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COLE REAL ESTATE INCOME STRATEGY (DAILY NAV), INC.

2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

April 14, 2015

13, 2016

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend our 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Tuesday,Wednesday, June 2, 2015,15, 2016, at 9:0010:30 a.m. local time at our offices located at 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.

The matters expected to be acted upon at the meeting are described in the following Notice of the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement, and include the election of five directors.

four directors and the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm.

Directors and officers will be available at the meeting to speak with you. There will be an opportunity during the meeting for your questions regarding the affairs of Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. and for a discussion of the business to be considered at the meeting.

It is important that you use this opportunity to take part in the affairs of your company by voting on the business to come before this meeting. WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE, OR AUTHORIZE YOUR PROXY BY USING THE TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET, SO THAT YOUR SHARES MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. FOR SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE YOUR SHARES, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD. Authorizing a proxy to vote your shares does not deprive you of your right to attend the meeting and to vote your shares in person.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Michael T. Ezzell

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer

Sincerely,

George N. Fugelsang
Chairman of the Board

Glenn J. Rufrano
President and Chief Executive Officer





COLE REAL ESTATE INCOME STRATEGY (DAILY NAV), INC.

NOTICE OF 20152016 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 2, 2015

15, 2016


To Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. Stockholders:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”), will be held on Tuesday,Wednesday, June 2, 2015,15, 2016, at 9:0010:30 a.m. local time at our offices located at 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016. The purposespurpose of the meeting areis to consider and vote upon:

1.The election of fivefour directors to hold office until the 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify;
2.The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and

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3.The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The proposals and other related matters are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 30, 201531, 2016 are entitled to receive this notice and to vote at the meeting. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to postpone or adjourn the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to provide more time to solicit proxies for the meeting, for any or all of the above purposes of the meeting.

if necessary.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 2, 2015.

15, 2016.

THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS ARE AVAILABLE AT www.2voteproxy.com/colecapital

colecapital.

You may obtain directions to attend the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company by calling 1-866-907-2653.

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting in person. Whether or not you expect to attend, WE URGE YOU TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND EITHER (A) COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED OR (B) AUTHORIZE YOUR PROXY BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET. FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE YOUR SHARES, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD. YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE WILL HELP AVOID POTENTIAL DELAYS AND MAY SAVE THE COMPANY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH SOLICITING STOCKHOLDER VOTES.

 
 By Order of the Board of Directors
Phoenix, Arizona
April 13, 2016
  LOGO
Michael J. Komenda

Phoenix, Arizona

April 14, 2015

Secretary



PLEASE VOTE — YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT





COLE REAL ESTATE INCOME STRATEGY (DAILY NAV), INC.

2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

PROXY STATEMENT

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

We are providing you with this proxy statement, which contains information about the items to be voted upon at our 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. To make this information easier to understand, we have presented some of the information below in a question and answer format.

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Q:Why did you send me this proxy statement?

A:Our board of directors is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares of the Company’s common stock at the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This proxy statement includes information that we are required to provide to you under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is designed to assist you in voting. This proxy statement, the proxy card and our 20142015 annual report to stockholders are being mailed to you on or about April 20, 2015.13, 2016.

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Q:What is a proxy?

A:A proxy is a person who votes the shares of stock of another person. The term “proxy” also refers to the proxy card. When you return the enclosed proxy card, or authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, you are giving your permission to vote your shares of common stock at the annual meeting. The person who willeither our chief financial officer and treasurer or our secretary to vote your shares of common stock at the annual meeting is either Simon J. Misselbrook or Michael J. Komenda. One or both of them will vote your shares of common stock as you instruct. If you sign and return the proxy card, or authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, and give no instructions, the proxies will vote FOR ALLall of the director nominees.nominees and FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. With respect to any other proposals to be properly presented at the meeting for voting, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in the discretion of one or both of the proxies. The proxies will not vote your shares of common stock if you do not return the enclosed proxy card or authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet. This is why it is important for you to return the proxy card to us or authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet as soon as possible whether or not you plan on attending the meeting in person.
If you authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, please do not return your proxy card.

If you authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, please donot return your proxy card.

Q:
Q:When is the annual meeting and where will it be held?

A:The annual meeting will be held on Tuesday,Wednesday, June 2, 2015,15, 2016, at 9:0010:30 a.m. local time at our offices located at 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.

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Q:How many shares of common stock can vote?

A:As of the close of business on the record date of March 30, 2015,31, 2016, there were 7,255,00311,407,488 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Every stockholder of record as of the close of business on March 30, 201531, 2016 is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at that date and time and all of our outstanding classes of common stock will vote together as a single class. Fractional shares will have corresponding fractional votes.

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Q:What is a “quorum”?

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A “quorum” consists of the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders holding 50% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. There must be a quorum present in order for business to be transacted at the annual

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meeting. If you submit a properly executed proxy card, even if you abstain from voting or do not give instructions for voting, then you will at least be considered part of the quorum.


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Q:
Q:What may I vote on?

A:
You may vote on (i) the election of nominees to serve on our board of directors; (ii) the ratification of the
appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2016; and (ii)(iii) any other proposal properly presented for a vote at the annual meeting.

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Q:How does the board of directors recommend I vote on the proposal?proposals?

A:The board of directors recommends a vote “FOR ALL”“FOR” all of the nominees for election as director who are named as such in this proxy statement.statement and “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

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Q:Who is entitled to vote?

A:Anyone who owned our common stock at the close of business on March 30, 2015,31, 2016, the record date, is entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

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Q:How do I vote?

A:You may vote your shares of common stock either in person or by proxy. In order to vote in person, you must attend the annual meeting. Whether you plan to attend the meeting and vote in person or not, we urge you to have your vote recorded. Stockholders may authorize their proxy via mail, using the enclosed proxy card. In addition, stockholders who live in the United States may authorize a proxy by following the “Vote by Phone” instructions on the enclosed proxy card. Stockholders with Internet access may authorize a proxy by following the “Vote by Internet” instructions on the enclosed proxy card. The telephone and Internet proxy authorization procedures are designed to authenticate the stockholder’s identity and to allow stockholders to authorize a proxy and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. If the telephone or Internet option is available to you, we strongly encourage you to use it because it is faster and less costly. If you attend the annual meeting, you also may vote in person, and any previous proxies that you authorized will be superseded by the vote that you cast at the annual meeting. You may also attend the annual meeting without revoking any previously authorized proxy. If you return your signed proxy card, or authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, but do not indicate how you wish to vote, your shares of common stock will be counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum and voted (i) FOR ALLall of the nominees for director; (ii) FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and (ii)(iii) with respect to any other proposals to be voted upon, in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in the discretion of the proxies.

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Q:What vote is required to approve each proposal that comes before the annual meeting?proposal?

A:To elect a director nominee, the
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present in person or by proxy at athe annual meeting at which a quorum is present must be cast in favor ofis required for the election of theeach director nominee. Abstentions and broker non-votes will counthave the same effect as votes cast against each director nominee.

The affirmative vote of a majority of the proposal to electvotes cast at the director nominees.annual meeting at which a quorum is present is required for ratifying the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.

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Q:Will my vote make a difference?

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Yes. Your vote is very important to ensure that the proposals can be acted upon. Unlike most other public companies, no large brokerage houses or affiliated groups of stockholders own substantial blocks of our shares. As a result, a large number of our stockholders must be present in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to constitute a quorum.AS A RESULT, YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT EVEN IF YOU OWN ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF SHARES!SHARES. Your immediate response will help avoid potential delays and may save us significant additional expense associated with soliciting stockholder votes. We encourage you to participate in the governance of the Company and welcome your attendance at the annual meeting.


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Q:
Q:What if I return my proxy card and then change my mind?

A:You have the right to revoke your proxy at any time before the vote by:

 (1)notifying Michael J. Komenda, our secretary, in writing at our offices located at 2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016;

 (2)attending the meeting and voting in person; or

 (3)returning another proxy after your first proxy, which is received before the annual meeting date. Only the most recent vote will be counted and all others will be discarded regardless of the method of voting.

Q:
Q:How will voting on any other business be conducted?

A:
Although we do not know of any business to be considered at the annual meeting other than the election of directors and the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, if any other business is properly presented at the annual meeting, your proxy gives authority to Simon J. Misselbrook, our chief financial officer and treasurer, and Michael J. Komenda, our secretary, or either of them,official designated proxy to vote on such matters in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in their discretion.

Q:
Q:Who pays the cost of this proxy solicitation?

