965,518 SHARES
XXXXXXX PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
MARCH 25, 1998
March 25, 1998
EVEREN Securities, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
Xxxxxxx Pacific Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to EVEREN Securities, Inc. (the
"UNDERWRITER"), 965,518 shares of the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(the "COMMON STOCK"), of the Company (the "SHARES").
On March 24, 1998, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement
with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch,
Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, EVEREN Securities, Inc. and Sutro & Co.
Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the
"Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement"), relating to the Company's issuance and sale of up
to 7,475,000 shares of Common Stock.
1. (a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter, as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), and agrees with the Underwriter,
as follows:
(i) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "COMMISSION") registration statements on Form S-3 (File
No. 33-68712 filed with the Commission in September 1993 (the "1993
REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), and File No. 333-31591 filed with the
Commission on July 18, 1997 (the "1997 REGISTRATION STATEMENT")) for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
ACT"), of the Shares and certain other securities, and has filed such
amendments thereto, if any, as may have been required to the date
hereof. Such registration statements (including all exhibits thereto
and all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein and the information, if any, deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 430A of the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the 1933 Act (the "RULES AND REGULATIONS")), as amended (if
applicable) at the time each such registration statement first became
effective and as from time to time amended (including, without
limitation, by post-effective amendments) or supplemented pursuant to
the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
ACT"), or otherwise, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT." The Company proposes to file with the
Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, the
Prospectus Supplement (as defined in Section 7(i) hereof) and the
related prospectus dated July 18, 1997 (the "BASE PROSPECTUS"), and has
previously advised you of all information (financial and other) set
forth therein. The Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, each
in the form first provided to the Underwriter by the Company for use in
connection with the offering of the Shares (being the forms in which
they are to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
Rules and Regulations), including all documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein, are hereinafter referred to,
collectively, as the "PROSPECTUS," except that if any revised prospectus
or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriter by the
Company for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares
which differs from the Prospectus first provided to the Underwriter for
such purpose (whether or not such revised prospectus or prospectus
supplement is required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), the term
"PROSPECTUS" shall refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus
supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first
provided to the Underwriter for such use. Unless the context otherwise
requires, all references in this Agreement to documents, financial
statements and schedules and other information which is "contained,"
"included," "stated," "described in" or "referred to" in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of
like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such documents,
financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement
to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any
document under the 1934 Act after the date of this Agreement which is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy, if any,
filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval System ("XXXXX").
(ii) (A) The 1993 Registration Statement was originally
declared effective under the 1933 Act on October 4, 1993, and the 1993
Registration Statement, as amended by post-effective amendment No. 3
thereto, was declared effective under the 1933 Act on March 25, 1997,
and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the 1993 Registration
Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part
of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
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(B) The 1997 Registration Statement was originally
declared effective under the 1933 Act on July 18, 1997, and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the 1997 Registration Statement
has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information has been complied with.
(C) At the respective times the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendments thereto became or become effective, as
the case may be, and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement
complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 ACT"), and the rules and regulations
under the 1939 Act, 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 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; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the foregoing representations, warranties and agreements
shall not apply to information contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information relating to the Underwriter
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically
for use in the preparation thereof.
(iii) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they
were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects to the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the published rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference, when they are filed with the
Commission, will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1934 Act and the published rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder 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, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(iv) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken
as a whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the
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date of this Agreement). Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the
date of this Agreement), except as otherwise stated therein or
contemplated thereby, (A) there has been no change in the consolidated
capital stock or consolidated long-term debt (other than as a result of
the scheduled amortization of long-term debt) of the Company, (B) there
have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates (as defined below) which are material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, other than
those entered into in the ordinary course of its business, and
(C) except for regular quarterly dividends, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on its
shares of capital stock. As used in this Agreement, the term
"SUBSIDIARIES" means those entities listed on SCHEDULE I hereto under
the caption "Subsidiaries," and the term "AFFILIATES" means those
entities listed on SCHEDULE I hereto under the caption "Affiliates."
(v) The financial statements, together with the related notes
and supporting schedules (if any) included in the Prospectus and
elsewhere in the Registration Statement, present fairly the financial
position, results of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the respective dates
and for the respective periods therein indicated, and all of the
foregoing financial statements and related notes and supporting
schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods involved, except as may be set forth therein or in the
Prospectus. The selected financial data and the historical summary
financial data included in the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of
the Company's audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement. The Company's ratios of earnings to fixed charges included
in the Prospectus and as an exhibit to the Registration Statement have
been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K of the
Commission.
