DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL REIT

DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL 2011 Third Quarter Report
Note 20
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
Asset Management Agreement
The REIT entered into an asset management agreement with DRC (“Asset Management Agreement”) pursuant
to which DRC provides certain asset management services to the REIT and its subsidiaries. The Asset
Management Agreement provides for a broad range of asset management services for the following fees:
• base annual management fee calculated and payable on a monthly basis, equal to 0.35% of the historical
purchase price of the properties;
• incentive fee equal to 15% of the REIT’s adjusted funds from operations per Unit in excess of $0.93 per Unit;
increasing annually by 50% of the increase in the weighted average consumer price index (or other similar
metric as determined by the trustees) of the jurisdictions in which the properties are located;
• capital expenditures fee equal to 5% of all hard construction costs incurred on each capital project with costs
in excess of $1,000, excluding work done on behalf of tenants or any maintenance capital expenditures;
• acquisition fee equal to: (a) 1.0% of the purchase price of a property, on the first $100,000 of properties in
each fiscal year; (b) 0.75% of the purchase price of a property on the next $100,000 of properties acquired in
each fiscal year, and (c) 0.50% of the purchase price on properties in excess of $200,000 in each fiscal year.
DRC will not receive an acquisition fee in respect of the acquisition of the initial properties; and
• financing fee equal to 0.25% of the debt and equity of all financing transactions completed on behalf of the REIT
to a maximum of actual expenses incurred by DRC in supplying services relating to financing transactions.
DRC will not receive a financing fee in respect of the acquisition of the initial properties.
Pursuant to the Asset Management Agreement, DRC may elect to receive all or part of the fees payable to it
for its asset management services in deferred trust units under the Deferred Unit Incentive Plan. The number
of deferred trust units issued to DRC will be calculated by dividing the fees payable to DRC by the fair value
for this purpose on the relevant payment date of the Units. Fair value for this purpose is the weighted average
closing price of the Units on the principal market on which the Units are quoted for trading for the five trading
days immediately preceding the relevant payment date. The deferred trust units will vest on a five-year
schedule, pursuant to which one-fifth of the deferred trust units will vest, starting on the sixth anniversary date
of the grant date for deferred trust units granted during the first five years of the Asset Management Agreement
and starting on the first anniversary date of the grant date thereafter. Income deferred trust units will be credited
to DRC based on distributions paid by the Trust on the Units and such income deferred trust units will vest on
the same five-year schedule as their corresponding deferred trust units. DRC has irrevocably elected to receive
the first $3,500 of the fees payable to it in each year for the first five years for its asset management services in
deferred trust units.
Compensation of key management personnel is included in the fees paid under the Asset Management
Agreement.
Included in accounts payable at September 30, 2011, is $1,228 payable to DRC for transaction costs incurred
in the acquisition on behalf of the REIT. During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the REIT recognized
$10 in general and administration expense in relation to asset management fees under the Asset Management
Agreement with DRC.
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