UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 
Form

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

þx
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

or

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009¨
or
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Transition Period from          to          .

For the Transition Period from              to             .

Commission file number333-154975

000-54376

 

TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

  
Maryland
90-0413866
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
90-0413866
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1900 Maine Street,

4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 700
Irvine,1100

Newport Beach, California

92660
(Address of principal executive offices)92614
(Zip Code)

(949) 833-8252

798-6201

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

 
None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  o¨    No  þx

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  o¨    No  þx

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þx    No  o¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of thisForm 10-K or any amendment to thisForm 10-K.  ¨o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

 
Large accelerated filer  o¨
Accelerated filer o Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer þ¨
Smaller reporting company  x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  o¨    No  þx

There is no established trading market for the registrant’s common stock and therefore the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates cannot be determined.

There were approximately 10,430,623 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates at June 29, 2012, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

As of March 26, 2010,22, 2013, there were 908,31810,969,714 outstanding shares of common stock of TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc.


Explanatory Note
TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report onForm 10-K (the “Amended10-K”) to amend its Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2010 (the “Original10-K”). This Amended 10-K corrects the omission of the conformed signature of KPMG LLP on the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in Item 8. At the time of filing of the Original 10-K, we had on-hand a manually signed and dated Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm from KPMG LLP. This Amended10-K also corrects an immaterial error in our consolidated financial statements relating to the inclusion in other liabilities and other expense of the fair value of the derivative related to an exit fee of $130,000 payable under our convertible note issued to Moreno Retail Partners, LLC. The executed convertible note did not include an exit fee. As a result, we have revised our Consolidated Financial Statements, Selected Financial Data and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition to remove references to the derivative and adjust the related liability and expense. As a result of amending the Original 10-K for the omission of the signature of KPMG LLP, we have elected to reflect this immaterial correction in the Amended 10-K. This Amended10-K does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original10-K and does not otherwise modify or update the disclosure in the Original10-K.
Pursuant toRule 12b-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amended10-K consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, Item 6 (Selected Financial Data), Item 7 (Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), Item 8 (Financial Statements and Supplementary Data), Item 9A(T) (Controls and Procedures), Item 15 (Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules), the signature page, and the certifications required to be filed as exhibits under Item 15 to this Amended10-K.


TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Explanatory Note

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 PART III 
PART IIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance2
Item 6.11.Executive CompensationSelected Financial Data15
Item 7.12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder MattersManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations17
Item 8.13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director IndependenceFinancial Statements and Supplementary Data128
Item 9A(T).14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services 

Controls and Procedures1216
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules13
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2


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PART II
Item 6.Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009 should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and “Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The selected financial data has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements.
         
  December 31,
 December 31,
Selected Financial Data
 2009 2008
 
BALANCE SHEET DATA:        
Total assets $15,605,000  $202,000 
Total liabilities $12,317,000  $ 
Total equity $3,288,000  $202,000 
         
    (Date of Inception)
  Year Ended
 through
  December 31,
 December 31,
  2009 2008
 
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:        
Total revenues $145,000    
Total expenses $(1,228,000)   
Other income and expense $(117,000)    
Net loss $(1,200,000)   
         
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS DATA:        
Net cash used in operating activities $(1,047,000) $(1,000)
Net cash used in investing activities $(12,500,000) $ 
Net cash provided by financing activities $14,452,000  $202,000 
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the “Selected Financial Data” above and our accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. Also see “Forward Looking Statements” preceding Part I.
Overview
We were formed as a Maryland corporation on September 18, 2008 to invest in and manage a portfolio of income-producing retail properties, located primarily in the Western United States, and real estate-related assets, including the investment in or origination of mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans related to commercial real estate.
On August 7, 2009, our Registration Statement onForm S-11 (FileNo. 333-154975), registering a public offering of up to $1,100,000,000 in shares of our common stock, was declared effective under the Securities Act, and we commenced our initial public offering. We are offering up to 100,000,000 shares of our common stock to the public in our primary offering at $10.00 per share and up to 10,526,316 shares of our common stock pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at $9.50 per share.
Pursuant to the terms of our initial public offering, all subscription proceeds were placed in an account held by our escrow agent in trust for subscribers’ benefit until we had achieved gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000 from persons who are not affiliated with us. On November 12, 2009, we achieved the minimum offering amount of $2,000,000 and offering proceeds were released to us from the escrow account. We acquired our first property on November 19, 2009.


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We are dependent upon proceeds received from the sale of shares of our common stock in our initial public offering and any indebtedness that we may incur in order to conduct our proposed real estate investment activities. We were capitalized with $200,000 which was contributed in cash on October 16, 2008, from the sale of 22,222 shares in the aggregate. Our sponsor, Thompson National Properties, LLC, or any affiliate of our sponsor, must maintain this investment while it remains our sponsor.
As of December 31, 2009, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for, and issued, 509,752 shares of our common stock, including shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $5,009,000. As of March 26, 2010, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for, and issued, 893,318 shares of our common stock, including shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $8,806,000.
We will experience a relative increase in liquidity as additional subscriptions for shares of our common stock are received and a relative decrease in liquidity as offering proceeds are used to acquire and operate our assets.
We are externally managed by our advisor, TNP Strategic Retail Advisor, LLC. Our advisor may, but is not required to, establish working capital reserves from offering proceeds out of cash flow generated by our investments or out of proceeds from the sale of our investments. We do not anticipate establishing a general working capital reserve during the initial stages of our initial public offering; however, we may establish capital reserves with respect to particular investments. We also may, but are not required to, establish reserves out of cash flow generated by investments or out of net sale proceeds in non-liquidating sale transactions. Working capital reserves are typically utilized to fund tenant improvements, leasing commissions and major capital expenditures. Our lenders also may require working capital reserves.
To the extent that the working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash generated from operations, through short-term borrowing or borrowings under our revolving credit agreement. In addition, subject to certain limitations, we may incur indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of any real estate asset, refinance the debt thereon, arrange for the leveraging of any previously unfinanced property or reinvest the proceeds of financing or refinancing in additional properties.
We intend to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, therefore we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, including and after the taxable year in which we initially elect to be taxed as a REIT, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year in which qualification is denied. Failing to qualify as a REIT could materially and adversely affect our net income.
Review of our Policies
Our board of directors, including our independent directors, has reviewed our policies described in this Annual Report and determined that they are in the best interest of our stockholders because: (1) they increase the likelihood that the Company will be able to acquire a diversified portfolio of income producing properties, thereby reducing risk in its portfolio; (2) the Company’s executive officers, directors and affiliates of the advisor have expertise with the type of real estate investments the Company seeks; and (3) borrowings should enable the Company to purchase assets and earn rental income more quickly, thereby increasing the likelihood of generating income for the Company’s stockholders and preserving stockholder capital.
Critical Accounting Policies
General
Our accounting policies have been established to conform to GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets


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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 periods. If management’s judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions is different, it is possible that different accounting policies will be applied or different amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses will be recorded, resulting in a different presentation of the financial statements or different amounts reported in the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses. Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management considers to be most critical. These policies require complex judgment in their application or estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain.
Principles of Consolidation
Our consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our subsidiaries, TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP, TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC, and TNP SRT Waianae Mall, LLC. All intercompany profits, balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Our consolidated financial statements will also include the accounts of our consolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures in which we are the primary beneficiary or in which we have a controlling interest. In determining whether we have a controlling interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, our management considers factors such as an entity’s purpose and design and our ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impacts the entity’s economic performance, ownership interest, board representation, management representation, authority to make decisions, and contractual and substantive participating rights of the partners/members as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity in which we will absorb the majority of the entity’s expected losses, if they occur, or receive the majority of the expected residual returns, if they occur, or both.
Allocation of Real Property Purchase Price
We account for all acquisitions in accordance with GAAP. We first determine the value of the land and buildings utilizing an “as if vacant” methodology. We then assign a fair value to any debt assumed at acquisition. The balance of the purchase price is allocated to tenant improvements and identifiable intangible assets or liabilities. Tenant improvements represent the tangible assets associated with the existing leases valued on a fair value basis at the acquisition date prorated over the remaining lease terms. The tenant improvements are classified as an asset under investments in real estate and are depreciated over the remaining lease terms. Identifiable intangible assets and liabilities relate to the value of in-place operating leases which come in three forms: (1) leasing commissions and legal costs, which represent the value associated with “cost avoidance” of acquiring in-place leases, such as lease commissions paid under terms generally experienced in our markets; (2) value of in-place leases, which represents the estimated loss of revenue and of costs incurred for the period required to lease the “assumed vacant” property to the occupancy level when purchased; and (3) above or below market value of in-place leases, which represents the difference between the contractual rents and market rents at the time of the acquisition, discounted for tenant credit risks. The value of in-place leases are recorded in acquired lease intangibles, net and amortized over the remaining lease term. Above or below market leases are classified in acquired lease intangibles, net or in other liabilities, depending on whether the contractual terms are above or below market. Above market leases are amortized as a decrease to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases and below market leases are amortized as an increase to rental revenue over the remaining initial lease term and any fixed rate renewal periods, if applicable.
When we acquire real estate properties, we will allocate the purchase price to the components of these acquisitions using relative fair values computed using estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions impact the amount of costs allocated between various components as well as the amount of costs assigned to individual properties in multiple property acquisitions. These allocations also impact depreciation expense and gains or losses recorded on future sales of properties.


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Real Property
Costs related to the development, redevelopment, construction and improvement of properties are capitalized. Interest incurred on development, redevelopment and construction projects is capitalized until construction is substantially complete.
Maintenance and repair expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Costs for major replacements and betterments, which include heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, roofs and parking lots, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Gains and losses are recognized upon disposal or retirement of the related assets and are reflected in earnings.
Property is recorded at cost and is depreciated using a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
   
 PART IVYears
Buildings and improvements5-45 years
Exterior improvements10-20 years
Equipment and fixtures5-10 years
Revenue Recognition
We recognize rental income on a straight-line basis over the term of each lease. The difference between rental income earned on a straight-line basis and the cash rent due under the provisions of the lease agreements is recorded as deferred rent receivable and is included as a component of accounts receivable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We anticipate collecting these amounts over the terms of the leases as scheduled rent payments are made. Reimbursements from tenants for recoverable real estate taxes and operating expenses are accrued as revenue in the period the applicable expenditures are incurred. Lease payments that depend on a factor that does not exist or is not measurable at the inception of the lease, such as future sales volume, would be contingent rentals in their entirety and, accordingly, would be excluded from minimum lease payments and included in the determination of income as they are earned.
Valuation of Accounts Receivable
We have taken into consideration certain factors that require judgments to be made as to the collectability of receivables. Collectability factors taken into consideration are the amounts outstanding, payment history and financial strength of the tenant, which taken as a whole determines the valuation.
Organization and Offering Costs
Our organization and offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) are paid by our advisor and its affiliates on our behalf. Such costs shall include legal, accounting, printing and other offering expenses, including marketing, salaries and direct expenses of our advisor’s employees and employees of our advisor’s affiliates and others. Pursuant to our advisory agreement, we are obligated to reimburse our advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs associated with our initial public offering, provided that our advisor is obligated to reimburse us to the extent organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, incurred by us exceed 3.0% of our gross offering proceeds. Any such reimbursement will not exceed actual expenses incurred by our advisor. Prior to raising the minimum offering amount of $2,000,000, we had no obligation to reimburse our advisor or its affiliates for any organization and offering costs. As of December 31, 2009, organization and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf were $1,579,000. These costs are payable by us to the extent organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, do not exceed 3.0% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering. As of December 31, 2009, organization and offering costs did exceed 3.0% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering, thus the amount in excess of 3.0%, or $1,425,000 is deferred.
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We will reimburse our advisor for all expenses paid or incurred by our advisor in connection with the services provided to us, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses (including the asset management fee) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of: (1) 2% of our average invested assets, or (2) 25% of our net income determined without reduction for any additions to depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash expenses and excluding any gain from the sale of our assets for that period. Notwithstanding the above, we may reimburse our advisor for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of the independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and nonrecurring factors. As of December 31, 2009, amounts incurred by our advisor in connection with services provided to us were $1,967,000, of which $1,579,000 were organization and offering costs and $388,000 were other costs incurred on our behalf prior to achieving our minimum offering.
Income Taxes
We intend to elect to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code, commencing with the 2009 fiscal year which is the taxable year in which we satisfied the minimum offering requirements. As we believe we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax to the extent we distributed our REIT taxable income to our stockholders, so long as we distributed at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). REITs are subject to a number of other organizational and operations requirements. Even though we believe we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.
Results of Operations
Our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 are not indicative of those expected in future periods as we commenced real estate operations on November 19, 2009 in connection with our first property acquisition. During the period from our inception (September 18, 2008) to December 31, 2008, we had been formed but had not yet commenced our ongoing initial public offering or real estate operations. As a result, we had no material results of operations for that period.
As of December 31, 2009, we had acquired one property for an aggregate purchase price of $12,500,000, plus closing costs. We funded the acquisition of this property with a combination of debt and proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering. We acquired the Moreno property during the fourth quarter of 2009, and therefore our financial statements do not reflect a full period of operations for this property. We expect that all income and expenses related to our portfolio will increase in future years as a result of owning the property acquired in 2009 for a full year and as a result of anticipated future acquisitions of real estate and real estate-related assets.
Revenue.  Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009, was $145,000, which consisted of rental revenue from our sole property of $140,000 and $5,000 from other operating revenue.
General and administrative expenses.  General and administrative expenses were $660,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009. These general and administrative expenses consisted primarily of legal and accounting, restricted stock compensation, directors fees, insurance, and organization fees. We expect general and administrative costs to increase in the future based on a full year of real estate operations and as a result of anticipated future acquisitions, but to decrease as a percentage of total revenue.
Acquisition expenses.  Acquisition expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $408,000, all of which were incurred in connection with the acquisition of the Moreno property.
Operating and maintenance expenses.  For the year ended December 31, 2009, operating and maintenance expenses were $114,000.
Asset management and property management fees incurred and payable to our advisor and its affiliates totaled $9,000 and $5,000, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2009. We expect asset management


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and property management fees to increase in future years as a result of owning our investments for a full year and as a result of anticipated future acquisitions.
Depreciation and amortization expenses.  Depreciation and amortization expense was $46,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009. We expect these amounts to increase in future years as a result of owning our property for a full year and as a result of anticipated future acquisitions.
Interest expense.  Interest expense was $119,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009, which included the amortization of deferred financing costs of $39,000. Our real estate property acquisition was financed with $11,126,000 in debt. We expect that in future periods our interest expense will vary based on the amount of our borrowings, which will depend on the cost of borrowings, the amount of proceeds we raise in our ongoing initial public offering and our ability to identify and acquire real estate and real estate-related assets that meet our investment objectives.
Interest income.  Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $2,000 and related primarily to cash received from subscription agreements that are held for future acquisitions.
Net loss.  We had a net loss of $1,200,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009. Our operating loss is due primarily to the fact that we commenced real estate operations on November 19, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We commenced real estate operations with the acquisition of our first property on November 19, 2009.
Our principal demand for funds will be for the acquisition of real estate assets, the payment of operating expenses and interest on our outstanding indebtedness and the payment of distributions to our stockholders. Over time, we intend to generally fund our cash needs for items other than asset acquisitions from operations. Our cash needs for acquisitions and investments will be funded primarily from the sale of shares of our common stock, including those offered for sale through our distribution reinvestment plan, and through the assumption of debt.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $14,452,000, consisting primarily of net offering proceeds of $4,260,000 (after payment of selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering expenses of $542,000) and $11,126,000 of borrowings. Between November 19, 2009 (the date we commenced real estate operations) and December 31, 2009, we incurred aggregate borrowings related to the purchase of real estate of $11,126,000. As of December 31, 2009, we had repaid $636,000 of these borrowings. With capital from our financing activities, we invested approximately $12,500,000 in property acquisitions, and paid acquisition fees and closing costs of $408,000. We paid distributions to stockholders (net of reinvested distributions) of $6,000 for the year ended December 31, 2009. Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $1,047,000. The excess cash generated from financing activities (net of cash used in investing activities and net cash used in operating activities) of $905,000 is expected to be used to pay liabilities or to make additional real estate investments.
As of December 31, 2009, our liabilities totaled $12,317,000. Our financings are described in greater detail below and summarized in tabular form under “— Contractual Commitments and Contingencies.”
KeyBank Revolving Credit Facility
On November 12, 2009, our operating partnership entered into a revolving credit agreement, or the credit agreement, with KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank, as administrative agent for itself and the other lenders named in the credit agreement, or the lenders, to establish a revolving credit facility with a maximum aggregate borrowing capacity of up to $15,000,000. The proceeds of the revolving credit facility may be used by the operating partnership for investments in properties and real estate-related assets, improvement of properties, costs involved in the ordinary course of the operating partnership business and for other general working capital purposes; provided, however, that prior to any funds being advanced to the operating partnership under the revolving credit facility, KeyBank shall have the authority to review and approve, in its


