Cogdell Spencer Inc. $40,000,000 Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Equity Distribution Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
$40,000,000
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Equity Distribution Agreement
August 13, 2010
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
“Company”), and the sole general partner of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), confirms its agreement (this
“Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (each, a
“Manager” and together, the “Managers”) as follows:
1. Description of Shares. The Company proposes to issue and sell through or to the
Managers, as sales agents and/or principals shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value
(“Common Stock”), having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $40,000,000 (the
“Shares”), from time to time during the term of this Agreement and on the terms set forth
in Section 3 of this Agreement. For purposes of selling the Shares through or to the Managers, the
Company hereby appoints the Managers as exclusive agents of the Company for the purpose of
soliciting purchases of the Shares from the Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Managers
agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to solicit purchases of the Shares on the terms
and subject to the conditions stated herein. The Company agrees that whenever the Company
determines to sell the Shares directly to a Manager as principal, they will enter into a separate
agreement (each, a “Terms Agreement”) in substantially the form of Annex I hereto, relating
to such sale in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement. Certain terms used herein are defined
in Section 18 hereof.
2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership,
jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Managers at the Execution
Time (as defined below) and on each such time the following representations and warranties are
repeated or deemed to be made pursuant to this Agreement, as set forth below.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act (as defined below)
and has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (File Number 333-163113) on
Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus (as defined below), for registration under the Act of
the offering and sale of the Shares. Such Registration Statement (as defined below), including any
amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time or prior to any such time this representation
is repeated or deemed to be made, has become effective. The Company has filed with the Commission
the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below) relating to the Shares in accordance with Rule 424(b).
As filed, the Prospectus (as defined below) contains all information required by the Act and the
rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Managers shall agree in writing to a modification,
shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to the Managers prior to the Execution
Time or prior to any such time this representation is repeated or deemed to be made. The
Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, each such time this representation is repeated or
deemed to be made, and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 or any similar rule) in
connection with any offer or sale of Shares, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
The initial Effective Date (as defined below) of the Registration Statement was not earlier than
the date three years before the Execution Time. Any reference herein to the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim Prospectus Supplement or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement,
any Interim Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein
to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act (as
defined below) after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Base
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as the
case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
(b) To the extent that the Registration Statement is not available for the sales of the
Shares as contemplated by this Agreement or the Company is not a “well-known seasoned
issuer” as defined in Rule 405 or otherwise is unable to make the representations set forth
in Section 2(e) at any time when such representations are required, the Company shall file a
new registration statement with respect to any additional shares of Common Stock necessary
to complete such sales of the Shares and shall cause such registration statement to become
effective as promptly as practicable. After the effectiveness of any such registration
statement, all references to “Registration Statement” included in this Agreement shall be
deemed to include such new registration statement, including all documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, and all references to “Base Prospectus”
included in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the final form of prospectus,
including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in any such registration
statement at the time such registration statement became effective.
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(c) On each Effective Date, at the Execution Time, at each Applicable Time (as defined
below), at each Settlement Date (as defined below) and at all times during which a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
with Rule 153 or 172 or any similar rule) in connection with any offer or sale of Shares,
the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and did not and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Execution Time, at
each Applicable Time, on each Settlement Date and at all times during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 153
or 172 or any similar rule) in connection with any offer or sale of Shares, the Prospectus
(together with any supplement thereto) complied and will comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and
did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or 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 Company and the Operating Partnership make no representations or warranties as to
the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by the Managers specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished on behalf of or by the Managers consists of the information
described as such in last sentence of Section 7(b) hereof (the “Manager
Information”).
(d) All documents incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder or the Exchange Act and
the rules thereunder, as applicable.
(e) At the Execution Time, at each Applicable Time and at each Settlement Date, the
Disclosure Package does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity
with the Manager Information.
(f) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2)) of the Shares and (ii) as of the Execution Time and on each such time this
representation is repeated or deemed to be made (with such date being used as the
determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an
Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by
the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered
an Ineligible Issuer.
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(g) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, does not include any information that
conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part
thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in
conformity with the Manager Information.
(h) The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or
examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act, and the Company is not the subject of a
pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the
Shares.
(i) The Common Stock is an “actively-traded security” exempted from the requirements of
Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule.
(j) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has entered into any other sales
agency agreements or other similar arrangements with any agent or any other representative
in respect of at the market offerings of the Shares in accordance with Rule 415(a)(4) of the
Act.
(k) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has taken or will take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or
result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares in violation of the Act or the Exchange Act.
(l) There is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the
Company or the Operating Partnership any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or
commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(m) (i) The Company (x) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with full corporate
power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package, and to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and, as general partner of the Operating Partnership,
through its wholly-owned Maryland statutory trust, to cause the Operating Partnership to
enter into and perform the Operating Partnership’s obligations under this Agreement and (y)
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the
laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
so qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a whole.
(ii) The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited
partnership under the laws of
each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. As of the Execution Time, the aggregate
percentage interests of the Company and the limited partners in the Operating Partnership
will be as set forth in the Prospectus.
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(n) Each Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule 1(c) hereto (each a
“Subsidiary” and together, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a corporation, statutory trust, limited liability company or limited
partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is chartered or organized with full power and authority (corporate and other) to
own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Disclosure Package, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation, statutory trust, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case
may be, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such
qualification; the Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries of the Company or the Operating
Partnership that constitute “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Act).
(o) The statements in the Disclosure Package under the heading “U.S. Federal Income Tax
Considerations” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings.
(p) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each
Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package, all
outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of the Subsidiaries are
owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned Subsidiaries free and clear of
any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, mortgages, pledges,
liens, encumbrances or other restrictions of any kind (collectively, “Liens”),
except for Liens securing indebtedness as described in the Disclosure Package. Except as
set forth in the Disclosure Package, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other
rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any
obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for capital stock or other
ownership interests of any Subsidiary of the Company.
(q) As of the date of the most recently filed Annual report on Form 10-K or Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the
Disclosure Package under the caption “Capitalization”; the capital stock of the Company
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure
Package; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Shares have been duly and validly
authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Managers pursuant to this
Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the
Shares are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject
to official notice of issuance and evidence of
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satisfactory distribution, on the New
York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”); the certificates for the Shares are in valid and
sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not
entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Shares; and, except as set forth
in the Disclosure Package, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or
other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any
securities for, shares of Common Stock of or ownership interests in the Company are
outstanding; all offers and sales of the Company’s shares of Common Stock prior to the date
hereof were at all relevant times duly registered under the Act or were exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act and were duly registered or the subject of an available
exemption from the registration requirements of the applicable state securities or blue sky
laws.
