BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST COMMON SHARES UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
COMMON SHARES
May 27, 2009
To the Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in the
Pricing Agreement hereinafter described
several Underwriters named in the
Pricing Agreement hereinafter described
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time Brandywine Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“Company”), and Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a
subsidiary of the Company (the “Operating Partnership”), may enter into one or more Pricing
Agreements (each a “Pricing Agreement”) in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein and therein, for the Company to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the
applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the “Underwriters” with respect to such
Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of its common shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”) specified in Schedule I to such Pricing
Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the “Firm Shares”). If specified in such
Pricing Agreement, the Company may grant to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their
election an additional number of Common Shares, specified in such Pricing Agreement as provided in
Section 3 hereof (the “Optional Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares, if any, which
the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein collectively called the
“Designated Shares”).
The terms and conditions of any particular issuance of Designated Shares will be as specified
in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto.
1. Introduction. Particular sales of Designated Shares may be made from time to time
to the Underwriters of such Designated Shares, for which the firms designated as representatives of
the Underwriters of such Designated Shares in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto shall act as
representatives (the “Representatives”). The term “Representatives” also refers to a single firm
acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to an Underwriter or Underwriters who act
without any firm being designated as its or their representatives. This Underwriting Agreement
(the “Agreement”) will not be construed as an obligation of the Company to offer, issue or sell any
of the Common Shares or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the Common Shares.
The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the Common Shares and the obligation of any
of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Common Shares will be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement
with respect to the Designated Shares specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement will, among other
things, specify the aggregate number of Firm Shares, the maximum number of Optional Shares, if any,
the initial public offering price of such Firm Shares and Optional Shares or the manner of
determining such price,
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the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the
Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters, the
number of such Designated Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter, and the underwriting discount
and commission, if any, payable to the Underwriters with respect thereto and will set forth the
date, time and manner of delivery of such Firm Shares and Optional Shares, if any, and payment
therefor. The Pricing Agreement will also specify (to the extent not set forth in the registration
statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms and conditions of such Designated Shares.
The Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts),
and may be evidenced by an exchange of facsimile communications or any other rapid transmission
device designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the
Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement will be several and not joint.
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company and the
Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the
Underwriters as follows:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-158589) in respect of the Common Shares
has been (i) prepared by the Company and the Operating Partnership in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder, (ii) filed
with the Commission under the Securities Act and declared effective by the Commission; no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, if any, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of
the Securities Act has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and the Company proposes to
file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (“Rule 424(b)”) a
prospectus supplement to the form of prospectus included in such registration statement and has
previously advised you of all information (financial and other) with respect to the Company to be
set forth therein. The various parts of the registration statement referred to above, each as
amended at the time such part of such registration statement was declared effective, including
exhibits thereto, any prospectus supplement relating to the Designated Shares that is filed with
the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be a
part of such registration statement at the time of its effectiveness and the documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 (the
“Incorporated Documents”), but excluding the statement of eligibility and qualification on Form
T-1, is hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Registration Statement”; and the prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement in the form in which it has most recently been filed with
the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the “Base
Prospectus”. The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement
relating to the Designated Shares, in the form filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter
referred to as the “Preliminary Prospectus”; and the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the final
prospectus supplement relating to the Designated Shares, in the form filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.” If the Company will have
filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional Common Shares pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein
to the term “Registration Statement” will be deemed to include such
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Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus will be deemed to refer to and include the Incorporated Documents that
were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or the
Securities Act, as the case may be, on or before the date of such prospectus, as the case may be;
any reference herein to the terms “amendment” or “supplement”, or similar terms, with respect to
the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus will be deemed to refer to and
include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement
relating to the Designated Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act and Incorporated Documents under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the case
may be, after the issue date of such prospectus and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference;
and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement will be deemed to include any
annual report on Form 10-K of the Company or the Operating Partnership filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the applicable effective date or dates of the Registration
Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission or became effective,
as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or
the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; none
of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission or become
effective, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading.
(c) The Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus conform, and the Prospectus and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date or dates, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and when any Preliminary
Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement
for the registration of the Common Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under
the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the
Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied
in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and did not contain an 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided,
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however, that the representation and warranty set forth in this Section 2(c) will not apply to
any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Shares through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to
such Designated Shares.
(d) Prior to or at the time when sales of the Designated Shares were first made in accordance
with the applicable Pricing Agreement (the “Time of Sale”), the Company prepared the Preliminary
Prospectus and each “free writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities
Act), if any, specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (together with the number of
Designated Shares and the initial offering price to public set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing
Agreement, the “Time of Sale Information”); the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did
not, and at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) will not, contain 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 representation and warranty set forth in this Section 2(d) will not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated
Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information; and no
statement of a material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale
Information, and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is
required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(e) The Company (including their agents and representatives, but excluding the Underwriters in
their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to, nor will
prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to, any “written communication” (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to
buy the Designated Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents or representatives
not referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) except for
(i) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii) any document not constituting a prospectus
pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or
(iii) the documents specified in Schedule II to the applicable Pricing Agreement or other written
communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives; and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, has been
filed in accordance with the Securities Act (as and if required by Rule 433 under the Securities
Act) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus, did not, and at the Time of Delivery
will not, contain 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 representation and warranty set forth
in this Section 2(e) will not apply with respect to any statements or omissions made in any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by an Underwriter of Designated Shares through the
Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
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(f) Except as noted therein, the consolidated financial statements (including the related
notes thereto) incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and the Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries, as
applicable, as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their
consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a
consistent basis; any supporting schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; and any pro
forma financial information (including the related notes thereto) contained or incorporated by
reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus presents fairly in all material
respects the information contained therein and have been prepared on a reasonable basis using
reasonable assumptions and in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act.