A:The Company will pay all the costs of soliciting these proxies. The Company will also reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to our stockholders.

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Q:Is this proxy statement the only way that proxies are being solicited?

A:

No. In addition to mailing proxy solicitation material, our directors and officers, and employees of our sponsor, Cole Capital®, as well as third-party proxy service companies we retain, may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by any other electronic means of communication we deem appropriate. No additional compensation will be paid to our directors or officers or to employees of Cole Capital for such services. We have retained Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. to assist us in the distribution of proxy materials and solicitation of votes. We anticipate the costs of such services to the Company to be approximately $4,000.$15,000.

Q:
Q:If I plan to attend the annual meeting in person, should I notify anyone?

A:While you are not required to notify anyone in order to attend the annual meeting, if you do plan to attend the meeting, we would appreciate it if you would call us toll free at 1-866-907-2653 to let us know that you will be attending the meeting so that we will be able to prepare a suitable meeting room for the attendees.

Q:
Q:Whom should I call if I have any questions?

A:If you have any questions about how to submit your proxy, or if you need additional copies of this proxy statement or the enclosed proxy card or voting instructions, you should contact:

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 859232

Braintree,55909

Boston, Massachusetts 02185-9919

02205-5909

Call toll free: 1-888-409-4185


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PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the annual meeting, you and the other stockholders will vote on the election of all fivefour members of our board of directors. Those persons elected will serve as directors until the 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. The board of directors has nominated the following people for re-election as directors:

Michael T. Ezzell

Glenn J. Rufrano

T. Patrick Duncan

George N. Fugelsang

Richard J. Lehmann

Roger D. Snell

Each of the nominees for director is a current member of our board of directors. The principal occupation and certain other information about the nominees are set forth below. We are not aware of any family relationship among any of the nominees to become directors or executive officers of the Company. Each of the nominees for election as director has stated that there is no arrangement or understanding of any kind between him and any other person relating to his election as a director, except that such nominees have agreed to serve as our directors if elected.

If you return a properly executed proxy card, or if you authorize your proxy by telephone or over the Internet, unless you direct the proxies to withhold your votes, the individuals named as the proxies will vote your shares for the election of the nominees listed above. If any nominee becomes unable or unwilling to stand for re-election, the board may reduce its size, designate a substitute nominee, or fill the vacancy through a majority vote of the remaining directors (including a majority of the remaining independent directors if the vacancy relates to an independent director position). If a substitute is designated, proxies voting for the original nominee will be cast for the substituted nominee.

Vote Required; Recommendation

The vote of holders of a majority of all shares entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders duly called at which a quorum is present without the necessity for concurrence by the board of directors, is necessary for the election of a director. For purposes of the election of directors, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes cast against each director. A properly executed proxy card, or instruction by telephone or over the Internet, indicating “FOR ALL”“FOR” a nominee will be considered a vote in favor of all nomineessuch nominee for re-election as director. A properly executed proxy card, or instruction by telephone or over the Internet, indicating “FOR ALL EXCEPT”“AGAINST” will be considered a vote in favor of all nominees except those nominees you specifically list and have the effect of a vote against the nominees you specifically list. A properly executed proxy card, or instruction by telephone or over the Internet, indicating “WITHHOLD ALL” will have the effect of a vote against all directors.

such nominee for re-election as director.


THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR ALL”“FOR” ALL OF THE NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS

CERTAIN



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INFORMATION ABOUT MANAGEMENT

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Board of Directors

In accordance with applicable law and our charter and bylaws, the business and affairs of the Company are managed under the direction of our board of directors.

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Board Membership Criteria and Selection of Directors

The board of directors annually reviews the appropriate experience, skills and characteristics required of board members in the context of the then-current membership of the board. This assessment includes, in the context of the perceived needs of the board at that time, issues of knowledge, experience, judgment and skills such as an understanding of the real estate industry or brokerage industry or accounting or financial management expertise. Other considerations include the candidate’s independence from conflicts of interest with the Company and the ability of the candidate to attend board meetings regularly and to devote an appropriate amount of effort in preparation for those meetings. It also is expected that independent directors nominated by the board of directors will be individuals who possess a reputation and hold positions or affiliations befitting a director of a large publicly held company and are actively engaged in their occupations or professions or are otherwise regularly involved in the business, professional or academic community. A majority of our directors must be independent, as defined in our charter. Moreover, as required by our charter, at least one of our independent directors must have at least three years of relevant real estate experience, and each director must have at least three years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets we acquire and manage.

The board of directors is responsible for selecting its own nominees and recommending them for election by the stockholders. Each of our nominees was recommended by our board of directors. Pursuant to our charter, however, the independent directors must nominate replacements for any vacancies among the independent director positions. All director nominees then stand for election by the stockholders annually.

In its nomination review process, our board of directors solicits candidate recommendations from its own members and management of the Company. We have not employed and do not currently employ or pay a fee to any third party to identify or evaluate, or assist in identifying or evaluating, potential director nominees, although we are not prohibited from doing so if we determine such action to be in the best interests of the Company. Our board of directors also will consider recommendations made by stockholders for director nominees who meet the established director criteria set forth above. In order to be considered by our board of directors, recommendations made by stockholders must be submitted within the timeframe required to request a proposal to be included in the proxy materials. See “Stockholder Proposals” below for more information on procedures to be followed by our stockholders in submitting such recommendations. In evaluating the persons recommended as potential directors, our board of directors will consider each candidate without regard to the source of the recommendation and take into account those factors that our board of directors determines are relevant. Stockholders may directly nominate potential directors (without the recommendation of our board of directors) by satisfying the procedural requirements for such nomination as provided in Article II, Section 11 of our bylaws.

In considering possible candidates for election as a director, the board of directors is guided by the principle that each director should (i) be an individual of high character and integrity; (ii) be accomplished in his or her respective field, with superior credentials and recognition; (iii) have relevant expertise and experience upon which to base advice and guidance to management in the conduct of our real estate investment and management activities; (iv) have sufficient time available to devote to our affairs; and (v) represent the long-term interests of our stockholders as a whole. Our board of directors may also consider an assessment of its diversity, in its broadest sense, reflecting, but not limited to, age, geography, gender and ethnicity. While we do not have a formal diversity policy, we believe that the backgrounds and qualifications of our directors, considered as a group, should provide a significant composite mix of experience, knowledge and abilities that will allow our board of directors to fulfill its responsibilities.

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Director Nominees

Our board of directors has nominated each of the following individuals for election as a director to serve until our 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualifies. Each nominee currently is a director of the Company, and Messrs. Duncan, Fugelsang, Lehmann and Snell are independent directors.


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Name

 

Age

 

Positions

Michael T. Ezzell

Name
 40Age Positions
Glenn J. Rufrano66Chief Executive Officer and President and Director
George N. Fugelsang75Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer and President(Independent Director)

T. Patrick Duncan

Richard J. Lehmann
 6672 Independent Director (Independent)

George N. Fugelsang

Roger D. Snell
 7460 Independent Director (Independent)

Richard J. Lehmann

71Director (Independent)

Roger D. Snell

59Director (Independent)

Michael T. EzzellGlenn J. Rufrano has served as our chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer and president and one of our directors since December 2014 andJune 2015. Mr. Rufrano also has served as chief executive officer and president of Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV) Advisors, LLC (“Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors”), our advisor, since December 2014, and previously served as executive vice president of our advisor from March 2014 until December 2014.June 2015. In addition, Mr. EzzellRufrano serves or served in the following positions for certain other programs sponsored by Cole Capital and certain affiliates of Cole Capital:

Entity

 

Position(s)

 

Position(s)

Dates

Cole Office and Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”); Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. (“CCPT V”), Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”)Chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer and president
  December 2014
Chief executive officer, president and director

June 2015 – Present

Cole Capital Corporation

 President and treasurer December 2014 – Present
Executive vice presidentMarch 2014 – December 2014
Cole REIT Advisors, LLC (“CCPT I Advisors”); Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC (“CCPT III Advisors”); Cole Corporate Income Advisors, LLC (“CCIT Advisors”); Cole Corporate Income Advisors II, LLC (“CCIT II Advisors”),; Cole REIT Advisors V, LLC (“CCPT V Advisors”), Cole Capital Partners, LLC (“Cole Capital Partners”),; Cole Capital Advisors, Inc. (“Cole Capital Advisors”) 
Chief executive officer and president

