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REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
(a Maryland corporation)
540,000 Shares of Common Stock
INTERNATIONAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: October 8, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company . . . . . 4
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. . . . . 4
(ii) Incorporated Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(iii) Independent Accountants. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(iv) Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business . . . . . 6
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. . . . . . . . . . 6
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. . . . . . . . . 7
(viii) Capitalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(ix) Authorization of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . 7
(x) Authorization of and Description of Securities . 7
(xi) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . . . . . . . 8
(xii) Absence of Labor Dispute . . . . . . . . . . . 9
(xiii) Absence of Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
(xiv) Accuracy of Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
(xv) Possession of Intellectual Property . . . . . . 9
(xvi) Absence of Further Requirements. . . . . . . . 10
(xvii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. . . . . . 10
(xviii) Investment Company Act . . . . . . . . . . . 10
(xix) Partnership Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
(xx) Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
(xxi) Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
(xxii) Environmental Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
(xxiii) Qualification as a Real Estate Investment
Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
(xxiv) Registration Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
(xxv) Tax Treatment of Certain Entities. . . . . . . 14
(xxvi) Reincorporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to International Managers; Closing. .15
(a) Initial Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
(b) Option Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
(c) Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
(d) Denominations; Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and
Commission Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
(b) Filing of Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
(c) Rule 434. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
(d) Delivery of Registration Statements . . . . . . . . . 17
(e) Delivery of Prospectuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
(f) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . . . . . . 18
(g) Blue Sky Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(h) Rule 158. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(i) Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(j) Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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(k) Restriction on Sale of Securities . . . . . . . . . . 19
(l) Reporting Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(a) Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(b) Termination of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 5. Conditions of International Managers' Obligations . . 20
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement . . . . . . . 20
(b) Opinions of Counsel for Company . . . . . . . . . . . 20
(c) Opinion of Counsel for International Managers . . . . 21
(d) Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(g) Approval of Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(h) Waiver of Registration Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(i) Purchase of Initial U.S. Securities . . . . . . . . . 22
(j) Additional Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(k) Conditions to Purchase of International Option
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(i) Officers' Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(ii) Opinions of Counsel for Company . . . . . . . . 23
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for International Managers. 23
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(l) Termination of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 6. Indemnification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(a) Indemnification of the International Managers.. . . . 23
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. . 24
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification . . . . . . . . 25
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. . 25
SECTION 7. Contribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
(a) Termination; General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
(b) Liabilities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the International Managers .28
SECTION 11. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 12. Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. . . . . . . 29
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REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
(a Maryland corporation)
540,000 Shares of Common Stock
(Par Value $1.00 Per Share)
INTERNATIONAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: October 8, 1997
XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL
X.X. XXXXXXX & SONS, INC.
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
SUTRO & CO. INCORPORATED
WHEAT, FIRST SECURITIES, INC.
as Lead Managers of the several International Managers
c/o Merrill Xxxxx International
Ropemaker Place
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxxx
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), confirms
its agreement with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International ("Xxxxxxx Xxxxx") and each of the
other international underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the
"International Managers" which term shall also include any underwriter
substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc., PaineWebber International (U.K.) Ltd., Sutro &
Co. Incorporated and Wheat, First Securities, Inc. are acting as representatives
(in such capacity, the "Lead Managers"), with respect to the sale by the Company
and the purchase by the International Managers, acting severally and not
jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") set forth in said Schedule A, and
with respect to the grant by the Company to the International Managers, acting
severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to
purchase all or any part of 81,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover
over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid 540,000 shares of Common Stock (the
"Initial International Securities") to be purchased by the International
Managers and all or any part of the 81,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the
option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the "International Option Securities")
are hereinafter called, collectively, the "International Securities".
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It is understood that the Company is concurrently entering into an
agreement dated the date hereof (the "U.S. Purchase Agreement") providing for
the offering by the Company of an aggregate of 2,160,000 shares of Common Stock
(the "Initial U.S. Securities") through arrangements with certain underwriters
in the United States and Canada (the "U.S. Underwriters") for whom Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc.,
PaineWebber Incorporated, Sutro & Co. Incorporated and Wheat, First Securities,
Inc. are acting as representatives (the "U.S. Representatives") and the grant by
the Company to the U.S. Underwriters acting severally and not jointly, of an
option to purchase all or any part of the U.S. Underwriters' pro rata portion of
up to 324,000 additional shares of Common Stock solely to cover overallotments,
if any (the "U.S. Option Securities" and, together with the International Option
Securities, the "Option Securities"). The Initial U.S. Securities and the U.S.
Option Securities are hereinafter called the "U.S. Securities". It is
understood that the Company is not obligated to sell and the International
Managers are not obligated to purchase, any Initial International Securities
unless all of the Initial U.S. Securities are contemporaneously purchased by the
U.S. Underwriters.
The U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers are hereinafter
collectively called the "Underwriters," the Initial International Securities and
the Initial U.S. Securities are hereinafter collectively called the "Initial
Securities," and the International Securities, and the U.S. Securities are
hereinafter collectively called the "Securities."
The Underwriters will concurrently enter into an Intersyndicate Agreement
of even date herewith (the "Intersyndicate Agreement") providing for the
coordination of certain transactions among the Underwriters under the direction
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (in
such capacity, the "Global Coordinator").
