CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Copy
$300,000,000
5.700% Notes due 2017
May 1, 0000
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx Securities llc
Hearst Tower
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Hearst Tower
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters
several Underwriters
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Hearst Tower
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Camden Property Trust, a Texas real estate investment trust (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell to Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”) and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (“JPM”) and each
of the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term
shall also include any Underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for
whom BAS and JPM are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with
respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally
and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Company’s 5.700% Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) set forth in said Schedule I. The Notes are to
be issued pursuant to a senior indenture dated as of February 11, 2003 (the “Base Indenture”)
between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association as successor to SunTrust Bank, as trustee
(the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as
defined in Section 3(a) hereof) between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”,
and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a blanket letter of representations dated as of December 4, 2003
between the Company and DTC.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an
automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-135195), including the related base
prospectus, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the
rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Securities Act Regulations”) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such registration statement covers the registration of
the Notes under the Securities Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement relating to the Notes in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the Securities Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule
424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the Securities Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus
supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but
that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is
referred to as “Rule 430B Information.” Each prospectus used in connection with the offering of
the Notes that omitted Rule 430B Information, together with the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, is herein called a “preliminary
prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto at
such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act at such time and the
documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act
Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement;” provided, however, that the term
“Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include information contained in the final prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes that is retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration
statement (as amended) as of the time specified in Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations.
The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the
“Original Registration Statement.” The base prospectus and the final prospectus supplement in the
form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Notes,
including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the
“Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall
be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information
which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and
include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by
reference in or otherwise deemed by the Securities Act Regulations to be a part of or included in
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and
all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any
document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which is
incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Securities Act Regulations to be a part of
or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the
case may be, after the most recent effective date prior to the execution of this Agreement, in the
case of the Registration Statement, or the
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respective dates of the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, in the case of the Prospectus and
any preliminary prospectus.
The Company hereby agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
1. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally
and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the
Company, at the price set forth in Section 3(a) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of Notes set
forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional principal amount of
Notes which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section
10 hereof.
2. The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Notes
and initially to offer the Notes upon the terms set forth in this Agreement as soon as the
Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
3. On the Closing Date:
(a) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Notes shall be made at the
offices of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York, or at such other place as shall be agreed
upon by the Representatives and the Company at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third
(fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business day
following the date of this Agreement, or such other time not later than ten business days
after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time
and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Date”). Payment shall be
made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account
designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives of one or more global
certificates for the Notes to be purchased by the Underwriters. The Company will deliver
against payment of the purchase price (99.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes, plus accrued interest from May 4, 2007) the Notes in the form of a permanent global
security in definitive form (the “Global Security”) deposited with the Trustee as custodian
for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Interests in the
Global Security will be held only in book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Prospectus.
(b) The Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the several
Underwriters may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the
Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing
Date, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations
hereunder.
(c) The Notes shall be issued in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before
the Closing Date. The Notes will be made available for examination and
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packaging by the Representatives not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the
business day prior to the Closing Date.
4. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date that:
(a) (I) At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (II) at the time of
the most recent amendment thereto, if any, for the purposes of complying with Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment,
incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of
prospectus), (III) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the
meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act Regulations) made any
offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act
Regulations (“Rule 163”) and (IV) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known
seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 405”). The
Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule
405. The Company is and remains eligible to use an automatic shelf registration statement
and the Notes, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain
eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration
statement”. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 401(g)(2)”) objecting to the use of the
automatic shelf registration statement form.
At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time
thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within
the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Notes and at the
date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.
The Original Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of
the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on June 21, 2006, and any post-effective
amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the
Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the
part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Notes made prior to the
filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its
behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act
Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by
Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without
limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section
5(c) of the Securities Act provided by Rule 163.
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At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendments thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the
Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations, at the date of
this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement, complied and will comply
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act
Regulations, and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or
any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Date, complied, complies and
will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Securities Act Regulations, and did not, does not and will not include an 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.
Any preliminary prospectus (including the base prospectus filed as part of the Original
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and any such preliminary
prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this
offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
As of the Applicable Time, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below)
identified on Schedule II issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory
Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”), did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The representations and warranties in the preceding four paragraphs shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, or the General
Disclosure Package, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to
the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or
any amendments or supplements thereto, or the General Disclosure Package.
As used in this Section and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 4:16 P.M. (Eastern time) on May 1, 2007 or such other time as
agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
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“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Notes (including
any identified on Schedule II hereto) that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission
by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of
Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is
exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the
Notes or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form
filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the
form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the base prospectus relating to the Notes
that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including the
documents incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary prospectus supplement or
other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.
(b) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they
were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations or
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange
Act Regulations”), as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, (a) at
the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first
contract of sale of Notes in this offering and (c) at the Closing Date did not and will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(c) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule II hereto, as of its
issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale
of the Notes did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference
therein and any other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein.
