Exhibit 1.1
RESOURCE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY REIT, INC.
CHADWICK SECURITIES, INC.
DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT
CHADWICK SECURITIES,
INC.
DEALER MANAGER
AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Description of
Shares
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2.
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements of
the Company
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3.
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Grant of
Authority to the Dealer Manager
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3
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4.
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Compensation
and Fees
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3
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5.
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Covenants of
the Company
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Representations
and Warranties of the Dealer Manager
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Covenants of
the Dealer Manager
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8.
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Indemnification
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9.
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Representations
and Agreements to Survive Delivery
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10.
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Termination
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11.
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Notices
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12.
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Format of
Checks/Escrow Agent
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13.
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Transmittal
Procedures
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14.
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Parties;
Assignment
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15.
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Relationship
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16.
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Effective
Date
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17.
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Entire
Agreement, Waiver
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18.
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Complaints
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19.
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Privacy
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20.
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Anti-Money
Laundering Provision
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21.
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Severability
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22.
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Governance
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23.
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Acceptance
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Exhibit A
– Form of Selected Dealer Agreement
Exhibit B
– Form of Escrow Agreement for Resource Real Estate
Opportunity REIT, Inc.
Chadwick
Securities, Inc.
Dealer Manager
Agreement
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CHADWICK SECURITIES,
INC.
DEALER MANAGER
AGREEMENT
(Best Efforts)
RE:
RESOURCE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY REIT,
INC.
Chadwick
Securities, Inc.
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103
The undersigned, Resource Real Estate
Opportunity REIT, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a
Maryland corporation, is conducting a public offering (the “
Offering ”) of up to 82,500,000 shares of its common
stock, $.01 par value per share (the “ Shares
”), of which 7,500,000 Shares are intended to be offered
pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan (“
DRP ”). The Company desires for you,
Chadwick Securities, Inc. (the “ Dealer Manager
”), to act as its Dealer Manager in connection with the offer
and sales of the Shares to the public in the
Offering. In connection with the sales of Shares, the
Company hereby confirms its agreement with you, as Dealer Manager,
as follows:
Except as
described in the Prospectus (as defined below) or in Section 4
hereof, the Shares are to be sold at a per Share cash price as
follows:
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Distribution
Channel
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Primary
Offering Shares
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DRP
Shares
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Sales through a
Dealer earning transaction-based compensation
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$
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10.00
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$
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9.50
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Sales through all other distribution channels as
discussed in the Prospectus
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$
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9.30
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$
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9.50
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements of
the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to and agrees with you that:
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The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ SEC ”) a registration statement (Registration
No. 333-160463) that has become effective for the registration of
the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), and the applicable rules
and regulations (the “ Rules and Regulations ”)
of the SEC promulgated thereunder. Copies of such
registration statement as initially filed and each amendment
thereto have been or will be delivered to the Dealer
Manager. The registration statement and the prospectus
contained therein, as finally amended at the effective date of the
registration statement (the “ Effective Date ”),
are respectively hereinafter referred to as the “
Registration Statement ” and the “
Prospectus ,” except that if the Company files a
prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Securities Act, or if the Company files a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement, the term “
Prospectus ” includes the prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) or the prospectus included in such post-effective
amendment. The term “
Preliminary
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Prospectus ” as used herein shall mean a preliminary
prospectus related to the Shares as contemplated by Rule 430 or
Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations included at any time as part
of the Registration Statement.
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On the
Effective Date, on the date of the Prospectus and on the date any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes
effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus is filed
with the SEC, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as
applicable, including the financial statements contained therein,
complied or will comply with the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations. On the Effective Date, the Registration
Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. On the date of the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, as applicable, the Prospectus did not or
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, the Company’s representations in this
Section 2(b) will not extend to such statements contained in
or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, that are primarily within the knowledge of
the Dealer Manager or any of the Dealers (as defined below) and are
based upon information furnished by the Dealer Manager in writing
to the Company specifically for inclusion therein.
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No order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
are pending, threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company,
contemplated by the SEC; and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
order suspending the offering of the Shares in any jurisdiction has
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or threatened or are contemplated.
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The Shares have
been duly authorized and, when issued and sold as contemplated by
the Prospectus and upon payment therefor as provided in the
Prospectus and this Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus.
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The Company was
duly formed under the laws of the State of Maryland and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
Maryland with full power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.