The Company understands that the International Managers propose to make a
public offering of the International Securities as soon as the Lead Managers
deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-95374) (the "First
Registration Statement"), Amendment No. 1 thereto, and Amendment No. 2 (which
constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the "Post-Effective Amendment") to
the First Registration Statement) thereto and a registration statement on Form
S-3 (No. 333-34311) (the "Second Registration Statement") and Amendment No. 1
thereto (which also constituted Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the First
Registration Statement) covering the registration of, among other things, the
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), in
each case including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. Promptly
after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will either (i)
prepare and file an international prospectus supplement, a U.S. prospectus
supplement and a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 415 ("Rule
415") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the
"1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of the
1933 Act Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 434
("Rule 434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a "Term
Sheet") in accordance
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with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 424(b). Two forms of prospectus
supplement are to be used in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities: one relating to the International Securities (the "Form of
International Prospectus Supplement") and one relating to the U.S. Securities
(the "Form of U.S. Prospectus Supplement"). The Form of U.S. Prospectus
Supplement is identical to the Form of International Prospectus Supplement,
except for the front cover and back cover pages and the information under the
caption "Underwriting." The information included in such Term Sheet that was
omitted from the Second Registration Statement at the time it became effective
but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time the
Term Sheet is filed with the Commission pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is
referred to as "Rule 434 Information." Each prospectus, together with any
related International or U.S. prospectus supplement, relating to the Securities
used before the Second Registration Statement became effective, and each
prospectus, together with the related International or U.S. prospectus
supplement, relating to the Securities that omitted the Rule 434 Information or
that was captioned "Subject to Completion" that was used after such
effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is
herein called, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, a "preliminary
international prospectus" or "preliminary U.S. prospectus", as the case may be,
or, in either such case, a "preliminary prospectus." The First Registration
Statement as amended and including the exhibits thereto, schedules, if any, and
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the 1933 Act, at the time that the Post-Effective Amendment became
effective, and the Second Registration Statement, as amended and including the
exhibits thereto, schedules, if any, and the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time the
Second Registration Statement became effective, and in each case including, if
applicable, the Rule 434 Information, are herein called, collectively, the
"Original Registration Statements" and, individually, an "Original Registration
Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement," and the Original Registration Statements and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement are herein referred to collectively as the "Registration
Statement." The final Form of International Prospectus Supplement and the final
Form of U.S. Prospectus Supplement, in each case including the prospectus dated
October 1, 1997 and the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, in the forms first furnished to the
International Managers and the U.S. Underwriters, respectively, for use in
connection with the offering of the Securities are herein called the
"International Prospectus" and the "U.S. Prospectus" respectively. The
International Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus are hereafter sometimes
referred to as, individually, a "Prospectus," and collectively, the
"Prospectuses." If Rule 434 is relied on, the terms "International Prospectus"
and "U.S. Prospectus" shall refer to the preliminary international prospectus
supplement dated October 1, 1997 and the preliminary U.S. prospectus supplement
dated October 1, 1997, together in each case with the prospectus dated October
1, 1997 and the Term Sheet and all documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, respectively, and all references in this
Agreement to the date of such Prospectuses shall mean the date of the Term
Sheet. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the International Prospectus, the U.S.
Prospectus or any Term Sheet or any amendment or supplement to any
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of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission
pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system
("XXXXX").
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and
other information which is "described," "disclosed," "contained," "included" or
"stated" in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or any
Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and
include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which
is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or any Prospectus, as the case may be; and
all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or any Prospectus shall be
deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), which is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such
preliminary prospectus or such Prospectus, as the case may be.
All references in this Agreement to properties or improvements "owned by"
or "of" the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall be deemed to mean and
include all properties and improvements which are leased by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, as lessee.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Consolidation" means the merger of 25
limited partnerships (the "Partnerships") and RIC Properties Ltd., a California
limited partnership ("RIC Properties"), into the Company on August 15, 1994;
"Merger" means the merger of R.I.C. Advisor, Inc., a California corporation (the
"Advisor"), into the Company on August 17, 1995; and "Reincorporation" means the
reincorporation of the Company in the State of Maryland, which was effectuated
by merging the Company into Realty Income of Maryland, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Maryland Corporation") which subsequently changed its name to
Realty Income Corporation, with the Maryland Corporation as the surviving
corporation of such merger.
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
(a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE COMPANY. The Company represents
and warrants to each International Manager as of the date hereof, as of the
Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery
(if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each International
Manager, as follows:
(i) COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Original
Registration Statements, the Post-Effective Amendment and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of any Original Registration Statement
or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933
Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission, and
any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has
been complied with.
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At the respective times the Original Registration Statements, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto
became effective, at the date hereof and at the Closing Time (and, if any
International Option Securities are purchased, at each Date of Delivery),
the Original Registration Statements, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and, at the date hereof and at the Closing Time (and, if
any International Option Securities are purchased, at each Date of
Delivery), neither the Prospectuses nor any amendments or supplements
thereto contained or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the representations and
warranties in this paragraph shall not apply to statements in or omissions
from the Registration Statement or Prospectuses made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any
International Manager through the Lead Managers expressly for use in the
Registration Statement or International Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectuses filed as part of any
Original Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement as
originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied when so filed in all material
respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable,
each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectuses delivered to the
International Managers and the U.S. Underwriters for use in connection with
this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii) INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS. The documents incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together
with the other information in the Prospectuses, at the date hereof and at
the Closing Time (and, if any International Option Securities are
purchased, at each Date of Delivery), did not and will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(iii) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. The accountants who certified the
financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration
Statement are
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independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
(iv) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The consolidated financial statements of
the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses,
together with the related schedule and notes, present fairly the financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of
the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; said
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules included
in the Registration Statement present fairly in accordance with GAAP the
information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data, if
any, and summary financial information, if any, included in the
Prospectuses present fairly the information shown therein and have been
compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in the Registration Statement. The Company's ratios of
earnings to fixed charges (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in the
Prospectus have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of
Regulation S-K of the Commission.
(v) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN BUSINESS. Since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectuses, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise (a "Material Adverse Effect"),
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) there have
been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which
are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
one enterprise, and (C) except for regular monthly distributions on the
Common Stock in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice,
there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on any class of its stock.
(vi) GOOD STANDING OF THE COMPANY. The Company is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland and
is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation
of Maryland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectuses
and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the
Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and
is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification
is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in
good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(vii) GOOD STANDING OF SUBSIDIARIES. The only subsidiaries of the
Company are Realty Income Texas Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Realty Income Texas Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and the Company does not hold any equity interest in any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or entity other than
such subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a partnership or corporation, as the case may
be, in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and
has power and authority as a partnership or corporation, as the case may
be, to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectuses; each such subsidiary is duly qualified as a
foreign partnership or corporation, as the case may be, to transact
business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify
or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;
except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the
issued and outstanding partnership interests and shares of capital stock,
as the case may be, of each such subsidiary have been duly authorized (if
applicable) and validly issued and are fully paid and are non-assessable
(except to the extent that the general partners of subsidiaries which are
partnerships may be liable for the obligations of such partnerships) and
are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear
of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity; none of the outstanding partnership interests or shares of capital
stock, as the case may be, of such subsidiaries were issued in violation of
preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of law, under the
partnership agreement or charter or bylaws, as the case may be, of any such
subsidiary or under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
such subsidiary is a party.
(viii) CAPITALIZATION. The authorized stock of the Company and the
issued and outstanding stock of the Company are as set forth in the line
items "Preferred Stock" and "Common Stock" under the caption
"Capitalization" in the Prospectuses (except for subsequent issuances, if
any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to employee benefit plans
referred to in the Prospectuses or pursuant to the exercise of options
referred to in the Prospectuses).
