11/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2024 10:33
ITEM 3.02 | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
Securities for Services
Base Management Fee
As previously disclosed in the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 6, 2022 by Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), on October 5, 2022, the Company entered into a Management Agreement (as amended by that certain Amendment to Management Agreement dated January 10, 2023, the "Management Agreement") with its operating partnership, Bluerock Residential Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), and its external manager, Bluerock Homes Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Manager"), pursuant to which the Manager administers the business activities and day-to-day operations of the Company. The Management Agreement provides for the quarterly payment of a base management fee to the Manager (the "Base Management Fee") to compensate the Manager for advisory services and certain general management services rendered thereunder, the calculation of which is reviewed by the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), and which is payable either in cash or in long-term incentive plan units of the Operating Partnership ("C-LTIP Units"), at the election of the Board.
The Board, including its independent directors, having reviewed the calculation of the Base Management Fee for the three months ended September 30, 2024 ("Q3 2024") as provided by the Manager, authorized and approved payment of one half of the quarterly installment of the Base Management Fee for Q3 2024 in C-LTIP Units, in a number of C-LTIP Units equal to (i) the dollar amount of the portion of the quarterly installment of the Base Management Fee payable in such C-LTIP Units (calculated by the Manager as $1,188,439), divided by (ii) the average of the closing prices of the Company's Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), on the NYSE American on the five business days prior to the date of issuance (the "Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units").
As permitted under the Management Agreement, by mutual agreement of the Manager and its affiliate, Bluerock Real Estate Holdings, LLC ("BREH"), the executive management team of the Manager is employed and compensated by BREH, and payroll-related expenses incurred by BREH in connection therewith are reimbursed by the Manager to BREH. On December 31, 2023, in order to reduce the Manager's cash expenditures and further align the respective interests of each of (i) R. Ramin Kamfar ("Mr. Kamfar"), in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the Manager, and (ii) Jordan Ruddy ("Mr. Ruddy"), in his capacity as President of the Manager, with those of the Company's stockholders, each of Mr. Kamfar and Mr. Ruddy formally elected and agreed to receive a portion of their respective base salaries payable by BREH for services provided to the Manager for fiscal year 2024 in the form of C-LTIP Units rather than in cash, with the remainder payable by BREH in cash (the "Salary Elections"). By mutual agreement of the Manager and the Company, in keeping with the Salary Elections and in partial satisfaction of the Company's Base Management Fee obligation to the Manager for Q3 2024, each of the Manager and BREH directed the Company that (a) a portion of the Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units, valued at $184,500, should instead be issued directly to Mr. Kamfar in satisfaction of the Manager's reimbursement obligation to BREH for payroll-related expenses in connection with the payment of 98.4% of Mr. Kamfar's base salary for Q3 2024 for services provided to the Manager in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer thereof, and (b) a portion of the Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units, valued at $60,000, should instead be issued directly to Mr. Ruddy in satisfaction of the Manager's reimbursement obligation to BREH for payroll-related expenses in connection with the payment of 80.0% of Mr. Ruddy's base salary for Q3 2024 for services provided to the Manager in his capacity as President thereof (such directive by the Manager and BREH, the "Q3 Directive"). The Board, including its independent directors, authorized and approved such issuances in keeping with the Q3 Directive.
On November 12, 2024 (the "Issuance Date"), the Manager calculated, as set forth in the Management Agreement, that an aggregate of 83,564 Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units would be issuable to the Manager in partial payment of the Base Management Fee, and in keeping with the Q3 Directive, the Company caused the Operating Partnership to issue (i) 66,372 of the Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units to the Manager in partial payment thereof, (ii) 12,973 of the Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units to Mr. Kamfar in satisfaction of the Manager's reimbursement obligation to BREH for 98.4% of Mr. Kamfar's base salary for Q3 2024 for services provided to the Manager in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer thereof, and (iii) 4,219 of the Q3 Base Management Fee C-LTIP Units to Mr. Ruddy in satisfaction of the Manager's reimbursement obligation to BREH for 80.0% of Mr. Ruddy's base salary for Q3 2024 for services provided to the Manager in his capacity as President thereof.