(d) The financial statements and the related notes thereto, included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
the dates indicated and the results of its operations and the changes in its cash flows for
the periods specified; the foregoing financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles
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(“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, and the supporting schedules included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the selected
financial and statistical data and the summary financial information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a
basis consistent with the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; no other
financial statements (or schedules) of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries, any
predecessor of the Company or any other entity or business are required by the Securities
Act to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus; any historical summaries of revenue and certain operating expenses included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus present fairly the revenue and those operating expenses included in such
summaries of the properties related thereto for the periods specified in conformity with
GAAP; and pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information of the
Company and its subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
if any, present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, have been
prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma
financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the
assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein
are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has not been any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change,
in or affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management, properties, financial
position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined); and except as set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, or entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary
course of business) material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.
(f) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a real estate
investment trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest under the laws of the State
of Texas, with power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and is qualified for the transaction of business and is in good standing under
the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition,
financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except for investments in securities as
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described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or for investments in securities that are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, the Company has no equity or
other interest in, or rights to acquire, an equity or other interest in any corporation,
partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity; the subsidiary entities of the Company
identified on Schedule III hereto (the “Subsidiaries”) are all of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, have full power and authority to conduct their business as described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, have been duly
organized and are validly existing as corporations, limited partnerships or limited
liability companies, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of their states of
organization, and have been duly qualified as foreign corporations, limited partnerships or
limited liability companies, as the case may be, for the transaction of business and are in
good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which they own or lease
properties, or conduct any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect
on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except for investments in securities
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or for investments in securities that are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or ownership of interests of
lower tier Subsidiaries, the Subsidiaries have no equity or other interest in, or rights to
acquire, an equity or other interest in any corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture
or other entity; the Subsidiaries of the Company that are “significant subsidiaries” (as
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) are identified on Schedule III hereto and
complete and correct copies of the charter documents and the by-laws, if any, of such
Subsidiaries and all amendments thereto have been previously made available or delivered to
the Underwriters, and no changes therein will have been made subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the Closing Date; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary that is a corporation or similar entity has been duly authorized and validly
issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and, except as otherwise indicated on Schedule III
hereto, is owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or restriction.
(g) The Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
Indenture and to issue, offer and sell the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement; this
Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by or
subject to (i) bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or
other similar laws now or hereafter existing which affect the rights and remedies of
creditors generally and (ii) equitable principles of general applicability, and except as
rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable law. The
Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
(h) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital shares of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued by the Company and are fully paid and non-
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assessable (except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), and none of such capital shares was issued in
violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(i) The Notes have been duly authorized, and, when issued, authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, will have been duly and validly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture and
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be
limited by or subject to (i) bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter existing which affect the rights and
remedies of creditors generally and (ii) equitable principles of general applicability and
the Notes and the Indenture will conform to the statements relating thereto contained in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, nor with the giving of notice
or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in default under, its respective
Declaration of Trust, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, limited partnership or limited
liability company agreement or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
a party or by which they or any of their properties are bound, except for violations and
defaults which individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; the issue and sale of the Notes and the performance by the
Company of all of the provisions of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture
and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary is subject, nor will any such action result in any violation of the provisions of
the Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law or statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Notes or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Indenture, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications
as have been obtained under the Securities Act and as may be required under state securities
or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the
Underwriters.
(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any Subsidiary is
or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, could
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
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expected to have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, business, prospects,
management, properties, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of
the Company and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened
or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; and there are no
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required.
(l) The Company and the Subsidiaries have indefeasible title to all of the real
properties and assets reflected in the financial statements (or as described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) hereinabove
described, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except
those reflected in such financial statements (or as described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) or which are not material in amount and
which do not materially affect the value of such property or materially interfere with the
use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
the Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid and binding
leases conforming to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(m) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and foreign income
tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by said
returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due and
are not being contested in good faith.
(n) The Company and the Subsidiaries hold all material licenses, certificates and
permits from governmental authorities which are necessary to the conduct of their business.
(o) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have expressed their opinion on the audited financial
statements and related schedules filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by
reference in, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(p) The Company has never been, is not now, and immediately after the sale of the Notes
under this Agreement will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; the Company is organized, and has operated,
operates and will continue to operate in a manner so as to qualify as a “real estate
investment trust” (a “REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Company’s present and contemplated operations, assets
and income continue to meet such requirements.
