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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT III), Inc. (the “Company”) is a non-exchange traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) formed as a Maryland corporation on May 22, 2014, that elected to be taxed, and currently qualifies, as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2017. The Company generally acquires and operates commercial real estate assets, primarily consisting of single-tenant, income-producing necessity office and industrial properties, which are leased to creditworthy tenants under long-term leases. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned two office and industrial properties, comprising 391,000 rentable square feet of commercial space located in two states. As of September 30, 2020, the rentable square feet at these properties was 100% leased.
Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through Cole Corporate Income Operating Partnership III, LP (“CCI III OP”), a Delaware limited partnership, of which the Company is the sole general partner and owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the partnership interests.
The Company is externally managed by Cole Corporate Income Management III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CCI III Management”), which is an affiliate of CIM Group, LLC (“CIM”). CIM is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, developer and lender with multi-disciplinary expertise, including in acquisitions, management, development, leasing, research and capital markets. CIM is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and has offices in Oakland, California; Bethesda, Maryland; Dallas, Texas; New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; Orlando, Florida; Tokyo, Japan; and Atlanta, Georgia.
CCO Group, LLC owns and controls CCI III Management, the Company’s advisor, and is the indirect owner of CCO Capital, LLC (“CCO Capital”), the Company’s dealer manager, and CREI Advisors, LLC (“CREI Advisors”), the Company’s property manager. CCO Group, LLC and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CCO Group”) serve as the Company’s sponsor and as a sponsor to CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (“CMFT”), Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. (“CCPT V”), Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”) and CIM Income NAV, Inc. (“CIM Income NAV”).
On September 22, 2016, the Company commenced its initial public offering on a “best efforts” basis, offering up to a maximum of $3.5 billion in shares of common stock (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, the Company offered up to $2.5 billion in shares of its common stock pursuant to the primary offering, consisting of two classes of shares: Class A common stock (“Class A Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per share (up to $1.25 billion in shares) and Class T common stock (“Class T Shares”) at a price of $9.57 per share (up to $1.25 billion in shares). Pursuant to the Offering, the Company also offered up to $1.0 billion in shares of its common stock pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”) at a purchase price during the Offering equal to the per share primary offering prices net of selling commissions and dealer manager fees, or $9.10 per share for both Class A Shares and Class T Shares.
Effective December 31, 2018, the primary portion of the Offering was terminated, but the Company continued to issue Class A Shares and Class T Shares pursuant to the DRIP portion of the Offering. On March 28, 2019, the Company registered an aggregate of $4,300,000 of Class A Shares and Class T Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-230565) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective on April 5, 2019 (the “DRIP Offering” and collectively with the Offering, the “Offerings”). As of April 30, 2019, the Company ceased issuing shares in the Offering and had sold a total of $31.2 million of Class A Shares and Class T Shares pursuant to the Offering, including $30.2 million ($23.3 million in Class A Shares and $6.9 million in Class T Shares) sold to the public pursuant to the primary portion of the Offering and $1.0 million ($655,000 in Class A Shares and $350,000 in Class T Shares) sold pursuant to the DRIP portion of the Offering. The unsold Class A Shares and Class T Shares in the Offering of $3.5 billion in the aggregate were subsequently deregistered. The Company began to issue Class A Shares and Class T Shares under the DRIP Offering on May 1, 2019 and continued to issue shares under the DRIP Offering until, on August 30, 2020, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) suspended the DRIP Offering in connection with the entry of the Company into the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
The Board establishes an updated estimated per share net asset value (“NAV”) of the Company’s common stock on at least an annual basis for purposes of assisting broker-dealers that participated in the Offering in meeting their customer account reporting obligations under Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2231. Distributions are reinvested in shares of the Company’s common stock under the DRIP at the estimated per share NAV as determined by the Board. Additionally, the estimated per share NAV as determined by the Board serves as the per share NAV for purposes of the share redemption program. As of September 30, 2020, the estimated per share NAV was $7.76 per share for both Class A Shares and Class T Shares, which was established on August 12, 2020 using a valuation date of June 30, 2020. Commencing on August 14, 2020, $7.76 served as the per share NAV for both Class A Shares and Class T Shares under the DRIP Offering. The Board previously established a per share NAV as of February 13, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020. The Company’s estimated per share NAV is not audited or reviewed by its independent registered public accounting firm. Given the relative stability of the Company’s rent collections and the per share NAV for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, the Board determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to cease incurring the additional costs associated with quarterly valuations and return to updating the Company’s per share NAV on an annual basis in accordance with its valuation policies.
Pending Merger with CMFT
On August 30, 2020, the Company, CMFT and Thor III Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMFT (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as subsequently amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated November 3, 2020, (the “Merger Agreement”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger, such that following the Merger, the surviving entity will continue as a wholly owned subsidiary of CMFT. In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), the separate existence of the Company shall cease at the effective time of the Merger.
At the effective time of the Merger and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, each issued and outstanding Class A Share and Class T Share will be converted into the right to receive 1.098 shares of CMFT’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “CMFT Common Stock”), subject to the treatment of fractional shares in accordance with the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Consideration”). At the effective time of the Merger and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, each issued and outstanding Class A Share granted under the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled in exchange for an amount equal to the Merger Consideration.