(ix) AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the U.S. Purchase
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x) AUTHORIZATION OF AND DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. The shares of
issued and outstanding Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock was issued in violation of the preemptive or other
similar rights arising by operation of law, under the charter or bylaws of
the Company, under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise. The Securities to be
purchased from the Company by the International Managers and the U.S.
Underwriters have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the
International Managers pursuant
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to this Agreement and the U.S. Underwriters pursuant to the U.S. Purchase
Agreement, respectively, and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement and the U.S. Purchase Agreement, respectively,
against payment of the consideration set forth herein and in the U.S.
Purchase Agreement respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable; the Common Stock conforms to all statements relating
thereto contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses and such
description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining
the same; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to preemptive
or other similar rights arising by operation of law, under the charter and
bylaws of the Company, under any agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise.
(xi) ABSENCE OF DEFAULTS AND CONFLICTS. Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or bylaws or its
partnership agreement, as the case may be, or in default in the performance
or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained
in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them may
be bound, or to which any of the respective properties or assets of the
Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, "Agreements and
Instruments"), except for such defaults that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein (including the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay borrowings under the
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of November 29, 1994, among the
Company, the banks named therein and The Bank of New York, as agent, as
amended by the First Amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of January 26, 1995, the Second Amendment to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 4, 1995, the Third Amendment to the
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 7, 1997, and the Fourth
Amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement dated April 28, 1997 (as so
amended, the "Acquisition Credit Agreement"), as described in the
Prospectuses under the caption "Use of Proceeds" but excluding any use of
proceeds to fund any property acquisitions or for other general corporate
purposes for which specific corporate authorization may be required) and
compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time
or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment
Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company
or any subsidiary pursuant to, any Agreement or Instrument, except for such
conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any applicable law, rule, regulation,
or governmental or court judgment, order, writ or decree. As used herein,
a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives the
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holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any
person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xii) ABSENCE OF LABOR DISPUTE. No labor dispute with the employees
of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company exists or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or
any subsidiary's tenants, which, in either case, could reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xiii) ABSENCE OF PROCEEDINGS. The Company has not received any
notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or
by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, and, to
the best knowledge of the Company, there is no such proceeding now pending
or threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than
as disclosed therein), or which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or which could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the consummation of this Agreement or the
U.S. Purchase Agreement or the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or
governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party
or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which
are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xiv) ACCURACY OF EXHIBITS. There are no contracts or documents which
are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectuses or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be
filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as
required.
(xv) POSSESSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate
patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry on the business
now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual
Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or
conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or
invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(xvi) ABSENCE OF FURTHER REQUIREMENTS. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency
is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement or the U.S. Purchase Agreement, in
connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities under this
Agreement or the U.S. Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the U.S. Purchase
Agreement, except such as have been already made or obtained under the 1933
Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or as may be required under state
securities laws.
(xvii) POSSESSION OF LICENSES AND PERMITS. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other
authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and the Company and
its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to possess or
comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and
effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the
failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would
not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of
an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xviii) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and
the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the application of the net proceeds
therefrom as described in the Prospectuses will not be, an "investment
company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act").
(xix) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS. Each of the partnership and, if
applicable, joint venture agreements to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company or the relevant subsidiary, as the case may be, and constitutes
the valid and binding agreement of the Company or such subsidiary, as the
case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or (B) the effect of general
principles of equity, and the execution, delivery and performance of such
agreements did not, at the time of execution and delivery, and does not
constitute a breach of or default under the charter or bylaws or
partnership agreement, as the case may be, of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of the Agreements and Instruments or any law,
administrative regulation or administrative or court order or decree.
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(xx) PROPERTIES. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectuses:
(i) the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title (either
in fee simple or pursuant to a valid leasehold interest) to all properties
and assets described in the Prospectuses as being owned or leased, as the
case may be, by them and to all properties reflected in the Company's most
recent consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectuses, and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
claim that has been or may be asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of
the Company or any subsidiary with respect to any such properties or assets
(or any such lease) or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company
or any such subsidiary to the continued ownership, lease, possession or
occupancy of such property or assets, except for such claims that would
not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) all
liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the
properties and assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are
required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectuses
are disclosed therein, and all such liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or
restrictions which are not disclosed in the Prospectuses could not
reasonably be expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (iii) no person or entity, including, without limitation,
any tenant under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries leases (as lessor) any of its properties (whether directly
or indirectly through other partnerships, joint ventures or otherwise) has
an option or right of first refusal or any other right to purchase any of
such properties, except for such options, rights of first refusal or other
rights to purchase which, individually or in the aggregate, are not
material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise; (iv) to the Company's best knowledge, each of the properties of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries has access to public rights of way,
either directly or through insured easements, except where the failure to
have such access would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; (v) to the Company's best knowledge, each of the properties
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is served by all public utilities
necessary for the current operations on such property in sufficient
quantities for such operations, except where the failure to have such
public utilities would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; (vi) to the best knowledge of the Company, each of the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries complies with all
applicable codes and zoning and subdivision laws and regulations, except
for such failures to comply which would not, either individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (vii) all of the leases under
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds or uses any real
property or improvements or any equipment relating to such real property or
improvements are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be
in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in default in the payment of any amounts due under any such
leases or in any other default thereunder and the Company knows of no event
which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would
constitute a default under any such lease, except such defaults that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(viii) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or
threatened condemnation, zoning
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change, or other proceeding or action that could in any manner affect the
size of, use of, improvements on, construction on or access to the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except such
proceedings or actions that, either singly or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ix) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries nor any lessee of any of the real property or improvements of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in default in the payment of any
amounts due or in any other default under any of the leases pursuant to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries leases (as lessor) any of its
real property or improvements (whether directly or indirectly through
partnerships, joint ventures or otherwise), and the Company knows of no
event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both,
would constitute such a default under any of such leases, except such
defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xxi) INSURANCE. With such exceptions as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its
subsidiaries have title insurance on all real property and improvements
described in the Prospectuses as being owned or leased under a ground
lease, as the case may be, by them and to all real property and
improvements reflected in the Company's most recent consolidated financial
statements included in the Prospectuses in an amount at least equal to the
original cost of acquisition and the Company and its subsidiaries are
entitled to all benefits of the insured thereunder, and each such property
is insured by extended coverage hazard and casualty insurance in amounts
and on such terms as are customarily carried by lessors of properties
similar to those owned by the Company and its subsidiaries (in the markets
in which the Company's and its subsidiaries' respective properties are
located), and the Company and its subsidiaries carry comprehensive general
liability insurance and such other insurance as is customarily carried by
lessors of properties similar to those owned by the Company and its
subsidiaries in amounts and on such terms as are customarily carried by
lessors of properties similar to those owned by the Company and its
subsidiaries (in the markets in which the Company's and its subsidiaries'
respective properties are located) and the Company or one of its
subsidiaries is named as an additional insured on all policies required
under the leases for such properties.
