| Related Party Transactions and Arrangements | Related Party Transactions and Arrangements As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, entities wholly owned by AR Global owned 538,578 and 56,091 shares, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding common stock. As described above, to potentially enhance the Company’s cash resources to fund operating and capital needs, in August 2022, Bellevue expressed a desire to invest additional capital in the Company. Although no agreement exists, Company’s board of directors authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock for these purposes. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company sold 632,911 shares of Class A common stock to Bellevue, for gross proceeds of $2.0 million, before nominal commissions paid that were purchased by Bellevue. These shares were issued to the Bellevue through these block trades executed under the Company’s Common Stock ATM Program. Bellevue may, from time to time at its discretion, purchase additional shares of Class A common stock from the Company through additional block trades although there is no assurance as to the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, if any, that Bellevue may seek to purchase. The Company advised the AR Parties, that any shares of its Class A common stock purchased directly from the Company by Bellevue through block trades executed under the Company’s Common Stock ATM Program would be sold at a per share price equal to the greater of (i) the closing market price of the shares on the NYSE on the most recent trading day prior to an issuance or (ii) the “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the Listed Company Manual; provided, however, that the Company would not sell any shares of its Class A common stock to Bellevue if doing so would otherwise require the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the NYSE. Additionally, the Company (1) amended the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to (i) immediately increase the Excepted Holder Limit (as defined therein) to 21%, and (ii) increased the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25% upon conditions precedent being satisfied to increase the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25% (the “Charter Waiver Agreement Amendments”), and (2) amended the Rights Plan Waiver Agreement to implement corresponding changes (See Note 13 — Subsequent Events for a discussion of the Company’s election to increase the Expected Holder Limit to 25%). Concurrent with these amendments, the Company’s board of directors reduced the Series Limit and the Overall Limit (each as defined in the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements) to 6% for all stockholders of the Company that are not otherwise Bellevue, the Advisor, their respective affiliates or persons who would be treated as Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (each as defined in the Company’s charter) shares of the Company’s Class A common stock held by either or both of Bellevue and the Advisor (the “Excluded Persons”). The Company also advised the AR Parties that to the extent that the Advisor or the Property Manager decided to accept shares of its Class A common stock in lieu of cash payments for fees or the reimbursement of expenses, the Company would not issue shares of its Class A common stock exceeding the number permitted to be Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by the Excluded Persons pursuant to the Charter Waiver Agreement Amendments (as may be amended from time to time) and any issuance would be at a per share price equal to the greater of (i) the price as determined in accordance with Section 10(c)(iii) of the Advisory Agreement or (ii) the Minimum Price; provided, that no issuance would be permitted if the issuance of shares of Class A common stock in lieu of fees due to the Advisor or the Property Manager, as applicable, would not be permitted under that certain 2020 Advisor Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company (the “Advisor Plan”); provided further that, in the event that any shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to be issued in lieu of cash for reimbursement of operating expenses or in lieu of advisory or property management fees are not so issuable under the Advisor Plan, the Company may issue shares of its Class A common stock but only after complying with all NYSE requirements including, but not limited to, the filing with, and approval by, the NYSE of a supplemental listing application or applications, as the case may be, and only if the issuance would not otherwise require the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the NYSE. Fees and Participations Incurred in Connection with the Operations of the Company Summary of Advisory Agreement Pursuant to the advisory agreement with the Advisor (as amended from time to time, the “Advisory Agreement”), the Advisor manages the Company’s day-to-day operations. The initial term of the Advisory Agreement ends in July 2030, and will automatically renew for successive five-year terms unless either party gives written notice of its election not to renew at least 180 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date. The Company may only elect not to renew the Advisory Agreement on this basis with the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the Company’s independent directors, and no change of control fee (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) is payable if the Company makes this election. Asset Management Fees and Variable Management/Incentive Fees The Company pays the Advisor a base asset management fee on the first business day of each month equal to (x) $0.5 million plus (y) a variable amount equal to (a) 1.25% of the equity proceeds received after November 16, 2018, divided by (b) 12. The base asset management fee is payable in cash, shares of common stock, units of limited partnership interest in the OP, or a combination thereof, at the Advisor’s election. The Advisor elected to receive shares of Class A common stock in lieu of cash for the base management fee in in August, September, October and November 2022 (see Note 7 — Stockholders Equity and Note 13 — Subsequent Events ). Equity proceeds are defined as, with respect to any period, cumulative net proceeds of all common and preferred equity and equity-linked securities issued by the Company and its subsidiaries during the