(vi) The accountants who have delivered their reports with
respect to the audited financial statements and supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are
independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the Rules
and Regulations.
(vii) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Maryland; the Company has power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the Company's operations and
business activities are not such as to require the Company to be
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business in any other
jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified would have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) or the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
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Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. Attached
hereto as SCHEDULE I is a true, complete and correct listing of the
names and jurisdictions of organization of all of the Company's
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, including Xxxxxxx Pacific Operating
Partnership, L.P., the Delaware limited partnership formed in November
1997 through which the Company holds substantially all of its properties
and conducts substantially all of its business (the "OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP"). The Company, the Operating Partnership or a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company owns the general partner interest in each of
the limited partnerships listed in SCHEDULE I. The Company has no other
subsidiaries other than those listed in SCHEDULE I, and the Company
holds no interests in any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity other than those listed in SCHEDULE I.
(viii) Each Subsidiary and Affiliate has been duly organized and
is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, has power and authority to own, lease
and operate its property and conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required, except 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
considered as one enterprise; and except as otherwise disclosed in the
Prospectus, (A) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary that is a corporation and all of the issued and outstanding
limited liability company interests of each Subsidiary or Affiliate that
is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company,
directly or through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and
(B) all of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of each
Subsidiary that is a partnership have been duly authorized (if
applicable) and validly issued and are owned by the Company, directly or
through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and the partners thereof are
entitled to the respective rights specified in the relevant limited
partnership agreements. The Company is the sole general partner of the
Operating Partnership and holds an approximately 84% economic interest
in the Operating Partnership.
(ix) The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the
Shares as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds
therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company" as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 ACT").
(x) (A) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any,
of Common Stock pursuant to this
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Agreement, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement or pursuant to employee benefit
plans referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of issued and
outstanding Common Stock and Series 1997-A Convertible Preferred Stock
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and
sale to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of
the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully
paid and non-assessable; the Common Stock and the Company's charter and
bylaws conform in all material respects to all statements relating
thereto contained in the Prospectus; the form of certificate used to
evidence the Common Stock is in due and proper form and complies with
all applicable statutory requirements; and the issuance of the Shares is
not subject to preemptive or other similar rights that have not been
waived or complied with.
(B) The Series 1997-A Preferred Limited Partner Units
(the "PREFERRED UNITS"), the Common Limited Partner Units and the
General Partner Units (such Common Limited Partner Units and the General
Partner Units collectively, the "COMMON UNITS," and, further, such
Common Units and the Preferred Units collectively, the "UNITS") of the
Operating Partnership have been duly authorized for issuance by the
Operating Partnership to the holders thereof and are validly issued and
fully paid and, with respect to the Units owned by the Company, are
owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims. As of the date hereof, there are (i)
4,800,000 Preferred Units issued and outstanding, 2,800,000 of which are
held by the Company, and (ii) 24,157,935 Common Units issued and
outstanding, 23,463,852 of which are held by the Company. The Company
owns all of the issued and outstanding General Partner Units.
(xi) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates is in violation of its charter or by-laws, certificate of
limited partnership, limited partnership agreement, certificate of
formation of a limited liability company, limited liability company
agreement or other similar certificates, instruments or agreements
(collectively, "ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS"), as the case may be; neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is in default in
the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets
may be bound, except for such defaults which would not, individually or
in the aggregate, 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 considered as one
enterprise; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
in the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Shares and the
use of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the
Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds"), and compliance by the
Company with its obligations hereunder, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate
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action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of
notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach
of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality,
governmental agency or body or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or any of
their respective assets, properties or operations; and no filing with,
or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction or
real estate syndication laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter. As used herein, a
"REPAYMENT EVENT" means any event or condition which gives the holder of
any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person
acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.
(xii) At all times commencing with its taxable year ended
December 31, 1987, (A) the Company has been organized in conformity with
the requirements for qualification and taxation as a "real estate
investment trust" under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "CODE"); (B) the Company has met and continues to meet all the
requirements of the Code for qualification and taxation as a "real
estate investment trust"; (C) the Company is qualified and has been
qualified as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code and will be
so qualified after consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement; and (D) the Company's present
and contemplated operations, assets and income will enable the Company
to meet the requirements for qualification as a "real estate investment
trust" under the Code. For purposes of this representation, the term
"Company" shall include Xxxxxxx Pacific Properties, Inc., a California
corporation (the "PREDECESSOR"), for all taxable periods of the
Predecessor beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 1987
through and including the merger of the Predecessor with and into the
Company.
