DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 29, 2001, among DUKE-WEEKS REALTY
CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (the "Company") and American Stock Transfer
& Trust Co., a New York banking corporation, as Depositary, and all holders from
time to time of Receipts (as hereinafter defined) issued hereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit
Agreement, for the deposit of the Company's Preferred Shares (as hereinafter
defined) with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit
Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of the Receipts evidencing Depositary
Shares representing a fractional interest in the Preferred Shares deposited; and
WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications
and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, it is
agreed by and among the parties hereto as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms (in the
singular and plural forms of such terms) used in this Deposit Agreement and the
Receipts:
SECTION 1.1. "ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION" shall mean the Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, of the
Company.
SECTION 1.2. "COMPANY" shall mean Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation, an Indiana
corporation, and its successors.
SECTION 1.3. "CORPORATE OFFICE" shall mean the corporate office of the
Depositary at which at any particular time its business in respect of matters
governed by this Deposit Agreement shall be administered, which at the date of
this Deposit Agreement is located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
SECTION 1.4. "DEPOSIT AGREEMENT" shall mean this agreement, as the same may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
SECTION 1.5. "DEPOSITARY" shall mean American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., a
company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000, and any successor as depositary
hereunder.
SECTION 1.6. "DEPOSITARY SHARE" shall mean a fractional interest of 1/10 of
a Preferred Share deposited with the Depositary hereunder and the same
proportionate interest in any and all other property received by the Depositary
in respect of such Preferred Share and held under this Deposit Agreement, all as
evidenced by the Receipts issued hereunder. Subject to the terms of this Deposit
Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share is entitled, proportionately, to all
the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Share represented by
such Depositary Share, including the dividend, voting, redemption, conversion
and liquidation rights contained in the Designating Amendment.
SECTION 1.7. "DEPOSITARY'S AGENT" shall mean an agent appointed by the
Depositary as provided, and for the purposes specified, in Section 7.5.
SECTION 1.8. "DESIGNATING AMENDMENT" shall mean the amendment to the
Articles of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Indiana establishing the Preferred Shares as a series of preferred shares of the
Company.
SECTION 1.9. "PREFERRED SHARES" shall mean the Company's [ %] Series I
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, heretofore
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
SECTION 1.10. "RECEIPT" shall mean a Depositary Receipt issued hereunder to
evidence one or more Depositary Shares, whether in definitive or temporary form,
substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 1.11. "RECORD DATE" shall mean the date fixed pursuant to
Section 4.4.
SECTION 1.12. "RECORD HOLDER" OR "HOLDER" as applied to a Receipt shall
mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books maintained by
the Depositary for such purpose.
SECTION 1.13. "REGISTRAR" shall mean American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. or
any bank or trust company appointed to register ownership and transfers of
Receipts or the deposited Preferred Shares, as the case may be, as herein
provided.
SECTION 1.14. "SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
SECTION 1.15. "TRANSFER AGENT" shall mean American Stock Transfer & Trust
Co. or any bank or trust company appointed to transfer the Receipts or the
deposited Preferred Shares, as the case may be, as herein provided.
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ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED SHARES,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER,
SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
SECTION 2.1. FORM AND TRANSFERABILITY OF RECEIPTS. Definitive Receipts
shall be engraved or printed or lithographed with steel-engraved borders and
underlying tint and shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A
annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications
and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the preparation of definitive
Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company, delivered in
compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which
may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company
and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary
Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the
temporary Receipts at the Corporate Office or such other offices, if any, as the
Depositary may designate, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute
and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same
number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt
or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company's expense and without
any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Deposit Agreement, and with
respect to the Preferred Shares deposited, as definitive Receipts.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile
signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary, PROVIDED that if a
Registrar (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed then such
Receipts shall also be countersigned by manual signature of a duly authorized
signatory of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under
this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall
have been executed as provided in the preceding sentence. The Depositary shall
record on its books each Receipt executed as provided above and delivered as
hereinafter provided.
Except as the Depositary may otherwise determine, Receipts shall be in
denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. All Receipts shall be
dated the date of their issuance.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such
legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply
with any applicable law or regulation or with the rules and regulations of any
securities exchange upon which the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or
the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or
to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular
Receipts are subject.