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sole discretion, the investments which the operating partnership proposes to make with such funds, and the operating partnership shall be required to satisfy certain enumerated conditions set forth in the credit agreement, including, but not limited to, limitations on outstanding indebtedness with respect to a proposed property acquisition, a ratio of net operating income to debt service on the prospective property of at least 1.35 to 1.00 and a requirement that the prospective property be 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by the operating partnership.
The credit agreement contains customary covenants including, without limitation, limitations on distributions, the incurrence of debt and the granting of liens. Additionally, the credit agreement contains certain covenants relating to the amount of offering proceeds we receive in our continuous offering of common stock. We received a waiver from KeyBank relating to the covenant in our credit agreement requiring us to raise at least $2,000,000 in shares of our common stock in our public offering during each of January, February and March 2010. In addition, our operating partnership received a waiver relating to the covenant requiring us to maintain a 1.3 to 1 debt service coverage ratio for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The credit agreement is guaranteed by our sponsor and an affiliate of our sponsor. As part of that guarantee agreement, our sponsor and its affiliate must maintain minimum net worth and liquidity requirements on a combined or individual basis.
The operating partnership may, upon prior written notice to KeyBank, prepay the principal of the borrowings then outstanding under the revolving credit facility, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
The entire unpaid principal balance of all borrowings under the revolving credit facility and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon will be due and payable in full on November 12, 2010. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility will bear interest at a variable per annum rate equal to the sum of (a) 425 basis points plus (b) the greater of (1) 300 basis points or(2) 30-day LIBOR as reported by Reuters on the day that is two business days prior to the date of such determination, and accrued and unpaid interest on any past due amounts will bear interest at a variable LIBOR-based rate that in no event shall exceed the highest interest rate permitted by applicable law. The operating partnership paid KeyBank a one time $150,000 commitment fee in connection with entering into the credit agreement and will pay KeyBank an unused commitment fee of 0.50% per annum.
As of December 31, 2009, $15,000,000 was available under the KeyBank credit facility, subject to KeyBank’s review and approval described above, and there were no borrowings outstanding.
Moreno Property Loan
In connection with the acquisition of the Moreno property, on November 19, 2009, which we refer to herein as the “closing date”, TNP SRT Moreno borrowed $9,250,000 from KeyBank pursuant to a promissory note, or the Moreno Property Note, secured by the Moreno property. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is due and payable in full on November 19, 2011 (as such date may be extended as described below, the “maturity date”), provided that TNP SRT Moreno has the option to extend the maturity date for up to two successive extension periods of twelve months each. Each exercise by TNP SRT Moreno of its option to extend the maturity date is subject to (1) TNP SRT Moreno providing KeyBank with written notice of the requested extension at least sixty (60) days prior to the then existing maturity date, (2) the payment by TNP SRT Moreno of an extension fee equal to 0.25% of the then outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note and (3) TNP SRT Moreno’s satisfaction of certain covenants, including, but not limited to, specific debt service coverage and debt yield ratios, the absence of any uncured events of default under the Moreno Property Note and the absence of any material adverse changes in the financial condition of TNP SRT Moreno or any guarantors of its obligations under the Moreno Property Note.
A principal payment of $10,000 plus interest, at the applicable interest rate, on the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note will be due and payable monthly until the maturity date. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note will accrue at a rate of 5.5% per annum through the initial maturity date. During the first extension period, if any, interest on the outstanding principal balance


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of the Moreno Property Note will accrue at a rate of 7.0% per annum. During the second extension period, if any, interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note will accrue at a rate equal to the greater of (1) 7.50% per annum and (2) a variable per annum rate based upon LIBOR as reported by Reuters. TNP SRT Moreno may prepay the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note in full without premium or penalty if such prepayment occurs on or before the first anniversary of the closing date. Following the first anniversary of the closing date, any prepayment in full of the Moreno Property Note will be subject to an exit fee ranging from of 0.25% to 0.75% of the then outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note based upon when such prepayment occurs.
As of December 31, 2009, there was $9,240,000 outstanding on the Moreno Property Note.
Convertible Note
In connection with the acquisition of the Moreno property, on November 19, 2009, TNP SRT Moreno borrowed $1,250,000 from Moreno Retail Partners, LLC, or MRP, pursuant to a subordinated convertible promissory note, or the convertible note. The entire outstanding principal balance of the convertible note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable in full on November 18, 2015. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the convertible note will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. After April 2, 2010, TNP SRT Moreno may, at any time and from time to time, prepay all or any portion of the then outstanding principal balance of the convertible note without premium or penalty. The convertible note provides for customary events of default, including, without limitation, payment defaults and insolvency and bankruptcy related defaults. Upon an uncured event of default, MRP may declare all amounts due under the convertible note immediately due and payable in full.
At any time after January 2, 2010 but before April 2, 2010, MRP may elect to convert the unpaid principal balance due on the convertible note (which we refer to herein as the “conversion amount”) into a capital contribution by MRP to TNP SRT Moreno to be credited to a capital account with TNP SRT Moreno. At any time after February 2, 2010 but before April 2, 2010, TNP SRT Moreno may elect to convert the conversion amount into a capital contribution by MRP to TNP SRT Moreno to be credited to a capital account with TNP SRT Moreno. Any accrued but unpaid interest on the convertible note shall be payable to MRP in cash upon the conversion of the conversion amount. As of this filing, neither party had converted this note. If the note is not converted, TNP SRT Moreno will pay our Advisor an additional acquisition fee of $110,000.
Contractual Commitments and Contingencies
The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2009:
                     
  Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations
 Total 2010 2011-2012 2013-2014 Thereafter
 
Long-term debt obligations(1) $10,490,000   120,000   9,120,000      1,250,000 
Interest payments on outstanding debt obligations(2)  1,508,000   605,000   616,000   200,000   87,000 
                     
Total $11,998,000   725,000   9,376,000   200,000   1,337,000 
                     
(1)Amounts include principal payments only.
 
(2)Projected interest payments are based on the outstanding principal amounts and weighted-average interest rates at December 31, 2009.
Potential Property Acquisition
On December 14, 2009, we assumed the rights to a purchase and sale agreement for the acquisition of Waianae Mall, an approximately 170,275 square foot multi-tenant retail center consisting of 11 buildings located in Honolulu, Hawaii or the Waianae property. An affiliate of our sponsor previously entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the Waianae property for an aggregate purchase price of $25,688,000, including the assumption of debt on the property. In connection with this potential acquisition, we formed TNP SRT Waianae Mall, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of our operating partnership, to complete the


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acquisition and have paid a $250,000 refundable deposit as of December 31, 2009. We intend to purchase the Waianae property using debt financing and funds raised through our public offering of common stock. We anticipate paying an acquisition fee of 2.5%, or $642,000, of the purchase price to our advisor. We expect to close the acquisition in the second quarter of 2010, however, there is no assurance that the closing will occur within this timeframe, or at all. This potential acquisition is subject to substantial conditions to closing including: (1) the sale of a sufficient number of shares of common stock in our public offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for the Waianae property; (2) the approval of the loan servicer for the existing indebtedness on the Waianae property to be assumed by us and the receipt of other applicable third-party consents; and (3) the absence of a material adverse change to the Waianae property prior to the date of the acquisition.
Inflation
The majority of our leases at the Moreno property contain inflation protection provisions applicable to reimbursement billings for common area maintenance charges, real estate tax and insurance reimbursements on a per square foot basis, or in some cases, annual reimbursement of operating expenses above a certain per square foot allowance. We expect to include similar provisions in our future tenant leases designed to protect us from the impact of inflation. Due to the generally long-term nature of these leases, annual rent increases, as well as rents received from acquired leases, may not be sufficient to cover inflation and rent may be below market.
REIT Compliance
To qualify as a REIT for tax purposes, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. We must also meet certain asset and income tests, as well as other requirements. We will monitor the business and transactions that may potentially impact our REIT status. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and generally will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the four taxable years following the year during which our REIT qualification is lost unless the Internal Revenue Service grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Distributions
We intend to make regular cash distributions to our stockholders, typically on a monthly basis. The actual amount and timing of distributions will be determined by our board of directors in its discretion and typically will depend on the amount of funds available for distribution, which is impacted by current and projected cash requirements, tax considerations and other factors. As a result, our distribution rate and payment frequency may vary from time to time. However, to qualify as a REIT for tax purposes, we must make distributions equal to at least 90% of our “REIT taxable income” each year.
On August 13, 2009, our board of directors approved a monthly cash distribution of $0.05625 per common share, which represents an annualized distribution of $0.675 per share. The commencement of the distribution, which was expected to take place in the calendar month following the closing of our first asset acquisition, was subject to our having achieved minimum offering proceeds of $2,000,000, the sale of a sufficient number of shares in our public offering to finance an asset acquisition and our identification and completion of an asset acquisition. On November 12, 2009, we achieved the minimum offering amount $2,000,000, and on November 19, 2009 we completed our first asset acquisition. On November 30, 2009, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate amount of $7,000, of which $6,000 was paid in cash on December 15, 2009 and $1,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on November 30, 2009. On December 31, 2009, we declared a monthly distribution on the aggregate of $24,000, of which $18,000 was paid in cash on January 15, 2010 and $6,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on December 31, 2009. We did not have any funds from operation, or FFO, for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the cash amounts


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distributed to stockholders in December 2009 were funded from proceeds from our offering. FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure that is widely recognized as a measure of REIT operating performance. See the “Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations” section below for a reconciliation of FFO and adjusted FFO to our net income.
On January 31, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $32,000, of which $25,000 was paid in cash on February 12, 2010 and $7,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on January 31, 2010. On February 28, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $40,000, of which $29,000 was paid in cash on March 15, 2010 and $11,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on February 28, 2010.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
One of our objectives is to provide cash distributions to our stockholders from cash generated by our operations. Cash generated from operations is not equivalent to net operating income as determined under GAAP. Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, an industry trade group, or NAREIT, has promulgated a standard known as Funds from Operations, or FFO for short, which it believes more accurately reflects the operating performance of a REIT. As defined by NAREIT, FFO means net income computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures in which the REIT holds an interest. We believe that FFO is helpful to investors and our management as a measure of operating performance because it excludes depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions, and extraordinary items, and as a result when compared year over year, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses and interests costs, which is not immediately apparent from net income.
Changes in the accounting and reporting rules under GAAP have prompted a significant increase in the amount of non-operating items included in FFO, as defined. As a result, in addition to FFO, we also calculate Adjusted Funds from Operations, or adjusted FFO, which excludes from FFO (1) any acquisition expenses and acquisition fees expensed by us and that are related to any property, loan or other investment acquired or expected to be acquired by us and (2) any non-operating non-cash charges incurred by us, such as impairments of property or loans, anyother-than-temporary impairments of marketable securities, or other similar charges. We believe that adjusted FFO is helpful to our investors and management as a measure of operating performance because it excludes costs that management considers more reflective of investing activities and other non-operating items included in FFO.
As explained below, management’s evaluation of our operating performance excludes the items considered in the calculation of adjusted FFO based on the following economic considerations:
Acquisition costs:  In evaluating investments in real estate, including both business combinations and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, management’s investment models and analysis differentiates costs to acquire the investment from the operations derived from the investment. Prior to 2009, acquisition costs for these types of investments were capitalized; however, beginning in 2009 acquisition costs related to business combinations are expensed. We believe by excluding expensed acquisition costs, adjusted FFO provides useful supplemental information that is comparable for each type of our real estate investments and is consistent with management’s analysis of the investing and operating performance of our properties.
Impairment charge:  An impairment charge represents a downward adjustment to the carrying amount of a long-lived asset to reflect the current valuation of the asset even when the asset is intended to be held long-term. Such adjustment, when properly recognized under GAAP, may lag the underlying consequences related to rental rates, occupancy and other operating performance trends. The valuation is also based, in part, on the impact of current market fluctuations and estimates of future capital requirements and long-term operating performance that may not be directly attributable to current operating performance. Because adjusted FFO


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excludes impairment charges, management believes adjusted FFO provides useful supplemental information by focusing on the changes in our operating fundamentals rather than changes that may reflect only anticipated losses.
Subject to the following limitations, FFO and adjusted FFO provides a better basis for measuring our operating performance. The calculation of FFO and adjusted FFO may, however, vary from entity to entity because capitalization and expense policies tend to vary from entity to entity. Consequently, the presentation of FFO and adjusted FFO by us may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs. FFO and adjusted FFO are not intended to be alternatives to net income as an indicator of our performance, liquidity or to “Cash Flows from Operating Activities” as determined by GAAP as a measure of our capacity to pay distributions.
Our calculation of FFO, and adjusted FFO, is presented in the following table for the year ended December 31, 2009:
     
Net Loss $ (1,200,000)
Add:    
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets  46,000 
     
FFO  (1,154,000)
Add:    
Acquisition expenses  408,000 
     
Adjusted FFO $(746,000)
     
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2009, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial conditions, changes in financial conditions, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASC810-10, Consolidation, which will become effective for us on January 1, 2010. This Statement requires an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. We do not expect such standard will have a significant impact on our financial statements as it relates to existing entities we have an ownership interest in.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU)No. 2009-05, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. ASUNo. 2009-05, which became effective for us in 2009, provides clarification to measuring the fair value of a liability. In circumstances in which a quoted market price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value by using either (1) a valuation technique that uses quoted prices for identical or similar liabilities or (2) another valuation technique, such as a present value technique or a technique that is based on the amount paid or received by the reporting entity to transfer an identical liability. ASUNo. 2009-05 only applies to our disclosures in note 5 related to the estimated fair value of our notes payable and did not have a significant impact on our footnote disclosures.
In January 2010, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. Effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, this ASU requires new disclosures and clarifies existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement. ASUNo. 2010-06 only applies to our disclosures in Note 5 of our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report related to the estimated fair values of our notes payable and is not expected to have a significant impact on our footnote disclosures.


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Subsequent Events
Status of Offering
We commenced our initial public offering of up to $1,100,000,000 in shares of our common stock on August 7, 2009. As of March 26, 2010, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for, and issued, 893,318 shares of our common stock, including shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $8,806,000.
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The Company’s consolidated financial statements and supplementary data and the report of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are included elsewhere herein. Reference is made to the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules in Item 15.
Item 9A(T).Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon, and as of the date of, the evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective (as defined inRules 13a-15(e) and13d-15(e) under the Exchange Act).
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
This Annual Report onForm 10-K/A does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm, and the Company has not evaluated any change in its internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter due to a transition period established by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for newly public companies.


