“Action” means any claim, action, cause of action, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, interference, audit, assessment, hearing, or other legal proceeding (whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise, whether civil or criminal and whether brought, conducted, tried or heard by or before any Governmental Authority).
“Advisor Board Approvals” means the approval of each of the Board of Directors of Vestin Realty Mortgage, Inc. and the Board of Directors of Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc. of the Advisor’s entry into (i) the Termination and Fee Agreement and (ii) the Amended and Restated REIT II Advisory Agreement.
“Affiliate” of a specified Person means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.
“Amended and Restated REIT II Advisory Agreement” means the agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means (i) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) any anti-bribery, anti-corruption or similar applicable Law of any other jurisdiction.
“Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) and any employment, consulting, termination, severance, change in control, separation, retention equity option, equity appreciation rights, restricted equity, phantom equity, equity based compensation, profits interest, unit, outperformance, equity purchase, deferred compensation, bonus, incentive compensation, fringe benefit, health, medical, dental, disability, accident, life insurance, welfare benefit, cafeteria, vacation, paid time off, perquisite, retirement, pension, or savings or any other compensation or employee benefit plan, agreement, program, policy, practice, understanding or other arrangement, whether or not subject to ERISA.
“Book-Entry Share” means, with respect to any Party, a book-entry share registered in the transfer books of such Party.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in New York, New York are authorized or required to be closed.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Common Stockholder Approvals” means (a) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of REIT I Common Stock entitled to vote on the Merger, excluding any shares of REIT I Common Stock owned by the REIT I Advisor, any director of REIT I or any of their Affiliates (as defined in the REIT I Charter) from the numerator and denominator for purposes of determining whether a majority of the outstanding shares of REIT I Common Stock have voted affirmatively for the Merger and (b) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of REIT I Common Stock entitled to vote on the REIT I Charter Amendment.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement between REIT I and REIT II dated February 7, 2017.
“Contract” means any written or oral contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, instrument, lease, conditional sales contract, mortgage, license, guaranty, binding commitment or other agreement.
“Environmental Law” means any Law (including common law) relating to the prevention of pollution, protection of the environment (including air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface land and natural resources), remediation of contamination, restoration of environmental quality or occupational health or workplace safety, including Laws relating to the use, handling, presence, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Substances.
“Environmental Permit” means any Permit required under any applicable Environmental Law.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to an entity (the “Referenced Entity”), any other entity, which, together with the Referenced Entity, would be treated as a single employer under Code Section 414 or ERISA Section 4001.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.