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Title to any Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt), that is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer or endorsement shall be transferable by delivery with the
same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
until a Receipt shall be transferred on the books of the Depositary as provided
in Section 2.4, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary,
treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for
the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or
other distributions, the exercise of any conversion rights or to any notice
provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
SECTION 2.2. DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED SHARES; EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
RECEIPTS IN RESPECT THEREOF. Concurrently with the execution of this Deposit
Agreement, the Company is delivering to the Depositary a certificate or
certificates, registered in the name of the Depositary and evidencing 300,000
Preferred Shares (or 345,000 Preferred Shares if the Underwriters exercise their
over allotment option), properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the
Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form
satisfactory to the Depositary, together with (i) all such certifications as may
be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit
Agreement and (ii) a written order of the Company directing the Depositary to
execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons
stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares
representing such deposited Preferred Shares. The Depositary acknowledges
receipt of the deposited Preferred Shares and related documentation and agrees
to hold such deposited Preferred Shares in an account to be established by the
Depositary at the Corporate Office or at such other office as the Depositary
shall determine. The Company hereby appoints the Depositary as the Registrar and
Transfer Agent for Preferred Shares deposited hereunder and the Depositary
hereby accepts such appointment and, as such, will reflect changes in the number
of shares (including any fractional shares) of deposited Preferred Shares held
by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method.
If required by the Depositary, Preferred Shares presented for deposit by
the Company at any time, whether or not the register of shareholders of the
Company is closed, shall also be accompanied by an agreement or assignment, or
other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that will provide for the
prompt transfer to the Depositary or its nominee of any dividend or right to
subscribe for additional Preferred Shares or to receive other property that any
person in whose name the Preferred Shares is or has been registered may
thereafter receive upon or in respect of such deposited Preferred Shares, or in
lieu thereof such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be
satisfactory to the Depositary.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for
Preferred Shares deposited hereunder, together with the other documents
specified above, and upon registering such Preferred Shares in the name of the
Depositary, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or
persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in
the first paragraph of this Section 2.2, a Receipt or Receipts for the number of
whole Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Shares so deposited and
registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.
The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the
Corporate Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of any person
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requesting such delivery, such delivery may be made at such other place as may
be designated by such person.
Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other reclassifications
affecting the Preferred Shares, or in the case of dividends or other
distributions of Preferred Shares, if any, there shall be deposited hereunder
not more than the number of shares constituting the Preferred Shares as set
forth in the Designating Amendment, as such may be amended.
The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such
quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the Depositary to
perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 2.3. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF PREFERRED SHARES FOR CASH. Whenever the
Company shall elect to redeem deposited Preferred Shares for cash in accordance
with the provisions of the Designating Amendment, it shall (unless otherwise
agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 60
days' prior written notice of the date of such proposed redemption and of the
number of such Preferred Shares held by the Depositary to be redeemed and the
applicable redemption price, as set forth in the Designating Amendment,
including the amount, if any, of accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of
such redemption. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage prepaid, notice
of the redemption of Preferred Shares and the proposed simultaneous redemption
of the Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Shares to be redeemed, not
less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of
such Preferred Shares and Depositary Shares (the "cash redemption date"), to the
holders of record on the record date fixed for such redemption pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so
redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records of
the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more such
holders nor any defect in any such notice shall affect the sufficiency of the
proceedings for redemption as to other holders. The Company shall provide the
Depositary with such notice, and each such notice shall state: the cash
redemption date; the cash redemption price; the number of deposited Preferred
Shares and Depositary Shares to be redeemed; if fewer than all the Depositary
Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary
Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; the place or places where Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares to be redeemed are to be surrendered for payment of
the cash redemption price; and that from and after the cash redemption date
dividends in respect of the Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary
Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the outstanding
Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall
be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating
fractional Depositary Shares) or by any other equitable method determined by the
Company. The Company shall also cause notice of redemption to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York at least once a week
for two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the cash redemption date.
