and its shareholder, director, officers and employees are not required to devote their full time to the business of our company, and GK Development and its shareholder, director, officers and employees may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time between our company and other activities of GK Development. However, GK Development is required to spend such time as is reasonably needed for the operations of our company and as is consistent with the due care that a fiduciary would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. GK Development believes that it has sufficient staff to be fully capable of discharging its responsibilities to our company. GK Development and its respective affiliates may have other business interests or may engage in other business ventures of any nature or description whatsoever, whether presently existing or created later, and whether or not competitive with the business of our company or its affiliates. GK Development will have no right (including without limitation a right of first opportunity, first offer or first refusal with respect to any real estate investment presented to GK Development or any of their respective affiliates) by virtue of its participation in our company in or to such ventures or activities or to the income or profits derived from them. To the extent GK Development or its affiliates already have an ownership interest in an existing property in a market in which our company intends to acquire property, such other property may be in competition with our company's investment for prospective tenants. Further, GK Development will have sole discretion to determine which among its affiliate's sponsored programs should purchase any particular property or make any other investment, or enter into a joint venture for the acquisition and operation of specific properties.
Co-Investments. GK Development has the right, in its sole discretion, to determine whether it or any of its affiliates may co-invest with our company with respect to any particular property investment.
Loans. Our company purchased Lake Mead Crossing by utilizing debt financing directly from our manager and from an affiliate of our manager. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" for more information. We are not restricted from obtaining future debt financing from our manager or an affiliate of our manager. While we believe these loans are, and any future loans will be, fair and at market rates consistent with such loans, the terms of any such financing were not, and will not be, negotiated at arm's length.
No Separate Representation of Bondholders by Counsel to our Company. Legal counsel for our company does not represent the Bondholders in connection with the organization or business of our company or this offering, and such counsel disclaims any fiduciary or attorney-client relationship with the Bondholders. Prospective investors should obtain the advice of their own legal counsel regarding legal matters.
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COMPENSATION OF OUR MANAGER AND ITS AFFILIATES
The following is a description of compensation that may be received by GK Development and its affiliates from our company or in connection with the proceeds of this offering. These compensation arrangements have been established by GK Development and its affiliates and are not the result of arm's-length negotiations. Services for which our company engages GK Development or its affiliates and which are not described below will be compensated at the market rate. Fees payable to GK Development or its affiliates in excess of the rate set forth in this section entitled "Compensation of our Manager and Its Affiliates" will require the consent of a majority of the Bonds. For this purpose, a Bondholder will be deemed to have consented with respect to its Bonds if he has not objected in writing within five (5) calendar days after the receipt of the consent request. GK Development or an affiliate may elect to waive or defer certain of these fees in its sole discretion. This table assumes that the maximum offering amount of $50,000,000 is sold in this offering.
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| GK Development will be reimbursed for organization and offering expenses. |
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| GK Development will be paid a promotional fee for organizing and structuring the offering equal to 1.88% of the offering proceeds. |
| $940,000 |
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| In connection with the provision of property management services, GK Development, will receive an annual property management fee, of up to 5.0% of the monthly gross income from any property it manages. The property management fee will be paid in arrears on a monthly basis. |
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| GK Development will be entitled to 2% of the purchase price of each property purchased from non-affiliated, third party sellers for identifying, reviewing, evaluating, investing in and the purchase of real property acquisitions. Our company does not anticipate acquiring any properties from non-affiliated, third party sellers in the twelve (12) months following the qualification of this offering, and, therefore, does not expect to pay any acquisition fees during that time period. However, our company has not yet entered any definitive agreements for the purchase of assets from affiliates. |
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| GK Development will be entitled to 2% of the principal amount of any financing in conjunction with purchase or refinance of an asset.(1) |
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| GK Development will receive 2% of the gross sale price from the disposition of each property by our company. |
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| GK Development will be reimbursed by our company for all costs incurred by GK Development and its affiliates when performing services on behalf of our company. |
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| GK Development will be reimbursed by our company for reasonable and necessary expenses paid or incurred by GK Development in the future in connection with the liquidation of our company, including any legal and accounting costs to be paid from operating revenue. |
| Impractical to determine at this time |
In connection with our acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing from an unaffiliated, third party seller, our manager became entitled to $845,000 payable as an acquisition fee, representing 2% of the purchase price.
(1)GK Development may employ third parties, both affiliated and unaffiliated, to assist in securing debt financing for our company. In such an event, GK Development may reallow all or a portion of the financing fee to such third party. In connection with our company's acquisition of Lake Mead Crossing, GK Development reallowed 100% of the financing fee, $655,000, to M Capital Partners LLC, an unaffiliated third party, and $170,600 to the mezzanine lender. |
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PRIOR PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
Prior Investment Programs
The information presented in this section represents the historical experience of real estate programs sponsored by GK Development. These are all private programs as GK Development has sponsored no public programs other than our company. Investors in this offering should not assume that they will experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in any of GK Development's prior programs. Investors who purchase Bonds will not acquire any ownership interest in any of the programs discussed in this section.
The Prior Performance Tables set forth information as of December 31, 2015 regarding certain of these prior programs regarding: (1) experience in raising and investing funds (Table I); (2) compensation to GK Development or its affiliates (separate and distinct from any return on its investment) (Table II); (3) annual operating results (Table III); and (4) results of completed programs (Table IV). Sales or disposals of properties (Table V) have been omitted because no transactions of this nature have been completed during the three years ended December 31, 2015 by programs with similar investment objectives. We will furnish copies of Table VI which shows acquisitions of properties by prior programs to any prospective investor upon request and without charge.
As of June 30, 2016, GK Development was the sponsor of nine private programs that had closed offerings in the prior ten years; none of which had investment objectives similar to our company (see Tables I, II and III). Of the seven prior private programs that closed offerings within the prior five years, we do not believe that any of them had similar investment objectives to our company because: (i) four of the programs were equity programs designed to invest in a single, identified asset and (ii) the remaining three programs were notes programs designed to make loans to identified affiliates of GK Development.
As of June 30, 2016, the nine private programs of which GK Development was sponsor had raised in the aggregate $174 million in equity and debt capital from a total of 1,991 total investors, and acquired a total of twenty-eight properties with an aggregate acquisition cost of approximately $650,000,000. Of these nine programs, none have been completed.
As a percentage of acquisition costs, the diversification of these properties by geographic area is as follows:
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All of the properties acquired by GK Development's prior programs are retail properties, which are commercial properties. Our manager 's prior programs have acquired no residential properties. Of the acquisitions of the prior programs, 2% were new properties or developed by an affiliate and 98% were used properties. Our manager's prior programs described herein have sold an aggregate of two (2) properties.
Set forth below is a brief summary of each of the prior programs sponsored by GK Development in the prior ten years as of December 31, 2015.
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InvestLinc GK Properties Fund II, LLC ("Fund II")
Fund II was formed in March 2004 to invest in commercial real estate opportunities through investments in income producing real estate throughout the United States. Fund II raised $39,351,400 (393,514 units or $1,000 per unit) from accredited investors through a private placement offering. Fund II is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2017. Fund II's portfolio currently consists of a regional mall, Lufkin Mall, located in Lufkin, TX and a large open-air shopping center, Yorkshire Plaza, located in Aurora, IL. Yorkshire Plaza is anchored by Best Buy and Value City Furniture. Through December 31, 2015, the Fund made aggregate distributions of $8,959,335 ($22.77 per unit) to members. Fund II is currently paying distributions equal to 1% of the equity raised to its investors, which is 8% less than the preferred return to investors intended to be paid under Fund II's operating agreement. Fund II's cash from operations was materially and adversely affected by the economic recession of 2008-2009, which resulted in significant financial hardship to the tenants of Fund II's retail investments. As a result, Fund II had several tenants either go bankrupt or cease paying under their leases or require significant rent concessions to stay in their spaces. In order to preserve cash needed to meet Fund II's debt service obligations and avoid default and foreclosure on Fund II's properties, GK Development, as Fund II's manager, determined it was in the best interest of Fund II to reduce distributions below Fund II's targeted distribution amount. By retaining funds, the goal is to create value for investors over time, increasing the possibility of resuming distributions and maximizing returns for investors at the conclusion of Fund II. In March 2016, Fund II sold one of its commercial real estate assets for $30,250,000. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $1,800,000. Fund II anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate on December 31, 2017. Therefore, Fund II has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
InvestLinc GK Properties Fund III, LLC ("Fund III")
Fund III was formed in April 2006 to invest primarily in commercial real estate opportunities through investments in income producing real estate throughout the United States. Fund III raised $24,007,395 (2,426,801.29784 units) from accredited investors through a private placement offering. Fund III is scheduled to expire on April 20, 2019. Fund III's portfolio currently consists of College Square Mall Development, a property adjacent to College Square Mall, located in Cedar Falls, IA; and Peru Mall, a regional mall, located in Peru, IL. Through December 31, 2015, the Fund has made aggregate distributions of $4,004,141 ($1.65 per unit). Fund III has not paid distributions to its investors since 2009. Fund III's cash from operations was materially and adversely affected by the economic recession of 2008-2009, which resulted in significant financial hardship to the tenants of Fund III's retail investments. As a result, Fund III had several tenants either go bankrupt or cease paying under their leases or require significant rent concessions to stay in their spaces. In order to preserve cash needed to meet Fund III's debt service obligations and avoid default and foreclosure on Fund III's properties, GK Development, as Fund III's manager, determined it was in the best interest of Fund III to reduce distributions below Fund III's targeted distribution amount. By retaining funds, the goal is to create value for investors over time, increasing the possibility of resuming distributions and maximizing returns for investors at the conclusion of Fund III. In February 2016 and April 2016, Fund III sold two of its commercial real estate assets for $2,000,000 and $10,121,000, respectively. The sales resulted in a gain aggregating approximately $6,200,000. Fund III anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate on April 20, 2019. Therefore, Fund III has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
Grand Center Partners, LLC ("GCP")
In March 2012, GCP raised $2,410,000 from accredited investors through a private placement offering for the purpose of making a preferred equity investment to fund the development of a retail shopping center known as The Shops at North Grand, located in Ames, IA. The property consisted of (i) 98,827 square feet of inline "big box" retail space leased to Kohl's, The Gap Outlet, Shoe Carnival and TJ Maxx; (ii) two fully leased single tenant outparcel buildings totaling 5,613 square feet; (iii) an outparcel pad approximating 0.57 acres; and (iv) a multi-tenant outparcel building consisting of 8,731 square feet. The retail shopping center was sold in November 2013 and the investors received cash distributions aggregating $3,224,000. The projected liquidation for this investment was 2017; however, the investors received a return of their equity, plus a return on their equity in 2013.
GDH Investments, LLC ("GDH")
In September 2012, GDH raised $2,000,000 from accredited investors through a private placement offering for the purpose of making a preferred equity investment into GDH to fund the re-development of a neighborhood shopping center located in the Lincoln Park North/Sheffield/Clybourn retail corridor in Chicago, Illinois. The center consisted of 35,400 square feet of retail space and a 43-car underground parking facility. The property was sold in January 2014 and the investors received cash distributions of $3,123,000. The projected liquidation for this investment was 2017; however, the investors received a return of their equity, plus a return on their equity in 2014.
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GK Secured Income I, LLC ("GKSI I")
GKSI I was formed in December 2012 to provide a loan to an entity affiliated with our manager of GKSI I. GKSI I raised $7,364,587 from accredited investors through a private placement offering. The investors are entitled to receive a return of 8% per annum payable monthly. Through December 31, 2015, $1,502,000 has been paid to its members, representing an 8% annual return from inception. To date, no sales of properties or capital events have occurred in GKSI I. GKSI I anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate within five to seven years of the termination of its offering, December 2017. Therefore, GKSI I has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
GK Preferred Income I (Lakeview Square), LLC ("GKPI I")
GKPI I was formed in February 2013, to acquire, own and operate, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, a regional mall known as Lakeview Square Mall, located in Battle Creek, MI. Lakeview Square Mall consists of 551,228 square feet of retail space, of which 259,635 square feet is owned by GKPI I, with the remaining 291,593 square feet being owned by the following anchor tenants; Sears, JC Penney and Macy's. GKPI I raised $5,177,239 of preferred equity from accredited investors through a private placement offering. The investors are entitled to receive a minimum preferred return of 7% per annum. As of March 31, 2015, all of the preferred equity ($5,177,239) has been returned to the investors, together with a 15% annualized preferred return. It was originally anticipated that the investors would receive the return of their invested equity together with the preferred return in 2018.
GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC ("GKPI II")
GKPI II was formed in August 2013, to acquire and own, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, an 87.50% Tenant-in-Common ("TIC") interest in a regional mall known as Ridgmar Mall, located in Ft. Worth, TX. The remaining TIC interest is held by an affiliate of the sponsor. Ridgmar Mall consists of 1,235,515 square feet of retail space, of which 398,840 square feet is owned by the TIC, with the remaining 836,675 square feet being owned by the following anchor tenants; Dillard's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Sears, and JC Penney. During 2013 and 2014, GKPI II raised $23,864,440 of preferred equity from accredited investors through a private placement offering. The investors are entitled to receive a preferred equity return of 7% per annum. To date, the 7% annual preferred return has been paid. To date, no sales of properties or capital events have occurred in GKPI II. GKPI II anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate within five to seven years of the termination of its offering, August 2018. Therefore, GKPI II has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
GK Secured Income Investments III, LLC ("GKSI III")
GKSI III was formed in October 2014 to provide loans to Fund I and to Peru GKD Partners, LLC ("Peru") on a 50/50 basis. Peru is owned by Fund II. Both Fund I and Fund II are affiliated with our manager of GKSI III. Through December 31, 2015, GKSI III raised $11,111,776 ($2,920,143 as of December 31, 2014) from accredited investors through a private placement offering. The members are entitled to receive a preferred return of 9% per annum payable monthly. From the Fund's inception, $794,241 has been paid to investors, representing a 9% annual return. To date, no sales of properties or capital events have occurred in GKSI III. GKSI III anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate within five to seven years of the termination of its offering, October 2017. Therefore, GKSI III has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
GK Secured Income IV, LLC ("GKSI IV")
GKSI IV was formed in September 2015 to provide loans in the aggregate of $10,000,000 to Lake Mead Partners, LLC, which loans were to be secured by our company pledging all of its equity interest in Lake Mead Partners, LLC. Through December 31, 2015, GKSI IV raised $10,779,000 from accredited investors through a private placement offering. In the first year, the members are entitled to receive a preferred return of 7% per annum. From the Fund's inception, $291,793 has been paid to investors, representing a 7% annual return. To date, no sales of properties or capital events have occurred in GKSI IV. GKSI IV anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate within five to seven years of the termination of its offering, September 2018. Therefore, GKSI IV has not yet reached its anticipated liquidity event.
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LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
Our manager and executive officers, if any are appointed by our manager, will owe fiduciary duties to our company and our members in the manner prescribed in the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and applicable case law. Neither our manager nor any executive officer will owe fiduciary duties to our bondholders. Our manager is required to act in good faith and in a manner that it determines to be in our best interests. However, nothing in our Operating Agreement precludes our manager or executive officers or any affiliate of our manager or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, members or trustees from acting, as a director, officer or employee of any corporation, a trustee of any trust, an executor or administrator of any estate, a member of any company or an administrative official of any other business entity, or from receiving any compensation or participating in any profits in connection with any of the foregoing, and neither our company nor any member shall have any right to participate in any manner in any profits or income earned or derived by our manager or any affiliate thereof or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, members or trustees, from or in connection with the conduct of any such other business venture or activity. Our manager, its executive officers, any affiliate of any of them, or any shareholder, officer, director, employee, partner, member or any person or entity owning an interest therein, may engage in or possess an interest in any other business or venture of any nature or description, provided that such activities do not compete with the business of our company or otherwise breach their agreements with our company; and no member or other person or entity shall have any interest in such other business or venture by reason of its interest in our company.
Our manager or executive officers have no liability to our company or to any member for any claims, costs, expenses, damages, or losses suffered by our company which arise out of any action or inaction of any manager or executive officer if such manager or executive officer meets the following standards: (i) such manager or executive officer, in good faith, reasonably determined that such course of conduct or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of our company, and (ii) such course of conduct did not constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence or any breach of fiduciary duty to our company or its members. These exculpation provisions in our Operating Agreement are intended to protect our manager and executive officers from liability when exercising their business judgment regarding transactions we may enter into.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification or exculpation of our manager, executive officers or other persons controlling us from liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification and exculpation is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of our company as of December 31, 2015, which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 and the related statements of operations, members' equity and cash flows for the period from November 12, 2015 (date of inception) through December 31, 2015 and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses of Lake Mead Crossing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 included in this Offering Circular and the related notes to those financial statements, have been audited by Plante & Moran, PLLC, an independent public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with this offering, including the validity of the Bonds, will be passed upon for us by Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We maintain a website, www.gkdevelopment.com, which contains additional information concerning GK Development and our company. Our company will file, annual, semi-annual and special reports, and other information, as applicable, with the SEC. You may read and copy any document filed with the SEC at the SEC's public Company reference room at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports, and informational statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC (http://www.sec.gov).
Our company has filed an Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part with the SEC under the Securities Act. The Offering Statement contains additional information about us. You may inspect the Offering Statement without charge at the office of the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, and you may obtain copies from the SEC at prescribed rates.
This Offering Circular does not contain all of the information included in the Offering Statement. We have omitted certain parts of the Offering Statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information, we refer you to the Offering Statement, which may be found at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. Statements contained in this Offering Circular and any accompanying supplement about the provisions or contents of any contract, agreement or any other document referred to are not necessarily complete. Please refer to the actual exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
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PART F/S
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GK Investment Holdings, LLC Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 F-2 Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations F-3 Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations F-4 GK Investment Holdings, LLC Financial Statements for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 Independent Auditor's Report F-7 Balance Sheet F-8 Statement of Operations F-9 Statement of Members' Equity F-10 Statement of Cash Flows F-11 Notes to Financial Statements F-12 Lake Mead Crossing Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014 and the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 Independent Auditor's Report F-25 Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses F-26 Notes to Financial Statements F-27
F-1
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
Pro Forma Financial Information
December 31, 2015
| F-2 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (Applicant) Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Period from November 12, December 31, 2015 |
|
| (Predecessor) Historical for the Period from January 1, 2015 through November 11, 2015 |
|
| Pro Forma Adjustments |
|
| Notes |
| Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations |
| ||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Minimum rents |
| $ | 527,971 |
|
| $ | 2,811,847 |
|
| $ | 89,019 |
|
| (a) |
| $ | 3,428,837 |
|
Tenant recoveries |
|
| 34,575 |
|
|
| 354,406 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 388,981 |
|
Other rental income |
|
| 491 |
|
|
| 4,305 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4,796 |
|
|
|
| 563,037 |
|
|
| 3,170,558 |
|
|
| 89,019 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,822,614 |
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other operating expenses |
|
| 51,874 |
|
|
| 310,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 362,715 |
|
Real estate taxes |
|
| 34,236 |
|
|
| 187,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 222,154 |
|
Management fees |
|
| 25,855 |
|
|
| 119,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 145,813 |
|
Professional fees |
|
| 6,955 |
|
|
| 6,509 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 13,464 |
|
Insurance |
|
| 5,591 |
|
|
| 36,714 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 42,305 |
|
Acquisition and closing costs |
|
| 861,096 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (861,096 | ) |
| (b) |
|
| - |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
| 402,489 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| 1,844,824 |
|
| (c) |
|
| 2,247,313 |
|
|
|
| 1,388,096 |
|
|
| 661,940 |
|
|
| 983,728 |
|
|
|
|
| 3,033,764 |
|
Other Income and Expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bargain Purchase Price Adjustment |
|
| 4,936,000 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (4,936,000 | ) |
| (d) |
|
| - |
|
Interest Expense |
|
| (321,628 | ) |
|
| - |
|
|
| (1,932,311 | ) |
| (e) |
|
| (2,253,939 | ) |
|
|
| 4,614,372 |
|
|
| - |
|
|
| (6,868,311 | ) |
|
|
|
| (2,253,939 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Net Income/(Loss) |
| $ | 3,789,313 |
|
| $ | 2,508,618 |
|
| $ | (7,763,020 | ) |
|
|
| $ | (1,465,089 | ) |
See Accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information
| F-3 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
On November 12, 2015, GK Investment Holdings, LLC (“Applicant”), through its wholly owned limited liability companies, purchased a retail power center known as Lake Mead Crossing (“Property”), located in Henderson, Nevada from an unrelated third party seller (“Predecessor”). The unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, as adjusted, gives effect to the acquisition of the Property as if the acquisition occurred on December 31, 2014. Additionally, the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 is based on combining the Applicants statement of operations for the period from November 12, 2015 through December 31, 2015 with the Predecessor’s statement of operations for the period from January 1, 2015 through November 11, 2015, and taking into effect adjustments necessary as a result of the acquisition, including depreciation, amortization and interest expense.