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants relating to the conduct of the Company’s and CMFT’s respective businesses during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the completion of the Merger, subject to certain exceptions.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company had a “go shop” period that ended on 11:59 p.m. New York City time on October 7, 2020 (the “Go Shop Period End Time”) during which the Company and its subsidiaries and representatives could initiate, solicit, provide information and enter into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions. Following the Go Shop Period End Time, the Company and its subsidiaries and representatives may not solicit, provide information or enter into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions, subject to certain limited exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement.
The Merger Agreement also provides that prior to the Stockholder Approval (as defined below), the Board may, under specified circumstances, make an Adverse Recommendation Change (as defined in the Merger Agreement), including withdrawing its recommendation of the Merger, subject to complying with certain conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.
The Merger Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances, including by either the Company or CMFT if the Merger has not been consummated on or before 11:59 p.m. New York time on May 30, 2021 (the “Outside Date”), if a final and non-appealable order is entered permanently restraining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, if the Stockholder Approval has not been obtained at the Stockholders Meeting (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or upon a material uncured breach of the respective obligations, covenants or agreements by the other party that would cause the closing conditions in the Merger Agreement not to be satisfied.
In addition, the Company may terminate the Merger Agreement in order to enter into an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement” with respect to a “Superior Proposal” (each as defined in the Merger Agreement) at any time prior to receipt by the Company of the Stockholder Approval pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.
CMFT may terminate the Merger Agreement at any time prior to the receipt of the Stockholder Approval, in certain limited circumstances, including upon (i) an Adverse Recommendation Change, (ii) a tender offer or exchange offer that is commenced which the Board fails to recommend against or (iii) a breach by the Company, in any material respect, of its obligations under the go shop or no solicitation provisions set forth in the Merger Agreement.
If the Merger Agreement is terminated because the Merger was not consummated before the Outside Date or because the Stockholder Approval was not obtained, and (i) an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) has been publicly announced or otherwise communicated to the Company’s stockholders prior to the Stockholders Meeting and (ii) within 12 months after the date of such termination (A) the Company consummates or enters into an agreement (that is thereafter consummated) in respect of an Acquisition Proposal for 50% or more of the Company’s equity or assets or (B) the Board recommends or fails to recommend against an Acquisition Proposal structured as a tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of the Company’s equity and such Acquisition Proposal is actually consummated, then the Company must pay CMFT a termination fee of $710,000 and up to $130,000 as reimbursement for CMFT’s Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
If the Merger Agreement is terminated in connection with the Company’s acceptance of a Superior Proposal or making an Adverse Recommendation Change, then the Company must pay to CMFT a termination fee of $710,000 and up to $130,000 as reimbursement for CMFT’s Expenses, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Merger Agreement.
The obligation of each party to consummate the Merger is subject to a number of customary conditions, including receipt of the approval of the Merger (and of an amendment to the Company’s charter that is required to consummate the Merger) by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote thereon (the “Stockholder Approval”), delivery of certain documents and legal opinions, the truth and correctness of the representations and warranties of the parties (subject to the materiality standards contained in the Merger Agreement) and the absence of a CCIT III Material Adverse Effect or CMFT Material Adverse Effect (as each term is defined in the Merger Agreement).
On August 30, 2020, CMFT, CCPT V and Thor V Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMFT (“CCPT V Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as subsequently amended on October 22, 2020, October 24, 2020 and October 29, 2020, (the “CCPT V Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which CCPT V will be merged with and into CCPT V Merger Sub (the “CCPT V Merger”). Neither the Merger nor the CCPT V Merger is contingent upon the completion of the other.
On August 30, 2020, CMFT, CCIT II and Thor II Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMFT (“CCIT II Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “CCIT II Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which CCIT II would have merged with and into CCIT II Merger Sub, with CCIT II Merger Sub surviving the merger as the surviving entity such that following the merger, the surviving entity would have continued as a wholly owned subsidiary of CMFT. The CCIT II Merger Agreement was subsequently terminated on October 29, 2020 and, as a result, all provisions of the Merger Agreement relating to CCIT II or the CCIT II Merger Agreement are no longer applicable.
Concurrently with the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Company and CCI III Management entered into a letter agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the advisory agreement between the Company and CCI III Management (the “Advisory Agreement”) will be terminated at the effective time of the Merger. Also pursuant to the Termination Agreement, CCI III Management agreed to waive any subordinated performance fee or disposition fee (as described in Note 8 — Related-Party Transactions and Arrangements) it otherwise would be entitled to pursuant to the Advisory Agreement related to the Merger. In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Termination Agreement will be automatically terminated.
In connection with the contemplated Merger, on August 30, 2020, the Board approved the suspension of the DRIP, and, therefore, distributions paid after that date will be paid in cash to all stockholders unless and until the DRIP is reinstated. Additionally, on August 30, 2020, the Board approved the suspension of the Company’s share redemption program, and therefore, no shares will be redeemed from the Company’s stockholders after that date unless and until the share redemption program is reinstated.
On August 30, 2020, the Board also approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to provide that (i) the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, will be the sole and exclusive forum for (A) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (B) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by a director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or its stockholders or asserting a claim of breach of any standard of conduct set forth in the MGCL, (C) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL, the charter of the Company or the bylaws of the Company, or (D) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine and (ii) the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, will be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933.