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The Company
intends to use the funds received from the sale of the Shares as
set forth in the Prospectus.
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The Company has
full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the
extent that the enforceability of the indemnity provisions
contained in Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited
under applicable securities laws and to the extent that the
enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws that
affect creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles
relating to the availability of remedies.
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The execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and compliance with the terms of
this Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or constitute
a default or violation under any charter, bylaw, contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction or decree of any
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government,
governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company, except to the extent that the
enforceability of the indemnity provisions contained in Section
8 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities
law and to the extent that the enforceability of this Agreement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws that affect creditors’ rights generally or
by equitable principles relating to the availability of
remedies.
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No consent,
approval, authorization or other order of any governmental
authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery
by the Company of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the
Company of the Shares, except as may be required under the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA
”) or under applicable state securities laws.
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Grant of
Authority to the Dealer Manager.
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Based on the
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company appoints you as the Dealer Manager and principal
distributor for the Company during the Offering Period (as defined
in Section 3(b)) to find, on a “ best efforts
” basis, purchasers for the Shares for cash through the
distribution channels contemplated herein and in the Prospectus,
including the sale of Shares for cash directly to clients and
customers identified by the Company on the terms and conditions
stated herein and in the Prospectus.
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The “
Offering Period ” shall mean that period during which
Shares may be offered for sale, commencing on the Effective Date of
the Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement), during which period offers and
sales of the Shares shall occur continuously in the jurisdictions
in which the Shares are registered or qualified or exempt from
registration (as confirmed in writing by the Company to the Dealer
Manager) unless and until the Offering is terminated, provided that
the Dealer Manager and the Dealers will suspend or terminate
offering Shares upon request of the Company at any time and will
resume offering Shares upon subsequent request of the
Company. The Offering Period shall in all events
terminate upon the sale of all of the Shares. Upon
termination of the Offering Period, the Dealer Manager’s
appointment and this Agreement shall terminate without obligation
on the part of the Dealer Manager or the Company except as set
forth in this Agreement.
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You agree to
use your best efforts to effect sales of the Shares on the terms
and conditions described herein and in the Prospectus and to form
and manage a selling group composed of soliciting broker/dealers
(the “ Dealers ”), each of which shall be a
member of FINRA, and shall enter into a “ Selected Dealer
Agreement ” in substantially the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit A . The Company shall
have the right to approve any material modifications or addendums
to the form of the Selected Dealer Agreement.
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Except as may
be provided in the “Plan of Distribution” section of
the Prospectus, which may be amended and supplemented from time to
time, as Dealer Manager you shall receive the following
compensation from the Company, based on each Share sold by you or
the Dealers to investors in the Company whose subscriptions for
Shares are accepted by the Company:
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Selling
Commissions
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Distribution Channel
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Primary
Offering Shares
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DRP Shares
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Sales through a Dealer earning transaction-based
compensation
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7.0%*
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0.0%*
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Sales through all other distribution channels as
described in the Prospectus
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0.0%
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0.0%
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* Except as set forth herein or in
the “Plan of Distribution” section of the Prospectus
(as amended and supplemented), the Dealer Manager will reallow all
of its selling commissions attributable to a Dealer.
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Dealer Manager Fee
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Distribution Channel
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Primary
Offering Shares
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DRP Shares
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Sales through a Dealer earning transaction-based
compensation
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3.0%*
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0.0%
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Sales through all other distribution channels as
described in the Prospectus
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3.0%*
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0.0%
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* Upon the terms set forth herein or
in the Prospectus (as amended and supplemented), the Dealer Manager
may agree to reallow to any Dealer a portion of its dealer manager
fee pursuant to a Selected Dealer Agreement and a marketing fee
agreement.
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Upon the terms
set forth in the Prospectus, reduced selling commissions and dealer
manager fees will be paid to the Dealer Manager and reduced per
share selling prices shall be recovered on large transactions in
accordance with the following table, which may be amended and
supplemented by the Prospectus:
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Dollar Volume Shares
Purchased
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Sales Commissions (Based on
$10.00
Price Per Share)
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Dealer
Manager Fee
(Based on $10.00
Price Per Share)
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Price Per Share to
Investor
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$
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0
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to
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$
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999,999
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7.0%
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3.0%
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$
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10.00
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$
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1,000,000
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to
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$
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1,999,999
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6.0%
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3.0%
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$
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9.90
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$
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2,000,000
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to
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$
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2,999,999
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5.0%
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3.0%
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$
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9.80
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$
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3,000,000
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to
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$
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3,999,999
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4.0%
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2.5%
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$
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9.65
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$
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4,000,000
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to
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$
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9,999,999
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3.0%
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2.0%
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$
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9.50
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$
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10,000,000
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and
above
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2.0%
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2.0%
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$
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9.40
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The reduced
selling price, selling commission and dealer manager fee will apply
to the entire purchase. All commission rates and dealer
manager fees are calculated assuming a price per share of
$10.00. For example, a purchase of 250,000 shares in a
single transaction would result in a purchase price of $2,450,000
($9.80 per share), selling commissions of $125,000 and dealer
manager fees of $75,000.