Note 2 – Purchase Price Allocation
On November 12, 2015, the Applicant, through its wholly owned limited liability companies acquired a portion of the retail power center, known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson, Nevada for $42,065,000 (net of a credit in the amount of $185,000).
The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:
Land and land improvements |
| $ | 18,315,606 |
|
Rental property and improvements |
|
| 25,951,332 |
|
Leasing commissions |
|
| 709,077 |
|
Above-market leases |
|
| 998,730 |
|
In-place leases |
|
| 3,770,945 |
|
|
|
| 49,745,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bargain purchase price adjustment |
|
| 4,936,000 |
|
Below-market leases |
|
| 2,744,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash consideration |
| $ | 42,065,000 |
|
Acquisition related costs, which include acquisition fees and other closing fees, totaled $861,096. Such costs, which are included on the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015, have been adjusted to zero to give effect to the acquisition of the Property as if it occurred on December 31, 2014.
| F-4 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
Note 2 – Purchase Price Allocation (continued)
The fair value of total identifiable net assets was determined with the assistance of a third party appraiser using the income approach methodology of valuation. The income approach methodology utilizes the remaining non-cancelable lease terms as defined in lease agreements, market rental data, and discount rates. This fair value is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and are therefore Level 3 inputs. Key assumptions include a capitalization rate of 7.5%, growth rates for market rentals of 3.0%, and a discount rate of 9.0%.
The Applicant determined that the purchase price of the acquired assets was less than the fair value at the time of purchase, and as a result thereof, a bargain purchase price gain in the amount of $4,936,000 was recorded. Such gain, which is included on the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015, has been adjusted to zero to give effect to the acquisition of the Property as if it occurred on December 31, 2014.
Note 3 – Pro Forma Adjustments
The pro forma adjustments are based on our preliminary estimates and assumptions that are subject to change. The following adjustments have been reflected in the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations:
| a) | Reflects the estimated adjustment to rental income recognizing the difference between rental revenue earned on a straight-line basis and the cash rent due under the provisions of the lease agreements for the full twelve months ended December 31, 2015. |
|
|
|
| b) | Reflects the adjustment necessary to eliminate that costs associated with the acquisition of the Property, as discussed in Note 2. |
|
|
|
| c) | Reflects the estimated additional depreciation and amortization expense as if the Property was placed in service for the full twelve months ended December 31, 2015. |
|
|
|
| d) | Reflects the adjustment necessary to eliminate the bargain purchase price adjustment, as discussed in Note 2. |
|
|
|
| e) | Reflects the additional interest expense on the notes payable, as if the Property was placed in service for the full twelve months ended December 31, 2015. |
| F-5 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
(a Delaware limited liability company)
Consolidated Financial Information
December 31, 2015
| F-6 |
Independent Auditor's Report
To the Members
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of GK Investment Holdings, LLC, which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 and the related statements of operations, members' equity, and cash flows for the period from November 12, 2015 (date of inception) through December 31, 2015, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of GK Investment Holdings, LLC as of December 31, 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from November 12, 2015 (date of inception) through December 31, 2015 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC
Chicago, Illinois
May 31, 2016
| F-7 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC | ||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheet | ||||||||||
December 31, 2015 | ||||||||||
ASSETS |
|
|
| |
Rental property |
| $ | 44,266,938 |
|
Less: Accumulated depreciation |
|
| 181,895 |
|
|
|
| 44,085,043 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
| 186,278 |
|
Accounts receivable - tenants - Net |
|
| 47,209 |
|
Deferred rent receivable - Net |
|
| 5,559 |
|
Deferred costs - Net |
|
| 1,774,615 |
|
Lease intangibles - Net |
|
| 4,526,437 |
|
Funded reserves |
|
| 2,649 |
|
Other receivables |
|
| 107,615 |
|
Other assets |
|
| 25,721 |
|
|
|
| 6,676,083 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 50,761,126 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
Notes payable |
| $ | 42,309,616 |
|
Accrued financing fees payable |
|
| 824,600 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
| 11,954 |
|
Prepaid rent |
|
| 45,355 |
|
Lease intangibles - Net |
|
| 2,662,042 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
| 182,829 |
|
Other accrued liabilities |
|
| 50,632 |
|
Due to affiliates |
|
| 861,335 |
|
Tenant security deposits |
|
| 22,450 |
|
|
|
| 46,970,813 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 8 and 12) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Members' Equity |
|
|
|
|
Members' Equity |
|
| 3,790,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 50,761,126 |
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-8 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC |
|
|
| |
Consolidated Statement of Operations |
|
|
| |
For the Period from November 12, 2015 (Inception) |
|
|
| |
through December 31, 2015 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Revenue |
|
|
| |
Minimum rents |
| $ | 527,971 |
|
Tenant recoveries |
|
| 34,575 |
|
Other rental income |
|
| 491 |
|
|
|
| 563,037 |
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
Other operating expenses |
|
| 51,874 |
|
Real estate taxes |
|
| 34,236 |
|
Management fees |
|
| 25,855 |
|
Professional fees |
|
| 6,955 |
|
Insurance |
|
| 5,591 |
|
Acquisition and closing costs |
|
| 861,096 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
| 402,489 |
|
|
|
| 1,388,096 |
|
Other Income and Expense |
|
|
|
|
Bargain Purchase Price Adjustment |
|
| 4,936,000 |
|
Interest Expense |
|
| (321,628 | ) |
|
|
| 4,614,372 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Net Income |
| $ | 3,789,313 |
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-9 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC |
|
|
| |
Consolidated Statement of Members' Equity |
|
|
| |
For the Period from November 12, 2015 (Inception) |
|
|
| |
through December 31, 2015 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Balance - Beginning of Period |
| $ | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions |
|
| 1,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Net Income |
|
| 3,789,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions |
|
| - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance - End of Period |
| $ | 3,790,313 |
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-10 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Period from November 12, 2015 (Inception)
through December 31, 2015
Cash Flows from Operating Activities | ||||
Consolidated Net Income |
| $ | 3,789,313 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
| 402,489 |
|
Amortization of above-market leases |
|
| 52,501 |
|
Accretion of below-market leases |
|
| (82,648 | ) |
Deferred rent receivable - Net |
|
| (5,559 | ) |
Bargain Purchase Price |
|
| (4,936,000 | ) |
Amortization of deferred financing fees |
|
| 30,633 |
|
Changes in: |
|
| - |
|
Accounts receivable - tenants |
|
| (47,209 | ) |
Other receivables |
|
| (107,615 | ) |
Other assets |
|
| (25,721 | ) |
Accounts payable |
|
| 11,954 |
|
Prepaid rent |
|
| 45,355 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
| 182,829 |
|
Other accrued liabilities |
|
| 50,632 |
|
Due to affiliates |
|
| 861,335 |
|
Tenant security deposits |
|
| 22,450 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
| 244,739 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flow from Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of rental property |
|
| (42,065,000 | ) |
Payment of deferred leasing commissions |
|
| (10,479 | ) |
Net deposit to funded reserves |
|
| (2,649 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
| (42,078,128 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from notes payable |
| $ | 43,358,100 |
|
Principal payment on notes payable |
| $ | (1,048,484 | ) |
Capital Contributions |
| $ | 1,000 |
|
Payment of financing costs |
| $ | (290,949 | ) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
| 42,019,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Increase in Cash |
|
| 186,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash - Beginning of period |
|
| - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash - End of period |
| $ | 186,278 |
|
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information |
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest |
| $ | 108,166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing fees accrued and not paid |
| $ | 824,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition costs accrued and not paid |
| $ | 845,000 |
|
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-11 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015 |
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business - On September 14, 2015, GK Investment Holdings, LLC ("GKIH" and/or the "Company"), a Delaware limited liability company was formed with the intent to acquire existing income producing commercial rental properties for the purpose of holding and operating such properties, and if the need arises, to redevelop the rental properties for an alternative use other than intended when originally acquired. However, GKIH is permitted to transact in any lawful business in addition to that stated above. GKIH anticipates funding acquisitions in part, by offering to investors the opportunity to purchase up to a maximum of $50,000,000 of Bonds. The Bonds will be senior unsecured indebtedness of GKIH.
Investing in commercial rental properties are subject to varying degrees of risk that may affect the ability of the properties purchased to generate sufficient revenues to meet operating expenses and other expenses, including debt service, capital expenditures and tenant improvements. Operating results are subject to risks generally associated with the ownership of commercial real estate, including but not limited to changes in general economic conditions, changes in interest rates and the availability of mortgage funds. Additionally, the commercial rental property industry is competitive and this competition could reduce occupancy levels and revenues, which would adversely affect GKIH's operating results.
The members of GKIH have limited liability. Pursuant to the terms of the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (the "Agreement"), the Company will exist in perpetuity unless terminated as defined in the Agreement. The Company is managed by GK Development, Inc., an affiliate of one of the members of GKIH.
On October 22, 2015, Lake Mead Parent, LLC ("Parent") and Lake Mead Development, LLC ("Development"), both Delaware limited liability companies were formed and on October 22, 2015, Lake Mead Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company was formed with Parent as its sole member. Parent and Development are 100% owned by GKIH.
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries are as follows:
Lake Mead Parent, LLC ("Parent") – 100% owned by GKIH;
Lake Mead Development, LLC ("Development") – 100% owned by GKIH.
Partners and Development were formed to acquire, own, and operate a retail power center known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson, Nevada (the "Properties"). The Properties were purchased on November 12, 2015. Prior to the purchase of the Properties, GKIH had no activity.
The Properties were financed as follows:
Parent - (i) a first mortgage loan in the maximum amount of $30,000,000, of which $29,500,000 was funded upon acquisition; (ii) a mezzanine loan in the maximum amount of $10,500,000 of which $7,210,298 was funded upon acquisition and (iii) an interim loan from GK Development, Inc. of which $2,608,100 was funded upon acquisition.
Development - (i) a first mortgage loan in the amount of $2,700,000; (ii) a mezzanine loan in the maximum amount of $10,500,000 of which $339,702 was funded upon acquisition and (iii) an interim loan from GK Development, Inc. of which $20,000 was funded upon acquisition.
| F-12 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015 |
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Allocation of Profits and Losses – Profits or losses from operations of the Company are allocated to the members of GKIH as set forth in the Agreement. Gains and losses from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of Company property will be allocated to the members of GKIH as set forth in the Agreement.
Principles of Consolidation – The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation.
Basis of Accounting – The Company maintains its accounting records and prepares its consolidated financial statements on an accrual basis, which is in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").
Classification of Assets and Liabilities – The financial affairs of the Company generally do not involve a business cycle since the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities are usually dependent on the Company's circumstances. Accordingly, the classification of current assets and current liabilities is not considered appropriate and has been omitted from the consolidated balance sheet.
Estimates – The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Concentration of Credit Risk – The Company maintain cash and restricted cash balances in federally insured financial institutions that, from time to time, exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits. The Company believes that they are not exposed to any significant credit risk on its cash and restricted cash.
Rental Property – Land, building, and other depreciable assets are recorded at cost unless obtained in a business combination. Depreciation is calculated using the straight line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
The cost of major additions and betterments are capitalized and repairs and maintenance which do not improve or extend the life of the respective assets are charged to operations as incurred. When property is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gains or losses are reflected in operations for the period.
Upon the acquisition of rental properties, the fair value of the real estate purchased is allocated to the acquired tangible assets (consisting of land, buildings and improvements) and acquired intangible assets and liabilities (consisting of above-market and below-market leases and acquired in-place leases). The fair value of the tangible assets of the acquired property is determined using the income approach methodology of valuation, which value is then allocated to land, buildings and improvements based on management's determination of the relative fair values of the assets. In valuing an acquired property's intangibles, factors considered by management include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods, and estimates of loss rental revenue during the expected lease-up periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases, including leasing commissions, tenant improvements, legal and other related costs. The Company will record a bargain purchase price gain if it determines that the purchase price for the acquired assets was less than the fair value at the time of the purchase.
Impairment of Assets – The Company reviews the recoverability of long lived assets including buildings, equipment, and other intangible assets, when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on the ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected future pretax cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the related operations. If these cash flows are less than the carrying value of such assets, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between the estimated fair value and the carrying value. The measurement of impairment requires management to make estimates of these cash flows related to long lived assets, as well as other fair value determinations. The Company does not believe that there are any events or circumstances indicating impairment of its investments in Properties and related long lived assets as of December 31, 2015.
| F-13 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Deferred Financing Costs – Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal fees and other third party costs associated with obtaining financing for the Properties. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the respective loan agreements. Unamortized financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Amortization expense is included in interest expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Deferred Leasing Costs – Deferred leasing costs represent leasing commissions, legal fees and other third party costs associated with obtaining tenants for the Properties. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases. Amortization expense is included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Intangible Assets and Liabilities – GAAP requires intangible assets and liabilities to be recognized apart from goodwill if they arise from contractual or other legal rights (regardless of whether those rights are transferrable or separable from the acquired entity or from other rights and obligations).
Upon acquisition of the Properties, the Company recorded above and below-market leases based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflected the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (a) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (b) the Company estimates of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. These assets and liabilities are being amortized or accreted on a straight-line basis over the remaining life of the respective tenant leases and the amortization or accretion is being recorded as an adjustment to rental income.
Upon acquisition of the Properties, the Company estimated the fair market value of acquired leasing commissions as the costs the Company would have incurred to lease the Properties to its occupancy level at the date of acquisition. Such estimate, which is included in deferred costs on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, includes the fair value of leasing commissions, legal costs and other third party costs that would be incurred to lease the Properties to the level at the date of the acquisition. Such costs are being amortized on a straight line basis over the remaining life of the respective tenant leases and the amortization is being recorded in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Additionally, the Company estimated the fair value of acquired in-place lease costs as the costs the Company would have incurred to lease the Properties to its occupancy level at the date of acquisition by evaluating the time period over which such occupancy level would be achieved and included an estimate of the net operating costs incurred during lease up. In-place lease costs are being amortized on a straight line basis over the remaining life of the respective tenant leases and the amortization is being recorded in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Tenant Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts – Tenant receivables are comprised of billed but uncollected amounts due for monthly rent and other charges required pursuant to existing rental lease agreements. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded when a tenant's receivable is not expected to be collected. A bad debt expense is charged when a tenant vacates a space with a remaining unpaid balance. At December 31, 2015, no amounts were reserved for as an allowance for doubtful accounts. In the event a bad debt expense is recorded, such amount would be included in other operating expenses on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Funded Reserves – Funded reserves consist of funds required to be maintained under the terms of the various loan agreements. Such reserves have been pledged as additional collateral for the loans requiring funds to be reserved.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Rental Revenue – GAAP requires that the rental income be recorded for the period of occupancy using the effective monthly rent, which is the average monthly rental during the term of the lease. Accordingly, rental income is recognized ratably over the term of the respective leases, inclusive of leases which provide for scheduled rent increases and rental concessions. The difference between rental revenue earned on a straight line basis and the cash rent due under the provisions of the lease agreements is recorded as deferred rent receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Rents received in advance are deferred until they become due.
Additionally, during the term of their respective leases, tenants pay either (i) their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses (as defined), or (ii) a fixed rate for recoveries. Estimated recoveries, from tenants that pay for their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses (as defined), are recognized as revenue in the period the applicable expenses are incurred. Recoveries from tenants that pay a fixed rate are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases.
Income Taxes – The Company's wholly owned subsidiaries are treated as disregarded entities for federal income tax reporting purposes and are treated as a component of GKIH for federal income tax purposes. GKIH is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and consequently, federal income taxes are not payable or provided for by the Company. Members of GKIH are taxed individually on their pro rata ownership share of the Company's earnings.
GAAP basis of accounting requires management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Company and to disclose a tax liability (or asset) if the Company has taken uncertain positions that more than likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service or other tax authorities. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Company, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2015, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis," which makes certain changes to both the variable interest model and the voting model, including changes to (1) identification of variable interests (fees paid to a decision maker or service provider ), (2) the variable interest entity characteristics for a limited partnership or similar entity and (3) the primary beneficiary determination. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-3, "Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs," which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected. ASU 2015-03 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016. Upon adoption, the Company will apply the new standard on a retrospective basis and adjust the balance sheet of each individual period to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new standard. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Subsequent Events– The consolidated financial statements and related disclosures include evaluation of events up through and including May 31, 2016, which is the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 2 – Rental Property
Rental property and depreciable lives are summarized as follows:
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| Depreciable Life -Years |
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Land |
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| - |
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| $ | 15,753,199 |
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Land Improvements |
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| 10 |
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| 2,562,407 |
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Buildings |
|
| 40 |
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| 25,029,982 |
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Tenant Improvements |
| (a) |
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|
| 921,350 |
| |
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Total Cost |
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|
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| 44,266,938 |
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Less accumulated depreciation |
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|
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|
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| 181,895 |
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Net rental property |
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|
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| $ | 44,085,043 |
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(a) Depreciated over the lesser of the lease term or economic life.
Total depreciation charged to operations amounted to $181,895 for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015.
Note 3 – Deferred Costs
Deferred costs at December 31, 2015 consisted of:
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| Basis of Amortization |
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Financing fees |
| Loan Terms |
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| $ | 1,115,549 |
| |
Leasing commissions |
| Lease Terms |
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|
| 719,556 |
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Total deferred cost |
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|
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| 1,835,105 |
| |
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| |
Less accumulated amortization |
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| |
Financing fees |
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| 30,633 |
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Leasing commissions |
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| 29,857 |
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| 60,490 |
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|
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|
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|
Deferred cost - net |
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| $ | 1,774,615 |
| |
Total amortization expense charged to operations amounted to $60,490 for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015, of which $30,633 has been included in interest expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations and $29,857 has been included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 4 – Lease Intangibles
Lease intangible assets at December 31, 2015 consisted of:
Above-market leases In-place leases Total cost Less accumulated amortization Above-market leases (reduction in rental income) In-place leases (included in amortization expense) Lease intangible assets - net
$ 998,730 3,770,945 4,769,675 52,501 190,737 243,238 $ 4,526,437
Total amortization expense attributable to above-market leases, which is recorded as a reduction in minimum rent revenue, amounted to $52,501 for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015. Total amortization expense, included in depreciation and amortization on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations, attributable to in-place leases amounted to $190,737 for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015.
