RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONSAs described further below, the Company has entered into agreements with certain affiliates pursuant to which they provide services to the Company. Keith D. Hall and Peter McMillan III control and indirectly own Pacific Oak Holding Group, LLC (“Pacific Oak Holding”), the Company’s sponsor since November 1, 2019. Pacific Oak Holding is the sole owner of the Advisor since November 1, 2019. Messrs. Hall and McMillan are also two of the Company’s executive officers and directors.

In addition, along with Charles J. Schreiber, Jr., Keith D. Hall and Peter McMillan III control and indirectly own KBS Holdings LLC (“KBS Holdings”), the Company’s sponsor prior to November 1, 2019. KBS Holdings is the sole owner of KBS Capital Advisors, the Company’s advisor prior to November 1, 2019, and KBS Capital Markets Group LLC, the entity that acted as the dealer manager of the Company’s now-terminated primary initial public offering.

From the Company’s inception through October 31, 2019, KBS Capital Advisors provided day-to-day management of the Company’s business. The advisory agreement with KBS Capital Advisors terminated on October 31, 2019, and the Company hired the Advisor under substantially the same terms on November 1, 2019. The advisory agreement with the Advisor has a one-year term subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon the mutual consent of the parties.

Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, summarized below are the related-party costs incurred by the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and any related amounts payable as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):


	Incurred								Payable as of
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,				September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Expensed	2020		2019		2020		2019
Asset management fees	$	2,426	$	2,093	$	6,867	$	5,954	$	2,538	$	1,498
Property management fees (1)	114		—		114		—		—		—
Reimbursable operating expenses (2)	56		79		148		251		—		—
Disposition fees (3)	—		233		—		627		—		—
Change in subordinated performance fee due upon termination to affiliate (4)	(1,121)		—		(814)		—		(3)		(3)
Capitalized
Acquisition fees on real estate equity securities	—		—		122		—		—		—
Acquisition fee on real estate	—		—		171		897		—		—

Acquisition fee on investment in unconsolidated entities	—		—		—		50		—		137
Investment in PORT II (5)	—		—		—		—		3,911		—
	$	1,475	$	2,405	$	6,608	$	7,779	$	6,449	$	1,635

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(1) Property management fees are for single-family homes under Battery Point and paid to DayMark. These fees are included in the line item “Operating, maintenance, and management cost” in the consolidated statement of operations.

(2) The relevant advisor may seek reimbursement for certain employee costs under the relevant advisory agreement. The Company has reimbursed the relevant advisor for the Company’s allocable portion of the salaries, benefits and overhead of internal audit department personnel providing services to the Company. These amounts totaled $65,000 and $198,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and were the only employee costs reimbursed under the advisory agreement during these periods. There were no employee cost reimbursements during 2020. The Company will not reimburse for employee costs in connection with services for which the Advisor earns acquisition, origination or disposition fees (other than reimbursement of travel and communication expenses) or for the salaries or benefits the Advisor or its affiliates may pay to the Company’s executive officers. In addition to the amounts above, the Company reimburses the Advisor for certain of the Company’s direct costs incurred from third parties that were initially paid by the Advisor on behalf of the Company.

(3) Disposition fees with respect to real estate sold are included in the gain on sale of real estate in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

(4) Change in estimate of fees payable to KBS Capital Advisors due to the termination of the former advisory agreement with KBS Capital Advisors. See “Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination to KBS Capital Advisors”, below, for more details.

(5) During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company, through a subsidiary of PORT OP, invested $5.0 million in PORT II OP LP (“PORT II OP”), of which $3.9 million was payable. See "PORT II" below for more details.

Battery Point Restructuring

On October 28, 2016, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, agreed to invest up to $25,000,000 in Battery Point Trust, LLC (“Battery Point LLC”) through the purchase of Series B Preferred Equity Units (the “Series B Preferred Units”). On May 12, 2017, the Company and Battery Point LLC agreed to limit the Company’s investment to $17,500,000 worth of Series B Preferred Units. The Company invested the full $17,500,000 in stages. During 2018, $4,500,000 was repaid to the Company. On June 29, 2018, Battery Point LLC was converted into Battery Point Trust, Inc. (“Battery Point”) and the Company’s Series B Preferred Units were converted into Series B Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”). The Series B Preferred Shares are entitled to the same rights and protections as were the Series B Preferred Units. The Series B Preferred Shares pay a quarterly dividend of 12% and had an outside maturity date of October 28, 2019.