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PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:
1.  Consolidated Financial Statements
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the Period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008
Consolidated Statements of Equity for the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the Period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the Period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2.  Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule III — Real Estate Assets and Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization
All other schedules have been omitted as the required information is either not material, inapplicable or the information is presented in the financial statements or related notes.
(b)  Exhibits
     
 3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement of TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 3.2 Bylaws of TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 4.1 Form of Subscription Agreement (included as Appendix C to prospectus, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975)).
 4.2 TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. Distribution Reinvestment Plan (included as Appendix D to prospectus, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975)).
 10.1 Escrow Agreement among TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc., TNP Securities, LLC and CommerceWest Bank, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.2 Advisory Agreement among TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc., TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP and TNP Strategic Retail Advisor, LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.3 Limited Partnership Agreement of TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.4 TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).


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 10.5 TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. Amended and Restated Independent Directors Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.6 Dealer Manager Agreement (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.7 Purchase and Sale Agreement (relating to the acquisition of the Moreno Marketplace), dated September 22, 2009, by and between Moreno Marketplace, LLC and Bill and John Skeffington (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report onForm 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2009).
 10.8 Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement (relating to the acquisition of the Moreno Marketplace), dated October 21, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report onForm 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2009).
 10.9 Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement (relating to the acquisition of the Moreno Marketplace), dated November 9, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report onForm 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2009).
 10.10 Promissory Note between TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC and KeyBank National Association, dated November 12, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.9 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.11 Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note between TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC and Moreno Retail Partners, LLC, dated November 18, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.12 Guaranty, dated November 12, 2009, by and between TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Anthony W. Thompson, for the benefit of KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.13 Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and among TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc., Moreno Retail Partners, LLC, John Skeffington, William Skeffington and KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.14 Reimbursement and Fee Agreement, dated November 20, 2009, by and among TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Anthony W. Thompson (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.15 Revolving Credit Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and among TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.16 Revolving Credit Note of TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP, dated November 12, 2009, in favor of KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.17 Guaranty Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and among TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc., Thompson National Properties, LLC and Anthony W. Thompson, for the benefit of KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.16 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).

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 10.18 Pledge and Security Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and between TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.19 Pledge and Security Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and between TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP and KeyBank National Association (filed as Exhibit 10.18 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.20 Reimbursement Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and between TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP and Anthony W. Thompson (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.21 Reimbursement and Fee Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, by and between TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP and Thompson National Properties, LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-11(No. 333-154975) and incorporated herein by reference).
 10.22* Agreement for Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated July 13, 2009, by and between West Oahu Mall Associates, LLC and TNP Acquisitions, LLC.
 10.23* Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated December 14, 2009, by and between TNP Acquisitions, LLC and TNP SRT Waianae Mall, LLC.
 10.24* First Amendment of Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated July 22, 2009, by and among West Oahu Mall Associates, LLC, TNP Acquisitions, LLC and Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc.
 10.25* Second Amendment of Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated August 13, 2009, by and among West Oahu Mall Associates, LLC, TNP Acquisitions, LLC and Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc.
 10.26* Third Amendment of Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated August 31, 2009, by and among West Oahu Mall Associates, LLC, TNP Acquisitions, LLC and Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc.
 10.27* Tenth Amendment of Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated March 10, 2010, by and among West Oahu Mall Associates, LLC, TNP SRT Waianae Mall, LLC and Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc.
 21* Subsidiaries of the Company
 31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Previously filed with the Annual Report onForm 10-K, filed on March 31, 201017

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Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmEXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING THIS FORM 10-K/A
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008. In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we have also audited the financial statement schedule III. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Additionally, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule III, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Irvine, California
March 31, 2010, except
  as to Note

On April 1, and Note 7,

  which are as of May 17, 2010


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TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
         
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2009  2008 
 
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $1,106,000  $201,000 
Prepaid expenses and other assets  360,000    
Accounts receivable  11,000   1,000 
Investments in real estate        
Land  3,080,000    
Building and improvements  6,124,000    
Tenant improvements  656,000    
         
   9,860,000    
         
Accumulated depreciation  (28,000)   
         
Total investments in real estate, net  9,832,000    
         
Acquired lease intangibles, net  2,617,000    
         
Deferred costs        
Organization and offering  1,425,000    
Financing fees, net  254,000    
         
Total deferred costs, net  1,679,000    
         
         
Total $15,605,000  $202,000 
         
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
         
LIABILITIES        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $326,000  $ 
Amounts due to affiliates  1,489,000    
Other liabilities  12,000    
Notes payable  10,490,000    
         
Total liabilities  12,317,000    
         
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
        
         
EQUITY
        
Stockholders’ equity        
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 400,000,000 shares authorized; 524,752 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009, 22,222 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008  5,000    
Additional paid-in capital  4,512,000   200,000 
Accumulated deficit  (1,231,000)   
         
Total stockholders’ equity  3,286,000   200,000 
         
Noncontrolling interest  2,000   2,000 
         
Total equity  3,288,000   202,000 
         
         
TOTAL $15,605,000  $202,000 
         
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


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TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
         
     Period from
 
     September 18,
 
     2008
 
     (date of inception)
 
  Year Ended
  through
 
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2009  2008 
 
Revenue:
        
Rental $140,000  $ 
Other  5,000    
         
   145,000    
Expense:
        
General and administrative  660,000    
Acquisition expenses  408,000    
Operating and maintenance  114,000    
Depreciation and amortization  46,000    
         
   1,228,000    
         
Loss before other income (expenses)
  (1,083,000)   
Other income and expense:
        
Interest income  2,000    
Interest expense  (119,000)   
         
Net loss
 $(1,200,000) $ 
         
Net loss per share — basic and diluted $(17.14) $ 
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding — basic and diluted
  71,478   22,222 
Distributions declared ($0.11 per share) $31,000  $ 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
                             
  Number
  Par
  Additional Paid-In
  Accumulated
  Stockholders’
  Non-controlling
    
  of Shares  Value  Capital  Deficit  Equity  Interest  Total Equity 
 
BALANCE — September 18, 2008 (date of inception)
    $  $  $  $  $  $ 
Issuance of common stock  22,222      200,000      200,000      200,000 
Contributions from non-controlling interest                 2,000   2,000 
                             
BALANCE — December 31, 2008
  22,222      200,000      200,000   2,000   202,000 
Issuance of common stock  486,815   5,000   4,797,000      4,802,000      4,802,000 
Offering costs        (542,000)     (542,000)     (542,000)
Issuance of vested and non-vested restricted common stock  15,000      135,000      135,000      135,000 
Deferred stock compensation        (85,000)     (85,000)     (85,000)
Issuance of common stock under DRIP  715      7,000      7,000      7,000 
Distributions           (31,000)  (31,000)     (31,000)
Net loss           (1,200,000)  (1,200,000)     (1,200,000)
                             
BALANCE — December 31, 2009
  524,752  $5,000  $4,512,000  $(1,231,000) $3,286,000  $2,000  $3,288,000 
                             
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
         
     Period from
 
     September 18,
 
     2008
 
     (date of inception)
 
  Year Ended
  through
 
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
  2009  2008 
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
        
Net loss $(1,200,000) $ 
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Amortization of deferred financing costs  39,000    
Depreciation and amortization  46,000    
Stock based compensation,  50,000    
Amortization of above market leases  4,000    
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  (10,000)  (1,000)
Amounts due to affiliates  64,000    
Prepaid expenses and other assets  (360,000)   
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  308,000    
Other liabilities  12,000    
         
Net cash used in operating activities  (1,047,000)  (1,000)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:
        
Investments in real estate  (9,861,000)   
Acquired lease intangibles  (2,639,000)   
         
Net cash used in investing activities  (12,500,000)   
         
Cash flows from financing activities:
        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  4,802,000   200,000 
Distributions  (6,000)   
Contributions from noncontrolling interests     2,000 
Payment of offering costs  (542,000)   
Proceeds from notes and loan payables  11,126,000    
Repayment of notes and loan payable  (636,000)   
Payment of deferred financing costs  (292,000)   
         
Net cash provided by financing activities  14,452,000   202,000 
         
Net increase in cash  905,000   201,000 
Cash and cash equivalents — Beginning of the period  201,000    
         
Cash and cash equivalents — End of the period $1,106,000  $  201,000 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:        
Deferred organization and offering costs due to affiliates $1,425,000  $ 
Issuance of common stock under the DRIP $7,000  $ 
Distributions declared but not paid $18,000  $ 
Cash paid for interest $22,000  $ 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
1.  Organization
2013, TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on September 18, 2008, as a Maryland corporation and believes it qualifies as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”). The Company was organized primarily to acquire income-producing retail properties located in the Western United States, real estate-related assets and other real estate assets. As discussed in Note 4, the Company sold stock to Thompson National Properties, LLC (“Sponsor”) on October 16, 2008. The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
On November 4, 2008, the Company filed a registration statement onForm S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer a maximum of 100,000,000 shares of its common stock to the public in its primary offering and 10,526,316 shares of its common stock pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan. On August 7, 2009, the SEC declared the offering effective and the Company commenced its initial public offering. The Company is offering shares to the public in its primary offering at a price of $10.00 per share, with discounts available for certain purchasers, and to its stockholders pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan at a price of $9.50 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s initial public offering, the Company was required to deposit all subscription proceeds in escrow pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement with CommerceWest Bank, N.A. until the Company received subscriptions aggregating at least $2,000,000. On November 12, 2009, the Company achieved the minimum offering amount of $2,000,000 and offering proceeds were released to the Company from the escrow account. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had accepted investors’ subscriptions for, and issued, including shares through the distribution reinvestment plan, 509,752 shares of the Company’s common stock, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $5,009,000.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from its public offering primarily to acquire retail properties. The Company may also make or acquire first mortgages or second mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments and investments in common stock of private real estate companies and publicly traded real estate investment trusts, in each case provided that the underlying real estate meets the Company’s criteria for direct investment. The Company may also invest in any real properties or other real estate-related assets that, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, meets the Company’s investment objectives. As of December 31, 2009, the Company, through wholly owned subsidiaries, had acquired one multi-tenant retail property encompassing approximately 78,743 rentable square feet (see Note 3, Real Estate).
On August 13, 2009, the Company’s board of directors approved a monthly cash distribution of $0.05625 per common share, which represents an annualized distribution of $0.675 per share. The commencement of the distribution was subject to the Company having achieved minimum offering proceeds of $2,000,000, the sale of a sufficient number of shares in the Company’s public offering to finance an asset acquisition and the Company’s identification and completion of an asset acquisition. On November 12, 2009, the Company achieved the minimum offering amount $2,000,000, andAnnual Report on November 19, 2009 the Company completed its first asset acquisition. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had paid an aggregate of $7,000 in distributions to the Company’s stockholders.
The Company’s advisor is TNP Strategic Retail Advisor, LLC (“Advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company. Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, Advisor is responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on aday-to-day basis and for identifying and making acquisitions and investments on behalf of the Company.
The Company is the sole general partner of its operating partnership, TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “OP”), and as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company owned 99.8% and 95.7%, respectively, of the limited partnership interest in the OP. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, Advisor owned a 0.2% and 4.3%, respectively, limited partnership interest in


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
the OP and TNP Strategic Retail OP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TNP OP”), is a special limited partner in the OP.
Substantially all of the Company’s business will be conducted through the OP. The initial limited partners of the OP are Advisor and TNP OP. Advisor has invested $1,000 in the OP in exchange for common units and TNP OP has invested $1,000 in the OP and has been issued a separate class of limited partnership units (the “Special Units”). As the Company accepts subscriptions for shares, it will transfer substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering to the OP as a capital contribution. The partnership agreement provides that the OP will be operated in a manner that will enable the Company to (1) satisfy the requirements for being classified as a REIT for tax purposes, (2) avoid any federal income or excise tax liability, and (3) ensure that the OP will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code, which classification could result in the OP being taxed as a corporation, rather than as a partnership. In addition to the administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the OP in acquiring and operating real properties, the OP will pay all of the Company’s administrative costs and expenses, and such expenses will be treated as expenses of the OP.
Correction of an Immaterial Error
For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company included in other liabilities and other expense the fair value of a derivative related to an exit fee of $130,000 payable under the Convertible Note (as defined in Note 7) issued to MRP (as defined in Note 7). However, the executed Convertible Note did not include an exit fee. The error resulted in the overstatement of other liabilities by $130,000 and overstatement of other expense by $130,000 as of andForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company assessed2012 (the “Original Form 10-K”). In accordance with Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, the materialityOriginal Form 10-K incorporated by reference, from the Company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to the Company’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders, the information required by Part III of Form 10-K. This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) is being filed solely to amend the Original Form 10-K to set forth the information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of Form 10-K, as required by Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, due to the fact that the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders will not be filed within 120 days after the end of the error in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, Materiality, and determined that the error was immaterial to previously reported amounts.
The following is a summary of the effects of the correction on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 and the statements of operations, equity and cash flows for the previously reportedfiscal year ended December 31, 2009:
         
  As
    
  previously
  As
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet reported  corrected 
 
Total liabilities $12,447,000  $12,317,000 
         
Total equity $3,158,000  $3,288,000 
         
         
Consolidated Statement of Operations
        
Other expense $(130,000) $ 
         
Net loss $(1,330,000) $(1,200,000)
         
Loss per share — basic and diluted $(19.17) $(17.14)
         
         
Consolidated Statement of Equity
        
Net loss $(1,330,000) $(1,200,000)
         
Accumulated Deficit $(1,361,000) $(1,231,000)
         
         
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
        
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss $(1,330,000) $(1,200,000)
Change in other liabilities $142,000  $12,000 


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The information included in this Amendment No. 1 has not been updated to reflect other events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K or to modify or update those disclosures in the Original Form 10-K affected by subsequent events. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K. In addition, pursuant to the rules of the SEC, this Amendment No. 1 contains currently-dated certifications from the Company’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

PART III

ITEM 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Directors

Our current directors and executive officers and their respective ages and positions are listed below:

 NameAgePosition
Anthony W. Thompson   66Chairman of the Board, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
K. Timothy O’Brien   66Co-Chief Executive Officer
Dee R. Balch   49Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer , Secretary and Director
John B. Maier II   51Independent Director
Phillip I. Levin   73Independent Director
Jeffrey S. Rogers   44Independent Director

