Exhibit 4.1





EXHIBIT 4.1




CAREY
WATERMARK INVESTORS INCORPORATED


DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN




1. Participation; Agent. Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated Distribution
Reinvestment Plan (“Plan”) is available to stockholders of record of the common stock
(“Common Stock”) of Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI” or the
“Company”). Phoenix American Financial Services Inc. (“Phoenix American”) acting as agent
for each participant in the Plan, will apply cash distributions which become payable to such
participant on shares of CWI Common Stock (including shares held in the participant’s name and
shares accumulated under the Plan), to the purchase of additional whole and fractional shares of
CWI Common Stock for such participant.



2. Eligibility. Participation in the Plan is limited to registered owners of CWI
Common Stock. Shares held by a broker-dealer or nominee must be transferred to ownership in the
name of the stockholder in order to be eligible for this Plan. Further, a stockholder who wishes to
participate in the Plan may purchase shares through the Plan only after receipt of a prospectus
relating to the Plan, which prospectus may also relate to a concurrent public offering of shares by
CWI. CWI’s board of directors’ (the “Board”) reserves the right to amend the Plan in the
future to permit voluntary cash investments in Common Stock pursuant to the Plan. A participating
stockholder is not required to include all of the shares owned by such stockholder in the Plan, but
all of the distributions paid on enrolled shares will be reinvested.



3. Stock Purchases. In making purchases for the accounts of participants, Phoenix
American may commingle the funds of one participant with those of other participants in the Plan.
All shares purchased under the Plan will be held in the name of each participant. Purchase will be
made directly from CWI at 95% of the estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share of CWI’s
Common Stock, as estimated by Carey Lodging Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) or another firm
CWI chooses for that purpose. During the offering and until the first annual valuation of CWI’s
assets is received, the purchase price will be $9.50 per share. Subsequent to the time that we
begin to receive annual valuations, the per share purchase price will be 95% of the then current
NAV. NAV is determined by adding the most recent appraised value of the real estate owned by CWI to
the value of CWI’s other assets, subtracting the total amount of all liabilities and dividing the
difference by the total number of outstanding shares. Phoenix American shall have no responsibility
with respect to the market value of the CWI Common Stock acquired for participants under the Plan.



4. Timing of Purchases. Phoenix American will make every reasonable effort to reinvest
all distributions on the day the cash distribution is paid (except where necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws) by CWI. If, for any reason beyond the control of Phoenix American,
reinvestment of the distributions cannot be completed within 30 days after the applicable
distribution payment date, participants’ funds held by Phoenix American will be distributed to the
participant.



5. Account Statements. Following the completion of the purchase of shares after each
distribution, Phoenix American will provide to each participant an account statement showing the
cash distribution, the number of shares purchased with the cash distribution and the year-to-date
and cumulative cash distributions paid.



6. Expenses and Commissions. There will be no direct expenses to participants for the
administration of the Plan. Administrative fees associated with the Plan will be paid by CWI. In no
event will any discounts (including, without limitation, any discounts attributable to CWI’s
payment of brokerage commissions on behalf of the participants) on shares exceed 5% of the fair
market value of such purchased shares.



7. Taxation of Distributions. The reinvestment of distributions does not relieve the
participant of any taxes which may be payable on such distributions.



8. Stock Certificates. No stock certificates will be issued to a participant.


 


 









 





9. Voting of Shares. In connection with any matter requiring the vote of CWI
stockholders, each participant will be entitled to vote all of the whole shares held by the
participant in the Plan. Fractional shares will not be voted.



10. Absence of Liability. Neither CWI nor Phoenix American shall have any
responsibility or liability as to the value of CWI’s shares, any change in the value of, the shares
acquired for any participant’s account, or the rate of return earned on, or the value of, the
interest-bearing accounts, if any, in which distributions are invested. Neither CWI nor Phoenix
American shall be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act,
including, without limitation, any claims of liability: (a) arising out of the failure to terminate
a participant’s participation in the Plan upon such participant’s death prior to the date of
receipt of such notice, and (b) with respect to the time and prices at which shares are purchased
for a participant. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, LIABILITY UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
CANNOT BE WAIVED. Similarly, CWI and Phoenix American have been advised that in the opinion of
certain state securities commissioners, indemnification is also considered contrary to public
policy and therefore unenforceable.



11. Termination of Participation. A participant may terminate participation in the
Plan at any time by written instructions to that effect to Phoenix American. To be effective on a
distribution payment date, the notice of termination and termination fee must be received by
Phoenix American at least 15 days before that distribution payment date. Upon receipt of notice of
termination from the participant, Phoenix American may also terminate any participant’s account at
any time in its discretion by notice in writing mailed to the participant.



12. Amendment, Supplement, Termination and Suspension of Plan. This Plan may be
amended, supplemented or terminated by CWI at any time by the delivery of written notice to each
participant at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the amendment, supplement or
termination. Any amendment or supplement shall be effective as to the participant unless, prior to
its effective date, Phoenix American receives written notice of termination of the participant’s
account. Amendment may include an appointment by CWI or Phoenix American with the approval of CWI
of a successor agent, in which event such successor shall have all of the rights and obligations of
Phoenix American under this Plan. CWI may suspend the Plan at any time without notice to the
participants.



13. Governing Law. This Plan and the authorization card signed by the participant
(which is deemed a part of this Plan) and the participant’s account shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland provided that the foregoing choice
of law shall not restrict the application of any state’s securities laws to the sale of shares to
its residents or within such state. This Agreement cannot be changed orally.




 


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