On March 20, 2019, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, entered into a redemption agreement for the Battery Point Series B Preferred Shares. The redemption agreement resulted in the redemption of 13,000 Series B Preferred Units with a per-unit price of $1,000. The Company received $8.6 million, of which $0.9 million relates to accrued interest and an exit fee. In addition, the Company received 210,000 Battery Point Series A-3 Preferred Units with a per-unit price of $25.

On March 20, 2019, Pacific Oak Battery Point Holdings, LLC (“Pacific Oak BP”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Advisor, a real estate asset management company formed in 2019, and its family of companies (collectively, “Pacific Oak”), acquired all the common equity interests in BPT Holdings, LLC (“Battery Point Holdings”). Battery Point Holdings owns (a) the common stock in Battery Point, (b) all the service entities that provide advisory, servicing and property management services to Battery Point Holdings generally named “DayMark”, and (c) 40% of additional DayMark entities that purchase, renovate, lease and sell single-family residential homes to Battery Point. As owner of Battery Point Holdings, Pacific Oak is responsible for funding the ongoing operations of Battery Point Holdings and its subsidiaries. The affiliated DayMark service entities are paid annual asset management fees equal to 1.5% of the gross asset value of Battery Point, annual property management fees equal to 8% of tenants’ rents received by Battery Point, and acquisition fees of 1% of the gross purchase price of properties acquired. The affiliated DayMark service entities also receive fees from tenants upon execution of leases and a 1% commission from sellers of properties into the program, if it acts as the broker for the seller. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company purchased additional 430,000 shares of Battery Point Series A-3 Preferred Units for an aggregate amount of $10.8 million.

On July 1, 2020, the Company acquired, through its subsidiaries, Battery Point. The Company acquired Battery Point by acquiring all the 1,000,000 outstanding shares of Battery Point common stock from Battery Point Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Advisor. In exchange, BPT Holdings received 510,816 common equity units in PORT OP, approximately 4.5% of the outstanding common equity units as of July 1, 2020. The value of the interests exchanged was estimated by the participants at approximately $3.0 million. As a result of the Battery Point acquisition, the Company’s 640,000 shares of Battery Point Series A-3 Preferred Units were eliminated in consolidation.

Prior to the acquisition date, the Company accounted for its investment in the Battery Point A-3 Preferred Units as an equity-method investment. The acquisition-date carrying value of the previous equity interest was $14.0 million and is included in the measurement of the consideration transferred. The Company recognized a gain of $2.0 million as a result of remeasuring its prior equity interest in the Battery Point A-3 Preferred Units held before the acquisition. The gain is included in the line item “Gain from remeasurement of prior equity interest” in the consolidated statement of operations.

Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company acquired 91 Class A Units for $20.6 million in the Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I, LLC (“Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I”). Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I is sponsored by Pacific Oak Holding. The Advisor is entitled to certain fees in connection with the fund. The fund will pay an acquisition fee equal to 1.5% of the purchase price of each asset (including any debt incurred or assumed and significant capital improvement costs budgeted as of the date of acquisition) with a purchase price less than or equal to $25.0 million plus 1.0% of the purchase price in excess of $25.0 million; a quarterly asset management fee equal to 0.25% of the total purchase price of all assets (including any debt incurred or assumed and significant capital improvement costs budgeted as of the date of acquisition) as of the end of the applicable quarter; and a financing fee equal to 0.5% of the original principal amount of any indebtedness they incur (reduced by any financing fee previously paid with respect to indebtedness being refinanced). In the case of investments made through joint ventures, the fees above will be determined based on the Company’s proportionate share of the investment. Pacific Oak is also entitled to certain distributions paid by the Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I after the Class A Members have received their preferred return. These fees and distributions have been waived for the Company’s $20.6 million investment. In addition, a side letter agreement between the Advisor and Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I was executed on February 28, 2020 and stipulates that any asset management fees allocable to the Company and waived by the Advisor for Pacific Oak Opportunity Zone Fund I and shall be distributed to the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $0.5 million of waived asset management fees recorded as equity in income of unconsolidated entities, of which $0.1 million was a receivable as of September 30, 2020.

PORT II

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company has contributed $5.0 million in PORT II OP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Oak Residential Trust II, Inc. ("PORT II"). On August 31, 2020, PORT II entered into an advisory agreement (as subsequently amended and restated on October 9, 2020, “PORT II Advisory Agreement”) with Pacific Oak Residential Advisors, LLC (“PORA”), an affiliate of the Advisor. Pursuant to the PORT II Advisory Agreement, PORT II has engaged PORA to act as its external advisor with respect to PORT II’s operations and assets. Because the Company has separately engaged the Advisor to manage its operations and assets, including its interests in PORT II, on November 12, 2020, the Company and the Advisor agreed to amend their advisory agreement to provide that PORT II’s operations and assets will be managed by PORA and not by the Advisor. In addition, the amendment provides that the Advisor will rebate or offset its fees under its advisory agreement with the Company to the extent of the Company’s indirect economic interest in fees paid by PORT II to PORA (which will be based on the Company’s indirect ownership of PORT II OP, which is the operating partnership of PORT II and the entity ultimately responsible for PORT II’s administrative expenses).

On August 31, 2020, PORT II entered into a property management agreement with DMH Realty, LLC (“DMH”), an affiliate of POCA and PORA. Pursuant to the property management agreement, PORT II will pay to DMH a base fee equal to the following: (a) for all rent collections up to $50 million per year, 8%; (b) for all rent collections in excess of $50 million per year, but less than or equal to $75 million per year, 7%; and (c) for all rent collections in excess of $75 million per year, 6%. PORT II will also pay DMH market-based leasing fees that will depend on the type of tenant, shared fees equal to 100% of any application fees collected and 50% of any insufficient funds fees, late fees and certain other fees collected. DMH may also perform additional services at rates that would be payable to unrelated parties.

PORT II is a newly-organized Maryland corporation formed and sponsored by the Advisor to acquire, own and operate single family homes as rental properties as well as to acquire and own other interests, including mortgages on or securities related to single family homes. The Company has contributed $5 million in capital to PORT II OP. The Company made its investment through PORT OP, of which the Company owns 96.1% of the equity as of November 13, 2020.

Subordinated Performance Fee Due Upon Termination to KBS Capital Advisors

The Company and KBS Capital Advisors agreed to terminate their advisory agreement effective October 31, 2019. In connection with that agreement, the Company agreed to pay KBS Capital Advisors a subordinated performance fee due upon termination in the form of Restricted Stock, to be paid to KBS Capital Advisors upon the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The number of Restricted Stock to be awarded has been set at 3,411,737 shares and was issued on March 27, 2020. This termination payout value to KBS Capital Advisors (the “KBS Termination Fee Value”) was determined based on the Company’s performance from inception through September 30, 2018. In other words, it was based on the Company’s participation fee potential liability to KBS Capital Advisors calculated with respect to the November 12, 2018 estimated value per share. As a result, when the Company hired the Advisor as the Company’s new advisor on November 1, 2019, the Company agreed to a participation fee that was based on the Company’s performance from September 30, 2018. The Restricted Stock vests on November 1, 2021. Within 60 days from vesting of the Restricted Stock, the Company will redeem 50% of the Restricted Stock, with the amount of the cash payment per share determined based on the then most recent net asset value of the shares (which shall not be more than six months old). The remaining vested Restricted Stock (the “Remaining Shares”) shall not be eligible for redemption under the Company’s share redemption program unless the Company has satisfied all outstanding redemption requests from other stockholders, provided that (a) this restriction may be waived in certain situations, such as upon a change of control of the Company and (b) notwithstanding the foregoing, within 60 days after November 1, 2024, the Company shall be required to redeem any Remaining Shares, separate and outside of any general stockholder share redemption program, at the then most recent net asset value per share (which shall not be more than six months old), provided that such outstanding shares are owned or controlled by Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. or the estate of Peter M. Bren, and provided further that pursuant to this clause (b) the Company will only be required to redeem that number Remaining Shares which, when added to any previously redeemed Remaining Shares owned or controlled by Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. or the estate of Peter M. Bren, does not exceed two-thirds of the total number of Remaining Shares.

The Company also agreed with KBS Capital Advisors and the Advisor that with respect to any fiscal quarter that any matter related to the award of Restricted Stock results in a company expense that falls within the definition of Total Operating Expenses (as defined in the Company’s charter), if Total Operating Expenses for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines (as defined in the Company’s charter), then the Company’s conflicts committee will determine an Excess Amount (as defined in the Company’s charter) is justified, based on unusual and non-recurring factors that it deems sufficient, in an amount sufficient (a) to allow the portion of Total Operating Expenses for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended comprised of the Restricted Stock expenses to be paid or incurred by the Company without reimbursement by the Advisor (as defined in the Company’s charter) and (b) to allow any other portion of Total Operating Expenses for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended to be paid or incurred by the Company without reimbursement by the Advisor, to the extent such portion alone (i.e., that portion of Total Operating Expenses exclusive of the Restricted Stock expenses) would not have exceeded the 2%/25% Guidelines.