(q) With respect to the properties of the Company described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or reflected in
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the Company’s consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference
therein (the “Properties”), the Company and its Subsidiaries (I) are in compliance with any
and all applicable foreign, Federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (II) have obtained all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses and (III) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any
such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to obtain required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with
the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals are otherwise disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
other), business (affairs or other), prospects, earnings, net worth or results of operations
of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(i) none of the Company or the Subsidiaries has at any time, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no other party has at any time, handled, buried, stored,
retained, refined, transported, processed, manufactured, generated, produced,
spilled, allowed to seep, leak, escape or xxxxx, or be pumped, poured, emitted,
emptied, discharged, injected, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt
with, Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) on, to or from the Properties,
other than any such action taken in compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws or by tenants in connection with the ordinary use of residential properties
owned by the Company or the Subsidiaries; the Company does not intend to use the
Properties or any subsequently acquired properties described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus for the purpose of
handling, burying, storing, retaining, refining, transporting, processing,
manufacturing, generating, producing, spilling, seeping, leaking, escaping,
leaching, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, dumping,
transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with Hazardous Materials other
than in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) the Company does not know of any seepage, leak, escape, leaching,
discharge, injection, release, emission, spill, pumping, pouring, emptying or
dumping of Hazardous Materials into waters on or adjacent to the Properties or onto
lands from which such hazardous or toxic waste of substances might seep, flow or
drain into such waters; and
(iii) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of,
or has knowledge of any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice or passage of
time or both, would give rise to, any claim under or pursuant to any Environmental
Law pertaining to Hazardous Materials or toxic waste or substances on or originating
from the Properties or arising out of the conduct of any such party, including,
without limitation, pursuant to any Environmental Law; as used herein, “Hazardous
Materials” shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive
materials, hazardous materials, hazardous
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wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related materials, asbestos or any
material as defined by any Federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance,
rule, or regulation including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.) (“CERCLA”), the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et
seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Section 9601, et seq.), and in the regulations adopted and
publications promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing or by any Federal, state
or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the Properties
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(r) The Company has complied with all provisions of Article 6138A of the Texas Civil
Statutes.
(s) None of the assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries constitute, nor will such
assets, as of the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, constitute, “plan assets” under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
(t) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any trust managers, officer, shareholder, customer or
supplier of the Company or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, which is required by the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so described or is not described
as required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business
expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to
or for the benefit of any of the officers or trust managers of the Company or any of their
respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(u) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to financial and corporate books and records is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the principal
executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their
equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related rules and
regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in any such
certification are complete and correct.
(v) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act)
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in accordance with the rules and regulations under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(w) All liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the
Properties which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are disclosed therein; to the knowledge of the
Company, (i) no lessee of any portion of any of the Properties is in default under any of
the leases governing such properties and there is no event which, but for the passage of
time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such leases,
except such defaults that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company
and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) the intended use and occupancy of each of the
Properties complies with all applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations, if any,
except for such failures to comply which would not individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business prospects, net worth
or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii)
there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened condemnation,
zoning change, environmental or other proceeding or action that will in any material respect
affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on, or access to the Properties,
except such proceedings or actions that would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of
the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(x) The Company has, and will maintain, property and casualty insurance in favor of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, with respect to each of the Properties, in
an amount and on such terms as is reasonable and customary for businesses of the type
proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries; the Company has not received
from any insurance company written notice of any material defects or deficiencies affecting
the insurability of any such Properties.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or
to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby on
the date of such certificate.
5. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare a
Prospectus setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Notes covered thereby and their
terms not otherwise specified in the preliminary prospectus, the names of the Underwriters,
the price at which the Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, and
such other information as the Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection
with the offering of the Notes; and the Company will effect the filings required under Rule
424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance
on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will furnish to the Underwriters as many copies (including by
electronic means, if so requested in lieu of paper copies) of the Prospectus as they shall
reasonably request, including, if requested
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by the Underwriters, in addition to or in lieu thereof, electronic copies of the
Prospectus. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Notes
within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the Securities Act Regulations and
otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act Regulations.
(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the
Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (a) of the effectiveness of
any amendment to the Registration Statement, (b) of the transmittal to the Commission for
filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant
to the Exchange Act, (c) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (d) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus with respect to the Notes or for additional
information relating thereto, and (e) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting
thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(c) During the period beginning on the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the
Closing Date or such date, as in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the
Prospectus is no longer required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be
delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriters or a dealer, including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus
Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement (including
any filing under Rule 462(b)), any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (including any
amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report filed under the
Exchange Act), the Company will furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each
such proposed amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed
filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or use
any such prospectus to which counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The
Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange
Act or Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company
will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the
Applicable Time to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any
such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file
or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall
reasonably object. The Company will prepare a final term sheet substantially in the form
set forth as Annex A to Schedule II hereto (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final
terms of the Notes, and shall promptly file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing
prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 as soon as possible after the execution of this Agreement;
provided that the Company shall furnish the Representatives with copies of the any such
Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing
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and will not use or file any such document to which the Representatives or counsel to
the Underwriters shall reasonable object.
(d) The Company will deliver to the Representatives a conformed copy of the Original
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto filed prior to the
termination of the initial offering of the Notes (including exhibits filed therewith or
incorporated by reference therein and the documents incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3).
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives, from time to time during the
period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act in connection with the offering, such number of copies (including by electronic
means, if so requested by the Underwriters, in addition to or in lieu of, paper copies) of
the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriters may reasonably request for
the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations, the
Exchange Act or Exchange Act Regulations.