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(xiii) Neither the Company nor any entity treated as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes in which the Company has at
any time owned an interest, either directly or indirectly through one or
more other such entities, has at any time owned more than 10% of the
voting securities (within the meaning of the 0000 Xxx) of any other
entity, except for (A) any "qualified REIT subsidiary" (within the
meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code as in effect prior to the
enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) of the Company, or (B) any
entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. For
purposes of this representation, the term "Company" shall include the
Predecessor, for all taxable periods of the Predecessor beginning with
its taxable year ended December 31, 1987 through and including the
merger of the Predecessor with and into the Company.
(xiv) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any
court, government, government instrumentality, governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates, which is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as disclosed
therein) or which might reasonably be expected to result in any material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) or the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or which might reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; and there are no
contracts or documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates which are required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by the 1933 Act, the Rules and Regulations, the
1934 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder which
have not been so filed; and there are no persons or entities with
registration or other similar rights to have any securities registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise included as part of
the offering contemplated by the Prospectus.
(xv) The Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates possess
such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively, "GOVERNMENTAL LICENSES") issued by the appropriate
federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary
to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
to so comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) or the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or which might materially and
adversely affect a material amount of the properties or assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid
and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such
Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be
in full force and effect would not have a material or
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adverse effect on the properties or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates; and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental
Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a material
adverse effect on a material amount of the properties or assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
(xvi) The Company is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration
statement under the 1933 Act. The Company is also eligible to use Form
S-3 pursuant to the standards for that form in effect prior to
October 21, 1992.
(xvii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any
of their respective officers or directors or any members or limited or
general partners over whom the Company has control has taken nor any of
them take, directly or indirectly, any action resulting in a violation
of Regulation M under the 1934 Act, or designed to cause or result in,
or which has constituted or which reasonably might be expected to
constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares
of Common Stock or facilitation of the sale or resale of the Shares.
(xviii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates is required to own or possess any trademarks, service marks,
trade names or copyrights in order to conduct the business now operated
by it.
(xix) The Company has full right, power and authority to enter
into this Agreement; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms.
(xx) The outstanding shares of Common Stock are listed on the
New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and the Shares have been approved for
listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.
(xxi) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus: (A) the
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and improvements owned by them,
in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such
as (a) are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (B) all of the
leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates leases (as lessee) or holds
properties described in the Prospectus, are in full force and effect,
and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate has any notice
of any material claim of any sort that has
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been asserted by anyone adverse to the right of the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate under any of the leases or subleases mentioned
above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such
Subsidiary or Affiliate to the continued possession of the leased or
subleased premises under any such lease or sublease; (C) all liens,
charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the real
property and improvements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates which are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus are
disclosed therein; (D) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates nor any lessee of any portion of the real property or
improvements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is
in default under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates leases (as lessor) its real property
or improvements and the Company knows of 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,
individually or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one
enterprise; (E) other than those options and rights of first refusal to
purchase the premises demised under certain leases described on SCHEDULE
II hereto, no tenant under any of the leases pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates leases (as lessor) any
of its real property or improvements has an option or right of first
refusal to purchase the premises demised under such lease; (F) all of
the real property and improvements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
and Affiliates comply with all applicable codes and zoning laws and
regulations, except for such failures to comply which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one
enterprise; and (G) the Company has no knowledge of any pending or
threatened condemnation, zoning change or other proceeding or action
that would in any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on,
construction on, or access to any of the real property of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, except such proceedings or
actions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one enterprise.
(xxii) The Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates maintain
a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance
with management's general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; and
(C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates nor any of their respective employees or
agents has made any payment of funds of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or received or retained
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any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment,
receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed
in the Prospectus.