 December 2014 – Present
 Executive vice president
June 2015 – Present

 March 2014 – December 2014
Cole REIT Advisors, LLC (“CCPT I Advisors”), Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC (“CCPT III Advisors”), Cole Corporate Income Advisors, LLC (“Cole Corporate Income Advisors”), Cole REIT Advisors IV, LLC (“CCPT IV Advisors”) Executive vice presidentMarch 2014 – Present


Since April 2015, Mr. EzzellRufrano has served as the chief executive officer and a director of VEREIT, Inc. (“VEREIT”), a publicly traded full-service real estate operating company (NYSE: VER) and the indirect parent of our sponsor, advisor, dealer manager and property manager. Mr. Rufrano has served and continues to serve as a director of Ventas, Inc., a publicly traded senior housing and healthcare REIT, since June 2010 and of O’Connor Capital Partners, a privately-owned, independent real estate investment, development and management firm that he co-founded, since October 2013. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of O’Connor Capital Partners from November 2013 through March 2015. He also served as a director for Columbia Property Trust, Inc., a publicly traded commercial real estate REIT, from January 2015 until March 2015. Previously, Mr. Rufrano was president and chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., a privately-held commercial property and real estate services company, and a member of its board of directors from March 2010 to June 2013. From January 2008 through February 2010, he served as chief executive officer of Centro Properties Group, an Australian-based shopping center company, and, from April 2007 through January 2008, Mr. Rufrano served as chief executive officer of Centro Properties Group U.S. From 2000 until its acquisition by Centro Properties Group in April 2007, he served as chief executive officer and president of Cole Capital since December 2014. He previously served as executive vice president, private capital markets at Cole Capital from March 2014 until December 2014. In his current role, Mr. Ezzell provides strategic direction and oversees all aspects of the management of Cole Capital, including product development, external and internal sales, marketing, broker/dealer relations, due diligence and securities operations. Mr. Ezzell served as senior vice president, product and business development at Cole Capital from January 2010 until March 2014. Prior to joining Cole Capital and its affiliates in January 2010, Mr. Ezzell was employed by AIG Advisor Group from November 2004 until January 2010, most recently asa director of investment research.New Plan Excel Realty Trust, a commercial retail REIT. He presently serves on the Board of New York University’s Real Estate Institute. Mr. Ezzell was actively involvedRufrano received his Bachelor’s degree in the due diligenceBusiness Administration from Rutgers University and

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research his Masters of all packaged investment productsScience degree in Management and programs for AIG Advisor Group’s four independent broker-dealers with a network of approximately 6,000 independent financial advisors.Real Estate from Florida International University. Mr. Ezzell also served with J.P. Carey Asset Management from 1998 until 2004, most recently as vice president. Mr. Ezzell received a B.A. degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science from Stetson University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.

Mr. EzzellRufrano was selected to serve as a director because of his extensive real estate and capital markets experience and investment expertise, in addition to his leadership role at Cole Capital,VEREIT, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

T. Patrick Duncanhas served as a director since August 2013. Mr. Duncan has served as Vice Chairman of USAA Real Estate Company, a private real estate investment company, since May 2013. For 27 years Mr. Duncan served in various roles at USAA Real Estate, most recently as its chief executive officer from January 2005 until he retired in May 2013. Mr. Duncan also held the position of Senior Vice President, Real Estate Operations with USAA Real Estate with responsibilities that included the direction of all acquisitions, sales, co-investments, build-to-suits, land development capital markets, management and leasing of real estate. Before joining USAA Real Estate in 1986, Mr. Duncan was with Trammell Crow Company in Dallas, Texas with responsibilities as a financial partner of the firm and prior to that, Mr. Duncan was a manager with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Duncan previously served on the boards of Meridian Industrial Trust, a former New York Stock Exchange-listed REIT, from 1994 to 1998, and American Industrial Properties REIT, a former New York Stock Exchange-listed REIT, from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Duncan serves on the boards of Square Mile Capital Management, LLC, a diversified real estate investment firm, the Texas Research and Technology Foundation and the University Health System Foundation. Mr. Duncan received a degree from the University of Arizona and is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Commercial Investment Member, and holds a Texas Real Estate Broker’s License. Mr. Duncan was selected to serve as a director because of his extensive experience as a real estate industry executive with executive investment, capital markets and financial expertise, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

George N. Fugelsanghas served as a director since September 2011.2011 and as non-executive chairman of our board of directors since June 2015. Mr. Fugelsang served as a member of the board of directors, audit committee and compensation committee of Cole Credit Property Trust II, Inc. (“CCPT II”) from May 2010, June 2010 and May 2011, respectively, until CCPT II’s merger with Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. in July 2013. From 1994 through 2001, Mr. Fugelsang was chief executive officer of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America, the U.S.-based investment banking business of Dresdner Bank AG, where he was responsible for all of Dresdner Bank AG’s activities in North America. From 1996 until 2001, Mr. Fugelsang was also chairman of the board of Dresdner Bank Mexico, S.A., chairman of the board of Dresdner Bank Canada and a member of the board of directors of Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC. Mr. Fugelsang served on the board of managers of Mrs. Fields’ Famous Brands, LLC from May 2004 until July 2008. Mr. Fugelsang also served on the boards of trustees of the Institute of International Bankers


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and the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and as a member of the board of directors of Advanced Research Technologies of Montreal, Canada. He was also a member of the board of the New York City Partnership, the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and a director of the Foreign Policy Association in New York. Mr. Fugelsang formerly served on the advisory board of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, an affiliate of Middlebury College. Mr. Fugelsang was selected to serve as a director because of his experience as the chief executive officer of an investment bank, his extensive financing experience and his general business accomplishments, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

Richard J. Lehmann has served as a director since January 2012. He has served as the founding principal of The Biltmore Bank of Arizona since 2002 and previously served as chairman of Bank Capital Corporation, its former holding company, from 2002 until 2014. In 2014, The Biltmore Bank of Arizona was sold to Grandpoint Capital, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in California. Mr. Lehmann serves on the board of directors of Grandpoint Capital.since 2002. Mr. Lehmann began his banking career with Citibank in 1969. When he left Citibank in 1988, he was senior corporate officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 1988, he

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became chairman and chief executive officer of Valley National Bank of Arizona and served in that capacity until the bank was sold to Banc One Corporation in 1993. Mr. Lehmann remained with the combined company and was appointed president and chief operating officer of Banc One and as a member of its board of directors in 1995. Following the merger of Banc One with First Chicago NBD Corporation to form Bank One Corporation in 1998, Mr. Lehmann served as vice chairman of the combined entity with responsibility for all consumer banking activities until his retirement on December 31, 1999. Mr. Lehmann also serves on the boardsboard of directors and on the compensation, committeenominating and governance and executive committees of Knight Transportation, Inc., and as a director and chairman of the finance and investments committee of the TGen Foundation. He previously served on the boards of eFunds Corporation, iCrossing, Inc., Moore Corporation, and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Prior civic activities include board participation with the Phoenix Art Museum, Ohio State University Hospital, Greater Phoenix Leadership, United Way of Greater Phoenix (campaign Chairman), and The Nature Conservancy of Arizona. Mr. Lehmann received an MBA and BA from the University of Washington. Mr. Lehmann was selected to serve as a director because of his experience as a financial services industry executive, with strong leadership, finance and global experience, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

Roger D. Snellhas served as a director and as the chairman of the audit committee since September 2011. Mr. Snell has been chief investment officer of Veritas Investments, a multi-family real estate investment firm, since January 2012. From February 2003 until June 2012, Mr. Snell was the managing director of SIP Investment Partners, a commercial real estate investment firm. From February 1997 to June 2002, Mr. Snell was president and chief executive officer of Peregrine Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly-traded commercial real estate and hotel property REIT that was reorganized into a private company named WinShip Properties. PriorIn 1996, prior to joining Peregrine, Mr. Snell was managing director of Snell & Co., LLC, an investment advisory firm, in 1996, and president and chief executive officer of Perini Investment Properties, a publicly traded REIT focusing on commercial real estate and hotel properties (later renamed Pacific Gateway Properties), from January 1993 to January 1996. Prior to joining Perini, Mr. Snell held various leadership positions in other commercial real estate investment and development companies. Mr. Snell received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Snell was selected to serve as a director because of his experience as a real estate industry executive with executive investment, capital markets and portfolio management expertise, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

Board Meetings and Annual Stockholder Meeting

The board of directors held tensix meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.2015. Each director during the fiscal year ended December 31, 20142015 attended at least 75%80% of his board and committee meetings in 2014.2015. Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of our board of directors at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders, we encourage all of our directors to attend. All but one of our directors at the time of our 20142015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders attended our 20142015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders either in person or by conference telephone.