(xxii) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Prospectuses: (i) all real property and improvements owned or leased by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the
Environment (as defined below) associated with such real property and
improvements, is free of any Contaminant (as defined below), except such
Contaminants which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the Company, nor any of its
subsidiaries nor any Partnership has caused or suffered to exist or occur
any Release (as defined below) of any Contaminant into the Environment or
any other condition that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could result in
any violation of any Environmental Laws (as defined below) or constitute a
health, safety or environmental hazard to any person or property except for
such violations or hazards that could not reasonably be expected to have a
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Material Adverse Effect; (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is aware of any notice from any governmental body claiming any
violation of any Environmental Laws or requiring or calling attention to
the need for any work, repairs, construction, alterations, removal or
remedial action or installation on or in connection with such real property
or improvements, whether in connection with the presences of
asbestos-containing materials in such properties or otherwise, except for
such violations, work, repairs, construction, alterations, removal or
remedial actions or installations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) any such work, repairs,
construction, alterations, removal or remedial action or installation, if
required, would not result in the incurrence of liabilities, which,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has caused or suffered
to exist or occur any condition on any of the properties or improvements of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could give rise to the
imposition of any Lien (as defined below) under any Environmental Laws,
except such Liens which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) to the Company's best knowledge, no real
property or improvements owned or leased by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is being used or has been used for manufacturing or for any
other operations that involve or involved the use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Contaminant, where
such operations require or required permits or are or were otherwise
regulated pursuant to the Environmental Laws and where such permits have
not been or were not obtained or such regulations are not being or were not
complied with, except in all instances where any failure to obtain a permit
or comply with any regulation could not reasonably be expected, singly or
in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. "Contaminant" means
any pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste,
special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos
or asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, lead, pesticides or radioactive
materials or any constituent of any such substance or waste, including any
such substance identified or regulated under any Environmental Law.
"Environmental Laws" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 ET SEQ., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, ET SEQ., the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. 7401, ET SEQ., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, ET SEQ., the
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601, ET SEQ., the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651, ET SEQ., and all other federal, state
and local laws, ordinances, regulations, rules, orders, decisions, permits,
and the like, which are directed at the protection of human health or the
Environment. "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed
of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on
such asset. "Environment" means any surface water, drinking water, ground
water, land surface, subsurface strata, river sediment, buildings,
structures, and ambient, workplace and indoor air. "Release" means any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, emanating or disposing of any
Contaminant into the Environment, including, without limitation, the
abandonment or discard of barrels, containers, tanks or other receptacles
containing or
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previously containing any Contaminant or any release, emission or discharge
as those terms are defined or used in any Environmental Law.
(xxiii) QUALIFICATION AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST. The Company
was and is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a "real estate investment trust" under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); the Company at all times has met and
continues to meet all the requirements of the Code for qualification and
taxation as a "real estate investment trust"; the Company's method of
operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and
taxation as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code; and the
Company is qualified as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code and
will be so qualified for the taxable year in which sales of the Securities
occur.
(xxiv) REGISTRATION RIGHTS. There are no persons with registration or
other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the
1933 Act or included in the offering contemplated hereby, except for rights
arising under the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 28, 1995
(the "RRA") among the Company and certain former shareholders of the
Advisor party thereto (the "Shareholders"). Each of the Shareholders has
delivered to the Company a written waiver (a "Shareholder Waiver"), signed
by such Shareholder, of any and all of its rights under the RRA to have
Registrable Securities (as defined in the RRA) registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated hereby.
The names of the Shareholders and each other person, if any, who holds any
Registrable Securities (as defined in the RRA) are set forth in Schedule C
hereto.
(xxv) TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ENTITIES. Each of R.I.C. Trade Center,
Ltd., Empire Business Center, Ltd., and Silverton Business Center, Ltd.,
each a California limited partnership (the "Sub-Limited Partnerships"),
was, from the time of the Consolidation through and including the time of
its merger into the Company, treated as a partnership (rather than as an
association taxable as a corporation) for federal income tax purposes. The
Company's ownership interests in three properties held through tenancies in
common with unrelated third parties (which are the only properties which,
since the Consolidation, have been held in tenancies in common with
unrelated third parties) have not been, since the Consolidation, and will
not be treated as ownership interests in associations taxable as
corporations for federal income tax purposes. Realty Income Texas
Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is not and has never been
treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes. Realty Income Texas Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is
and has been at all times treated as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within
the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code.
(xxvi) REINCORPORATION. The Reincorporation (a) qualified as a
reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code or (b) was a
non-event for federal income tax
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purposes, and no gain or loss was or will be recognized by the Company for
federal income tax purposes as a result of the Reincorporation.
(b) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATES. Any certificate signed by any officer of the
Company delivered to the Global Coordinator, the Lead Managers or to counsel for
the International Managers shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company to each International Manager as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS; CLOSING.
(a) INITIAL SECURITIES. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to each International Manager, severally and
not jointly, and each International Manager, severally and not jointly, agrees
to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule B, the number
of Initial International Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of
such International Manager, plus any additional number of Initial International
Securities which such International Manager may become obligated to purchase
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
(b) OPTION SECURITIES. In addition, on the basis of the representations
and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the International Managers,
severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 81,000 shares of
Common Stock at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, less an amount per
share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and
payable on the Initial International Securities but not payable on the
International Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days
after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time
only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made in connection
with the offering and distribution of the Initial International Securities upon
notice by the Global Coordinator to the Company setting forth the number of
International Option Securities as to which the several International Managers
are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for
such International Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery for
the International Option Securities (a "Date of Delivery") shall be determined
by the Global Coordinator, but shall not be later than seven full business days
after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time.