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As described in
the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager agrees to sell up to 5% of the
Shares in the primary offering to persons identified by the
Company pursuant to the Company’s “friends
and family” program. The officers, directors and
affiliates of the Company and investors designated by the Company
as buying under the “friends and family” program may
subscribe to Shares for a subscription price of $9.00, reflecting
that selling commissions in the amount of $0.70 per share and the
dealer manager fee in the amount of $0.30 per share
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will not be
payable to you in connection with these purchases. The
Dealer Manager agrees to work together with the Company to
implement this program and to execute sales under the program
according to the procedures agreed upon by the Dealer Manager and
the Company.
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In addition, as
described in the Prospectus, the Dealer Manager may sell shares to
Dealers, their retirement plans, their representatives and the
family members, IRAs and the qualified plans of their
representatives at a purchase price of $9.30 per share, reflecting
that selling commissions in the amount of $0.70 per share will not
be payable in consideration of the services rendered by such
Dealers and representatives in the Offering. For
purposes of this discount, a family member includes such
person’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or
father-in-law, son- or daughter-in law or brother- or
sister-in-law.
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The Company
will also reimburse the Dealer Manager for all items of underwriter
compensation referenced in the Prospectus, if any, to the extent
the Prospectus indicates that they will be paid by the Company,
provided that the Company's reimbursement payments shall
not cause (i) total underwriting compensation to exceed 10% of
gross proceeds from the Offering (excluding proceeds from the
offering of Shares pursuant to the DRP), or (ii) total organization
and offering expenses to exceed 15% of gross proceeds from the
Offering. In accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 2310,
the Company shall also pay directly or reimburse the Dealer Manager
for bona fide invoiced due diligence expenses of the Dealers and
non-participating broker dealers, subject to the cap on
organization and offering expenses described above.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no commissions, payments or amounts whatsoever will
be paid to the Dealer Manager under this Section 4 unless or until
the Company raises $2 million in the Offering from persons not
affiliated with the Company or its advisor (the “ Minimum
Offering ”). Until the Minimum Offering is
reached, investments will be held in escrow. Until the
Company raises $25 million in the Offering from persons not
affiliated with the Company or its advisor (the “
Pennsylvania Minimum ”), investments from Pennsylvania
investors will be held in a separate escrow and no commissions,
payments or amounts whatsoever will be paid thereon to the Dealer
Manager under this Section 4 unless and until the Pennsylvania
Minimum has been reached, and then only with respect to such
investments from Pennsylvania investors as are released to the
Company from such escrow. Until the Company raises $2.5
million in the Offering from persons not affiliated with the
Company or its advisor (the “ New York Minimum
”), investments from New York investors will be held in a
separate escrow and no commissions, payments or amounts whatsoever
will be paid thereon to the Dealer Manager under this Section 4
unless and until the New York Minimum has been reached, and then
only with respect to such investments from New York investors as
are released to the Company from such escrow. If the
Minimum Offering is not reached within the time period specified in
the Prospectus, investments will be returned to the investors in
accordance with the Prospectus. If the Pennsylvania
Minimum is not obtained within the time period specified in the
Prospectus, the investments from Pennsylvania investors will be
returned or held for subsequent escrow periods in accordance with
the Prospectus. If the New York Minimum is not reached
within the time period specified in the Prospectus, the investments
from New York investors will be returned to New York investors in
accordance with the Prospectus.
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The Company
will not be liable or responsible to any Dealer for direct payment
of commissions to such Dealer; it is the sole and exclusive
responsibility of the Dealer Manager for payment of commissions to
Dealers. Notwithstanding the above, at its
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discretion, the
Company may act as agent of the Dealer Manager by making direct
payment of commissions to such Dealers without incurring any
liability therefor.