Independence

As required by our charter, a majority of the members of our board of directors must qualify as “independent” as affirmatively determined by the board. The board consults with our legal counsel and counsel to the independent directors to ensure that the board’s determinations are consistentConsistent with our charter and applicable securities and other laws and regulations regarding the definition of “independent.“independent,

Consistent with these considerations, after review of all relevant transactions or relationships between each director, or any of his family members, and the Company, our senior management and our independent registered public accounting firm, the board has determined that Messrs. Duncan, Fugelsang, Lehmann and Snell, who comprise a majority of our board, qualify as independent directors. A copy of our independent director definition, which is contained in our charter and complies with the requirements of the North American Securities Administrators Association’s Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts, was

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is attached as an appendix to the proxy statement for our 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 19, 2013.hereto at


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Appendix A. Although our shares are not listed for trading on any national securities exchange, our independent directors also meet the current independence and qualifications requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

Board Committees

Audit Committee

The board maintains one standing committee, the audit committee, to assist in fulfilling its responsibilities. The audit committee is composedcomprised of Mr. Snell (chairman) and Mr. Fugelsang, both of whom are independent directors. The audit committee reports regularly to the full board. The audit committee meets periodically during the year, usually in conjunction with regular meetings of the board. The audit committee, by approval of at least a majority of the members, selects the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our annual financial statements, reviews with the independent registered public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approves the audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, considers the range of audit and non-audit fees and reviews the adequacy of our internal accounting controls. Our board of directors has adopted a charter for the audit committee that sets forth its specific functions and responsibilities. The audit committee charter can be located on our website at https://www.colecapital.com/cinav_corporate_governance by clicking on “Cole Income NAV Strategy Audit“Audit Committee Charter.”

Although our shares are not listed for trading on any national securities exchange, bothall members of the audit committee meet the current independence and qualifications requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, as well as our charter and applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. While both members of the audit committee have significant financial and/or accounting experience, the board of directors has determined that Mr. Snell satisfies the SEC’s requirements for an “audit committee financial expert” and has designated Mr. Snell as our audit committee financial expert. The audit committee met fivefour times during 2014.

2015.

Compensation Committee

Our board of directors believes that it is appropriate for our board not to have a standing compensation committee based upon the fact that our executive officers, including our principal financial officer, and non-independent directors do not receive compensation directly from us for services rendered to us, and we do not intend to pay any compensation directly to our executive officers or non-independent directors.

Nominating Board of Directors – Functions

Committee

We believe that our board of directors is qualified to perform the functions typically delegated to a nominating committee, and that the formation of a separate committee is not necessary at this time. Therefore, all members of our board of directors develop the criteria necessary for prospective members of our board of directors and participate in the consideration of director nominees. The primary functions of the members of our board of directors relating to the consideration of director nominees are to conduct searches and interviews for prospective director candidates, if necessary, review background information for all candidates for the board of directors, including those recommended by stockholders, and formally propose the slate of director nominees for election by the stockholders at the annual meeting.

Communication with Directors

We have established procedures for stockholders or other interested parties to communicate directly with our board of directors. Such parties can contact the board by mail at: Chairman of the Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. Audit Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, 2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.

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The chairman of the audit committee will receive all communications made by these means, and will distribute such communications to such member or members of our board of directors as he deems appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication received. For example, if any questions regarding accounting, internal controls and auditing matters are received, they will be forwarded by the chairman of the audit committee to the members of the audit committee for review.


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Board Leadership Structure; Independent Lead DirectorStructure
Our board of directors has the authority to select the leadership structure it considers appropriate, considering many factors including the specific needs of our business and what is in the best interests of our stockholders.

Michael T. Ezzell servesIn recognition of the time commitments and activities required to function effectively as both ourthe chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors, and chief executive officer. Theour board of directors believes that independent oversight of management is an important component of an effective board of directors. The independent directors have determined that the most effective board of directors leadership structure for the Company at the present time is for thehas separated these roles, with Mr. Rufrano serving as our chief executive officer to also serveand president and Mr. Fugelsang serving as our non-executive chairman of the board of directors. The independent directors believe that because the chief executive officer is ultimately responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Company and for executing the Company’s strategy, and because the performance of the Company is an integral part of board deliberations, the chief executive officer is the director best qualified to act as chairman of the board of directors. The board of directors retains the authority to modify this structure to best address the Company’s unique circumstances, and to advance the best interests of all stockholders, as and when appropriate. In addition, although we do not have a lead independent director, thesince June 2015. Our board of directors believes that the current separation of the roles of chief executive officer and chairman allows Mr. Rufrano to focus his time and energy on operating and managing the Company while leveraging the experience and perspectives of Mr. Fugelsang in helping to set the strategic direction of the Company. The board of directors has determined that the current board leadership structure is the most appropriate asat this time, given the Company has no employeesspecific characteristics and is externally managed by our advisor, whereby all operations are conducted by our advisor or its affiliates.

circumstances of the Company.

The board of directors also believes, for the reasons set forth below, that its existing corporate governance practices achieve independent oversight and management accountability, which is the goal that many seek to achieve by separating the roles of chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer.accountability. Our governance practices provide for strong independent leadership, independent discussion among directors and for independent evaluation of and communication with our executive officers, andas well as the officers and key personnel of our advisor. Some of the relevant processes and other corporate governance practices include:

A majority of our directors are independent directors. Each director is an equal participant in decisions made by the full board of directors. In addition, all matters that relate to our sponsor, our advisor or any of their affiliates must be approved by a majority of the independent directors. The audit committee is comprised entirely of independent directors.

Each of our directors is elected annually by our stockholders.

Our advisor has a one-year contract, with an annual review by, and renewal subject to the approval of, our board of directors. The fees paid to our advisor must be deemed reasonable, as determined by our independent directors, on an annual basis.

A majority of our directors are independent directors. Each director is an equal participant in decisions made by the full board of directors. In addition, all matters that relate to our sponsor, our advisor or any of their affiliates must be approved by a majority of the independent directors. The audit committee is comprised entirely of independent directors.

Each of our directors is elected annually by our stockholders.
Our advisor has a one-year contract, with an annual review by, and renewal subject to the approval of, our board of directors. The fees paid to our advisor must be deemed reasonable, as determined by our independent directors, on an annual basis.
The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

The board of directors oversees our stockholders’ interest in the long-term health and the overall success of the Company and its financial strength.

The full board of directors is actively involved in overseeing risk management for the Company. It does so, in part, through its oversight of our property acquisitions and assumptions of debt, as well as its oversight of ourCompany’s executive officers and our advisor. In particular, the board of directors may determine at any time to terminate the advisor, and must evaluate the performance of the advisor, and re-authorize the advisory agreement, on an annual basis.

In addition, the audit committee is responsible for assisting the board of directors in overseeing the Company’s management of risks related to financial reporting. The audit committee has general responsibility for overseeing the accounting and financial processes of the Company, including oversight of the integrity of the

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Company’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the adequacy of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. TheIn addition, we have adopted policies and procedures with respect to complaints related toaccounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, which enables anonymous and confidential submission of complaints that the audit committee reviews any potential material issues that are raised related to the Company’s financial statements or accounting policies. Additionally,shall discuss with management. Further, in connection with the annual audit of the Company’s financial statements, the audit committee conducts a detailed review with the Company’s independent auditors of the accounting policies used by the Company and its financial statement presentation.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethics for Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (the “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”) that is applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethicspolicy may be located on our website at https://www.colecapital.com/cinav_corporate_governance by clicking on “Cole Income NAV Strategy Code“Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.” If, in the future, we amend,

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modify or waive a provision in the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we may, rather than filing a Current Report on Form 8-K, satisfy the disclosure requirement by posting such information on our website as necessary.

Compensation of Directors

Directors who are also officers or employees of the Company, our advisor or their affiliates (Mr. Ezzell)Rufrano) do not receive any special or additional remuneration for service on the board of directors or any of its committees. Each non-employee director receives compensation for service on the board of directors and any of its committees as provided below:

an annual retainer of $50,000;

$2,000 for each board meeting attended in person;

an additional annual retainer of $10,000 to the chairman of the board of directors and $7,500 to the chairman of the audit committee;

$2,000 for each committee meeting attended in person (the audit committee chairperson receives an additional $500 per audit committee meeting for serving in that capacity);

$250 per board or committee meeting attended by telephone conference; and

in the event that there is a meeting of the board of directors and one or more committees on a single day, the fees paid to each director will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 per day for the chairperson of the audit committee, if there is a meeting of that committee).

