Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On September 13, 2026, ASIL delivered a notice of nomination (the "Nomination Notice") to the Issuer by email nominating a slate of five highly qualified director candidates--Jennifer L. Bitterman, Jonathan Klein, Anna Massion, Sir Michael Peat and Wayne R. Walker (each, a "Nominee" and collectively, the "Nominees")--for election to the Board at the 2026 Annual Meeting, which is scheduled to be held on November 13, 2026. A copy of the Nomination Notice was hand delivered to the Issuer on September 14, 2026. As evidenced by their biographies below, the Nominees collectively possess deep expertise in real estate, finance, investing, law, accounting and corporate governance. Jennifer L. Bitterman is an experienced real estate finance executive and public-company director with more than 20 years of experience in real estate investment, asset management, capital markets, financial reporting, strategic transactions, REIT compliance and corporate governance. Ms. Bitterman currently serves as Global Chief Financial Officer of the GSA Group, a subsidiary of The DOT Group, since June 2025. Ms. Bitterman also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Franklin Street Properties Corp. (NYSE American: FSP), a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on office properties in U.S. Sunbelt and Mountain West markets, since October 2025. From July 2023 to May 2025, Ms. Bitterman served as Chief Financial Officer of Andover Properties, LLC, a fully integrated real estate investment firm that owns and operates alternative real estate asset classes, including self-storage, car washes and manufactured housing communities. At Andover Properties, LLC, Ms. Bitterman led financial reporting for institutional capital partners, oversaw capital markets activity, banking relationships, treasury functions, audit and tax coordination, management reporting, asset management oversight and strategic initiatives, including approximately $1 billion in portfolio refinancings. From March 2023 to June 2025, Ms. Bitterman served on the Board of Directors of Dreamscape Entertainment Properties, a hospitality and entertainment company, where she chaired the Audit Committee. Prior to Andover Properties, LLC, Ms. Bitterman held several senior leadership roles at Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CDR), a publicly traded REIT, including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (September 2021 to August 2022), Treasurer and Secretary. At Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., she oversaw a strategic alternatives process that resulted in the sale of the company's assets and liabilities to multiple buyers and was responsible for capital markets activity, SEC reporting and compliance, budgeting and forecasting, tax and REIT compliance, cash management, investor relations, internal reporting, information technology, data governance and human resources. More than five years ago, Ms. Bitterman held real estate investment and financial advisory roles at Morgan Stanley Real Estate, Credit Suisse and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Her experience includes asset management for substantial office, retail and senior housing portfolios, REIT equity research, financial due diligence, valuations, annual strategic planning, acquisitions diligence and dispositions. Ms. Bitterman earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Distinction in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. She is a member of ICSC and serves on the advisory boards of the Weiser Center for Real Estate at the Ross School of Business and previously served on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Corporate Advisory Board. ASIL believes Ms. Bitterman's experience with REITs and clear track record of leadership in the financial services industry qualifies her to serve as a director of the Issuer. Jonathan Klein has served as the Founder and Managing Director of Westview Capital LLC since June 2023, where he focuses on acquiring multifamily and commercial assets and originating high-yield credit investments. He is a real estate investor and operator with more than 30 years of experience across acquisitions, development, structured finance, distressed debt, and complex special situations, with over $10 billion of transaction experience. Prior to founding Westview Capital LLC, Mr. Klein served as principal of JEK Ventures LLC, a private investment company he founded in late 2019, until founding Westview Capital in 2023. During this period, he also served as Managing Director in the real estate group at Sixth Street Partners, a leading global investment firm, from June 2021 to July 2022, where he led investment strategy and execution across a wide range of real estate equity opportunities. Mr. Klein advised on the formation and execution of National Realty Trust, a private REIT recapitalization involving 549 KinderCare assets, in a transaction that included approximately $475 million of equity