(f) If at any time after the date hereof any event shall occur or a condition shall
exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, which shall be communicated in writing by the Representatives to the Company,
to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the
light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered, the Company will promptly
either (a) forthwith prepare and furnish to the Underwriters an amendment of or supplement
to the Prospectus or (b) make an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the
Exchange Act, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, which will amend or supplement the Prospectus so that it will not include an
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 existing at the time it is
delivered, not misleading. If at any time after the date hereof, an event occurs or a
condition shall exist as a result of which the General Disclosure Package contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is used,
not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend
or supplement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, at its own
expense, the General Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or
omission. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development or there exists or shall exist a condition as a
result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement
relating to the Notes) or the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the
Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The
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Underwriters’ delivery of any such amendment or supplement shall not constitute a
waiver of any of the conditions in Section 6 hereof.
(g) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent
of the Representatives, and each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior
consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes
that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, or that
would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to
be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company
and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”
The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has
complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending
and record keeping.
(h) The Company will endeavor to qualify the Notes for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably
request and to continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for
distribution of the Notes and to pay all fees and expenses (including fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred in connection with such qualification;
provided that the Company shall not be required to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction.
(i) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the
Representatives as soon as practicable but not later than 18 months after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)) an earnings statement covering a
period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company
occurring after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
(j) The Company will, so long as the Notes are outstanding, furnish to each Underwriter
copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of
Notes, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange, other than, in any such case, those filed
with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX.
(k) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Notes in
the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds”.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to
qualify as a REIT under the Code for the taxable year in which sales of the Notes are to
occur, unless otherwise specified in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(m) The Company will timely file any document which it is required to file pursuant to
the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes.
(n) If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the
initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Notes remain unsold by the
Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already
done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to
the Notes, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is no
longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to
the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement
relating to the Notes, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, and will
use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60
days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action reasonably
necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as
contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Notes. References herein
to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement
or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(o) If at any time when Notes remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives
from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible
to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify
the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective
amendment on the proper form relating to the Notes, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or
post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the
Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or
appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated
in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which
the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration
Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the
case may be.
(p) The Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all costs
and expenses (i) incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and
delivery of the Notes, including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii) incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus (including in each case all exhibits, amendments and
supplements thereto) and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) incurred in connection
with the registration or qualification of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives may designate (including reasonable fees of counsel for the Underwriters
and their disbursements), (iv) related to any filing with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., (v) in connection with the printing (including word processing and
duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky
Survey and the furnishing to the Underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided (vi)
payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the
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Notes and (vii) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages or
other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual
liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Notes made by the Underwriters caused by a breach
of the representation contained in the eighth paragraph of Section 4(a); except as provided
in clause (iii) above or in Section 7 or in Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not be
obligated to pay the fees of counsel for the Underwriters and their disbursements.
6. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and
correct on and as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Applicable Time or the Closing Date, as the case may be, and the Company shall have complied
with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at
or prior to the Closing Date.
(b) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
be pending or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission
for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of
counsel for the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have
been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such
information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements
of Rule 430(B)) and any required filing of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d).
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing
Date there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of
(i) any intended or potential downgrading or (ii) any review or possible change that
indicates anything other than a stable outlook, in the rating accorded any securities of or
guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as
such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any material adverse change
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, business, prospects, management, properties, financial position,
shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Notes on the terms
and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
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(e) The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a
certificate, satisfactory to the Representatives, of the President or the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, or such other senior executive officer or officers
of the Company as are satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in
subsections (a) through (c) of this Section and to the further effect that there has not
occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management,
properties, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(f) Xxxxx Liddell & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives its written opinion, dated the Closing Date in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a real
estate investment trust under the laws of the State of Texas, with power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(ii) the Company is qualified for the transaction of business and is in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other
than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the general affairs, business prospects, management,
properties, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”);
(iii) each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing
as corporations, limited partnerships or limited liability companies, as the case
may be, in good standing under the laws of their jurisdictions of organization, with
power and authority to own their properties and conduct their business as described
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or for
investments in securities that are not, individually or in the aggregate, material
to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, the Company owns no capital
stock or other beneficial interest in any corporation, partnership, trust, joint
venture or other business entity; and except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary that is a
corporation or similar entity have been duly authorized and are validly issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, are
owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim;
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(iv) each of the Subsidiaries has been duly qualified as foreign corporations
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which they own or lease properties, or conduct any business, so as
to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(v) other than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of such
counsel’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or such