All directors receive reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the board of directors. Independent directors are not reimbursed by the Company, our sponsor, our advisor or any of their affiliates for spouses’ expenses to attend events to which spouses are invited.

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Director Compensation Table

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our director compensation during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014:

Name

  Fees
Earned
or Paid
in Cash
   Stock
Awards
($)
   Option
Awards
($)
   Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
   Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
   All Other
Compensation
(1)($)
   Total ($) 

Michael T. Ezzell

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —   

T. Patrick Duncan

  $56,000     —      —      —      —     $4,068   $60,068  

George N. Fugelsang

  $57,500     —      —      —      —      —     $57,500  

Richard J. Lehmann

  $54,250     —      —      —      —      —     $54,250  

Roger D. Snell

  $65,500     —      —      —      —     $2,085   $67,585  

Christopher H. Cole (2)

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —   

Marc T. Nemer (2)

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —   

William M. Kahane (3)

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —   

Nicholas S. Schorsch (3)

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —   

2015:
           
Name 
Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
($)
 Stock
Awards
($)
 Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
 All Other
Compensation
($)
 Total Compensation ($)
Glenn J. Rufrano $
 $
 $
 $
 $
George N. Fugelsang 60,637
 
 
 
 60,637
Richard J. Lehmann 52,250
 
 
 
 52,250
Roger D. Snell 62,250
 
 
 
 62,250
T. Patrick Duncan(1)
 37,041
 
 
 
 37,041
Michael T. Ezzell(2)
 
 
 
 
 
(1)Amount represents reimbursement of travel and meal expenses incurred by directors to attend various director meetings.
(2)Messrs. Cole and NemerMr. Duncan resigned as membersa member of our board of directors in February 2014.September 2015.
(3)(2)Messrs. Kahane and SchorschMr. Ezzell resigned as membersa member of our board of directors in December 2014.June 2015.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Company does not have a standing compensation committee and we do not separately compensate our executive officers. Therefore, none of our executive officers participated in any deliberations regarding executive compensation.

Our current

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, both of our executive officers and one of our former executive officers, also serve orMichael T. Ezzell, served as executive officers (and, in the case of our currentMessrs. Rufrano and former chief executive officers,Ezzell, as directors) of other externally managed companies sponsored by Cole Capital during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.Capital. Like us, such companies do not have a standing compensation committee and they do not separately compensate their executive officers. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014,2015, our former chief executive officer, Christopher H. Cole,Glenn J. Rufrano, served as the chief executive officer and a director of Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc.,VEREIT; however he did not serve on that company’s compensation committee; and our former chief executive officer, Nicholas S. Schorsch, the successor to Mr. Cole, served as the chief executive officer and a director of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., however he did not serve on that company’s compensation committee.


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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires each director, officer and individual beneficially owning more than 10% of a registered security of the Company to

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file with the SEC, within specified time frames, initial statements of beneficial ownership (Form 3) and statements of changes in beneficial ownership (Forms 4 and 5) of common stock of the Company. Directors, officers and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC rules to furnish the Company with copies of all such forms they file. Based solely onupon a review of the copies of any such forms furnished to us during and with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 20142015 or written representations that no additional forms were required,from our executive officers and directors, to the best of our knowledge, Christopher H. Cole did not file a Form 3 related to his beneficial ownership of more than 10% of our outstanding shares of common stock at such time that our shares of common stock became registered pursuant to the Exchange Act during the year ended December 31, 2014; however, during the year ended December 31, 2014, Mr. Cole ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than 10% of our outstanding shares of common stock. We are not aware of any otherall required Section 16(a) filings that were not timely and correctly made by reporting persons during the year ended December 31, 2014.

2015.

Executive Officers

In addition to Michael T. Ezzell,Glenn J. Rufrano, the following individual currently serves as an executive officer of the Company:

Simon J. Misselbrook, age 37,38, has served as our chief financial officer and treasurer since September 2014 and as chief financial officer and treasurer of Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors since September 2014. Mr. Misselbrook also served as our principal accounting officer from November 2011 until March 2015 and as our senior vice president of accounting and principal accounting officer from March 2012 to March 2015,September 2014 and as our vice president of accounting and principal accounting officer from November 2011 to March 2012. Mr. Misselbrook also serves or served in the following positions for certain other programs sponsored by Cole Capital and certain affiliates of Cole Capital:


Entity

 

Position(s)

 

Dates

Entity

Position(s)Dates
Cole Credit Property Trust, Inc.

 

Senior vice president of accounting and principal

accounting officer

 March 2012  May 2014
 

Vice president of accounting and principal

accounting officer

 November 2010  March 2012

CCPT II

 

Vice president of accounting and principal

accounting officer

 November 2010 March 2012

Cole Real Estate
Investments, Inc.

(formerly Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc.)
 

Senior vice president of accounting and

principal accounting officer

 March 2012 February 2014

(formerly Cole Credit

Property Trust III, Inc.)

Vice president of accounting and principal

accounting officer

 November 2010 March 2012

Cole Credit Property
Trust IV, Inc.


 Chief financial officer and treasurer September 2014 Present

Senior vice president of accounting and

principal accounting officer

 March 2012 March 2014

Vice president of accounting and

principal accounting officer

 May 2011 March 2012

CCPT V

Advisors, Cole REIT Advisors IV, LLC
 Chief financial officer and treasurer September 2014 Present

CCPT V

Chief financial officer and treasurer
Senior vice president of accounting and principal accounting officer
September 2014 — Present
January 2013 — May 2013
Cole Corporate Income Trust, Inc.

Chief financial officer and treasurer
Vice president of accounting and principal accounting officer
October 2014 — January 2015
May 2011— March 2012
CCIT II, CCIT II Advisors Chief financial officer and treasurer November 2014 – January 2015

CCIT II

Chief financial officer and treasurerNovember 2014 – Present

CCIT II Advisors

Chief financial officer and treasurerNovember 2014 – Present

CCPT IV Advisors, CCPT V Advisors

Chief financial officer and treasurerSeptember 2014 – Present

Cole Corporate Income Advisors

 Chief financial officer and treasurer October 2014  January 2015

Cole Capital Partners, Cole Capital Advisors

Chief financial officer and treasurer – managed REITsJune 2015 — Present
 Chief financial officer and treasurer December 2014 — June 2015
Cole Capital Partners, LLCChief financial officer and treasurerDecember 2014 — Present

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Mr. Misselbrook also serves as chief financial officer and treasurer — managed REITs, Cole Capital, at American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“ARCP”).VEREIT. Mr. Misselbrook has worked in the real estate industry for more than 13 years, nine of which were specific to the REIT industry. Prior to joining Cole Capital and its affiliates in April 2007, he held the position of audit manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte & Touche”) in Los Angeles in the real estate group serving multiple clients including the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, where he was the global engagement manager. Mr. Misselbrook earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting and tax, as well as a master’s degree in accounting science, from the University of South Africa. He is a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in the state of California), a Chartered Accountant (licensed in South Africa) and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is an active participant in the REIT industry and participates in the Investment Program Association’s Non-Traded REIT Financial Standards Sub-Committee.

Each of our executive officers has stated that there is no arrangement or understanding of any kind between him and any other person relating to his appointment as an executive officer.

officer of our Company.

Compensation of Executive Officers

We have no employees. Our executive officers, including our principal financial officer, do not receive compensation directly from us for services rendered to us, and we do not intend to pay any compensation directlyto our executive officers. As a result, we do not have, and our board of directors has not considered, a compensation policy or program for our executive officers. Accordingly, we have not included a Compensation Committee Report or a Compensation Discussion and Analysis in this proxy statement.

Our executive officers are also officers of Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors, our advisor, and/or its affiliates, and are compensated by these entities, in part, for their services to us. We pay fees to such entities under our advisory agreement and dealer manager agreement. We also reimburse Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors for its provision of administrative services, including related personnel costs, subject to certain limitations. A description of the fees that we pay to our advisor and dealer manager or any affiliate thereof is found in the “Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons” section below.

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BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The following table sets forth information as of April 10, 2015March 31, 2016 regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each person known by us to own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock, each of our directors, and each named executive officer, and our directors and executive officers as a group. The percentage of beneficial ownership is calculated based on 7,392,30211,407,488 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 10, 2015.March 31, 2016. None of the shares in the following table has been pledged as security.