Anthony W. Thompsonhas served as the chairman of our board of directors since September 2008, as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since November 2012 and as our President since February 2012. Mr. Thompson served as our Chief Executive Officer from September 2008 to November 2012. Mr. Thompson also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Thompson National Properties, LLC (our “sponsor” or “TNP LLC”), TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Consolidation
The Company’s consolidated financial statements include its accounts and the accounts of its subsidiaries, the OP, TNP Moreno Marketplace,Advisor, LLC, our “advisor,” and TNP Waianae Mall, LLC. All intercompany profits, balancesSecurities, LLC (“TNP Securities”) the dealer manager for our initial public offering. Prior to founding TNP LLC in 2008, Mr. Thompson founded Triple Net Properties, LLC (“Triple Net”), in 1998 and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Under accounting principles generally accepted inserved as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2006, when he was named Chairman of the United StatesBoard for NNN Realty Advisors, Inc.(“Realty Advisors”) the holding company for Triple Net. In December 2007, Realty Advisors merged with Grubb & Ellis Company and Mr. Thompson was named Chairman of the combined company, a position from which he resigned effective February 8, 2008. During his tenure, Mr. Thompson oversaw operations of two non-listed REITS sponsored by these companies, NNN Healthcare/Office REIT, Inc. (now Healthcare Trust of America, (“GAAP”Inc.), the Company’s consolidated financial statements will also include the accounts of its consolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures inNNN Apartment REIT, Inc. (now Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT, Inc.) which the Company is the primary beneficiary, or in which the Company has a controlling interest. In determining whether the Company has a controlling interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, the Company’s management considers factors such as an entity’s purpose and design and the Company’s ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impacts the entity’s economic performance, ownership interest, board representation, management representation, authority to make decisions, and contractual and substantive participating rights of the partners/members as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity in which it will absorb the majority of the entity’s expected losses, if they occur, or receive the majority of the expected residual returns, if they occur, or both.
Allocation of Real Property Purchase Price
The Company accounts for all acquisitions in accordance with GAAP. The Company first determines the value of the land and buildings utilizing an “as if vacant” methodology. The Company then assigns a fair value to any debt assumed at acquisition. The balance of the purchase price is allocated to tenant improvements and identifiable intangible assets or liabilities. Tenant improvements represent the tangible assets associated with the existing leases valued on a fair value basis at the acquisition date prorated over the remaining lease terms. The tenant improvements are classified as an asset under real estate investments and are depreciated over the remaining lease terms. Identifiable intangible assets and liabilities relate to the value of in-place operating leases which come in three forms: (1) leasing commissions and legal costs, which represent the value associated with “cost avoidance” of acquiring in-place leases, such as lease commissions paid under terms generally experienced in the Company’s markets; (2) value of in-place leases, which represents the estimated loss of revenue and of costs incurred for the period required to lease the “assumed vacant” property to the occupancy level when purchased; and (3) above or below market value of in-place leases, which represents the difference between the contractual rents and market rents at the time of his departure had acquired in excess of $600 million in commercial real estate properties. Mr. Thompson’s responsibilities included participating in (1) the acquisition, discounted for tenant credit risks. The valueoversight of in-place leases are recorded in acquired lease intangiblesday-to-day operations of the non-listed REITs, (2) the selection of real property and amortized overreal estate related securities acquisitions and dispositions, (3) the remaining lease term. Above or below market leases are classified in acquired lease intangibles, net or in other liabilities, depending on whetherstructuring and negotiating of the contractual terms are above or below market. Above market leases are amortized as a decrease to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancelable terms of asset acquisitions and dispositions, (4) the respective leasesselection of joint venture partners and below market leases are amortizedmonitoring these relationships, and (5) the oversight of the property managers, including the review and analysis of the operating budgets and leasing plans. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Sterling College Board of Trustees and various other community and charitable organizations. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas. Mr. Thompson is a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) Series 1 and 24 registered representative of TNP Securities.

Our board of directors, excluding Mr. Thompson, has determined that Mr. Thompson is qualified to serve as an increaseone of our directors due to rental revenue overhis extensive experience overseeing similar non-listed REITs, including the remaining initial lease termselection, negotiation, and any fixed rate renewal periods, if applicable.

When the Company acquiresmanagement of investments in real estate properties, the Company will allocate the purchase price to the components of these acquisitions using relative fair values computed using its estimates and assumptions. Acquisition costs will be expensed as incurred. These estimates and assumptions impact the amount of costs allocated between various componentsreal estate related properties, as well as his status as a FINRA Series 1 and 24 registered representative.

K. Timothy O’Brien has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since November 2012. Mr. O’Brien has served as the amountExecutive Vice President, Real Estate of costs assigned to individualTNP LLC, our sponsor, since June 2011. His roles at TNP LLC have included positioning and managing the sale of investment parcels in the Company’s portfolio, acquiring and selling single tenant properties under its Delaware Statutory Trust program and related corporate real estate functions. Mr. O’Brien was a founding shareholder of TNP LLC and has served on its Advisory Committee since 2008. Mr. O’Brien was a founding shareholder of Triple Net Properties, Inc. (“NNN”) in multiple property acquisitions. These allocations also impact depreciation expense1998 and gains or losses recordedserved on future salesits Advisory Committee. Mr. O’Brien served on the board of properties.

Noncontrolling Interest
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued a standard that establishes accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amountdirectors of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest,


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changes in a parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. The standard, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, also establishes disclosure requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interestsone of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. In accordance with the guidance, the presentation provisions were presented retrospectively on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, which resulted in a reclassification of $2,000 in noncontrolling interests to permanent equity as of December 31, 2008. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations or cash flows.
Real Property
Costs related to the development, redevelopment, construction and improvement of properties are capitalized. Interest incurred on development, redevelopment and construction projects is capitalized until construction is substantially complete.
Maintenance and repair expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Costs for major replacements and betterments, which include heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, roofs, and parking lots, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Gains and losses are recognized upon disposal or retirement of the related assets and are reflected in earnings.
Property is recorded at cost and is depreciated using a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Years
Buildings and improvements5-45 years
Exterior improvements10-20 years
Equipment and fixtures5-10 years
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes rental income on a straight-line basis over the term of each lease. Rental income recognition commences when the tenant takes possession or controls the physical use of the leased space. The difference between rental income earned on a straight-line basis and the cash rent due under the provisions of the lease agreements will be recorded as deferred rent receivable and will be included as a component of accounts receivable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company anticipates collecting these amounts over the terms of the leases as scheduled rent payments are made. Reimbursements from tenants for recoverableNNN real estate taxes and operating expenses are accrued as revenue in the period the applicable expenditures are incurred. Lease payments that depend on a factor that doesinvestment trust programs, A REIT, until NNN elected not exist or is not measurable at the inception of the lease, such as future sales volume, would be contingent rentals in their entirety and, accordingly, would be excluded from minimum lease payments and included in the determination of income as they are earned.
Valuation of Accounts Receivable
The Company has taken into consideration certain factors that require judgments to be made as to the collectability of receivables. Collectability factors taken into consideration are the amounts outstanding, payment history and financial strength of the tenant, which taken as a whole determines the valuation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Organization and Offering Costs
Organization and offering costs of the Company (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) are initially being paid by the Advisor andconsummate its affiliates on the Company’s behalf. Such costs shall include legal, accounting, printing and other offering expenses, including marketing, salaries and direct expenses of Advisor’s employees and employees of Advisor’s affiliates and others. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, the Company is obligated to reimburse Advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs associated with the Company’s initial public offering, provided that Advisor is obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, incurred by the Company exceed 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering. Any such reimbursement will not exceed actual expenses incurred by Advisor.registration. Prior to raisingNNN, Mr. O’Brien was the minimum offering amountCo-founder and Executive Vice President of $2,000,000 on November 12, 2009,Econo Lube N’ Tune, Inc., from 1977 to 2006, a national specialty automotive service franchise company with over three hundred franchised and company centers. He ran the Company had no obligation to reimburse Advisor orreal estate development, finance and franchising arm of Econo Lube N’ Tune, Inc., financed its affiliates for any organization and offering costs.
All offering costs, including sales commissions and dealer manager fees are recorded as an offset to additionalpaid-in-capital, and all organization costs are recorded as an expense when the Company has an obligation to reimburse the Advisor.
As of December 31, 2009, organization and offering costs incurred by the Advisor on the Company’s behalf were $1,579,000. Such costs are payable by the Company to the extent that organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, do not exceed 3% of the gross proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s organization and other offering costs did exceed 3% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering, thus the amount in excess of 3% is deferred.
Income Taxes
The Company intends to elect to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856new store development through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code, commencing in the taxable year ended December 31, 2009. The Company believes that it qualifies for taxation as a REIT, thus the Company generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax to the extent it distributes its REIT taxable income to its stockholders, so long as it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America). REITs are subject to a number of other organizationalcredit facilities including two public real estate investment trusts. Prior to Econo Lube N’ Tune, Inc., Mr. O’Brien held several real estate development industry positions, notably Director of Operations at the 95,000 acre Rancho California master-planned community in Riverside, California from 1970 to 1972. Mr. O’Brien has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Sterling College since 2000 and operations requirements. Even ifcurrently serves as its co-chair. Mr. O’Brien holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Company qualifies for taxationUniversity of California, Los Angeles and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dee R. Balch has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since August 2012 and as a REIT, it may be subjectmember of our board of directors since July 2012. Ms. Balch is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 20 years of accounting, reporting and real estate experience. Prior to certain statejoiningTNP LLC in April 2012, Ms. Balch served from January 2010 to February 2012 as Senior Vice President, Finance and local taxes on its incomeAccounting for Buchanan Street Partners, a real estate investment management company. Ms. Balch’s career also includes 14 years with Ernst and property,Young LLP, a major international public accounting firm, from 1996 to 2010 with her last position there as Executive Director overseeing the assurance practice. Ms. Balch’s past experience also includes serving as the internal auditor for Florida Power & Light Company, a large publicly-traded Florida utility company, as a senior auditor for KPMG Peat Marwick, and federal incomeas a financial analyst for Citicorp Savings based in Miami, Florida. Ms. Balch earned a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis and excise taxes on its undistributed income.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents represents current bank accounts and other bank deposits freea Master of encumbrances and having maturity datesBusiness of three months or lessAdministration from the respective datesUniversity of deposit. AsMiami. Additionally, Ms. Balch holds a Bachelor of December 31, 2009, the Company had $513,000Science in excess of federally insured limitsAccounting from Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Balch is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license in California and Florida, and is a money market account. The Company limits cash investments to financial institutions with high credit standing; therefore, the Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk in cash.
Provisions for Impairment
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estimated future operating cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) plus estimated disposition proceeds (undiscounted) are less than the current book valuemember of the property. Key inputsAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of CPAs.

Our board of directors, excluding Ms. Balch, has determined that we estimateMs. Balch is qualified to serve as one of our directors due to her experience serving as a Chief Financial Officer and her over20 years of real estate, accounting and SEC reporting experience.

John B. Maier II, has served as one of our independent directors since October 2012. Mr. Maier is Head of Investment Banking at Headwaters|MB LLC. He joined Headwaters when Headwaters acquired Legacy Ptrs. & Co, LLC, an investment bank focused on the middle market. Prior to re-forming Legacy in this analysis include projected rental rates, capital expenditures2010, Mr. Maier was Co-Head of Mergers and property sales capitalization rates. Additionally,Acquisitions and Financial Sponsors at FBR Capital Markets, where he was part of the successful 144A offering of Triple Net. He joined FBR in 2007 when FBR acquired Legacy Partners Group, LLC founded by Mr. Maier in 2003. Prior to launching Legacy, Mr. Maier was Global Co-Head of Middle Market M&A at Credit Suisse First Boston. He joined Credit Suisse when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”) where Mr. Maier was a property classifiedpartner. At DLJ he helped build and then led the firm’s Exclusive Sales Group, which became one of the most successful middle market sell-side advisory practices on Wall Street. Prior to joining DLJ, Mr. Maier was with Wasserstein Perella & Co. in their Los Angeles office, where he launched that firm’s Global Logistics and Outsourcing Practice. He subsequently helped start Wasserstein’s San Francisco banking effort and its West Coast Technology Practice. Mr. Maier graduated from Wake Forest University. He received his MBA with the distinction University Fellow from Georgetown University.

Our board of directors, excluding Mr. Maier, has determined that Mr. Maier is qualified to serve as held for sale is carried at the lowerone of carrying cost or estimated fair value, less estimated costour directors due to sell.

No provisions for impairment were recorded by thehis experience as an officer of various investment banking firms.

Phillip I. Levinhas served as one of our independent directors since April 2011. Mr. Levin has served since 1991 as President of Levin Development Company, a real estate development and consulting firm. Prior to founding Levin Development Company in 2009 or 2008.

1991, Mr. Levin served for approximately 16 years with Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he became the Managing Partner of the firm’s consulting practice in Michigan. From 1970 to 1974, Mr. Levin served as Manager of the Consulting Services Division of Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young) in Toledo, Ohio.Prior to joining Arthur Young & Company, Mr. Levin served as a Financial Analyst for Ford Motor Company for approximately 8 yearsRecent. Mr. Levin holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009,from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASC810-10,University of Pittsburgh. Consolidation, which will become effective for us on January 1, 2010. This Statement requires

Our board of directors, excluding Mr. Levin, has determined that Mr. Levin is qualified to serve as one of our directors due to his experience as an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. We do not expect such standard will have a significant impact on our financial statements as it relates to existing entities we have an ownership interest in.

In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)No. 2009-05, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. ASUNo. 2009-05, which became effective for us in 2009, provides clarification to measuring the fair valueofficer of a liability.real estate development and consulting firm and his professional experience as a certified public accountant. In circumstancesaddition, our board of directors believes that Mr. Levin is qualified to serve as the financial expert and chairperson of the Audit Committee due to his extensive experience as a certified public accountant.

Jeffrey S. Rogershas served as one of our independent directors since March 2009. Mr. Rogers is currently the head of Zazma, Inc., an online payment services company. Prior to joining Zazma, Mr. Rogers served as President, and Chief Operating Officer from February 2005 until September 2012 and as Chief Operating Officer between February 2004 and February 2005 of Integra Realty Resources, Inc., a commercial real estate valuation and counseling firm, where he oversaw corporate operations, technology and software initiatives, and all aspects of financial reporting and audit procedures. Prior to joining Integra Realty Resources, Inc. in February 2004, Mr. Rogers worked from November 2002 to February 2004 as a consultant for Regeneration, LLC, a management consulting firm. Between September 1999 and November 2002, Mr. Rogers held various positions at ReturnBuy, Inc., a technology and software solutions company, including President of ReturnBuy Ventures, a division of ReturnBuy, Inc., between August 2001 and November 2002, Chief Financial Officer between September 1999 and August 2001 and member of the Board of Directors between September 1999 and August 2001. In January 2003, ReturnBuy, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a restructuring transaction in which it was acquired by Jabil Circuit, Inc. Mr. Rogers currently serves on the board of directors of Presidential Realty Corp., a quoted market pricepublic REIT. Mr. Rogers has also served on the Finance Committee of the Young Presidents Organization since March 2009 and as Audit Committee Chairman from July 2010 to July 2012. Mr. Rogers earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Darden School, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Juris Doctorate degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Washington and Lee University.