(r) The outstanding units of limited partnership (“Units”) of the Operating
Partnership have been duly authorized for issuance by the Operating Partnership and are
validly issued and fully paid. None of the Units were issued in violation of the preemptive
or other similar rights of any security holder of the Operating Partnership or any other
person or entity. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package, there are no outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or
rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for, Units or
other ownership interests of the Operating Partnership. All offers and sales of the
Company’s Units prior to the date hereof were at all relevant times duly registered under
the Act or were exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and were duly
registered or the subject of an available exemption from the registration requirements of
the applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
(s) There is no agreement, contract or other document of a character required to be
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto,
which is not described or filed as required; and the statements in the Prospectus and any
document that is incorporated by reference therein under the headings “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and
Capital Resources,” “Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX Partnership Agreement,” “Description of Common
Stock,” “Description of Preferred Stock,” “Description of Depositary Shares,” “Description
of Warrants,” “Description of Rights,” and “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our
Charter and Bylaws,” and insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(t) There are no material transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal
law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid by
the Company, the Operating Partnership, or their Subsidiaries in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale and delivery
by the Company of the Shares.
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(u) This Agreement has been, and any applicable Terms Agreement will be, duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership; this
Agreement constitutes, and any applicable Terms Agreement will constitute, a legally valid
and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable
against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity, and except as to rights to
indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law or policies
underlying such law.
(v) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership is not and, after giving effect
to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(w) There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity
or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the
offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(x) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated
under this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement, except such as have been obtained
under the Act, such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Managers in the manner
contemplated herein and in the Prospectus or the absence of which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business.
(y) Neither the issuance and sale of the Shares nor the consummation of any other of
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement nor
the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement will
conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant
to, (i) the charter or bylaws of the Company or the organizational or other governing
documents of any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust, franchise, note, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation,
condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or
their properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) or (iii) above, for such conflicts,
breaches, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business
or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
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(z) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package, and any document that is
incorporated by reference therein, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company or the Operating Partnership and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company or the Operating Partnership to file a registration statement
under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership
owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company or the Operating Partnership
to include such securities in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company or the Operating Partnership under the Act.
(aa) The financial statements and schedules of the Company, including the notes
thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated,
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted
therein). The summary financial data set forth under the captions “Selected Financial Data”
and “Capitalization” included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement fairly present, on the basis stated therein, the information included
therein.
(bb) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its
or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i)
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this
Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(cc) (i) The Company or its Subsidiaries have fee simple title or insurable leasehold
title to all of the properties described in the Disclosure Package, and any document that is
incorporated by reference therein, as owned or leased by them and the improvements
(exclusive of improvements owned by tenants) located thereon (the “Properties” and
individually, a “Property”), in each case, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, claims, security interests, restrictions and defects, except those that are
disclosed in the Disclosure Package or that do not materially and adversely affect the value
of such Property and do not materially and adversely interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such Property by the Company and any Subsidiary; (ii) except as
otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package, the mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering
the Properties described in the Disclosure Package are not convertible into
debt or equity securities of the
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Company or the Operating Partnership and such mortgages and
deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized to any property not owned
directly or indirectly by the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Company has provided
true and complete copies of the mortgages and deeds of trust to the Representatives, and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any of the mortgages or
deeds of trust, nor has an event occurred which with the delivery of notice and passing of a
cure period would become a default under any mortgage or deed of trust; (iv) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any governmental authority any written
notice of any condemnation of or zoning change affecting the Properties or any part thereof,
and none of the Company or any Subsidiary knows of any such condemnation or zoning change
which is threatened and which if consummated would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business; (v) each of the Properties complies
with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including without limitation, building and
zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the Properties), except if
and to the extent disclosed in the Disclosure Package and except for such failures to comply
that would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to materially affect
the value of such Property or interfere in any material respect with the use made and
proposed to be made of such Property by the Company or any Subsidiary; (vi) a Subsidiary
holds a valid owner’s policy of title insurance for each Property insuring such Subsidiary
as the fee title owner or the leasehold titleholder, and the Company and/or its Subsidiaries
has the benefit of such title insurance policies; (vii) true, correct and complete copies of
the leases, exhibits, schedules or other documents that comprise the leases described in the
“Properties” section of the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and any document that is
incorporated by reference therein, where the tenant has been specifically identified have
been provided to the Managers or their counsel; and (viii) the Company has fully disclosed
in the Disclosure Package which Properties are held by the Company under a ground lease; the
Company has supplied true and complete copies of the ground leases to the Representatives;
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any ground lease,
nor has an event occurred which with delivery of notice and passing of a cure period would
become a default under any ground lease.
(dd) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any
provision of its charter, bylaws or other organizational or governing documents, (ii) the
terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan
agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a
party or bound or to which its property is subject, except as otherwise set forth in the
Disclosure Package, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree
of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary or any of its properties,
as applicable.
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(ee) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified the Company’s financial statements and
supporting schedules included in the Prospectus, and any document that is incorporated by
reference therein, and delivered their reports with respect to the audited financial
statements and schedules included in the Prospectus, are independent registered public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder.
(ff) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof, except
in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and
any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the
foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is
currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(gg) No material labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.
(hh) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and
fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the
Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and
instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is
denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor
any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and
neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a
cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(ii) No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
paying any dividends or distributions to the Company, from making any
other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or equity interests, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other
Subsidiary of the Company except pursuant to the terms of any indebtedness set forth in or
contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(jj) The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all valid and current licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal or state
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses; and neither the
Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(kk) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the Company’s most
recent audited balance sheet, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
(ll) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure
controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act)
that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(mm) The Company and its Subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with
all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual
or potential liability under any Environmental Laws, except where such non-compliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto). Neither the
Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party”
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under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended. Except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company
and the Operating Partnership, there have been no and are no (i) aboveground or underground
storage tanks; (ii) polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or PCB-containing equipment;
(iii) asbestos or asbestos containing materials; (iv) lead based paints; (v) mold or other
airborne contaminants; or (vi) dry-cleaning facilities in, on, under, or about any property
owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership or their Subsidiaries.
(nn) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the
effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably
concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(oo) The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (“ERISA”) has been satisfied by each “pension plan” (within the meaning
of Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, and each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of
the Internal Revenue Code 1986, as amended (the “Code”) is so qualified and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no fact exists that would adversely affect such qualification.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a
“welfare plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides retiree or other
post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than “continuation coverage”
(as defined in Section 602 of ERISA) or as otherwise required by applicable law). Each
“employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) established or
maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the
currently applicable provisions of ERISA, except as would not reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company or its Subsidiary that sponsors such “employee benefit
plan.”
(pp) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable
provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”), including, without limitation,
Section 402 related to loans.
