SEC Company Response from MODIV INDUSTRIAL, INC. (MDV, MDV-PA) (CIK 0001645873) (MDV) — May 27, 2016
MODIV INDUSTRIAL, INC. (MDV, MDV-PA) (CIK 0001645873)
Date: May 27, 2016 · CIK: 0001645873 · Accession: 0001567619-16-002453
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File numbers found in text: 333-205684
Referenced dates: April 18, 2016, March 25, 2016
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April 28,May 11, 2016
Jennifer Gowetski
Special Counsel
Division of Corporation
Finance
Securities and Exchange
Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Rich Uncles NNN REIT, Inc.
Amendment No.
8 to Registration Statement on Form S-11
Filed AprilMay [●], 2016
File No. 333-205684
Dear Ms. Gowetski:
Rich
Uncles NNN REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) provides the following information in response to the comments contained
in the correspondence of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, dated
April 18, 2016, relating to the above-referenced filing. We have repeated the text of your comments below and followed each with
our response. Further, On Aprilon May [●], 2016,
the Company filed Pre-Effective Amendment No. 8 to its Registration Statement on Form S-11, containing the revisions described
below. Our responses below refer to Amendment No. 8, and we enclose five paper copies of Amendment No. 8, marked to show changes
from Amendment No. 7 (filed March 25, 2016).
General
1. We note your response to comment 2 of our letter, including the line item
in your tabular template indicating that the subordinated participation fee, as determined by the board, is deducted in calculating
NAV. However, we also note your response to comment 5 of our letter and your statement on page 50 that the subordinated participation
fee consists of “(i) 40.0% of the amount by which the increase in NAV per share exceeds the highest previous NAV per share
as determined by the board of directors (or $10.00 per share if no such
determination has been made) less any prior return of capital, and (ii) 40.0% of the amount by which distributions to stockholders
for the year exceed a 6.5% return on the purchase price of their shares.” Please advise us how the subordinated participation
fee will be deducted in calculating NAV when it is based in part on the calculation of NAV. As applicable, please revise your disclosure
to more specifically explain how the subordinated participation fee will be deducted in calculating NAV.
Jennifer Gowetski
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11, 2016
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Response:
We have revised the Form S-11 to provide additional detail concerning the interaction of the calculation of NAV and the
calculation of the subordinated participation fee; please see attached pages 1, 3-5, and 44-46 of Amendment No. 8. As
described in Amendment No. 8, the subordinated participation fee is calculated based on the NAV figure described in the
disclosure on page 101 under the caption “Calculation of Our NAV Per Share”, defined and referred to as the
“Preliminary NAV”. As further noted in that disclosure, if our advisor is entitled to
receive a subordinated participation fee for a given annual period, that fee amount then reduces the Preliminary NAV figure for
use in future calculations, including any future offering prices per share at which shares are offered to the public, because the
amounts represented by the fee are paid from and reduce the assets (and therefore the NAV) of the Company. And, in order to provide
additional clarity with respect to this interaction, we further revised each discussion of the subordinated participation fee to
include a specific reference that the fee is calculated from the Preliminary NAV amount. For example, we revised the language on
pages 3-4 of Amendment No. 8 as follows (emphasis added):
The subordinated participation fee is an annually
measured performance fee subordinated to payment to stockholders of at least a 6.5% cumulative, non-compounded return on the highest
previous offering price to the public for our shares, after adjustment to reflect all return of capital distributions (such highest
previous offering price the “Highest Prior NAV per share”, and such return the “Preferred Return”). The
subordinated participation fee is only due to the advisor if the Preferred Return is achieved and is equal to the sum of:
(i) 40% of the product of (a) the difference
of (x) the Preliminary NAV per share (as defined in Calculation of Our NAV Per Share, below), minus (y) the Highest
Prior NAV per share, multiplied by (b) the number of shares outstanding as of December 31 of the relevant annual period,
but only if this results in a positive number, plus
(ii) 40% of the product of: (i) the amount by
which aggregate cash distributions to stockholders during the annual period, excluding return of capital distributions, , divided
by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the annual period, calculated on a monthly basis, exceed the Preferred
Return (the “Excess Return”), multiplied by (ii) the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the annual
period, calculated on a monthly basis.
The Preferred Return is
measured by all distributions to shareholders, except for the distribution of sale or financing proceeds which would act to reduce
the shareholders’ investment basis, which are referred to herein as “return of capital” distributions.