Our board of directors, excluding Mr. Rogers, has determined that Mr. Rogers is qualified to serve as one of our directors due to his previous leadership position with a commercial real estate valuation and counseling firm and his professional experience as an active market for the identical liabilityattorney. In addition, our board of directors believes that Mr. Rogers is not available, a reporting entity is requiredqualified to measure fair value by using either (1) a valuation technique that uses quoted prices for identical or similar liabilities or (2) another valuation technique, suchserve as a present value technique ormember of the Audit Committee due to his extensive experience with financial reporting as a technique that is based onformer Chief Financial Officer.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the amount paid or received by the reporting entity to transfer an identical liability. ASUNo. 2009-05 only applies toSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) requires our disclosures in note 5 related to the estimated fair valuedirectors and executive officers, and any persons beneficially owning more than 10% of our notes payable and did not have a significant impact on our footnote disclosures.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. Effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, this ASU requires new disclosures and clarifies existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement. ASUNo. 2010-06 only applies to our disclosures in note 5 related to the estimated fair values of our notes payable and is not expected to have a significant impact on our footnote disclosures.
3.  Investments in Real Estate
2009 Property Acquisition
As of December 31, 2009, the Company had acquired, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, one property, which was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Moreno Property
On November 19, 2009, the Company acquired a fee simple interest in the Moreno Marketplace, a multi-tenant retail center located in Moreno Valley, California (the “Moreno Property”), through TNP SRT Moreno Marketplace, LLC (“TNP SRT Moreno”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the OP. TNP SRT Moreno acquired the Moreno Property from an unaffiliated third party for an aggregate purchase price of $12,500,000, exclusive of closing costs.
The Moreno Property is an approximately 94,574 square foot multi-tenant retail center located in Moreno Valley, California that was constructed in 2008 and is comprised of six buildings and two vacant pad sites. The Moreno Property is comprised of approximately 78,743 square feet of building improvements and approximately 15,831 square feet of finished but unimproved pad sites. As of December 31, 2009, the Moreno Property is approximately 70.1% leased excluding the 15,831 square feet of unimproved pad sites. The Moreno Property is anchored by Stater Bros. Stater Bros. occupies 55.9% of the rentable square footage of the Moreno Property and


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
pays an annual rent of $730,000 pursuant to a lease that expires in November 2028. Stater Bros. has the option to renew the term of its lease for up to six successive five-year renewal terms after the expiration of the initial term. No other tenants occupy 10% or more of the rentable square feet at the Moreno Property.
The purchase price of the Moreno Property was allocated as follows:
     
Land $3,080,000 
Building & improvements  6,124,000 
Tenant improvements  656,000 
     
  $9,860,000 
     
Acquired lease intangibles $2,640,000 
     
  $12,500,000 
     
Minimum Future Rents
Minimum future rents to be received on noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2009 for each of the next five years ending December 31 and thereafter is as follows:
     
2010 $1,062,000 
2011  1,064,000 
2012  1,067,000 
2013  1,073,000 
2014  1,055,000 
Thereafter  14,077,000 
     
  $19,398,000 
     
Potential Property Acquisition
On December 14, 2009, the Company assumed the rights to a purchase and sale agreement for the acquisition of Waianae Mall, an approximately 170,275 square foot multi-tenant retail center consisting of 11 buildings located in Honolulu, Hawaii (the “Waianae property”). An affiliate of the Sponsor entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the Waianae property for an aggregate purchase price of $25,688,000, including the assumption of debt on the property. In connection with this potential acquisition, the Company formed TNP SRT Waianae Mall, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the OP, to complete the acquisition and has paid a $250,000 refundable deposit which is included in prepaid expenses and other assets. The $250,000 deposit along with $72,000 in acquisition related expenses were paid to the affiliate of the Sponsor upon assumption of the rights to the purchase and sale agreement. The Company intends to purchase the Waianae property using debt financing and funds raised through its public offering of common stock. The Company anticipates paying an acquisition fee of 2.5%, or $642,000, of the purchase price to its Advisor. The Company expects to close the acquisition in the second quarter of 2010, however, there is no assurance that the closing will occur within this timeframe, or at all. This potential acquisition is subject to substantial conditions to closing including: (1) the sale of a sufficient number of shares of the Company’s common stock in its public offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for the Waianae property; (2) the approval of the loan servicer for the existing indebtedness on the Waianae property to be assumed by the Company and the receipt of other applicable third-party consents; and (3) the absence of a material adverse change to the Waianae property prior to the date of the acquisition.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
4.  Acquired Lease Intangibles, Net
Acquired lease intangibles, net consisted of the following at December 31, 2009:
     
Lease commissions $1,169,000 
Above market leases  247,000 
Leases in place  1,167,000 
Marketing costs  57,000 
     
  $2,640,000 
Accumulated amortization  (23,000)
     
Acquired lease intangibles, net $2,617,000 
     
The acquired lease intangibles have a weighted average remaining life of 214 months as of December 31, 2009.
Estimated amortization expense on acquired lease intangibles as of December 31, 2009 for each of the next five years ending December 31 and thereafter is as follows:
     
2010 $181,000 
2011  181,000 
2012  181,000 
2013  181,000 
2014  164,000 
Thereafter  1,729,000 
     
  $2,617,000 
     
5.  Deferred Costs, Net
Deferred costs, net consisted of the following at December 31, 2009:
     
Financing fees $293,000 
Accumulated amortization  (39,000)
     
   254,000 
     
Organization and offering  1,425,000 
     
Deferred costs, net $1,679,000 
     
Deferred financing fees have a weighted average remaining life of 14 months as of December 31, 2009.
Estimated amortization to interest expense of the deferred financing fees as of December 31, 2009 for each of the next five years ending December 31 and thereafter is as follows:
     
2010 $214,000 
2011  40,000 
2012   
2013   
2014   
Thereafter   
     
  $254,000 
     


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
6.  Equity
Common Stock
Under the Company’s charter, the Company has the authority to issue 400,000,000 shares of common stock. All shares of such stock have a par value of $0.01 per share. On October 16, 2008, the Company sold 22,222outstanding shares of common stock, to file with the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase priceSEC reports with respect to their initial ownership of $200,000.our common stock and reports of changes in their ownership of our common stock. As a matter of December 31, 2009, the Company had accepted investors’ subscriptions for,practice, our administrative staff and issued, including shares through the distribution reinvestment plan (DRIP), 509,752 sharesoutside counsel assists our directors and executive officers in preparing these reports, and typically file those reports on behalf of our directors and executive officers. Based solely on a review of the Company’s common stock incopies of such forms filed with the Company’s ongoing public offering.
SEC during fiscal year 2012 and on written representations from our directors and executive officers, we believe that during fiscal year 2012 all of our directors and executive officers filed the required reports on a timely basis under Section 16(a), except as follows:

The Company’sdue to an administrative oversight, a Form 3 was not timely filed connection with the appointment of Mr. Maier to our board of directors is authorizedon October 2, 2012; and

due to amend its charter, withoutan administrative oversight, a Form 4 was not timely filed in connection with the approvalgrant of the stockholders, to increase the aggregate number of authorized5,000 shares of capitalrestricted common stock to Mr. Maier pursuant to our incentive award plan in connection with Mr. Maier’s appointment to our board of directors on October 2, 2012.

In 2012, no person held more than 10% of our outstanding shares of common stock.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the numberCode of sharesEthics, which contains general guidelines for conducting our business and is designed to help directors, employees and independent consultants resolve ethical issues in an increasingly complex business environment. The Code of any class or series that the Company has authorityEthics applies to issue.

Preferred Stock
The Company’s charter authorizes it to issue 50,000,000 sharesall of $0.01 par value preferred stock. Asour officers, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller and persons performing similar functions and all members of December 31, 2009 and 2008, no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
Share Redemption Plan
The share redemption plan allows for share repurchases by the Company when certain criteria are met by requesting stockholders. Share repurchases will be made at the sole discretion of the Company’sour board of directors. The Company presently intendsCode of Ethics covers topics including, but not limited to, limitconflicts of interest, record keeping and reporting, payments to foreign and U.S. government personnel and compliance with laws, rules and regulations. We will provide to any person without charge a copy of our Code of Ethics, including any amendments or waivers thereto, upon written request delivered to our principal executive office at the numberaddress listed on the cover page of sharesthis amendment to be redeemed during any calendar year to no more than (1) 5.0% of the weighted average of the number of shares of its common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year and (2) those that could be funded from the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan in the prior calendar year plus such additional funds as may be borrowed or reserved for that purpose by the Company’s board of directors. In addition, the Company’sour annual report.

Audit Committee

Our board of directors reserveshas a separately designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the rightExchange Act. The Audit Committee meets on a regular basis, at least quarterly and more frequently as necessary. The Audit Committee’s primary function is to reject any redemption request for any reason or no reasonassist our board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing the financial information to be provided to the stockholders and others, the system of internal controls which management has established and the audit and financial reporting process. The current members of the Audit Committee are Phillip I. Levin, Jeffrey S. Rogers and John B. Maier II, each of whom is an independent director. Mr. Levin is the designated Audit Committee financial expert and the chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, which was adopted by our board of directors on April 14, 2009.

Special Committee

Our board of directors has established a Special Committee comprised of our three independent directors. The Special Committee has the maximum power delegable to a committee of our board of directors under Maryland law and has the authority to (1) engage its own financial and legal advisors, (2) execute, deliver and file or to amendcause to be executed, delivered and filed all agreements, documents and instruments in our name and on our behalf as the special committee may deem necessary, convenient or terminateappropriate, (3) expend money on our behalf, and (4) to the share redemption programmaximum extent permitted by applicable law, keep private from our board of directors and our officers the minutes of its meetings and other matters.

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ITEM 11.Executive Compensation

Executive Officer Compensation

Historically, none of our executive officers have been employed by us or received any compensation from us in exchange for their service as our executive officers. However, effective August 29, 2012, Peter K. Kompaniez resigned from his position as a member of our board of directors and was appointed as our Co-Chief Executive Officer in a consulting capacity. Mr. Kompaniez received compensation from us for performing his duties as an executive officer until he resigned his position effective October 9, 2012.

In addition, effective November 3, 2012, we entered into an employment arrangement with Dee R. Balch as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Prior to this time, beginning on August 15, 2012, Ms. Balch was employed by our advisor and was not compensated by us for serving as our Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Balch receives an annual base salary of $190,000. As discussed below, Ms. Balch is also eligible to receive a retention bonus and an individual performance bonus based upon her service through April 30, 2013. Ms. Balch’s employment is at will and she is not entitled to any time.

Forseverance or other special payments or benefits in the event of her termination or a change in control of our company.

We did not employ or pay compensation to any other of our executive officers in 2012.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation paid to our Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer for the year ended December 31, 20092012. We had no employees and for the period from September 18, 2008 (datepaid no compensation to any of inception) to December 31, 2008, the Company’s did not repurchaseour executive officers during any shares of its common stock pursuant to the share redemption program.

prior year.

Name and Principal Position Year  Salary  Bonus  Stock Awards  Option Awards  Non-equity incentive plan compensation  All other compensation  Total 
Dee R. Balch – Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (1)  2012  $21,924  $(2) $  $  $  $  $21,924 
Peter K. Kompaniez – Former Co-Chief Executive Officer (3)  2012                  11,794   11,794 

 
(1)The table above reflects the compensation that Ms. Balch received from us in exchange for her service as our Chief Financial Officer subsequent to November 2, 2012. As indicated above, prior to that date, Ms. Balch was employed by our advisor and was not compensated by us.
(2)Pursuant to her employment arrangement, Ms. Balch is eligible to receive (1) a retention bonus equal to 20% of her base annual salary (i.e., $38,000) provided that she remains employed by us as of April 30, 2013, and (2) a performance bonus equal to up to 30% of her base annual salary (i.e., $57,000) based upon her individual performance through April 30, 2013, as assessed by our audit committee. As of the date hereof, the retention bonus has not yet been paid and the amount of the performance bonus has not been determined. Ms. Balch did not receive a bonus during 2012.
(3)Peter K. Kompaniez was appointed our Co-Chief Executive Officer, in a consulting capacity, effective August 29, 2012, and resigned from his position effective October 9, 2012. The table above reflects the consulting fees paid to Mr. Kompaniez for the period he served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer. As indicated below, Mr. Kompaniez also received compensation as a member of our board of directors prior to his appointment as our Co-Chief Executive Officer.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan
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Director Compensation

If a director is also one of our executive officers or an affiliate of our advisor, we do not pay any compensation to that person for services rendered to us as a director. The Company adopted a distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”), which that allows stockholdersamount and form of compensation payable to purchase additional shares of common stock through the reinvestment of distributions, subjectour independent directors for their service to certain conditions. The Company registered and reserved 10,526,316 shares of its common stock for sale pursuant to the DRIP in its public offering. As of December 31, 2009 $7,000 in distributions were reinvested and 715 shares of common stock were issued under the DRIP.

Distributions
On August 13, 2009,us is determined by our board of directors, approved a monthly cash distribution of $0.05625 per common share, which represents an annualized distribution of $0.675 per share. based upon recommendations from our advisor.

The commencement offollowing table sets forth the distribution was subjectcompensation paid to our having achieved minimum offering proceeds of $2,000,000, the sale of a sufficient number of sharesdirectors in our public offering to finance an asset acquisition and our identification and completion of an asset acquisition. On November 12, 2009, we achieved the minimum offering amount $2,000,000, and on November 19, 2009 we completed our first asset acquisition, thus satisfying all of the conditions for the commencement of the monthly distribution. On November 30, 2009, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate amount of $7,000 of which $6,000 was paid in cash on December 15, 2009 and $1,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on November 30, 2009.


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2012:


Name  Fees Earned  or
Paid in Cash(1)
   Stock
Grants(2)
   All Other
Compensation
   Total 
Anthony W. Thompson $  $  $  $ 
Jack R. Maurer (3)            
James R. Wolford (4)            
Dee R. Balch (5)            
John B. Maier II (6)  27,500   45,000      72,500 
Phillip I. Levin  118,000   22,500      140,500 
Jeffrey S. Rogers  119,000   22,500      141,500 
Peter K. Kompaniez (7)  70,000   22,500      92,500 

TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
On December 31, 2009, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $24,000, of which $18,000 was paid in cash on January 15, 2010 and $6,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on December 31, 2009. On January 31, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $32,000, of which $25,000 was paid in cash on February 12, 2010 and $7,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on January 31, 2010. On February 28, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $40,000, of which $29,000 was paid in cash on March 15, 2010 and $11,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on February 28, 2010.
7.  (1)DebtThe amounts shown in this column include payments for attendance at board of director and committee meetings and annual retainers, as described below under “Cash Compensation.” Our directors may elect to receive their annual retainer in cash or in an equivalent value of shares of stock.
During
(2)Reflects grants of shares of restricted common stock pursuant to our incentive award plan. The amounts shown in this column reflect the aggregate fair value computed as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718. On July 18, 2012, 2,500 shares of restricted stock with a per share fair value of $9.00 and an aggregate grant date fair value of $22,500 were granted to each of Mr. Levin, Mr. Rogers and Mr. Kompaniez. On October 2, 2012, 5,000 shares of restricted stock with a per share fair value of $9.00 and an aggregate grant date fair value of $45,000 were granted to Mr. Maier.
(3)Jack R. Maurer resigned from our board of directors effective as of February 3, 2012.
(4)James R. Wolford resigned from our board of directors effective July 27, 2012.
(5)Dee R. Balch was appointed to our board of directors effective July 27, 2012. Ms. Balch is also our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, and is not entitled to receive compensation as a director. The compensation received by Ms. Balch as our Chief Financial Officer is set forth above under “Executive Officer Compensation.”
(6)John B. Maier II was appointed to our board of directors effective as of October 2, 2012.
(7)Peter K. Kompaniez resigned from our board of directors and was appointed as our Co-Chief Executive Officer effective August 29, 2012. The table above reflects only the compensation that Mr. Kompaniez received in exchange for his service as a member of our board of directors. The consulting fees paid to Mr. Kompaniez for the period he served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer are set forth above under “Executive Officer Compensation.”

Cash Compensation

We pay our independent directors an annual fee of $30,000, plus $2,500 per in-person board meeting attended, $2,000 per in-person committee meeting attended (excluding in-person meetings of the year ended December 31, 2009,Special Committee, as discussed below), and $1,000 for each telephonic board meeting attended. The Audit Committee and the Company incurred $119,000Special Committee Chairperson receive an additional $10,000 annual retainer. Each member of interest expense,the Special Committee also receives (1) $1,000 per telephonic meeting of less than one hour in which $57,000 was payable at December 31, 2009.

they participate (2) $1,500 per telephonic meeting of an hour or more in duration in which they participate, and (3) $2,500 per in-person meeting which they attend. The following isSpecial Committee will receive the foregoing fees in addition to any fees to which they may be entitled associated with meetings of the full board of directors. If directors attend more than one meeting on any day, we will pay such person a schedulemaximum of maturities$2,500 for all notes payable as of December 31, 2009board and committee meetings attended on such day.