Name of Beneficial Owner(1)

Number of Shares of
Common Stock Beneficially
Owned
(2)
Percentage

Michael T. Ezzell

    —  
Name of Beneficial Owner (1) 
Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (2)
Percentage

T. Patrick Duncan

Glenn J. Rufrano 
 

George N. Fugelsang

 
 

Richard J. Lehmann

 
 

Roger D. Snell

 
 

Simon J. Misselbrook

 
 

All executive officers and directors as a group (6(5 persons)

 
 
  

CHC Investments, LLC (3)
P.O. Box 27943
Scottsdale, AZ 85255

453,050 Wrap Class Shares6.1

(1)With the exception of CHC Investments, LLC, theThe address of each beneficial owner listed is c/o Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc., 2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.
(2)Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and shares issuable pursuant to options, warrants and similar rights held by the respective person or group which may be exercised within 60 days following April 10, 2015. Except as otherwise indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.March 31, 2016.
(3)CHC Investments, LLC is wholly-owned by Christopher H. Cole, our former chief executive officer, president and chairman of our board of directors.

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PROPOSAL 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Independent Auditors

During the year ended December 31, 2014, Deloitte & Touche served as our independent auditors and provided certain tax and other services. Deloitte & Touche has served as our independent auditors since we commenced principle operations in March 2014. Deloitte & Touche representatives will be present at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so. In addition, the Deloitte & Touche representatives will be available to respond to appropriate questions posed by any stockholders.

The audit committee has engaged Deloitte & Touche as our independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2015. The2016. Deloitte has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since our formation in July 2010. Stockholder ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is not required by the Company’s bylaws or otherwise. However, the board of directors is submitting the appointment of Deloitte to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the appointment, the audit committee reservesmay reconsider whether or not to retain Deloitte in the right, however, to select new auditorsfuture. Even if the appointment is ratified, the audit committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time induring the future in its discretionyear if it deemsthe audit committee determines that such decision toa change would be in the best interests of the CompanyCompany.
Fees
During the year ended December 31, 2015, Deloitte served as our independent registered public accounting firm and its stockholders. Any such decision would be disclosed to the stockholders in accordance with applicable securities laws.

provided certain tax and other services. The audit committee reviewed the audit and non-audit services performed by Deloitte, & Touche, as well as the fees charged by Deloitte & Touche for such services. In its review of the non-audit services and fees, the audit committee considered whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte & Touche.Deloitte. The aggregate fees billed to us for professional accounting services, including the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements by Deloitte & Touche for the years ended December 31, 20142015 and 2013,2014, are set forth in the table below.

   Year Ended
December 31,
2014
   Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Audit fees

  $358,160    $329,235  

Audit-related fees

   —       —    

Tax fees

   39,725     13,550  

All other fees

   —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $397,885    $342,785  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

For purposes of the preceding table, Deloitte & Touche’s professional fees are classified as follows:

Audit fees – These are

  Year Ended December 31,
Type of Service 2015 2014
Audit fees (1)
 $548,430
 $358,160
Audit-related fees 
  —
Tax fees (2)
 82,693
 39,725
All other fees 
 
Total $631,123
 $397,885

(1)Represents fees for professional services performed for the audit of our annual financial statements and the required review of quarterly financial statements and other procedures performed by Deloitte in order for them to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. These fees also cover services that are normally provided by independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements and other services that generally only the independent auditor reasonably can provide, such as services associated with filing registration statements, periodic reports and other filings with the SEC, audits of acquired properties or businesses, property audits required by loan agreements, and statutory audits for our subsidiaries or affiliates.
(2)Represents fees for all professional services performed by professional staff in our independent auditor’s tax division, except those services related to the audit of our financial statements. These include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice, including federal, state and local issues. Services may also include assistance with tax audits and appeals before the IRS and similar state and local agencies, as well as federal, state, and local tax issues related to due diligence.
Pre-Approval Policies and the required review of quarterly financial statements and other procedures performed by Deloitte & Touche in order for them to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. These fees also cover services that are normally provided by independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements and other services that generally only the independent auditor reasonably can provide, such as services associated with filing registration statements, periodic reports and other filings with the SEC, audits of acquired properties or businesses, property audits required by loan agreements, and statutory audits for our subsidiaries or affiliates.

Procedures

Audit-related fees – These are fees for assurance and related services that traditionally are performed by independent auditors, such as due diligence related to acquisitions and dispositions, attestation services that are not required by statute or regulation, statutory subsidiary or equity investment audits incremental to the audit of the consolidated financial statements and general assistance with the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other SEC rules promulgated pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Tax fees – These are fees for all professional services performed by professional staff in our independent auditor’s tax division, except those services related to the audit of our financial statements. These include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice, including federal, state and local issues. Services may also include assistance with tax audits and appeals before the IRS and similar state and local agencies, as well as federal, state, and local tax issues related to due diligence.

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All other fees – These are fees for other permissible work performed that do not meet the above-described categories, including assistance with internal audit plans and risk assessments.

Pre-Approval Policies

The audit committee charter imposes a duty on the audit committee to pre-approve all auditing services performed for us by our independent auditors, as well as all permitted non-audit services (including the fees and terms thereof) in order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditors’ independence. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditors has received “general” pre-approval, it will require “specific” pre-approval by the audit committee.

All requests for services to be provided by the independent auditor that do not require specific pre-approval by the audit committee will be submitted to management and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. Management will determine whether such services are included within the list of services that have

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received the general pre-approval of the audit committee. The audit committee will be informed on a timely basis of any such services rendered by the independent auditors.

Requests to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the audit committee will be submitted to the audit committee by both the independent auditors and the principal financial officer, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence. The chairman of the audit committee has been delegated the authority to specifically pre-approve de minimis amounts for services not covered by the general pre-approval guidelines. All amounts, other than such de minimis amounts, require specific pre-approval by the audit committee prior to engagement of Deloitte & Touche.the independent auditors. All amounts, other than de minimis amounts not subject to pre-approval, specifically pre-approved by the chairman of the audit committee in accordance with this policy, are to be disclosed to the full audit committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

All services rendered by Deloitte & Touche for the years ended December 31, 20142015 and 20132014 were pre-approved in accordance with the policies and procedures described above.

Report

A representative of Deloitte is expected to attend the annual meeting. The representative will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
The affirmative vote of a majority of the Audit Committee

Pursuantvotes cast at the annual meeting is required to ratify the audit committee charter adopted byappointment of Deloitte as our board of directors, the audit committee’s primary function is to assist the board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by overseeing the independent auditors and reviewing the financial information to be provided to the stockholders and others, the system of internal control over financial reporting that management has established and the audit and financial-reporting process. The audit committee is composed of two independent directors. registered public accounting firm.


THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
Our management has the primary responsibility for the financial statementsCompany’s accounting and thefinancial reporting process, including the system of internal control over financial reporting. Membership onreporting, and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements. Deloitte, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, is responsible for performing an audit committee does not callof our consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and for expressing an opinion as to whether the professional training and technical skillsCompany’s consolidated financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects in conformity with accounting principles generally associated with career professionalsaccepted in the fieldUnited States of accounting and auditing, andAmerica (“GAAP”). In this context, the membersresponsibility of the audit committee are not professionally engaged inis to oversee the practice ofCompany’s accounting or auditing. The audit committee’s role does not provide any special assurance with regard toand financial reporting processes and the financial statementsaudits of the Company, nor does it involve a professional evaluationCompany’s consolidated financial statements.
In the performance of the quality of the audits performed by the independent auditors. The audit committee relies in part, without independent verification, on information provided to it and on representations made by management and the independent auditors that the financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

In this context, in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities,function, the audit committee reviewed and discussed with management and Deloitte the 2014Company’s 2015 audited financial statements, and management and Deloitte represented to the audit committee that such audited financial statements were prepared in accordance with management, including a discussion of the quality and acceptability of the financial reporting and controls of the Company.

GAAP.

The audit committee also reviewed and discussed with Deloitte & Touche, which is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing StandardsStandard No. 16,Communications with Audit Committees, and

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their judgments as to the quality and the acceptability of the financial statements and such other matters as are required to be discussedadopted by the applicable auditing standards as periodically amended (including significant accounting policies, alternative accounting treatments and estimates, judgments and uncertainties).PCAOB. In addition, the audit committee has received from Deloitte the written disclosures fromand the independent registered public accounting firmletter required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, “Communicationapplicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding Deloitte’s communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independencethe audit committee concerning independence, and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firmDeloitte its independence within the meaning of the rules and standards of the PCAOB and the securities laws and regulations administered by the SEC.independence.

The audit committee discussed with Deloitte & Touche the overall scope and plans for the audit. The audit committee meets periodically with Deloitte, & Touche, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of internal controls and the overall quality of the financial reporting of the Company.