(xxiii) Except as otherwise set forth in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, (A) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates has at any time, and, to the best knowledge
and information 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
pumped, poured, emitted, emptied, discharged, injected, dumped,
transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with Hazardous Materials
(hereinafter defined) on, to or from real property owned, leased or
otherwise utilized by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates has any ownership interest, including without limitation any
subsurface soils and ground water (the "PREMISES"), except for such
cases as (u) are not required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement and (v) would not, individually or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one enterprise, (B) no seepage, leak, escape,
xxxxx, discharge, injection, release, emission, spill, pumping, pouring,
emptying or dumping of Hazardous Materials from or to the Premises has
occurred, except for such cases as (w) are not required to be disclosed
in the Registration Statement and (x) would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to 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 considered as
one enterprise, (C) there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has received notice of any claim
or has knowledge of any occurrence or circumstance which with notice or
passage of time or both might reasonably be expected to give rise to, an
order for clean-up or remediation, claim, action, suit or proceeding
under or pursuant to any Environmental Statute (as hereinafter defined)
by any private party or governmental body or agency except for such
orders as would not, individually or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one enterprise, (D) to the best of Company's
knowledge and information, there are not pending or threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand
letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Statute
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (E) to the
best of the Company's knowledge and information, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is in violation of any
Environmental Statute with respect to any Hazardous Materials, (F) to
the best of Company's knowledge and information, no part of the Premises
is included or proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List
issued pursuant to CERCLA (hereinafter defined) by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") or on the inventory of other
potential "problem" sites
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issued by the EPA and has not otherwise been identified by the EPA as a
potential CERCLA site or included or proposed for inclusion on any list
or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or
issued by any other Governmental Authority (hereinafter defined), and
(G) the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates have, to the best of
the Company's knowledge and information, all permits, authorizations and
approvals required under any applicable Environmental Statutes and are
each in compliance with the requirements of such permits, authorizations
and approvals, except where such non-compliance would not, individually
or in the aggregate, 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 considered as one
enterprise. As used herein "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" shall include without
limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related
materials, asbestos or any material containing asbestos, or any other
hazardous, toxic or similar substance or material as defined by any
federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule, or
regulation including, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601, et seq.) ("CERCLA"), the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, et
sea.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Sections 6901 et seq.), and in the regulations adopted and publications
promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing (individually, an
"ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTE") or by any federal, state or local governmental
authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the Premises (a
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY").
(xxiv) The reincorporation of the Company from California to
Maryland in May 1997 was treated as a reorganization for federal income
tax purposes under Section 368(a) of the Code.
(xxv) The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal,
state and local income tax returns which have been required to be filed
and have paid all taxes required to be paid and any other assessment,
fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the
foregoing is due and payable, except, in all cases, for any such tax,
assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith (and
except in any case in which the failure to so file or pay would not have
a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise).
(b) Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered
to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
3. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. The Company hereby agrees to
sell to you, and upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, you agree to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $13.775 a share (the "PURCHASE
PRICE") (representing a 5% discount from the closing sale
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price of the Common Stock on the NYSE on the date hereof), the Shares, for an
aggregate purchase price of $13,300,010 (the "AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE").
4. RESALE OF SHARES TO THE TRUST. The Company is advised by you
that the Underwriter proposes to sell the Shares to the sponsor of a
newly-formed unit investment trust (the "Trust") at an aggregate purchase price
of $13,538,010, or $14.0215 per share, resulting in an aggregate underwriter's
discount of $238,000. Such sponsor intends to deposit the Shares into the Trust
in exchange for units in the Trust which will be sold to investors at a price
based upon the net asset value of the securities in the Trust, which in the case
of the Shares, net asset value will be computed on the basis of each such Share
having a value of $14.50, the closing price of the Common Stock on the NYSE on
the date hereof.
5. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY. Payment for the Shares to be sold by the
Company shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately
available in New York City against delivery of such Shares for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriter at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on March
30, 1998, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than
April 6, 1998, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of
such payment are hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE."
Certificates for the Shares shall be in definitive form and registered
in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not
later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date. The certificates
evidencing the Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date for your
account, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the
Shares to the Underwriter duly paid, against payment of the Aggregate Purchase
Price therefor.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE UNDERWRITER'S OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of
the Company to sell the Shares to the Underwriter and the obligations of the
Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are subject
to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become effective not
later than 5:30 P.M. (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The obligations of the Underwriter are subject to the following further
conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor
shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not
indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating
accorded any of the Company's securities by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act; and
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(ii) there shall not have occurred any change or any
development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one
enterprise, from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of
any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of
this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is material and adverse
and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that the representations
and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and
correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with
all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
(c) The Underwriter shall have received from Xxxxxxx,
Procter & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, a favorable opinion dated
the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter,
to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Maryland.