(g) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership), taken as a whole, have not sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) except as set forth on Schedule I to the applicable
Pricing Agreement, there has not been any change in the beneficial interests of the Company (other
than (x) issuances of beneficial interests (A) pursuant to equity-based awards granted in the
ordinary course of business to trustees or employees of the Company or the Operating Partnership,
(B) upon exercise of options or warrants and upon conversion or redemption of convertible or
redeemable securities, in each case which were outstanding as of the date of the latest audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, and (C) upon the exchange of Operating Partnership interests for beneficial interests
in the Company and (y) repurchases of the Company’s beneficial interests under the Company’s share
repurchase program) or in the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership or the capital
stock, partnership, membership or beneficial interests of any of its consolidated subsidiaries, or
any change in the long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, the Operating Partnership), taken as a whole, and (ii) there has not been any
material adverse change in the business, properties, management, results of operations, financial
condition or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership), taken as a whole, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus.
(h) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a real estate investment trust
in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with trust power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, and has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign real estate investment trust for
the transaction of business and is in good standing or subsisting under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification or registration except where the failure to so qualify or register or
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be in good standing or subsisting could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a (i) material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, results
of operations, financial condition or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, the Operating Partnership), taken as a whole, or (ii) an adverse effect on the
ability to perform on the part of, or the performance by, the Company of its obligations hereunder
(collectively, a “Material Adverse Effect”); and each other subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated, formed or organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good
standing or subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or
organization, with corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, and has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign corporation or other foreign
entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing or subsisting under the laws of each
other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require
such qualification or registration except where the failure to so qualify or register or be in good
standing or subsisting could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) 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 partnership power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited
partnership for the transaction of business and is in good standing or subsisting under the laws of
each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to
require such qualification or registration except where the failure to so qualify or register or be
in good standing or subsisting could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of beneficial interests of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid; except as set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, all of the issued shares of capital stock, partnership, membership
or beneficial interests of each consolidated subsidiary (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and, if
applicable, non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances or claims (collectively, “Liens”); and the Company is the sole general
partner of the Operating Partnership and its ownership percentage in the Operating Partnership is
as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(k) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership.
(l) The Common Shares have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, when Firm
Shares are issued and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement with respect to such Designated Shares, and, in the case of Optional Shares, pursuant to
the Over-allotment Option (as defined in Section 3 hereof), if any, with respect to such Designated
Shares, such Designated Shares will be duly and validly
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issued and fully paid; the Common Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement and the Designated Shares will conform to the description thereof contained
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus with respect to such Designated Shares; and the
Designated Shares will have the rights set forth in the Company’s declaration of trust, as then
amended or supplemented; and the holders of outstanding beneficial interests of the Company are not
entitled to preemptive or other rights afforded by the Company to subscribe for the Designated
Shares.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in
violation of or in default under its declaration of trust, charter, by-laws, partnership agreement,
operating agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, except where, in the case of
any subsidiary that is not the Operating Partnership, the violation or default could not reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, or any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is a party or by
which it or any of them or any of their respective properties is bound, except where the violation
or default could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect; the issue and sale of the Designated Shares, the compliance by the Company with all
of the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement and the Over-allotment
Option, if any, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership) is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
the Operating Partnership) is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the declaration of trust or the by-laws of the Company, declaration of trust or the
limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or any of their
properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Designated
Shares or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the applicable Pricing Agreement, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time
of Delivery, obtained under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Designated Shares by the Underwriters.
(n) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is a party or to which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is subject,
which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
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have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(o) PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries and of the Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries,
is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(p) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or
otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to their respective
businesses, in each case free and clear of all Liens except (A) those Liens which have been
reflected generally or in the aggregate in the financial statements of the Company and of the
Operating Partnership as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as are
described specifically, generally or in the aggregate in the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, or (B) such Liens not required by generally accepted accounting principles to be
disclosed in the financial statements of the Company or of the Operating Partnership, which do not
(a) materially adversely interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or (b)
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is, and after giving effect to each
offering and sale of the Designated Shares is, or will be required to register as, an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(r) At all times commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 1986, the
Company has been, and after giving effect to the offering and the sale of the Designated Shares
will continue to be, organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification
of the Company as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”), and the proposed method of operation of the Company will enable the
Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the
Code.
(s) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) (A) have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns that are required to
be filed or have requested extensions thereof except in any case in which the failure so to file
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (B) have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or
penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for
any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(t) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, the trademarks, service marks,
trade names, or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to
carry on the business now operated by them, taken as a whole, and no such entity has received any
notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of such entities therein, and
which infringement, conflict, invalidity or inadequacy could reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate,
authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership), taken as a
whole.