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(qq) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder (“FCPA”), including, without limitation, making
use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any
money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything
of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign
political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in
contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the
Company and the Operating Partnership, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in
compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed
to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance
therewith.
(rr) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit
or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ss) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other
person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(tt) The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by them, free and clear of all encumbrances and defects; and all personal
property held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary are held by it under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases, in each case, with such exceptions as are not material
and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company or the Subsidiary.
(uu) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the
Company or any Subsidiary or any other person required to be described in the Prospectus
which have not been described as required.
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(vv) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package, the Company (i) does not have any
material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Manager and
(ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock hereunder
to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Manager.
(ww) The statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the
Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources that the Company and the
Operating Partnership believe to be reliable and accurate.
(xx) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2005, the Company has been
organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Code, and its proposed method of
operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT
under the Code for the Company’s taxable years ending December 31, 2010 and thereafter.
Each of the Company’s corporate subsidiaries that has elected, together with the Company, to
be a taxable REIT subsidiary is in compliance with all requirements applicable to a “taxable
REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code and all applicable
regulations under the Code, and the Company is not aware of any fact that would negatively
impact such qualification. Each of the Company’s corporate subsidiaries (or subsidiaries
taxable as corporations for United States federal income tax purposes) that is not a taxable
REIT subsidiary is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the
Code and the regulations thereunder.
(yy) The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their Subsidiaries (including
any predecessor entities) have not distributed, and prior to the later of five business days
after the termination of this Agreement and the completion of the distribution of the
Shares, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale
of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any other materials,
if any, permitted by the Act.
(zz) Except as described in each of the Registration Statement and the Disclosure
Package, as of the date hereof, with respect to stock options (the “Stock Options”)
granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option designated by the Company at the
time of grant as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code, so qualifies,
(ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the
grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by
all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors
of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required
stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award
agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party
thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock
Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements,
including the rules of the NYSE and any other exchange on which Company securities
are traded, (iv) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to or greater
than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the
applicable Grant Date and (v) each such grant was properly accounted
for in accordance
with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and
disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act
and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and
has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or
otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
results of operations or prospects.
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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to a Manager or counsel for
such Manager in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Managers.
3. Sale and Delivery of Shares.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Shares from time to time
through the Managers, acting as sales agents, and each of the Managers agrees to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to sell, as a sales agent for the Company, the Shares on the
following terms.
(i) The Shares are to be sold on a daily basis or otherwise as shall be agreed
to by the Company and a Manager on any day that (A) is a trading day for the NYSE
(other than a day on which the NYSE is scheduled to close prior to its regular
weekday closing time), (B) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer and President
of the Company, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, on
behalf of the Company, has instructed such Manager by telephone (confirmed promptly
by electronic mail) to make such sales; provided, however, that the Company will
only instruct one Manager to make sales on any given trading day; and (C) the
Company has satisfied its obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement. The
Company will designate the maximum amount of the Shares to be sold by a Manager
daily as agreed to by such Manager (in any event not in excess of the amount
available for issuance under the Prospectus and the currently effective Registration
Statement) and the minimum price per Share at which such Shares may be sold.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Manager shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to sell on a particular trading day all of the Shares designated
by the Company to such Manager for the sale on such day. The gross sales price of
the Shares sold under this Section 3(a) shall be the market price for shares of the
Company’s Common Stock sold by a Manager under this Section 3(a) on the NYSE at the
time of sale of such Shares.
(ii) The Company acknowledges and agrees that (A) there can be no assurance
that any Manager will be successful in selling the Shares, (B) a Manager will incur
no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does
not sell Shares for any reason other than a failure by such Manager to use its
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales
practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares
as required under this Agreement, and (C) the Managers shall be under no
obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement,
except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Managers and the Company.
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(iii) The Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and the
Managers shall not be obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to sell, any
Share at a price lower than the minimum price therefor designated from time to time
by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), or a duly authorized
committee thereof, and notified to the Managers in writing. The Company or any
Manager may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone (confirmed promptly
by electronic mail), suspend the offering of the Shares for any reason and at any
time; provided, however, that such suspension or termination shall
not affect or impair the parties’ respective obligations with respect to the Shares
sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice.
(iv) Each Manager hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the
Shares on behalf of the Company, pursuant to this Section 3(a), other than (A) by
means of ordinary brokers’ transactions between members of the NYSE that qualify for
delivery of a Prospectus to the NYSE in accordance with Rule 153 under the Act or
otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices (such transactions are collectively
hereinafter referred to as “Continuous Offerings”) and (B) such other sales
of the Shares on behalf of the Company in its capacity as agent of the Company as
shall be agreed by the Company and a Manager pursuant to a Terms Agreement.
(v) The compensation to a Manager for sales of the Shares with respect to which
such Manager acts as sales agent under this Agreement shall be 2% of the gross sales
price of the Shares sold pursuant to this Section 3(a) by such Manager and shall be
payable as described in the succeeding subsection (vi) below. The foregoing rate of
compensation shall not apply when a Manager acts as principal, in which case the
Company may sell Shares to such Manager as principal at a price agreed upon at the
relevant Applicable Time pursuant to a Terms Agreement. The remaining proceeds,
after further deduction for any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or
self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales (the “Transaction
Fees”), shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Shares (the
“Net Proceeds”).
(vi) A Manager through whom sales are effected pursuant to this Agreement shall
provide written confirmation (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) to the
Company following the close of trading on the NYSE each day in which the Shares are
sold under this Section 3(a) setting forth the number of the Shares sold on such day
by such Manager, the aggregate gross sales proceeds and the Net Proceeds to the
Company, and the compensation payable by the Company to such Manager with respect to
such sales. Such compensation shall be set forth and invoiced in periodic
statements from the Manager to the Company, with payment to be made by the Company
promptly after its receipt thereof.
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(vii) Settlement for sales of the Shares pursuant to this Section 3(a) will
occur on the third Business Day following the date on which such sales are made
(each such day, a “Settlement Date”). On each Settlement Date, the Shares
sold through a Manager for settlement on such date shall be issued and delivered by
the Company to such Manager against payment of the Net Proceeds for the sale of such
Shares. Settlement for all such Shares shall be effected by free delivery of the
Shares to such Manager’s account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in
return for payments in same day funds delivered to the account designated by the
Company. If the Company or its transfer agent (if applicable) shall default on its
obligation to deliver the Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (A)
indemnify and hold such Manager harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising
from or as a result of such default by the Company and (B) pay such Manager any
commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. If a
Manager breaches this Agreement by failing to deliver the Net Proceeds to the
Company on any Settlement Date for the Shares delivered by the Company, such Manager
will pay the Company interest based on the effective overnight federal funds rate on
such unpaid amount less any compensation due to such Manager.