(ii) The Company has the corporate power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) The Company's operations and business activities
are not such as to require the Company to be qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business in any other
jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise) or the earnings or business affairs of
the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(iv) Each Subsidiary and Affiliate has been duly
organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has power and
authority to own, lease and operate its property and to conduct
its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, except 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 or business
affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus
with respect to the properties
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owned by the respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (A) all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary that
is a corporation and all of the issued and outstanding limited
liability company interests of each Subsidiary or Affiliate that
is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, to the
best of their knowledge, are owned by the Company, directly or
through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and (B) all
of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of each
Subsidiary that is a partnership have been duly authorized (if
applicable) and validly issued and, to the best of their
knowledge, are owned by the Company, directly or through
Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and the partners
thereof are entitled to the respective rights specified in the
relevant limited partnership agreements. The Company is the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership.
(v) (A) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization" (except for
subsequent issuances, if any, of Common Stock pursuant to
employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant
to this Agreement or the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Agreement); the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock outstanding prior to the
issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and such shares of
capital stock were not issued in violation of the preemptive or
other similar rights of any security holder of the Company;
(B) The Units of the Operating Partnership have
been duly authorized for issuance by the Operating Partnership to
the holders thereof and are validly issued and fully paid and,
with respect to the Units owned by the Company, are owned
directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims. As of the date hereof, there
are (i) 4,800,000 Preferred Units issued and outstanding,
2,800,000 of which are held by the Company, and (ii) 24,157,935
Common Units issued and outstanding, 23,463,852 of which are held
by the Company. The Company owns all of the issued and
outstanding General Partner Units.
(vi) The Shares have been duly authorized by the
Company for issuance and sale to the Underwriter pursuant to this
Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth
herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable;
and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive or
other similar rights arising by operation of law, under the
charter or by-laws of the Company or otherwise.
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(vii) The capital stock of the Company and Units of the
Operating Partnership conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus in all material respects.
(viii) (A) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
thereto, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company; and
(B) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in
the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Shares and
the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described
in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds"), and
compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder, do not
and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of,
or default or Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(xii) of
this Agreement) under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate pursuant to, any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument,
known to such counsel, to which the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound,
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate is subject, nor will such action result
in any violation of the provisions of the Organizational
Documents of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ
or decree, known to such counsel, of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or
any of their respective properties, assets or operations.
(ix) Each of the 1993 and 1997 Registration Statements
is effective under the 1933 Act and, to the best of such
counsel's knowledge and information, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of either such Registration Statement has been
issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings therefor have been
initiated or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
(x) At the time the 1993 Registration Statement first
became effective, at the time that post-effective amendment No. 3
thereto became effective, at the time the 1997 Registration
Statement became effective and at the date of this Agreement, the
Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules and other financial and statistical data
included or incorporated by reference therein and other than any
trustee's statement of eligibility on Form T-1 (a "FORM T-1"), as
to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the
Rules and Regulations; and nothing has
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come to such counsel's attention that would lead them to believe
that the 1993 Registration Statement, at the time the 1993
Registration Statement first became effective, at the time that
post-effective amendment No. 3 thereto became effective, at the
time the 1997 Registration Statement became effective or at the
date of this Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement or at the date of such opinion, 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 that no statement need be
made as to financial statements or supporting schedules or other
financial or statistical data or any Form T-1 included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus).
(xi) The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial
and statistical data included therein, as to which no opinion
need be rendered), as of the dates they were filed with the
Commission (and, if such incorporated documents were amended,
when such amendment was filed or became effective), complied as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder.
(xii) No filing with, or consent, approval,
authorization, license, registration, qualification, decree or
order of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic
or foreign, is necessary or required in connection with the due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or for
the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriter, except such as have been obtained under the 1933 Act
or the Rules and Regulations or such as may be required under
state securities laws or real estate syndication laws.
(xiii) The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale
of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will not be, an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are defined
in the 1940 Act.
(xiv) The Company is eligible to use a Form S-3
registration statement under the 1933 Act. The Company is also
eligible to use Form S-3 pursuant to the standards for that form
in effect prior to October 21, 1992.
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(xv) The Company has all legal right, power and
authority necessary to qualify as a "real estate investment
trust" under the Code; commencing with the taxable year of the
Company ended December 31, 1987, (A) the Company has at all times
been organized in conformity with the requirements for
qualification as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code;
(B) the Company has qualified as a "real estate investment trust"
for each year through its taxable year ended December 31, 1997;
and (C) the Company's organization and proposed method of
operation will enable it to qualify to be taxed as a "real estate
investment trust" under the Code for its taxable year ending
December 31, 1998 and thereafter. For purposes of this opinion,
the term "Company" shall include Xxxxxxx Pacific Properties,
Inc., a California corporation (the "Predecessor"), for all
taxable periods of the Predecessor beginning with its taxable
year ended December 31, 1987 through and including the merger of
the Predecessor with and into the Company.