Subsidiary, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened
by others; and such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference from
another filing with the Commission or described as required;
(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company on the date hereof,
except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by
applicable law;
(vii) the Notes have been duly authorized, and when executed and authenticated
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture and enforceable in accordance with their terms, except that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by or be subject to (a) bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws
now or hereafter existing which affect the rights and remedies of creditors
generally and (b) equitable principles of general applicability;
(viii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes a valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by
or be subject to (a) bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter existing which affect the rights
and remedies of creditors generally and (b) equitable principles of general
applicability; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act;
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(ix) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Company nor the
Subsidiaries are, nor with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be,
in violation of or in default under, their respective Declarations of Trust,
Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or limited partnership or limited liability
company agreement or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their respective properties are
bound, except for violations and defaults which individually and in the aggregate
are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; the issue and
sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement and the Indenture and the consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument known to such
counsel to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or
any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary is subject, nor will any such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws of the Company or any
applicable law or statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties;
(x) the Company has authorized and outstanding shares of beneficial interest as
set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus;
(xi) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and
sale of the Notes or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Indenture, except such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as have been obtained under the Securities Act and
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters;
(xii) the statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under
the captions “Description of Capital Shares”, “Description of Warrants”,
“Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the Notes” and other statements
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as modified by the related
disclosure in the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus insofar as such statements
constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to
therein, in each case fairly present the information called for with respect to such
legal matters, documents or proceedings; the descriptions in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of contracts and other
documents which are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement are accurate in
all material respects and fairly present the
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information required to be shown; and to such counsel’s knowledge there are no
statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are
not described as required;
(xiii) the Company is not, and will not become as a result of the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and has not been an
“investment company” at any time since 1988;
(xiv) to such counsel’s knowledge, (i) with the exception of the Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of April 15, 1997, among the Company, Camden Operating,
L.P., and certain listed investors therein, the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of April 6, 1998 among Oasis Residential, Inc., ISCO and IFT Properties, Ltd., as
supplemented by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 13, 2002 between
the Company and Xxxxxx Israel and the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
March 13, 2002 between the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxx, trustee of The Xxxxxx Xxxx Trust
dated February 5, 2001, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 2, 1998
between Oasis Residential, Inc. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Private Finance Limited, as
supplemented by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 13, 2002
between the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Private Finance Inc. and a second Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of March 13, 2002 between the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Private Finance Inc., the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of February 23,
1999 among the Company, Belcrest Realty Corporation and Belair Real Estate
Corporation, as amended on December 1, 2003, May 26, 2004 and December 15, 2004, the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 13, 1999 between the Company and
Edgewater Equity Partners, as amended by Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of September 7, 1999 and Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of January 7, 2000 and the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
February 28, 2005 between the Company and certain listed investors therein, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company
owned by such person, and (ii) no person has the right to require the Company to
register such securities pursuant to the Registration Statement;
(xv) the Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act. Any required filing of any preliminary prospectus and the
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)), the Company
meets the requirements for the use of an “automatic shelf registration statement”
(as such term is defined in Rule 405) on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and
sale of the Notes and to such counsel’s knowledge, the Company has not received any
notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2); any required filing of each
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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner
and within the time period required by Rule 433(d). To such counsel’s knowledge, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been
initiated or are pending or threatened by the Commission;
(xvi) the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, and each
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of
their respective effective or issue dates (other than financial statements and other
financial data and schedules, as to which such counsel need not express any
opinion), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act;
(xvii) each document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than financial statements
and other financial data and schedules, as to which such counsel need not express
any opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act when
filed with the Commission; and
(xviii) although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume
responsibility for, the factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and need not have made any independent check or verification thereof
(except as and to the extent stated in paragraphs (x) and (xii) above), on the basis
of such counsel’s participation, in the course of the Company’s preparation of the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, counsel for the
Underwriters and representatives of the independent registered public accounting
firm for the Company and with the Underwriters, at which the contents of the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
related matters were discussed, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that
would lead them to believe that (x) the Registration Statement, including the Rule
430B Information, as of the filing of the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K and at
each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule
430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading or (y) the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time the Prospectus was
issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the
Closing Date, as the case may be, included or includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. In addition, nothing has come to the attention of such
counsel that has caused it to believe that the General Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time, included an untrue
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statement of any material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except that such counsel need not express any views as to the
financial statements and other financial data and schedules included in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package.
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of laws other than the laws of the United States and the State of Texas, to the
extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all,
upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters’
counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to Underwriters’ counsel, familiar with the
applicable laws; (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written
statements of officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the
corporate existence or good standing of the Company. The opinion of such counsel for the
Company shall state that the opinion of any such other counsel is in form satisfactory to
such counsel and, in such counsel’s opinion, the Underwriters and they are justified in
relying thereon. With respect to the matters to be covered in subparagraph (xviii) above
counsel may state its opinion and belief is based upon their participation in the
preparation of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than the documents incorporated by reference
therein) and review and discussion of the contents thereof (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) but is without independent check or verification except
as specified.
(g) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, tax counsel for the Company, shall have delivered to the
Representatives its written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) the Company met the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real
estate investment trust (“REIT”) for the taxable years 1993 through 2006;
(ii) the Company’s diversity of equity ownership and proposed method of
operation should allow it to qualify as a REIT for its 2007 taxable year; and
(iii) the discussion contained under the caption “Federal Income Tax
Considerations and Consequences of Your Investment” in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, accurately reflects existing law and fairly addresses
the material federal income tax issues described therein.