We also revised the tabular
template originally contained in our letter dated March 25, 2016. We resubmit the template below (marked to show changes against
the prior response) with additions (i) demonstrating both the assets and liabilities discussed in response to comment 6, infra,
and (ii) including a new interim line item, “Preliminary NAV”:
Jennifer Gowetski
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11, 2016
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As of each December 31:
Gross value of real estate assets (as reported by valuation expert)
Less value of real estate liabilities (as reported by valuation expert) (1)
Plus upward adjustments to individual real estate asset values made by board
Minus downward adjustments to individual real estate asset values made by board
Plus value of all other non-cash assets as determined by board
Plus cash on hand
Plus value of all other non-cash assets as determined by board
Plus cash on hand
Minus
all other non-real estate liabilities of the issuer, including any accrued unpaid advisory
fees and expenses for services through year end:
Accrued
unpaid advisory fees and expenses
Dividends and distributions payable
Any balance due on the acquisition line
of credit
Other (2)
The interim result is Preliminary
NAV
Minus subordinated participation fee
The result is the NAV as of December 31 (23)
(1) Asset valuation provided by valuation expert will
quantify be net of mortgage lending and other liabilities associated with each
property.
(2) Includes items
such as tenant security deposits, other accounts payable, interest payable and accrued expenses.
(3) The
resulting NAV divided by the number of shares of stock issued and outstanding as of December 31 will become the new offering price
per share to the public.
Prospectus Cover Page
2. Please confirm that your cover page will not exceed one page. To that end,
we note the second paragraph states that your total upfront expenses are significantly less than those of other non-exchange listed
public REITs that do pay commissions and fees and the third paragraph states your goal is to generate a relatively predictable
and stable current stream of income. Please remove these statements, which may be more appropriate in the summary. Refer to Item
501 of Regulation S-K.
Response:
We revised the cover page to Amendment No. 8 accordingly; a copy of which is attached to this letter. We further represent that
the final cover page will not exceed one page.
Prospectus Summary
Who is our sponsor, and what role will it play?
3. We note your statement that your sponsor was founded to make direct real
estate investment easier and less expensive for the small investor. Please revise to clarify that your investors are not investing
directly in real estate and will continue to pay significant fees or advise. In this regard and without limitation, we note the
organization and offering expenses to be reimbursed to your sponsor, asset management fee payable to your advisor and subordinated
participation fee paid to your advisor.
Jennifer Gowetski
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Response: We revised this Q&A as follows:
Who is our sponsor, and what role will it play?
Our sponsor is Rich Uncles,
LLC, or Rich Uncles, which was founded by Ray Wirta and Harold Hofer for a single purpose – to make direct
real estate investment easier and less expensive for the small investor. Typically, the sponsor of a non-exchange listed public
REIT, such as our company, has an in-house dealer-manager that is responsible for marketing shares in its real estate investment
trust, or REIT, to broker-dealers licensed with FINRA and investment advisers or financial planners who are licensed with the SEC
or state securities administrators. These fees typically include:
o 5% to 7% sales
commission paid to a broker dealer or financial planner for soliciting the REIT investment;
o 2% to 3% often
paid to a dealer manager for managing the sales effort; and
o 1% to 2% paid to the dealer manager,
broker-dealer or financial planner to reimburse costs associated with a due diligence review of the offering.
The broker-dealer
or financial planner usually receives 5% to 7% of his or her clients’ investment in the REIT as a commission. Additionally, the dealer-manager may also receive a commission, in the 2%
to 3% range. Finally, the broker-dealer or financial planner may be reimbursed for costs associated with
due diligence in an amount equal to 1% to 2% of the investment amount.
When one adds up all of
these commissions and reimbursements, approximately 10% of the cost of the REIT shares is spent on broker-dealer and dealer-manager
costs. Rich Uncles has created an alternate distribution channel for the sale of non-exchange listed public REITs that excludes
payment of commissions and expense reimbursements to advisory intermediaries. This alternate channel embraces the large scale reach
of the internet, and the ease of access to and transparency of information contained over the internet. Thus, Rich Uncles believes
that with this ease and transparency, Rich Uncles can deliver a real estate product to the market that has roughly 10% more of
the investment amount actually being invested in real estate rather than being paid to others in the form of commissions and reimbursements.