(viii) At each Applicable Time, Settlement Date, Representation Date (as
defined in Section 4(k) hereof) and Filing Date (as defined in Section 4(cc)
hereof), the Company shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation and
warranty contained in this Agreement as if such representation and warranty were
made as of such date, modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended as of such date. Any obligation of a Manager to use
its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company
shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Operating Partnership herein, to the performance by the Company
and the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations hereunder and to the
continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in Section 6 of this
Agreement.
(b) If the Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares pursuant to this Agreement but
other than as set forth in Section 3(a) of this Agreement (each, a “Placement”), it
will notify a Manager of the proposed terms of such Placement. If such Manager, acting as
principal, wishes to accept such proposed terms (which it may decline to do for any reason
in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company wishes to accept amended
terms, such Manager and the Company and the Operating Partnership will enter into a Terms
Agreement setting forth the terms of such Placement. The terms set forth in a Terms
Agreement will not be binding on the Company, the Operating Partnership or such Manager
unless and until the Company, the Operating Partnership and such Manager have each executed
such Terms Agreement accepting all of the terms of such Terms Agreement. In the event of a
conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Terms Agreement, the terms
of such Terms Agreement will control.
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(c) Each sale of the Shares to a Manager shall be made in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and, if applicable, a Terms Agreement, which will provide for the sale of
such Shares to, and the purchase thereof by, the Manager party thereto. A Terms Agreement
may also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Shares by the Manager
party thereto. The commitment of a Manager to purchase the Shares pursuant to any Terms
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership herein contained and shall be
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify
the number of the Shares to be purchased by the Manager a party and pursuant thereto, the
price to be paid to the Company for such Shares, any provisions relating to rights of, and
default by, underwriters acting together with such Manager in the reoffering of the Shares,
and the time and date (each such time and date being referred to herein as a “Time of
Delivery”) and place of delivery of and payment for such Shares. Such Terms Agreement
shall also specify any requirements for opinions of counsel, accountants’ letters and
officers’ certificates pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement and any other information or
documents required by the Manager party thereto.
(d) Under no circumstances shall the aggregate gross proceeds or aggregate number of
the Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms Agreement exceed (i) the aggregate
amount set forth in Section 1, (ii) the number of shares of the Common Stock available for
issuance under the currently effective Registration Statement or (iii) the number and
aggregate amount of the Shares authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this
Agreement by the Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Managers
in writing.
(e) If any party hereto has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth
in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to
the Shares, it shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and sales of the Shares under
this Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive
provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each party.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not
request the sale of any Shares that would be sold, and the Managers shall not be obligated
to sell, (i) during the 14 calendar days prior to the date (each, an “Announcement
Date”) on which the Company shall issue a press release containing, or shall otherwise
publicly announce, its earnings, revenues or other results of operations (each, an
“Earnings Announcement”), (ii) except as provided in Section 3(g) below, at any time
from and including an Announcement Date through and including the time that is 24 hours
after the time that the Company files (a “Filing Time”) a Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K that includes consolidated financial statements as of
and for the same period or periods, as the case may be, covered by such Earnings
Announcement, or (iii) during any other period in which the Company is, or could be deemed
to be, in possession of material non-public information; provided that, unless otherwise
agreed between the Company and the Managers, for purposes of (i) and (ii) above, such period
shall be deemed to end 24 hours after the next subsequent Filing Time.
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(g) If the Company wishes to offer, sell or deliver Shares at any time during the
period from and including an Announcement Date through and including the time that is 24
hours after the corresponding Filing Time, the Company shall (i) prepare and deliver to the
Managers (with a copy to counsel to the Managers) a Current Report on Form 8-K which shall
include substantially the same financial and related information as was set forth in the
relevant Earnings Announcement (other than any earnings projections, similar forward-looking
data and officers’ quotations) (each, an “Earnings 8-K”), in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Managers, and obtain the consent of the Managers to the
filing thereof (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), (ii) provide the Managers
with the officers’ certificate, accountants’ letter and opinions and letters of counsel
called for by Sections 4(l), 4(m), 4(n), 4(o), 4(p) and 4(q) hereof, respectively, (iii)
afford the Managers the opportunity to conduct a due diligence review in accordance with
Section 4(r) hereof, and (iv) file such Earnings 8-K with the Commission, then the
provisions of Section 3(f) shall not be applicable for the period from and after the time at
which the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or, if later, the time that is 24
hours after the time that the relevant Earnings Announcement was first publicly released)
through and including the time that is 24 hours after the Filing Time of the relevant
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, as the case may be. For
purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that (A) the delivery of any officers’
certificate, accountants’ letter and opinions and letters of counsel pursuant to this
Section 3(g) shall not relieve the Company from any of its obligations under this Agreement
with respect to any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, as the case
may be, including, without limitation, the obligation to deliver officers’ certificates,
accountants’ letters and legal opinions and letters as provided in Section 4 hereof and (B)
this Section 3(g) shall in no way affect or limit the operation of the provisions of Section
3(f), which shall have independent application.
4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the Managers that:
(a) During any period when the delivery of a prospectus relating to the Shares is
required (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to
Rule 172) to be delivered under the Act, the Company and the Operating Partnership will not
file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Prospectus
Supplement or any Interim Prospectus Supplement) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished to the Managers a copy for their
review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which
either of the Managers reasonably objects. The Company has properly completed the
Prospectus, in a form approved by the Managers, and filed such Prospectus, as amended at the
Execution Time, with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) by
the Execution Time and will cause any supplement to the Prospectus to be properly completed,
in a form approved by the Managers, and will file such supplement with the Commission
pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed
thereby. The Company or the Operating Partnership will promptly advise the Managers (i)
when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall
have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, during any period when the
delivery of a prospectus (whether
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physically or through compliance with Rule 172 or any
similar rule) is required under the Act in connection with the offering or sale of the
Shares, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become
effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the
Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to
the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice
objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose,
and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. Each of the Company and the Operating
Partnership will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the
Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain
as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or
objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or
a new registration statement and using its commercially reasonable efforts to have such
amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) If, at any time on or after an Applicable Time but prior to the related Settlement
Date or Time of Delivery, any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company or the Operating
Partnership will (i) notify promptly the Managers so that any use of the Disclosure Package
may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure
Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement
to the Managers in such quantities as the Managers may reasonably request.
(c) During any period when the delivery of a prospectus relating to the Shares is
required (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to
Rule 172) to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the
Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be
necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules
thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Prospectus, the Company
promptly will (i) notify the Managers of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment
or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or
effect such compliance, (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any amendment
to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use
of the Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Prospectus to the Managers in such
quantities as the Managers may reasonably request.
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(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security
holders and to the Managers an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Managers and counsel for the Managers, without
charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus by the Managers or dealer may be required by the Act (including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies
of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the
Managers may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other
production of all documents relating to the offering.