Future amortization for lease intangible assets is as follows:
Years Ending December 31 |
| In-place leases |
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| Above-market leases |
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| Total |
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2016 |
| $ | 991,109 |
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| $ | 307,133 |
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| $ | 1,298,242 |
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2017 |
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| 878,696 |
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| 283,523 |
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| 1,162,219 |
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2018 |
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| 775,363 |
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| 283,523 |
|
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| 1,058,886 |
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2019 |
|
| 370,328 |
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| 72,050 |
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| 442,378 |
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2020 |
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| 119,698 |
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|
| - |
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| 119,698 |
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Thereafter |
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| 445,014 |
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| - |
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| 445,014 |
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|
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Total |
| $ | 3,580,208 |
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| $ | 946,229 |
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| $ | 4,526,437 |
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 4 – Lease Intangibles (continued)
Lease intangible liabilities at December 31, 2015 consisted of:
Below Market leases |
| $ | 2,744,690 |
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|
Less accumulated accretion (increase in rental income) |
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| 82,648 |
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Lease intangible liabilities - net |
| $ | 2,662,042 |
|
Total accretion expense of below-market leases, reported as an increase in minimum rent revenue, amounted to $82,648 for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015. Future accretion income for lease intangible liabilities is as follows:
Years Ending December 31 |
| Total |
| |
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| |
2016 |
| $ | 426,300 |
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2017 |
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| 384,898 |
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2018 |
|
| 368,215 |
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2019 |
|
| 316,388 |
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2020 |
|
| 177,005 |
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Thereafter |
|
| 989,236 |
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|
|
|
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Total |
| $ | 2,662,042 |
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Note 5 – Fair Value
Accounting standards require certain assets and liabilities be reported at fair value in the consolidated financial statements and provide a framework for establishing that fair value. The framework for determining fair value is based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value.
Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.
Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 5 – Fair Value (continued)
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset. See Note 11 for a description of the valuation technique and significant inputs used to value assets and liabilities with Level 3 inputs.
In instances whereby inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The Company's assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgement and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.
Note 6 – Funded Reserves
Funded reserves are required as a condition precedent of the Nevada State Bank mortgage loan payable by Partners and includes the following:
Tenant improvement reserves: Represents an account established to fund capital improvements for new tenants. Partners is required to fund a monthly amount of $2,648 to this reserve account and the funded reserves have been pledged as additional collateral for the Nevada State Bank mortgage loan.
Funded reserves at December 31, 2015 is comprised of:
Tenant improvement |
| $ | 2,649 |
|
Note 7 – Other Receivable-Tenant
On acquisition of the Property by Partners, Partners assumed a receivable owing by one of the tenants. The outstanding balance, which is unsecured and non-interest bearing, is payable in monthly instalments of $2,637.
Future minimum payments to be received are as follows:
Years Ending December 31 |
| Total |
| |
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| |
2016 |
| $ | 31,647 |
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2017 |
|
| 31,647 |
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2018 |
|
| 31,647 |
|
2019 |
|
| 12,674 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 107,615 |
|
| F-19 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 8 – Notes Payable
Notes payable at December 31, 2015 consisted of:
Lake Mead Partners, LLC ("Partners")
1. Nevada State Bank
Concurrent with the acquisition of the Property by Partners, Partners entered into a loan agreement with Nevada State Bank in the maximum amount of $30,000,000 of which $29,500,000 ("Note 1") was funded on the acquisition of the Property and the unfunded balance of $500,000 ("Note 2") is available to fund leasing commissions and tenant improvements approved by the lender.
The $29,500,000 mortgage loan bears interest at 4.00% per annum and is payable in monthly principal and interest payments of $156,650. The loan matures on November 12, 2025, at which time the outstanding principal balance is due. The loan is secured by the Property and a $12,000,000 personal guarantee by an affiliate of one of GKIH members.
The loan may be entirely prepaid subject to a prepayment penalty equal to 1% of the amount prepaid during the first five years of the term of the loan. Thereafter, the loan can be prepaid without a prepayment penalty. In addition, the mortgage loan payable is subject to certain financial covenant measurements, of which Partners is in compliance.
2. GK Secured Income IV, LLC
Concurrent with the acquisition of the Property by Partners, Partners entered into a loan agreement with GK Secured Income IV, LLC ("GKSI IV") in the maximum amount of $10,500,000, allocated between Parent and Development. At December 31, 2015 $8,190,298 was funded to Parent. Subsequent to December 31, 2015, through to the date of this report (May 31, 2016), GK Secured Income IV, LLC funded an additional $1,248,186 to Parent.
The loan bears interest at 8.00% per annum and requires monthly interest only payments until maturity on November 12, 2018. The loan, which may be partially or entirely prepaid subject to a prepayment penalty as defined in the promissory note agreement, is collateralized by GKIH, Parent, and Development, granting GKSI IV a security interest in the right to receive dividends, distributions and similar payments. Additionally, 25% of the outstanding principal balance is guaranteed by GK Development, Inc.
In the event that the loan is prepaid, which results in GKSI IV being obligated to pay a Yield Maintenance Fee to the Members of GKSI IV, Partners and Development will be obligated to pay to GKSI IV an amount equal to such Yield Maintenance Fee. If the Yield Maintenance Fee becomes payable (a) during the first year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 12% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; (b) during the second year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 13% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; or (c) during the third year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 14% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date. In the event that the loan is prepaid within the first twelve months, Partners and Development would be obligated to pay a prepayment penalty of approximately $2,200,000, in the aggregate. This amount has been measured as of December 31, 2015 using the 12% per annum rate.
3. GK Development, Inc.
Concurrent with the acquisition of the Property by Partners, Partners entered into an unsecured loan agreement with GK Development, Inc. an affiliate of one of the members of GKIH, in the amount of $2,608,100. The loan bears interest at 7.00% per annum and requires monthly interest only payments. The loan is payable on demand.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 8 – Notes Payable (continued)
Lake Mead Development, LLC ("Development")
4. Barrington Bank & Trust Co., N.A.
Concurrent with the acquisition of the Property by Development, Development entered into a mortgage loan agreement with Barrington Bank & Trust Co., N.A. in the amount of $2,700,000. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 2.75%, for an effective interest rate of 2.993% per annum at December 31, 2015. Fixed monthly principal payments of $5,450 is required plus interest, through maturity of the loan on November 12, 2017. The loan is secured by the Property and a personal guarantee by an affiliate of one of GKIH members.
The loan may be entirely prepaid without a prepayment penalty. In addition, the mortgage loan payable is subject to certain financial covenant measurements, of which Development is in compliance.
5. GK Secured Income IV, LLC
As noted above, Development entered into a loan agreement with GK Secured Income IV, LLC ("GKSI IV") in the maximum amount of $10,500,000, allocated between Development and Parent. At December 31, 2015 $339,702 was funded to Development. Subsequent to December 31, 2015, through to the date of this report (May 31, 2016), GK Secured Income IV, LLC funded an additional $100,298 to Development.
The loan bears interest at 8.00% per annum and requires monthly interest only payments until maturity on November 12, 2018. The loan, which may be partially or entirely prepaid subject to a prepayment penalty as defined in the promissory note agreement, is collateralized by GKIH, Parent, and Development, granting GKSI IV a security interest in the right to receive dividends, distributions and similar payments. Additionally, 25% of the outstanding principal balance is guaranteed by GK Development, Inc.
In the event that the loan is prepaid, which results in GKSI IV being obligated to pay a Yield Maintenance Fee to the Members of GKSI IV, Partners and Development will be obligated to pay to GKSI IV an amount equal to such Yield Maintenance Fee. If the Yield Maintenance Fee becomes payable (a) during the first year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 12% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; (b) during the second year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 13% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date; or (c) during the third year that the Member holds a Unit, the Yield Maintenance Fee will be an amount equal to 14% per annum on the Repayment Amounts for the remainder of such year after the repayment date. In the event that the loan is prepaid within the first twelve months, Partners and Development would be obligated to pay a prepayment penalty of approximately $2,200,000, in the aggregate. This amount has been measured as of December 31, 2015 using the 12% per annum rate.
6. GK Development, Inc.
Concurrent with the acquisition of the Property by Development, Development entered into an unsecured loan agreement with GK Development, Inc. an affiliate of one of the members of GKIH, in the amount of $20,000. The loan, which bore interest at 7.00% per annum, was repaid as of December 31, 2015.
Notes payable at December 31, 2015 is summarized as follows:
Nevada State Bank |
| $ | 29,451,516 |
|
Barrington Bank & Trust Co. N.A. |
|
| 2,700,000 |
|
GK Secured Income IV, LLC |
|
| 8,530,000 |
|
GK Development, Inc. |
|
| 1,628,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 42,309,616 |
|
| F-21 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 8 – Notes Payable (Continued)
Future minimum principal payments are as follows:
Years Ending December 31 |
| Total |
| |
|
|
|
| |
2016 |
| $ | 2,385,518 |
|
2017 |
|
| 3,358,572 |
|
2018 |
|
| 9,283,884 |
|
2019 |
|
| 785,034 |
|
2020 |
|
| 814,450 |
|
Thereafter |
|
| 25,682,158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| $ | 42,309,616 |
|
Note 9 – Operating Leases
The Properties leases with tenants are classified as operating leases.
Approximate minimum base rentals to be received under these operating leases are as follows:
Years Ending December 31 |
| Development |
|
| Partners |
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| Total |
| |||
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
2016 |
| $ | 426,505 |
|
| $ | 2,864,434 |
|
| $ | 3,290,939 |
|
2017 |
|
| 430,471 |
|
|
| 2,683,536 |
|
|
| 3,114,007 |
|
2018 |
|
| 165,078 |
|
|
| 2,506,349 |
|
|
| 2,671,427 |
|
2019 |
|
| 113,505 |
|
|
| 1,143,861 |
|
|
| 1,257,366 |
|
2020 |
|
| 110,647 |
|
|
| 424,124 |
|
|
| 534,771 |
|
Thereafter |
|
| 191,462 |
|
|
| 1,375,449 |
|
|
| 1,566,911 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| $ | 1,437,668 |
|
| $ | 10,997,753 |
|
| $ | 12,435,421 |
|
| F-22 |
GK Investment Holdings, LLC Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015
Note 9 – Operating Leases (Continued)
A number of leases contain provisions for the tenants to pay additional rent to cover a portion of the Property's real estate taxes and defined operating expenses.
Lake Mead Partners, LLC
As of December 31, 2015, four tenants currently occupy 65.13% of the portion of the retail power center owned by Partners, representing approximately 53.95% of the future minimum base rental revenue under leases expiring on various dates between 2019 and 2020.
Lake Mead Development, LLC
As of December 31, 2015, two tenants currently occupy 50.72% of the portion of the power center owned by Development, representing approximately 92.22% of the future minimum base rental revenue under leases expiring on various dates between 2018 and 2022.
Note 10 – Related Party Transactions
The Properties are managed by GK Development, Inc. an affiliate of one of the members of GKIH, under management agreements that provide for property management fees equal to 3% of gross monthly revenue collected.
Amounts incurred for the period from November 12, 2015 through December 31, 2015 consisted of the following:
Management fees (3% of gross collections) Acquisition fees (2% of the purchase price) Leasing commissions - capitalized Interest on loan (7% on the outstanding loan balance)
$ 25,855 845,000 10,659 31,322 $ 912,836
At December 31, 2015, $892,657 was owed to GK Development, Inc. of which $861,355 and $31,322 is included in due to affiliates and accrued interest, respectively, on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Such amounts are in addition to the loan amount owing to GK Development, Inc., discussed in Note 8.
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2015 |
Note 11 – Business Combination
On November 12, 2015, Partners and Development each acquired a portion of the retail power center, known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson, Nevada for $39,065,000 (net of a credit in the amount of $185,000) and $3,000,000, respectively. Partners and Development acquired the properties, from the same seller. The primary reason for the acquisition was to realize the economic benefit of owning and operating a retail power center. The results of the acquired operations have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements since that date.
The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:
Development Partners Total Land and land improvements Rental property and improvements Leasing commissions Above-market leases In-place leases Bargain purchase price adjustment Below-market leases Net cash consideration
$ 6,759,701 $ 11,555,905 $ 18,315,606 1,928,616 24,022,716 25,951,332 83,305 625,772 709,077 - 998,730 998,730 568,688 3,202,257 3,770,945 9,340,310 40,405,380 49,745,690 4,936,000 - 4,936,000 1,404,310 1,340,380 2,744,690 $ 3,000,000 $ 39,065,000 $ 42,065,000
Acquisition related costs, which include acquisition fees and other closing fees totaled $861,096 and are included on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the period from November 12, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015.
The fair value of total identifiable net assets was determined with the assistance of a third party appraiser using the income approach methodology of valuation. The income approach methodology utilizes the remaining non-cancelable lease terms as defined in lease agreements, market rental data, and discount rates. This fair value is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and are therefore Level 3 inputs as discussed in Note 5. Key assumptions include a capitalization rate of 7.5%, growth rates for market rentals of 3.0%, and a discount rate of 9.0%.
The Company determined that the purchase price of the acquired assets was less than the fair value at the time of purchase, and as a result thereof, a bargain purchase price gain in the amount of $4,936,000 was recorded.
Note 12 – Subsequent Event
In accordance with a lease agreement that was executed on September 15, 2015 by the seller, it was agreed that the tenant would receive a tenant allowance in the amount of $63,000. Such amount was paid by Partners to the tenant in March 2016.
| F-24 |
Lake Mead Crossing
Independent Auditor's Report
To the Members
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
We have audited the accompanying Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses of the Lake Mead Crossing Property located in Henderson, Nevada (the "Property") for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the related notes to the financial statement.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statement
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of this Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of this Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses is free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the Revenue and Certain Direct Operating Expenses described in Note 1 to the financial statement of the Lake Mead Crossing Property for the year ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis of Accounting
As described in Note 1 to the Financial Statement, the Statement of Revenues and Certain Direct Operating Expenses has been prepared for the purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be a complete presentation of the Lake Mead Crossing Property's revenues and expenses. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.
/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC
Chicago, Illinois
April 18, 2016
| F-25 |
Lake Mead Crossing
|
| Nine Months Ended |
|
| Year Ended |
| ||
|
| September 30, 2015 |
|
| December 31, 2014 |
| ||
|
| (unaudited) |
|
|
|
| ||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Minimum rents |
| $ | 2,528,132 |
|
| $ | 3,032,330 |
|
Tenant recoveries |
|
| 332,042 |
|
|
| 359,581 |
|
Other rental income |
|
| 4,004 |
|
|
| 3,321 |
|
|
|
| 2,864,178 |
|
|
| 3,395,232 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other operating expenses |
|
| 353,947 |
|
|
| 340,004 |
|
Real estate taxes |
|
| 187,918 |
|
|
| 249,705 |
|
Insurance |
|
| 36,714 |
|
|
| 48,364 |
|
|
|
| 578,579 |
|
|
| 638,073 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues in excess of certain operating expenses |
| $ | 2,285,599 |
|
| $ | 2,757,159 |
|
(See accompanying notes to financial statements)
| F-26 |
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
Lake Mead Crossing, LLC, or the Seller, owned and operated a retail power center known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson, Nevada (the "Property"). The Property was sold to two wholly owned subsidiaries of GK Investment Holdings, LLC ("GKIH"), or the Purchaser. The property is comprised of approximately 222,000 square feet of retail space leased to numerous tenants under leases expiring on various dates between 2015 and 2025. The Purchaser purchased the Property on November 12, 2015, and assumed all management and ownership responsibilities.
The accompanying statement of revenues and certain direct operating expenses has been prepared in accordance with Rule 8-06 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, the statement is not representative of the actual operations for the period presented as revenues and certain operating expenses, which may not be directly attributable to the revenues and expenses expected to be incurred in future operations of the Property, have been excluded. Such items include depreciation, amortization, management fees, interest expense, amortization of in-place leases, and amortization of above and below market leases.
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Estimates – The preparation of this financial statement in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in the financial statement and related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Rental Recognition – The Property's leases with tenants are classified as operating leases. Rental income is recognized ratably over the term of the respective leases, inclusive of leases which provide for scheduled rent increases and rental concessions. Straight line rent adjustment included, reflected an increase in rental revenue on the statement of revenue and certain direct operating expenses in the amount of $44,797 for the year ended December 31, 2014 and a decrease in rental revenue of $88,409 for the unaudited nine-month period ended September 30, 2015.
Reimbursements from Tenants – During the term of their respective leases, tenants pay either (i) their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses (as defined), or (ii) a fixed rate for recoveries. Estimated recoveries, from tenants that pay for their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses (as defined), are recognized as revenue in the period the applicable expenses are incurred. Recoveries from tenants that pay a fixed rate are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases.
Note 3 – Lease
The Seller has entered into non-cancellable operating leases with tenants with various escalation terms as stated in the lease agreements. These leases have various expiration dates through October 31, 2025.
Approximate minimum base rentals to be received under these operating leases are as follows:
Year |
| Amount |
| |
|
|
|
| |
2015 |
| $ | 3,336,000 |
|
2016 |
|
| 3,291,000 |
|
2017 |
|
| 3,114,000 |
|
2018 |
|
| 2,671,000 |
|
2019 |
|
| 1,257,000 |
|
Thereafter |
|
| 2,102,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| $ | 15,771,000 |
|
Note 4 – Subsequent Events
Subsequent events were evaluated through April 18, 2016, the date the financial statement was available to be issued.
| F-27 |
Appendix A
PRIOR PERFORMANCE TABLES
As used herein, the terms "we", "our" and "us" refer to GK Investment Holdings, LLC.
The following Prior Performance Tables, or Tables, provide information relating to real estate investment programs sponsored by GK Development, Inc., or GK Development, or Prior Real Estate Programs, through December 31, 2015. All of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented in the Tables or otherwise discussed in the section entitled "Prior Performance Summary" in this Offering Circular are private programs that have no public reporting requirements. GK Development has not previously sponsored a public program.
As of December 31, 2015, GK Development was the sponsor of seven private programs that had closed offerings in the prior five years; none of which had investment objectives similar to our company. Of the seven prior private programs that closed offerings within the prior five years, we do not believe that any of them had similar investment objectives to our company because: (i) four of the programs were equity programs designed to invest in a single, identified asset and (ii) the remaining three programs were notes programs designed to make loans to identified affiliates of GK Development.
GK Development is responsible for the acquisition, financing, operation, maintenance and disposition of our investments. Key members of the management of GK Development will play a significant role in the promotion of this offering and the operation of our company. The financial results of the Prior Real Estate Programs may provide some indication of GK Development's ability to perform its obligations. However, general economic conditions affecting the real estate industry and other factors contribute significantly to financial results.
As an investor in our Bonds, you will not own any interest in the Prior Real Estate Programs and should not assume that you will experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in the Prior Real Estate Programs.