In rendering such opinions, Xxxxx Liddell & Xxxx LLP may rely as to matters of fact, to
the extent they deem proper, on certificates of officers of the Company and public officials
so long as such counsel states that no facts have come to the attention of such counsel
which lead them to believe that they are not justified in relying on such certificates. In
addition, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP may state that their opinions are based upon the
procedures and assumptions set forth in such opinion letter and that it is
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limited to the tax matters specifically covered thereby and that they have not
addressed any other tax consequences.
(h) (i) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Deloitte &
Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the date of its
delivery, addressed to the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm
with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial and other statistical and numerical information
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
or incorporated by reference therein. Such letter shall contain information of the type
customarily included in accountants’ comfort letters to underwriters; (ii) at the Closing
Date, prior to payment for and delivery of the Notes, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have
furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the date of its delivery, which shall
confirm, on the basis of a review in accordance with the procedures set forth in such
letter, that nothing has come to their attention during the period from the date of the
letter referred to in the prior sentence to a date (specified in the letter) not more than
three days prior to the Closing Date which would require any change in their letter dated
the date hereof if it were required to be dated and delivered at the Closing Date.
(i) The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of
Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives and a statement to the following effect: no facts have come to such
counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration
Statement, at the time of filing of the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, or as of
the “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters of the Notes pursuant to, and
within the meaning of, Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the General
Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted 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; or (iii) the
Prospectus, as of its date or at the Closing Date, as the case may be, included or includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; except in each case such counsel shall not be required
to express any belief or make any statement with respect to the financial statements
(including the notes) and supporting schedules, if any, thereto and other financial data
contained or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or omitted
therefrom.
In giving such opinion, Sidley Austin LLP may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of
jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, and the federal law of the United
States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives and may rely on an opinion
dated the Closing Date of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP as to matters governed by the laws of the State
of Texas. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves
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factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of
officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(j) On or prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives such further certificates and documents confirming the representations and
warranties contained herein and related matters as the Representatives shall reasonably
request.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
7. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, their respective
officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without limitation the reasonable legal
fees and other expenses (including expenses of investigation and settlement) incurred in connection
with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the
Rule 430B Information, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by
any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
Each Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its trust managers, its
officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriters, but only with reference to
information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, including the Rule
430B Information, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus.
If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified
Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
“Indemnifying Person”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the Indemnified
Person, shall retain counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified
Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right
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to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time
to retain counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying
Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriters, its officers, its directors and any
such control persons of the Underwriters shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and
any such separate firm for the Company, its trust managers, its officers who signed the
Registration Statement and such control persons of the Company or authorized representatives shall
be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent
or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested
an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the
aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified
Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person
shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such 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
Person.
If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 7 is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Notes (before deducting
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expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and the commissions
received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Notes. The relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of
the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall the Underwriters be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages that such Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 are in addition to any
liability which the Indemnifying Persons may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to
above.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation
made by or on behalf of an Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling an
Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or trust managers or any other person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Notes.
8. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be terminated in the absolute
discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company, if after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) the Company shall have failed, refused
or been unable, at or prior to the Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be
performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder is not
fulfilled, (iii) there shall have occurred, since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or
affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or the earnings, business affairs,
properties, management or business prospects of the Company,
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whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) trading generally shall have
been suspended or materially limited on or by the New York Stock Exchange, (v) trading of any
securities of or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (vi) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or
Texas shall have been declared by either Federal, Texas or New York State authorities; or there
shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States, (vii) there has occurred any downgrading or notice of any
intended or potential downgrading or any review or possible change that indicates anything other
than a stable outlook in the rating of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act) or (viii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of
terrorism involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial,
political or economic conditions in the United States that, in the reasonable judgment of the
Representatives, is material and adverse and which, in the reasonable judgment of the
Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or
delivery of the Notes.
9. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal
on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this
Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any condition of the Underwriters’ obligations cannot be fulfilled, the Company agrees
to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and
expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement or the offering of Notes contemplated hereunder.
10. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Date to purchase Notes which
it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Notes”), the
Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or
more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less
than all, of the Defaulted Notes in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein
set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such
24-hour period; then
(i) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Notes does not exceed 10% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
to purchase the full amount thereof, severally, in the proportions that their respective
underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all
non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Notes exceeds 10% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter and the Company.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default.
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In the event of any such default which does not result in the termination of this Agreement,
either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a
period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Prospectus or in any
other documents or arrangements.
11. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant
to this Agreement, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand,
and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated
hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely
as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its shareholders, creditors,
employees, or any other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed nor will assume an advisory or
fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby
or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is
currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the
Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth
in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Underwriters
have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transaction
contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax
advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
12. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, each
Underwriter, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and
assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give
any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Notes from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
13. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices
to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives c/o Banc of America Securities LLC, 00
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX0-000-00-00, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention High Grade Transaction
Management/Legal, and to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention
High Grade Syndicate Desk – 8th Floor, fax number (000) 000-0000. Notices to the
Company shall be given to it at Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President — Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.