(f) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to arrange, if necessary, for
the qualification of the Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Managers may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Shares; provided that in no event shall the Company be
obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or
to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares, in any jurisdiction where it is not now
so subject.
(g) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that, unless it has or
shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Managers, and the Managers agree with
the Company and the Operating Partnership that, unless they have or shall have obtained, as
the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, they have not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in
Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company
under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall
be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in
Schedule I hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Managers or the
Company and the Operating Partnership is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case
may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii)
it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and
433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely
filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
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(h) During the period beginning on and including the date on which an Applicable Time
with respect to sales of Shares pursuant to this Agreement has occurred and through and
including the related Settlement Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or
might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition
or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any
affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the
Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a
registration statement (except for amendments or supplements to the registration statement
on Form S-8 relating to the 2005 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan, registration
statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-139706 and 333-151496) relating to the sale of common
stock from time to time by the selling stockholders specified therein and any amendments or
supplements thereto, or a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2010 Long Term
Incentive Compensation Plan) with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a
put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, or
publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction without giving each Manager at
least three Business Days’ prior written notice specifying the nature of the proposed
transaction and the date of such proposed transaction (at which time each Manager will
suspend acting under this Agreement for such period of time requested by the Company or as
deemed appropriate by each Manager in light of the proposed transaction); provided, however,
that the Company may issue and/or sell Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms
Agreement, any equity incentive or similar plan, stock ownership plan or dividend
reinvestment plan of the Company and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion or redemption of securities, including units of limited partnership in the
Company’s operating partnership, or the exercise of warrants.
(i) The Company and the Operating Partnership will not (i) take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay any
person (other than as contemplated by this Agreement or any Terms Agreement) any
compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares.
(j) The Company and the Operating Partnership will, at any time during the term of this
Agreement, as supplemented from time to time, advise the Managers immediately after either
of them shall have received notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of any information or fact
that would alter or affect any opinion, certificate, letter and other document provided to
the Managers pursuant to Section 6 herein.
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(k) Upon commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement (and upon the
recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination
of a suspension of sales hereunder), and each time that (i) the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than
an Interim Prospectus Supplement, if any, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) pursuant to Section
4(cc) of this Agreement or a prospectus supplement relating solely to the offering of
securities other than the Shares), (ii) there is filed with the Commission any document
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, (iii) the Shares are delivered to a Manager
as principal at the Time of Delivery pursuant to a Terms Agreement, or (iv) otherwise as a
Manager may reasonably request (such commencement or recommencement date and each such date
referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, a “Representation Date”), the
Company and the Operating Partnership shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Managers
forthwith a certificate dated and delivered on the date of such Representation Date in form
satisfactory to the Managers to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate
referred to in Section 6(d) of this Agreement which were last furnished to the Managers are
true and correct at the time of such commencement or recommencement, amendment, supplement,
filing, or delivery, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that
such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of
the same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 6(d), modified as necessary to
relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such certificate.
(l) At each Representation Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall
furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Managers and to counsel to the Managers a
written opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, counsel to the Company (“Company
Counsel”), or other counsel satisfactory to the Managers, dated and delivered the date
of commencement or recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing with
the Commission of such supplement or other document, the Time of Delivery, or promptly upon
such request, as the case may be, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section
6(b) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
(m) At each Representation Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall
furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Managers and to counsel to the Managers a
written opinion of Xxxxx & Xxx Xxxxx, PLLC, counsel to the Company (“Local
Counsel”), or other counsel satisfactory to the Managers, dated and delivered the date
of commencement or recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing with
the Commission of such supplement or other document, the Time of Delivery, or promptly upon
such request, as the case may be, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section
6(c) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
(n) At each Representation Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall
furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Managers and to counsel to the Managers a
written opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, tax counsel to the Company (“Tax
Counsel”), or other counsel satisfactory to the Managers, dated and delivered the date
of commencement or recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing with
the Commission of such supplement or other document, the Time of Delivery, or promptly upon
such request, as the case may be, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section
6(d) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate
to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such opinion
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(o) At each Representation Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall
furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Managers and to counsel to the Managers a
written opinion of Xxxxxxx LLP, Maryland counsel to the Company (“Maryland
Counsel”), or other counsel satisfactory to the Managers, dated and delivered the date
of commencement or recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing with
the Commission of such supplement or other document, the Time of Delivery, or promptly upon
such request, as the case may be, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section
6(e) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
(p) At each Representation Date, Xxxxxxx Procter llp, counsel to the Managers,
shall deliver a written opinion, dated and delivered the date of commencement or
recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing with the Commission of
such supplement or other document, the Time of Delivery, or promptly upon such request, as
the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers, of the same tenor as
the opinions referred to in Section 6(f) of this Agreement but modified as necessary to
relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such opinion..
(q) Upon commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement (and upon the
recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination
of a suspension of sales hereunder), and each time that (i) the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to include additional amended financial
information, (ii) the Shares are delivered to a Manager as principal at a Time of Delivery
pursuant to a Terms Agreement, (iii) the Company files a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an
Annual Report on Form 10-K, or (iv) at a Manager’s request and upon reasonable advance
notice to the Company, there is filed with the Commission any document which contains
financial information (other than an Annual Report on Form 10-K) incorporated by reference
into the Prospectus, the Company shall cause Deloitte & Touche LLP (the
“Accountants”), or other independent accountants satisfactory to the Managers
forthwith, to furnish the Managers a letter, dated the date of commencement or
recommencement, effectiveness of such amendment, the date of filing of such supplement or
other document with the Commission, or the Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form
satisfactory to the Managers, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(h) of
this Agreement but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as
amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.
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(r) Upon commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement (and upon the
recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination
of a suspension of sales hereunder), and at each Representation Date, the Company will
conduct a due diligence session, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers, which
shall include representatives of the management and
the independent accountants of the Company and the
Operating Partnership. The Company and
the Operating Partnership shall cooperate timely with any reasonable due diligence request
from or review conducted by a Manager or its agents from time to time in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, providing
information and available documents and access to appropriate corporate officers and the
Company’s and Operating Partnership’s agents during regular business hours and at the
Company’s principal offices, and timely furnishing or causing to be furnished such
certificates, letters and opinions from the Company, the Operating Partnership, and their
respective officers and agents, as a Manager may reasonably request.
(s) The Company consents to the Managers trading in the Common Stock for each Manager’s
own account and for the account of each Manager’s clients at the same time as sales of the
Shares occur pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to a Terms Agreement.
(t) The Company will disclose in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q, as applicable, the number of Shares sold through each Manager under this
Agreement, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation paid by the Company with
respect to sales of Shares pursuant to this Agreement during the relevant quarter.