If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the International Option
Securities, each of the International Managers, acting severally and not
jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of International
Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial International
Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such International
Manager bears to the total number of Initial International Securities, subject
in each case to such adjustments as the Global Coordinator in its discretion
shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(c) PAYMENT. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Initial International Securities shall be made at the
office of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or at such other place as
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shall be agreed upon by the Global Coordinator and the Company, at 6:00 A.M.
(California time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M.
New York City time, on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless
postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time
not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the
Global Coordinator and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery
being herein called "Closing Time").
In addition, in the event that any or all of the International Option
Securities are purchased by the International Managers, payment of the purchase
price for, and delivery of certificates for, such International Option
Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place
as shall be agreed upon by the Global Coordinator and the Company, on each Date
of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Global Coordinator to the
Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account at a bank designated by the Company, against
delivery to the Lead Managers for the respective accounts of the International
Managers of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is
understood that each International Manager has authorized the Lead Managers, for
its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the
purchase price for, the Initial International Securities and the International
Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
individually and not as representative of the International Managers, may (but
shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial
International Securities or the International Option Securities, if any, to be
purchased by any International Manager whose payment therefor has not been
received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may
be, but such payment shall not relieve such International Manager from its
obligations hereunder.
(d) DENOMINATIONS; REGISTRATION. Certificates for the Initial
International Securities and the International Option Securities, if any, shall
be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Lead Managers may
request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the
relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial
International Securities and the International Option Securities, if any, will
be made available for examination and packaging by the Lead Managers in The City
of New York not later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the business day
prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants with each
International Manager as follows:
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES REGULATIONS AND COMMISSION REQUESTS.
The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will notify the Global Coordinator
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective
amendment to any Original Registration Statement or Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall become effective or any supplement to any
Prospectus, any Term Sheet or any amended Prospectus shall
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have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission,
(iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to any Original
Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement to any Prospectus or for additional information,
and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Original Registration Statement or Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The
Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b)
and, if applicable, will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain
promptly whether each form of prospectus supplement, prospectus or term
sheet transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by
the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file
such prospectus supplement, prospectus or term sheet, as the case may be.
The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of
any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting
thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) FILING OF AMENDMENTS. The Company will give the Global
Coordinator notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the
Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), any Term
Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus
included in the Second Registration Statement at the time it became
effective or to any Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934
Act or otherwise, will furnish the Global Coordinator with copies of any
such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or
use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to
which the Global Coordinator or counsel for the International Managers
shall object.
(c) RULE 434. If the Company uses Rule 434, it will comply with the
requirements of such Rule.
(d) DELIVERY OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS. The Company has furnished
or will deliver to the International Managers and counsel for the
International Managers, without charge, as many signed and conformed copies
of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference
therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein) as the Lead Managers and counsel for the International
Managers may reasonably request. If applicable, the copies of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the
International Managers will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, if any, except
to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUSES. The Company has delivered to each
International Manager, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such International Manager reasonably requested, and the
Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by
the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish
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to each International Manager, without charge, during the period when the
International Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or
the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the International Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) as such International Manager may reasonably
request. If applicable, the International Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto furnished to the International Managers will be
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to XXXXX, if any, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.
(f) CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The Company will
comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and
the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution
of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement, the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the Prospectuses. If at any time when a prospectus is
required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the
Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of
which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the International
Managers or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend
or supplement any Prospectus in order that such Prospectus will not include
any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a
purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of any such counsel,
at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement
any Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as
may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or such Prospectus comply with such requirements,
and the Company will furnish to the International Managers such number of
copies of such amendment or supplement as the International Managers may
reasonably request.
(g) BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will use its best efforts,
in cooperation with the International Managers, to qualify the Securities
for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states
and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Global Coordinator may
designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not
less than one year from the date hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of
process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities
in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to
taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is
not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities
have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports
as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such
qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the
date hereof.
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(h) RULE 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to
the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its
security holders as soon as practicable an earning statement for the
purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last
paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(i) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company will use the net proceeds received
by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the
Prospectuses under "Use of Proceeds."
(j) LISTING. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the
listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(k) RESTRICTION ON SALE OF SECURITIES. During a period of 90 days
from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior
written consent of the Global Coordinator, (i) offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any
option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase,
or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the
1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing, or (ii) enter into any swap
or any other agreement or transaction that transfers, in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of any Common
Stock, whether any such swap, agreement or transaction described in clause
(i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, other
securities, in cash or otherwise. Clauses (i) and (ii) of the foregoing
sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder or
under the U.S. Purchase Agreement, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by
the Company upon the exercise of an option outstanding on the date hereof
referred to in the Registration Statement, (C) any shares of Common Stock
issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing
employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration
Statement, or (D) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any
non-employee director stock plan referred to in the Registration Statement.
(l) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act,
will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the
1934 Act Regulations.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) EXPENSES. The Company will pay
all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
and the U.S. Purchase Agreement, including (i) the word processing, printing and
filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and
exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the printing
and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, the U.S. Purchase Agreement,
any Agreement among Underwriters, any Agreement among Managers and such other
documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and
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delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including
any transfer taxes or other duties payable upon the sale of the Securities to
the Underwriters and the transfer of the Securities between the International
Managers and the U.S. Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the
Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the
Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in
connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement
thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each
preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheets and of the Prospectuses and any
amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery
to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto,
(viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Securities, (ix) if required, the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters (such fees and
disbursements not to exceed $10,000) in connection with, the review, if any, by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") of the terms
of the sale of the Securities and (x) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(b) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. If this Agreement is terminated by the Lead
Managers in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) or
9(a)(v) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the International Managers for all
of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel for the International Managers.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS' OBLIGATIONS. The
obligations of the several International Managers hereunder are subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and
to the following further conditions:
(a) EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective not later than 5:30 P.M. on the date hereof and at Closing Time
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any of the Original
Registration Statements or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall
have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or
threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission
for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the International Managers. If required by the
1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Prospectuses shall have been
filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) and, if the
Company has elected to rely upon Rule 434, a Term Sheet shall have been
filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 434 and Rule 424(b).
(b) OPINIONS OF COUNSEL FOR COMPANY. At Closing Time, the Lead
Managers shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as of Closing
Time, of
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Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Company, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, special Maryland counsel to the Company, each in form
and substance satisfactory to counsel for the International Managers, to
the effect set forth in Exhibit A, B and C hereto, respectively, and to
such further effect as counsel to the International Managers may reasonably
request pursuant to Section 5(j).