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14. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the
conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
Very truly yours, CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters named in the
attached Schedule I hereto.
of the several Underwriters named in the
attached Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter: | Principal Amount of Notes | |||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
$ | 97,500,000.00 | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
97,500,000.00 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
24,000,000.00 | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets Inc. |
24,000,000.00 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
15,000,000.00 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
15,000,000.00 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, Inc. |
4,500,000.00 | |||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
4,500,000.00 | |||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
4,500,000.00 | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
4,500,000.00 | |||
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. |
4,500,000.00 | |||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
4,500,000.00 | |||
$ | 300,000,000.00 | |||
SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in the General Disclosure Package
1. Final Term Sheet, attached hereto as Annex A to this Schedule II
Annex A to Schedule II
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated May 1, 2007
Registration Statement No. 333- 135195
Final Term Sheet, Dated May 1, 2007
Dated May 1, 2007
Registration Statement No. 333- 135195
Final Term Sheet, Dated May 1, 2007
$300,000,000 5.700% Notes due 2017
Issuer:
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Camden Property Trust | |
Type:
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SEC Registered | |
Size:
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$300,000,000 | |
Maturity:
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May 15, 2017 | |
Coupon (Interest Rate):
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5.700% | |
Benchmark Treasury:
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4.625% due February 15, 2017 | |
Benchmark Treasury Price and
Yield:
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99-26+; 4.646% | |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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1.10% (+110 basis points) | |
Yield to Maturity:
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5.746% | |
Interest Payment Dates:
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May 15 and November 15, commencing on November 15, 2007 | |
Day Count Convention:
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30 / 360 | |
Redemption Provision:
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Make-whole call at any time based on U.S. Treasury + 0.20% (+20 basis points) | |
Price to Public:
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99.650% | |
Settlement Date:
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T+3; May 4, 2007 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Banc of America Securities LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |
Co-Managers:
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | |
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
Comerica Securities, Inc. | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, Inc. | ||
PNC Capital Markets LLC | ||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | ||
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. | ||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
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Expected Ratings (Xxxxx’x / S&P):
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Baa2 / BBB+ | |
CUSIP:
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000000XX0 |
Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be
subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling
Banc of America Securities LLC toll-free at 1 (800) 294-1322 or X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. collect
at (000) 000-0000. You also may e-mail a request to xx.xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
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SCHEDULE III
SUBSIDIARIES OF CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
Xxxxx Apartments, LLC
CPT-GP, Inc.
CPT-LP, Inc.
CPT Xxxxx Springs GP, LLC
CPT Xxxxx Springs, LP (2)
CPT Sugar Grove GP, LLC
CPT Sugar Grove, LP (2)
CPT Sierra GP, LLC
CPT Sierra, LP (2)
CPT Summit GP, LLC
CPT Summit, LP (2)
CPT Pines GP, LLC
CPT Pines, LP (2)
CPT Tiara GP, LLC
CPT Tiara, LP (2)
CPT Fountain Palms GP, LLC
CPT Fountain Palms, LP (2)
CPT Addison GP, LLC
CPT Addison, LP (2)
CPT Park GP, LLC
CPT Park, LP (2)
CPT Towne Center GP, LLC
CPT Towne Center, LP (2)
CPT Parkside GP, LLC
CPT Parkside, LP (2)
CPT Pecos Ranch GP, LLC
CPT Pecos Ranch, LP (2)
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) Investor, LP
CPT Development (Xxxxxx), LP
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) GP, LLC
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) Investor GP, LLC
Camden GDP Gen Par, Inc.
Camden GDP, L.P.
Camden Builders, Inc. (3)
Camden College Park Borrower GP, LLC (2)
Camden College Park Borrower, LP (2)
Camden College Park, LP (2)
Camden College Park, GP, LLC
Camden Realty, Inc. (3)
Camden Development, Inc.
Camden Housing, Inc.
Camden Operating, L.P. (1) (2)
Camden Summit, Inc.
Camden Summit Partnership, L.P. (1) (2)
Camden Technology, Inc. (3)
Camden USA, Inc. (1)
Camden-Delta Westwind, LLC
Camden Jamboree Development GP, LLC (2)
Camden Jamboree Development, LP (2)
Camden Jamboree GP, LLC (2)
Camden Jamboree, LP (2)
Camden Mezz Lender, LP
Camden Mezz Lender GP, LLC
Camden MW, LLC
Camden Norfolk Plaza GP, LLC (2)
Camden Norfolk Plaza, LP (2)
Camden Plaza Development GP, LLC (2)
Camden Plaza Development, LP (2)
Camden World Gateway LLC
Cockerell Capital, Inc. (2)(3)
Coral Way, LLC (2)
Denver West Apartments, LLC (2)
Foxcroft East Associates (2)
Fund 1007 South Congress, LLC
Xxxxxxxxx/XxXxxxx Partners Limited Partnership
Historic Summit Grand Parc, LLC (2)
Historic Summit Roosevelt, LLC (2)
Home Ownership Made Easy, LLC
Xxx Vista Apartments, LLC
XxXxxxxx/XxXxxxx, LLC
NSHE College park GP, LLC
NSHE College Park, LP (2)
NSHE Cotton Mill, LLC
NSHE Lansdowne, LLC
Nagrom Enterprises, Inc.