(u) If to the knowledge of the Company, the conditions set forth in Section 6(a), 6(i)
or 6(j) shall not be true and correct on the applicable Settlement Date, the Company will
offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Shares from the Company as the result of an
offer to purchase solicited by a Manager the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such
Shares.
(v) Each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase the Shares hereunder, and
each execution and delivery by the Company of a Terms Agreement, shall be deemed to be an
affirmation to the Managers that the representations and warranties of the Company contained
in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such acceptance
or of such Terms Agreement as though made at and as of such date, and an undertaking that
such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of the Settlement Date for
the Shares relating to such acceptance or as of the Time of Delivery relating to such sale,
as the case may be, as though made at and as of such date (except that such representations
and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
amended and supplemented relating to such Shares).
(w) The Company shall ensure that there are at all times sufficient shares of Common
Stock to provide for the issuance, free of any preemptive rights, out of its authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held in treasury, of the maximum
aggregate number of Shares authorized for issuance by the Board pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Shares to be listed for trading on the NYSE and to maintain such listing.
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(x) During any period when the delivery of a prospectus relating to the Shares is
required (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to
Rule 172) to be delivered under the Act, the Company will file all documents required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by
the Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder.
(y) The Company shall cooperate with the Managers and use its commercially reasonable
efforts to permit the Shares to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the
facilities of DTC.
(z) The Company will apply the Net Proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the manner
set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus Supplement.
(aa) The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities
and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
Sarbanes Oxley Act, except where the failure to comply with such laws would not reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
(bb) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify for the
taxable year ending December 31, 2010, for taxation as a REIT under the Code.
(cc) If, in the opinion of Company Counsel, the Company is required to do so by the
Commission or the Staff of the Commission, then, on or prior to the earlier of (i) the date
on which the Company shall file a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form
10-K in respect of any fiscal quarter in which sales of Shares were made by any Manager
pursuant to Section 3(a) of this Agreement and (ii) the date on which the Company shall be
obligated to file such document referred to in clause (i) in respect of such quarter (each
such date, and any date on which an amendment to any such document is filed, a “Filing
Date”), the Company will file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b), which prospectus supplement will set forth, with regard
to such quarter, the number of the Shares sold through each Manager as agent pursuant to
Section 3(a) of this Agreement in Continuous Offerings, the Net Proceeds to the Company and
the compensation paid by the Company with respect to such sales of the Shares pursuant to
Section 3(a) of this Agreement and deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus
supplement to the NYSE as are required by such exchange.
(dd) Any documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment
or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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5. Payment of Expenses. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and
severally agrees to pay the costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, including
without limitation: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission
of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Prospectus
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the
printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for
counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each
case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares; (iii)
the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares,
including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the
Shares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum
and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the
offering of the Shares; (v) the registration of the Shares under the Act and the listing of the
Shares on the NYSE; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under
the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Manager relating to such registration and qualification);
(vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Manager relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by the
Company or Operating Partnership representatives in connection with presentations to prospective
purchasers of the Shares; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and
expenses of counsel (including local and any other counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Manager. The obligations of the Managers
under this Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be subject to (i) the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained
herein as of the Execution Time, each Representation Date, and as of each Applicable Time,
Settlement Date and Time of Delivery, (ii) to the performance by the Company and the Operating
Partnership of their respective obligations hereunder and (iii) the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, required by Rule 424 to be filed with
the Commission have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) with respect to any sale of Shares; each Interim Prospectus Supplement, if any, shall
have been filed in the manner required by Rule 424(b) within the time period required by
Section 4(cc) of this Agreement; any other material required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the
applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its
use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
threatened.
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(b) The Company shall have requested and caused the Company Counsel to furnish to the
Managers, on each Representation Date, its opinion, dated as of such date and addressed to
the Managers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Local Counsel, to furnish to the
Managers, on each Representation Date, its opinion, dated as of such date and addressed to
the Managers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Tax Counsel, to furnish to the
Managers, on each Representation Date, its opinion, dated as of such date and addressed to
the Managers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(e) The Company shall have requested and caused Maryland Counsel, to furnish to the
Managers, on each Representation Date, its opinion, dated as of such date and addressed to
the Managers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
(f) The Managers shall have received from Xxxxxxx Procter llp, counsel for the
Managers, on each Representation Date, such opinion or opinions, dated as of such date and
addressed to the Managers, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement
thereto) and other related matters as the Managers may reasonably require, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Manager, on each
Representation Date, a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated as of
such date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package and any supplements or amendments thereto
and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating
Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date with the
same effect as if made on such date and the Company and the Operating Partnership
have complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on their part
to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such date;
(ii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice
objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the Company’s or Operating Partnership’s knowledge, threatened;
and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the
Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package.
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(h) The Company shall have requested and caused the Accountants to have furnished to
the Managers, on every date specified in Section 4(q) hereof and to the extent requested by
the Managers in connection with any offering of the Shares, letters (which may refer to
letters previously delivered to the Managers), dated as of such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Managers, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the various
financial statements and disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package and other matters ordinarily covered by
accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public
offerings as contemplated in the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 (AU 634), as well as
confirming that they have performed a review of any unaudited interim financial information
of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Disclosure Package in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards Xx. 000 (XX 000X).
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (h) include any supplement thereto at the
date of the letter.
(i) Since the respective dates as of which information is disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Disclosure Package, except as otherwise stated therein, there shall not
have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in
paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto)
the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole
judgment of a Manager, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus).
(j) Between the Execution Time and the time of any sale of the Shares through a
Manager, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s or the
Operating Partnership’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of
any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such
rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(k) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and
reasonableness of the terms and arrangements under this Agreement.
(l) The Shares shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the
NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Managers.
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(m) Prior to each Settlement Date and Time of Delivery, as applicable, the Company
shall have furnished to the Managers such further information, certificates and documents as
a Manager may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to a Manager and
counsel for such Manager, this Agreement and all obligations of such Manager hereunder may be
canceled at, or at any time prior to, any Settlement Date or Time of Delivery, as applicable, by
such Manager. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone
or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of
Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, counsel for the Company, at 00 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX,
00000, on each such date as provided in this Agreement.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Managers, the directors, officers, employees and agents of
the Managers and each person who controls the Managers within the meaning of either the Act
or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or in
any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, any Interim
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership
will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by the Managers specifically for inclusion
therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company
and the Operating Partnership may otherwise have.