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Covenants of
the Company. The Company covenants and agrees
with the Dealer Manager that:
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It will, at no
expense to the Dealer Manager, furnish the Dealer Manager with such
number of printed copies of the Registration Statement, including
all amendments and exhibits thereto, as the Dealer Manager may
reasonably request. It will similarly furnish to the
Dealer Manager and others designated by the Dealer Manager as many
copies as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request in connection
with the offering of the Shares of: (a) the Prospectus,
including any amendments and supplements thereto and (b) this
Agreement.
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The Company
will prepare and file with the appropriate regulatory authorities,
on behalf of and at no expense to the Dealer Manager, the printed
sales literature or other materials authorized by the Company to be
used in the Offering (“ Authorized Sales Materials
”). In addition, the Company will furnish the
Dealer Manager and others designated by the Dealer Manager, at no
expense to the Dealer Manager, with such number of printed copies
of Authorized Sales Materials as the Dealer Manager may reasonably
request.
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The Company
will furnish such information and execute and file such documents
as may be necessary for it to qualify the Shares for offer and sale
under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Dealer
Manager may reasonably designate and will file and make in each
year such statements and reports as may be required. The
Company will furnish to the Dealer Manager upon request a copy of
such papers filed by the Company in connection with any such
qualification.
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The Company
will: (a) file every amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may be required by
the SEC or any state securities administration and (b) if at any
time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any state securities
administration shall issue any order or take other action to
suspend or enjoin the sale of the Shares, it will promptly notify
the Dealer Manager.
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If at any time
when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder any event occurs as a
result of which, in the opinion of either the Company or the Dealer
Manager, the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in view of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify
the Dealer Manager thereof (unless the information shall have been
received from the Dealer Manager) and will prepare an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus that will correct such statement or
omission.
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It will comply
with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), by the rules and regulations of the
SEC promulgated thereunder and by all securities laws and
regulations of those states in which an exemption has been obtained
or qualification of the Shares has been effected, to permit the
continuance of offers and sales of the Shares in accordance with
the provisions hereof and of the Prospectus.
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The Company
will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including (a) the preparation,
filing and printing of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto, (b) the preparation, printing
and delivery to the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, the Selected
Dealer Agreement and such other documents as may be required in
connection with the offer, sale, issuance and delivery of the
Shares, (c) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s
counsel, accountants and other advisors, (d) the fees and expenses
related to the review of the terms and fairness of the Offering by
FINRA, (e) the fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Shares under federal and state securities
laws, including the fees and disbursements of counsel in connection
with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey and any supplement
thereto, (f) the printing and delivery to the Dealer Manager of
copies of any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, including
any amendments and supplements thereto, (g) the fees and expenses
of any registrar or transfer agent in connection with the Shares
and (h) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to the
preparation and printing of any Authorized Sales Materials and
Company-approved investor presentations undertaken in connection
with the marketing of the Shares, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of slides and graphics,
fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with
presentations with the prior approval of the Company and travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives of the Company and any such
consultants.
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Representations and Warranties of the Dealer
Manager. You, as the
Dealer Manager, represent and warrant to the Company
that:
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The Dealer
Manager is a member in good standing of FINRA and a broker-dealer
registered as such under the Exchange Act. The Dealer
Manager and its employees and representatives have all required
licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement.
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The Dealer
Manager represents and warrants to the Company and each person that
signs the Registration Statement that the information under the
caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus, as
amended and supplemented, and all other information furnished and
to be furnished to the Company by the Dealer Manager in writing
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, does not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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Covenants of
the Dealer Manager . The Dealer Manager covenants and
agrees with the Company that:
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In connection
with the Dealer Manager’s participation in the offer and sale
of Shares (including, without limitation, any resales and transfers
of Shares), the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements
with Dealers will require that the Dealers comply, with all
requirements and obligations imposed upon any of them by (a) the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the SEC promulgated under both such acts, including the obligation
to deliver a copy of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; (b)
all applicable state securities laws and regulations as from time
to time in effect; (c) the applicable rules of FINRA, including,
but not in any way limited to, Rules 2440, 2730, 2740 and 2750 of
the NASD Conduct Rules and FINRA Rule 2310; (d) all applicable
rules and regulations relating to the suitability of the investors,
including, without limitation, the provisions of Articles III.C and
III.E of the Statement of Policy regarding Real Estate Investment
Trusts of the North American Securities Administrators Association,
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(“
NASAA Guidelines ”); (e) any other state and federal
laws and regulations applicable to the Offering, the sale of Shares
or the activities of the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Agreement,
including without limitation the privacy standards and requirements
of state and federal laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of
1999, and the laws governing money laundering abatement and
anti-terrorist financing efforts, including the applicable rules of
the SEC and FINRA, the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended, the USA
Patriot Act of 2001 and regulations administered by the Office of
Foreign Asset Control at the Department of the Treasury; and (f)
this Agreement and the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented.