(c) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. At Closing Time,
the Lead Managers shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Xxxxx & Wood LLP, counsel for the International Managers,
with respect to the matters set forth in clauses (iv), (v) and the
antepenultimate paragraph of Exhibit A hereto and clauses (i), (iv) and
(vi) of Exhibit C hereto. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as
to all matters arising under or governed by the laws of the State of
Maryland, upon the opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx delivered
pursuant to Section 5(b) and, as to all matters governed by the laws of
other jurisdictions (other than the law of the State of New York and the
federal law of the United States), upon the opinions of counsel
satisfactory to the Lead Managers. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the
extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and
its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. At Closing Time, there shall not have
been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Prospectuses, any material adverse change in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs
or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and
the Lead Managers shall have received a certificate of the Chairman or the
President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting
officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that
(i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the
representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof are true and correct
with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of
Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or
prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of either of the Original Registration Statements or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been initiated or, to the best of their knowledge, threatened by the
Commission.
(e) ACCOUNTANT'S COMFORT LETTER. At the time of the execution of
this Agreement, the Lead Managers shall have received from KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lead Managers, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter
for each of the other International Managers, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort
letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial
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statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses.
(f) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. At Closing Time, the Lead Managers
shall have received from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP a letter, dated as of
Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the
letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that
the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business
days prior to Closing Time.
(g) APPROVAL OF LISTING. At the Closing Time, the Securities shall
have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only
to official notice of issuance.
(h) WAIVER OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. On or before the date of this
Agreement, the Lead Managers shall have received a Shareholder Waiver, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Managers, signed by
each of the persons listed in Schedule C hereto.
(i) PURCHASE OF INITIAL U.S. SECURITIES. Contemporaneously with the
purchase by the International Managers of the Initial International
Securities under this Agreement, the U.S. Underwriters shall have purchased
the Initial U.S. Securities under the U.S. Purchase Agreement.
(j) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. At Closing Time and at each Date of
Delivery counsel for the International Managers shall have been furnished
with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the
Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of
any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the
conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead
Managers and counsel for the International Managers.
(k) CONDITIONS TO PURCHASE OF INTERNATIONAL OPTION SECURITIES. In
the event that the International Managers exercise their option provided in
Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the International
Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the
Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery
and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Lead Managers shall have
received:
(i) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. A certificate, dated such Date of
Delivery, of the Chairman or President of the Company and of the chief
financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that
the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d)
hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
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(ii) OPINIONS OF COUNSEL FOR COMPANY. The favorable opinions of
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Company, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, special Maryland counsel to the
Company, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
International Managers, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the
International Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of
Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the respective opinions
required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iii) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. The favorable
opinion of Xxxxx & Wood LLP, counsel for the International Managers,
dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the International Option
Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to
the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(iv) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. A letter from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers and dated such
Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the
letter furnished to the Lead Managers pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof,
except that the "specified date" in the letter furnished pursuant to
this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior
to such Date of Delivery.
(l) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. If any condition specified in this
Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled,
this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of
International Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which occurs after
the Closing Time, the obligations of the several International Managers to
purchase the relevant International Option Securities, may be terminated by
the Lead Managers by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to
Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 6 and 7 shall
survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each International Manager and each person, if any,
who controls any International Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 434 Information, if
applicable, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
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statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary
prospectus or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or
the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission, provided that (subject to Section
6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx),
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any
such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii)
above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
International Manager through the Lead Managers expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any preliminary
international prospectus or the International Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto); and PROVIDED FURTHER that this indemnity agreement with
respect to any preliminary international prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any International Manager from whom the person asserting any such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses purchased International
Securities, or any person controlling such International Manager, if a copy of
the International Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company
shall have furnished any such amendments or supplements thereto, but excluding
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) was
not sent or given by or on behalf of such International Manager to such person,
if such is required by law, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale
of such International Securities to such person and if the International
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented, if applicable) would have corrected
the defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, except
that this proviso shall not be applicable if such defect shall have been
corrected in a document which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the International Prospectus.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION OF COMPANY, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Each
International Manager severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
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Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as
incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), including the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any
preliminary prospectus or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by such International Manager through the Lead Managers expressly
for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such
preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) ACTIONS AGAINST PARTIES; NOTIFICATION. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided,
however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the
consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In
no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more
than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own
counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or
separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section
7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties
thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) SETTLEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT IF FAILURE TO REIMBURSE. If at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of
the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being
entered into and (iii) such
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indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the International Managers on the other hand from
the offering of the International Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii)
if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and of the International Managers on the other hand in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
International Managers on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
International Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the
same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
International Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the
International Managers, in each case as set forth on the cover of the
International Prospectus (or, if Rule 434 is used, the corresponding location on
the Term Sheet), bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the
International Securities as set forth on such cover (or corresponding location
on the Term Sheet, as the case may be).
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the International
Managers on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the International Managers and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the International Managers agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the International Managers were treated as one entity
for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7.
The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall
be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no International Manager
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the International Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such International Manager has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls a
International Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
International Manager, and each director of the Company, each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section
20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
The International Managers' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial International
Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and
not joint.
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE
DELIVERY. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant
hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any International Manager or controlling
person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the
International Securities to the International Managers.
SECTION 9. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) TERMINATION; GENERAL. The Lead Managers may terminate this Agreement,
by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there
has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Prospectuses, any material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or
(ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets
in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of
hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or
development involving a prospective change in national or international
political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is
such as to make it, in the judgment of the Lead Managers, impracticable to
market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or
(iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or limited
by the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, or
if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock
Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market has been
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suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed,
or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by
such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) if a
banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal, California or New York
authorities, or (v) if since the date of this Agreement, there has occurred a
downgrading in the rating assigned to the Securities or any of the Company's
other debt securities by any nationally recognized securities rating agency, or
such securities rating agency has publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the
Securities or any of the Company's other debt securities.