We reimburse our independent directors for each of the next five years ending December 31 and thereafter:

     
2010 $120,000 
2011  9,120,000 
2012   
2013   
2014   
Thereafter  1,250,000 
     
  $10,490,000 
     
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company entered into the following financings:
KeyBank Revolving Credit Facility
On November 12, 2009, the OP entered into a revolving credit agreement, or the credit agreement, with KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank, as administrative agent for itself and the other lenders named in the credit agreement, or the lenders, to establish a revolving credit facility with a maximum aggregate borrowing capacity of up to $15,000,000. The proceeds of the revolving credit facility may be used by the OP for investments in properties and real estate-related assets, improvement of properties, costs involved in the ordinary course of the OP business and for other general working capital purposes; provided, however, that prior to any funds being advanced to the OP under the revolving credit facility, KeyBank shall have the authority to review and approve, in its sole discretion, the investments which the OP proposes to make with such funds, and the OP shall be required to satisfy certain enumerated conditions set forth in the credit agreement, including, but not limited to, limitations on outstanding indebtedness with respect to a proposed property acquisition, a ratio of net operating income to debt service on the prospective property of at least 1.35 to 1.00 and a requirement that the prospective property be 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by the OP.
The credit agreement contains customary covenants including, without limitation, limitations on distributions, the incurrence of debt and the granting of liens. Additionally, the credit agreement contains certain covenants relating to the amount of offering proceeds the Company receives in its continuous offering of common stock. The OP received a waiver from KeyBank relating to the covenant in the credit agreement requiring the Company to raise at least $2,000,000 in shares of common stock in its public offering during each of January, February and March 2010. In addition, the OP received a waiver relating to the covenant requiring the Company to maintain a 1.3 to 1 debt service coverage ratio for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The credit agreement is guaranteed by the Sponsor and an affiliate of the Sponsor. As part of the


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guarantee agreement, the Sponsor and its affiliate must maintain minimum net worth and liquidity requirements on a combined or individual basis.
The OP may, upon prior written notice to KeyBank, prepay the principal of the borrowings then outstanding under the revolving credit facility, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
The entire unpaid principal balance of all borrowings under the revolving credit facility and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon will be due and payable in full on November 12, 2010. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility will bear interest at a variable per annum rate equal to the sum of (a) 425 basis points plus (b) the greater of (1) 300 basis points or(2) 30-day LIBOR as reported by Reuters on the day that is two business days prior to the date of such determination, and accrued and unpaid interest on any past due amounts will bear interest at a variable LIBOR-based rate that in no event shall exceed the highest interest rate permitted by applicable law. The OP paid KeyBank a one time $150,000 commitment feereasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with entering into the credit agreement and will pay KeyBank an unused commitment fee of 0.50% per annum.
As of December 31, 2009, $15,000,000 was available under the KeyBank credit facility subject to KeyBank’s review and approval described above. The OP borrowed $626,000 under the revolving credit facility on November 12, 2009 in connection with the acquisition of the Moreno property. As of December 31, 2009, the OP had repaid such borrowings.
Moreno Property Loan
In connection with the acquisition of the Moreno Property, on November 19, 2009, TNP SRT Moreno borrowed $9,250,000 from KeyBank pursuant to a promissory note (the “Moreno Property Note”), secured by the Moreno property. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is due and payable in full on November 19, 2011, provided that TNP SRT Moreno has the option, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to extend the maturity date for up to two successive periods of twelve months each (each an “Extension Period”). A principal payment of $10,000 plus interest, at the applicable interest rate, on the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note will be due and payable monthly. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Moreno Property Note will accrue at a rate of 5.5% per annum through the initial maturity date. During the first Extension Period, if any, interest on the outstanding principal balance will accrue at a rate of 7.0% per annum. During the second Extension Period, if any, interest on the outstanding principal balance will accrue at a rate equal to the greater of (i) 7.50% per annum and (ii) a variable per annum rate based upon LIBOR as reported by Reuters. The Moreno Property Note is secured by a first deed of trust on the Moreno Property and an assignment of all leases and rents of and from the Moreno Property in favor of KeyBank.
Convertible Note
In connection with the acquisition of the Moreno Property, on November 19, 2009, TNP SRT Moreno borrowed $1,250,000 from Moreno Retail Partners, LLC (“MRP”) pursuant to a subordinated convertible promissory note (the “Convertible Note”). The entire outstanding principal balance of the Convertible Note, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, is due and payable in full on November 18, 2015. Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Convertible Note will accrue at a rate of 8% per annum, payable monthly in arrears. At any time after January 2, 2010 but before April 2, 2010, MRP may elect to convert the unpaid principal balance due on the Convertible Note (the “Conversion Amount”) into a capital contribution by MRP to TNP SRT Moreno to be credited to a capital account with TNP SRT Moreno. At any time after February 2, 2010 but before April 2, 2010, TNP SRT Moreno may elect to convert the Conversion Amount into a capital contribution by MRP to TNP SRT Moreno to be credited to a capital account with TNP SRT Moreno. If the note is not converted, TNP SRT Moreno will pay our Advisor an additional acquisition fee of $110,000.


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attending board meetings.


Equity Plan Compensation

TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
As of December 31, 2009, all of our outstanding indebtedness accrued interest at a fixed rate and therefore an increase or decrease in interest rates would

We have no effect on our interest expense. The carrying value of our debt approximates fair value as of December 31, 2009, as all of our debt has a fixed interest rate and the rate approximates market interest rates.

8.  Related Party Arrangements
Advisor and certain affiliates of Advisor receive fees and compensation in connection with the Company’s public offering, and the acquisition, management and sale of the Company’s real estate investments.
TNP Securities, LLC (“Dealer Manager”), the dealer manager of the offering and a related party, will receive a commission of up to 7.0% of gross offering proceeds. Dealer Manager may reallow all or a portion of such sales commissions earned to participating broker-dealers. In addition, the Company will pay Dealer Manager a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of gross offering proceeds, a portion of which may be reallowed to participating broker-dealers. No selling commissions or dealer manager fee will be paid for sales under the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had paid the Dealer Manager $262,000 in sales commissions and $114,000 in dealer manager fees. The company has $31,000 and $13,000 recorded in amounts due to affiliates for sales commissions and dealer manager fees, respectively, as of December 31, 2009.
Advisor will receive up to 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds for reimbursement of organization and offering expenses. Advisor will be responsible for the payment of organization and offering expenses, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees and to the extent they exceed 3.0% of gross offering proceeds, without recourse against or reimbursement by the Company. As of December 31, 2009, the Advisor and its affiliates had incurred organizational and offering expenses of $1,579,000 (of which $122,000 are offering expenses that are recorded as a reduction to equity, $32,000 are organizational expenses that are recorded in general and administrative expense, and $1,425,000 recorded as deferred organization and offering costs and in amounts due to affiliates as the amount of organization and offering costs has exceeded 3% of gross offering proceeds).
Advisor, or its affiliates, will also receive an acquisition fee equal to 2.5% of (1) the cost of investments the Company acquires or (2) the Company’s allocable cost of investments acquired in a joint venture. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had paid the Advisor $202,000 in acquisition fees.
The Company expects to pay TNP Property Manager, LLC (“TNP Manager”), its property manager and a related party, a market-based property management fee of up to 5.0% of the gross revenues generated by the properties in connection with the operation and management of properties. TNP Manager may subcontract with third party property managers and will be responsible for supervising and compensating those property managers. For the year ended December 31, 2009, we incurred a property management fee payable to TNP Manager of $5,000 which is included in amounts due to affiliates.
The Company will pay Advisor a monthly asset management fee of one-twelfth of 0.6% on all real estate investments the Company acquires; provided, however, that Advisor will not be paid the asset management fee until the Company’s funds from operations exceed the lesser of (1) the cumulative amount of any distributions declared and payable to the Company’s stockholders or (2) an amount that is equal to a 10.0% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on invested capital for the Company’s stockholders. If Advisor or its affiliates provides a substantial amount of services, as determined by the Company’s independent directors, in connection with the sale of a real property, Advisor or its affiliates also will be paid disposition fees up to 50.0% of a customary and competitive real estate commission, but not to exceed 3.0% of the contract sales price of each property sold. For the year ended December 31, 2009, we incurred an asset management fee payable to our advisor of $9,000 which is included in amounts due to affiliates.


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TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
The Company reimburses Advisor for the cost of administrative services, including personnel costs and our allocable share of other overhead of the advisor such as rent and utilities; provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of such personnel to the extent that personnel are used in transactions for which our advisor receives a separate fee or an officer of Advisor. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had paid Advisor $17,500 for administrative services.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Advisor incurred $388,000 in costs on behalf of the Company prior to achieving the minimum offering amount. Of such costs, $348,000 were reimbursed to the Advisor during the year ended December 31, 2009 and $40,000 is included in amounts due to affiliates.
The Company will reimburse Advisor for all expenses paid or incurred by Advisor in connection with the services provided to the Company, subject to the limitation that the Company will not reimburse Advisor for any amount by which its operating expenses (including the asset management fee) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of: (1) 2% of its average invested assets, or (2) 25% of its net income determined without reduction for any additions to depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash expenses and excluding any gain from the sale of the Company’s assets for that period (the “2%/25% guidelines”). Notwithstanding the above, the Company may reimburse Advisor for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of the independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and nonrecurring factors. In accordance with the advisory agreement, the Company will recognize on a quarterly basis amounts not exceeding the 2%/25% guidelines; however, we cannot yet evaluate whether our operating expenses have exceeded the 2%/25% guidelines because we have only been conducting our operations since November 2009.
9.  Incentive Award Plan
The Company adopted an incentive plan (the “Incentive Award Plan”) that provides for the grant of equity awards to its employees, directors and consultants and those of the Company’s affiliates on July 7, 2009. The Incentive Award Plan authorized the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards or cash-based awards. The Company has reserved 2,000,000 shares of common stock for stock grants pursuant to our long-term incentive plan, which we refer to as the Incentive Award Plan. The Company granted“incentive plan.” We have approved and adopted an independent directors’ compensation plan, which operates as a sub-plan of our incentive plan. Under the independent directors’ compensation plan and subject to such plan’s conditions and restrictions, each independent director that joins our board of its current independent directors will receive an initial grant of 5,000 shares of restricted common stock (the “initial restricted stock grant”) following the Company’s raising of the $2,000,000 minimum offering amount on November 12, 2009. Each new independent director that subsequently joins the board of directors will receive the initial restricted stock grant on the date he or she joins the board of directors. In addition, on the date of each of the Company’sour annual stockholders meetings at which an independent director is re-elected to the board of directors, he or she will receive 2,500 shares of restricted stock. The restricted stock will vest asPursuant to our independent directors’ compensation plan, one-third of the shares of restricted stock become non-forfeitable on the date of grant date and as to one-third of the sharesbecome non-forfeitable on each of the first two anniversaries of the grant date.date of grant. The restricted stock will become fully vestednon-forfeitable in the event of an independent directors’director’s termination of service due to his or her death or disability, or upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company.
For the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the period from Septemberour control. On July 18, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2008,2012, we recognized compensation expense of $50,000 and $0, respectively, related to the restricted common stock grants, which is included in general and administrative in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Sharesgranted 2,500 shares of restricted common stock have full voting rights and rights to dividends.
Aseach of December 31, 2009 and 2008, there was $85,000 and $0, respectively,our three independent directors pursuant to our independent directors’ compensation plan in connection with their reelection to our board of total unrecognized compensation expense, related to nonvesteddirectors, resulting in the issuance of an aggregate of 7,500 shares of restricted common stock. As of December 31, 2009, this expense is expected to be realized over a remaining period of 2.87 years.


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TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the fair value of the nonvestedOn October 2, 2012, we granted 5,000 shares of restricted common stock was $90,000to Mr. Maier pursuant to our independent directors’ compensation plan in connection with his appointment as an independent director.

On August 29, 2012, upon the appointment of Mr. Kompaniez as our Co-Chief Executive Officer and $0, respectively. A summaryMr. Kompaniez’s resignation from our board of directors, our board of directors amended the terms of the statusrestricted stock previously granted to Mr. Kompaniez pursuant to the independent directors’ compensation plan such that the unvested shares of restricted stock held by Mr. Kompaniez were not forfeited upon his resignation as a director and continued to vest pursuant to the terms of the nonvestedplan. Effective October 9, 2012, Mr. Kompaniez resigned from his position as our Co-Chief Executive Officer, and the remainder of his unvested shares of restricted stock fully vested as of that date.

ITEM 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information about our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights under our incentive award plan, as of December 31, 2012.

Plan CategoryNumber of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and RightsWeighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and RightsNumber of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:
1,950,000
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders:N/AN/AN/A
Total$1,950,000

Security Ownership of Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of December 31, 2009April 25, 2013 for each person or group that holds more than 5% of our common stock, for each of our current directors and 2008,executive officers and the changes for the year ended December 31, 2009our current directors and forexecutive officers as a group. To our knowledge, each person that beneficially owns our shares has sole voting and disposition power with regard to such shares.

Unless otherwise indicated below, each person or entity has an address in care of our principal executive offices at 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1100, Newport Beach, California 92660.

Name of Beneficial Owner(1) Number of  Shares
Beneficially Owned
  Percent of
All Shares
 
TNP LLC (2)  22,222   *
Anthony W. Thompson(3)  133,333   1.2%
Dee R. Balch      
John B. Maier II  5,000   * 
Phillip I. Levin  10,000   * 
Jeffrey S. Rogers  12,500   * 
All directors and executive officers as a group  160,833   1.5%

*Less than 1% of the outstanding common stock.

(1)Under SEC rules, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person also is deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities which that person has a right to acquire within 60 days. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which he or she has no economic or pecuniary interest.

(2)On October 16, 2008, we issued 22,222 shares of our common stock to our sponsor, TNP LLC. TNP LLC’s address is 3151 Airway Ave, Suite G-3 Costa Mesa, California, 92626.

(3)On May 28, 2010, Mr. Thompson acquired 111,111 shares of our common stock in our public offering. Includes the shares of our common stock held by TNP LLC. Mr. Thompson is the managing member of TNP LLC and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by TNP LLC. Mr. Thompson’s address is 3151 Airway Ave, Suite G-3 Costa Mesa, California, 92626.

ITEM 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

The following describes all transactions during the period from September 18, 2008 (date of inception) throughJanuary 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012 involving us, our directors, our advisor, our sponsor and any affiliate thereof in which more than $120,000 was or will be involved and in which such related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest and all such proposed transactions. Our independent directors are specifically charged with and have examined the fairness of such transactions to our stockholders, and have determined that all such transactions are fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

Ownership Interests

On October 16, 2008, is presented below:

         
     Weighted
 
  Restricted
  Average
 
  Common
  Grant Date
 
  Stock  Fair Value 
 
Balance — September 18, 2008 (date of inception)    $ 
Granted      
Vested      
         
Balance — December 31, 2008      
Granted  15,000   9.00 
Vested  (5,000)  9.00 
         
Balance — December 31, 2009  10,000  $9.00 
         
10.  Subordinated Participation Interest
Pursuantour sponsor, TNP LLC purchased 22,222 shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000 and was admitted as our initial stockholder.In connection with our acquisition of the Waianae Mall onMay 28, 2010, Anthony W. Thompson, our current Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, acquired 111,111 shares of our common stock in our public offering at $9.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000 through our sponsor. Mr. Thompson’s acquisition of the shares of our common stock was a condition to the Limited Partnership Agreement forfinal approval by the OP, the holdersservicer of our assumption of the Special Unitsexisting indebtedness on the Waianae Mall. See also “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

As of December 31, 2012, we owned 96.2% of the outstanding limited partnership interests in our operating partnership, TNP Strategic Retail Operating Partnership, L.P., (our “OP”), and our advisor owned 0.02% of the outstanding limited partnership interest in our OP. As of December 31, 2012, TNP Strategic Retail OP Holdings, LLC (“TNP OP Holdings”) owned 100% of the special units issued by our OP. We are the sole general partner of our OP.