(v) No labor dispute or disturbance involving the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or of any other entity
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent that could reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) (A) are in compliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign 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”), (B) 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 (C) have not received
notice of any actual or potential liability under any environmental law, except in each case where
such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with required permits,
licenses or other approvals, or liability could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus; except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership)
has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; 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 including the Operating Partnership, in the course
of which they identify and evaluate 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); and on the basis of such
review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities could not
reasonably be expected,
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individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(x) 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” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been
established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership), and the trust forming part of each such plan which is
intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified; each of the Company and its
subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) has fulfilled its
obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; except as set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership) 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)); each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or
more of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is in
compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) has
incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of
ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or any other liability under Title
IV of ERISA; and the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) do not, and as of the Time of Delivery will not, constitute “plan assets”
under ERISA.
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) are currently in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, as amended, except for any such non-compliance that could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) There is, and has been, no failure on the part of the Company and its subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership), and any of their respective trustees,
directors or officers in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, Section 402 (relating to loans) and Sections 302 and 906 (relating
to certifications).
(aa) No relationship (direct or indirect) exists between or among any of the Company or any
affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any trustee, officer, shareholder, tenant, customer
or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder to be described in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus which is not so
described or is not described as required; and there are no outstanding loans, advances (except
normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of
indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the trustees or officers of the Company
or any of their respective family members.
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(bb) (i) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(ii) Since the end of the most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no material
weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and
(B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
(iii) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures
that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated
to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) 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;
to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) all policies of insurance insuring the Company and its subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or their respective businesses, assets, trustees,
directors, officers and employees are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) are in compliance with the terms of such
policies and instruments in all material respects; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) has received notice from any insurer or
agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to
be made in order to continue such coverage; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) 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 could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) No subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership)
is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity, 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
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other subsidiary of the Company, except
that, in the case of subsidiaries of the Company set forth on Schedule III to the applicable
Pricing Agreement that are joint ventures, the relevant joint venture agreements require the
consent of their respective joint venture partners as a condition to making such payments or
transfers and that following an event of default under the loan documents encumbering the
properties owned by a subsidiary of the Company (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) such subsidiary may be prohibited from making distributions to the Company.
(ee) The statistical and market-related data, if any, included in the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus is based on or derived from sources which the Company believes, in good faith,
to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ff) The Company has not taken nor will it take, directly or indirectly any action designed
to, or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in manipulation of the price of the
Common Shares.
For purposes of this Section 2, references to “subsidiaries”, insofar as such references relate to
entities in which the Company or Operating Partnership own or hold an equity or equivalent interest
equal to or less than 50%, are made by the Company and Operating Partnership to their knowledge
(after due inquiry).
3. Offer and Sale of the Designated Shares. Upon the execution of the Pricing
Agreement applicable to any Designated Shares and authorization by the Representatives of the
release of the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares and Optional
Shares, if any, for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
The Company may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated Shares that the
Company thereby grants to the Underwriters the right (an “Over-allotment Option”) to purchase at
their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth in such Pricing Agreement, on the
terms set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the
sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised in whole
or in part by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given at any time within a
period specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to
be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the
Representatives.
The number of Optional Shares to be added to the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement applicable to such Designated
Shares will be, in each case, the number of Optional Shares which the Company has been advised by
the Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the Company has not
been so advised, the number of Optional Shares to be so added will be, in each case, that
proportion of Optional Shares which the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
under such Pricing Agreement bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares (rounded as the
Representatives may determine to the nearest 100 shares). The total number of Designated Shares to
be purchased by all the Underwriters pursuant to such Pricing Agreement will be the aggregate
number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing
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Agreement plus the aggregate number
of Optional Shares which the Underwriters elect to purchase.
4. Delivery of the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares. Designated Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the form
specified in such Pricing Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as the Representatives may request upon at least 24 hours’ prior notice to the Company, will
be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer in federal or other same day funds, payable to the order of the Company in the funds
specified in such Pricing Agreement, (i) with respect to the Firm Shares all in the manner and at
the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and time and
date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being
herein called the “First Time of Delivery” and (ii) with respect to the Optional Shares, if any, in
the manner and at the time and date specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by
the Representatives of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or at such
other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and
date, if not the First Time of Delivery, herein called a “Subsequent Time of Delivery”. Each such
time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery”.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with each of the
Underwriters of any Designated Shares as follows:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in relation to the applicable Designated Shares in a form
approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act no later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day
following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated
Shares or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to file any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus to the extent and within the time period, required by Rule 433 under the
Securities Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus after the Time of Sale and prior to any Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares
which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Designated Shares promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; not to use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus which shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Designated Shares promptly
after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives
promptly of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus after
any Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares and furnish the Representatives with copies
thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required
to be filed by the Company or the Operating Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the offering or sale of such Designated Shares; and during such same
period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of (i) the time
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
prospectus supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the
Commission, (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to such Designated Shares, (iii) the suspension of
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the qualification of such Designated Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, (iv) the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act, or (v) any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the
issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Common Shares or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) If required by Rule 430(B)(h) under the Securities Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in
a form approved by you and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; and to make
no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by you
promptly after reasonable notice thereof;
(c) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably
request to qualify such Designated Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as the Representatives may request and to comply with such
laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein for as long as may be necessary