(xvi) The information in the Prospectus under the
captions "Risk Factors--Distributions to Shareholders," "Risk
Factors--Consequences of Failure to Qualify as a REIT," "Federal
Income Tax Considerations" and "Description of Common Stock," in
the Company's 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K under the captions
"Business--Risk Factors--Distributions to Shareholders" and
"Business--Risk Factors--Consequences of Failure to Qualify as a
REIT" and in the Company's Preliminary Proxy Statement filed with
the Commission on March 6, 1998 under the captions "Proposal
2--Approval of the Issuance of Common Stock" and "Certain
Transactions with Management," in each case to the extent that it
constitutes matters of law or legal matters, summaries of the
Company's charter or by-laws, summaries of the partnership
agreements relating to the Xxxxxx Projects (as defined in the
Prospectus), summaries of other instruments, agreements or
documents or of legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, is
correct in all material respects; and the opinion of counsel in
the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement under the caption
"Federal Income Tax Considerations" is confirmed.
(xvii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there is
not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation to which the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate is a party or to which the property or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate is subject, before or
brought by any court or any governmental agency or body, domestic
or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to result in a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise)
or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or
which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect a material amount of the properties or assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder.
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(xviii) There are no contracts, indentures, mortgages,
loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments which, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, are required to be described or
referred to in the Registration Statement or in the documents
incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits
thereto other than those described or referred to therein or
filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto; the
descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all
material respects, and no default exists, to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, in the due performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
material contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or
credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument so
described, referred to or filed or incorporated by reference, and
all descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is a party are accurate in all
material respects.
(xix) For each taxable year of the Company commencing
with its taxable year ended December 31, 1987, every partnership,
limited liability company, or joint venture in which the Company
has at any time owned an interest either directly or thorough one
or more other partnerships, limited liability companies, or joint
ventures has at all times during its existence been treated as a
partnership or ignored as a separate entity for federal income
tax purposes and not as an association taxable as a corporation
or a "publicly traded partnership" within the meaning of Section
7704 of the Code. For purposes of this opinion, the term
"Company" shall include the Predecessor for all taxable periods
of the Predecessor beginning with its taxable year ended December
31, 1987 through and including the merger of the Predecessor with
and into the Company.
(xx) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are
no statutes or regulations that are required to be described in
the Prospectus that are not described as required therein.
(xxi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate is in violation of
its Organizational Documents.
(xxii) The reincorporation of the Company from California
to Delaware in May 1997 was treated as a reorganization for
federal income tax purposes under Section 368(a) of the Code.
Such opinion shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request
of the Company and shall so state therein. In giving their opinion,
Xxxxxxx, Procter & Xxxx LLP may rely (i) as to the good standing and/or
qualification of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates to do
business in any state or jurisdiction, upon certificates
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of appropriate government officials and (ii) as to certain matters of
fact, to the extent not independently verified by such counsel, upon
certificates and written statements of officers of and accountants for
the Company.
(d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter,
with respect to the organization of the Company, the validity of this
Shares, this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
such other related matters as the Underwriter may require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Underwriter shall have received, on each of the date
hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the
Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Underwriter, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public
accountants, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriter
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
PROVIDED that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a
"cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.
7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. In further consideration of the
agreements of the Underwriter herein contained, the Company covenants with the
Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the institution of any
proceedings for that purpose, and will use its best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible
the lifting thereto, if issued. The Company will advise the Underwriter
promptly of the receipt of any comments from the Commission and any
request by the Commission for any amendment of or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information,
and will not at any time file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus which shall not previously
have been submitted to the Underwriter a reasonable time prior to the
proposed filing or use thereof or to which the Underwriter shall
reasonably object in writing or which is not in compliance with the 1933
Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Company will advise the
Underwriter promptly when the Prospectus has been filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. The Company will advise the
Underwriter promptly when any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed.
(b) The Company will prepare and file with the Commission,
promptly upon the request of the Underwriter, any amendments or
supplements to the
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Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the
Underwriter may be necessary to enable the Underwriter to continue the
sale of the Shares and, in the case of any such amendments to the
Registration Statement, will use its best efforts to cause the same to
become effective as promptly as possible. The Company will promptly file
all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of
the 1934 Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in
connection with the offering or sale of the Shares.