In the event that notice of redemption has been made as described in the
immediately preceding paragraph and the Company shall then have paid in full to
the Depositary the cash redemption price (determined pursuant to the Designating
Amendment) of the Preferred Shares deposited with the Depositary to be redeemed
(including any accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption), the
Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares
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representing such Preferred Shares so called for redemption by the Company and
from and after the cash redemption date (unless the Company shall have failed to
redeem the Preferred Shares to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company's
notice provided for in the preceding paragraph), all dividends in respect of the
Preferred Shares called for redemption shall cease to accrue, the Depositary
Shares called for redemption shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and all
rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the
right to receive the cash redemption price and any money or other property to
which holders of such Receipts were entitled upon such redemption) shall, to the
extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender in
accordance with said notice of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares
(properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so
require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed at a cash redemption price of
$25.00 per Depositary Share plus any other money and other property payable in
respect of such Preferred Shares. The foregoing shall be further subject to the
terms and conditions of the Designating Amendment.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are
called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt
upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with payment of the cash
redemption price for and all other amounts payable in respect of the Depositary
Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.
SECTION 2.4. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF RECEIPTS. The Company hereby
appoints the Depositary as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Receipts and
the Depositary hereby accepts such appointment and, as such, shall register on
its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by
the holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or
accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement,
together with evidence of the payment of any transfer taxes as may be required
by law. Upon such surrender, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or
Receipts and deliver the same to or upon the order of the person entitled
thereto evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by
the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
SECTION 2.5. COMBINATIONS AND SPLIT-UPS OF RECEIPTS. Upon surrender of a
Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office or such other office as the
Depositary may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination
of Receipts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the
Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized
denominations requested evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary
Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
SECTION 2.6. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS AND WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED SHARES. Any
holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw any or all of the deposited
Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt
or Receipts and all money and other property, if any, represented by such
Depositary Shares by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate
Office or at such office as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals,
PROVIDED that a holder of a Receipt or Receipts may not withdraw such Preferred
Shares (or money and other property, if any, represented thereby) which has
previously been called for redemption. After such surrender, without
unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the
person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter
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provided, the number of whole or fractional shares of such Preferred Shares and
all such money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders
of such whole or fractional Preferred Shares will not thereafter be entitled to
deposit such Preferred Shares hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares
therefor. If the Receipt or Receipts delivered by the holder to the Depositary
in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares
in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole or
fractional shares of deposited Preferred Shares to be withdrawn, the Depositary
shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole or fractional
Preferred Shares and such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn,
deliver to such holder, or (subject to Section 2.4) upon his order, a new
Receipt or Receipts evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery
of such Preferred Shares and such money and other property being withdrawn may
be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other
instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate, which, if required by the
Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer.
If the deposited Preferred Shares and the money and other property being
withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record
holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Preferred
Shares, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order
so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or
Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such Preferred Shares be
properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of
transfer or endorsement in blank.
The Depositary shall deliver the deposited Preferred Shares and the money
and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
Receipts surrendered for withdrawal at the Corporate Office, except that, at the
request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts
and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such
other place as may be designated by such holder.
SECTION 2.7. LIMITATIONS ON EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SPLIT-UP,
COMBINATION, SURRENDER AND EXCHANGE OF RECEIPTS. As a condition precedent to the
execution and delivery, transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange
of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company
may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient
for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have
made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other governmental
charge with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to
the Preferred Shares being deposited or withdrawn); (ii) the production of proof
satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (or the
authority of any signature); and (iii) compliance with such regulations, if any,
as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of
this Deposit Agreement as may be required by any securities exchange upon which
the deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be
included for quotation or listed.
The deposit of Preferred Shares may be refused, the delivery of Receipts
against Preferred Shares may be suspended, the transfer of Receipts may be
refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination, surrender, exchange or
redemption of outstanding Receipts may be
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suspended (i) during any period when the register of shareholders of the Company
is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed reasonably necessary or advisable
by the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or
from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or
governmental body or commission, or under Article X of the Articles of
Incorporation or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 2.8. LOST RECEIPTS, ETC. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated or
destroyed or lost or stolen, the Depositary, in its discretion, may execute and
deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such
mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or
stolen Receipt, PROVIDED that the holder thereof provides the Depositary with
(i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction, loss
or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his ownership
thereof and (ii) reasonable indemnification satisfactory to the Depositary and
the Company.