period, including: (i) any equity issued in exchange or conversion of exchangeable notes based on the stock price at the date of issuance and convertible equity; (ii) any other issuances of equity, including but not limited to units in the OP (excluding equity-based compensation but including issuances related to an acquisition, investment, joint-venture or partnership); and (iii) effective following the time the Company commences paying a dividend of at least $0.05 per share per annum to its stockholders, (which occurred in October 2020), any cumulative Core Earnings (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) in excess of cumulative distributions paid on the Company’s common stock since November 16, 2018, the effective date of the most recent amendment and restatement of the Advisory Agreement. The Advisory Agreement also entitles the Advisor to an incentive variable management fee. Currently and during the year ended December 31, 2021, the variable management fee is equal to (i) the product of (a) the diluted weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock for the calendar quarter (excluding any equity-based awards that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved) multiplied by (b) 15.0% multiplied by (c) the excess of Core Earnings Per Adjusted Share for the previous three-month period in excess of $0.1458, plus (ii) the product of (x) the diluted weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock for the calendar quarter (excluding any equity-based awards that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved) multiplied by (y) 10.0% multiplied by (z) the excess of Core Earnings Per Adjusted Share for the previous three-month period in excess of $0.1944. The variable management fee is payable quarterly in arrears in cash, shares of common stock, units of limited partnership inter est in the OP or a combination thereof, at the Advisor’s election. No incentive variable management fees were earned during the three months ended September 30, 2022 or 2021. On February 4, 2022, the Company entered into a side letter (the “Side Letter”) with the Advisor to the Advisory Agreement pursuant to which the Advisor agreed to, from the date of the Side Letter until August 4, 2022, immediately invest all fees received by the Advisor under Section 10(c)(i)-(ii) of the Advisory Agreement in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), in an amount aggregating no more than $3.0 million. The price of the Shares was determined, at each issuance, in accordance with Section 10(c)(iii) of the Advisory Agreement and was not less than the “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual (the “Listed Company Manual”), which minimum price was $10.55 per share. The Advisor’s obligation to invest its fee in Shares under the Side Letter was in consideration of, and subject to the provisions of the Waiver Agreements (defined below). In addition, the Company was not required to issue any Shares under the Side Letter if doing so would have required the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. On February 4, 2022, concurrently with the execution of the Side Letter, the Company’s board of directors granted (i) a waiver from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, as defined and contained in Section 5.7 of the Company’s charter, to permit each of Bellevue, the Advisor, entities controlled by Bellevue, Edward M. Weil. Jr, who is an officer and director of the Company, an officer of the Advisor and a holder of a non-controlling interest in Bellevue, and their respective affiliates and certain other entities and individuals who would be treated as Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (each as defined in the Charter) Shares held by either or both of Bellevue and the Advisor, including Mr. Weil, to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in an amount up to 20% of the outstanding Shares (subject to certain constraints for each such entity and individual on the total actual ownership of Shares by such entities and individuals), to the extent and on the terms set forth in each ownership limit waiver agreement (collectively, the “Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements”); and (ii) a waiver from the provisions contained in Section 1.1 of the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated August 12, 2021, the “Rights Plan”), to permit each party to the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to Beneficially Own (as defined in the Rights Plan) Shares to the maximum extent allowed by the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements without being deemed an “Acquiring Person” under Section 1.1 of the Rights Plan, subject to the terms set forth in the rights plan waiver agreement (the “Rights Plan Waiver Agreement,” and together with the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements, the “Waiver Agreements”). On August 10, 2022, the Company (1) amended the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to (i) immediately increase the Excepted Holder Limit (as defined therein) to 21%, and (ii) increase the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25% upon conditions precedent being satisfied to increase the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25% (the “Charter Waiver Agreement Amendments”), and (2) amended the Rights Plan Waiver Agreement to implement corresponding changes (see Note 13 — Subsequent Events for more information). The terms and conditions of the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements entered into with each of these entities or individuals are the same except for the actual number of Shares the entities or individuals may own or acquire. All other terms and conditions contained in the Company’s charter will otherwise continue to apply to the Shares that the entities or individuals may own or acquire. The Compan y recorded expense of $1.3 million and $4.1 million for base asset management fees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. The Company did not pay any cash base management fee in the three months ended September 30, 2022 and paid $0.