The following tables are included herein:
· | Table I - Experience in Raising and Investing Funds; |
· | Table II - Compensation to Sponsor; |
· | Table III - Operating Results of Prior Programs; and |
· | Table IV - Results of Completed Programs. |
The information in these tables should be read together with the summary information under "Prior Performance Summary" in this Offering Circular.
| A-1 |
TABLE I
EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS
This Table I sets forth a summary of experience of GK Development, Inc. in raising and investing funds in Prior Real Estate Programs; the offerings of which have closed in the three years ended December 31, 2015. None of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented in this Table I have similar or identical investment objectives to GK Investment Holdings, LLC. Information is provided with regard to the manner in which the proceeds of the offerings have been applied. Also set forth is information pertaining to the timing and length of these offerings and the time period over which the proceeds have been invested in the properties. All figures are as of December 31, 2015.
|
| Grand Center Partners |
|
| GDH Investments (North Ave) (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
|
| GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income Investments I, LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income Investments III, LLC |
|
| GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income IV, LLC |
| |||||||
Dollar amount offered (in thousands) |
| $ | 3,000 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
| $ | 5,450 |
|
| $ | 7,550 |
|
| $ | 11,200 |
|
| $ | 27,500 |
|
| $ | 11,000 |
|
Dollar amount raised (100%) |
| $ | 2,410 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
| $ | 5,177 |
|
| $ | 7,365 |
|
| $ | 11,112 |
|
| $ | 23,864 |
|
| $ | 10,779 |
|
Less offering expenses (percentage): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Selling commissions and discounts retained by affiliates |
|
| 4.12 | % |
|
| 5.50 | % |
|
| 5.55 | % |
|
| 5.68 | % |
|
| 5.88 | % |
|
| 7.70 | % |
|
| 8.16 | % |
Organizational expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.90 | % |
|
| 0.54 | % |
|
| 1.73 | % |
|
| 0.19 | % |
|
| 0.80 | % |
Other (Syn, Mgmy., Mkting, Underwriting) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2.19 | % |
|
| 1.56 | % |
|
| 1.20 | % |
|
| 1.30 | % |
|
| 0.00 | % |
Percent available for investment |
|
| 95.88 | % |
|
| 94.50 | % |
|
| 91.36 | % |
|
| 92.22 | % |
|
| 91.20 | % |
|
| 90.81 | % |
|
| 91.04 | % |
Acquisition costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid items and fees related to purchase of property |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | (435 | ) |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | (822 | ) |
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash down payment for assets |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 1,513 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 10,413 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Acquisition fees |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 285 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 244 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Other (please explain) |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
|
| N/A |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Total acquisition cost (in thousands) |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 1,363 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 9,835 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Percent leverage (mortgage financing divided by total acquisition cost) |
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
| 84.62 | % |
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
| 81.34 | % |
|
| 0.00 | % |
Date offering began |
| 4/4/2012 |
|
| 9/14/2012 |
|
| 2/1/2013 |
|
| 12/27/2012 |
|
| 10/15/2014 |
|
| 8/12/2013 |
|
| 10/1/2015 |
| |||||||
Length of offering (months) |
|
| 16 |
|
|
| 16 |
|
|
| 8 |
|
|
| 8 |
|
|
| 10 |
|
|
| 12 |
|
|
| 3 |
|
Months to invest 90% of amount available for investment (measured from beginning of offering |
|
| 3 |
|
|
| 3 |
|
|
| 6 |
|
|
| 6 |
|
|
| 7 |
|
|
| 8 |
|
|
| 3 |
|
| A-2 |
TABLE II
COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR
This Table II sets forth the types of compensation received by GK Development, Inc., and its affiliates, including compensation paid out of offering proceeds and compensation paid in connection with ongoing operations, in connection with six programs; the offerings of which have closed in the three years ended December 31, 2015. None of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented in this Table II have similar or identical investment objectives to GK Investment Holdings, LLC. All figures are as of December 31, 2015.
Types of Compensation
|
| Grand Center Partners (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
|
| GDH Investments (North Ave) (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
|
| GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income Investments I, LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income Investments III, LLC |
|
| GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC |
|
| GK Secured Income IV, LLC |
| |||||||||
Date offering commenced |
|
| 4/4/2012 |
|
| 9/14/2012 |
|
| 2/1/2013 |
|
| 12/27/2012 |
|
| 10/15/2014 |
|
| 8/12/2013 |
|
| 10/1/2015 |
| ||||||||
Dollar amount raised (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 2,410 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
| $ | 5,177 |
|
| $ | 7,365 |
|
| $ | 11,112 |
|
| $ | 23,864 |
|
| $ | 10,779 |
| |
Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Underwriting fees |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 60 |
|
| $ | 74 |
|
| $ | 115 |
|
| $ | 21 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Syndication Mgmnt Fee |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 26 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Acquisition fees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –real estate commissions |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –advisory fees |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –other (property acquisition fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 181 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 1,218 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Other |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 620 |
|
| $ | 233 |
|
| $ | 4,246 |
|
| $ | 1,581 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| $ | (6,172 | ) |
| $ | (31 | ) | |
Amount paid to sponsor from operations (in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Property management fees |
|
| $ | 34 |
|
| $ | 102 |
|
| $ | 667 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 961 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Partnership management fees |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 134 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 235 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Reimbursements |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Leasing commissions |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 66 |
|
| $ | 435 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 303 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Specialty Lease Commissions |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 139 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 396 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Other (Structuring Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 20 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Other (Guarantee Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 136 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Other (Loan Management Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 192 |
|
| $ | 59 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 16 |
| |
Other (Loan Origination Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 100 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 171 |
| |
Other (LLC Management Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 179 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payments to sponsor (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –cash |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –notes |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Amount paid to sponsor from property sales and refinancing (in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Real estate commissions |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Incentive fees |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Other (Disposition Fee) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 350 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
| A-3 |
TABLE III
ANNUAL OPERATING RESULTS OF PRIOR REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS
This Table III sets forth the annual operating results of Prior Real Estate Programs sponsored by GK Development, Inc. and its affiliates that have closed offerings during the five years ended December 31, 2015. None of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented in this Table III have similar or identical investment objectives to GK Investment Holdings, LLC. All figures are for the period commencing January 1 of the year acquired, except as otherwise noted.
Operating Results of Prior Programs
| Grand Center Partners (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Year | 2012 |
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| TOTAL |
| ||||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) | $ | 6 |
|
| $ | 241 |
|
| $ | 137 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 384 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 680 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 680 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses | $ | 33 |
|
| $ | 109 |
|
| $ | (157 | ) |
| $ | 21 |
|
| $ | 6 |
| |
Interest expense | $ | 4 |
|
| $ | 92 |
|
| $ | 49 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 145 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization | $ | 7 |
|
| $ | 80 |
|
| $ | 44 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 131 |
| |
Net Income – Tax Basis (in thousands) | $ | (38 | ) |
| $ | (40 | ) |
| $ | 881 |
|
| $ | (21 | ) |
| $ | 782 |
| |
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | (38 | ) | $ | (40 | ) | $ | 201 | $ | (21 | ) | $ | 102 | |||||||
| –from gain on sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 680 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 680 |
|
Cash generated from operations | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 596 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 620 |
| |
Cash generated from sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 3,200 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 3,224 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 596 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 620 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| –from other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.08 | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | 0.04 | |||||||
| –from recapture | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.28 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.28 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on Tax basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| –Investment income | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 790 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 814 |
|
| –Return of capital | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,410 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,410 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| –Refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 596 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 620 |
|
| –Other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.00 | % |
| ||||||
A-4 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
| GDH Investments (North Ave) (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
| ||||||||||
Years | 2012 |
|
| 2013 |
|
| TOTAL |
| ||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) | $ | 1,141 |
|
| $ | 22 |
|
| $ | 1,163 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 1,393 |
|
| $ | 1,393 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses | $ | 384 |
|
| $ | 141 |
|
| $ | 525 |
| |
Interest expense | $ | 535 |
|
| $ | 101 |
|
| $ | 636 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization | $ | 389 |
|
| $ | 250 |
|
| $ | 639 |
| |
Net Income – Tax Basis (in thousands) | $ | (167 | ) | $ | 923 | $ | 756 | |||||
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | (16 | ) | $ | (275 | ) | $ | (291 | ) | |||
| –from gain on sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 1,394 |
|
| $ | 1,394 |
|
Cash generated from operations | $ | 212 |
|
| $ | 21 |
|
| $ | 233 |
| |
Cash generated from sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) | $ | 212 |
|
| $ | 2,911 |
|
| $ | 3,123 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow | $ | 212 |
|
| $ | 21 |
|
| $ | 233 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| –from other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | |||
| –from recapture | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.70 |
|
| $ | 0.70 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on Tax basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| –Investment income | $ | 212 |
|
| $ | 911 |
|
| $ | 1,123 |
|
| –Return of capital | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
| –Refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations | $ | 212 |
|
| $ | 21 |
|
| $ | 233 |
|
| –Other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
| 0.00 | % |
| ||||||
| A-5 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
| GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC |
| ||||||||||||||
Years | 2013 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| Total |
| |||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) | $ | 3,862 |
|
| $ | 5,166 |
|
| $ | 5,017 |
|
| $ | 14,045 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses | $ | 2,575 |
|
| $ | 3,017 |
|
| $ | 2,937 |
|
| $ | 8,529 |
| |
Interest expense | $ | 293 |
|
| $ | 366 |
|
| $ | 582 |
|
| $ | 1,241 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization | $ | 957 |
|
| $ | 785 |
|
| $ | 719 |
|
| $ | 2,461 |
| |
Net Income – GAAP Basis (in thousands) | $ | 37 |
|
| $ | 998 |
|
| $ | 779 |
|
| $ | 1,814 |
| |
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | 1,345 |
|
| $ | 1,621 |
|
| $ | (60 | ) |
| $ | 2,906 |
|
| –from gain on sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated from operations | $ | 1,355 |
|
| $ | 1,645 |
|
| $ | 1,246 |
|
| $ | 4,246 |
| |
Cash generated from sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) | $ | 1,355 |
|
| $ | 1,645 |
|
| $ | 5,259 |
|
| $ | 8,259 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow | $ | 179 |
|
| $ | 1,248 |
|
| $ | 2,695 |
|
| $ | 4,122 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| –from other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) | $ | 1,176 |
|
| $ | 397 |
|
| $ | (1,449 | ) |
| $ | 124 |
| |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) | $ | 1,176 |
|
| $ | 397 |
|
| $ | (1,449 | ) |
| $ | 124 |
| |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations | $ | 0.26 |
|
| $ | 0.31 |
|
| $ | (0.01 | ) |
| $ | 0.56 |
|
| –from recapture | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 1.00 |
|
| $ | 1.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) | $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Investment income | $ | 179 |
|
| $ | 348 |
|
| $ | 2,431 |
|
| $ | 2,958 |
|
| –Return of capital | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 900 |
|
| $ | 4,277 |
|
| $ | 5,177 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Refinancing | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| $ | 4,013 |
|
| –Operations | $ | 179 |
|
| $ | 1,248 |
|
| $ | 2,695 |
|
| $ | 4,122 |
|
| –Other | $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
|
|
| |
| A-6 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
|
|
| GK Secured Income Investments I, LLC |
| ||||||||||||||
Years |
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| TOTAL |
| |||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 429 |
|
| $ | 764 |
|
| $ | 764 |
|
| $ | 1,957 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses |
|
| $ | 97 |
|
| $ | 121 |
|
| $ | 117 |
|
| $ | 335 |
| |
Interest expense |
|
| $ | 5 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 5 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Net Income – GAAP Basis (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 327 |
|
| $ | 643 |
|
| $ | 647 |
|
| $ | 1,617 |
| |
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | 285 |
|
| $ | 631 |
|
| $ | 667 |
|
| $ | 1,583 |
|
| –from gain on sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated from operations |
|
| $ | 282 |
|
| $ | 631 |
|
| $ | 668 |
|
| $ | 1,581 |
| |
Cash generated from sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 282 |
|
| $ | 631 |
|
| $ | 668 |
|
| $ | 1,581 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow |
|
| $ | 282 |
|
| $ | 595 |
|
| $ | 601 |
|
| $ | 1,478 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from other |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (24 | ) |
| $ | 36 |
|
| $ | 67 |
|
| $ | 79 |
| |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (24 | ) |
| $ | 36 |
|
| $ | 67 |
|
| $ | 79 |
| |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | 0.04 |
|
| $ | 0.09 |
|
| $ | 0.09 |
|
| $ | 0.22 |
|
| –from recapture |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 1.00 |
|
| $ | 1.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Investment income |
|
| $ | 306 |
|
| $ | 595 |
|
| $ | 601 |
|
| $ | 1,502 |
|
| –Return of capital |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations |
|
| $ | 282 |
|
| $ | 595 |
|
| $ | 601 |
|
| $ | 1,478 |
|
| –Other |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 24 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 100.00 | % |
|
|
|
| |
| A-7 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
|
|
| GK Secured Income Investments III, LLC |
| ||||||||||
Years |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| TOTAL |
| ||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 27 |
|
| $ | 1,009 |
|
| $ | 1,036 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses |
|
| $ | 28 |
|
| $ | 325 |
|
| $ | 353 |
| |
Interest expense |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Net Income – GAAP Basis (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (1 | ) |
| $ | 684 |
|
| $ | 683 |
| |
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 731 |
|
| $ | 731 |
|
| –from gain on sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated from operations |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| $ | 598 |
| |
Cash generated from sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| $ | 598 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from other |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 196 |
|
| $ | 196 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | (196 | ) |
| $ | (196 | ) | |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | (196 | ) |
| $ | (196 | ) | |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.07 |
|
| $ | 0.07 |
|
| –from recapture |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Investment income |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 794 |
|
| $ | 794 |
|
| –Return of capital |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| $ | 598 |
|
| –Other |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 196 |
|
| $ | 196 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
| 0.00 | % |
|
| 100.00 | % |
|
|
|
| |
| A-8 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
|
| GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC |
| ||||||||||||||
Years |
| 2013 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| TOTAL |
| |||||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) |
| $ | (88 | ) |
| $ | 1,285 |
|
| $ | 898 |
|
| $ | 2,095 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses |
| $ | 1,376 |
|
| $ | 186 |
|
| $ | 187 |
|
| $ | 1,749 |
| |
Interest expense |
| $ | 470 |
|
| $ | 3,078 |
|
| $ | 1,020 |
|
| $ | 4,568 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization |
| $ | 15 |
|
| $ | 276 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 291 |
| |
Net Income – GAAP Basis (in thousands) |
| $ | (1,949 | ) |
| $ | (2,255 | ) |
| $ | (309 | ) |
| $ | (4,513 | ) | |
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
| $ | (651 | ) |
| $ | (1,137 | ) |
| $ | (2,862 | ) |
| $ | (4,650 | ) |
| –from gain on sales |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated from operations |
| $ | (1,507 | ) |
| $ | (3,476 | ) |
| $ | (1,189 | ) |
| $ | (6,172 | ) | |
Cash generated from sales |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) |
| $ | (1,507 | ) |
| $ | (3,476 | ) |
| $ | (1,189 | ) |
| $ | (6,172 | ) | |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from other |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 778 |
|
| $ | 1,706 |
|
| $ | 2,484 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) |
| $ | (1,507 | ) |
| $ | (4,254 | ) |
| $ | (2,895 | ) |
| $ | (8,656 | ) | |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) |
| $ | (1,507 | ) |
| $ | (4,254 | ) |
| $ | (2,895 | ) |
| $ | (8,656 | ) | |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
| $ | (0.03 | ) |
| $ | (0.05 | ) |
| $ | (0.12 | ) |
| $ | (0.20 | ) |
| –from recapture |
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) |
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| –Investment income |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Return of capital |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 778 |
|
| $ | 1,706 |
|
| $ | 2,484 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Refinancing |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Other |
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 778 |
|
| $ | 1,706 |
|
| $ | 2,484 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 100.00 | % |
| ||||||
| A-9 |
Operating Results of Prior Programs
|
|
| GK Secured Income IV, LLC |
| ||||||
Years |
|
| 2015 |
|
| TOTAL |
| |||
Gross Revenues (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 258 |
|
| $ | 258 |
| |
Profit on sale of properties (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Less (in thousands): Operating expenses |
|
| $ | 273 |
|
| $ | 273 |
| |
Interest expense |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Depreciation and Amortization |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Net Income – GAAP Basis (in thousands) | $ | (15 | ) | $ | (15 | ) | ||||
Taxable Income (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | (2 | ) |
| $ | (2 | ) |
| –from gain on sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Cash generated from operations |
|
| $ | (31 | ) |
| $ | (31 | ) | |
Cash generated from sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (31 | ) |
| $ | (31 | ) | |
Less (in thousands): Cash distributions to investors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operating cash flow |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from sales and refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –from other |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (69 | ) |
| $ | (69 | ) | |
Less: Special items (not including sales and refinancing) (identify and quantify) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
| |
Cash generated (deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in thousands) |
|
| $ | (69 | ) |
| $ | (69 | ) | |
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –from operations |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| –from recapture |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital gain (loss) |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
| |
Cash Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Investment income |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
| –Return of capital |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Source (on cash basis) (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| –Sales |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Operations |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| –Other |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
| $ | 38 |
|
Amount (in percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of all properties in program) |
|
|
| 100.00 | % |
|
|
|
| |
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TABLE IV
RESULTS OF COMPLETED PROGRAMS
This Table IV sets forth the operating results of Prior Real Estate Programs sponsored by GK Development, Inc. and its affiliates that have completed during the five years ended December 31, 2015. None of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented in this Table IV have similar or identical investment objectives to GK Investment Holdings, LLC.
Results of Completed Programs
Program Name |
|
| Grand Center Partners |
|
| GDH Investments (North Ave) (Unaudited - Tax Basis) |
| ||
Dollar Amount Raised (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 2,410 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
Number of Properties Purchased |
|
|
| N/A |
|
|
| N/A |
|
Date of Closing of Offering |
|
| 11/7/2012 |
|
| 11/21/2012 |
| ||
Date of First Sale of Property |
|
| 1/16/2014 |
|
| 11/13/2013 |
| ||
Date of Final Sale of Property |
|
| 1/16/2014 |
|
| 11/13/2013 |
| ||
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Investment Through… (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Income Tax Results: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–from operations |
|
| $ | 0.04 |
|
| $ | (0.15 | ) |
–from recapture |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Capital Gain (loss) |
|
| $ | 0.28 |
|
| $ | 0.70 |
|
Deferred Gain |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Ordinary |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
| $ | 0.00 |
|
Cash Distributions to Investors (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source (on GAAP basis) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–Investment income |
|
| $ | 814 |
|
| $ | 1,123 |
|
–Return of capital |
|
| $ | 2,410 |
|
| $ | 2,000 |
|
Source (on cash basis) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–Sales |
|
| $ | 2,604 |
|
| $ | 2,890 |
|
–Refinancing |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
–Operations |
|
| $ | 620 |
|
| $ | 233 |
|
–Other |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
Receivables on Net Purchase Money Financing (in thousands) |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| $ | 0 |
|
| A-11 |
PART III - EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | |
(1)(a) | Managing Broker-Dealer Agreement by and between JCC Advisors, LLC and our company. *** | |
(1)(b) | Form of Participating Dealer Agreement. *** | |
| (1)(c) | Form of Wholesaling Dealer Agreement. *** | |
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(1)(d) |
| First Amendment to Managing Broker-Dealer Agreement by and between JCC Advisors, LLC and our company. |
(2)(a) | Certificate of Formation of our company.*** | |
(2)(b) | Limited Liability Company Agreement of our company.*** | |
(3)(a) | Form of Indenture between our company and the trustee. | |
(3)(b) | Form of Unsecured Bond. | |
| (4) | Subscription Agreement.*** | |
(6)(a) | Form of Forced Sale Agreement among our company, the trustee and 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C. *** | |
(6)(b) | Form of Forced Sale Agreement among our company, the trustee, and GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC. *** | |
(6)(c) | Form of Forced Sale Agreement among our company, the trustee, and Garo Kholamian. *** | |
(6)(d) | Form of Loan Agreement between our company and 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C. | |
(6)(e) | Form of Loan Agreement between our company and Garo Kholamian. | |
(6)(f) | Form of Loan Agreement between our company and GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC. | |
(6)(g) |
| Form of Subordinated Promissory Note made by 1551 Kingsbury Partners, L.L.C. for the benefit of GK Investment Holdings, LLC. *** |
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(6)(h) |
| Form of Subordinated Promissory Note made by Garo Kholamian for the benefit of GK Investment Holdings, LLC. *** |
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(6)(i) |
| Form of Subordinated Promissory Note made by GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC for the benefit of GK Investment Holdings, LLC. *** |
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| (6)(j) | Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lake Mead Crossing L.L.C. and GK Development, Inc.*** | |
| (6)(k) | First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lake Mead Crossing, L.L.C. and GK Development, Inc.*** | |
| (6)(l) | Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Lake Mead Crossing, L.L.C. and GK Development, Inc.*** | |
| (6)(m) | Assignment and Assumption of Purchase and Sale Agreement (Lake Mead Crossing – Shopping Center) by and among GK Development, Inc., Lake Mead Development, LLC and Lake Mead Partners, LLC.*** | |
(6)(n) | Term Loan Agreement by and between Nevada State Bank and Lake Mead Partners, LLC.*** | |
| (6)(o) | Promissory Note (Non-Revolving) by Lake Mead Partners, LLC for the benefit of Nevada State Bank in the amount of $29,500,000.*** | |
| (6)(p) | Promissory Note (Non-Revolving) by Lake Mead Partners, LLC for the benefit of Nevada State Bank in the amount of $500,000.*** | |
(6)(q) | Deed of Trust and Security Agreement with Assignment of Rent and Fixture Filing by Lake Mead Partners, LLC for the benefit of Nevada State Bank.*** | |
| (6)(r) | Note by Lake Mead Development, LLC for the benefit of Barrington Bank & Trust Company, N.A.*** | |
(6)(s) | Security Agreement by Lake Mead Development, LLC for the benefit of Barrington Bank & Trust Co., N.A.*** | |
(6)(t) | Secured Promissory Note by Lake Mead Parent, LLC and Lake Mead Development, LLC for the benefit of GK Secured Income IV, LLC.*** | |
(6)(u) | Security Agreement by Lake Mead Parent, LLC and our company for the benefit of GK Secured Income IV, LLC.*** | |
| (6)(v) | Promissory Note by Lake Mead Partners, LLC for the benefit of GK Development, Inc.*** | |
| (8) | Form of Subscription Escrow Agreement among our company, JCC Advisors, LLC and UMB Bank, National Association. | |
| (11)(a) | Consent of Plante & Moran, PLLC. | |
| (11)(b) | Consent of Kaplan, Voekler, Cunningham & Frank, PLC. ** | |
| (12) | Opinion of Kaplan, Voekler, Cunningham & Frank, PLC regarding legality of the Bonds. |
* To be filed by Amendment
** Included with the legal opinion provided pursuant to item (12)
*** Previously filed
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois on September 21, 2016.
