UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2014
Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Maryland | 333-187470 (1933 Act) | 46-2218486 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(602) 778-8700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
Effective December 15, 2014, Michael T. Ezzell was appointed as a director, the chief executive officer and the president of Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (the “Company”) by the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Ezzell also has served as executive vice president of Cole Corporate Income Advisors II, LLC, the Company’s advisor, since March 2014. In addition, Mr. Ezzell, age 39, serves or served in the following positions for certain other programs sponsored by Cole Capital®:
Entity | Position(s) | Dates | ||
Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President | December 2014 – Present | ||
| Cole REIT Advisors, LLC, Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC, Cole Corporate Income Advisors, LLC, Cole REIT Advisors IV, LLC, Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV) Advisors, LLC, Cole REIT Advisors V, LLC, Cole Capital Partners, LLC, Cole Capital Advisors, Inc., Cole Capital Corporation | Executive vice president | March 2014 – Present | ||
Mr. Ezzell has served as executive vice president, private capital markets at Cole Capital since March 2014. In this role, Mr. Ezzell provides strategic direction and oversees all aspects of private capital management for Cole Capital, including product development, external and internal sales, marketing, broker/dealer relations, due diligence and securities operations. Mr. Ezzell served as senior vice president, product and business development at Cole Capital from January 2010 until March 2014. Prior to joining Cole Capital and its affiliates in January 2010, Mr. Ezzell was employed by AIG Advisor Group from November 2004 until January 2010, most recently as director of investment research. Mr. Ezzell was actively involved in the due diligence and research of all packaged investment products and programs for AIG Advisor Group’s four independent broker-dealers with a network of approximately 6,000 independent financial advisors. Mr. Ezzell also served as a vice president with J.P. Carey Asset Management from 1998 until 2004. Mr. Ezzell received a B.A. degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science from Stetson University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.
Mr. Ezzell did not enter into an employment agreement with the Company in connection with his appointment as the Company’s chief executive officer and president, and the appointment of Mr. Ezzell as a director and as the chief executive officer and president of the Company was not made pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between Mr. Ezzell and any other person. Mr. Ezzell has not had any direct or indirect material interests in any transaction with the Company or to which the Company is a party or in any currently proposed transaction with the Company or to which the Company is a party. Mr. Ezzell replaces Nicholas S. Schorsch, who resigned as a director and as the chief executive officer and president of the Company effective as of December 12, 2014.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 19, 2014 | COLE OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL REIT (CCIT II), INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Simon J. Misselbrook | |||
| Name: | Simon J. Misselbrook | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||
| Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | ||||