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(b) The Managers, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and the Operating Partnership, each of the Company’s directors, each of the
Company’s officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company and the Operating Partnership within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the
Company and the Operating Partnership to each of the
Managers,
but only with reference
to written information relating to the Managers furnished to the Company by the Managers
specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Managers may otherwise
have. The Company and the Operating Partnership acknowledge that the statements set forth
in the last two sentences of the first paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in
the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on
behalf of the Managers for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure
Package.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to
the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The
indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice
at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for
which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter
be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified
party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such
counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying
party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel),
and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the
indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party
and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that
there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit
or proceeding and (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
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(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7
is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Managers agree to contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively
“Losses”) to which the Company, the Operating Partnership and one or more of the
Managers may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Managers on the other from the
offering of the Shares; provided, however, that in no case shall any Manager
be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission, as the
case may be, applicable to the Shares purchased by any Manager hereunder. If the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the Managers severally shall contribute in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and of the Managers on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and the Operating
Partnership shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Managers shall be deemed to
be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as determined by
this Agreement or any applicable Terms Agreement. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information provided by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand or the
Managers on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Managers agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For
purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls the Managers within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of the
Managers shall have the same rights to contribution as the Managers, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer
of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the
Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Operating
Partnership, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph
(d).
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8. Termination.
(a) The Company shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to
terminate the provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase the
Shares in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except that (i) if Shares have been sold through a Manager on behalf of
the Company, then Section 4(v) shall remain in full force and effect, (ii) with respect to any
pending sale, through a Manager for the Company, the obligations of the Company, including in
respect of compensation of such Manager, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
termination and (iii) the provisions of Sections 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14 of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(b) Each Manager shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to
terminate the provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase the
Shares by such Manager in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 5, 7, 9, 10, 12
and 14 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to
Sections 8(a) or (b) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties; provided that
any such termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Sections 5, 7
and 9 shall remain in full force and effect.
(d) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice
of termination; provided that such termination shall not be effective until the close of
business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Managers or the Company, as the case may be.
If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date or Time of Delivery for any sale of
the Shares, such sale shall settle in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(vii) of this
Agreement.
(e) In the case of any purchase of Shares by a Manager pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the
obligations of such Manager pursuant to such Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination, in
the absolute discretion of such Manager, by notice given to the Company prior to the Time of
Delivery relating to such Shares, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in
the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or trading in
securities generally on the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have
been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by
Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity
or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of
the Manager, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Shares as
contemplated by the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
9. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or their respective officers and of the Managers set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by a Manager
or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred
to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares and, to the extent
applicable, termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
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10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000), and confirmed to General
Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
General Counsel, and, if sent to KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., will be mailed, delivered or
telefaxed to KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Attention: Equity Capital Markets (fax no.: (000)
000-0000), and confirmed to KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx
00000, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Procter llp, Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to Xxxxxxx Procter llp at 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx; or, if sent to the Company or the
Operating Partnership, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc., Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc. at 0000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, with a
copy to Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed
to Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP at 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Xxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx.
00. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
12. No fiduciary duty. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership hereby
acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one
hand, and the Managers and any affiliates through which they may be acting, on the other, (b) the
Managers are acting solely as sales agents and/or principals in connection with the purchase and
sale of the Company’s securities and not as a fiduciary of the Company or the Operating Partnership
and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Managers in connection with the offering and the process
leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity.
Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in
connection with the offering (irrespective of whether the Managers have advised or are currently
advising the Company or the Operating Partnership on related or other matters). Each of the
Company and the Operating Partnership agree that it will not claim that the Managers have rendered
advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the
Company or the Operating Partnership, in connection with such transaction or the process leading
thereto.
13. Integration. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement supersede all prior agreements
and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Managers with respect to the subject matter hereof.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to
be performed within the State of New York.
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15. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute
one and the same agreement.
17. Headings. The section headings used in this Agreement and any Terms Agreement are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
18. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement and any Terms
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Applicable Time” shall mean, with respect to any Shares, the time of sale of
such Shares pursuant to this Agreement or any relevant Terms Agreement.
“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in Section 2(a)
above contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or
obligated by law to close in New York City.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean collectively (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the
Prospectus Supplement, (iii) the most recently filed Interim Prospectus Supplement, if any,
(iv) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, (v) the
public offering price of Shares sold at the relevant Applicable Time, if any, and (vi) any
other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in
writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement,
any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement became or becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed
and delivered by the parties hereto.
“Existing Entities” shall mean the entities set forth on Schedule 2 hereto.
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“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in
Rule 405 under the Act.
“Interim Prospectus Supplement” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating
to the Shares prepared and filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) from time to time as provided by
Section 4(cc) of this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus,
as defined in Rule 433.
“Prospectus” shall mean the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement and the most recently filed Interim Prospectus Supplement if any.
“Prospectus Supplement” shall mean the most recent prospectus supplement
relating to the Shares that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) at or prior to the
Execution Time.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in
Section 2(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus
supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each
Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement becomes effective, shall also mean such registration statement as so
amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”,
“Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B”, “Rule
433” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and
any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the
registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Managers.
Very truly yours, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | CFO | |||
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX By: CS Business Trust I, its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | CFO | |||
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above. By: Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
By: KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
SCHEDULE 1(c)
Subsidiaries
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX
CS Business Trust II
MEA Holdings, Inc.
Xxxxxx Company
CS Business Trust II
MEA Holdings, Inc.
Xxxxxx Company
SCHEDULE 2
Existing Entities
200 Xxxxxxx, LLC
Augusta Medical Partners, LLC
Baptist Northwest Limited Partnership
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Associates, LP
Beaufort Medical Plaza, LLC
Xxxxxxx MOB Investors, LLC
Brunswick MOB, LLC
Cabarrus Medical Partners, LP
Cabarrus POB, LP
Carolina Forest Plaza, LLC
Xxxxxxx Investors (Birkdale), LPLC
Xxxxxxx Investors (Birkdale II), XX
Xxxxxxx Investors (Mallard), XX
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Rehab, XX
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Management Company
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx TRS Holdings, LLC
Consera BSD, LLC
Consera Healthcare Real Estate, LLC
Xxxxxxxxxxx MOB, LP
XX-XXX 0, X.X.X.
XX-XXX 0, X.X.X.