GK Investment Holdings, LLC, |
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By: | GK Development, Inc., |
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| an Illinois corporation, Manager |
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| By: | /s/ Garo Kholamian |
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| Name: | Garo Kholamian |
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| Its: | Sole Director |
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By: | /s/ Garo Kholamian | |
Name: | Garo Kholamian | |
Its: | President of our manager (Principal Executive Officer) | |
By: | /s/ Michael Sher | |
Name: | Michael Sher | |
Its: | Chief Financial Officer of our manager | |
73
EXHIBIT 1D
FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGING BROKER-DEALER AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGING BROKER-DEALER AGREEMENT (this “First Amendment”) is effective as of this 16th day of August 2016, by and between GK Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GKIH”), and JJC Advisors, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“JCC”).
RECITALS
A. GKIH and JCC entered into that certain Managing Broker-Dealer Agreement dated as of May 25, 2016 (the “Original Agreement”) pursuant to which JCC agreed to serve as Managing Broker-Dealer of the Offering, as more particularly described in the Original Agreement for the consideration specified therein.
B. GKIH and JCC desire to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Original Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1. The recitals and introductory paragraphs hereof form a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
2. Exhibit A. The Original Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Exhibit A in its entirety and inserting the following therefor:
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Exhibit A
Bonds to be Sold:
A maximum of 50,000 Bonds to be issued and sold for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000,000 at a purchase price of $1,000 per Bond. The minimum Subscription per Subscriber will be five (5) Bonds ($5,000) unless waived by the Company.
Managing Broker-Dealer Compensation:
Company agrees that it will pay to the Managing Broker-Dealer sales commissions in the amount of 5% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, which it will re-allow and pay to the Dealers, plus a Managing Broker-Dealer fee of up to 3% of the gross proceeds of the Offering. JCC shall be entitled to retain, out of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, an amount equal to 0.57% of the gross proceeds of the Offering. JCC may re-allow and pay to wholesalers and other participants in the Offering up to the entirety of the 2.43% portion of the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee. Any amount in excess of the 0.57% JCC is entitled to retain that is not re-allowed shall be returned to the Company.
The Company agrees to pay up to $60,000 in due diligence expense reimbursements to our Managing Broker-Dealer, which it may re-allow to participating broker-dealers.
3. Entire Agreement. The Original Agreement, as modified by this First Amendment, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated therein. Except as modified by this First Amendment, the Original Agreement remains unchanged and unmodified and in full force and effect, and the parties hereto hereby ratify and affirm the same.
4. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and it shall be sufficient that the signature of each party appear on one or more such counterparts. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single agreement. Signatures to this First Amendment transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail shall be treated as originals in all respects.
[Remainder of page intentionally left blank; signatures appear on following pages]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this First Amendment as of the date first written above.
GKIH: | |||
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GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC | |||
A Delaware limited liability company | |||
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By: | GK Development, Inc. | ||
Its: | Manager | ||
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By: | /s/ Garo Kholamian | ||
Name: | Garo Kholamian | ||
Its: | President and Sole Director | ||
JCC: | |||
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JCC ADVISORS, LLC | |||
A Texas limited liability company | |||
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By: | /s/ Mark Atchity | ||
Name: | Mark Atchity | ||
Its: | President and CEO | ||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Managing Broker-Dealer Agreement]
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EXHIBIT 3A
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
a Delaware limited liability company
Issuer
AND
UMB Bank
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of ________________
7% Unsecured Bonds
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TABLE OF CONTENTS(2)
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 5 | ||||
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Section 1.01 | Definitions of Terms | 5 |
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Section 1.02 | Rules of Construction. | 9 |
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Section 1.03 | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 10 |
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ARTICLE II ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES | 10 | ||||
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Section 2.01 | Form of Bonds and Trustee's Certificate. | 10 | |||
Section 2.02 | Denominations: Provisions for Payment. | 11 |
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Section 2.03 | Execution and Authentication. | 12 | |||
Section 2.04 | Registration of Transfer and Exchange. | 13 | |||
Section 2.05 | [Intentionally deleted] | 13 | |||
Section 2.06 | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds. | 13 |
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Section 2.07 | Cancellation. | 14 | |||
Section 2.08 | Benefits of Indenture. |
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Section 2.09 | Authenticating Agent. | 14 | |||
Section 2.10 | Global Form of Bonds | 15 | |||
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ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 15 | ||||
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Section 3.01 | Redemption. | 15 | |||
Section 3.02 | Notice of Redemption. | 16 | |||
Section 3.03 | Payment Upon Redemption. | 17 | |||
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ARTICLE IV COVENANTS | 17 | ||||
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Section 4.01 | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. | 17 | |||
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency. | 17 | |||
Section 4.03 | Paying Agents. | 18 | |||
Section 4.04 | Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. | 19 | |||
Section 4.05 | Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. | 19 |
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Section 4.06 | Statement by Officers as to Default. | 19 |
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Section 4.07 | Appraisals. | 19 | |||
Section 4.08 | Equity-Bond Ratio. | 19 | |||
Section 4.09 | Bond Service Obligation. | 19 | |||
Section 4.10 | Bond Service Reserve. | 19 | |||
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ARTICLE V SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE | 20 | ||||
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Section 5.01 | Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Bondholders. | 20 |
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Section 5.02 | Preservation of Information; Communications With Bondholders. | 20 | |||
Section 5.03 | Reports by the Company. | 20 | |||
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ARTICLE VI REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT | 21 | ||||
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Section 6.01 | Event of Default. | 21 | |||
Section 6.02 | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. | 23 | |||
Section 6.03 | Application of Moneys Collected. | 24 |
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Section 6.04 | Limitation on Suits. | 24 | |||
Section 6.05 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver. | 25 | |||
Section 6.06 | Control by Bondholders. | 25 | |||
Section 6.07 | Undertaking to Pay Costs. | 25 | |||
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Section 7.01 | Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. | 26 | |||
Section 7.02 | Notice of Defaults. | 26 | |||
Section 7.03 | Certain Rights of Trustee. | 27 | |||
Section 7.04 | Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Bonds. | 28 | |||
Section 7.05 | May Hold Bonds. | 28 | |||
Section 7.06 | Moneys Held in Trust. | 28 |
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Section 7.07 | Compensation and Reimbursement. | 28 | |||
Section 7.08 | Reliance on Officer's Certificate. | 29 | |||
Section 7.09 | Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. | 29 | |||
Section 7.10 | Corporate Trustee Requires; Eligibility. | 29 | |||
Section 7.11 | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. | 29 | |||
Section 7.12 | Acceptance of Appointment By Successor. | 30 |
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Section 7.13 | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. | 31 | |||
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Section 8.01 | Evidence of Action by Bondholders. | 31 | |||
Section 8.02 | Proof of Execution by Bondholders. | 31 | |||
Section 8.03 | Who May be Deemed Owners. | 32 | |||
Section 8.04 | Certain Bonds Owned by Company Disregarded. | 32 |
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Section 8.05 | Actions Binding on Future Bondholders. | 32 | |||
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 33 | ||||
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Section 9.01 | Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Bondholders. | 33 | |||
Section 9.02 | Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Bondholders. | 34 | |||
Section 9.03 | Effect of Supplemental Indentures. | 34 |
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Section 9.04 | Bonds Affected by Supplemental Indentures. | 34 | |||
Section 9.05 | Execution of Supplemental Indentures. | 35 |
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ARTICLE X SUCCESSOR ENTITY | 35 | ||||
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Section 10.01 | Company May Consolidate, Etc. | 35 | |||
Section 10.02 | Successor Entity Substituted. | 35 |
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Section 10.03 | Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee. | 36 |
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Section 11.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge. | 36 |
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Section 11.02 | Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust. | 37 |
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Section 11.03 | Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents. | 37 | |||
Section 11.04 | Repayment of Company. | 37 |
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ARTICLE XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS | 38 | ||||
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 38 | ||||
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Section 13.01 | Effect on Successors and Assigns. | 38 | |||
Section 13.02 | Actions by Successor. | 38 |
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Section 13.03 | Surrender of Company Powers. | 38 |
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Section 13.04 | Notices. | 38 | |||
Section 13.05 | Governing Law. | 39 | |||
Section 13.06 | Treatment of Bonds as Debt. | 39 | |||
Section 13.07 | Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 39 | |||
Section 13.08 | Payments on Business Days | 39 | |||
Section 13.09 | Counterparts. | 39 | |||
Section 13.10 | Separability. | 40 | |||
Section 13.11 | Electronic Storage | 40 | |||
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(2) This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE, dated as of , between GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), and UMB Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"):
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of unsecured debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the "Bonds"), in a maximum aggregate principal amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) to be issued as registered Bonds without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Bonds by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Bonds.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.
The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in said Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.
"Affiliate" as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Appraisal" means an appraisal by a certified MAI appraiser commissioned by the Company, or if commissioned by a party other than the Company, containing language permitting the Company to rely on the appraiser's opinion of value.
"Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with respect to the Bonds appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.09.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Bonds" means the debt Bonds authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
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"Bondholder", "holder of Bonds", "registered holder", or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Bond shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"Bond Register" has the meaning given in Section 2.04.
"Bond Registrar" has the meaning given in Section 2.04.
"Bond Service Obligation" means the amount payable by the Company in principal and interest on the Bonds each calendar month.
"Business Day" means any day other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the City of Chicago, Illinois, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.
"Cash and Cash Equivalents" shall have the meaning prescribed by GAAP
"Cash Coverage Ratio" means Cash and Cash Equivalents maintained in an account with the Trustee equal to or exceeding one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the Bond Service Obligation for a period of three (3) months.
"Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.
"Change of Control Repurchase Event", means (A) the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of the membership units entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all the membership units entitled to vote in meetings of the Company (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and (B) following the closing of any transaction referred to in subsection (A), neither we nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, the NYSE Amex Equities, or the NYSE Amex, or the Nasdaq Stock Market, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Company" means GK Investment Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall also include its successors and assigns.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64106, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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"Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning given in Section 2.02.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Bonds, DTC or Direct Transfer, as the case may be, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Direct Transfer" means Direct Transfer LLC.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Event of Default" means any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
"Forced Sale Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A pursuant to which the Trustee may force the sale of an equity interest(s) held by an Affiliate of the Company in order to provide funds for the payment of obligations under the Bonds.
"Forced Sale Value" shall mean the value assigned to the equity interest subject to a Forced Sale Agreement, as set forth in and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Forced Sale Agreement.
"Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations (other than obligations subject to variation in principal repayment) of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
"Herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Bond, means the date specified in such Bond or in an indenture supplemental hereto as the fixed date on which an installment of interest is due and payable.
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"Loan" shall have the meaning as set forth in the Loan Agreements
"Loan Agreements" means those certain Loan Agreements by and among the Company and the Affiliates.
"Manager" means the Manager of the Company as may be designated from time to time in accordance with the Company's operating agreement. As of the date hereof, the Manager is GK Development, Inc., an Illinois corporation.
"Manager's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Manager of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
"Original Issue Discount Bond" means any Bond which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
"Outstanding" means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Bonds or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been irrevocably set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Bonds or portions of such Bonds are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article III or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Bonds in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06; provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Bond which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 6.01.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint-venture, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Bond" of any particular Bond means every previous Bond evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Bond; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Bond authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Bond shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Bond.
"Price to Public" means $1,000 per Bond.
"Property" means any real property or interest therein owned or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
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"Property Value" means either (a) if within two years of the Company's or its Subsidiary's acquisition of the Property and absent a later dated Appraisal of the Property then the gross purchase price of the Property; or (b) if on or after the second anniversary of the acquisition of the Property by the Company or its Subsidiary, then the appraised value of the Property in accordance with the Appraisal required under Section 4.07 hereof.
"Property Equity Value" means, with respect to any Property held by the Company or a Subsidiary, the Property Value less (1) the aggregate outstanding indebtedness secured by such Property, (2) the aggregate unsecured debt of any Subsidiary with a direct or indirect interest in a Property, and (3) the aggregate debt secured by the Company's direct or indirect interest in any Subsidiary, and, if the subject Property be held in a Subsidiary, further multiplied by the Company's proportionate interest in such Subsidiary; provided, however, for purposes of this Indenture, the minimum Property Equity Value of any Property shall be deemed to be $0.00.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
"Trustee" means UMB Bank, and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person.
"Voting Stock", as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
Section 1.02 Rules of Construction
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
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(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both");
(6) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter; and
(7) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments and supplements thereto.
Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based is erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company, a governmental official or officers or any other Person or Persons, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate, opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture or any Bond, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Form of Bonds and Trustee's Certificate.
The Bonds and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Bonds may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Bonds may be listed, or to conform to usage. The terms and conditions contained in the Bonds shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
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Section 2.02 Denominations: Provisions for Payment.
The Bonds shall be issuable as registered Bonds and in the denominations of One Thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof. The Bonds shall bear interest at a fixed rate of seven percent (7%) per annum payable on the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month beginning with the first full calendar month following the Bonds' issuance. The principal of and the interest on the Bonds, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the Corporate Trust Office or agency of the Trustee; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Bond Register. Each Bond shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee. Interest on the Bonds shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The interest installment on any Bond that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Bond (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Bond is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Bond will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Bond as provided in Section 3.03. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.02, payment of principal of and any interest on the Bonds shall be made to a Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and holder of the Bonds for all purposes under this Indenture.
Any interest on any Bond that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Bonds to the Persons in whose names such Bonds (or their respective Predecessor Bonds) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Bond and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Bondholder at his or her address as it appears in the Bond Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Bonds (or their respective Predecessor Bonds) are registered on such special record date.
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Bonds in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Bonds may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. The term "regular record date" as used in this Section with respect the Interest Payment Date shall mean the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date shall occur, whether or not such date is a Business Day. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Bond delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Bond.
Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication.
The Bonds shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Manager under its seal attested by a notary public. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a Manager, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Bonds shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the Manager of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Bonds. The Bonds may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. A Bond shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Bond so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Bonds executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Bonds, signed by its Manager, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Bonds.
In authenticating such Bonds and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Bonds, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Company is permitted by law to enter into this Indenture, (2) the form and terms of the Bonds have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, the Regulation A Offering Statement on Form 1-A filed December 23, 2015 as File No. 024-10510, all SEC requirements, and other applicable laws and regulations, and (3) that such Bonds, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to any Bankruptcy Law or other insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); and a Manager's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Bonds have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such Manager's Certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Bonds shall have occurred and be continuing. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the Opinion of Counsel and Manager's Certificate in authenticating the Bonds and accepting the responsibility under this Indenture.The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Bonds if the issue of such Bonds pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Bonds and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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Section 2.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Bonds may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the City of Barrington, Illinois, or such other location designated by the Company, for other Bonds of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Bonds so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Bond or Bonds that the Bondholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose in the City of Barrington, Illinois, or such other location designated by the Company, a register or registers (herein referred to as the "Bond Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Bonds and the transfers of Bonds as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Bonds and transfer of Bonds as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by the Manager of the Company (the "Bond Registrar"). Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Bond as the Bond presented for a like aggregate principal amount. All Bonds presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Bond Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder's duly authorized attorney in writing.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Bonds, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer. The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Bonds during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Bonds and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Bonds called for redemption.
Section 2.05 [Intentionally deleted]
Section 2.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds.
In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company's request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Bond, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Bond so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Bond shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant's Bond and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Bond and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Bond, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Bond that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Bond, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Bond) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Bond and of the ownership thereof. Every replacement Bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Bonds duly issued hereunder. All Bonds shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
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Section 2.07 Cancellation.
All Bonds surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Bonds shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Bonds held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Bonds in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Bonds, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Bonds unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.08 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Bonds, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Bonds any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Bonds.
Section 2.09 Authenticating Agent.
So long as any of the Bonds remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all Bonds which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Bonds issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Bonds so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
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Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
Section 2.10 Global Form of Bonds
The Company shall issue the Bonds in global form. The Company may issue a Bond only to a Depositary. A Depositary may transfer a Bond only to its nominee or to a successor Depositary. A Bond shall represent the amount of the securities specified therein. A Bond may have variations that the Depositary requires or that the Company considers appropriate for such a security.
Prior to due presentment of the Bond(s) for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name such Bond(s) is registered as the owner of such Bonds for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Bond(s) and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bond(s) be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Beneficial owners of part or all of a Bond are subject to the rules of the Depositary as in effect from time to time. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or Trustee shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of a Depositary, for any Depositary records of beneficial ownership interests or for any transactions between the Depositary and beneficial owners.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 3.01 Redemption
The Bonds may be redeemed, in whole or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in this Article III, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. If the Company elects to redeem Bonds pursuant to this Article III, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the redemption price and the principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed. The Company shall give notice of redemption to the Trustee not less than ninety (90) days before the redemption date, together with such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Bonds to be redeemed. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs while any Bonds remain outstanding, the Company or Trustee shall make an offer to each Bondholder to repurchase all or any amount of each Bondholder's Bonds at the redemption price set forth in Section 3.03(c).
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Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Bonds in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Bonds to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for redemption to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Bond Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Bonds to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Bond designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Bonds. In the case of any redemption of Bonds prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Bonds or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with a Manager's Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Bonds are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Bonds to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Barrington, Illinois, or such other location designated by the Company, upon presentation and surrender of such Bonds, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue, and the CUSIP number of the Bonds and state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in the notice or printed on the Bonds. If less than all the Bonds are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Bonds to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the particular Bonds to be so redeemed. In case any Bond is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Bond shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Bond, a new Bond or Bonds in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all the Bonds are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least ninety (90) days' notice (unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select in a manner that complies with the requirements, if any, of any applicable stock exchange or which the Bonds are listed and that the Trustee deems appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Bonds of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Bonds to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Bonds to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its Manager, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Bonds for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent as it may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Bond Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.
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Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption
(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Bonds or portions of Bonds to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Bonds or portions of Bonds shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Bond or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Bonds on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Bonds shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.02).
(b) Upon presentation of any Bond that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Bond is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Bond of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond so presented.
(c) The redemption price for any Bond redeemed on or before September 30, 2018 shall be the Price to Public multiplied by 1.020. The redemption price for any Bond redeemed after September 30, 2018 but on or before September 30, 2019 shall be the Price to Public multiplied by 1.015. The redemption price for any Bond redeemed after September 30, 2019 but before September 30, 2020 shall be the Price to Public multiplied by 1.010. The redemption price for any Bond redeemed after September 30, 2020 shall be the Price to Public.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Bonds at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Bonds.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long as the Bonds remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the City of Barrington, Illinois, or such other location designated by the Company, and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Bonds may be presented for payment, (ii) Bonds may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Bonds and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by its Manager and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or agency in the City of Barrington, Illinois for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Bonds may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the City of Barrington, Illinois, or such other location designated by the Company for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
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Section 4.03 Paying Agents.
