Exhibit 4(vi)
DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
The following description sets forth certain material terms and provisions of the securities of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The rights of our stockholders are governed by Maryland law as well as our charter and bylaws, and this description also summarizes relevant provisions of Maryland law. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the applicable provisions of Maryland law and our charter (including the applicable articles supplementary designating the terms of a class or series of preferred stock) and our bylaws, copies of which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4(vi) is a part. We encourage you to read our charter, our bylaws and the applicable provisions of Maryland law for additional information.
General
Our charter provides that we may issue up to 750,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 250,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Of our 750,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, 747,509,582 shares have been classified as Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 804,605 shares have been classified as Class B-1 common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 804,605 shares have been classified as Class B-2 common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 804,605 shares have been classified as Class B-3 common stock, $0.01 par value per share; and 76,603 shares have been classified as Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share. The Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “BRG.” As of December 31, 2021, there were issued and outstanding 27,257,586 shares of Class A common stock, and 76,603 shares of Class C common stock.
Of our 250,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, 10,875,000 shares have been classified as 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”); 1,225,000 shares have been classified as Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”); 4,000,000 shares have been classified as 7.625% Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Series C Preferred Stock”); 4,000,000 shares have been classified as 7.125% Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Series D Preferred Stock”); and 32,000,000 shares have been classified as Series T Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series T Preferred Stock”). In addition, we may issue warrants (the “Warrants”) in connection with our Series B Preferred Stock that are exercisable for up to an aggregate of 24,500,000 shares of our Class A common stock. The Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock are each listed on the NYSE American under the symbols “BRG-PrC” and “BRG-PrD,” respectively. Currently no market exists for the Series B Preferred Stock, the Warrants, or the Series T Preferred Stock and we do not expect a market to develop. We currently have no plan to list the Series B Preferred Stock, the Warrants, or the Series T Preferred Stock on any national securities exchange or to include such shares for quotation on any national securities market. All outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock were redeemed by the Company on February 26, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, there were issued and outstanding 359,197 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, 247,397 Warrants, 2,295,845 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, 2,774,338 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, and 28,272,134 shares of Series T Preferred Stock.
As of December 31, 2021, there were outstanding (a) 6,309,672 units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) in Bluerock Residential Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership of which we are the sole general partner (the “Operating Partnership”), which OP Units may, subject to certain limitations, be redeemed for cash or, at our option, exchanged for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis; and (b) 5,196,894 units of a special class of partnership interest in our Operating Partnership (“LTIP Units”), of which (i) 2,855,639 have vested, (ii) 563,921 will vest ratably on an annual basis over the applicable three-year period that commenced upon issuance, (iii) 1,358,089 will vest at the end of the applicable three-year period that commenced upon issuance, subject to certain performance-based vesting formulas, and (iv) 154,174 will vest ratably on an annual basis over the applicable five-year period that commenced upon issuance. Upon vesting and reaching capital account equivalency with the OP Units held by us, LTIP Units may convert to OP Units, and may then be settled in shares of our Class A common stock. In addition, the 76,603 shares of our Class C common stock issued as Internalization consideration pursuant to the Contribution Agreement may be converted, or automatically convert, in certain circumstances to shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Other than those described above, there are no outstanding rights of any other kind in respect of our Class A common stock.
Our charter also contains a provision permitting our board of directors, by resolution, to classify or reclassify any unissued common stock or preferred stock into one or more classes or series of stock and establish the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of any such stock, subject to certain restrictions, including the express terms of any class or series of stock outstanding at the time, such as the