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The Dealer
Manager will not offer the Shares, and in its agreements with
Dealers will require that the Dealers not offer Shares, in any
jurisdiction unless and until (a) the Dealer Manager has been
advised by the Company in writing that the Shares are either
registered in accordance with, or exempt from, the securities laws
of such jurisdiction and (b) the Dealer Manager and any Dealer
offering Shares in such jurisdiction have all required licenses and
registrations to offer Shares in that jurisdiction.
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The Dealer
Manager will make, and in its agreements with Dealers will require
that Dealers make, no representations concerning the Offering
except as set forth in the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
and in the Authorized Sales Materials.
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The Dealer
Manager will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Dealers will
require that the Dealers offer Shares, only to persons who meet the
financial qualification and suitability standards set forth in the
Prospectus as amended and supplemented or in any suitability letter
or memorandum sent to the Dealer Manager by the
Company. The Dealer Manager further agrees that the
Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may accept or reject
any subscription, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever
and no commission will be paid to the Dealer Manager with respect
to the portion of any subscription that is rejected.
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The Dealer
Manager shall maintain, or in its agreements with Dealers shall
require the Dealers to maintain, for at least six (6) years, a
record of the information obtained to determine that an investor
meets the financial qualification and suitability standards imposed
on the offer and sale of the Shares (both at the time of the
initial subscription and at the time of any additional
subscriptions).
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In making these
determinations as to financial qualification and suitability, the
Dealer Manager may rely on representations from (i) investment
advisers who are not affiliated with a Dealer or (ii) banks acting
as trustees or fiduciaries. With respect to the Dealer
Manager’s obligation to maintain records of an
investor’s financial qualification and suitability, the
Company agrees that the Dealer Manager can satisfy its obligations
by contractually requiring such information to be maintained by the
investment advisers or banks discussed in the preceding
sentence.
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Except for
Authorized Sales Materials, the Company has not authorized the use
of any supplemental literature or sales material in connection with
the Offering and the Dealer Manager agrees not to use any such
material that has not been authorized by the
Company. The Dealer Manager further agrees (a) not to
deliver any Authorized Sales Materials to any person unless it is
accompanied or preceded by the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented, (b) not to show or give to any investor or
prospective investor or reproduce any material or writing that is
supplied to it by the Company and marked “broker-dealer use
only” or otherwise bearing a legend denoting that it is not
to be used in connection with the sale of Shares to members of the
public and (c) not to show or give to any investor or
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investor in a particular jurisdiction any material or writing that
is supplied to it by the Company if such material bears a legend
denoting that it is not to be used in connection with the sale of
Shares to members of the public in such jurisdiction.
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The Dealer
Manager agrees to be bound by the terms of the Escrow Agreement
dated __________ __, 2010, among TD Bank, N.A., as escrow agent,
the Dealer Manager and the Company, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit B and the Dealer Manager further
agrees that it will not represent or imply that TD Bank, N.A., as
the escrow agent identified in the Prospectus, has investigated the
desirability or advisability of an investment in the Company or has
approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the Shares or of
the Company, nor will the Dealer Manager use the name of said
escrow agent in any manner whatsoever in connection with the offer
or sale of the Shares other than by acknowledgment that it has
agreed to serve as escrow agent.
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The Dealer
Manager will provide the Company with such information relating to
the offer and sale of the Shares by it as the Company may from time
to time reasonably request or as may be requested to enable the
Company to prepare such reports of sale as may be required to be
filed under applicable federal or state securities laws.
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The Dealer
Manager will permit a Dealer to participate in the Offering only if
such Dealer is a member of FINRA.
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The Dealer
Manager will pay all expenses incident to the performance of your
obligations under this Agreement, including the formation and
management of the selling group and the fees and expenses of your
own counsel and accountants, even if the Offering is not
successfully completed.
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Indemnification.