(b) LIABILITIES. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections
6 and 7 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. DEFAULT BY ONE OR MORE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. If one
or more of the International Managers shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of
Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase
under this Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Lead Managers shall have
the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of
the non-defaulting International Managers, or any other underwriters, to
purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts
as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Lead
Managers shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period,
then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the
total number of International Securities to be purchased on such date, each
of the non-defaulting International Managers shall be obligated, severally
and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions
that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the
underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting International Managers, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the total
number of International Securities to be purchased on such date, this
Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the
Closing Time, the obligations of the International Managers to purchase and
of the Company to sell the International Option Securities to be purchased
and sold on such Date of Delivery, shall terminate without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting International Manager.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
International Manager from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of
this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which occurs after the
Closing Time, in a termination of the obligations of the International Managers
to purchase and the Company to
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sell the relevant International Option Securities, as the case may be, either
the Lead Managers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not
exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration
Statement or Prospectuses or in any other documents or arrangements. As used
herein, the term "International Manager" includes any person substituted for a
International Manager under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
International Managers shall be directed to the Lead Managers at Ropemaker
Place, 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxxx, Attention of Syndicate
Operations; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Realty Income
Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, attention
of Legal Department.
SECTION 12. PARTIES. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the International Managers and the Company and their respective
successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the
International Managers and the Company and their respective successors and the
controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7
and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended
to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the International Managers and the
Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of International
Securities from any International Manager shall be deemed to be a successor by
reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SAID STATE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET
FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between
the International Managers and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
REALTY INCOME CORPORATION
By
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Xxxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxxx
President and Chief Operating Officer
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL
X.X. XXXXXXX & SONS, INC.
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
SUTRO & CO. INCORPORATED
WHEAT, FIRST SECURITIES, INC.
By: XXXXXXX XXXXX INTERNATIONAL
By:
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Attorney-in-fact
For themselves and as Lead Managers of the International Managers named in
Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
Number
Name of International Manager of Securities
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,000
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,000
PaineWebber International (U.K.) Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,000
Sutro & Co. Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,000
Wheat, First Securities, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,000
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540,000
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SCHEDULE B
PRICE SCHEDULE
1. The initial public offering price per share for the International
Securities shall be $27.00.
2. The purchase price per share for the International Securities to be
paid by the several International Managers shall be $25.585, being an amount
equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $1.415 per
share; PROVIDED that the purchase price per share for any International Option
Securities purchased upon the exercise of the over-allotment option described in
Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or
distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial International
Securities but not payable on the International Option Securities.
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SCHEDULE C
Persons and Entities from Whom a Waiver of Registration Rights is Required
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Family Trust dated June 19, 1981
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. XxxXxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Sch C - 1
Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXX & XXXXXXX
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) Based solely on certificates from public officials, the Company is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in the State of California.
(ii) None of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company was issued,
to the best of our knowledge and information, in violation of preemptive
rights or other similar rights arising under any agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party.
(iii) The issuance of the Securities is not subject, to the best of our
knowledge and information, to preemptive or other similar rights arising
under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party.
(iv) Each of the Original Registration Statements and the
Post-Effective Amendment has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; to
the best of our knowledge and information of the Prospectuses have been filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of our knowledge and
information, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of either of the
Original Registration Statements or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or
threatened by the Commission.
(v) Each of the Original Registration Statements, and the Prospectuses
(in each case excluding the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein and the financial statements, supporting
schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference
therein and excluding any Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (a "Form
T-1"), as to which no opinion need be rendered), as of their respective
effective or issue dates and, in the case of the First Registration
Statement, as of the effective date of the Post-Effective Amendment, complied
as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(vi) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in the Prospectuses (other than the financial statements, supporting schedules
and other financial data therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered), when
they were filed with the
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Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(vii) The information in the Prospectuses under "Certain U.S. Federal
Income Tax Considerations to Holders of Common Stock," "Certain Federal Income
Tax Considerations" and in the Company's 1996 Form 10-K under "Business--Other
Items--Taxation of the Company" and "Business--Other Items--Effect of
Distribution Requirements," in each case to the extent that it constitutes
matters of law, summaries of legal matters, or legal conclusions, has been
reviewed by them and is correct in all material respects.
(viii) No authorization, approval, consent or order of any federal or
California state governmental authority or agency (other than under the 1933 Act
and the 1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required
under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which no
opinion need be rendered) is required in connection with the due authorization,
execution or delivery of the U.S. Purchase Agreement or the International
Purchase Agreement or for the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities;
(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement by the Company (including
the issuance and sale of the Securities to the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Underwriters and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectuses under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, constitute a breach or violation of, or default or Repayment
Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, the Acquisition Credit Agreement or the Indenture
dated as of May 6, 1997, as amended between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee, nor, to the best of our knowledge and information, will
such action result in any violation of any applicable provision of any
federal or State of California law, statute, administrative regulation or
administrative or court decree applicable to the Company.
(x) The Company is not an "investment company" or, to the best of our
knowledge and information, an entity "controlled" by an "investment company," as
any such terms are defined in the 0000 Xxx.
(xi) Commencing with the Company's taxable year ended December 31, 1994,
the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code and
its proposed method of operation will enable the Company to meet the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust
under the Code.
(xii) Realty Income Texas Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, is not and has never been treated as an association taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes. Realty Income Texas Properties,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, is and has, at all
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times during its existence, been treated as a "qualified REIT subsidiary" within
the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code.
(xiii) The Reincorporation (a) qualified as a reorganization under
Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code or (b) was a non-event for federal income tax
purposes, and no gain or loss was or will be recognized by Realty Income
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the predecessor to the Company, or the
Company for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Reincorporation.
Although we are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for,
the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectuses and have not made any independent
judgment, check or verification thereof (except with respect to the opinion set
forth in paragraphs (vii), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) hereof), we have, however,
participated in conferences with certain officers and other representatives of
the Company, representatives of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP and your representatives
at which the Original Registration Statements, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses (including, in each case, the documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and related
matters were discussed, and in the course of such conferences (relying in
connection with questions of materiality on representations of factual matters
of officers and other representatives of the Company), nothing has come to our
attention which has led us to believe that either of the Original Registration
Statements or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment thereto
(except for the financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial
data included therein and any Form T-1, as to which we express no belief), as of
the time such registration statement or any post-effective or other amendment
thereto became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectuses or any
amendment or supplement thereto (except for the financial statements, supporting
schedules and other financial data included therein, as to which such counsel
express no belief), as of October 8, 1997 or as of the Closing Time (or, if
applicable, as of the relevant Date of Delivery), contained or contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely insofar as such opinion
involves factual matters, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall
not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise
subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal
opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA
Section of Business Law (1991).