SECTION 2.9. CANCELLATION AND DESTRUCTION OF SURRENDERED RECEIPTS. All
Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's Agent shall be
cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or
regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy such Receipts so cancelled.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 3.1. FILING PROOFS, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION. Any person
presenting Preferred Shares for deposit or any holder of a Receipt may be
required from time to time to file such proof of residence or other information,
to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as
the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The
Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of any Receipt, the
transfer, redemption or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the deposited
Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt,
the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights
or of the proceeds thereof, until such proof or other information is filed, such
certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
SECTION 3.2. PAYMENT OF FEES AND EXPENSES. Holders of Receipts shall be
obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain fees and expenses, as
provided in Section 5.7, or provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositary that such fees and expenses have been paid. Until such payment is
made, transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of the Preferred Shares or money
or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution may be withheld,
and any part or all of the Preferred Shares or other property represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the account of the
holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder a
reasonable number of days prior to such sale). Any dividend or other
distribution so withheld and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any
payment of such fees or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable
for any deficiency.
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SECTION 3.3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO PREFERRED SHARES. In the
case of the initial deposit of the Preferred Shares hereunder, the Company and,
in the case of subsequent deposits thereof, each person so depositing Preferred
Shares under this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and
warrant that such Preferred Shares and each certificate therefor are valid and
that the person making such deposit is duly authorized to do so. The Company
hereby further represents and warrants that such Preferred Shares, when issued,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representations and
warranties shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of
Receipts.
SECTION 3.4. REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY AS TO RECEIPTS AND DEPOSITARY
SHARES. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when
issued, will evidence legal and valid interests in the Depositary Shares and
each Depositary Share will represent a legal and valid 1/10 fractional interest
in a deposited Preferred Share. Such representation and warranty shall survive
the deposit of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of Receipts evidencing the
Depositary Shares.
ARTICLE IV
THE PREFERRED SHARES; NOTICES
SECTION 4.1. CASH DISTRIBUTIONS. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any
cash dividend or other cash distribution on the deposited Preferred Shares,
including any cash received upon redemption of any Preferred Shares pursuant to
Section 2.3, the Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.2, distribute to record
holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such
amounts of such sum as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the
respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such
holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be
required to and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution
in respect of the Preferred Shares represented by the Receipts held by any
holder an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution
or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares represented by such Receipts
subject to such withholding shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall
distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such
amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of
Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be
held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be
added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for
distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.
SECTION 4.2. DISTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN CASH. Whenever the Depositary shall
receive any distribution other than cash on the deposited Preferred Shares, the
Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.2, distribute to record holders of
Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the
securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in
proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the
Receipts held by such holders, in any manner that the Depositary and the Company
may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If, in
the opinion of the Depositary after consultation with the Company, such
distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for
any other reason (including any requirement
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that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes), the
Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to
be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such
method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities
or property thus received or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon
such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall,
subject to Section 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as
the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by
Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Company shall
not make any distribution of such securities or property to the holders of
Receipts unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of
counsel stating that such securities or property have been registered under the
Securities Act or do not need to be registered.
SECTION 4.3. SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS, PREFERENCES OR PRIVILEGES. If the Company
shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names
deposited Preferred Shares are registered on the books of the Company any
rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities
or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights,
preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the
Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall
instruct (including by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing
such rights, preferences or privileges); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) if at the
time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Company
determines upon advice of its legal counsel that it is not lawful or feasible to
make such rights, preferences or privileges available to the holders of Receipts
(by the issue of warrants or otherwise) or (b) if and to the extent instructed
by holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or
privileges, the Depositary shall then, if so instructed by the Company, and if
applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges so
permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such holders at public or
private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper.
The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2,
be distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled
thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in
cash. The Company shall not make any distribution of such rights, preferences or
privileges, unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion
of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have been
registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered.
If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any
rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of
Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences
or privileges relate, the Company agrees that it will promptly file a
registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such
rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and
take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become
effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences
or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or
privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of
Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any
securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become
effective or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are
exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act and the
Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to such
effect.