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To the extent
permitted by the Company’s charter and the provisions of
Article II.G of the NASAA Guidelines, and subject to the
limitations below, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the
Dealers and the Dealer Manager, their officers and directors and
each person, if any, who controls such Dealer or Dealer Manager
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (the “
Indemnified Persons ”) from and against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (“ Losses ”),
joint or several, to which such Indemnified Persons may become
subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained (i) in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to
the effective date of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or (ii) in
any blue sky application or other document executed by the Company
or on its behalf specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or
all of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of any
jurisdiction or based upon written information furnished by the
Company under the securities laws thereof (any such application,
document or information being hereinafter called a “ Blue
Sky Application ”) or (iii) in any Authorized Sales
Materials, or (b) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus
used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or in any
Blue Sky Application or Authorized Sales Materials a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not
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misleading. The Company will
reimburse each Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with
investigating or defending such Loss.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(a) , the Company
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
Loss or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
(x) to the Company by the Dealer Manager or (y) to the Company or
the Dealer Manager by or on behalf of any Dealer specifically for
use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of
them, any Blue Sky Application or any Authorized Sales Materials,
and, further, the Company will not be liable in any such case if it
is determined that such Dealer or the Dealer Manager was at fault
in connection with the Loss, expense or action.
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The foregoing
indemnity agreement of this Section 8(a) is subject to the
further condition that, insofar as it relates to any untrue
statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission
made in the Prospectus (or amendment or supplement thereto) that
was eliminated or remedied in any subsequent amendment or
supplement thereto, such indemnity agreement shall not inure to the
benefit of an Indemnified Party from whom the person asserting any
Losses purchased the Shares that are the subject thereof, if a copy
of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented was not sent or
given to such person at or prior to the time the subscription of
such person was accepted by the Company, but only if a copy of the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented had been supplied to the
Dealer Manager or the Dealer prior to such acceptance.
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The Dealer
Manager will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers
and directors (including any person named in the Registration
Statement, with his consent, who is about to become a director),
each other person who has signed the Registration Statement and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act (the “ Company
Indemnified Persons ”), from and against any Losses to
which any of the Company Indemnified Persons may become subject,
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as
such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained (i) in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
or supplement to any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or
Authorized Sales Materials; or (b) the omission or alleged omission
to state in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or
supplement to any of them or in any Blue Sky Application or
Authorized Sales Materials a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
provided that clauses (a) and (b) apply, to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager specifically
for use with reference to the Dealer Manager in the preparation of
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus used prior to the effective date of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of
them or in preparation of any Blue Sky Application or Authorized
Sales Materials; or (c) any use of
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sales
literature not authorized or approved by the Company or any use of
"broker-dealer use only" materials with members of the public by
the Dealer Manager in the offer and sale of the Shares or any use
of sales literature in a particular jurisdiction if such material
bears a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection
with the sale of Shares to members of the public in such
jurisdiction; or (d) any untrue statement made by the Dealer
Manager or its representatives or agents or omission to state a
fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares; or (e) any
material violation of this Agreement; or (f) any failure to comply
with applicable laws governing privacy issues, money laundering
abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including
applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001;
or (g) any other failure to comply with applicable rules of FINRA
or federal or state securities laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. The Dealer Manager will reimburse the
aforesaid parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending such
Loss, expense or action. This indemnity agreement will
be in addition to any liability that the Dealer Manager may
otherwise have.
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Each Dealer
severally will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Dealer
Manager, each of their officers and directors (including any person
named in the Registration Statement, with his consent, who is about
to become a director), each other person who has signed the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company or the Dealer Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act (the “ Dealer Indemnified Persons
”) from and against any Losses to which a Dealer Indemnified
Person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus
used prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or in any
Blue Sky Application or Authorized Sales Materials; or (b) the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to
the effective date of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment or supplement to any of them or in any
Blue Sky Application or Authorized Sales Materials a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, provided that clauses (a) and (b) apply, to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or the Dealer Manager by or on
behalf of the Dealer specifically for use with reference to the
Dealer in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus used prior to the effective
date of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
or supplement to any of them or in preparation of any Blue Sky
Application or Authorized Sales Materials; or (c) any use of sales
literature not authorized or approved by the Company or any use of
“broker-dealer use only” materials with members of the
public by the Dealer in the offer and sale of the Shares or any use
of sales literature in a particular jurisdiction if such material
bears a legend denoting that it is not to be used in connection
with the sale of Shares to members of the public in such
jurisdiction; or (d) any untrue statement made by the Dealer or its
representatives or agents or omission to state a fact necessary in
order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading in connection with the
offer and sale of the Shares; or (e) any material violation of this
Agreement or the Selected Dealer Agreement entered into between the
Dealer Manager and the Dealer; or (f) any failure to comply with
applicable laws governing privacy issues,
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money
laundering abatement and anti-terrorist financing efforts,
including applicable rules of the SEC, FINRA and the USA PATRIOT
Act of 2001; or (g) any other failure to comply with applicable
rules of FINRA or federal or state securities laws and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each such Dealer
will reimburse each Dealer Indemnified Person for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Loss, expense or
action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability that such Dealer may otherwise have.