TNP OP Holdings’ ownership interest of the special units entitles it to a subordinated participation and it will be entitled to receive (1) 15% of specified distributions frommade upon the OP in an amount equal to 15.0%disposition of net sales proceeds received by the OP on dispositions of itsour OP’s assets, and dispositions of real properties by joint ventures or partnerships in which the OP owns(2) a partnership interest, after the other holders of common units, including the Company, have received,one-time payment, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions from operating income, sales proceedsform of shares of our common stock or other sources, equal to their capital contributions plus a 10.0% cumulative non-compounded annual pre-tax return thereon. The Special Units will be redeemed forpromissory note, in conjunction with the above amountredemption of the special units upon the earliest of: (1)occurrence of certain liquidity events or upon the occurrence of certain events that result in thea termination or non-renewal of our advisory agreement with our advisor, (the “Advisory Agreement”), but in each case only after the other holders of our OP’s units, including us, have received (or have been deemed to have received), in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their capital contributions plus a 10% cumulative non-compounded annual pre-tax return on their net contributions. As the holder of special units, TNP OP Holdings will not be entitled to receive any other distributions.

We have not paid any distributions to TNP OP Holdings pursuant to its subordinated participation interest.

Our Relationships with our Advisor and our Sponsor

TNP Strategic Retail Advisor, LLC was formed in September 2008 and has served as our advisor since our inception. Our advisor is indirectly owned by our sponsor, and Mr. Thompson, our current Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of our sponsor and our advisor. Dee R. Balch, our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary and a member of our board of directors, was previously employed by our sponsor and advisor. In November 2012, Ms. Balch’s employment with our sponsor and advisor was terminated and she became our employee. Subject to the oversight by our board of directors, our advisor currently provides certain limited services to us pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, including services related to the management of the daily operations of our investment portfolio and certain general and administrative responsibilities. The current Advisory Agreement, as amended, has a one-year term expiring August 7, 2013, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon mutual consent of the parties. We may terminate the Advisory Agreement without cause or penalty upon 60 days written notice to our advisor and immediately upon the fraud, criminal conduct, willful misconduct or gross negligence of our advisor, the material breach of the advisory agreement by our advisor or (2)our advisor’s bankruptcy. If we terminate the Advisory Agreement, we will pay our advisor all unpaid advances for operating expenses and all earned but unpaid fees.

We are currently engaged in negotiations to replace our current advisor with Glenborough, LLC and its affiliates, which we refer to as herein as “Glenborough.” Our board of directors is engaged in ongoing negotiations regarding the transition to Glenborough as our external advisor and the termination of our current advisory agreement and the property management agreements with respect to our properties. However, any change to our advisor or our property manager will require the consent of a listing liquidity event.

number of our significant lenders, which we are still in the process of negotiating. We can give no assurance that we will be able to secure such lender consents or come to terms with Glenborough with respect to the transition. In the event that we are successful in transitioning to Glenborough as our external advisor and property manager, we will become dependent upon Glenborough and its affiliates to provide advisory and property management services to us pursuant to an advisory agreement and property management agreements. In the event that our advisor, or Glenborough or any other successor advisor, is unable to provide such services to us, we will be required to obtain such services from other sources.

Fees and Expense Reimbursements Paid to our Advisor

Pursuant to the terms of our Advisory Agreement, we pay our advisor the fees described below.

11.  ·Tax TreatmentWe pay our advisor an acquisition fee of Distributions2.5% of (1) the cost of an investment acquired directly or (2) our allocable cost of real property acquired in a joint venture, in each case including purchase price, acquisition expenses and any debt attributable to such investments. With respect to investments in and origination of real estate-related loans, we will pay an origination fee to our advisor in lieu of an acquisition fee. We incurred $3,369,000 and $2,484,000 in acquisition fees payable to our advisor during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, acquisition fees of $475,000 and $0, respectively, were included in amounts due to affiliates.
Our distributions

·We pay our advisor an origination fee of 2.5% of the amount funded by us to acquire or originate real estate-related loans, including third party expenses related to such investments and any debt we use to fund the acquisition or origination of the real estate-related loans. We will not pay an acquisition fee with respect to such real estate-related loans. We paid $0 and $49,000 in loan origination fees to our advisor during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

·We pay our advisor an annual asset management fee that is payable monthly in an amount equal to one-twelfth of 0.6% of the aggregate cost of all assets we own and of our investments in joint ventures, including acquisition fees, origination fees, acquisition and origination expenses and any debt attributable to such investments; provided, however, that our advisor will not be paid the asset management fee until our funds from operations exceed the lesser of (1) the cumulative amount of any distributions declared and payable to our stockholders or (2) an amount that is equal to a 10.0% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on invested capital for our stockholders. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we did not pay our advisor any asset management fees.On November 11, 2011, our board of directors approved Amendment No. 2 to ourAdvisory Agreement to clarify that upon termination of theAdvisory Agreement, any asset management fees that may have accumulated in arrears, but which had not been earned pursuant to the terms of theAdvisory Agreement, will not be paid to our advisor. Because the payment of asset management fees was determined to be remote, we reversed asset management fees that had been accrued, but which had not been earned, through December 31, 2011. There were no asset management fees incurred for the year ended December 31, 2012.

·We pay our advisor a disposition fee of up to 50% of a customary and competitive real estate sales commission not to exceed 3.0% of the contract sales price of each property sold if our advisor or its affiliates provides a substantial amount of services, as determined by our independent directors, in connection with the sale of real property. With respect to a property held in a joint venture, the foregoing commission will be reduced to a percentage of such amounts reflecting our economic interest in the joint venture. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid $130,000 and $88,000, respectively, of disposition fees to our advisor.

·On January 12, 2012, we entered into amendment No. 3 to our Advisory Agreement to provide for the payment of a financing coordination fee to our advisor. We pay our advisor a financing coordination fee equal to 1.0% of the amount made available and/or outstanding in connection with (1) any financing obtained, directly or indirectly, by us or our OP and used to acquire or originate investments, (2) any financing assumed, directly or indirectly, by us or our OP in connection with the acquisition of investments, or (3) the refinancing of any financing obtained or assumed, directly or indirectly, by us or our operating partnership. The advisor may re-allow some or all of the financing coordination fee to reimburse third parties with whom the advisor may subcontract to procure such financing. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we paid $811,000 of financing coordination fees to our advisor and its affiliates.

·On June 9, 2011, pursuant to Section 11 of ourAdvisory Agreement, our board of directors approved the payment of fees to our advisor for services it provides in connection with leasing our properties. The amount of such leasing fees will be usual and customary for comparable services rendered for similar real properties in the geographic market of the properties leased. The leasing fees will be in addition to the market-based fees for property management services payable by us to TNP Property Management, LLC, our property manager and an affiliate of our advisor. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid approximately $244,000 and $88,000, respectively, of leasing commission fees payable to our advisor or its affiliates. As of December 31, 2011, leasing fees of $5,000 were included in amounts due to affiliates.

In addition to the fees we pay to our advisor pursuant to our Advisory Agreement, we also reimburse our advisor for the costs and expenses described below:

·Organization and offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee described below) are initially paid by our advisor and its affiliates on our behalf. Such costs include legal, accounting, printing and other offering expenses, including marketing, salaries and direct expenses of certain of our advisor’s employees and employees of our advisor’s affiliates and others. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, we are obligated to reimburse our advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs, provided that we are not obligated to reimburse our advisor to the extent organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, incurred by us exceed 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds from our offering. Any such reimbursement will not exceed actual expenses incurred by our advisor. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, organization and offering costs incurred by our advisor on our behalf or paid by us directly were $3,258,000 and $3,016,000, respectively. Pursuant to our Advisory Agreement, organization and offering costs are payable by us to the extent organization and offering costs, other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees, do not exceed 3.0% of the gross proceeds of our offering. As of December 31, 2012, cumulative organization and offering costs reimbursed to our advisor or paid directly by us were approximately $4,308,000, exceeding the 3.0% limit by $1,050,000. Accordingly, the excess amount was billed to our advisor and included in amounts due from affiliates on the balance sheet at December 31, 2012, and subsequently paid as of January 31, 2013. At December 31, 2011, the unreimbursed amount of organization and offering costs incurred by our advisor was $1,269,000 and such amount was deferred and recorded as deferred offering costs and accrued by us in amounts due to affiliates as of December 31, 2011.

·Subject to the 2%/25% Guidelines discussed below, we reimburse our advisor for all expenses paid or incurred by our advisor in connection with the services provided to us, including personnel costs and our allocable share of other overhead of the advisor such as rent and utilities; provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of such personnel to the extent that personnel are used in transactions for which our advisor is entitled to an acquisition, origination or disposition fee. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we reimbursed $459,000 to our advisor for operating expenses. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, our total operating expenses (as defined in our charter) did not exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines.

2%/25% Guidelines

As described above, our advisor and its affiliates are entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses incurred for administrative and other services provided to us for which they do not otherwise receive a fee. However, we will not reimburse our advisor or its affiliates at the end of any fiscal quarter for “total operating expenses” that for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, or the “expense year,” exceeded the greater of (1) 2% of our taxableaverage invested assets or (2) 25% of our net income, including distributions reinvested, have resultedwhich we refer to as the “2%/25% Guidelines,” and our advisor must reimburse us quarterly for any amounts by which our total operating expenses exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines in the previous expense year, unless the independent directors determine that the excess expenses were justified based on unusual and nonrecurring factors which they deem sufficient. If the independent directors determine that the excess expenses were justified, we will send our stockholders written disclosure, together with an explanation of the factors the independent directors considered in making such a returndetermination.

For purposes of capitalthe 2%/25% Guidelines, “total operating expenses” means all costs and expenses paid or incurred by us, as determined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, that are in any way related to our stockholdersoperation or to corporate business, including advisory fees, but excluding (1) the expenses of raising capital such as organization and offering expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and listing of the shares, (2) interest payments, (3) taxes, (4) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, (5) incentive fees; (6) acquisition fees and acquisition expenses, (7) real estate commissions on the sale of property, and (8) other fees and expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, management and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (including the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair, and improvement of property).

Our “average invested assets” for federal income tax purposes. The tax treatmentany period are equal to the average book value of our assets invested in equity interests in, and loans secured by, real estate before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves computed by taking the average of such values at the end of each month during the period. Our “net income” for any period is equal to our total revenue less total expenses other than additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves for such period. Operating expenses include all costs and expenses incurred by us under generally accepted accounting principles (including the asset management fee), but excluding organization and offering expenses, selling commissions and dealer manager fees, interest payments, taxes, non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, the subordinated disposition fee, acquisition and advisory fees and expenses and distributions reportable forpursuant to our advisor’s subordinated participation interest in our OP.

For the year ended December 31, 20092011, our total operating expenses exceeded the 2%/25% Guidelines by $268,000. On February 24, 2012, the independent directors unanimously determined the excess amount of total operating expenses for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 was 100% returnjustified because (1) the amounts reflected legitimate operating expenses necessary for the operation of capital.

12.  Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
Set forth below isour business, (2) we were then in our acquisition and development stage, (3) certain of our properties had not yet stabilized, and (4) we were then continuing to raise capital in our initial public offering but the unaudited selected quarterly financial data. We believeexpenses incurred as a result of being a public company (including for audit and legal services, director and officer liability insurance and fees for directors) were disproportionate to our average invested assets and net income and such expenses would benefit us and our stockholders in future periods. The independent directors further resolved, however, that the advisor would be required to repay us any portion of such excess amount to the extent that, as of the termination of ourAdvisory Agreement, our aggregate operating expenses as of such date exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines for all necessary adjustments, consisting onlyprior periods.

Guaranty Fees

In connection with certain acquisition financings, Anthony W. Thompson, our current Chairman of normal recurring adjustments, have beenthe Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer and/or our sponsor has executed guaranty agreements to certain parties. As part of the acquisition of the Waianae Mall, Mr. Thompson guaranteed the mortgage loan assumed by us in connection with the acquisition of the Waianae Mall. In connection with the acquisition of the mortgage loans secured by Constitution Trail, we and Mr. Thompson agreed to jointly and severally guaranty to the lender the full and prompt payment and performance of certain obligations under the acquisition loan.

Additionally, in connection with the acquisition financing on Osceola Village, we entered into a Master Lease Agreement with TNP SRT Osceola Village Master Lessee, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of our OP. Pursuant to the Master Lease Agreement, our sponsor has made certain guarantees with respect to the Master Lease Agreement.

As consideration for the guaranties outlined above, we entered into reimbursement and fee agreements to provide for up-front payments and annual guaranty fee payments for the duration of the guarantee periods. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we incurred approximately $51,000 and $104,000, respectively, of guaranty fees. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, guaranty fees of approximately $10,000 and $50,000, respectively, were included in amounts due to affiliates. At December 31, 2012, our sponsor’s outstanding guaranty agreements relate to guarantees on the amounts stated belowfinancing of Waianae Mall and Constitution Trail and master lease guarantees for Osceola Village, and Mr. Thompson and/or the sponsor received a fee in consideration of such guarantees. On January 22, 2013, Waianae Mall was sold and the guaranty agreement related to present fairly,the Waianae Mall mortgage loan was terminated.

Selling Commissions and in accordance with GAAP, the unaudited selected quarterly financial data when read in conjunction withFees Paid to our consolidated financial statements.

                 
  Quarters Ended:
  December 31,
 September 30,
 June 30,
 March 31,
  2009 2009 2009 2009
 
Revenues $145,000  $  $  $ 
Expenses  1,139,000   89,000       
                 
Loss before other expense  994,000   89,000       
Other expense, net  117,000          
                 
Net loss $1,111,000  $89,000  $  $ 
Loss per share $5.24  $4.01  $  $ 
Weighted average number of shares                
outstanding  217,640   22,222   22,222   22,222 


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Dealer Manager


TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
13.  Subsequent Events
Status of Offering
The Company commenced itsOur initial public offering of our common stock terminated on February 7, 2013. The dealer manager for our public offering was TNP Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of our sponsor and a licensed broker-dealer registered with FINRA. As the dealer manager for our initial public offering, TNP Securities was entitled to certain selling commissions, dealer manager fees and reimbursements relating to our public offering. Our dealer manager agreement with TNP Securities provided for the following compensation:

·We paid TNP Securities selling commissions of up to 7.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of our shares in our primary offering, all of which could be re-allowed to participating broker-dealers. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid selling commissions of $3,062,000 and $2,395,000 to TNP Securities, respectively.

·We paid TNP Securities a dealer manager fee of 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of our shares in the primary offering, a portion of which could be re-allowed to participating broker-dealers. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we paid dealer manager fees of $1,411,000 and $1,034,000 to TNP Securities, respectively.

Our dealer manager agreement with TNP Securities also provided for the reimbursement to TNP Securities and participating broker-dealers forbona fidedue diligence expenses that were included in a detailed and itemized invoice. We also reimburse our dealer manager for legal fees and expenses, travel, food and lodging for employees of the dealer manager, sponsor training and education meetings, attendance fees and expense reimbursements for broker-dealer sponsored conferences, attendance fees and expenses for industry sponsored conferences, and informational seminars, subject to the limitations included in our dealer manager agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we did not reimburse TNP Securities directly for any such expenses.