to complete the distribution of such Designated Shares; provided, however, that in connection
therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(d) To furnish the Underwriters with (i) two copies of the Registration Statement (as
originally filed) and each amendment thereto, and all exhibits and documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein; (ii) copies of the Time of Sale Information; and (iii)
copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably
request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Securities Act) is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale of
the Designated Shares; and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an 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 when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or,
if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus in order to
comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and subject to
Section 5(a) hereof, to prepare and file such document and to furnish without charge to each
Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to
time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the Prospectus,
which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and if at any time prior
to the Time of Delivery any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Time of Sale
Information as then amended or supplemented would include 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, or if for any other reason it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives thereof and, subject to Section 5(a) hereof,
prepare and file with the Commission (to the extent required) and to furnish
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to the Underwriters
and to any dealer as the Representatives may reasonably request, such amendments or supplements to
the Time of Sale Information as will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(e) (i) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement for the Designated
Shares and continuing to and including the date specified in the Pricing Agreement for such
Designated Shares, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, not to, directly or
indirectly, offer, sell, agree to offer or sell, solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option
or purchase any put option with respect to, pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of any Relevant
Security (as defined below), or establish or increase any “put equivalent position” or liquidate or
decrease any “call equivalent position” with respect to any Relevant Security (in each case within
the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder), or otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other transaction or arrangement that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any economic consequence of ownership of a Relevant
Security, whether or not such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Relevant Securities,
other securities, cash or other consideration; provided that the foregoing shall not restrict the
issuance of Common Shares (w) upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of Series A
Preferred Shares of the Company or the redemption of units in the Operating Partnership, (x)
pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment and employee share purchase plans or (y)
pursuant to equity-based awards granted in the ordinary course of business to trustees or employees
of the Company under the Company’s long-term incentive plan, in each case of each of clause (w),
(x) and (y) as outstanding or in effect on the date of the Pricing Agreement as described or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement; and (ii) at the First
Time of Delivery, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto from each trustee and officer of the Company
addressed to the Representatives. As used in this Section 5(e), the term “Relevant Security” means
the Common Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any
security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Common Shares or other such
equity security.
(f) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any
event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as
defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership)(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company,
Rule 158);
(g) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Designated Shares as described in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(h) Not to 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, which is contrary to any applicable law, of the price of any
security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common
Shares;
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(i) Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after any Time of
Delivery, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” (as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act);
(j) To use its best efforts to continue to be organized and operated in conformity with the
requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code for each of its taxable years for so long
as the Board of Trustees of the Company deems it in the best interests of the Company’s
shareholders to remain so qualified and not to be materially and adversely against the interests of
the holders of the Designated Shares to fail to be so qualified; and
(k) To retain, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, copies of each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433
under the Securities Act.
6. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters Regarding Free Writing Prospectuses. Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Company as follows:
(a) Such Underwriter has not used, authorized, referred to or participated in the planning for
use of, and will not use, authorize, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) except for (i) a free writing
prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to
file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 (other than a free
writing prospectus under Section 6(b) below), (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on
Schedule II to the applicable Pricing Agreement or prepared pursuant to Section 2(e) or
Section 5(a) hereof, or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved
by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i)
or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”);
(b) Such Underwriter has not used, and will not, without the prior written consent of the
Company, use, any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Designated Shares
unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the
Commission; provided, however, that Underwriters may use one or more term
sheets containing information substantially to the effect set forth in Schedule II to the
Pricing Agreement hereto without the prior consent of the Company; and
(c) Such Underwriter shall, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain
copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it, in accordance with Rule 433 under
the Securities Act.
7. Payment of Expenses. The Company covenants and agrees with the several
Underwriters that the Company shall pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accounting
firm in connection with the registration of the Common Shares under the Securities Act; (ii) all
other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and all other
amendments and supplements thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing
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Prospectus, and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (iii) the cost of printing and
producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any Blue Sky and
legal investment memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other
documents so long as such documents have been approved by the Company in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Common Shares; (iv) all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Common Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 5(c) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of the counsel to the
Underwriters, in connection with such qualification and in connection with any Blue Sky and legal
investment surveys; (v) any filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
the counsel to the Underwriters, in connection with any required review by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority of the terms of the sale of the Common Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing the
certificates for the Common Shares; (vii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any transfer agent or
registrar or dividend disbursing agent; (viii) any taxes payable in connection with the issuance,
sale and delivery of the Designated Shares to the Underwriters; (ix) all fees imposed by any stock
exchange related to the filing or registration of the Designated Shares; and (x) all other costs
and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder and under any Pricing
Agreement, which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood,
however, that, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 7 and Sections 9 and 14
hereof, the Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of the
counsel to the Underwriters, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Designated Shares by them, and
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters of
any Designated Shares under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares will be
subject, in the Representatives’ discretion, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Shares are true and correct at and as of any Time of Delivery
for such Designated Shares and the condition that prior to such Time of Delivery the Company will
have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following
additional conditions:
(a) (i) The Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in relation to the applicable
Designated Shares shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and
regulations under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; (ii) each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Designated Shares (including, without limitation, an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus setting forth the final terms of the Designated Shares) shall have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act within the applicable time
period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; (iii) no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall
have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and (iv) all requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Representatives;
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(b) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the
Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated each Time of Delivery, with respect to the good
standing status of the Company, the Designated Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
the Time of Sale Information and such other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably
request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their
written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the following effect:
(i) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a real estate
investment trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with
trust power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(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
limited partnership power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; the units
of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“Units”) owned by the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and have been duly and validly issued and are
fully paid and free of any preemptive or other rights afforded by the Operating
Partnership to subscribe for or purchase Units under applicable law or any agreement
known to us; and the Units issuable to the Company in exchange for the contribution
by the Company to the Operating Partnership of the net proceeds from issue and sale
of the Designated Shares will, when such Units are issued and delivered as described
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, be duly and validly issued and
fully paid and free of any preemptive or other rights afforded by the Operating
Partnership to subscribe for or purchase Units under applicable law or any agreement
known to such counsel.
(iii) Each other subsidiary (in addition to the Operating Partnership) listed
on a schedule to such counsel’s opinion, which constitute, the Company’s
“significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
(together with the Operating Partnership, the “Significant Subsidiaries”), which
schedule will be reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, has been duly
incorporated, formed or organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other
entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
formation or organization, with corporate, trust, limited liability company or
partnership power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all of the issued
shares of capital stock, limited liability company, partnership or beneficial
interests of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and, as applicable, non-assessable;
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(iv) All of the issued beneficial interests of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid; and the Company is the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership and its percentage interest and
ownership in the Operating Partnership is as set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus as of the dates indicated therein;
(v) (A) The Company has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign trust
for the transaction of business and is in good standing or subsisting under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any
business so as to require such qualification or registration, except where the
failure to so qualify or register or be in good standing or subsisting could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect; (B) the Operating Partnership has been duly qualified or registered as a
foreign partnership for the transaction of business and is in good standing or
subsisting under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties, or conducts any business so as to require such qualification or
registration, except where the failure to so qualify or register or be in good
standing or subsisting could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) each other Significant
Subsidiary has been duly qualified or registered as a foreign corporation or other
entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing or subsisting under
the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification or registration, except
where the failure to so qualify or register or be in good standing or subsisting
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the
opinion in this clause (C) upon opinions of local counsel (other than counsel in the
States of Maryland, Delaware or Pennsylvania) and in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, provided that such
counsel will state that they believe that both the Representatives and they are
justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates).
(vi) The Designated Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when
such Designated Shares are issued and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to
this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Shares,
such Designated Shares will be duly and validly issued and fully paid; the Common
Shares, including the Designated Shares, conform, in all material respects, to the
description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information, and the Designated
Shares will conform, in all material respects, to the description thereof in the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; the Designated Shares will have the
rights set forth in the Company’s declaration of trust and by-laws, each as then
amended or supplemented (including the applicable provisions of the laws of Maryland
governing real estate investment trusts); and there are no preemptive or other
rights afforded by the Company to subscribe for or to purchase any Common Shares;
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(vii) To such counsel’s knowledge and except as set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership) is a party, or of which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership) is the subject, which are required, individually or in the aggregate,
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the
Prospectus which are not fairly described therein as required; and, to such
counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(viii) This Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Shares have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and the Operating Partnership;
(ix) The issuance and sale of the Designated Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery, the compliance by the Company and the Opertiong Partnership with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated do not conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) is a
party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership) is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) is subject, nor do such actions result in any violation of
the provisions of the declaration of trust or the by-laws of the Company or the
limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership) or any of their properties;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issuance and
sale of the Designated Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery, or the
consummation by the Company or the Operating Partnership of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the applicable Pricing Agreement, except such as
have been obtained under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Designated Shares by the Underwriters;
(xi) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and
any amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company
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prior to the Time of
Delivery for the Designated Shares (other than the financial statements and related
notes and schedules and other financial data therein, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
(xii) The Incorporated Documents (other than the financial statements and
related notes and schedules and other financial data therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission or became
effective, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and such counsel have no reason to
believe that any of the Incorporated Documents, when they were so filed or became
effective, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading;
(xiii) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is, or upon the
issuance and sale of the Designated Shares and the application of the net proceeds
therefrom as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will be,
an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company of 1940, as
amended.
(xiv) The statements made under the caption under “Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences” in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, insofar as they
purport to constitute summaries of matters of U.S. federal tax law and regulations
or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries of the
matters described therein in all material respects;
(xv) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1986, the Company has,
since the effective date of its REIT election, been organized and
operated in a manner so as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company’s proposed method of operation
will enable it to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT;
(xvi) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act;
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus relating to the Designated Shares were
filed with the Commission within the prescribed time periods pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act (as specified in such
counsel’s opinion); any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Designated
Shares was filed with the Commission within the prescribed time periods pursuant to
Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements has been issued or
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been
instituted or threatened by the Commission;
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(xvii) Such counsel has no reason to believe that (A) as of their respective
effective dates, the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto made by the
Company prior to any Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related notes and schedules and other financial data therein, as to which such
counsel need express no belief) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, (B) as of the Time of Sale (which such
counsel may assume to be the date of the applicable Pricing Agreement), the Time of
Sale Information (other than the financial statements and related notes and
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading, or (C) as of its date and as of the Time of Delivery, the Prospectus
or any amendment or prospectus supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related notes and
schedules and other financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no
belief) contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and such counsel do not
know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be filed or any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus that are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required;
(d) On the date of the applicable Pricing Agreement for such Designated Shares and at each
Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, which has audited the
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and of the Operating
Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, shall have furnished to the Representatives letters, dated the respective
dates of delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements
and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus;
(e) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating
Partnership), taken as a whole, have not sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii)
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (without giving effect to any
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amendment thereof or supplement thereto subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Shares), except as set forth in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing
Agreement, there has not been any change in the beneficial interests of the Company (other than (x)
issuances of beneficial interests (A) pursuant to equity-based awards granted in the ordinary
course of business to trustees or employees of the Company or the Operating Partnership, (B) upon
exercise of options and upon conversion or redemption of convertible or redeemable securities, in
each case which were outstanding as of the date of the latest audited financial statements included
or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and (C) upon the
exchange of Operating Partnership interests for beneficial interests in the Company and (y)
repurchases of the Company’s beneficial interests under the Company’s share repurchase program) or
in the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership or the capital stock, partnership,
membership or beneficial interests of any of its consolidated subsidiaries, or any change in the
long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the
Operating Partnership), taken as a whole, or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties,
management, results of operations, financial condition or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership), taken as a whole, except
as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (without giving effect to any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
the Designated Shares), the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is
in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Shares on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Operating Partnership’s debt securities
or the Company debt securities or, if applicable, preferred shares of beneficial interest by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as the term is defined by the Commission
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have
publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications,
its rating of any of the Operating Partnership’s debt securities or the Company’s debt securities
or preferred shares;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, there
shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading generally will have been suspended or
materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of
any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or the Operating Partnership shall have been
suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities will have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or a
material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services; or (iv)
there will have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving
the United States or declaration of national emergency or war by the United States or any change in
financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in
the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or the delivery of the
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Firm Shares or Optional Shares or both on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
(h) The Common Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to notice
of issuance on the New York Stock Exchange; and
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the
Time of Delivery for the Designated Shares a certificate or certificates of officers of the Company
in such form and executed by such officers of the Company as will be satisfactory to the
Representatives, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at
and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations
hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in
Sections 8(a), 8(e), 8(f) and 8(h) and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
9. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the Operating Partnership,
jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers
and employees, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and its affiliates, from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof to which such
Underwriter, director, officer, employee, controlling person or affiliate may become subject, under
the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or actions
arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any other prospectus relating
to the Designated Shares, or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Time of Sale Information, or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the
Securities Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d), or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state in any preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any other
prospectus relating to the Designated Shares, or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Time of
Sale Information, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or issuer information (as defined above) a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee,
controlling person and affiliate promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter and each such trustee, officer, employee, controlling person and
affiliate in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, damage, liability, action or
claim as such expenses are incurred; 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 an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any other
prospectus relating to the Designated Shares, or any such amendment or supplement, the Time of Sale
Information, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Shares through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus relating to such Designated Shares.
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(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and the Operating Partnership and their respective trustees, officers and employees and each
person, if any, who controls the Company or Operating Partnership with the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective trustees, officers, employees or
controlling persons may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any other prospectus relating to the Designated Shares,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Time of Sale Information, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or (ii) 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, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in any preliminary prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any other
prospectus relating to the Designated Shares, or any such amendment or supplement, the Time of Sale
Information, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or Operating Partnership by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company or the Operating
Partnership for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or Operating
Partnership in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses
are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 9(a) or 9(b) above of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
Section. In case any such action will be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it will wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who will not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under such Section for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses,
in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that any indemnified party
will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense
thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party
unless (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying party in
writing, (ii) such indemnified party will have been advised by such counsel that there may be one
or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party and in the reasonable judgment of such counsel it is advisable for such
indemnified party to employ separate counsel or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume
the defense of such action
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and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, in which case, if such
indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not have the right to
assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party will not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than
one separate counsel (plus local counsel in each such jurisdiction) at any time for all such
indemnified parties. If the indemnifying party does not assume the defense of such action, it is
understood that the indemnifying party will not, in connection with any one such action or separate
but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
counsel (plus local counsel in each such jurisdiction) at any time for all such indemnified
parties, which firms will be designated in writing by the Representatives, if the indemnified
parties under this Section 9 consist of any Underwriter of the Designated Shares or any of its
respective directors, officers, employees, controlling persons or affiliates, or by the Company and
the Operating Partnership, if the indemnified parties under this Section 9 consist of the Company
or the Operating Partnership, or any of their respective trustees, officers or controlling persons.
The indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim for monetary
damages which an indemnified party may effect without the consent of the indemnifying party, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party will, without the written consent
of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an
actual or potential party to such action or claim), unless such settlement, compromise or judgment
(i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. For purposes of this
Section 9, references to “counsel” will include a firm of attorneys.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 9(a) or 9(b) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Shares on the other
from the offering of the Designated Shares to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or
action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give
the notice required under Section 9(c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only such relative benefits referred to in the immediately preceding sentence but also the
relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters of
the Designated Shares on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
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the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other
will be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions or discounts received by
such Underwriters in respect thereof. The relative fault will be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Operating Partnership on the one hand or by any such Underwriters on the other and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by
any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above in this Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in
this Section 9(d) will be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total public offering price at which the applicable
Designated Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Shares in this Section 9(d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to
such Designated Shares and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership under this Section 9 will be
in addition to any liability which the Company and Operating Partnership may otherwise have and
will extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director, officer and employee of any
Underwriter, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and to each affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section 9 will be in addition to any liability which the respective
Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each of
the respective trustees, officers and employees of the Company and the Operating Partnership and to
each person, if any, who controls the Company or Operating Partnership within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
10. Defaulting Underwriters. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the Firm Shares or Optional Shares which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Shares, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange
for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Designated Shares on the terms
contained herein. If within 36 hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do
not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, then the
Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or
other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such
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Designated Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed period,
the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such
Designated Shares, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the
purchase of such Designated Shares, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to
postpone a Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares for a period of not more than seven days, in
order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of
the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement
will include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Firm Shares or
Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 10(a) above, the aggregate number of such
Common Shares, which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the number of the Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery
then the Company will have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the
number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares and, in addition, to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro-rata share (based on the number of Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such
Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein will
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Firm Shares or
Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in Section 10(a) above, the aggregate number of Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at
the respective Time of Delivery as referred to in Section 10(b) above, or if the Company will not
exercise the right described in Section 10(b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Firm Shares or the Over-allotment Option
relating to such Optional Shares, as the case may be, shall thereupon terminate, without liability
on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne
by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership and the several Underwriters, as set
forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement,
will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement
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as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any director, officer or
employee, controlling person or affiliate of any Underwriter, or the Company or the Operating
Partnership, or any trustee, officer or employee or controlling person of the Company or the
Operating Partnership, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Designated Shares.
12. Termination. If any Pricing Agreement will be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof or
if the condition in Section 8(g)(i), 8(g)(iii) or 8(g)(iv) hereof is not satisfied, the Company
shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Designated Shares
covered by such Pricing Agreement except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof, but, if for any
other reason, Designated Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided
herein, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all
out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements
of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale
and delivery of such Designated Shares, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to
any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Shares except as provided in Sections 7 and 9
hereof.
13. Authority of Representatives. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of
the Underwriters of Designated Shares shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto will be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on
behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the
Representatives, if any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
14. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder will be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to
the Company or the Operating Partnership shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention:
General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c)
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at
its address set forth in its underwriters’ questionnaire, or telex constituting such questionnaire,
which address shall be supplied to the Company and the Operating Partnership by the Representatives
upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements will take effect upon receipt
thereof.
15. Nature of Underwriters’ Obligations. The Company and the Operating Partnership
acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Designated Shares pursuant to this
Agreement and the applicable Pricing Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between
the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection
therewith and with the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is acting solely as a
principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Operating Partnership, (iii) no
Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the
Operating Partnership with respect to the offering of the Designated Shares or the process leading
thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company
or the Operating Partnership on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or the
Operating Partnership except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and the
applicable Pricing Agreement and (iv) the Company and the Operating
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Partnership have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed it
appropriate. The Company and the Operating Partnership agree that they shall not claim that the
Underwriters, or any of them, owes an advisory, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in
connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto
16. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement and each Pricing
Agreement will be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company
and the Operating Partnership and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the
trustees, officers and employees of the Company or the Operating Partnership or the directors,
officers and employees of any Underwriter, each person who controls the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Underwriter, and the affiliates of any Underwriter, and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person will acquire or have any
right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of
the Designated Shares from any Underwriter will be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
17. Time of Essence. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used
herein, “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for
trading.
18. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any
one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts will together constitute one and the
same instrument.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | ||||||
BRANDYWINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||||||
By: Brandywine Realty Trust, its General Partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title: |
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XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO. | ||||
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX | ||||
INCORPORATED | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: |
Managing Director | |||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: |
Executive Director | |||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice President |
For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters
of the several Underwriters
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PRICING AGREEMENT
May 27, 2009
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO., INC.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Brandywine Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), and
Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and subsidiary of the
Company (the “Operating Partnership”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein
and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 27, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the
Company, the Operating Partnership and you for the Company to issue and sell to the Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) the common shares of beneficial interests of the
Company specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Designated Shares”, consisting of Firm Shares and any
Optional Shares the Underwriters may elect to purchase). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting
Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of
this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein, and each
of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as
of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be
deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation
to the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and also a representation and warranty as of the
date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
relating to the Designated Shares which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference
to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated
by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives designated to act
on behalf of the Underwriters of the Designated Shares pursuant to Section 13 of the Underwriting
Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 13 are set forth at
the end of Schedule I hereto.
The Prospectus, relating to the Designated Shares, in the form of the draft heretofore
delivered to you, is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement
incorporated herein by reference, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of
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the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in
Schedule I hereto, the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares, as
provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees to purchase from the Company at the purchase price to the Underwriters set
forth in Schedule I hereto that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election
shall have been exercise. The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to
purchase, from time to time, at its election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth in
Schedule I hereto on the terms referred to in the paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering
over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may
be exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company given within a period of 30
calendar days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of
Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as
determined by the Underwriters, but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless
the Underwriters and the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two or later than ten
business days after the date of such notice.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us six
counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this
letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company, the
Operating Partnership and the Underwriters.
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Very truly yours, | ||||||
BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
BRANDYWINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||||||
By: Brandywine Realty Trust, its General Partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO., INC. | ||||
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX | ||||
INCORPORATED | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: |
Managing Director | |||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
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Title: |
Executive Director | |||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice President |
For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters
of the several Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
Title of Designated Shares: Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share
Number of Designated Shares:
Number of Firm Shares: 35,000,000
Maximum Number of Optional Shares: 5,250,000
Initial Offering Price to Public: $6.3000 per share
Purchase Price by Underwriters: $6.0323 per share
Underwriting Commitments of Underwriters:
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
10,430,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
9,275,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
7,700,000 | |||
ABN AMRO Incorporated |
595,000 | |||
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
595,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
595,000 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC |
595,000 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, Inc. |
595,000 | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
595,000 | |||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
595,000 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
595,000 | |||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
315,000 | |||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
315,000 | |||
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp. |
315,000 | |||
FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp. |
315,000 | |||
RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
315,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. |
315,000 | |||
Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
315,000 | |||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated |
315,000 | |||
SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. |
315,000 | |||
Total |
35,000,000 | |||
SCHEDULE I-1
Form of Designated Shares: Definitive form to be made available for checking by the Representative
at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of The Depository Trust
Company or its designated custodian.
Clear Market Period (Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement): From date hereof through July 11,
2009.
Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price: Federal or other same day funds
Time of Delivery: 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on June 2, 2009
Closing Location: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
Names and Addresses of Representatives:
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. | |
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx | ||
Incorporated | ||
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | ||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
Addresses for Notices, etc.:
|
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. | |
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx | ||
Incorporated | ||
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | ||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc, | ||
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
SCHEDULE I-2
Underwriters’ Counsel: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Additional Terms and Conditions: None
SCHEDULE I-3
SCHEDULE II
Specified Free Writing Prospectus
None
SCHEDULE II
SCHEDULE III
Specified Joint Venture Subsidiaries
Two Tower Bridge Associates
Four Tower Bridge Associates
Five Tower Bridge Associates
Six Tower Bridge Associates
Seven Tower Bridge Associates
Eight Tower Bridge Associates
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
PJP Building Two, LC
PJP Building Three, LC
PJP Building Five, LC
PJP Building Six, LC
PJP Building Seven, LC
Macquarie BDN Xxxxxxxxx LLC
Broadmoor Austin Associates
Residence Inn Tower Bridge
G&I Interchange Office LLC (DRA)
Invesco, L.P.
Coppell Associates
Four Tower Bridge Associates
Five Tower Bridge Associates
Six Tower Bridge Associates
Seven Tower Bridge Associates
Eight Tower Bridge Associates
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
PJP Building Two, LC
PJP Building Three, LC
PJP Building Five, LC
PJP Building Six, LC
PJP Building Seven, LC
Macquarie BDN Xxxxxxxxx LLC
Broadmoor Austin Associates
Residence Inn Tower Bridge
G&I Interchange Office LLC (DRA)
Invesco, L.P.
Coppell Associates
SCHEDULE III-1
EXHIBIT A
May 27, 2009
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
And the other several Underwriters
Re: Proposed Offering by Brandywine Realty Trust of Common Shares
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you (the “Underwriters”) propose to enter into a
Underwriting Agreement with Brandywine Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“Company”), and Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a
subsidiary of the Company (the “Operating Partnership”), (the “Underwriting Agreement”) providing
for the purchase by the Underwriters of its shares (the “Designated Shares”) of Common Shares, of
beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”) of the Company and that the
Underwriters propose to reoffer the Designated Shares to the public (the “Offering”) Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting
Agreement.
In consideration of the agreement of the Underwriters to purchase and make the
Offering of the Designated Shares, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
the Representatives, the undersigned will not, during the period commencing the date hereof and
ending 45 days from the date of the final Prospectus relating to the Offering (the “Prospectus”),
(1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or
contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant
for the sale of, or lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common
Shares, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable or redeemable for or
repayable with Common Shares (including without limitation, Common Shares which may be deemed to be
beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and securities which may be issued upon exercise of
a share option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that
transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of
ownership of the Common Shares, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for or repayable with Common Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or
(2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. The undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, it
will not, during the period commencing the date hereof and ending 45 days from the date of the
Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
EXHIBIT A-1
registration of any Common Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
or redeemable for or repayable with Common Shares.
The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to (a) offers, sales, gifts, assignments or
transfers of Common Shares or options to purchase Common Shares made to (i) members of the
immediate family of the undersigned, (ii) corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies
or other entities to the extent such entities are wholly owned by the undersigned and/or members of
the immediate family of the undersigned, (iii) shareholders, partners or members of the entities to
which Common Shares or options to purchase Common Shares were transferred under clause (ii); or
(iv) charitable organizations, provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv), each recipient agrees to be bound by identical restrictions, including the lock-up period,
set forth herein; and provided, further, that such transfers are not required to be reported in any
public report or filing with the SEC, or otherwise, and the undersigned does not otherwise
voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers; (b) transfers of Common
Shares or options to purchase Common Shares made to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of
the undersigned or any party listed in clause (a) promptly above, provided that the trustee of the
trust agrees to be bound by identical restrictions, including the lock-up period, set forth herein;
and provided, further, that such transfers are not required to be reported in any public report or
filing with the SEC, or otherwise, and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any
public filing or report regarding such transfers; or (c) offers, sales or other dispositions of any
Common Shares or other securities of the Company acquired by the undersigned in open market
transactions if and only if such dispositions are not required to be reported in any public report
or filing with the SEC, or otherwise, and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any
public filing or report regarding such dispositions. For the purposes of this lock-up agreement,
“immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than
first cousin.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent
for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to
decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach
of this lock-up agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this lock-up agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that you are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and
proceeding with the Offering in reliance upon this lock-up agreement.
EXHIBIT A-2
This lock-up agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
Print Name:
EXHIBIT A-3