In connection with the DST Program, Black Creek Industrial Exchange LLC (“BCIX”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of our taxable REIT subsidiary that is wholly-owned by the Operating Partnership, will enter into a dealer manager agreement with our Dealer Manager. Pursuant to the dealer manager agreement, the Dealer Manager agreed to conduct the private placements of up to $500 million of interests. BC Exchange Industrial Manager LLC (the “DST Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, will act, directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary, as the manager of each Delaware statutory trust holding a DST Property, but has assigned all of its rights and obligations as manager (including fees and reimbursements received) to BC Exchange Industrial Advisor LLC (the “DST Advisor”), an affiliate of the Advisor.
Further, in connection with the DST Program, our affiliate, BCIX will maintain a loan program and may, upon request, provide loans (the “DST Investor Loans” and, each individually, a “DST Investor Loan”) to certain purchasers of the interests in the Delaware Statutory Trusts (the “DST Interests”) to finance a portion of the purchase price payable upon their acquisition of such interests (the “Purchase Price”). The DST Investor Loans will be made by a newly formed entity (the “BCIX Lender”), which will be affiliated with us, the Operating Partnership and the DST Manager.
BTC I Partnership Agreement
Incentive Distributions Pursuant to BTC I Partnership Agreement
As disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by us on July 21, 2020 (the “Prior 8-K”), we, indirectly through certain of our subsidiaries, own a minority ownership interest in the BTC I Partnership. Specifically, our subsidiaries, IPT BTC I GP LLC (the “BTC I GP”) and IPT BTC I LP LLC (the “BTC I LP”), own a general partner interest and a minority limited partner interest, respectively, in the BTC I Partnership.
The Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the BTC I Partnership, dated as of December 31, 2016, and amended as of July 15, 2020, by and among the BTC I GP, the BTC I LP, Industrial Property Advisors Sub I LLC (the “BTC I SLP”), an affiliate of our Advisor, and QR Master Holdings USA II LP (the “BTC I Partnership Agreement”), contains procedures for making distributions to the parties, including incentive distributions to the BTC I GP and the BTC I SLP, which are subject to the achievement of certain return thresholds. The BTC I GP and the BTC I SLP agreed to split such incentive distributions such that BTC I SLP will receive 60% of the incentive distributions attributable to interests in BTC I which are not owned by the BTC I GP or the BTC I LP. The incentive distributions became due and payable in the fourth quarter of 2020. Our subsidiary, the BTC I GP, elected to receive its share of the incentive distribution as an increase of our interest in BTC I in lieu of a cash payment. The new percentage ownership interest of the BTC I GP in BTC I is described below under “—Amendment to the BTC I Partnership Agreement”. The BTC I SLP requested that a portion of its incentive distribution be issued as an increase of its interest in BTC I in lieu of a full redemption of its interest and a cash payment, and the parties to the BTC I Partnership Agreement amended the BTC I Partnership Agreement to accommodate this request, as described below.
Amendment to BTC I Partnership Agreement
The parties to the BTC I Partnership Agreement entered into a second amendment to the agreement on January 12, 2021 (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, effective as of December 22, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), a portion of the BTC I SLP’s incentive distribution in the amount of $16 million was issued as an increase of the BTC I SLP’s interest in the BTC I Partnership. As of the Effective Date, the BTC I GP owned an 8.9% interest, the BTC I LP owned a 17.9% interest, the BTC I SLP owned a 1.2% interest and the third party partner, QR Master Holdings USA II LP (the “QR Limited Partner”), owned a 72.0% interest in BTC I. The QR Limited Partner was previously assigned 100% of the interest held by the BCIMC Limited Partner, as defined in the Prior 8-K.
The Amendment also provides that the BTC I SLP will participate pro rata (based on its percentage interest) in any distributions of available cash and liquidating distributions. In addition, the BTC I SLP will be treated in the same manner as the BTC I LP for purposes of the rights of first offer, tag along rights, buy-sell and forced sale provisions of the BTC I Partnership Agreement, which were described in the Prior 8-K.
Pursuant to the Amendment, the QR Limited Partner and the BTC I SLP each have the right, on 15 days’ prior written notice, to cause BTC I to redeem the BTC I SLP’s interest. Until March 31, 2021, the redemption price will be $16 million. Thereafter, the redemption price will be the fair market value of the interest, determined based on the latest appraised value of BTC I’s assets plus any capital contributions funded with respect to such assets since the appraised value was finalized, in each case adjusted to reflect any applicable distributions in connection with any capital transactions.
As also disclosed in the Prior 8-K, we entered in to an agreement (the “BTC I Services Agreement”) between the BTC I GP, the BTC I SLP, and the Advisor, pursuant to which the BTC I GP appointed the BTC I SLP to provide acquisition and asset management services and, to the extent applicable, development management and development oversight services (the “BTC I Advisory Services”) and assigned to the BTC I SLP the fees payable pursuant to the BTC I Partnership Agreement for providing the BTC I Advisory Services. In connection with the transactions described above, the BTC I SLP assigned its interest in the BTC I Services Agreement to Industrial Property Advisors Sub II LLC (the “BTC I Service Provider”), including, without limitation, the BTC I SLP’s obligations to provide services and right to receive fees under the agreement, with such assignment effective as of the Effective Date. The BTC I Service Provider is owned by an affiliate of the Advisor.