(a) The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial paying agent. If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for the Bonds, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Bonds (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Bonds) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Bonds) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Bonds when the same shall be due and payable;
(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Bonds, it will on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Bonds, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Bonds) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary,
(1) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and
(2) the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
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Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.11, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company will not, while any of the Bonds remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of its property as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person unless the provisions of Article X hereof are complied with.
Section 4.06 Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.
Section 4.07 Appraisals
While any of the Bonds remain Outstanding, the Company shall commission or otherwise obtain an Appraisal of each Property owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or equity interest subject to a Forced Sale Agreement, to be dated on or before the anniversary of the acquisition of such Property or date of such Forced Sale Agreement (if then in effect), and then on or before each subsequent anniversary of the prior Appraisal. The Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor the Company's compliance with this Section 4.07.
Section 4.08 Equity-Bond Ratio.
While any of the Bonds remain outstanding, the sum of the aggregate Property Equity Values and aggregate Forced Sale Values shall be equal to or exceed seventy percent (70%) of aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds. So long as the Company complies with the provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company and any Subsidiary shall be entitled to incur additional indebtedness on the Properties. The Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor the Company's compliance with this Section 4.08.
Section 4.09 Bond Service Obligation.
So long as any of the Bonds remain Outstanding, the Company shall maintain the Cash Coverage Ratio. In any calendar month in which the Company's Cash and Cash Equivalents are insufficient to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio, the Company shall, subject to the limitations contained in the Loan Agreements, obtain Advances (as defined therein) under the Loan Agreements in sufficient amounts necessary to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio. The Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor the Company's compliance with this Section 4.09.
Section 4.10 Bond Service Reserve.
The Company shall deposit with the Trustee, and Trustee shall maintain in a separate reserve account, seven percent (7%) of the gross proceeds of all Bonds issued pursuant to this Indenture. Any such reserves shall be held for a period of one (1) year from the issuance of the applicable Bonds and during such period shall be available to the Trustee solely for the payment of interest due and payable during such period. Upon the first anniversary of the issuance of Bonds, the Trustee shall release and transmit to the Company, upon written direction of the Company, all amounts remaining in the reserve account relative to the issuance of such Bonds, subject to the payment of fees and costs related to the maintenance of the reserve account.
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ARTICLE V
BONDHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Bondholders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) not more than 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.02) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of the Bonds as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any Bonds for which the Trustee shall be the Bond Registrar.
Section 5.02 Preservation of Information; Communications With Bondholders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Bonds contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Bonds received by the Trustee in its capacity as Bond Registrar (if acting in such capacity).
(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c) Bondholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Bondholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Bonds.
Section 5.03 Reports by the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee, (i) monthly reports of its cash and cash equivalents; (ii) annually, within one hundred twenty (120) days following December 31st, a written statement certifying that to the knowledge of the Company's officers the Company is in compliance with this Indenture, or specifying any Event of Default hereunder; and (iii) within 15 days after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company files with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission; and provided further, so long as such filings by the Company are available on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), such filings shall be deemed to have been filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 5.03 without any further action required by the Company, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine if such filing has been so made. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND BONDHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
(a) Whenever used herein, "Event of Default" means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Bonds as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Bonds as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days, whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Bonds in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture for a period of 120 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding;
(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
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(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that
(i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the orders remain unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(6) entry by any court having jurisdiction over the Company of a final and non-appealable judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000.00 (before the application of any pre-judgment interest), singly or in the aggregate for all such final judgments or orders against any Significant Subsidiary.
(b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Bonds shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Bondholders), may declare the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Bonds to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable.
(c) At any time after the principal of the Bonds shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Bonds and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Bonds that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Bonds to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07, and
(2) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal on Bonds that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Bonds under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
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Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a) The Company covenants that
(1) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Bonds, as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or
(2) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Bonds when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity or upon redemption, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days,
then, upon demand of the Trustee or the Bondholders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Bonds for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Bonds; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07.
(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, including but not limited to exercising its rights under any one or more Forced Sale Agreements, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Bonds and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Bonds, wherever situated. In addition to any action or proceeding at law or in equity, the Trustee shall have the right to cause the Company to cause the sale of all Properties then held by the Company or its Subsidiaries and may collect the moneys received from such sales, following the payment of any indebtedness secured by such Properties and any fees, costs or expenses of such sales.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Bonds allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Bonds to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Bondholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.07.
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(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to the Bonds, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Bonds, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.07, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Bonds. In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Bondholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Bonds or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Bondholder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected.
Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Bonds, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Bonds of for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Bonds for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively;
THIRD: Upon written direction, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits.
No holder of any Bond shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided;
(2) the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder;
(3) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and
(5) notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the right of any holder of any Bond to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Bond, as therein provided, on the respective due dates expressed in such Bond (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Bond hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Bond with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Bonds, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Bonds. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Bondholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
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Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Bondholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Bonds, by judicial proceedings, execution upon the Forced Sale Agreements, or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Bonds.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Bonds to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Bondholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Bondholders.
Section 6.06 Control by Bondholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.01, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee or its counsel, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.01, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Bonds waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Bonds as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Bonds otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)) or in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Bond affected. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Bonds shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Bonds by such holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Bondholder, or group of Bondholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, or to any suit instituted by any Bondholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Bond, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Bond or established pursuant to this Indenture.
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ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred: the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Bonds; and
(4) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.02 Notice of Defaults.
(a) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any Default hereunder, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing of such default by the Company, or the Owners of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Bonds, and in the absence of such notice so delivered, the Bond Trustee may conclusively assume there is no default except as aforesaid.
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(b) If an Event of Default occurs hereunder of which the Trustee has notice or is deemed to have notice in accordance with Section 7.02(a), the Trustee shall promptly give the holders notice of such Event of Default; provided, however, that in the case of any Event of Default of the character specified in clause (3) of Section 6.01(a), no such notice to holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
Section 7.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument signed in the name of the Company, by the Manager thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);
(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Bondholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Bondholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs;
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
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Section 7.04 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Bonds.
(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Bonds shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Bonds.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Bonds or of the proceeds of such Bonds, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.
Section 7.05 May Hold Bonds.
The Trustee or any paying agent or Bond Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Bonds with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Bond Registrar.
Section 7.06 Moneys Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee (including, without limitation, fees for extraordinary services rendered), and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ and the reimbursement of all extraordinary expenses incurred) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The fees, charges and expenses specified herein are for the typical and customary services as trustee. Fees for additional or extraordinary services not now part of the customary services provided, such as special services during default or additional government reporting requirements will be charged at the then current rates for such services.
The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises.
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(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Bonds upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Bonds.
Section 7.08 Reliance on Officer's Certificate.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a Manager's Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.09 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has a conflicting interest, or within 30 days after receiving written notice from the Company that it has a conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.11.
Section 7.10 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Bonds issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least One Hundred Million U.S. Dollars ($100,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.11.
Section 7.11 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Bondholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Bond Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Manager, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Bondholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Bond or Bonds for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
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(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.09 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Bondholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Bond or Bonds for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.10 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Bondholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Bonds and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Manager, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, unless, in the case of a failure to comply with Section 7.09, any Bondholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Bond or Bonds for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Bonds pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.12.
Section 7.12 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Bonds, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
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(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Bondholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Bond Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.09 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Bonds shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Bonds so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Bonds.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE BONDHOLDERS
Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Bondholders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing. If the Company shall solicit from the Bondholders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by a Manager's Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Bondholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Bondholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Bondholders for the purposes of determining whether Bondholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Bonds have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Bonds shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Bondholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Bondholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Bondholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Bonds shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.
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(b) The ownership of Bonds shall be proved by the Bond Register of such Bonds or by a certificate of the Bond Registrar thereof.
(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Bond, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Bond Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Bond shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Bond (whether or not such Bond shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Bond Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 2.02) interest on such Bond and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 8.04 Certain Bonds Owned by Company Disregarded.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Bonds have concurred in any direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Bonds that are owned by the Company or any other obligor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Bonds that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Bonds so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Bonds and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Bondholders.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Bond that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Bonds the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Bond. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Bond, and of any Bond issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Bond. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Bonds.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Bondholders.
In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, without the consent of the Bondholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Bonds;
(2) to comply with Article X;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Bonds in addition to or in place of certificated Bonds;
(4) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all of the Bonds, to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(5) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Bonds (prior to the issuance thereof), as herein set forth;
(6) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Bondholder in any material respect;
(7) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Bonds, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or Bonds, or to add to the rights of the holders of any Bonds;
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.12; or
(9) to comply with any requirements of the Commission or any successor.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Bonds at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Bondholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Bonds under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Bond then Outstanding and affected thereby:
(1) extend the maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Bond, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate of interest or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Bond or any other Bond which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 or change the coin or currency in which any Bond or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, the consent of whose holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver of certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 6.06 relating to waivers of default, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Bond affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7.12 and 9.01(8).
Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Bonds shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.04 Bonds Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
Bonds affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon the Bonds may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Manager of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Bonds then Outstanding.
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Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Bondholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive a Manager's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Bondholders as their names and addresses appear upon the Bond Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.
Except as set forth in an Officer's Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Bonds shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Bonds in accordance with the terms thereof, according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property and (b) in the event that the Bonds then Outstanding are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or other securities of the Company, such entity shall, by such supplemental indenture, make provision so that the Bondholders shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion or exchange of such Bonds the number of securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of common stock or other securities of the Company deliverable upon conversion or exchange of those Bonds would have been entitled had such conversion or exchange occurred immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition.
Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.
(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Bonds Outstanding and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Bonds.
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(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Bonds thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
(c) Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).
Section 10.03 Evidence off Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; REDEMPTION
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:
(1) either (A) all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) any Bonds that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and (ii) Bonds for whose payment money or noncallable Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will by their terms become due and payable within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose (x) moneys in an amount, or (y) noncallable Governmental Obligations the scheduled principal of and interest on which in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (z) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the case of (y) or (z), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, at maturity or upon redemption, all Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Manager's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all the conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 7.07 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (y) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 11.03 and 11.05 shall survive.
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Section 11.02 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the Bondholders for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
Section 11.03 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 11.04 Repayment to Company.
Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Bonds that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Bonds for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Bonds shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned property law, shall be repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Bonds entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof as an unsecured general creditor, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person.
Section 11.05 Reinstatement
If the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee or any paying agent appointed as provided herein) is unable to apply any moneys or Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 11 by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Bonds shall be revived and reinstated as though no such deposit had occurred, until such time as the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee or paying agent) is permitted to apply all such moneys and Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 11; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest if any, on the Bonds following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Bondholders to receive such payment from the funds held by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee or paying agent).
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ARTICLE XII
IMMUNITY OF ORGANIZERS, MEMBERS, OFFICERS
AND MANAGERS
Section 12.01 No Recourse.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Bond, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any organizer, member, officer or manager, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor entity, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor entity, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the organizers, members, officers or managers as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor entity, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Bonds or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such organizer, member, officer or manager as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Bonds or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Bonds.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.
Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Manager and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation.
Section 13.04 Notices
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Bonds to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: c/o GK Development, Inc., 257 E. Main St., Ste 200, Barrington, IL 60010. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Bondholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
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Section 13.05 Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Bond shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
Section 13.06 Treatment of Bonds as Debt.
It is intended that the Bonds will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.
Section 13.07 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company, shall furnish to the Trustee a Manager's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days.
Except as set forth in a Manager's Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Bond or the date of redemption of any Bond shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.
Section 13.09 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 13.10 Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Bonds shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Bonds, but this Indenture and such Bonds shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 13.11 Electronic Storage. The parties agree that the transaction described herein may be conducted and related documents may be stored by electronic means. Copies, telecopies, facsimiles, electronic files and other reproductions of original executed documents shall be deemed to be authentic and valid counterparts of such original documents for all purposes, including the filing of any claim, action or suit in the appropriate court of law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
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FORCED SALE AGREEMENT
THIS FORCED SALE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made by and between ______________________, a/an _______________ (the "Affiliate"), GK Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Issuer"), and UMB Bank, n.a., in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") under that certain Indenture dated as of _____________, 2016 between Issuer and Trustee.
RECITALS
A. The Issuer was formed for the purpose of acquiring existing income producing retail rental properties and is offering investors (the "Investors") the opportunity to purchase bonds (the "Bonds") as set forth in that certain Offering Statement of Issuer dated as of ______________.
B. The Affiliate is affiliated with the Issuer and, to protect the Investors in the event of a default by Issuer in the repayment of the Bonds, has agreed to subject their membership interests in ____________________, a/an ______________ ("_____"), to a forced sale as provided in this Agreement.
C. _______ indirectly owns a ___% interest in certain real property and improvements thereon commonly known as _____________ located at _______________ (the "Property").
D. The Trustee is the trustee under that certain Trust Indenture of even date herewith between Issuer and Trustee (the "Indenture").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Indenture.
2. Grant of Forced Sale Rights. The Affiliate hereby grants to Trustee the right, but not the obligation, to sell or otherwise dispose of the Affiliate's membership interest in ______ (the "Interests") pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the "Forced Sale Rights") upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture.
3. Exercise of Forced Sale Rights. Upon an Event of Default, the Forced Sale Rights may be exercised by the Trustee providing written notice of exercise at any time during the term of this Agreement to the Affiliate and the Issuer. The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date entered into and shall terminate automatically upon the earlier to occur of (a) the date that is one (1) year from the date hereof (unless the Issuer solicits and receives the written approval of an extension from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding), or (b) after the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture and the exercise of the Forced Sale Rights, the sale of the Interests or the Property to a bona fide third-party purchaser on commercially reasonable terms as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion. The bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, or termination of the Affiliate shall not cause the termination of this Agreement.
4. Sale of Interests. Trustee shall attempt to maximize the purchase price of the Interests (the "Purchase Price") as directed in writing by the Affiliate, provided, however, that the Trustee may not sell the Interests for less than ____________'s pro rata share of the appraised fair market value of the Property (without any discounts) (the "Forced Sale Value") unless it is directed to do so by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement and the Indenture, the Forced Sale Value of the Interests during the initial one (1) year term of this Agreement is deemed to be $_______________. If the term of this Agreement is extended beyond such initial one (1) year term as provided in Section 3(a) hereof, the Forced Sale Value of the Interests shall be determined annually by an independent third-party appraiser selected by the Issuer. Proceeds from the Purchase Price shall be paid to the Trustee and disbursed in accordance with the Indenture.
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5. Closing. Upon receipt of the written notice of exercise of the Forced Sale Rights, the Affiliate shall deliver to the Trustee all required signatures and documentation requested.
6. Power of Attorney. The Trustee shall at all times during the term of this Agreement have a special and limited power of attorney as the attorney-in-fact for the Affiliate, with power and authority to act in the name and on behalf of the Affiliate to execute, acknowledge and swear to in the execution, acknowledgment and filing of documents that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and which may include by way of illustration, but not by limitation, any contract for purchase or sale of the Interests, and any other instrument of conveyance or encumbrance, with respect to the Interests, or any other instrument or document that may be required to effectuate the sale of the Instrument. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Trustee may exercise its power and authority under this limited power of attorney immediately upon providing the Affiliate written notice pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.
6.1 This power of attorney shall be irrevocable and shall survive an assignment by the Affiliate of all or any portion of its Interests. Furthermore, this power of attorney shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or termination, of the granting Affiliate.
6.2 The Trustee shall promptly furnish to the Affiliate a copy of any document executed by the Trustee pursuant to the power of attorney.
7. Notices and Payment. Any notice and/or payment to be given by any party to any other party under this Agreement may be delivered in person, or may be deposited in the United States mail, duly certified or registered, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, or by Federal Express or other similar overnight delivery service, and addressed to the party for whom intended at the addresses set forth herein. Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, all notices, payments, demands or other communications given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt.
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8. General Provisions.
8.1.Binding Arbitration. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this Agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by arbitration in the City of Chicago, Illinois, before a sole arbitrator, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware for agreements made in and to be performed in that state. The arbitration shall be in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator shall, in the award, allocate all of the costs of the arbitration (and the mediation, if applicable), including the fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys' fees of the substantially prevailing party, against the party who did not substantially prevail.
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8.2 Attorneys' Fees. If any arbitration, action or proceeding is instituted between all or any of the parties to this Agreement arising from or related to or with this Agreement, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover from Issuer all of its costs of arbitration, action or proceeding, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs as fixed by the court or arbitrator therein.
8.3 Modification. No modification, waiver, amendment, discharge or change of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same is in writing and signed by all of the parties to this Agreement.
8.4 Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to choice of law rules. Any action relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be brought only in a court of competent jurisdiction located in the City of Chicago, Illinois.
8.5 Headings. The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
8.6 Successors in Interest. All provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors-in-interest, and legal representatives of the parties hereto and all other persons acquiring an undivided interest in the Property, whether by operation of law or any manner whatsoever (collectively, "Successors"). The Affiliate agrees that any Successor shall become a party to this Agreement upon acquisition of an Interest as if such person or entity initially executed this Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which, when taken together, shall be deemed one fully executed original.
8.8 Facsimile Signature. This Agreement may be executed by a party's signature transmitted by facsimile, and copies of this Agreement executed and delivered by means of facsimile signatures shall have the same force and effect as copies hereof executed and delivered with original signatures. The parties may rely upon facsimile signatures as if such signatures were originals. A party executing and delivering this Agreement by facsimile shall promptly thereafter deliver a counterpart signature page of this Agreement containing said party's original signature.
8.9 Equitable Relief.The Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that the Trustee's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the Affiliate agrees that in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law (including, without limitation, damages) the Trustee, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.
8.10 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence for each and every provision of this Agreement.
8.11 Recitals. The above "Recitals" are hereby incorporated into this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.
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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___________ day of ________, 2016 by Garo Kholamian, the President and Sole Director of GK Development, Inc., the Manager of GK Investment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
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STATE OF _____________
CITY/COUNTY OF _________________, to-wit:
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___________ day of ________, 2016 by _______________________________ on behalf of UMB Bank, a _______________.
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My commission expires: _____________________
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CITY/COUNTY OF _________________, to-wit:
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___________ day of ________, 2016 by _______________________________ on behalf of ________________________________.
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EXHIBIT B
(Form of Bond)
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GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021
CUSIP No.
ISIN
No. [ ] | $[ ] |
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Issuer"), for value received, promises to pay to ____________, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS [or such other amount as is provided in a schedule attached hereto]* on September 30, 2021.
Interest Payment Dates:Monthly payments commencing [Month, Day], 2016.
Record Dates: [Month, Day], [Month, Day], [Month, Day] and [Month, Day].
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Bond contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Bond to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
Dated:
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, as | |||
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
[FORM OF] TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021 described in the within-mentioned Indenture. Dated: [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016.
UMB BANK, as Trustee, | |||
By: | |||
Authorized Signatory | |||
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(Reverse of Bond)
7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
SECTION 1. Interest. GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Issuer"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Bond at 7% per annum from [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016, until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest monthly onthe fifteenth (15th) day of each month, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing [Month, Day], 2016. Interest on the Bonds will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand to the extent lawful at the interest rate applicable to the Bonds; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2. Method of Payment. The Issuer will pay interest on the Bonds to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on thefirst day of the monthnext preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Bonds are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.02 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Bonds will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). Principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds will be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose except that, at the option of the Issuer, the payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of Bonds. Until otherwise designated by the Issuer, the Issuer's office or agency will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.
SECTION 3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, UMB Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
SECTION 4. Indenture. The Issuer issued the Bonds under an Indenture dated as of[ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016 ("Indenture") by and between the Issuer and the Trustee. The terms of the Bonds include those stated in the Indenture. The bonds are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Bond conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
SECTION 5. Optional Redemption. At any time, the Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Bonds at the redemption price set forth in Section 3.03(c) of the Indenture, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of each Holder on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SECTION 6. Notice of Redemption. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of any optional redemption of any Bonds will be delivered to holders (with a copy to the Trustee) at their addresses, as shown in the Bonds register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Bonds held by the holder to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption.
