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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

    

FORM 8-K
    

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2014    

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
    

Maryland
000-54687
27-1627696
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1300
Newport Beach, California 92660
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 417-6500

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
Advisory Agreement Amendment
On March 5, 2014, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) and KBS Capital Advisors LLC, the Company’s external advisor (the “Advisor”), entered into an amendment to the advisory agreement between the parties. Pursuant to the amendment, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, the Advisor defers, without interest, the Company’s obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which the Company’s modified funds from operations (“MFFO”) for such month, as such term is defined in the practice guideline issued by the Investment Program Association (“IPA”) in November 2010 and interpreted by the Company, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by the Company for record dates of that month. The Company remains obligated to pay the Advisor an asset management fee in any month in which the Company's MFFO, excluding asset management fees, for such month exceeds the amount of distributions declared for the record dates of that month (such excess amount, an “MFFO Surplus”); however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the amendment. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with this amendment.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as the Company's stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) an 8.0% per year cumulative, noncompounded return on such net invested capital (the “Stockholders’ 8% Return”) and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to the Company's share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of the Company's stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for the Advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Ex.
  
Description
 
 
 
10.1
  
Amendment No. 1 dated March 5, 2014 to Advisory Agreement dated September 27, 2013

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
 
 
 
Dated: March 6, 2014
 
BY:
 
/s/ David E. Snyder
 
 
 
 
David E. Snyder
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer