CoreSite Realty Corporation 889,610 Shares Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
CoreSite Realty Corporation
889,610 Shares
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The persons named in Schedule I hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose to
sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”),
for whom you (the “Representative”) are acting as representative, 889,610 shares (said
shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders collectively being hereinafter referred to as the
“Securities”) of common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of CoreSite Realty
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
“Company”). The Securities are comprised of 889,610 shares of Common Stock issuable to the
Selling Stockholders upon exchange (the “Redemption Shares”) of a like number of
outstanding common limited partnership units (the “Common Units”) of CoreSite, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). Each Selling Stockholder
intends to tender such Selling Stockholder’s Common Units for redemption or exchange prior to the
Closing Date (as defined below).
To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than
you, the term Representative as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriter, and the terms
Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
In addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling Stockholder named in
Schedule I, the term Selling Stockholder shall mean either the singular or plural. The use
of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 that were filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system, “XXXXX”) under the Exchange Act
on or before any Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any
reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on XXXXX after any Effective
Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly
and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each Underwriter as set forth below in
this Section 1.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act and
has prepared and filed with the Commission a Registration Statement (file number 333-177052)
on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act
of the offering and sale of shares of Common Stock, including the Securities. Such
Registration Statement, including any amendments or supplements thereto filed prior to the
Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as
part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more
prospectuses or preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which
has previously been filed with the Commission on XXXXX. The Company will file with the
Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule
424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required
to be contained therein by the Securities Act and the rules thereunder and shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the
extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Disclosure Package) as the
Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The
Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements of set forth in Rule
415(a)(1)(i).
(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is
first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the
Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules
thereunder; at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date
of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) 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 Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in
or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or
on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 9 hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
instituted or threatened by the Commission or by the state securities authority of any
jurisdiction. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted by the Commission or by the state
securities authority of any jurisdiction.
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The documents incorporated by reference in a preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable.
Prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the Securities,
any further documents so filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in a
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such
documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(c) The Disclosure Package and each electronic road show, if any, when taken together
as a whole with the Disclosure Package, do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in Section 9 hereof.
(d) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as
the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is
not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its date of issue, did not, does not or
will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated
therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been
superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, a preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, the
Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has
promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense,
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing
two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9 hereof.
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(f) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package,
Prospectus and Registration Statement (exclusive of any supplement thereto), (i) there has
been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there have
been no transactions entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries, other than those in
the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iii) none of the Company or its subsidiaries and none of
the properties described in “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations—Our Portfolio” of the Company’s quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 (collectively, the “Properties” and
individually, a “Property”) has sustained any loss or interference from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any court
or governmental action, order or decree, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
and (iv) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of any of the
Company or its subsidiaries and there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by any of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their
respective subsidiaries on any class of their capital stock or other ownership interests.
(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with full corporate power and
authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) The Operating Partnership has been duly organized, is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate
power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is the sole general partner
of the Operating Partnership. The Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (as amended, the
“Operating Partnership Agreement”) is in full force and effect and the aggregate
percentage interests of the Company and the limited partners in the Operating Partnership
are as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(i) Each of the Company’s subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed and is
validly existing as a corporation or other business organization in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and
authority to own, lease or license, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other business organization and is in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. The capital stock of the Company conforms in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
The outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Redemption Shares, when issued to the
Selling Stockholders, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and will be fully paid
and nonassessable. The Securities are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading,
subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the New
York Stock Exchange. The certificates for the Securities, if any, upon delivery to the
Underwriters will be in valid and sufficient form. The holders of outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for
the Redemption Shares or the Securities. All offers and sales of the Company’s shares of
Common Stock prior to the date hereof were at all relevant times duly registered under the
Securities Act or were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
were duly registered or the subject of an available exemption from the registration
requirements of the applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
(k) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has sold any securities that
could be integrated with the offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement for purposes of the Securities Act. Except as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase or exchange any
securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock are outstanding.
(l) All of the issued and outstanding units of limited partnership, including the
Common Units, (“Units”) (i) have been duly authorized, validly issued fully paid and
non-assessable, (ii) have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws, (iii) have not been issued in violation of the preemptive right, right of
first refusal or other similar rights of any security holder of the Operating Partnership or
any other person or entity and (iv) conform to the description thereof contained in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no, and as of the Closing Date there will be no, outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, or
agreements or other obligations to issue, Units or other ownership interests of the
Operating Partnership. The Units owned by the Company are owned directly by the Company in
its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, free and clear of all liens.
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(m) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of or other ownership
interests in each of the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership (i) have been duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) have been issued in
compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, (iii) have not been issued
in violation of any preemptive right, right of first refusal or similar right, (iv) are
owned directly or indirectly by the Operating Partnership, and except as described in the
Disclosure Package, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. There
are no, and as of the Closing Date there will be no, outstanding options, warrants or other
rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, or agreements or other obligations
to issue, equity interests or other securities of any such subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership.
(n) There is no franchise, contract or other document required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, which is not described or filed as required; and the statements included in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Description of Securities”,
“Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer”, “Description of the Partnership Agreement of
CoreSite, L.P.”, “Description of Stock”, “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our
Charter and Bylaws” and “Exchange of Partnership Units for Common Stock”, and the statements
in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions” insofar as such statements summarize legal
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings described therein, accurately summarize such
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings in all material respects. The statements
included in the Disclosure Package under the heading “Federal Income Tax Considerations,”
insofar as such statements purport to constitute summaries of United States federal income
tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate
summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects.
(o) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, and after the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement none of them will be, an “investment
company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.
(p) The Company and the Operating Partnership have all requisite corporate or other
organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and the Operating Partnership.
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(q) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company or the Operating Partnership, except as
may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or FINRA in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such consents, approvals,
authorizations, filings or orders that will be obtained or made by the Closing Date or the
absence of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
Operating Partnership will not (i) conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of the
charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, constitute a default
under or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
Properties or any other properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which the
Properties or any other properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, or (iii) conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of any statute, law,
rule, applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any regulation, judgment,
order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective property or assets, including the Properties, except
in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for such conflicts, breaches,
violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has rights to the registration of such
securities under the Registration Statement.
(t) (i) The historical financial statements of the Company included in the Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, together with the related notes and
schedules, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as
of the respective dates indicated; (ii) the historical financial statements of the Company’s
Predecessor (as defined in the Disclosure Package) included in the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement, together with the related notes and schedules,
present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Predecessor as of the respective dates and for the respective periods
indicated; and (iii) the historical financial statements of the Acquired Properties (as
defined in the Disclosure Package) included in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and
the Registration Statement, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Acquired Properties as of the respective dates and for the respective periods indicated,
and, in each case, such financial statements comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in
conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except
as otherwise noted therein). The
selected financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Financial Data” in
Company’s annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and quarterly reports
for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011, fairly
present, on the basis stated therein, the information included therein.
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(u) The pro forma financial statements filed under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K on November 8,
2011 and incorporated by reference into the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the
Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting
the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and
the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the
historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the
Disclosure Package, Prospectus and Registration Statement. The pro forma financial
statements included in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and the pro forma adjustments have been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; and all
disclosures contained in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration
Statement, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the
rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and
Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
(v) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or
body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that could result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries have fee simple title or a leasehold interest
to all of the Properties and the improvements (exclusive of improvements owned by tenants)
located thereon, in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security
interests and defects, other than as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
or as do not materially and adversely affect the value of any Property and do not,
individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with the use made or
proposed to be made as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of any
Property by the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) none of the Company or its subsidiaries
(A) has received from any governmental authority any written notice of any condemnation of,
or zoning change affecting, the Properties or any part thereof, or (B) knows of any such
condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and, in the case of clauses (A)
and (B), which if consummated would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) true,
correct and complete copies of all leases (or licenses with tenants or customers for use of
space), amendments, exhibits, schedules or other documents that comprise the leases that any
of the Company or its subsidiaries have entered into and are currently in effect as of the
date hereof (the “Leases”) have been made available to the Underwriters or their
counsel, and any such Lease that the Underwriters or their counsel have requested have been
provided to them; and (iv) except as otherwise described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or as would not individually or in the aggregate materially
and adversely affect the value of any Properties or interfere in any material respect
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with the use made or proposed to be made as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus of any Property by the Company and its subsidiaries: (A) none of the Leases has
been assigned by any tenant except to an affiliate of such tenant; (B) no brokerage fees,
commissions or any similar payments are owed or payable by the lessor under any of the
Leases to any third party in connection with the existence or execution thereof, or in
connection with any renewal, expansion or extension of any Leases, except for which a
reserve has been taken or has been reflected within the “accounts payable” line item of the
financial statements described in paragraph (t) of this Section 1; (C) all
of the Leases, and, all guaranties related thereto, if any, are in full force and effect;
(D) no rentals or other amounts due under the Leases have been paid more than one month in
advance; (E) no tenant has asserted in writing any defense or set-off against the payment of
rent in connection with the Leases nor has any tenant contested any tax, operating cost or
other escalation payment or occupancy charge, or any other amounts payable under its Leases;
(F) none of the Leases has been mortgaged, pledged, sublet, hypothecated or otherwise
encumbered; (G) none of the Company or its subsidiaries has waived in writing any material
provision under any Lease; (H) there are no uncured events of default, or events that with
the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an event of default, by
any tenant under any of the terms and provisions of the Leases; and (I) no tenant under any
of the leases at the Properties has a right of first refusal to purchase the premises
demised under such lease.
(x) Except as otherwise set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus: (i) the mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties described in the
Disclosure Package are not convertible into debt or equity securities of the entity owning
such Property; (ii) such mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or
cross-collateralized with any property other than the Properties; and (iii) none of the
Company or its subsidiaries holds participating interests in such mortgages or deeds of
trust.
(y) None of the Company and its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any
provision of its charter or bylaws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) the terms of
any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or
other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or
bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation
applicable to it or its properties or to any judgment, order or decree of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, except in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) above, for such violations or defaults that would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(z) KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), who has certified certain consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Company’s Predecessor and delivered
their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules
included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants
with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder.
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(aa) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or
charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof,
required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
sale by the Selling Stockholders of the Securities.
(bb) Commencing with the Company’s short taxable year ended December 31, 2010, the
Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. The Company’s proposed method of
operation as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable the Company
to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the
Code, and no actions have been taken (and there has been no failure to take any action which
is required to be taken) which would cause such qualification to be lost.
(cc) Each of the Operating Partnership and any other subsidiary of the Company that is
a partnership or a limited liability company is properly classified either as a partnership
or as an entity disregarded as separate from the Operating Partnership for federal income
tax purposes.
(dd) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) has filed all
tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof; (ii) has paid
all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against
it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax,
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith; and (iii) has
made adequate charges and reserves in the applicable financial statements in respect of all
federal, state and foreign taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(ee) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent that
could have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ff) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and
its subsidiaries are insured by, or are covered by insurance from, insurers that the Company
reasonably believes to be financially sound and reputable insurers against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are
engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company and its
subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are
in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms
of such policies and instruments in all material respects; there are no claims by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any
insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause;
none of the Company or its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and none of the Company or its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
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(gg) No subsidiary of the Company is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying
any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s
capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(hh) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses all licenses, certificates,
permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state, local and foreign
governmental regulatory authorities reasonably necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except for such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations the
absence of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or its
subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit that, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a
Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries collectively maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The internal
controls over financial reporting of the Company and its subsidiaries are effective and the
Company is not aware of any material weakness in the internal controls over financial
reporting of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(jj) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries have established and maintain “disclosure
controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act),
(ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information
required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries in the reports they will file
or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of the
Company, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate,
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be made and (iii) such disclosure
controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were
established.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to, that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities.
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(ll) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the
Company and its subsidiaries (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, the protection of
human health and safety or any pathogen, pollutant, contaminant or regulated, hazardous or
toxic substance, material or waste (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is
in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals under applicable Environmental
Laws required to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) has not received notice of
any actual or potential environmental liability, except where such noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Company or its
subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or any
analogous state law.
(mm) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company and its subsidiaries
periodically review the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and
evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or
operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties, asset retirement or
compliance with Environmental Laws; the need for any permit, license or approval; any
related constraints on operating activities; and any potential liabilities to third
parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such
associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(nn) None of the following events has occurred or exists that could have a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the United
States Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, any other federal or
state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or
compensation of employees by any of the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) any breach of any
contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with
respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or its subsidiaries;
or (iii) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries related to their employment.
(oo) None of the Company, its subsidiaries or any member of their respective Controlled
Group (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of corporations
within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) sponsors, maintains, participates in or has
any liability with respect to any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section
3(3) of the United Sates Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended).
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(pp) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable
provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith, including Section 402 relating to loans.
(qq) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation,
making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any
money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything
of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign
political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in
contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the
Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and that are reasonably
expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(rr) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements
of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the money
laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental
agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ss) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department (“OFAC”), and the Company
and its subsidiaries will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture
partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person
currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by OFAC.
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(tt) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to
use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade
and service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”) reasonably necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the
Disclosure Package. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
(i) there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property;
(ii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ rights in or
to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a
reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual
Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any
such claim; and (v) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is
unaware of any other fact that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(uu) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the Company’s
knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material lending or other
relationship with any Underwriter or affiliate of the Underwriters.
(vv) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among (i) any of the Company and its subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company and its
subsidiaries, on the other hand, or (ii) the officers, directors and stockholders of the
Company and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and customers and suppliers of the Company
and its subsidiaries, on the other hand, in each case, that is required to be described in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that is not so described.
(ww) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no affiliations or associations between
(i) any member of FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors,
five percent (5%) or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s or
the Operating Partnership’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on
or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date the Registration Statement was
initially filed with the Commission that could be deemed a “conflict of interest” under
FINRA Rule 5121, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xx) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not
be deemed a “conflict of interest” under FINRA Rule 5121, none of the Company, its
subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other affiliate of the Company (i) is
required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the
Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or
is controlled by, is under common control with, or has any other association with (within
the meaning of Article I of the Bylaws of FINRA), any member firm of FINRA.
(yy) The statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources that the
Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
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(zz) The Company and its subsidiaries has not distributed and, prior to the later of
the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not
distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities
other than the Disclosure Package, Prospectus and Registration Statement (it being
understood and agreed that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus drafts of which have been
provided to the Underwriters and any filings under the Exchange Act by the Company in the
ordinary course of business filed with the Commission following the Execution Time shall not
be deemed “offering materials” for the purpose of this Section 1(zz)).
(aaa) Except pursuant to this Agreement, none of the Company or its subsidiaries has
incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, each Underwriter that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of
such Selling Stockholder.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder at the Closing Date will be the record and beneficial
owner of the Redemption Shares to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities and claims and has full power and authority to sell its interest in
the Securities, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities
it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without notice of any adverse claim (within
the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)), each
Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The
Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as
provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or
accounts of such Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other
securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of
Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no
action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be
asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in,
under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
equity security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or
body is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations
hereunder, except such as may have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals as have been
obtained or will be made prior to the Closing Date.
(e) Neither the sale of the Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated by such Selling
Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will conflict
with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under (i) any law or the
charter or by-laws of such Selling Stockholder or (ii) the terms of any indenture or other
agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or bound, or (iii) any judgment, order or decree applicable to such Selling
Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of
its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be
expected to impair in any material respect the sale by such Selling Stockholder of its
respective amount of the Securities hereunder.
(f) With the exception of TCG Securities, L.L.C. and Sandler X’Xxxxx + Partners, L.P.,
neither such Selling Stockholder nor, to its knowledge, any of its affiliates (i) is
required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in accordance with the provisions of the
Exchange Act or (ii) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or
is controlled by, or is under common control with, or has any other association with (within
the meaning of Article I of the Bylaws of FINRA), any member firm of FINRA.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder has not sold any securities that could be integrated with
the offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement for purposes of the
Securities Act.
(h) In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion therein, such Selling
Stockholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties with respect to such
information as the Company makes under Section 1(b) and 1(c) hereof, it
being understood and agreed that such information consists only of the legal name, address
and number of shares of Common Stock owned by such Selling Stockholder before and after the
offering, including such information in the related footnotes, but excluding percentages
(the “Selling Stockholder Information”). Such Selling Stockholder is not selling the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement on the basis of any material non-public information
concerning the Company or its subsidiaries that is required to be included, but is not set
forth or incorporated by reference, in the Prospectus.
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Any certificate signed by any officer of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the
Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered
thereby, to each Underwriter.
3. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not
jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $16.59 per share, the number of
Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.
4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at
10:00 AM, New York City time, on November 15, 2011, or at such time on such later date not more
than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date
and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representative, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and
payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the
Securities shall be made to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative of the
aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by each of the Selling Stockholders to or
upon the order of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account
specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.
Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the
transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling
Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved
in further transfer.
5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
6. Agreements.
(a) The Company hereby agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(1) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company
will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has
furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will
cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in
a form to which the Representative does not reasonably object with the Commission
pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period
prescribed therein and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of
such timely filing, which evidence shall be satisfied by the availability of such
Prospectus on XXXXX. The Company will
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promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall
have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission,
(ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to
the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any
request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration
Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the
Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding
for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose,
which notice, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, shall be
satisfied by the availability of such amendment or supplement on XXXXX (or any
successor thereto). The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance
of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the
use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of
objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief
from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment
to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best
efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as
soon as practicable.
(2) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the
Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is
amended or supplemented, (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct
such statement or omission and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in
such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(3) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to
be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such
requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of
which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the
circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or, as in the opinion of counsel for
the Underwriters or the Company, if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration
Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i)
notify the Representative of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a)(1) of this
Section 6, an amendment or supplement that will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance and (iii) supply any
supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
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(4) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its
security holders and to the Representative an earning statement or statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act and Rule 158.
(5) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including
exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement
(without exhibits thereto), provided that any such document’s availability on XXXXX
(or any successor thereto) shall satisfy the foregoing requirements and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the
Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied
pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the
Representative may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of
printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(6) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may
designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for
the distribution of the Securities; provided that, in no event shall the Company be
obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in
suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in
any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(7) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior
written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the
case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus”
(as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or
retained by the Company under Rule 433 (other than a free writing prospectus
disclosing pricing information); provided that the prior written consent of the
parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing
Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show.
Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company
is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The
Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it
has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules
164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in
respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
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(8) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify,
for the taxable year ending December 31, 2011, for taxation as a REIT under the Code
and thereafter for any period for which the Company intends to be treated as a REIT.
(9) The Company agrees that it will issue, prior to the Closing Date, the
Redemption Shares to the Selling Stockholders upon redemption by the Selling
Stockholders of such Selling Stockholders’ Units.
(b) The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby jointly and severally agree with the
several Underwriters that:
(1) None of the Company or the Operating Partnership will, without the prior
written consent of Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or could
reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition
or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise), directly or
indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration
statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Company’s
incentive plans, on Form S-4 relating to an acquisition or “A/B Exxon Capital
exchange offer” by the Company or a filing relating to a registration statement that
was first declared effective by the Commission prior to the date hereof) with the
Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, any shares of Common Stock or Units or any securities convertible
into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or Units, or
publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 30
days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement; provided,
however, that the Company (a) may issue shares of Common Stock, Units, stock
options or other equity awards pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2010 Equity
Incentive Plan as such plan is in effect on the Closing Date and may issue shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of such stock options
or other equity awards, (b) may issue shares of Common Stock or Units to officers
and employees of the Company in exchange for previously issued profits interests
under the profits interest incentive program as set forth in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, (c) may issue shares of Common Stock or cash in exchange for
outstanding Units tendered for redemption and (d) may issue shares of Common Stock,
Units or other securities in consideration of the purchase price in connection with
the acquisition of real property or entities that own real property, provided that
(i) the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock issued for all such acquisitions
on a fully diluted basis does not exceed 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock
that could be outstanding on the Closing Date on a fully diluted basis or (ii) such
consideration will be paid by the Company or the Operating Partnership following
the expiration of the 30-day restricted
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period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Representative is unable to publish or
distribute research reports on the Company pursuant to Rule 139 under the Securities
Act because the Company is not an issuer with “actively traded securities” (as
defined in Regulation M), and (x) during the last 17 days of the 30-day restricted
period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event
relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 30-day
restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results
during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 30-day period, the
restrictions imposed in this clause may be extended by the Representative by written
notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representative, the
entity subject to the restricted period pursuant to the lock-up agreement described
in Section 7(m) and the Selling Stockholders with prior notice of any such
announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(2) During the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, neither the
Company nor the Operating Partnership will take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(3) The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to
pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation,
printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment
or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery
(including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of
such copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them as may, in each case,
be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery
of certificates for the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery
of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents
printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the
Securities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000; (v) the registration of the
Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE;
(vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under
the securities or blue sky laws of the several states or in foreign jurisdictions as
requested by the Underwriters and agreed to by the Company (including filing fees
and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to
such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with
FINRA (including filing fees and the
reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel relating to such
filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of
Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers
of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the
fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company
and the Selling Stockholders; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations
hereunder. It being agreed and understood that this Section 6(b)(3) shall
not supersede any agreements or other arrangements between the Company and the
Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Selling Stockholders on the other hand
relating to the payment of the fees and expenses addressed in this Section
6(b)(3).
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(c) Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(1) Such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of the
Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or
enter into any transaction that is designed to, or could reasonably be expected to,
result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Selling Stockholder or any
affiliate of the Selling Stockholder or any person in privity with the Selling
Stockholder or any affiliate of the Selling Stockholder) directly or indirectly, or
file (or participate in the filing of) of a registration statement (other than a
filing relating to a registration statement that was first declared effective by the
Commission prior to the date hereof) with the Commission in respect of, or establish
or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent
position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any
shares of Common Stock or Units or any securities convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or Units, or publicly announce an
intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 30 days after the date of
the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing,
restrictions of this Section 6(c)(1) shall not prohibit such Selling
Stockholder from (a) tendering Units for redemption and receiving cash or shares of
Common Stock in exchange therefor (provided that any shares issued upon such
exchange shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6(c)(1)), (b)
any transfers that do not involve a disposition for value or do not require a filing
of any form under Section 16 under the Exchange Act (other than a Form 5 when or if
required) or (c) transfers or dispositions (i) as bona fide gifts or gifts, (ii) to
limited partners, members or securityholders of the Selling Stockholder or (iii) to
the Selling Stockholders’ affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity
controlled (directly or indirectly) or managed by the Selling Stockholder (provided
that, in the case of this subsection (c), any such transferee agrees in writing to
the same restrictions applicable to the Selling Stockholders in this Section
6(c)(1)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Representative is unable to
publish or distribute research reports on the Company pursuant to Rule 139 under the
Securities Act because the Company is not an issuer with “actively-traded
securities”(as defined in Regulation M), and (x) during the last 17 days of
the 30-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material
news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the
expiration of the 30-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the
30-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause may be extended by the
Representative by written notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder until
the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings
release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
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(2) During the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, such Selling
Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under
the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(3) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you,
will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to
the Securities by an underwriter or dealer is required under the Securities Act, of
any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder.
(4) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had
prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare
or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and
has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with
the offer or sale of the Securities.
(5) Such Selling Stockholder agrees that it will redeem such Selling
Stockholder Common Units for Redemption Shares prior to the Closing Date.
7. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the
Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance
by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any other material required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the
Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice
objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been instituted or threatened.
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(b) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the
Representative their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company
with respect to the laws of the State of Maryland, to have furnished to the Representative
their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Senior Vice President
and General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished to the Representative his opinion,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(e) The Representative shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP (“Xxxxx
Xxxxx”), counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date
and addressed to the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Securities, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement (together
with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably
require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion,
Xxxxx Xxxxx may rely on, to the extent it deems proper, (i) the opinion of Maryland counsel
for the Company as to matters involving the application of the laws of the State of Maryland
and (ii) on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials as to
matters of fact.
(f) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished the Representative a certificate,
signed by an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made
on the Closing Date and the Selling Stockholder has complied with all the agreements and
satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(g) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the
Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or
accounting officer of the Company in their capacities as such, dated the Closing Date, to
the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each
electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this
Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating
Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company
and the Operating Partnership have complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
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(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Disclosure
Package, Prospectus, Registration Statement or any notice objecting to their
use has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package,
Prospectus and Registration Statement (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the
Disclosure Package, Prospectus and Registration Statement (exclusive of any
supplement thereto), (A) there has been no material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or
not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, (B) there
have been no transactions entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries,
other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (C) none of
the Company or its subsidiaries and none of the Properties has sustained any
loss or interference from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether
or not covered by insurance, or from any court or governmental action, order
or decree, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (D) there
has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of any of the
Company or its subsidiaries and there has been no dividend or distribution
of any kind declared, paid or made by any of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries on any class of their
capital stock or other ownership interests.
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the
Company, signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and certifying as to the accuracy of certain operating
data and or financial data in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including the
statements and documents included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus that are not comforted by KPMG in its letter referred to in paragraph
(i) of this Section 7.
(i) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG to have furnished to the
Representative, (i) at the Execution Time, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, and (ii) on the
Closing Date, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representative, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished
by them pursuant the preceding clause (i), except that the specified date referred
to therein for the carryout of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to
such Closing Date.
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(j) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information
is given in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement
thereto) and the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), there shall
not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package,
Prospectus and Registration Statement (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of
which is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto) and the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof).
(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have
furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the
Representative may reasonably request.
(l) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on
the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representative.
(m) The Representative shall have been furnished an executed letter by DBD Investors V
Holdings, L.L.C. containing substantially the same restrictions applicable to the Selling
Stockholders under Section 6(c)(1) hereof.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled
when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling
Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 7 shall be delivered to the
offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, on the Closing Date.
8. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided
for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set
forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to
Section 11 hereof, or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the
Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision
hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters severally through the Representative on demand for all document out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in
connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. If the Company is
required to make any payments to the Underwriters under this Section 8 because of any
Selling Stockholder’s refusal, inability or failure to satisfy any condition to the obligations of
the Underwriters set forth in Section 7, the Selling Stockholders pro rata in
proportion to the percentage of Securities to be sold by each shall reimburse the Company on demand
for all amounts so paid.
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9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents
of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Underwriter
Indemnified Parties”) against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the
Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership will not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representative
specifically for inclusion therein, including any information deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 430B, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Underwriter Indemnified Parties to the extent and in the manner set forth in
clause (a) above; provided, however, that each Selling Stockholder shall be liable only to
the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission has been made in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities
as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with such Selling Stockholder’s
Selling Stockholder Information.
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(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company and the Operating Partnership, each of the Company’s directors, each of the
Company’s officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each Selling
Stockholder, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only
with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for inclusion in
the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnities, including any information deemed to
be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the Selling Stockholders
acknowledge that the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph on the cover page of the
prospectus supplement dated November 8, 2011 regarding the delivery of the Securities and
(ii) the third, seventh, eighth and ninth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the
prospectus supplement dated November 8, 2011 constitute the only information furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure so to notify
the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a),
(b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such
action, and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial
rights and defenses, and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from
any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided
in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party shall be
entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s
expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought
(in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set
forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent
the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel
chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available
to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed
counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying
party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
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counsel
at the expense of the indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
understood that the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders shall,
in connection with any action or related actions in the same jurisdiction, bear the fees,
costs and expenses of only one such separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for
all Underwriter Indemnified Parties; provided, however, the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Selling Stockholders shall bear the fees, costs and expenses of more
than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) if the use of only one separate
counsel for all the Underwriter Indemnified Parties would present such counsel with a
conflict of interest with respect to one or more of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such claim, action, suit or proceeding 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.
(e) An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 9 to any
indemnified party regarding any settlement or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any
time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by this Section 9
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not
have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of
such settlement.
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(f) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or
(c)of this Section 9 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling
Stockholders, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively,
“Losses”) to which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Selling Stockholders
and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and by the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the
offering of the Securities; provided, however, that, in no case shall any
Underwriter
(except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering
of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or
commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, and
the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the
other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company, the
Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders shall be deemed to be equal to the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits
received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts
and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, or the
Underwriters, on the other hand, the intent of the parties, and their relative knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions were determined
by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph (f), 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. For purposes of this Section
9, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter
shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls
the Company within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, each
officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of
the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject, in each
case, to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (f).
(g) The liability of each Selling Stockholder under such Selling Stockholder’s
representations and warranties contained in Sections 1 and 2 hereof and
under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 shall be
limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions
and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Selling Stockholders may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the
Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which
they each shall be responsible.
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10. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase
and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters
hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or
their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to
take up and pay for (in the respective proportions that the amount of Securities set forth opposite
their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth
opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities that the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase;
provided, however, that, in the event
that the aggregate amount of Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase shall exceed ten percent (10%) of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth
in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but
shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and, if such nondefaulting
Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to
any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Selling
Stockholders. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section
10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as
the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company,
the Operating Partnership, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages
occasioned by its default hereunder.
11. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment
for the Securities, if, at any time prior to such delivery and payment, (a) trading in the
Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or trading in
securities generally on the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have
been established on such exchange; (b) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by
federal or New York State authorities; or (c) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity
or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of
the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the
Securities as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company, the Operating
Partnership, the Selling Stockholders or the Company’s officers and of the Underwriters set forth
in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company, the Operating Partnership or
the Selling Stockholders or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling
persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the
Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive the
termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
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13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt and, if sent to the Representative, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the
General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: General Counsel; if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to
CoreSite Realty Corporation: Chief Financial Officer (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to it
at CoreSite Realty Corporation, 0000 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Chief
Financial Officer; or, if sent to any Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed
and confirmed to it at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.
14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and no other person will have any
right or obligation hereunder.
15. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling
Stockholders hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, the Operating Partnership
and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which
it may be acting, on the other hand; (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an
agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders; and (c)
the Company’s and Selling Stockholders’ engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the
offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any
other capacity. Furthermore, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders
agree that they are solely responsible for making their own judgments in connection with the
offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the
Company, the Operating Partnership or the Selling Stockholders on related or other matters). The
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders agree that they will not claim that
the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency,
fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders,
in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) between the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Selling Stockholders
and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling
Stockholders hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby.
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19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
20. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
21. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated:
“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus used in connection with the offering
of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, and contained in the Registration
Statement at the Execution Time (as the same may have been amended or supplemented prior to the
Execution Time).
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or
a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close
in New York City.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, to the extent
applicable, any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean collectively, (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the
Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities,
(ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iii)
any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in
writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) the pricing information and other
information, if any, set forth in Schedule III hereto.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of
such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a
part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B, and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
became or becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
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“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule
405.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles and practices
in effect from time to time applied consistently throughout the periods involved.
“Investment Company Act” shall means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as
defined in Rule 433.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on any of the
following: (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, (ii) the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries and the
Operating Partnership to perform their obligations in all material respects under this Agreement or
(iii) the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean the preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information (including any
documents incorporated therein by reference).
“Prospectus” shall mean the Base Prospectus and the final prospectus supplement, in
the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the
offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
“REIT” shall mean a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the
Code.
“Registration Statement” as of any time shall mean the registration statement referred
to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits, schedules and financial statements and any
prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each
Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such
registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may
be.
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“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule
405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430A” and “Rule 433” refer
to such rules under the Securities Act.
“Rule 430B Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 430B.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any
amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the
registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Selling
Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
CoreSite Realty Corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
CoreSite L.P.
By: CoreSite Realty Corporation,
its sole General Partner
By: | /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
TCG Holdings, L.L.C |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
CoreSite CRP II/XX XX Holdings, LLC
By: Carlyle Realty II, L.P., its manager
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC I), LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC II), LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Person |
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Ci1tigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Managing Director |
SCHEDULE I
Number of Securities | ||||
Selling Stockholders | to be Sold | |||
TCG Holdings, L.L.C(1) |
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CoreSite CRP II/XX XX Holdings, LLC |
743,874 | |||
CoreSite CRP Holdings (VCOC I), LLC |
48,404 | |||
CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC II) LLC |
97,332 | |||
Total |
889,610 |
(1) | CoreSite CRP II/XX XX Holdings, LLC, CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC I), LLC, and CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC II) LLC are the record holders of 743,874, 48,404 and 97,332 partnership units of CoreSite, L.P., respectively. TCG Holdings, L.L.C. exercises investment discretion and control over these partnership units through its indirect subsidiary, Carlyle Realty II, L.P., which is the manager of CoreSite CRP II/XX XX Holdings, LLC and the general partner of each of Carlyle Realty Qualified Partners II(A), L.P. and Carlyle Realty Qualified Partners II, X.X. Xxxxxxx Realty Qualified Partners II(A), L.P. is the managing member of CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC I), LLC. Carlyle Realty Qualified Partners II, L.P. is the managing member of CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC II) LLC. | |
In this Agreement, the term “Selling Stockholders” means collectively TCG Holdings, L.L.C., CoreSite CRP II/XX XX Holdings, LLC, CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC I), LLC, and CoreSite CRP II Holdings (VCOC II) LLC and each, individually, a “Selling Stockholder.” |
SCHEDULE II
Number of Securities | ||||
Underwriters | to be Purchased | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
889,610 | |||
Total |
889,610 |
SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package:
Free Writing Prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission on November 8, 2011.