Before investing in shares of our common stock, you should read carefully the Prospectus and this supplement and consider carefully our investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. You should also carefully consider the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 37 of the Prospectus before you decide to invest in our common stock.
STATUS OF OUR CONTINUOUS PUBLIC OFFERINGS
Our initial continuous public offering ended on December 31, 2015 and our follow-on continuous public offering commenced on January 25, 2016. Since commencing our initial continuous public offering on July 2, 2012 and through November 1, 2018, we received and accepted subscriptions in our offerings for approximately 96,055,700 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $10.37, for corresponding gross proceeds of approximately $996,506,200, including shares purchased by our affiliates and shares repurchased pursuant to our share repurchase program but excluding shares issued pursuant to and proceeds from our distribution reinvestment plan, as amended and restated.
This supplement amends the indicated sections of the Prospectus as follows:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS OFFERING
The last sentence in the section entitled "Questions and Answers About this Offering – Q: Who will choose which investments to make?" on page 33 of the Prospectus is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
On November 1, 2018, our board of directors, including a majority of directors who are not interested persons, approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with CIM for a period of twelve months commencing December 17, 2018.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
The third sentence of the first paragraph in the section entitled "Investment Advisory Agreement – Duration and Termination" on page 174 of the Prospectus is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
On November 1, 2018, our board of directors, including a majority of directors who are not interested persons, approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with CIM for a period of twelve months commencing December 17, 2018.
The first sentence of the first paragraph in the section entitled "Investment Advisory Agreement – Board Approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement" on page 175 of the Prospectus is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
Our investment advisory agreement was approved by our board of directors on June 19, 2012, became effective on December 17, 2012 and was renewed on five occasions for twelve-month periods commencing December 17, 2014, December 17, 2015, December 17, 2016, December 17, 2017 and December 17, 2018.
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
The last sentence of the first paragraph in the section entitled "Administration Agreement – Term; Effective Date" on page 179 of the Prospectus is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
On November 1, 2018, our board of directors, including a majority of directors who are not interested persons, approved the renewal of the administration agreement with CIM for a period of twelve months commencing December 17, 2018.