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Note 12 - Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
1
2
- Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
 
Relationships with the Brookfield Investor and its Affiliates
 
As described in Note
3
- Brookfield Investment, on
January 12, 2017,
the Company and the OP entered into the SPA and the Framework Agreement. On
March 31, 2017,
the Initial Closing occurred and a variety of transactions contemplated by the SPA and the Framework Agreement were consummated, including the issuance and sale of the Redeemable Preferred Share and
9,152,542.37
Class C Units and the execution or taking of various agreements and actions required to effectuate the Company's transition to self-management. On
February 27, 2018,
the Second Closing occurred, pursuant to which the Company sold
1,694,915.25
additional Class C Units to the Brookfield Investor, for a purchase price of
$14.75
per Class C Unit, or
$25.0
million in the aggregate. On
February 27, 2019,
the Final Closing occurred, pursuant to which the Company sold
14,898,060.78
additional Class C Units to the Brookfield Investor, for a purchase price of
$14.75
per Class C Unit, or
$219.7
million in the aggregate. Following the Final Closing, the Brookfield Investor
no
longer has any obligations or rights to purchase additional Class C Units pursuant to the SPA or otherwise.
 
Holders of Class C Units are entitled to receive, with respect to each Class C Unit, fixed, quarterly cumulative cash distributions at a rate of
7.50%
per annum from legally available funds. Holders of Class C Units are also entitled to receive, with respect to each Class C Unit, fixed, quarterly, cumulative PIK Distributions payable in Class C Units at a rate of
5%
per annum. For the year ended
December 31,
2017
, the Company paid cash distributions of
$7.9
million and PIK Distributions of
355,349.60
Class C Units to the Brookfield Investor, as the sole holder of the Class C Units. For the year ended
December 31, 2018
, the Company paid cash distributions of
$12.5
million and PIK Distributions of
564,870.56
Class C Units to the Brookfield Investor, as the sole holder of the Class C Units. For the year ended
December 31, 2019
, the Company paid cash distributions of
$27.8
million and PIK Distributions of
1,255,214.93
Class C Units to the Brookfield Investor, as the sole holder of the Class C Units.
 
Two of the Company’s directors, Bruce G. Wiles, who also serves as Chairman of the Board, and Lowell G. Baron, have been elected to the Company’s board of directors as the Redeemable Preferred Directors pursuant to the Brookfield Investor’s rights as the holder of the Redeemable Preferred Share and pursuant to the SPA. Mr. Wiles serves as a Senior Advisor for Brookfield Property Group's lodging investment platform, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an affiliate of the Brookfield Investor, and Mr. Baron serves as a Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Chief Investment Officer of its global real estate business.