The matters set forth in (vii), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) above may be covered
in one or more separate legal opinions, which may be subject to such
assumptions, limitations and qualifications as shall be satisfactory to counsel
for the U.S. Underwriters. In particular, the opinions set forth in paragraphs
(vii), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) above (the "Tax Opinions") may be
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conditioned upon certain representations made by the Company as to factual
matters through a certificate of an officer of the Company (the "Officer's
Certificate"). In addition, the Tax Opinions may be based upon the factual
representations of the Company concerning its business and properties as set
forth in the Original Registration Statements and Prospectuses. The Tax Opinions
may state that they relate only to the federal income tax laws of the United
States and such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to the
applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of other federal laws, the laws of
any state or other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the
laws of any other local agencies within any state. The Tax Opinions may state
that they are based on various statutory provisions, regulations promulgated
thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue Service and the
courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change
either prospectively or retroactively, that any such charges may affect the
conclusions stated therein, and that any variation or difference in the facts
from those set forth in the Original Registration Statements, the Prospectuses
or the Officer's Certificate may affect the conclusions stated therein.
Moreover, the Tax Opinions may state that the Company's qualification and
taxation as a real estate investment trust depends upon the Company's ability to
meet (through actual annual operating results, distribution levels and diversity
of stock ownership) the various qualification tests imposed under the Code, the
results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by such counsel, and,
accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company's
operation for any one taxable year will satisfy such requirements.
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or
to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The only subsidiaries of the Company are Realty Income Texas
Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Realty Income Texas
Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Each of Realty Income Texas
Properties, L.P. and Realty Income Texas Properties, Inc. has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a partnership or corporation, as the case
may be, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has power and
authority as a partnership or corporation, as the case may be, to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and each such subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign
partnership or corporation, as the case may be, to transact business and is in
good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except where failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the issued
and outstanding partnership interests and shares of capital stock, as the case
may be, of each of Realty Income Texas Properties, L.P. and Realty Income Texas
Properties, Inc. have been duly authorized (if applicable) and validly issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable (except to the extent that the general
partners of Realty Income Texas Properties, L.P. may be liable for the
obligations of such partnership) and, to the best of my knowledge and
information, are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free
and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim
or equity.
(iii) The information in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 under "Business--Other Items--
Environmental Matters," to the extent that it constitutes matters of law,
summaries of legal matters, instruments or agreements or legal proceedings, or
legal conclusions, has been reviewed by me and is correct in all material
respects.
(iv) To the best of my knowledge and information, there is not pending or
threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or
any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency
or authority, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, or which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement or the International Purchase Agreement or the performance by the
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Company of its obligations under the U.S. Purchase Agreement or the
International Purchase Agreement.
(v) All descriptions in the Prospectuses of leases, contracts and other
documents to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party are accurate in all
material respects.
(vi) To the best of my knowledge and information, there are no franchises,
contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other
instruments required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be
filed as exhibits thereto other than those described therein or filed or
incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or
references thereto are correct in all material respects.
(vii) To the best of my knowledge and information, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or bylaws or its
partnership agreement, as applicable, and no default by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries exists in the due performance or observance of any material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectuses or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
(viii) The execution, delivery and performance of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement by the Company (including
the issuance and sale of the Securities to the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectuses under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement will not, whether
with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, constitute a
breach or violation of, or default or Repayment Event under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note,
lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to me, to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, except for such breaches, violations or defaults or
liens, charges or encumbrances that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or the
partnership agreement or charter or bylaws, as the case may be, of any of its
subsidiaries, or, to the best of my knowledge and information, any applicable
provision of any law, statute or administrative regulation of the State of
California, or, to the best of my knowledge and information, any judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties, assets or operations.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but
not as to legal conclusions), to the extent he deems proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall
not state that it is to be governed or
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qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy
or other document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the
Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit C
FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX & XXXXXXX
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
under the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. The Company has the
corporate power to own, lease and operate its current properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectuses and to enter into and
perform its obligations under the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the
International Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreements").
(ii) The authorized, issued and outstanding stock of the Company is as
set forth in the line items "Preferred Stock" and "Common Stock" under the
caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectuses (except for subsequent
issuances, if any, pursuant to the Purchase Agreements or pursuant to
employee benefit plans or the exercise of options referred to in the
Prospectuses). The shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock (the
"Outstanding Shares") have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the Outstanding Shares was issued
in violation of preemptive rights arising under the Maryland General
Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), the charter or bylaws of the Company.
(iii) The U.S. Securities and the International Securities have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company for
issuance and sale to the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers
pursuant to the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase
Agreement, respectively, and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant
to the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement against
payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
(iv) The issuance of the Securities is not subject to preemptive rights
arising by operation of the laws of the State of Maryland or under the charter
or bylaws.
(v) The U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase
Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company, and each has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company.
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(vi) The form of certificate used to represent shares of Common Stock
complies in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the laws
of the State of Maryland and the charter and bylaws.
(vii) Such counsel has reviewed the information in the Prospectuses
under "Description of Common Stock," "Description of Preferred Stock" and
"Restrictions on Ownership and Transfers of Capital Stock" and in the Company's
proxy statement dated March 28, 1997 under the caption "Proposal
1--Reincorporation of the Company in Maryland and Related Changes to Rights of
Stockholders--Comparison of Rights of Stockholders of the Company and
Stockholders of the Maryland Company," and in each case to the extent that such
information constitutes matters of Maryland law, summaries of Maryland legal
matters, summaries of certain provisions of the Company's charter or bylaws or
other instruments or agreements governed by Maryland law, or legal conclusions
with respect to matters of Maryland law, such information is correct in all
material respects.
(viii) No authorization, approval, consent or order of any Maryland state
government authority or agency (other than as may be required under Maryland
securities or blue sky laws) is required in connection with the due
authorization, execution or delivery of the U.S. Purchase Agreement or the
International Purchase Agreement or for the offering, issuance or sale of the
Securities;
(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement by the Company (including
the issuance and sale of the Securities to the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectuses under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") do not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
bylaws or, so far as is known to such counsel, any applicable provision of
any Maryland law, statute, administrative regulation or administrative or
court decree applicable to the Company.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that each of Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, in rendering their opinions pursuant to the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement, may rely upon such
opinion of special Maryland counsel as to all matters arising under or governed
by the laws of the State of Maryland. In addition, in rendering such opinion,
such counsel may rely insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, to the
extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company
and public officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or
qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy
or other document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the
Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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