In reliance

Based on these reviews and discussions, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors that the 20142015 audited financial statements of the Company be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20142015 for filing with the SEC.

March 24, 2015  

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

Roger D. Snell (Chairman)

George N. Fugelsang

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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS, PROMOTERS AND CERTAIN CONTROL PERSONS

Our independent directors have reviewed the material transactions between our affiliates and us during the year ended December 31, 2014.2015. Set forth below is a description of the transactions with affiliates. We believe that we have executed all of the transactions set forth below on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms no less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

Advisory Agreement

We are party to an Advisory Agreement with Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors whereby Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors manages our day-to-day operations and identifies and makes investments on our behalf. In return, we pay to Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors an advisory fee that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.90% of our net asset value (“NAV”) for each day. Advisory fees for the year ended December 31, 20142015 totaled $926,000.$1.3 million. We also reimburse Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors for expenses incurred in connection with the provision of advisory services; provided, however, that Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors agreed to waive its right to such expense reimbursement from January 1, 20142015 through December 31, 2014.2015. In addition, we reimburse Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors for acquisition expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of our investments. Such payments for the year ended December 31, 20142015 totaled $490,000.$369,000. Furthermore, we reimburse the expenses incurred by Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors in connection with its provision of administrative services to us, including related personnel costs, subject to the limitation that we do not reimburse Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors for any amount by which the operating expenses (which exclude, among other things, the expenses of raising capital, interest payments, taxes, non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and bad debt reserves, and acquisition fees and acquisition expenses) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceed the greater of (i) 2.0% of average invested assets, or (ii) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period; provided, however, that Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors agreed to waive its right to such expense reimbursement from January 1, 20142015 through December 31, 2014.

2015.

Additionally, we are required to pay to Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors a performance-based fee calculated based on our annual total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears. The performance fee will be calculated such that for any calendar year in which the total return per share for a particular class exceeds 6.0%, which we refer to as the 6.0% return, Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors will receive 25.0% of the excess total return above the 6.0% return allocable to that class, but in no event will we pay Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors more than 10.0% of the aggregate total return for that class for such year. However, in the event the NAV per share of our Wrap Class shares (“W Shares”), Advisor Class shares (“A Shares”) and Institutional Class shares (“I Shares”) decreases below the base NAV (the “Base NAV”) for the respective share class ($15.00, $16.72 and $16.82 for our W Shares, A Shares and I Shares, respectively), the performance-based fee will not be calculated on any increase in NAV up to the Base NAV of that class. In addition, the performance fee will not be paid with respect to any calendar year in which the NAV per share as of the last business day of the calendar year (the “Ending NAV”) for the respective share class is less than the Base NAV of that class. The Base NAV of any share class is subject to downward adjustment in the event that our board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, determines that such an adjustment is necessary to provide an appropriate incentive to our advisor to perform in a manner that seeks to maximize stockholder value and is in the best interests of our stockholders. In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar change in our capital structure, the Base NAV for the respective share class shall be ratably adjusted to reflect the effect of any such event. Performance fees paid to Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors for the year ended December 31, 20142015 totaled $1.1$1.2 million.

Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors incurs expenses in connection with our organization and our public offering of our common stock. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, we reimburse Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors up to 0.75% of our gross offering proceeds with respect to those expenses. During the yearended December 31, 2014,2015, we incurred $520,000$464,000 of organization and offering expense reimbursements payable to Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors.

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Our Advisory Agreement has a one-year term expiring November 30, 2015,2016, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon mutual consent of the parties. Our independent directors are required to determine, at least annually, that the compensation to Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and the investment performance of the Company and that such compensation is within the limits set forth in our Charter.

Michael T. Ezzell,


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Glenn J. Rufrano, our chief executive officer and president and chairmanone of our board of directors, is the chief executive officer and president of Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors. Simon J. Misselbrook, our chief financial officer and treasurer, is the chief financial officer and treasurer of Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors.

On February 7, 2014, ARCP acquired our sponsor pursuant to a transaction whereby Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. merged with and into Clark Acquisition, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARCP (“Merger Sub”), with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of ARCP (the “ARCP Merger”). ARCP is a self-managed publicly traded Maryland corporation listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, focused on acquiring and owning single tenant freestanding commercial properties subject to net leases with high credit quality tenants. Mr. Schorsch, our former chief executive officer, president and chairman of our board of directors, was the chairman and chief executive officer of ARCP at the time of the ARCP Merger.

As a result of the ARCP Merger, ARCP indirectly owns and/or controls Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors, Cole Capital Corporation, CREI Advisors, LLC, and our sponsor.

Dealer Manager Agreement

We are party to a Dealer Manager Agreement with Cole Capital Corporation, the dealer manager in our public offering. We may charge a selling commission on A Shares sold of up to 3.75% of the offering price per share for A Shares on the date of purchase, which we will pay to Cole Capital Corporation. Cole Capital Corporation reallows 100% of such selling commissions to participating broker-dealers. We also pay to Cole Capital Corporation an asset-based dealer manager fee that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to (1) 1/365th of 0.55% of our NAV for W Shares for such day, (2) 1/365th of 0.55% of our NAV for A Shares for such day and (3) 1/365th of 0.25% of our NAV for I Shares for such day. At Cole Capital Corporation’s discretion, it may reallow a portion of the dealer manager fee received on W Shares, A Shares and I Shares to participating broker dealers. Additionally, we pay Cole Capital Corporation an asset-based distribution fee for A Shares that is payable in arrears on a monthly basis and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.50% of our NAV for A Shares for such day. At our dealer manager’s discretion, it may reallow a portion of the distribution fee to participating broker-dealers. We will cease paying the selling commission, dealer manager fee and distribution fee aton the date at which, in the aggregate, underwriting compensation from all sources, including the selling commission, dealer manager fee, distribution fee and other underwritingcompensation paid by us and by Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisors and its affiliates, equals 10% of the gross proceeds from our primary offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), calculated as of the same date that we calculate the aggregate dealer manager fee.underwriting compensation. For the year ended December 31, 2014,2015, we paid to Cole Capital Corporation commissions and dealer manager fees totaling $1.2 million, of which $647,000$477,000 was reallowed to participating broker-dealers.

Michael T. Ezzell,

Glenn J. Rufrano, our chief executive officer and president and chairmanone of our board of directors, also is the president and treasurer and sole director of Cole Capital Corporation. Christopher H. Cole and Nicholas S. Schorsch,Michael T. Ezzell, our former executive officersofficer and directors, were eachdirector, was the sole director and president and treasurer of Cole Capital Corporation before theirhis resignations from that position.

those positions.

Series C Loan

On

During the year ended December 16,31, 2014, the Company entered into a $20.0 million unsecured revolving line of credit with Series C, LLC, an affiliate of the Company’s advisor (“Series C Loan”). The Series C Loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.45% with accrued interest payable monthly in arrears and principal due upon maturity, which matured on December 15, 2015. The Series C Loan had an interest rate of 2.61% as of

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December 31, 2014. InNo amounts were drawn by the eventCompany under the Series C Loan is not paid off on the maturity date, the loan includes default provisions. The Series C Loan has been approved by a majority of the Company’s board of directors (including a majority of the independent directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorableprior to the Company than a comparable loan between unaffiliated parties under the same circumstances. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had $20.0 million available for borrowing.

its maturity.

Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures


In order to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts of interest, our charter contains a number of restrictions relating to transactions we may enter into with Cole Income NAV Strategy Advisorsour advisor and its affiliates and the allocation of investment opportunities among ARCPVEREIT and Cole Capital-sponsored programs. These restrictionsConflict resolution provisions in our charter and in policies regarding the allocation of investment opportunities adopted by the Cole Capital sponsored programs include, among others, the following:

We will not purchase or lease properties from our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates, unless (1) a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transaction determines that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us, and (2) either (A) the purchase price is no greater than the cost of the property to the seller, including acquisition-related expenses, or (B) a majority of the independent directors determines that there is substantial justification for any amount above such cost and that the difference is reasonable. In no event will we acquire any property from an affiliate at an amount in excess of its current appraised value as determined by an independent appraiser.


We will not sell or lease properties to our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates, unless (1) a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transaction determines that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties, and (2) either (A) the sale is greater than the cost of the property to us, including acquisition-related expenses, or (B) a majority of the independent directors determines that there is substantial justification for any amount below such cost, and that the difference is reasonable. In no event will we sell any property to an affiliate at an amount less than its current appraised value as determined by an independent appraiser.