SECTION 7. Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund Payment. Except as set forth in Section 8 herein, the Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Bonds.
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SECTION 8. Repurchase at Option of Holder. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, and subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding Bonds at a purchase price set forth in Section 3.03(c) of the Indenture.
SECTION 9. Denominations, Transfer Exchange. The Bonds are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Bonds may be registered and Bonds may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Bond selected for redemption. Also, the Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Bonds for a period of 15 days before a selection of Bonds to be redeemed.
SECTION 10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Bond may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
SECTION 11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Bonds may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Bonds as provided in the Indenture.
SECTION 12. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Bonds to be due and payable immediately in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.01. Holders of the Bonds may not enforce the Indenture or the Bonds except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Bonds notice of any continuing Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their best interest in accordance with Section 7.02. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Bonds waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a Default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Bond as specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) and (2).
SECTION 13. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture contains certain covenants as set forth in Article Four of the Indenture.
SECTION 14. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Bonds or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture, or in any of the Bonds or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Issuer or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Bonds, waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Bonds.
SECTION 15. Authentication. This Bond shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
SECTION 16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
SECTION 17. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Bonds and the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Bonds or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
SECTION 18. Registered Form. The Bonds are in registered form within meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) for U.S. federal income and withholding tax purposes.
SECTION 19. Governing Law. This Bond shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT 3B
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021
CUSIP No. _________
ISIN
No. [ ] | $[ ] |
GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Issuer"), for value received, promises to pay to ____________, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS [or such other amount as is provided in a schedule attached hereto]* on September 30, 2021.
Interest Payment Dates:Monthly payments commencing[Month, Day], 2016.
Record Dates:[Month, Day], [Month, Day], [Month, Day]and[Month, Day].
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Bond contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Bond to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.
Dated:
GK DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, | ||||
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[FORM OF] TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021 described in the within-mentioned Indenture. Dated: [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016.
UMB BANK, as Trustee, | |||
By: | |||
Authorized Signatory | |||
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(Reverse of Bond)
7% Senior Unsecured Bonds due 2021
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
SECTION 1. Interest. GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Issuer"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Bond at 7% per annum from [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016, until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest monthly onthe fifteenth (15th) day of each month, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing [Month, Day], 2016. Interest on the Bonds will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand to the extent lawful at the interest rate applicable to the Bonds; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2. Method of Payment. The Issuer will pay interest on the Bonds to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on thefirst day of the monthnext preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Bonds are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.02 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Bonds will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). Principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds will be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose except that, at the option of the Issuer, the payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of Bonds. Until otherwise designated by the Issuer, the Issuer's office or agency will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.
SECTION 3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, UMB Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
SECTION 4. Indenture. The Issuer issued the Bonds under an Indenture dated as of [ISSUE MONTH AND DAY], 2016 ("Indenture") by and between the Issuer and the Trustee. The terms of the Bonds include those stated in the Indenture. The bonds are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture. To the extent any provision of this Bond conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
SECTION 5. Optional Redemption. At any time, the Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Bonds at the redemption price set forth in Section 3.03(c) of the Indenture, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of each Holder on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
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SECTION 6. Notice of Redemption. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of any optional redemption of any Bonds will be delivered to holders (with a copy to the Trustee) at their addresses, as shown in the Bonds register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Bonds held by the holder to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption.
SECTION 7. Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund Payment. Except as set forth in Section 8 herein, the Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Bonds.
SECTION 8. Repurchase at Option of Holder. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, and subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding Bonds at a purchase price set forth in Section 3.03(c) of the Indenture.
SECTION 9. Denominations, Transfer Exchange. The Bonds are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Bonds may be registered and Bonds may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Bond selected for redemption. Also, the Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Bonds for a period of 15 days before a selection of Bonds to be redeemed.
SECTION 10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Bond may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
SECTION 11.Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Bonds may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Bonds as provided in the Indenture.
SECTION 12. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Bonds to be due and payable immediately in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.01. Holders of the Bonds may not enforce the Indenture or the Bonds except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Bonds notice of any continuing Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their best interest in accordance with Section 7.02. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Bonds waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a Default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Bond as specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) and (2).
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SECTION 13. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture contains certain covenants as set forth in Article Four of the Indenture.
SECTION 14. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Bonds or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture, or in any of the Bonds or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Issuer or of any successor Person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Bonds, waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Bonds.
SECTION 15. Authentication. This Bond shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
SECTION 16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
SECTION 17. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Bonds and the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Bonds or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
SECTION 18. Registered Form. The Bonds are in registered form within meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) for U.S. federal income and withholding tax purposes.
SECTION 19. Governing Law. This Bond shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT 6D
LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into effective as of , by and between 1551 KINGSBURY PARTNERS, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company ("Lender"), and GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Borrower").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower is a newly formed business in need of operating funds to provide cash flow and debt service during its initial stabilization period; and
WHEREAS, the Lender desires to provide to Borrower, and Borrower desires to obtain from Lender, a loan (the "Loan") with a maximum monthly Advance (as defined herein) equal to the Lender's then-current monthly Net Income (as defined herein) from its interests (the "Interests") in 1551 Kingsbury Partners Senior Mezz, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, indirect owner of a 12.5% interest in certain real property and improvements thereon commonly known as Ridgmar Mall located at 1888 Green Oaks Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76116 (the "Property"), on certain terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement; and
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in that certain Trust Indenture of even date herewith between Borrower and Trustee (as defined herein) (the "Indenture").
2. Commitment. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Lender agrees to make advances not more than once per calendar month (each an "Advance"), and Borrower may draw upon and borrow, not more than once per calendar month, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions expressed in this Agreement, each Advance in an amount up to the Lender's then-monthly net income from the Interests (as determined by application of generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, "Net Income"). Each Advance shall be made by Lender to Borrower subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement; provided, that the Lender shall have no obligation to make any Advance (A) that exceeds its Net Income for the then-current calendar month or (B) if there is an Event of Default or a Default (as defined below). Each Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal balance at the then-applicable Federal short-term rate as determined pursuant to Section 1247(d) of the Internal Revenue Code beginning on the date of the Advance. If not sooner paid, all outstanding principal, accrued but unpaid interest and other outstanding sums due under this Agreement shall be paid in full on September 30, 2021 (the "Maturity Date"). This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the earlier to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, or (b) the sale of the Interests or the Property to a bona fide third-party purchaser on commercially reasonable terms as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion.
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3. Advances. Advances under this Agreement will be made by the Lender not more than once per calendar month upon receipt by Lender of at least five (5) days' prior written notice setting forth the amount of the advance. Such notice shall include a representation by Borrower to Lender that the amount of the Advance requested is reasonably necessary for the Borrower to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant as described in Section 4.09 of the Indenture.
4. Notes. Borrower's obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender in connection with each Advance (each a "Note" and collectively the "Notes"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall (i) be duly executed and delivered by Borrower, (ii) be dated as of the date of the Advance, (iii) mature on the Maturity Date, (iv) bear interest as provided herein, and (v) be governed by this Agreement.
5. Security. The Loan and each Advance hereunder shall be unsecured.
6. Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:
a. The non-payment of any principal or interest due and owing to Lender.
b. Violation by Borrower of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or the Notes, or breach of any representation or warranty contained herein or in the Notes; or
c. Borrower (i) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) files a petition under any chapter of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or similar state or federal law; or (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent.
Upon occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender shall notify Borrower in writing. If the Event of Default is not cured within ten business (10) days after the giving of such notice of default, Borrower shall be deemed to be in default under this Agreement (a "Default").
7. Default Interest Rate; Remedies. Upon Default, the Lender shall have the right to collect interest on the outstanding principal balance on the Loan at a rate of nine percent (9%) per annum and all other remedies as set forth in the Notes.
8. Cumulative Remedies. All remedies of the Lender provided for herein are cumulative and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law. The exercise of any right or remedy by the Lender hereunder shall not in any way constitute a cure or waiver of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any notice of default, or prejudice the Lender in the exercise of any of their rights hereunder unless, in the exercise of its rights, the Lender realizes all amounts owed to it hereunder.
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9. Payment and Prepayment. Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loan, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty. All payments received by Lender shall be applied, first, to the payment of fees, interest and other obligations (other than principal) hereunder, and second, to the payment of principal, each in such order and priority as the Lender shall determine in its sole discretion. Upon full payment of all amounts due and owing on the Loan, and Borrower giving written notice to the Lender, the Lender shall immediately return the original Notes to Borrower marked "Satisfied."
10. Subordination. Lender acknowledges that Borrower's obligations hereunder to repay the Loan are subordinate Borrower's obligations on the Bonds, and Lender hereby expressly subordinates its rights under this Agreement to Borrower's obligations thereon.
11. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:
a. Organization; Authority to Enter into Agreement. Borrower is a limited liability company, duly formed and validly in existence and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Borrower has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to execute and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
b. No Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Agreement does not require consent, approval, authorization or license of any governmental authority or a third party.
12. Expenses, Fees and Costs. In the event of any litigation between the parties to declare or enforce any provision of this Agreement, the substantially prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party, in addition to any other recovery and costs, reasonable expenses, attorney's fees, and costs associated with such litigation, in both the trial and in all appellate courts.
13. Waiver. No waiver by the Lender of any default shall operate as a waiver of any other default or of the same default on a future occasion.
14. Assignment. The terms hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their personal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that the parties may not assign their rights or delegate their duties and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, the interests of the Borrower in this Agreement have been assigned to UMB Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture, and the Trustee may, but shall have no obligation to, enforce Borrower's rights under this Agreement on behalf and in the name of the Borrower, and Lender consents to such assignment.
15. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed received (a) on the date of receipted delivery by a courier service or (b) on the fifth business day after mailing, by registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, to the appropriate party at its address set forth below:
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If to Borrower: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
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If to Lender: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
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16. Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of any provisions of this Agreement shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender, Borrower and Trustee.
17. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect until the obligations of Borrower hereunder evidenced by the Note have been fully paid and satisfied.
18. Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement, together with Exhibit A hereto, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings. In the event that any clause or provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such clause or provision may be severed or modified to the extent necessary, and as severed and/or modified, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
19. Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement and other documents delivered pursuant hereto and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Illinois. Any dispute or litigation with respect to the representations, warranties, terms and conditions of this Agreement, or any other matter between the parties, shall be litigated in the state or federal courts of Chicago, Illinois, and the parties hereby expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in said courts.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
Note
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EXHIBIT 6E
LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into effective as of , by and between GARO KHOLAMIAN, an individual ("Lender"), and GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower is a newly formed business in need of operating funds to provide cash flow and debt service during its initial stabilization period; and
WHEREAS, the Lender desires to provide to Borrower, and Borrower desires to obtain from Lender, a loan (the "Loan") with a maximum monthly Advance (as defined herein) equal to the Lender's then-current monthly Net Income (as defined herein) from his interests (the "Interests") in GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC ("GKPII"), indirect owner of a 12.5% interest in certain real property and improvements thereon commonly known as Lakeview Square Mall located at 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek, MI 76116 (the "Property"), on certain terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement; and
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in that certain Trust Indenture of even date herewith between Borrower and Trustee (as defined herein) (the "Indenture").
2. Commitment. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Lender agrees to make advances not more than once per calendar month (each an "Advance"), and Borrower may draw upon and borrow, not more than once per calendar month, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions expressed in this Agreement, each Advance in an amount up to the Lender's then-monthly net income from the Interests (as determined by application of generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, "Net Income"). Each Advance shall be made by Lender to Borrower subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement; provided, that the Lender shall have no obligation to make any Advance (A) that exceeds its Net Income for the then-current calendar month or (B) if there is an Event of Default or a Default (as defined below). Each Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal balance at the then-applicable Federal short-term rate as determined pursuant to Section 1247(d) of the Internal Revenue Code beginning on the date of the Advance. If not sooner paid, all outstanding principal, accrued but unpaid interest and other outstanding sums due under this Agreement shall be paid in full on September 30, 2021 (the "Maturity Date"). This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the earlier to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, or (b) the sale of the Interests or the Property to a bona fide third-party purchaser on commercially reasonable terms as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion.
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3. Advances. Advances under this Agreement will be made by the Lender not more than once per calendar month upon receipt by Lender of at least five (5) days' prior written notice setting forth the amount of the advance. Such notice shall include a representation by Borrower to Lender that the amount of the Advance requested is reasonably necessary for the Borrower to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant as described in Section 4.09 of the Indenture.
4. Notes. Borrower's obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender in connection with each Advance (each a "Note" and collectively the "Notes"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall (i) be duly executed and delivered by Borrower, (ii) be dated as of the date of the Advance, (iii) mature on the Maturity Date, (iv) bear interest as provided herein, and (v) be governed by this Agreement.
5. Security. The Loan and each Advance hereunder shall be unsecured.
6. Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:
a. The non-payment of any principal or interest due and owing to Lender.
b. Violation by Borrower of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or the Notes, or breach of any representation or warranty contained herein or in the Notes; or
c. Borrower (i) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) files a petition under any chapter of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or similar state or federal law; or (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent.
Upon occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender shall notify Borrower in writing. If the Event of Default is not cured within ten business (10) days after the giving of such notice of default, Borrower shall be deemed to be in default under this Agreement (a "Default").
7. Default Interest Rate; Remedies. Upon Default, the Lender shall have the right to collect interest on the outstanding principal balance on the Loan at a rate of nine percent (9%) per annum and all other remedies as set forth in the Notes.
8. Cumulative Remedies. All remedies of the Lender provided for herein are cumulative and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law. The exercise of any right or remedy by the Lender hereunder shall not in any way constitute a cure or waiver of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any notice of default, or prejudice the Lender in the exercise of any of their rights hereunder unless, in the exercise of its rights, the Lender realizes all amounts owed to it hereunder.
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9. Payment and Prepayment. Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loan, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty. All payments received by Lender shall be applied, first, to the payment of fees, interest and other obligations (other than principal) hereunder, and second, to the payment of principal, each in such order and priority as the Lender shall determine in its sole discretion. Upon full payment of all amounts due and owing on the Loan, and Borrower giving written notice to the Lender, the Lender shall immediately return the original Notes to Borrower marked "Satisfied."
10. Subordination. Lender acknowledges that Borrower's obligations hereunder to repay the Loan are subordinate Borrower's obligations on the Bonds, and Lender hereby expressly subordinates its rights under this Agreement to Borrower's obligations thereon.
11. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:
a. Organization; Authority to Enter into Agreement. Borrower is a limited liability company, duly formed and validly in existence and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Borrower has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to execute and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
b. No Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Agreement does not require consent, approval, authorization or license of any governmental authority or a third party.
12. Expenses, Fees and Costs. In the event of any litigation between the parties to declare or enforce any provision of this Agreement, the substantially prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party, in addition to any other recovery and costs, reasonable expenses, attorney's fees, and costs associated with such litigation, in both the trial and in all appellate courts.
13. Waiver. No waiver by the Lender of any default shall operate as a waiver of any other default or of the same default on a future occasion.
14. Assignment. The terms hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their personal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that the parties may not assign their rights or delegate their duties and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, the interests of the Borrower in this Agreement have been assigned to UMB Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture, and the Trustee may, but shall have no obligation to, enforce Borrower's rights under this Agreement on behalf and in the name of the Borrower, and Lender consents to such assignment.
15. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed received (a) on the date of receipted delivery by a courier service or (b) on the fifth business day after mailing, by registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, to the appropriate party at its address set forth below:
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If to Borrower: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
Attn: Garo Kholamian | |
If to Lender: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
Attn: Garo Kholamian |
16. Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of any provisions of this Agreement shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender, Borrower and Trustee.
17. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect until the obligations of Borrower hereunder evidenced by the Note have been fully paid and satisfied.
18. Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement, together with Exhibit A hereto, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings. In the event that any clause or provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such clause or provision may be severed or modified to the extent necessary, and as severed and/or modified, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
19. Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement and other documents delivered pursuant hereto and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware. Any dispute or litigation with respect to the representations, warranties, terms and conditions of this Agreement, or any other matter between the parties, shall be litigated in the state or federal courts of Chicago, Illinois, and the parties hereby expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in said courts.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT 6F
LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into effective as of , by and between GKPI I Partners (Lakeview Square), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Lender"), and GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Borrower").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower is a newly formed business in need of operating funds to provide cash flow and debt service during its initial stabilization period; and
WHEREAS, the Lender desires to provide to Borrower, and Borrower desires to obtain from Lender, a loan (the "Loan") with a maximum monthly Advance (as defined herein) equal to the Lender's then-current monthly Net Income (as defined herein) from its interests (the "Interests") in GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square), LLC ("GKPII"), indirect owner of an interest in certain real property and improvements thereon commonly known as Lakeview Square Mall located at 5775 Beckley Road, Battle Creek, MI 76116 (the "Property"), on certain terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement; and
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in that certain Trust Indenture of even date herewith between Borrower and Trustee (as defined herein) (the "Indenture").
2. Commitment. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Lender agrees to make advances not more than once per calendar month (each an "Advance"), and Borrower may draw upon and borrow, not more than once per calendar month, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions expressed in this Agreement, each Advance in an amount up to the Lender's then-monthly net income from the Interests (as determined by application of generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, "Net Income"). Each Advance shall be made by Lender to Borrower subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement; provided, that the Lender shall have no obligation to make any Advance (A) that exceeds its Net Income for the then-current calendar month or (B) if there is an Event of Default or a Default (as defined below). Each Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal balance at the then-applicable Federal short-term rate as determined pursuant to Section 1247(d) of the Internal Revenue Code beginning on the date of the Advance. If not sooner paid, all outstanding principal, accrued but unpaid interest and other outstanding sums due under this Agreement shall be paid in full on September 30, 2021 (the "Maturity Date"). This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the earlier to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, or (b) the sale of the Interests or the Property to a bona fide third-party purchaser on commercially reasonable terms as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion.
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3. Advances. Advances under this Agreement will be made by the Lender not more than once per calendar month upon receipt by Lender of at least five (5) days' prior written notice setting forth the amount of the advance. Such notice shall include a representation by Borrower to Lender that the amount of the Advance requested is reasonably necessary for the Borrower to meet the Cash Coverage Ratio covenant as described in Section 4.09 of the Indenture.
4. Notes. Borrower's obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender in connection with each Advance (each a "Note" and collectively the "Notes"), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall (i) be duly executed and delivered by Borrower, (ii) be dated as of the date of the Advance, (iii) mature on the Maturity Date, (iv) bear interest as provided herein, and (v) be governed by this Agreement.
5. Security. The Loan and each Advance hereunder shall be unsecured.
6. Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:
a. The non-payment of any principal or interest due and owing to Lender.
b. Violation by Borrower of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or the Notes, or breach of any representation or warranty contained herein or in the Notes; or
c. Borrower (i) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) files a petition under any chapter of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or similar state or federal law; or (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent.
Upon occurrence of an Event of Default, the Lender shall notify Borrower in writing. If the Event of Default is not cured within ten business (10) days after the giving of such notice of default, Borrower shall be deemed to be in default under this Agreement (a "Default").
7. Default Interest Rate; Remedies. Upon Default, the Lender shall have the right to collect interest on the outstanding principal balance on the Loan at a rate of nine percent (9%) per annum and all other remedies as set forth in the Notes.
8. Cumulative Remedies. All remedies of the Lender provided for herein are cumulative and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law. The exercise of any right or remedy by the Lender hereunder shall not in any way constitute a cure or waiver of default hereunder or invalidate any act done pursuant to any notice of default, or prejudice the Lender in the exercise of any of their rights hereunder unless, in the exercise of its rights, the Lender realizes all amounts owed to it hereunder.