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If any other action under the law of any jurisdiction or any governmental
or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such
rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts,
the Company agrees to use its best efforts to take such action or obtain such
authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of
such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such
rights, preferences or privileges.
SECTION 4.4. NOTICE OF DIVIDENDS; FIXING OF RECORD DATE FOR HOLDERS OF
RECEIPTS. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become
payable, any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights,
preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the
deposited Preferred Shares, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of
(i) any meeting at which holders of such Preferred Shares are entitled to vote
or of which holders of such Preferred Shares are entitled to notice or (ii) any
election on the part of the Company to redeem any such Preferred Shares, the
Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the
same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Preferred
Shares) for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled
to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the
net proceeds of the sale thereof, to give instructions for the exercise of
voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or whose
Depositary Shares are to be so redeemed.
SECTION 4.5. VOTING RIGHTS. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which
the holders of deposited Preferred Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary
shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts
a notice, which shall be provided by the Company and which shall contain (i)
such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a statement
that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified record date
fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 will be entitled, subject to any applicable
provision of law, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Shares represented by their
respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in
which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a
Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall vote or cause to be voted the
amount of Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. To
the extent such instructions request the voting of a fractional interest of a
share of deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary shall aggregate such
interest with all other fractional interests resulting from requests with the
same voting instructions and shall vote the number of whole votes resulting from
such aggregation in accordance with the instructions received in such requests.
Each Preferred Share is entitled to 10 votes and, accordingly, each Depositary
Share is entitled to one vote. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable
action that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the
Depositary to vote such Preferred Shares or cause such Preferred Shares to be
voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the
Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the Preferred Shares
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. The Depositary
shall not be required to exercise discretion in voting any Preferred Shares
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.
SECTION 4.6. CHANGES AFFECTING PREFERRED SHARES AND RECLASSIFICATIONS,
RECAPITALIZATION, ETC. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up,
combination or any other reclassification of Preferred Shares, or upon any
recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
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amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party or
sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, the Depositary shall,
upon the instructions of the Company: (i) make such adjustments in (a) the
fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one Preferred
Share and (b) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the
redemption price of a Preferred Share, in each case as may be required by or as
is consistent with the provisions of the Designating Amendment to fully reflect
the effects of such change in liquidation value, split-up, combination or other
reclassification of Shares, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale and (ii) treat any shares or other securities or property
(including cash) that shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or
upon conversion of or in respect of the Preferred Shares as new deposited
property under this Deposit Agreement, and Receipts then outstanding shall
thenceforth represent the proportionate interests of holders thereof or the new
deposited property so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect
of such Preferred Shares. In any such case the Depositary may, in its
discretion, with approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional
Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be
exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited property.
Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of Receipts shall have
the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated
value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Shares
or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or
consolidation or sale of substantially all the assets of the Company to
surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange
or surrender the Preferred Shares represented thereby only into or for, as the
case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and
cash into which the deposited Preferred Shares evidenced by such Receipts might
have been converted or for which such Preferred Shares might have been exchanged
or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction. The
Company shall cause effective provision to be made in the charter of the
resulting or surviving corporation (if other than the Company) for protection of
such rights as may be applicable upon exchange of the deposited Preferred Shares
for securities or property or cash of the surviving corporation in connection
with the transactions set forth above. The Company shall cause any such
surviving corporation (if other than the Company) expressly to assume the
obligations of the Company hereunder.
SECTION 4.7. INSPECTION OF REPORTS. The Depositary shall make available for
inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate Office and at such other
places as it may from time to time deem advisable during normal business hours
any reports and communications received from the Company that are both received
by the Depositary as the holder of deposited Preferred Shares and made generally
available to the holders of the Preferred Shares. In addition, the Depositary
shall transmit certain notices and reports to the holders of Receipts as
provided in Section 5.5.
SECTION 4.8. LISTS OF RECEIPT HOLDERS. Promptly upon request from time to
time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to the Company a list, as of a
recent date specified by the Company, of the names, addresses and holdings of
Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the
books of the Depositary.