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Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 8 , notify in writing
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The
failure of an indemnified party to so notify the indemnifying party
will relieve the indemnifying party from any liability under this
Section 8 as to the particular item for which
indemnification is then being sought, but not from any other
liability that it may have to any indemnified party. In
case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and
it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled, to the extent it may wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to
participate in the defense thereof, with separate
counsel. Such participation shall not relieve such
indemnifying party of the obligation to reimburse the indemnified
party for reasonable legal and other expenses (subject to
Section 8(e) ) incurred by such indemnified party in
defending itself, except for such expenses incurred after the
indemnifying party has deposited funds sufficient to effect the
settlement, with prejudice, of the claim in respect of which
indemnity is sought. Any such indemnifying party shall
not be liable to any such indemnified party on account of any
settlement of any claim or action effected without the consent of
such indemnifying party. Any indemnified party shall not
be bound to perform or refrain from performing any act pursuant to
the terms of any settlement of any claim or action effected without
the consent of such indemnified party.
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The
indemnifying party shall pay all legal fees and expenses of the
indemnified party in the defense of such claims or actions;
provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be obliged
to pay legal expenses and fees to more than one law firm in
connection with the defense of similar claims arising out of the
same alleged acts or omissions giving rise to such claims
notwithstanding that such actions or claims are alleged or brought
by one or more parties against more than one indemnified
party. If such claims or actions are alleged or brought
against more than one indemnified party, then the indemnifying
party shall only be obliged to reimburse the expenses and fees of
the one law firm that has been selected by a majority of the
indemnified parties against which such action is finally brought;
and in the event a majority of such indemnified parties are unable
to agree on which law firm for which expenses or fees will be
reimbursable by the indemnifying party, then payment shall be made
to the first law firm of record representing an indemnified party
against the action or claim. Such law firm shall be paid
only to the extent of services performed by such law firm and no
reimbursement shall be payable to such law firm on account of legal
services performed by another law firm.
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Representations and Agreements to Survive
Delivery.
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The respective
agreements, representations and warranties of the Company and the
Dealer Manager set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of (a) any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager or any
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person controlling the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or by or on
behalf of the Company or any person controlling the Company and (b)
the acceptance of any payment for the Shares.
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The respective
agreements and obligations of the Company and the Dealer Manager
set forth in Sections 4, 5(g), 7(a), 7(d), 7(f), 7(g), 8 through
10, 14, 18, and 22 shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of (a) any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Dealer Manager or any Dealer or any person controlling the
Dealer Manager or any Dealer or by or on behalf of the Company or
any person controlling the Company, (b) the acceptance of any
payment for the Shares and (c) the termination of this
Agreement.
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Termination.
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Any party to
this Agreement shall have the right to terminate this Agreement on
60 days’ written notice or immediately upon notice to the
other party in the event that such other party shall have failed to
comply with any material provision hereof. If not sooner
terminated, the Dealer Manager’s agency and this Agreement
shall terminate upon termination of the Offering Period without
obligation on the part of the Dealer Manager or the Company, except
as set forth in this Agreement. Upon termination of this
Agreement, (a) the Company shall pay to the Dealer Manager all
accrued amounts payable under Section 4 hereof at such time
as such amounts become payable and (b) the Dealer Manager shall
promptly deliver to the Company all records and documents in its
possession that relate to the Offering and that are not designated
as “dealer” copies.
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All notices or
communications under this Agreement, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be in writing.