Noma Development, LLC
Oasis California, Inc.
CPT-GP, Inc.
CPT-LP, Inc.
CPT Xxxxx Springs GP, LLC
CPT Xxxxx Springs, LP (2)
CPT Sugar Grove GP, LLC
CPT Sugar Grove, LP (2)
CPT Sierra GP, LLC
CPT Sierra, LP (2)
CPT Summit GP, LLC
CPT Summit, LP (2)
CPT Pines GP, LLC
CPT Pines, LP (2)
CPT Tiara GP, LLC
CPT Tiara, LP (2)
CPT Fountain Palms GP, LLC
CPT Fountain Palms, LP (2)
CPT Addison GP, LLC
CPT Addison, LP (2)
CPT Park GP, LLC
CPT Park, LP (2)
CPT Towne Center GP, LLC
CPT Towne Center, LP (2)
CPT Parkside GP, LLC
CPT Parkside, LP (2)
CPT Pecos Ranch GP, LLC
CPT Pecos Ranch, LP (2)
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) Investor, LP
CPT Development (Xxxxxx), LP
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) GP, LLC
CPT Development (Xxxxxx) Investor GP, LLC
Camden GDP Gen Par, Inc.
Camden GDP, L.P.
Camden Builders, Inc. (3)
Camden College Park Borrower GP, LLC (2)
Camden College Park Borrower, LP (2)
Camden College Park, LP (2)
Camden College Park, GP, LLC
Camden Realty, Inc. (3)
Camden Development, Inc.
Camden Housing, Inc.
Camden Operating, L.P. (1) (2)
Camden Summit, Inc.
Camden Summit Partnership, L.P. (1) (2)
Camden Technology, Inc. (3)
Camden USA, Inc. (1)
Camden-Delta Westwind, LLC
Camden Jamboree Development GP, LLC (2)
Camden Jamboree Development, LP (2)
Camden Jamboree GP, LLC (2)
Camden Jamboree, LP (2)
Camden Mezz Lender, LP
Camden Mezz Lender GP, LLC
Camden MW, LLC
Camden Norfolk Plaza GP, LLC (2)
Camden Norfolk Plaza, LP (2)
Camden Plaza Development GP, LLC (2)
Camden Plaza Development, LP (2)
Camden World Gateway LLC
Cockerell Capital, Inc. (2)(3)
Coral Way, LLC (2)
Denver West Apartments, LLC (2)
Foxcroft East Associates (2)
Fund 1007 South Congress, LLC
Xxxxxxxxx/XxXxxxx Partners Limited Partnership
Historic Summit Grand Parc, LLC (2)
Historic Summit Roosevelt, LLC (2)
Home Ownership Made Easy, LLC
Xxx Vista Apartments, LLC
XxXxxxxx/XxXxxxx, LLC
NSHE College park GP, LLC
NSHE College Park, LP (2)
NSHE Cotton Mill, LLC
NSHE Lansdowne, LLC
Nagrom Enterprises, Inc.
Noma Development, LLC
Oasis California, Inc.
1
Oasis Martinique, LLC (2)
ORI, Inc.
ORI – Colorado, Inc.
ORI Park, Inc.
ORI Wexford, Inc.
Orange Court, LLC
PAPEC Silo Creek, LLC
Portofino Place, Ltd.
Primary Capital Investments, LLC
St. Clair Cemetery, Inc.
Sierra-Nevada Multifamily Investments, LLC (2)
Summit Apartment Builders, Inc.
Summit Belmont, LLC
Summit/Belmont, Limited Partnership
Summit Management Company (2)
Summit Financing, Inc.
Summit Roosevelt, LLC
Summit Grand Parc, LLC
Summit Brickellview, LLC
Summit Valley Brook, LLC
Summit Grandview, LLC
South Capital Acquisitions, LLC
ORI, Inc.
ORI – Colorado, Inc.
ORI Park, Inc.
ORI Wexford, Inc.
Orange Court, LLC
PAPEC Silo Creek, LLC
Portofino Place, Ltd.
Primary Capital Investments, LLC
St. Clair Cemetery, Inc.
Sierra-Nevada Multifamily Investments, LLC (2)
Summit Apartment Builders, Inc.
Summit Belmont, LLC
Summit/Belmont, Limited Partnership
Summit Management Company (2)
Summit Financing, Inc.
Summit Roosevelt, LLC
Summit Grand Parc, LLC
Summit Brickellview, LLC
Summit Valley Brook, LLC
Summit Grandview, LLC
South Capital Acquisitions, LLC
2
Summit/Belmont, LLC
Summit Xxxxxxx, LLC
Summit Clearbrook, LLC
SZF, LLC
2800 Main, LLC
Summit Xxxxxxx, LLC
Summit Clearbrook, LLC
SZF, LLC
2800 Main, LLC
(1) | Significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. | |
(2) | Not wholly-owned directly or indirectly by Camden Property Trust. NY1 6186890v.9 | |
(3) | Taxable REIT subsidiary. |