East Jefferson Medical Office Building Limited Partnership
East Jefferson Medical Plaza, LLC
East Jefferson Medical Specialty Building Limited Partnership
East Rocky Mount Kidney Center Associates, LP
Franciscan Development Company, LLC
Xxxxxx MOB, LP
Hanover MOB, LLC
Harrisburg Medical Clinic, LP
Health Park MOB, LLC
HMOB Associates Limited Partnership
Indianapolis MOB, LLC
JHL Associates, LLC
Lexington MOB, LLC
Xxxx Xxxxx Westside Medical Park I Limited Partnership
Medical Investors I, LP
Medical Investors III, LP
Medical Park Three Limited Partnership
Mulberry Medical Park Limited Partnership
Orangeburg Medical Office Building (a South Carolina Ggeneral Ppartnership)
Parkridge MOB, LLC
Peerless MOB, LLC
PMOB, LLC
Augusta Medical Partners, LLC
Baptist Northwest Limited Partnership
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Associates, LP
Beaufort Medical Plaza, LLC
Xxxxxxx MOB Investors, LLC
Brunswick MOB, LLC
Cabarrus Medical Partners, LP
Cabarrus POB, LP
Carolina Forest Plaza, LLC
Xxxxxxx Investors (Birkdale), LPLC
Xxxxxxx Investors (Birkdale II), XX
Xxxxxxx Investors (Mallard), XX
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Rehab, XX
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Management Company
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx TRS Holdings, LLC
Consera BSD, LLC
Consera Healthcare Real Estate, LLC
Xxxxxxxxxxx MOB, LP
XX-XXX 0, X.X.X.
XX-XXX 0, X.X.X.
East Jefferson Medical Office Building Limited Partnership
East Jefferson Medical Plaza, LLC
East Jefferson Medical Specialty Building Limited Partnership
East Rocky Mount Kidney Center Associates, LP
Franciscan Development Company, LLC
Xxxxxx MOB, LP
Hanover MOB, LLC
Harrisburg Medical Clinic, LP
Health Park MOB, LLC
HMOB Associates Limited Partnership
Indianapolis MOB, LLC
JHL Associates, LLC
Lexington MOB, LLC
Xxxx Xxxxx Westside Medical Park I Limited Partnership
Medical Investors I, LP
Medical Investors III, LP
Medical Park Three Limited Partnership
Mulberry Medical Park Limited Partnership
Orangeburg Medical Office Building (a South Carolina Ggeneral Ppartnership)
Parkridge MOB, LLC
Peerless MOB, LLC
PMOB, LLC
River Hills Medical Associates, LLC
Rocky Mount Kidney Center Associates (a North Carolina General Partnership)
Rocky Mount Medical Park Limited Partnership
Xxxxx MOB, LLC
Rowan OSC Investors, LP
St. Cloud MOB, LLC
St. Xxxxxxx Community MOB, LLC
St. Xxxxxxx Medical Plaza, LLC
St. Mary’s Investors, LLC
Syracuse MOB, LLC
Syracuse MOB SPE, LLC
Xxxxxxx MOB, XX
Xxxxxxx Management, LLC
West Medical Office I, LP
West Tennessee Investors, LLC
Rocky Mount Kidney Center Associates (a North Carolina General Partnership)
Rocky Mount Medical Park Limited Partnership
Xxxxx MOB, LLC
Rowan OSC Investors, LP
St. Cloud MOB, LLC
St. Xxxxxxx Community MOB, LLC
St. Xxxxxxx Medical Plaza, LLC
St. Mary’s Investors, LLC
Syracuse MOB, LLC
Syracuse MOB SPE, LLC
Xxxxxxx MOB, XX
Xxxxxxx Management, LLC
West Medical Office I, LP
West Tennessee Investors, LLC
[Form of Terms Agreement] | Annex I |
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX INC
Common Stock
TERMS AGREEMENT
_____, 20 ___
[___________]
Dear Sirs:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
“Company”) and the sole general partner of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions
stated herein and in the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated April [_], 2010 (the “Equity
Distribution Agreement”), among the Company, the Operating Partnership and Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., to issue and sell to [Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] the securities specified in the Schedule I hereto (the
“Purchased Shares”)[, and solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, to grant to
[Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] the option to purchase the additional
securities specified in the Schedule I hereto (the “Additional Shares”)]. Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Equity Distribution Agreement.
[[Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.]. shall have the right to
purchase from the Company all or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover
over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Purchased Shares, at the same purchase
price per share to be paid by [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] to the
Company for the Purchased Shares. This option may be exercised by [Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] at any time (but not more than once) on or before the thirtieth
day following the date hereof, by written notice to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the
aggregate number of shares of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised, and the
date and time when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein
referred to as the “Option Closing Date”); provided, however, that the
Option Closing Date shall not be earlier than the Time of Delivery (as set forth in the Schedule I
hereto) nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been
exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been
exercised. Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made at the Option
Closing Date in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Purchased Shares.]
Each of the provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreement not specifically related to the
solicitation by [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.], as agent of the
Company, of offers to purchase the Shares is incorporated herein by reference in its
entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein. Each of the representations and warranties set forth
therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement [and] [,]
the Time of Delivery [and any Option Closing Date], except that each representation and warranty in
Section 2 of the Equity Distribution Agreement which makes reference to the Prospectus (as therein
defined) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty as of the date of the Equity
Distribution Agreement in relation to the Prospectus, and also a representation and warranty as of
the date of this Terms Agreement [and] [,] the Time of Delivery [and any Option Closing Date] in
relation to the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to relate to the Purchased Shares.
An amendment to the Registration Statement (as defined in the Equity Distribution Agreement),
or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Purchased Shares [and the
Additional Shares], in the form heretofore delivered to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and KeyBanc
Capital Markets Inc. is now proposed to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Equity Distribution Agreement
which are incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to [Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] and the latter agrees to purchase from the
Company the number of shares of the Purchased Shares at the time and place and at the purchase
price set forth in the Schedule I hereto.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a
counterpart hereof, whereupon this Terms Agreement, including those provisions of the Equity
Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement among
the Company, the Operating Partnership and [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets
Inc.]
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX By: CS Business Trust I, its General Partner |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
ACCEPTED as of the date
first written above.
first written above.
[Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Title of Purchased Shares [and Additional Shares]:
Common Stock, par value $[_____] per share
Number of Shares of Purchased Shares:
[Number of Shares of Additional Shares:]
[Price to Public:]
Purchase Price by [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.].:
Method of and Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
By wire transfer to a bank account specified by the Company in same day funds.
Method of Delivery:
Free delivery of the Shares to the Manager’s account at The Depository Trust
Company in return for payment of the purchase price.
Time of Delivery:
Closing Location:
Documents to be Delivered:
The following documents referred to in the Equity Distribution Agreement shall
be delivered as a condition to the closing at the Time of Delivery [and on any
Option Closing Date]:
(1) The opinions referred to in Sections 4(l), (m), (n), (o) and (p).
(2) The accountants’ letter referred to in Section 4(q).
(4) The officers’ certificate referred to in Section 6(g).
(5) Such other documents as [Citigroup Global Markets Inc.][KeyBanc Capital
Markets Inc.] shall reasonably request.
EXHIBIT A
Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
EXHIBIT B
Form of Opinion of Local Counsel for the Company
EXHIBIT C
Form of Opinion of Tax Counsel for the Company
EXHIBIT D
Form of Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company