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Any notice or
communication sent by the Company to you shall be mailed,
delivered, or sent by facsimile, e-mail or telegraph, and confirmed
to you at 1845 Walnut Street, 10 th Floor,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
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Any notice or
communication sent by you to the Company shall be mailed,
delivered, or sent by facsimile, e-mail or telegraph, and confirmed
at One Crescent Drive, Suite 203, Navy Yard Corporate Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19112.
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Format of
Checks/Escrow Agent. Pending receipt and acceptance by
the Company of the minimum Offering Proceeds of $2,000,000 as
described in Section 4(g) of this Agreement:
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The Company and
you and the Dealers, including customer carrying broker/dealers,
agree that all subscribers shall be instructed to make their checks
or wire transfers payable solely to the Escrow Agent as agent for
the Company as follows “TD Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc.” Further, until
the Pennsylvania Minimum and New York Minimum, respectively, has
been achieved, all Pennsylvania and New York subscribers,
respectively, shall be instructed to make their checks or wire
transfers payable solely to the Escrow Agent as agent for the
Company as follows: “TD Bank, N.A., as Escrow Agent for
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc.”
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You agree and
shall require the Dealers to agree to comply with Rule 15c2-4
adopted under the Exchange Act. In addition, for
identification purposes, wire transfers should reference the
subscriber’s name and the account number of the escrow
account for the Company.
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If you receive
a check not conforming to the foregoing instructions, then you
shall return the check to the Dealer not later than noon of the
next business day following its receipt by you. The
Dealer shall then return the check directly to the subscriber not
later than noon of the next business day following its receipt from
you. Checks received by you or a Dealer which conform to
the foregoing instructions shall be transmitted by you under
Section 13 “ Transmittal Procedures ,”
below.
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Transmittal
Procedures. You and each Dealer shall transmit
received investor funds in accordance with the following
procedures. For purposes of the following, the term
“ Dealer ” shall also include you as Dealer
Manager when you procure subscriptions from investors.
For purposes of the following, the Minimum Offering
shall have been achieved upon receipt by the Dealer Manager of
notice from the Company that the Company’s minimum Offering
Proceeds of $2,000,000 have been received and accepted by the
Company.
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Where, pursuant
to a Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, internal
supervisory review is conducted at the same location at which
subscription documents and checks are received from subscribers,
checks and subscription documents will be transmitted by the end of
the next business day following receipt by the Dealer for deposit
to the escrow agent for the Company or, after the Minimum Offering
has been achieved, to the Company, except for investments from
Pennsylvania and New York investors. The Dealer will
transmit checks and subscription documents from Pennsylvania
investors for deposit to the escrow agent for the Company or, after
the Pennsylvania Minimum has been achieved, to the Company, by the
end of the next business day following receipt by the
Dealer. The Dealer will transmit checks and subscription
documents from New York investors for deposit to the escrow agent
for the Company or, after the New York Minimum has been achieved,
to the Company, by the end of the next business day following
receipt by the Dealer.
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Where, pursuant
to a Dealer’s internal supervisory procedures, final internal
supervisory review is conducted at a different location, checks and
original subscription documents will be transmitted by the end of
the next business day following receipt by the Dealer to the office
of the Dealer conducting such final internal supervisory review
(the “ Final Review Office ”). The
Final Review Office will in turn by the end of the next business
day following receipt by the Final Review Office, transmit such
checks and subscription documents for deposit to the escrow agent
for the Company or, after the Minimum Offering has been achieved,
to the Company, except for investments from Pennsylvania and New
York investors. The Final Review Office will transmit
checks and subscription documents from Pennsylvania investors for
deposit to the escrow agent for the Company or, after the
Pennsylvania Minimum has been achieved, to the Company, by the end
of the next business day following receipt by the Final Review
Office. The Final Review Office will transmit checks and
subscription documents from New York investors for deposit to the
escrow agent for the Company or, after the New York Minimum has
been achieved, to the Company, by the end of the next business day
following receipt by the Final Review Office.
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Notwithstanding
the above, the Dealer Manager may authorize certain Dealers that
are “$250,000 broker-dealers” to instruct their
customers to make their checks for Shares subscribed for payable
directly to the Dealer or authorize a debit from the
customer’s account maintained with the Dealer for the amount
of shares subscribed for by the customer.
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In such
case, the Dealer will collect the proceeds of the
subscribers’ checks and debits and wire funds to the escrow
agent or, if instructed by the Dealer Manager, issue a check for
the aggregate amount of the subscription proceeds made payable to
the order of the escrow agent, or if instructed by the
Dealer
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