SECTION 4.9. TAX AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. The Depositary shall be
responsible for (i) preparation and mailing of form 1099s for all open and
closed accounts, (ii) foreign tax withholding, (iii) withholding 31% (or any
withholding as may be required at the then applicable
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rate) of dividends from eligible holders of Receipts if directed to do so by the
Company or required to do so by applicable law, (iv) mailing W-9 forms to new
holders of Receipts without a certified taxpayer identification number, (v)
processing certified W-9 forms, (vi) preparation and filing of state information
returns and (vii) escheatment services.
SECTION 4.10. WITHHOLDING. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Deposit Agreement, in the event that the Depositary determines that any
distribution in property is subject to any tax which the Depositary is obligated
by law to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of all or a portion of such
property in such amounts and in such manner as the Depositary deems necessary
and practicable to pay such taxes, by public or private sale, and the Depositary
shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the balance of any such
property after deduction of such taxes to the holders of Receipts entitled
thereto in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them
respectively.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY AND THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.1. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICES, AGENCIES AND TRANSFER BOOKS BY THE
DEPOSITARY AND THE REGISTRAR. The Depositary shall maintain at the Corporate
Office facilities for the execution and delivery, transfer, surrender and
exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and deposit and
withdrawal of Preferred Shares and at the offices of the Depositary's Agents, if
any, facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up,
combination and redemption of Receipts and deposit and withdrawal of Preferred
Shares, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep books at the Corporate Office for the
registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall
be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts as provided by
applicable law. The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to
time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its
duties hereunder.
If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred
Shares represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the
approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for
registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with the
requirements of such Exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so
permitted by the requirements of such Exchange) may be removed and a substitute
registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of
the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Shares
are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Depositary will, at the
request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery,
transfer, surrender, redemption and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary
Shares or such Preferred Shares as may be required by law or applicable stock
exchange regulations.
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SECTION 5.2. PREVENTION OR DELAY IN PERFORMANCE BY THE DEPOSITARY, THE
DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR OR THE COMPANY. Neither the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to
any holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or
future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or of any
other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary's
Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the
Articles of Incorporation or the Designating Amendment or, in the case of the
Company, the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, by reason of
any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant
party, the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company
shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that
the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor
shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur
any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or
delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the
terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or by
reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for
in this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 5.3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE
REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY. Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any
Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any
liability under this Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to holders of Receipts
other than from acts or omissions arising out of conduct constituting bad faith,
negligence (in the case of any action or inaction with respect to the voting of
the deposited Preferred Shares), gross negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in this Deposit
Agreement.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
action, suit or other proceeding with respect to the deposited Preferred Shares,
Depositary Shares or Receipts that in its reasonable opinion may involve it in
expense or liability unless indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against all
expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance
upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information provided
by any person presenting Preferred Shares for deposit, any holder of a Receipt
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar and the
Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written
notice, request, direction or other document believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
In the event the Depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or
instructions from any holders of Receipts, on the one hand, and the Company, on
the other hand, the Depositary shall be entitled to act on such claims, requests
or instructions received from the Company, and shall be entitled to the full
indemnification set forth in Section 5.6 hereof in connection with any action so
taken.
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The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any
instruction to vote any of the deposited Preferred Shares or for the manner or
effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in
good faith and does not result from negligence or willful misconduct of the
Depositary. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required to
undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall
be read into this Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar.
The Depositary, its parent, affiliate, or subsidiaries, any Depositary's
Agent, and any Registrar may own, buy, sell or deal in any class of securities
of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or become
pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates
may be interested or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully or
as freely as if it were not the Depositary or the Depositary's Agent hereunder.
The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the
securities of the Company and its affiliates or act in any other capacity for
the Company or its affiliates.
It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent shall
be deemed to be an "issuer" of the securities under the federal securities laws
or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed
that the Depositary and any Depositary's Agent are acting only in a ministerial
capacity as Depositary for the deposited Preferred Shares; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Depositary agrees to comply with all information reporting and
withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Deposit Agreement in
its capacity as Depositary.
The Company agrees that it will register the deposited Preferred Shares and
the Depositary Shares if required by the applicable securities laws.