Investment
in our shares still involves substantial fees which may exceed fees paid by other REITs for the same services. These fees
include an organization and offering expense fee ifof
3% of gross proceeds to be reimbursed to our sponsor, a monthly asset management fee payable to our advisor andequal
to 0.1% of the total investment value of the assets and a subordinated participation fee payable to our advisor, as described
below.
For example On
the other hand, other non-exchange listed public REITs may charge lower performance fees than we will pay to our
advisor. In many cases, non-exchange listed public REITs pay subordinated performance fees equal to 15% to 25% of the amounts
by which asset sale proceeds exceed the amounts paid to purchase shares and a return of their invested capital plus a 6%
cumulative, non-compounded annual return on invested capitalwhile our advisor’s subordinated performance
fee equals (i) 40% of the annual increase in the Net Asset Value, or NAV, of our shares, subordinated
to payment of a 6.5% cumulative, non-compounded return on invested capital, plus (ii) plus 40% of
the amount by which annual distributions to stockholders exceed such 6.5% cumulative,
non-compounded return on invested capital. In contrast, our advisor’s performance fee, or
the subordinated participation fee, is a fee calculated as of December 31 of each year which is subordinated to payment to
stockholders of at least a 6.5% cumulative, non-compounded return and equal to the sum of (i) 40% of the amount by which the
Net Asset Value, or NAV, per share, as of December 31 exceeds the highest previous public offering price of our shares to the
public, adjusted to reflect any returns of capital, plus (ii) 40% of the amount by which non-return of capital
distributions to stockholders for that year exceeds a 6.5% cumulative, non-compounded return on the highest previous public
offering price of our shares to the public, adjusted to reflect any returns of capital.
Jennifer Gowetski
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How will your sponsor and advisor be compensated
for their services?
Subordinated Participation Fee
4. We note your response to comment 5 of our letter and your revised disclosure
on page 50. Please revise your disclosure in this section and in the fee table on page 45 to clarify that the advisor is entitled
to payment of both (i) 40.0% of the amount by which the increase in NAV per share exceeds the highest previous NAV per share as
determined by the board of directors (or $10.00 per share if no such determination has been made) less any prior return of capital,
and (ii) 40.0% of the amount by which distributions to stockholders for the year exceed a 6.5% return on the purchase price of
their shares for years in which distributions to shareholders meet or exceed a cumulative, non- compounded 6.5% return on the purchase
price of their shares.
Response: We have revised the Form S-11 to clarify that the advisor will be entitled to a subordinated participation fee equal to the sum of both individual components of the fee. For example, we revised the language on attached pages 44-46 of Amendment 8 to substantially the following:
The subordinated participation fee is an annually
measured performance fee subordinated to payment to stockholders of the Preferred Return. The subordinated participation fee is
only due to the advisor if the Preferred Return is achieved and is equal to the sum of:
(i) 40% of the product of (a) the difference
of (x) the Preliminary NAV, minus (y) the Highest Prior NAV per share, multiplied by (b) the number of shares outstanding
as of December 31 of the relevant annual period, plus
(ii) 40% of the product of: (i) the Excess Return,
multiplied by (ii) the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the annual period, calculated on a monthly basis.
Risk Factors
Because we are selling our shares directly to the
public, our stockholders will not have the benefit . . . .
5. We note your statement that stockholders will not have the benefit of an
independent review and investigation of this offering of the type normally performed by an unaffiliated, independent underwriter
in a public securities deal. Please revise to clarify whether an independent due diligence review is customarily performed in other
non- listed REIT offerings or advise. In addition, please more specifically describe how the absence of an independent due diligence
review increases the risks and uncertainties faced by stockholders.
Jennifer Gowetski
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Response: We revised the risk factor as follows:
Because we are selling
our shares directly to the public, our stockholders will not have the benefit of an independent due diligence review of us, which
is customarily performed in underwritten offerings; the absence of an independent due diligence review increases the risks and
uncertainty our stockholders face.
Because there is no independent
third party underwriter selling our shares or managing the sales effort, there will be no outside independent review of our finances
and operations in connection with the preparation of this offering, other than the attached independent audit of our financial
statements. Other REITs who use a licensed broker-dealer to sell shares are subjected to a due diligence review by the underwriter
or dealer manager to satisfy statutory duties under the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules of FINRA or the national securities
exchange where the REIT securities are listed. Therefore, our stockholders