(c) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares
is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act any event occurs as a
result of which the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend
the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the Rules and Regulations,
the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter thereof and will
prepare an amended or supplemented Prospectus (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Underwriter) or, with the
consent of counsel to the Underwriter, make an appropriate filing
pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which will correct such
statement or omission; and, in case the Underwriter is required to
deliver a prospectus relating to the Shares nine months or more after
the date of this Agreement, the Company upon the request of the
Underwriter and at the Underwriter's expense will prepare promptly such
prospectus or prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act.
(d) The Company will deliver to the Underwriter, at or before
the Closing Date, signed copies of the Registration Statement and all
amendments thereto (including all financial statements and exhibits
thereto and all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of
experts, and will deliver to the Underwriter such number of copies of
the Registration Statement, including such financial statements and all
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein, and of all amendments thereto, as the Underwriter may
reasonably request. The copies of the Registration Statement and each
amendment or supplement thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T. The Company will furnish to you in New York City,
without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business
day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and thereafter from time
to time during the period when delivery of a prospectus relating to the
Shares is required under the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Prospectus,
in final form or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the
Underwriter may reasonably request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the expense
of the preparation and delivery of any prospectus required for use nine
months or more after the date of this Agreement shall be borne by the
Underwriter. Each preliminary prospectus and
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preliminary prospectus supplement and the Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to
the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 60 days
after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in
form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the 0000 Xxx) which
will be in reasonable detail (but which need not be audited) and which
will comply with Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act, covering a period of at
least twelve months beginning not later than the first day of the
Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined
in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(f) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriter to enable
the Shares to be qualified for sale under the securities laws and real
estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the
Underwriter may reasonably designate and at the request of the
Underwriter will make such applications and furnish such information as
may reasonably be required of it as the issuer of the Shares for that
purpose; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to
qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction. The Company will, from time to time,
prepare and file such statements and reports as are or may be required
of it as the issuer of the Shares to continue such qualifications in
effect for so long a period as the Underwriter may reasonably request
for the distribution of the Shares.
(g) The Company will furnish to its stockholders annual
reports containing financial statements certified by independent public
accountants. During the period of five years from the date hereof, the
Company will deliver to the Underwriter copies of each annual report of
the Company and each other report furnished by the Company to its
stockholders; and will deliver to the Underwriter, as soon as they are
available, copies of any other reports (financial or other) which the
Company shall publish or otherwise make available to any of its
securityholders as such and, as soon as they are available, copies of
any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange.
(h) The Company will effect, and use its best efforts to
maintain, the listing of the Shares on the NYSE.
(i) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement,
the Company will prepare a prospectus supplement, dated the date hereof
(the "PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT"), containing the Purchase Price, the
underwriting discount and such other information as may be required by
the 1933 Act or the Rules and Regulations or as the Underwriter and the
Company deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for
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filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Rules
and Regulations copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus
Supplement).
(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from
the sale of the Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus
Supplement under "Use of Proceeds."
(k) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet
the requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under
the Code.
(l) In accordance with the provisions of that certain Florida
Act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba, codified as
Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (collectively, the "CUBA ACT"), if applicable, and without
limitation to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, the Company will
indemnify the Underwriter against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising out of or
based upon any violation by the Company of the Cuba Act.
8. EXPENSES. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to
pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of the Company's counsel and its accountants in connection with the
registration and delivery of the Shares under the 1933 Act and all other fees or
expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated
therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter,
in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to
the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriter, including any
transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing
any Blue Sky memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares
under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 7(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such
qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky memorandum, (iv) the cost of
printing certificates representing the Shares, (v) the costs and charges of any
transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Shares on the NYSE and (vii) all other costs
and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is
understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 9 entitled
"Indemnity and Contribution," and the last paragraph of Section 11 below, the
Underwriter will pay all of its costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of its counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of
the Shares by it.
9. INDEMNITY AND CONTRIBUTION.
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(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating
any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto), 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 such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to the Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter through you expressly for
use therein.
(b) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), 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, but only
with reference to information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to Section 9(a) or 9(b), such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY")
shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the
indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between
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them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the
legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for
the Underwriter and all persons, if any, who control the Underwriter within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the
Underwriter and such control persons of the Underwriter, such firm shall be
designated in writing by the Underwriter. In the case of any such separate firm
for the Company, and such directors, officers and control persons of the
Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. The
indemnifying party 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 party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated
by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
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 party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or
9(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party 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 indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Shares
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 9(d)(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 9(d)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand 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 Underwriter on the other hand in
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connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, in each case
as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement. The relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand 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
Underwriter and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just
or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 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 Section 9(d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party 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 reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 9, the Underwriter shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions
applicable to the Shares purchased by it. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 9 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company contained 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 the Underwriter or any person controlling
the Underwriter, or the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Shares.
10. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by
notice given by you to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have
been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the
NYSE, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the
Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter
market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York
shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or (iv)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in
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your judgment, is material and adverse and (b) in the case of any of the events
specified in clauses 10(a)(i) through 10(a)(iv), such event, singly or together
with any other such event, makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market
the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
11. EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriter 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, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the
Underwriter in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated
hereunder.
12. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
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14. HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
EVEREN SECURITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Managing Director
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SCHEDULE I
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
I. SUBSIDIARIES
A. CORPORATE SUBSIDIARIES:
BPP/Xxxxxxxx-Imperial, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Golden State Acquisitions, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Mountaingate, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Northwest Acquisitions, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxxx Hills, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxx, Inc. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Simi Valley, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Valley Central, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
Xxxxxxx Pacific L.P., Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
B. PARTNERSHIP SUBSIDIARIES:
BPP/Cameron Park L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxxxxx-Imperial, Inc. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/East Palo Alto L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Hilltop L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxx X.X. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Mission Viejo, L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Mountaingate, L.P. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Pleasant Xxxx X.X. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Richmond L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxx X.X. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Simi Valley, L.P. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Valley Central, L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
BPP/Van Ness L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
Xxxxxxx Pacific Operating Partnership, L.P. (Delaware)(Consolidated)
Xx Xxxxxx Partners L.P. (California)(Consolidated)
C. LLC SUBSIDIARIES:
BPP/Golden State Acquisitions, LLC (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Northwest Acquisitions, LLC (Delaware)(Consolidated)
BPP/Xxxxxx Hills, LLC (Delaware)(Consolidated)
II. AFFILIATES
Ladera Center Associates, LLC (Delaware)(Unconsolidated; 25% interest)
Xxxxxxxxx Plaza Associates, LLC (Delaware)(Unconsolidated; 25% interest)
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SCHEDULE II
OPTIONS AND RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL TO PURCHASE COMPANY-OWNED PROPERTIES
1. THE BERGEN XXXXXXXX BUILDING: Bergen Xxxxxxxx Corp. has an option to
purchase the Bergen Xxxxxxxx Building and underlying land at fair market value
at the expiration of the lease on March 31, 2000, upon providing the Company
with at least 15 months but not more than 24 months notice prior to the
expiration of such lease.
2. THE SAN DIEGO FACTORY OUTLET CENTER: K-Mart has (a) an option to
purchase the building and the underlying land that it leases at fair market
value at the expiration of the lease on August 31, 2006 upon providing the
Company with notice one year prior to the expiration of such lease and (b) a
right of first refusal to purchase such building and underlying land upon thirty
days notice.
3. GATEWAY CENTER: Long's Drugs has a right of first refusal to purchase
the land under its store at fair market value, under certain circumstances.
4. MESA SHOPPING CENTER: Lucky's has a right of first refusal to
purchase its building and two parcels of land thereunder in the event of a sale
of such parcels other than in the context of a sale of the entire shopping
center.
5. PLAZA AT XXXXXX HILLS: Frisco's has a right of first refusal to
purchase its buildings and the land thereunder in the event of a sale of such
parcel other than in the context of a sale of the entire shopping center.
6. 580 MARKETPLACE: P.W. Foods had a right of first refusal to purchase
either their leased premises or the entire shopping center, depending on what
was proposed for sale. P.W. Foods waived this right in September 1996 upon the
sale of the shopping center to the Golden State entities, and again in December
1997 upon the Company's purchase of the center. Although the lease language is
ambiguous on this point, the Company believes that P.W. Foods retains such right
with respect to future sales of its leased premises or the entire shopping
center.
7. CENTERWOOD PLAZA: McDonald's has a right of refusal to purchase its
demised premises in the event of a sale of either its premises or the entire
shopping center.
8. SOUTHAMPTON SHOPPING CENTER: Burger King has a right of refusal to
purchase its leased premises, but this right does not apply in the event the
entire shopping center is being sold.
9. SUMMER HILLS SHOPPING CENTER: (a) Long Xxxx Xxxxxx has a right of
refusal to purchase its leased premises, but this right does not apply in the
event the entire shopping center is being sold; and (b) Summer Hills Veterinary
Hospital has a right of refusal to purchase its leased premises, but this right
does not apply in the event the entire shopping center is being sold.