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Fees Paid to Our Property Manager

In connection with the acquisitions of our properties, we, through our subsidiaries enter into Property Management Agreements with TNP Property Management, LLC (“TNP Property Manager”), an affiliate of our sponsor, pursuant to which TNP Property Manager serves as the property manager for each of our properties. TNP Property Manager supervises, manages, operates, and maintains each property on the terms and conditions set forth in the Property Management Agreement. We pay TNP Property Manager a market-based annual property management fee of up to $1,100,000,0005.0% of the gross revenues generated by each property under management. In certain instances, TNP Property Manager enters into sub-management agreements with local third-party sub-managers, in shareswhich case TNP Property Manager is responsible for supervising and compensating those property managers. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we incurred $1,174,000 and $492,000, respectively, in property management fees payable to TNP Property Manager. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, property management fees of $48,000 and $16,000, respectively, were included in amounts due to affiliates.

Acquisition of Cochran Bypass

On June 29, 2011, we acquired a single-tenant necessity retail center located in Chester, South Carolina, commonly known as Cochran Bypass, from an affiliate of our sponsor for $2,585,000. The acquisition was approved by our board of directors, including all the independent directors.

Related Party Loans and Fees

In connection with the acquisition of three mortgage notes secured by the Constitution Trail Centre, or the mortgage notes, during the second quarter of 2011, TNP SRT Constitution, LLC, a subsidiary of our OP, obtained a loan from 2008 TNP Participating Notes Program, LLC (the “Notes Program”), an affiliated program sponsored by our sponsor. The loan was evidenced by a promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $995,000 and bore interest at an annual rate of 14.0%.For the year ended December 31, 2011,we paid loan fees of $49,000 in connection with this loan. This loan was repaid in July 2011.

In connection with the acquisition of Cochran Bypass, TNP SRT Cochran Bypass, LLC, a subsidiary of our OP, obtained a loan from the Notes Program evidenced by a promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $775,000 and bearing an annual interest rate of 14.0%.For the year ended December 31, 2011,we paid interest expense of $5,000 to the affiliate of our advisor in connection with this loan. This loan was repaid in September 2011.

In connection with our acquisition of Craig Promenade on March 30, 2011, we assumed a $500,000 note payable due to an affiliate of our advisor which was repaid at the closing of the acquisition of Craig Promenade.For the year ended December 31, 2011,we paid interest expense of $19,000 to the affiliate of advisor in connection with this note payable.

We acquired Morningside Marketplace in January 2012. We financed the payment of a portion of the purchase price for the Morningside Marketplace with the proceeds of (1) a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $235,000 from our sponsor to our OP, (2) a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000 from Mr. James Wolford, our then-Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, to our OP and (3) a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $920,000 from Mrs. Sharon Thompson, the spouse of Mr. Anthony W. Thompson, our current Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, to our OP, which we refer to collectively as the “affiliate loans.” The affiliate loans each accrued interest at a rate of 12% per annum. Our OP repaid the affiliated loan from our sponsor on January 19, 2012. The entire outstanding principal balance of the affiliate loans from Mr. Wolford and Ms. Thompson and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon was due and payable in full on April 8, 2012. Our OP repaid the affiliate loans from Mr. Wolford and Ms. Thompson on March 29, 2012. Our OP paid interest expense of $20,000 with respect the affiliate loans.

Conflict Resolution Procedures

We are subject to potential conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with our advisor and its affiliates. These conflicts may relate to compensation arrangements, the allocation of investment opportunities, the terms and conditions on which various transactions might be entered into by us and our advisor or its affiliates and other situations in which our interests may differ from those of our advisor or its affiliates. We have adopted the procedures set forth below to address these potential conflicts of interest.

Priority Allocation of Investment Opportunities

Pursuant to our Advisory Agreement, our advisor has agreed that we will have the first opportunity to acquire any investment in an income-producing retail property identified by our sponsor or advisor that meet our investment criteria, for which we have sufficient uninvested funds. With respect to potential non-retail property investments, in the event that an investment opportunity becomes available that is suitable, under all of the factors considered by our advisor, for both us and our sponsor or its affiliates, and for which more than one of these entities has sufficient uninvested funds, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was offered an investment opportunity will first be offered such investment opportunity. Our advisor will make this determination in good faith. Our board of directors, including the independent directors, has a duty to ensure that the method used by our advisor for the allocation of the acquisition of real estate assets by two or more affiliated programs seeking to acquire similar types of real estate assets is reasonable and is applied fairly to us.

Independent Directors

Our independent directors, acting as a group, will resolve potential conflicts of interest whenever they determine that the exercise of independent judgment by our board of directors or our advisor or its affiliates could reasonably be compromised. However, the independent directors may not take any action which, under Maryland law, must be taken by our entire board of directors or which is otherwise not within their authority. The independent directors, as a group, are authorized to retain their own legal and financial advisors. Among the matters we expect the independent directors to review and act upon are:

·the continuation, renewal or enforcement of our agreements with our advisor and its affiliates, including the Advisory Agreement and the property management agreements with our affiliated property manager;

·transactions with affiliates, including our directors and officers;

·awards under our long-term incentive plan; and

·pursuit of a potential liquidity event.

Those conflict of interest matters that cannot be delegated to the independent directors, as a group, under Maryland law must be acted upon by both our board of directors and the independent directors.

Compensation Involving Our Advisor and its Affiliates

The independent directors will evaluate at least annually whether the compensation that we contract to pay to our advisor and its affiliates is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and that such compensation is within the limits prescribed by our charter. The independent directors will supervise the performance of our advisor and its affiliates and the compensation we pay to them to determine that the provisions of our compensation arrangements are being performed appropriately. This evaluation will be based on the factors set forth below as well as any other factors deemed relevant by the independent directors:

·the quality and extent of the services and advice furnished by our advisor;

·the amount of fees paid to our advisor in relation to the size, composition and performance of our investments;

·the success of our advisor in generating investment opportunities that meet our investment objectives;

·rates charged to other externally advised REITs and similar investors by advisors performing similar services;

·additional revenues realized by our advisor and its affiliates through their relationship with us, whether we pay them or they are paid by others with whom we do business;

·the performance of our investments, including income, conservation and appreciation of capital, frequency of problem investments and competence in dealing with distress situations; and

·the quality of our investments relative to the investments generated by our advisor for its own account.

The independent directors shall record these factors in the minutes of the meetings at which they make such evaluations.

Acquisitions, Leases and Sales Involving Affiliates

We will not acquire or lease properties in which our advisor or its affiliates or any of our directors has an interest without a determination by a majority of the directors (including a majority of the independent directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us and at a price to us no greater than the cost of the asset to our advisor or its affiliates or such director unless there is substantial justification for any amount that exceeds such cost and such excess amount is determined to be reasonable. In no event will we acquire any property at an amount in excess of its appraised value. We will not sell or lease properties to our advisor or its affiliates or to our directors unless a majority of the directors (including a majority of the independent directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction determine the transaction is fair and reasonable to us.

Mortgage Loans Involving Affiliates

Our charter prohibits us from investing in or making mortgage loans, including when the transaction is with our advisor or our directors or any of their affiliates, unless an independent expert appraises the underlying property. We must keep the appraisal for at least five years and make it available for inspection and duplication by any of our stockholders. In addition, we must obtain a mortgagee’s or owner’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage or the condition of the title. Our charter prohibits us from making or investing in any mortgage loans that are subordinate to any lien or other indebtedness of our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates.

Issuance of Options and Warrants to Certain Affiliates

Our charter prohibits the issuance of options or warrants to purchase our common stock to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates (1) on terms more favorable than we would offer such options or warrants to unaffiliated third parties or (2) in excess of an amount equal to 10.0% of our outstanding common stock on August 7, 2009. Asthe date of March 26, 2010,grant.

Repurchase of Shares of Common Stock

Our charter prohibits us from paying a fee to our advisor or our directors or any of their affiliates in connection with our repurchase or redemption of our common stock.

Loans and Expense Reimbursements Involving Affiliates

We will not make any loans to our advisor or our directors or any of their affiliates except mortgage loans for which an appraisal is obtained from an independent appraiser. In addition, we will not borrow from these persons unless a majority of directors (including a majority of independent directors) not otherwise interested in the Company had accepted investors’ subscriptionstransaction approve the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties. These restrictions on loans will only apply to advances of cash that are commonly viewed as loans, as determined by our board of directors. By way of example only, the prohibition on loans would not restrict advances of cash for legal expenses or other costs incurred as a result of any legal action for which indemnification is being sought, nor would the prohibition limit our ability to advance reimbursable expenses incurred by directors or officers or our advisor or its affiliates.

In addition, our directors and issued, 893,318 sharesofficers and our advisor and its affiliates will be entitled to reimbursement, at cost, for actual expenses incurred by them on behalf of us or joint ventures in which we are a joint venture partner, subject to the limitation on reimbursement of operating expenses to the extent that they exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines.

Director Independence

We have a five-member board of directors. We do not consider two of our directors, Anthony W. Thompson and Dee R. Balch, to be independent directors. Mr. Thompson is affiliated with our sponsor and advisor and Ms. Balch was previously affiliated with our sponsor and advisor and is currently employed as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The three remaining directors comprising our current board of directors qualify as “independent directors” as defined in our charter in compliance with the requirements of the Company’s common stock, includingNorth American Securities Administrators Association’s Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts. Although our shares issued pursuantare not listed on any national securities exchange, we consider our three current independent directors to be “independent” as defined by the New York Stock Exchange.

Our charter provides that a majority of the directors must be “independent directors.” As defined in our distribution reinvestment plan, resultingcharter, an “independent director” is a person who is not, on the date of determination, and within the last two years from the date of determination has not been, directly or indirectly, associated with our sponsor or our advisor by virtue of (1) ownership of an interest in our sponsor, our advisor, or any of their affiliates, other than us; (2) employment by our sponsor, our advisor, or any of their affiliates; (3) service as an officer or director of our sponsor, our advisor, or any of their affiliates, other than as one of our directors; (4) performance of services, other than as a director, for us; (5) service as a director or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts organized by our sponsor or advised by our advisor; or (6) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with our sponsor, our advisor, or any of their affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered “material” if the aggregate gross offering proceedsrevenue derived by the director from the sponsor, the advisor, and their affiliates (excluding fees for serving as one of $8,806,000.

our directors or other REIT or real estate program organized or advised or managed by the advisor or its affiliates) exceeds 5.0% of either the director’s annual gross revenue during either of the last two years or the director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect association with the sponsor or the advisor shall include circumstances in which a director’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been associated with the sponsor, the advisor, any of their affiliates, or with us. None of our independent directors face conflicts of interest because of affiliations with other programs sponsored by our sponsor and its affiliates.

ITEM 14.Distributions DeclaredPrincipal Accountant Fees and Services 

Independent Auditors

Deloitte & Touche, LLP, or Deloitte, served as our independent registered public accounting firm from our inception in September 2008 to October 2009. On October 27, 2009, we replaced Deloitte with KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as our independent registered public accounting firm. KPMG served as independent registered public accounting firm from October 2009 to July 2011. On July 5, 2011, we replaced KPMG with McGladrey LLP (“McGladrey”) as our independent registered public accounting firm. All of the foregoing decisions to change our independent registered public accounting firm were approved by our audit committee and our board of directors. McGladrey served as our independent registered public accounting firm during the period from July 5, 2011 to December 31, 2009,2012.

On April 15, 2013, we declareddismissed McGladrey as our independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to change independent registered public accounting firms was approved by the audit committee of our board of directors. On April 15, 2013, we appointed Moss Adams LLP (“Moss Adams”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The engagement of Moss Adams has been approved by the audit committee.

Pre-Approval Polices

The charter of our audit committee imposes a monthly distributionduty on the audit committee to pre-approve all auditing services performed for us by our independent auditors as well as all permitted non-audit services in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditors’ independence. In determining whether or not to pre-approve services, our audit committee will consider whether the service is a permissible service under the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. All services rendered by our independent registered public accountants for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were pre-approved in accordance with the policies and procedures described above.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

KPMG

The aggregate fees billed to us by KPMG for professional accounting services for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, all of which were preapproved by our audit committee, are set forth in the table below.

  2012  2011 
Audit Fees $70,000  $202,246 
Audit-related fees      
Tax fees     54,553 
All other fees      
Total $70,000  $256,799 

MCGLADREY

The aggregate of $24,000,fees billed to us by McGladrey for professional accounting services for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, all of which $18,000 was paid in cash on January 15, 2010 and $6,000 was paid throughwere preapproved by our distribution reinvestment planaudit committee, are set forth in the table below. 

  2012  2011 
Audit Fees $1,017,515  $487,269 
Audit-related fees      
Tax fees  6,908    
All other fees      
Total $1,024,423  $487,269 

For purposes of the preceding tables, KPMG’s and McGladrey’s professional fees are classified as follows:

·Audit fees — These are fees for professional services performed for the audit of our annual financial statements and the required review of quarterly financial statements and other procedures performed by KPMG and McGladrey in order for them to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. These fees also cover services that are normally provided by independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

·Audit-related fees — These are fees for assurance and related services that traditionally are performed by independent auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements, such as due diligence related to acquisitions and dispositions, attestation services that are not required by statute or regulation, internal control reviews, and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

·Tax fees — These are fees for all professional services performed by professional staff in KPMG’s and McGladrey’s tax divisions, except those services related to the audit of our financial statements. These include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice, including federal, state, and local issues. Services may also include assistance with tax audits and appeals before the Internal Revenue Service and similar state and local agencies, as well as federal, state, and local tax issues related to due diligence.

·All other fees — These are fees for any services not included in the above-described categories, including assistance with internal audit plans and risk assessments.

PART IV

ITEM 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The following documents are filed as part of additional shares issued on December 31, 2009. On January 31, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $32,000, of which $25,000 was paid in cash on February 12, 2010 and $7,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on January 31, 2010. On February 28, 2010, we declared a monthly distribution in the aggregate of $40,000, of which $29,000 was paid in cash on March 15, 2010 and $11,000 was paid through our distribution reinvestment plan in the form of additional shares issued on February 28, 2010.


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this Annual Report:


(b)Exhibits

31.1

Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.3

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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SCHEDULE III — REAL ESTATE OPERATING PROPERTIES
AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
December 31, 2009
                                             
      Initial Cost to Company            
        Building,
 Cost
 Gross Amount at Which Carried at Close of Period      
        Improvements
 Capitalized
   Building,
        
        and
 Subsequent to
   Improvements
   Accumulated
 Date of
 Date
    Encumbrances Land Fixtures Acquisition Land and Fixtures Total Depreciation Construction Acquired
 
                                             
Moreno Marketplace  Moreno Valley, CA  $10,490,000  $3,080,000  $6,780,000  $  $3,080,000  $6,780,000  $9,860,000  $28,000   2008   11/19/2009 
                                             
                                             
Total     $10,490,000  $3,080,000  $6,780,000  $  $3,080,000  $6,780,000  $9,860,000  $28,000         
The aggregate cost of our real estate for federal income tax purposes is $12,936,000.


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SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC.
authorized, on April 26, 2013.

TNP STRATEGIC RETAIL TRUST, INC.

 By: 
/s/ Wendy J. WorcesterAnthony W. Thompson
Anthony W. Thompson
Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive
Officer and President
By:

/s/ K. Timothy O’Brien

K. Timothy O’Brien

Co-Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title(s)

Date

/s/ Anthony W. Thompson

Anthony W. Thompson 

Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President (Co-Principal Executive Officer)April 26, 2013

/s/ K. Timothy O’Brien

K. Timothy O’Brien

Co-Chief Executive Officer
(Co-Principal Executive Officer)

April 26, 2013

/s/ Dee R. Balch

Dee R. Balch

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

April 26, 2013

/s/ John B. Maier

John B. Maier 

DirectorApril 26, 2013

/s/ Phillip I. Levin

Phillip I. Levin 

DirectorApril 26, 2013

/s/ Jeffrey S. Rogers

Jeffrey S. Rogers 

DirectorApril 26, 2013

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Wendy J. Worcester
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Date: May 17, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

31.1

Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.3

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002