Our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors and any of their respective affiliates will not make loans to us, except that we may borrow funds from affiliates of our advisor, including our sponsor, (A) as bridge financing to enable us to acquire a property or (B) for the purpose of providing short term financing as necessary to satisfy valid redemption requests under the Company’s share redemption plan, in either case when offering proceeds alone are insufficient to do so and third party financing has not been arranged or is insufficient. Any and all such transactions must be approved by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transactions as being fair and reasonable to us.

We will not purchase or lease properties from our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates, unless (1) a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transaction determines that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us, and (2) either (A) the purchase price is no greater than the cost of the property to the seller, including acquisition-related expenses, or (B) a majority of the independent directors determines that there is substantial justification for any amount above such cost and that the difference is reasonable. In no event will we acquire any property from an affiliate at an amount in excess of its current appraised value as determined by an independent appraiser.

In the event that an investment opportunity becomes available that may be suitable for both us and ARCP or one or more other real estate programs sponsored by Cole Capital, and for which more than one of such entities has sufficient uninvested funds, then our advisor and the advisors of the other programs, with oversight by their respective boards of directors, will examine the following factors, among others, in determining the entity for which the investment opportunity is most appropriate:


the investment objective of each entity;

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the anticipated operating cash flows of each entity and the cash requirements of each entity;



the effect of the acquisition on diversification of each entity’s investments by type of property, geographic area and tenant concentration;


the amount of funds available to each program and the length of time such funds have been available for investment;

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We will not sell or lease properties to our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates, unless (1) a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transaction determines that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties, and (2) either (A) the sale is greater than the cost of the property to us, including acquisition-related expenses, or (B) a majority of the independent directors determines that there is substantial justification for any amount below such cost, and that the difference is reasonable. In no event will we sell any property to an affiliate at an amount less than its current appraised value as determined by an independent appraiser.
Our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors and any of their respective affiliates will not make loans to us, except that we may borrow funds from affiliates of our advisor, including our sponsor, (A) as bridge financing to enable us to acquire a property or (B) for the purpose of providing short term financing as necessary to satisfy valid redemption requests under the Company’s share redemption plan, in either case when offering proceeds alone are insufficient to do so and third party financing has not been arranged or is insufficient. Any and all such transactions must be approved by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in such transactions as being fair and reasonable to us.
Property acquisitions are allocated among VEREIT and the real estate programs sponsored by Cole Capital pursuant to an asset allocation policy. In the event that an investment opportunity becomes available that may be suitable for both us and VEREIT or one or more other real estate programs sponsored by Cole Capital, and for which more than one of such entities has sufficient uninvested funds, then our advisor and the advisors of the other programs, with oversight by their respective boards of directors, will examine the following factors, among others, in determining the entity for which the investment opportunity is most appropriate:
the investment objective of each entity;
the anticipated operating cash flows of each entity and the cash requirements of each entity;
the effect of the acquisition on diversification of each entity’s investments by type of property, geographic area and tenant concentration;
the amount of funds available to each program and the length of time such funds have been available for investment;
the policy of each entity relating to leverage of properties;
the income tax effects of the purchase to each entity; and
the size of the investment.
If, in the judgment of the advisors, the investment opportunity may be equally appropriate for more than one program, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was allocated an investment opportunity of a similar size and type (e.g., office, industrial or single-tenant or multi-tenant retail) will first be offered such investment opportunity.

If a subsequent development, such as a delay in the closing of the acquisition or a delay in the construction of a property, causes any such investment, in the opinion of the advisors, to be more appropriate for an entity other than the entity that committed to make the investment, the advisors may determine that VEREIT or another program sponsored by Cole Capital will make the investment. Ourboard of directors, including the independent directors, oversees the allocation process to ensure that the method used for the allocation of the acquisition of properties among VEREIT and the various programs sponsored by Cole Capital is applied fairly to us.




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the policy of each entity relating to leverage of properties;


the income tax effects of the purchase to each entity; and

the size of the investment.

If, in the judgment of the advisors, the investment opportunity may be equally appropriate for more than one program, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was allocated an investment opportunity of a similar size and type (e.g., office, industrial or single-tenant or multi-tenant retail) will first be offered such investment opportunity.

If a subsequent development, such as a delay in the closing of the acquisition or a delay in the construction of a property, causes any such investment, in the opinion of the advisors, to be more appropriate for an entity other than the entity that committed to make the investment, the advisors may determine that ARCP or another program sponsored by Cole Capital will make the investment. Our board of directors, including the independent directors, oversees the allocation process to ensure that the method used for the allocation of the acquisition of properties by ARCP or two or more programs sponsored by Cole Capital seeking to acquire similar types of properties is applied fairly to us.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Any proposals by stockholders for inclusion in proxy solicitation material for the 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, including any proposals for nominees for election as director at the 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, must be received by our secretary, Michael J. Komenda, at our offices no later than December 22, 2015,14, 2016, and must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. If a stockholder wishes to present a proposal at the 20162017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, whether or not the proposal is intended to be included in the 20162017 proxy materials, our bylaws currently require that the stockholder give advance written notice to our secretary, Michael J. Komenda, at our offices no earlier than November 22, 201514, 2016 and no later than December 22, 2015.14, 2016. Stockholders are advised to review the Company’s bylaws, which contain other requirements with respect to advance notice of stockholder proposals and director nominations.

OTHER MATTERS

As of the date of this proxy statement, we know of no business that will be presented for consideration at the 20152016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders other than the matters referred to above. If any other matter is properly brought before the meeting for action by stockholders, proxies in the enclosed form returned to us will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in accordance with the discretion of the proxy holders.

A copy of the Company’s 20142015 annual report to stockholders, filed with the SEC, is enclosed herewith. You may also obtain our other SEC filings and certain other information concerning the Company through the Internet atwww.sec.gov andwww.colecapital.com. Information contained in any website referenced in this proxy statement is not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement.

By Order of the Board of Directors
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Michael J. Komenda
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PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD JUNE 2, 2015

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

The undersigned stockholder hereby appoints Simon J. Misselbrookterm “Independent Director” shall mean a Director who is not on the date of determination, and Michael J. Komenda, each as proxy and attorney-in-fact,within the last two years from the date of determination has not been, directly or indirectly associated with full powerthe Sponsor or the Advisor by virtue of substitution as determined(i) ownership of an interest in the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates, (ii) employment by the BoardSponsor, the Advisor or any of Directors of Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc., on behalf and in the nametheir Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer or director of the undersigned, to attendSponsor, the Annual MeetingAdvisor or any of Stockholderstheir Affiliates, (iv) performance of COLE REAL ESTATE INCOME STRATEGY (DAILY NAV), INC. to be held at 9:00 a.m. local time on June 2, 2015, at our offices located at 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016,services, other than as a Director, for the Corporation, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three REITs organized by the Sponsor or advised by the Advisor or (vi) maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered “material” if the aggregate gross income derived by the Director from the Sponsor, the Advisor and any adjournments or postponements thereof, and to cast on behalftheir Affiliates exceeds five percent of either the Director’s annual gross income during either of the undersigned all votes whichlast two years or the undersigned would be entitled to cast if personally present, as indicatedDirector’s net worth on the reverse side of this ballot, and otherwise to represent the undersigned at the meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof, with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the proxy statement and the annual report.

When this proxy is properly executed, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned stockholder will be cast in the manner directed herein. If no direction is made, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned stockholder will be cast “FOR ALL” of the nominees for director listed in Proposal 1. The proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof in accordancea fair market value basis. An indirect association with the recommendationSponsor or the Advisor shall include circumstances in which a Director’s spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been associated with the Sponsor, the Advisor, any of their Affiliates or the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such a recommendation, in their discretion, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to adjourn or postpone the meeting to provide more time to solicit proxies for any or all of the proposals referenced herein.Corporation.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Cole Real Estate Income Strategy (Daily NAV), Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on June 2, 2015. The Annual Report and Proxy Statement for this meeting are available at:http://www.2voteproxy.com/colecapital.

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THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR ALL” OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1 IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE BELOW. AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF, THE PROXY OR PROXIES WILL VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A RECOMMENDATION, IN THEIR DISCRETION.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR ALL nominees for director in Proposal 1:

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

FOR

ALL

WITHHOLD

ALL

FOR ALL

EXCEPT*

(1) Michael T. Ezzell             (2) T. Patrick Duncan        (3) George N. Fugelsang

(4) Richard J. Lehmann        (5) Roger D. Snell

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*  To Withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number(s) of the nominee(s) in the box below.