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The Company issued 124,685 and 151,194 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued in lieu of cash f or the August and September 2022 management fee (see Note 7 — Stockholders Equity for more information) . In accordance with the Side Letter, the Advisor reinvested base management fees , aggregating $1.0 million, $1.5 million and $0.5 million, in sha res of the Company’s Class A common stock in the first, second and third quarters of 2022, respectively. As a result, the Company issued 45,372, 43,508, 38,786, 40,247, 47,393 and 47,393 shares of its Class A common stock in February, March, April, May, June and July 2022, respectively, in connection with the monthly base management fee earned by the Advisor. The Company paid $1.5 million and $4.5 million in cash base asset management fees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. There were no variable management fees incurred in any of these periods. For accounting purposes, the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued in accordance with the Side Letter and the shares issued in lieu of cash for the management fee to the Advisor for August and September 2022, as elected by the Advisor, are treated as issued using the closing price on date of issue and the related expense totaled $1.3 million and $3.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 , respectively. Total asset management fees were $4.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Property Management Fees Pursuant to the Property Management and Leasing Agreement (the “PMA”), as most recently amended on November 16, 2018, except in certain cases where the Company contracts with a third party, the Company pays the Property Manager a property management fee equal to: (i) for non-hotel properties, 3.25% of gross revenues from the properties managed, plus market-based leasing commissions; and (ii) for hotel properties, a market-based fee based on a percentage of gross revenues. The term of the PMA is coterminous with the term of the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the PMA, the Company reimburses the Property Manager for property-level expenses. These reimbursements are not limited in amount and may include reasonable salaries, bonuses, and benefits of individuals employed by the Property Manager, except for the salaries, bonuses, and benefits of individuals who also serve as one of the Company’s executive officers or as an executive officer of the Property Manager or any of its affiliates. The Property Manager may also subcontract the performance of its property management and leasing services duties to third parties and pay all or a portion of its property management fee to the third parties with whom it contracts for these services. On April 13, 2018, in connection with the loan for its 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium and 200 Riverside Boulevard properties, the Company entered into a new property management agreement with the Property Manager (the “April 2018 PMA”) to manage the properties secured by the loan. With respect to these properties, the substantive terms of the April 2018 PMA are identical to the terms of the PMA, except that the property management fee for non-hotel properties is 4.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed, plus market-based leasing commissions. The April 2018 PMA has an initial term of one year that is automatically extended for an unlimited number of successive one-year terms at the end of each year unless any party gives 60 days’ written notice to the other parties of its intention to terminate. The Company incurred approximately $0.4 million and $1.3 million in property management fees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and the Company incurred $0.4 million and $1.1 million in property management fees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Professional Fees and Other Reimbursements The Company pays directly or reimburses the Advisor monthly in arrears, for all the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor or its affiliates in connection with the services it provides to the Company under the Advisory Agreement, subject to the following limitations: • With respect to administrative and overhead expenses of the Advisor, including administrative and overhead expenses of all employees of the Advisor or its affiliates directly or indirectly involved in the performance of services but not including their salaries, wages, and benefits, these costs may not exceed in any fiscal year, (i) $0.4 million, or (ii) if the Asset Cost (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the month is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion, (x) the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal quarter multiplied by (y) 0.10%. • With respect to the salaries, wages, and benefits of all employees of the Advisor or its affiliates directly or indirectly involved in the performance of services (including the Company’s executive officers), these amounts must be comparable to market rates and reimbursements may not exceed, in any fiscal year, (i) $2.6 million, or (ii) if the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal year is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion, (x) the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal year multiplied by (y) 0.30%. Professional fees and other reimbursements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $1.3 million and $4.0 million, respectively, and were $1.1 million and $3.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. These amounts include reimbursements to the Advisor for administrative, overhead and personnel services, which are subject to the limits noted above, as well as costs associated with directors and officers insurance which are not subject to those limits. In September 2022, the Advisor terminated certain of its employees who provided services to the Company and for which the Company reimbursed the Advisor for salaries and benefits. In connection with the termination, the Company recognized a compensation charge, net of adjustments for previously accrued bonuses, of $0.2 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 The amount of expenses included within professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel services provided by and reimbursed to the Advisor for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $0.9 million and $3.0 million, respectively. No administrative and overhead expenses were recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2022, since the annual cap limit of $0.4 million, had been reached as of June 30, 2022. The amount of expenses included within professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel services provided by and reimbursed to the Advisor for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $0.9 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of which $0.