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9. Payment and Prepayment. Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loan, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty. All payments received by Lender shall be applied, first, to the payment of fees, interest and other obligations (other than principal) hereunder, and second, to the payment of principal, each in such order and priority as the Lender shall determine in its sole discretion. Upon full payment of all amounts due and owing on the Loan, and Borrower giving written notice to the Lender, the Lender shall immediately return the original Notes to Borrower marked "Satisfied."
10. Subordination. Lender acknowledges that Borrower's obligations hereunder to repay the Loan are subordinate Borrower's obligations on the Bonds, and Lender hereby expressly subordinates its rights under this Agreement to Borrower's obligations thereon.
11. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:
a. Organization; Authority to Enter into Agreement. Borrower is a limited liability company, duly formed and validly in existence and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Borrower has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to execute and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
b. No Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Agreement does not require consent, approval, authorization or license of any governmental authority or a third party.
12. Expenses, Fees and Costs. In the event of any litigation between the parties to declare or enforce any provision of this Agreement, the substantially prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party, in addition to any other recovery and costs, reasonable expenses, attorney's fees, and costs associated with such litigation, in both the trial and in all appellate courts.
13. Waiver. No waiver by the Lender of any default shall operate as a waiver of any other default or of the same default on a future occasion.
14. Assignment. The terms hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their personal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that the parties may not assign their rights or delegate their duties and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, the interests of the Borrower in this Agreement have been assigned to UMB Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture, and the Trustee may, but shall have no obligation to, enforce Borrower's rights under this Agreement on behalf and in the name of the Borrower, and Lender consents to such assignment.
15. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed received (a) on the date of receipted delivery by a courier service or (b) on the fifth business day after mailing, by registered or certified United States mail, postage prepaid, to the appropriate party at its address set forth below:
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If to Borrower: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
Attn: Garo Kholamian | |
If to Lender: | c/o GK Development |
257 E. Main Street, #100 | |
Barrington, IL 60010 | |
Attn: Garo Kholamian |
16. Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of any provisions of this Agreement shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender, Borrower and Trustee.
17. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect until the obligations of Borrower hereunder evidenced by the Note have been fully paid and satisfied.
18. Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement, together with Exhibit A hereto, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings. In the event that any clause or provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such clause or provision may be severed or modified to the extent necessary, and as severed and/or modified, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
19. Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement and other documents delivered pursuant hereto and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware. Any dispute or litigation with respect to the representations, warranties, terms and conditions of this Agreement, or any other matter between the parties, shall be litigated in the state or federal courts of Chicago, Illinois, and the parties hereby expressly consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in said courts.
20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT 8
SUBSCRIPTION ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS SUBSCRIPTION ESCROW AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 2016 (this "Agreement"), is entered into among JCC Advisors, LLC (the "Dealer Manager"), GK Investment Holdings, LLC, (the "Company") and UMB Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company intends to raise cash funds from Investors (as defined below) pursuant to a public offering (the "Offering") of not more than $50,000,000 of its 7% Unsecured Bonds (the "Securities"), pursuant to the offering statement on Form 1-A of the Company (No. 024-10510) (as amended, the "Offering Document") a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Securities will be sold to Investors pursuant to written subscription agreements (the "Subscription Agreements")
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent is willing to accept appointment as escrow agent only for the express duties 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. Proceeds to be Escrowed. On or before the date the Offering Document is declared qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Company shall establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent to be invested in accordance with Section 7 hereof entitled "ESCROW ACCOUNT FOR THE BENEFIT OF INVESTORS IN 7% UNSECURED BONDS OF GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC" (including such abbreviations as are required for the Escrow Agent's systems) (the "Escrow Account"). All checks, wire transfers and other funds received from subscribers of Securities ("Investors") in payment for the Securities ("Investor Funds") will be delivered to the Escrow Agent within one business day following the day upon which such Investor Funds are received by the Company or its agents, and shall, upon receipt by the Escrow Agent, be retained in escrow by the Escrow Agent and invested as stated herein. Upon receipt of Investor Funds, the duties and obligations of each of the parties to this Agreement will commence. During the term of this Agreement, the Company or its agents shall cause all checks received by and made payable to it for payment for the Securities to be endorsed in favor of the Escrow Agent and delivered to the Escrow Agent for deposit in the Escrow Account.
The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to make any disbursement, investment or other use of Investor Funds until and unless it has good and collected funds. If any checks deposited in the Escrow Account are returned or prove uncollectible after the funds represented thereby have been released by the Escrow Agent, then the Company shall promptly reimburse the Escrow Agent for any and all costs incurred for such, upon request, and the Escrow Agent shall deliver the returned checks to the Company. The Escrow Agent shall be under no duty or responsibility to enforce collection of any check delivered to it hereunder.
2. Investors. Investors will be instructed by the Dealer Manager or any soliciting dealers retained by the Dealer Manager (the "Soliciting Dealers") to remit the purchase price in the form of checks (hereinafter "instruments of payment") payable to the order of, or funds wired or transmitted by electronic funds transfer in favor of, "UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ESCROW AGENT FOR GK INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC" Any checks made payable to a party other than the Escrow Agent shall be returned to the Dealer Manager or Soliciting Dealer that submitted the check.
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When a Soliciting Dealer's internal supervisory procedures are conducted at the site at which the Subscription Agreement and check were initially received by Soliciting Dealer from an Investor, such Soliciting Dealer shall transmit the Subscription Agreement and Investor Funds to the Escrow Agent by the end of the next business day following receipt of the Investor Funds and Subscription Agreement for the purchase of Securities (which shall set forth, among other things, the name and address of the Investor, wire instructions for payment, and the amount subscribed). When, pursuant to such Soliciting Dealer's internal supervisory procedures, such Soliciting Dealer's final internal supervisory procedures are conducted at a different location (the "Final Review Office"), such Soliciting Dealer shall transmit the Investor Funds and Subscription Agreement to the Final Review Office by the end of the next business day following Soliciting Dealer's receipt of the Subscription Agreement and check for the purchase of Securities. If any Subscription Agreement for the purchase of Securities solicited by a Soliciting Dealer is rejected by the Dealer Manager or the Company, then the Subscription Agreement and check for the purchase of Securities will be returned directly to the rejected Investor within ten business days from the date of rejection.
All Investor Funds deposited in the Escrow Account shall not be subject to any liens or charges by the Company or the Escrow Agent, or judgments or creditors' claims against the Company, until and unless released to the Company as hereinafter provided. The Company understands and agrees that the Company shall not be entitled to any Investor Funds on deposit in the Escrow Account and no such funds shall become the property of the Company, or any other entity except as released to the Company pursuant to Section 3; provided the Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to determine if and when the Company is entitled to Investor Funds on deposit in the Escrow Account. The Escrow Agent will not use the information provided to it by the Company for any purpose other than to fulfill its obligations as Escrow Agent hereunder. The Company and the Escrow Agent will treat all Investor information as confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement prohibits, prevents, or limits the Escrow Agent or its agents, employees or attorneys ("Representatives") from disclosing any information without notice to or consent of the Company if the disclosure is made to a supervisory or governmental authority or a self-regulatory organization in the course of any examination, inquiry, or audit of the Escrow Agent.
3. Disbursement of Funds. The Escrow Agent, upon receipt of Escrow Release Notices in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, shall disburse any portion of the Investor Funds held in the Escrow Account to the Company or such other parties as set forth in the applicable Escrow Release Notice. The Escrow Agent shall effect such transfer within one business day from the date the Escrow Agent receives the applicable Escrow Release Notice; provided the Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to make disbursements hereunder until after it has received an executed and valid IRS Form W-9 executed by the party receiving the disbursement.
4. Term of Escrow. The "Termination Date" shall be the earliest of: (a) the close of business on September 30, 2017, or March 31, 2018 if the Offering is extended to such date by the Company and the Company provides prior written notice of such extension to the Escrow Agent; (b) the date the Escrow Agent receives written notice from the Company that all the Securities offered pursuant to the Offering Document are sold, (c) all funds held in the Escrow Account are distributed to the Company or to Investors pursuant to Section 3 and the Company has informed the Escrow Agent in writing to close the Escrow Account; (d) the date the Escrow Agent receives written notice from the Company that it is abandoning the sale of the Securities; and (e) the date the Escrow Agent receives notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal or state regulatory authority that a stop or similar order has been issued with respect to the Offering Document and has remained in effect for at least 20 days. After the Termination Date, the Company and its agents shall not deposit, and the Escrow Agent shall not accept, any additional amounts representing payments by prospective Investors. In the event the Escrow Agent holds funds in the Escrow Account upon the Termination Date, such funds shall be returned directly to the Investors. The Company shall cooperate with the Escrow Agent in providing any information or documentation necessary to return funds to the Investors.
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5. Duty and Liability of the Escrow Agent. The sole duty of the Escrow Agent shall be to receive Investor Funds and hold them subject to release, in accordance herewith, and the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty to determine whether the Company or any Dealer Manager is complying with requirements of this Agreement, the Offering or applicable securities or other laws in tendering the Investor Funds to the Escrow Agent. No other agreement entered into between the parties, or any of them, shall be considered as adopted or binding, in whole or in part, upon the Escrow Agent notwithstanding that any such other agreement may be referred to herein or deposited with the Escrow Agent or the Escrow Agent may have knowledge thereof, including specifically but without limitation the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto), and the Escrow Agent's rights and responsibilities shall be governed solely by this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or be required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) or other agreement between the Company and any other party. The Escrow Agent may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting upon any statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or liability to verify any such statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document, and its sole responsibility shall be to act only as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, the Company and the Dealer Manager shall each deliver to the Escrow Agent an authorized signers form in the form of Exhibit C or Exhibit C-1 to this Agreement, as applicable. The Escrow Agent shall be under no obligation to institute or defend any action, suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement unless first indemnified to its satisfaction. The Escrow Agent may consult counsel of its own choice with respect to any question arising under this Agreement and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted in good faith upon advice of such counsel. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Escrow Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of loss. The Escrow Agent is acting solely as escrow agent hereunder and owes no duties, covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, to any other person by reason of this Agreement, except as otherwise stated herein, and no implied duties, covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. If any disagreement between any of the parties to this Agreement, or between any of them and any other person, including any Investor, resulting in adverse claims or demands being made in connection with the matters covered by this Agreement, or if the Escrow Agent is in doubt as to what action it should take hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, at its option, refuse to comply with any claims or demands on it, or refuse to take any other action hereunder, so long as such disagreement continues or such doubt exists, and in any such event, the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable in any way or to any person for its failure or refusal to act, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to continue so to refrain from acting until (a) the rights of all interested parties shall have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) all differences shall have been adjudged and all doubt resolved by agreement among all of the interested persons, and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing signed by all such persons. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Agent may in its discretion obey the order, judgment, decree or levy of any court, whether with or without jurisdiction and the Escrow Agent is hereby authorized in its sole discretion to comply with and obey any such orders, judgments, decrees or levies. If any controversy should arise with respect to this Agreement the Escrow Agent shall have the right, at its option, to institute an interpleader action in any court of competent jurisdiction to determine the rights of the parties. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW AGENT BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION. The parties hereto agree that the Escrow Agent has no role in the preparation of the Offering Document (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) and makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information contained therein or omitted therefrom. The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation, duty or liability with respect to compliance with any federal or state securities, disclosure or tax laws concerning the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) or the issuance, offering or sale of the Securities. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or obligation to monitor the application and use of the Investor Funds once transferred to the Company, that being the sole obligation and responsibility of the Company.
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6. Escrow Agent's Fee. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its services as stated in the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit D, which compensation shall be paid by the Company. The fee agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder is intended as full compensation for the Escrow Agent's services as contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that if (a) the conditions for the disbursement of funds under this Agreement are not fulfilled, (b) the Escrow Agent renders any material service not contemplated in this Agreement, (c) there is any assignment of interest in the subject matter of this Agreement, (d) there is any material modification hereof, e) any material controversy arises hereunder, or (f) the Escrow Agent is made a party to any litigation pertaining to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, then the Escrow Agent shall be reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, occasioned by any delay, controversy, litigation or event, and the same shall be recoverable from the Company. The Company's obligations under this Section 6 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent and the assignment or termination of this Agreement.
7. Investment of Investor Funds. The Investor Funds shall be deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with Section 1 and held un-invested in the Escrow Account, which shall be non-interest bearing.
8. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, (b) on the day of transmission if sent by facsimile/email transmission bearing an authorized signature to the facsimile number/email address given below, and written confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (c) on the day after delivery to Federal Express or similar overnight courier or the Express Mail service maintained by the United States Postal Service, or (d) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed, return receipt requested, to the party as follows:
If to the Company:
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
257 East Main St., Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
Attn: Matt Leiter
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With a copy to:
Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC
1401 E. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Attn: Robert R. Kaplan, Jr., Esq.
If to the Dealer Manager:
JCC Advisors, LLC
30012 Ivy Glenn Drive, Suite 180A
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Attn: Mark Atchity
If to the Escrow Agent:
UMB Bank, National Association
Attn: ______________________
Corporate Trust & Escrow Services
1010 Grand Blvd. 4th Floor
Mail Stop: __________________
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Telephone: _________________
Fax:: ______________________
Email: _____________________
Any party may change its address for purposes of this Section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.
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9. Indemnification of Escrow Agent. The Company and the Dealer Manager hereby agree to, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Escrow Agent from and against, any and all losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses, which the Escrow Agent may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Escrow Agent arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or any transaction to which this Agreement relates unless such loss, liability, cost, damage or expense is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been primarily caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. The terms of this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.
10. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent shall be void and of no force and effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. Any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the successor Escrow Agent under this Agreement and shall have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.
11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be construed, performed, and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative body to be null, void, or unenforceable, said provision shall survive to the extent it is not so declared, and all of the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
13. Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties, or conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any condition, or of the breach of any provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor construed as further or continuing waiver of any such condition, or of the breach of any other provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty of this Agreement. The Company and the Dealer Managers agree that any requested waiver, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be consistent with the terms of the Offering.
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14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the escrow contemplated hereby and supersedes and replaces all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to such escrow.
15. Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission) with counterpart signature pages or in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute the same instrument. The parties hereto agree that the transactions described herein may be conducted and related documents may be stored by electronic means. Copies, telecopies, facsimilies, electronic files and other reproductions of original executed documents shall be deemed to be authentic and valid counterparts of such original documents for all purposes, including the filing of any claim, action or suit in the appropriate court of law.
17. Resignation. The Escrow Agent may resign upon 30 days' advance written notice to the parties hereto. If a successor escrow agent is not appointed by the Company within the 30-day period following such notice, all obligations of the Escrow Agent hereunder shall, nevertheless, cease and terminate, and the Escrow Agent shall return all funds held by it hereunder directly to the investors. The Company shall cooperate with the Escrow Agent in providing any information or documentation necessary to return funds to the Investors.
18. References to Escrow Agent. Other than the Offering Document, any of the other documents related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, no printed or other matter in any language (including, without limitation, notices, reports and promotional material) which mentions the Escrow Agent's name or the rights, powers, or duties of the Escrow Agent shall be issued by the Company or the Dealer Manager, or on the Company's or the Dealer Manager's behalf, unless the Escrow Agent shall first have given its specific written consent thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment or supplement to the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) that revises, alters, modifies, changes or adds to the description of the Escrow Agent or its rights, powers or duties hereunder shall not be issued by the Company or the Dealer Manager, or on the Company's or the Dealer Manager's behalf, unless the Escrow Agent has first given specific written consent thereto.
19. Tax Matters; Patriot Act Compliance. The Company and Dealer Manager shall provide to the Escrow Agent upon the execution of this Agreement any documentation requested, including Forms W-9 (or Forms W-8, in the case of non-U.S. Persons), and any information reasonably requested by the Escrow Agent to comply with the USA Patriot Act of 2001, as amended from time to time.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the date and year first set forth above.
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EXHIBIT A
COPY OF OFFERING DOCUMENT
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ESCROW RELEASE NOTICE
Date:
UMB Bank, National Association
1010 Grand Blvd. 4th Floor
Mail Stop: __________________
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with the terms of Section 3 of the Escrow Agreement (Subscription Proceeds) dated as of _________, 2016 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the "Escrow Agreement"), among GK Investment Holdings, LLC (the "Company"), JCC Advisors, LLC (the "Dealer Manager") and UMB Bank, National Association (the "Escrow Agent"), the Company and the Dealer Manager hereby notify the Escrow Agent that all securities have been sold as required the ________ closing will be held on ___________ for gross proceeds of $_________.
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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES
The specimen signatures shown below are the specimen signatures of the individuals who have been designated as Authorized Representatives of GK Investment Holdings, LLC and are authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for the above-mentioned account on behalf of GK Investment Holdings, LLC.
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The specimen signatures shown below are the specimen signatures of the individuals who have been designated as Authorized Representatives of JCC Advisors, LLC and are authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for the above-mentioned account on behalf of JCC Advisors, LLC.
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Fees specified are for the regular, routine services contemplated by the Agreement, and any additional or extraordinary services, including, but not limited to disbursements involving a dispute or arbitration, or administration while a dispute, controversy or adverse claim is in existence, will be charged based upon time required at the then standard hourly rate. In addition to the specified fees, all reasonable expenses related to the administration of the Agreement (other than normal overhead expenses of the regular staff) such as, but not limited to, travel, telephone, facsimile, supplies, legal fees, accounting fees, etc., will be reimbursable.
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EXHIBIT 11A
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued the following audit reports, which are included in this Registration Statement (Form 1-A) and the related offering circular (1) our report dated May 31, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of GK Investment Holdings, LLC; and (2) our report dated April 18, 2016 with respect to the statement of revenues and certain direct operating expenses of the Lake Mead Crossing Property. We hereby consent to the use of the aforementioned reports in this Registration Statement and the related offering circular and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."
/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC
Chicago, Illinois
September 21, 2016
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GK Investment Holdings, LLC
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September 21, 2016
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
257 East Main Street, Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
RE: GK Investment Holdings, LLC – 7% Unsecured Bonds
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to you in connection with the preparation and filing by you of an Offering Statement on Form 1-A (File No. 024-10510) (as amended, the “Offering Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and Regulation A promulgated thereunder, with respect to the qualification of $50,000,000 of 7% Unsecured Bonds (the “Bonds”) of GK Investment Holdings, LLC (the “Company”).
This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 17 of Form 1-A under the Securities Act.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have acted as counsel for the Company and have examined and relied upon originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Offering Statement, (ii) the form of Indenture between the Company, as obligor and UMB Bank as trustee (the “Trustee”) filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the Offering Statement, (iii) the form of Unsecured Bond filed as Exhibit 3(b) to the Offering Statement, (iv) the preliminary offering circular contained within the Offering Statement, and (iv) such other documents and records of the Company, certificates of public officials and representatives of the Company, resolutions and forms of resolutions and other documents and have examined such questions of law and have satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, and the legal capacity of all natural persons. We have also assumed the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for our examination and the authenticity of the originals of such documents. As to questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Bonds are duly and validly authorized for issuance and, upon the due execution, authentication and issuance of the Bonds as contemplated by the form of Indenture, the Offering Statement and the offering circular contained therein, and upon payment and delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the Offering Statement, the Bonds will be: (i) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and (ii) valid and binding obligations of the Company.
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The foregoing opinions are subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and (iii) the unenforceability under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of, or contribution to, a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion concerning the enforceability of any waiver of rights or defenses with respect to stay, extension or usury laws, and we express no opinion with respect to whether acceleration of the Bonds may affect the collectability of any portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon.
We assume for purposes of this opinion that the Company will remain duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under Delaware law.
To the extent that the obligations of the Company under an Indenture may be dependent thereon, we assume for purposes of this opinion that such Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company; that the Trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; that the Trustee is duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the Indenture; that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes a legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; that the Trustee is in compliance, generally and with respect to acting as Trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws and regulations; and that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Offering Statement and to the reference to our name under the heading “LEGAL MATTERS” in the Offering Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC
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