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to administrative and overhead expenses and $0.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively, were for salaries, wages and benefits. The amount of expenses included within professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel services provided by and reimbursed to the Advisor for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $0.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively, of which $31,000 and $0.4 million, respectively, related to administrative and overhead expenses and $0.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively, were for salaries, wages, and benefits. Summary of Fees, Expenses and Related Payables The following table details amounts incurred in connection with the Company’s operations-related services described above as of and for the periods presented: Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, Payable (receivable) as of (In thousands) 2022 2021 2022 2021 September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 Ongoing fees: Asset and property management fees to related parties $ 1,667 $ 1,862 5,374 5,616 $ 607 $ 141 Professional fees and other reimbursements (1) 1,284 1,064 4,023 3,431 — — Total related party operation fees and reimbursements $ 2,951 $ 2,926 $ 9,397 $ 9,047 $ 607 $ 141 ________ (1) Amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are included in general and administrative expenses in the unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Listing Arrangements Listing Note Pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of the OP, which was amended and restated in connection with the effectiveness of the Listing on the Listing Date (as so amended and restated, the “A&R OP Agreement”), in the event the Company’s shares of common stock was listed on a national exchange, the OP was obligated to distribute to the Special Limited Partner a promissory note in an aggregate amount (the “Listing Amount”) equal to 15.0% of the difference (to the extent the result is a positive number) between: • the sum of (i) (A) the average closing price of the shares of Class A common stock over the Measurement Period (as defined below) multiplied by the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the Listing, plus (B) the sum of all distributions or dividends (from any source) paid by the Company to its stockholders prior to the Listing; and (ii) (X) the aggregate purchase price (without deduction for organization and offering expenses or any other underwriting discount, commissions or offering expenses) of the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock, plus (Y) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to the stockholders who purchased shares of the Company’s common stock in the initial public offering, would have provided those stockholders with a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax annual return on the aggregate purchase price of shares sold in the initial public offering through the listing, minus any distributions of net sales proceeds made to the Special Limited Partner prior to the end of the Measurement Period (as defined below). Effective at the Listing, the OP entered into a listing note agreement with respect to this obligation (the “Listing Note”) with the Special Limited Partner. The Listing Note evidences the OP’s obligation to distribute to the Special Limited Partner the Listing Amount, which will be calculated based on the Market Value of the Company’s common stock. The measurement period used to calculate the average Market Value of the Company’s Class A common stock was from February 9, 2022 to March 23, 2022, the end of the 30 consecutive trading dates commencing on February 9, 2022, which is the 180th day after August 13, 2021, which was the day all of the shares of the Company’s Class B common stock fully converted into shares of Class A common stock and began trading on the NYSE. Based on the actual Market Value during the measurement period, the Listing Amount was zero, and the Company has no distribution obligation to the Special Limited Partner related to the Listing Note. The final fair value of the Listing Note is zero, and the fair value of the Listing Note was nominal at issuance. The fair value at issuance was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation, which used a combination of observable and unobservable inputs. Termination Fees Payable to the Advisor The Advisory Agreement requires the Company to pay a termination fee to the Advisor in the event the Advisory Agreement is terminated prior to the expiration of the initial term in certain limited scenarios. The termination fee will be payable to the Advisor if either the Company or the Advisor exercises the right to terminate the Advisory Agreement in connection with the consummation of the first change of control (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). The termination fee is equal to • $15 million plus an amount equal to the product of (i) three (if the termination was effective on or prior to June 30, 2020) or four (if the termination is effective after June 30, 2020), multiplied by (ii) applicable Subject Fees. The “Subject Fees” are equal to (i) the product of • (a) 12, multiplied by (b) the actual base management fee for the month immediately prior to the month in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated, plus (ii) the product of (x) four multiplied by (y) the actual variable management fee for the quarter immediately prior to the quarter in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated, plus, (iii) without duplication, the annual increase in the base management fee resulting from the cumulative net proceeds of any equity issued by the Company and its subsidiaries in respect of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the fiscal quarter in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated. In connection with the termination or expiration of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor will be entitled to receive (in addition to any termination fee) all amounts then accrued and owing to the Advisor, including an amount equal to then-present fair market value of its shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and interest in the OP. |