SECTION 5.4. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITARY; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary
hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such
resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such
removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the
appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as
hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be
removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of
resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor depositary,
which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United
States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If a successor depositary shall not have been appointed in 60 days,
the resigning Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint a successor depositary. Every successor depositary shall execute and
deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting
its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor depositary, without any
further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the
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Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of
all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall promptly
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and
powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
all rights, title and interest in the deposited Preferred Shares and any moneys
or property held hereunder to such successor and shall deliver to such successor
a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor
depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders
of Receipts.
Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged,
consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act. Such successor
depositary may execute the Receipts either in the name of the predecessor
depositary or in the name of the successor depositary.
SECTION 5.5. NOTICES, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS. The Company agrees that it
will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt
thereof, transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the address
recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all notices and reports (including
financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities
exchange upon which the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts
are included for quotation or listed or by the Articles of Incorporation and the
Designating Amendment to be furnished by the Company to holders of the deposited
Preferred Shares and, if requested by the holder of any Receipt, a copy of this
Deposit Agreement, the form of Receipt, the Designating Amendment and the form
of Preferred Shares. Such transmission will be at the Company's expense and the
Company will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents
as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will
transmit to the record holders of Receipts at the Company's expense such other
documents as may be requested by the Company.
SECTION 5.6. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. The Company agrees to
indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar against, and
hold each of them harmless from, any liability, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) that may arise out of, or in connection with, its
acting as Depositary, Depositary's Agent or Registrar, respectively, under this
Deposit Agreement and the Receipts, except for any liability arising out of the
willful misconduct, gross negligence, negligence (in the case of any action or
inaction with respect to the voting of the deposited Preferred Shares) or bad
faith on the part of any such person or persons. The obligations of the Company
set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary,
Registrar or Depositary's Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 5.7. FEES, CHARGES AND EXPENSES. No charges and expenses of the
Depositary or any Depositary's Agent hereunder shall be payable by any person,
except as provided in this Section 5.7. The Company shall pay all transfer and
other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of this
Deposit Agreement. The Company shall also pay all fees and expenses of the
Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Shares and
the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts, any
redemption of the Preferred Shares at the option of the Company and all
withdrawals of the Preferred Shares by holders of Depositary Shares. If a holder
of Receipts requests the Depositary to perform duties not required under this
Deposit Agreement, the
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Depositary shall notify the holder of the cost of the performance of such duties
prior to the performance thereof. Such holder will be liable for the charges and
expenses related to such performance. All other fees and expenses of the
Depositary and any Depositary's Agent hereunder and of any Registrar (including,
in each case, fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their
respective obligations hereunder will be promptly paid as previously agreed
between the Depositary and the Company. The Depositary shall present its
statement for fees and expenses to the Company every month or at such other
intervals as the Company and the Depositary may agree.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 6.1. AMENDMENT. The form of the Receipts and any provision of this
Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement
between the Company and the Depositary in any respect that they may deem
necessary or desirable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment (other than
any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent) which (i)
shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts or
(ii) would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to
the holders of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the Designating Amendment shall
be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of at
least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. In no event shall
any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Section 2.6 and
Section 2.7 and Article III, of any holder of any Depositary Shares to surrender
the Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the
Depositary to deliver to the holder the deposited Preferred Shares and all money
and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with
mandatory provisions of applicable law. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt
at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing
to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by
this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.
SECTION 6.2. TERMINATION. This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the
Company upon not less than 30 days' prior written notice to the Depositary if
(i) such termination is necessary to preserve the Company's status as a real
estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or
any successor provisions) or (ii) the holders of a majority of the Preferred
Shares consent to such termination, whereupon the Depositary shall deliver or
make available to each holder of a Receipt, upon surrender of the Receipt held
by such holder, such number of whole or fractional shares of deposited Preferred
Shares that are represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt,
together with any other property held by the Depositary in respect of such
Receipt. In the event that this Deposit Agreement is terminated pursuant to
clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company hereby agrees to
use its best efforts to list the Preferred Shares issued upon surrender of the
Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares represented thereby on a national
securities exchange. This Deposit Agreement will automatically terminate if (i)
all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section
2.3 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the
deposited Preferred Shares in connection with any liquidation,
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dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been
distributed to the holders of Receipts entitled thereto.
Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its
obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar under
Section 5.6 and Section 5.7.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1. COUNTERPARTS. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall
be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page to this Deposit Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement. Copies of this Deposit
Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agents and
shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Corporate Office and
the respective offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, by any holder of a
Receipt.
SECTION 7.2. EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF PARTIES. This Deposit Agreement is for
the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors
hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim to any other person whatsoever.
SECTION 7.3. INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or
become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
or enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall
in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
SECTION 7.4. NOTICES. Any and all notices to be given to the Company
hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or
facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at:
DUKE-WEEKS REALTY CORPORATION
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary
in writing.
Any notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered or sent by mail, or
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by telegram or telex or telecopier confirmed by letter, addressed to the
Depositary at the Corporate Office.
Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the
Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or telex or telecopier
confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address of such
record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary or, if such holder
shall have filed with the Depositary in a timely manner a written request that
notices intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address
designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail, or by telegram or telex or telecopier
shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter
containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or
telex or telecopier message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office
letter box. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram or
telex or telecopier message received by it from the other or from any holder of
a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or telex or telecopier message
shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter as aforesaid.
SECTION 7.5. DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS. The Depositary may from time to time
appoint Depositary's Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the
purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional
Depositary's Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's
Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.
SECTION 7.6. HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS ARE PARTIES. The holders of Receipts from
time to time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall
be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by
acceptance of delivery thereof.
SECTION 7.7. GOVERNING LAW. This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and all
rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York
applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State.
SECTION 7.8. INSPECTION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND DESIGNATING AMENDMENT.
Copies of this Deposit Agreement and the Designating Amendment shall be filed
with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agents and shall be open to inspection
during business hours at the Corporate Office and the respective offices of the
Depositary's Agents, if any, by any holder of any Receipt.
SECTION 7.9. HEADINGS. The headings of articles and sections in this
Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto
have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as part of
this Deposit Agreement or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation
of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Co. have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and
year first above set forth and all holders of Receipts shall become parties
hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in
accordance with the terms hereof.
DUKE-WEEKS REALTY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Attest: Authorized Officer
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Attest: Authorized Signatory
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Exhibit A
The Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt are subject to
restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of the Company's
maintenance of its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In order to maintain such status, the
Company's Designating Amendment imposes limitations on the number of Series I
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares that may be owned by any single person or
affiliated group. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined
in the Company's Designating Amendment for the Series I Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares. Transfers in violation of the restrictions described above
shall be void AB INITIO.
The Company will furnish to the holder hereof upon request and without
charge a complete written statement of the terms and conditions of the Series I
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares. Requests for such statement may be
directed to the Secretary of the Company.
[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]
DR-
CERTIFICATE FOR NOT MORE THAN 3,450,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES
CUSIP____________
RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES,
EACH REPRESENTING 1/10 OF A SERIES I CUMULATIVE
REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARE
DUKE-WEEKS REALTY CORPORATION
(an Indiana corporation)
_______________, as Depositary (the "Depositary"), hereby certifies
that ____________________ is the registered owner of ____________ DEPOSITARY
SHARES ("Depositary Shares"), each Depositary Share representing 1/10 of one
Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share, $0.01 par value per share (the
"Shares"), of Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the
"Company"), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to
the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of January 29, 2001 (the "Deposit
Agreement"), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time
of Receipts for Depositary Shares. By accepting this Receipt, the holder hereof
becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement. This Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have
been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized officer or, if a Registrar in respect of the Receipts (other than the
Depositary) shall have been appointed, by the manual signature of a duly
authorized officer of such Registrar.
Dated:
[Countersigned:
-----------------------------------------
By: ] By:
---------------------- ---------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE RECEIPT]
DUKE-WEEKS REALTY CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH
REGISTERED HOLDER OF RECEIPTS WHO SO REQUESTS A COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
AND A COPY OF THE DESIGNATING AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES I CUMULATIVE
REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES OF DUKE-WEEKS REALTY CORPORATION ANY SUCH REQUEST
SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT.
The following abbreviations when used in the instructions on the face of
this receipt shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM - as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ________ Custodian ________
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with
right of survivorship
and not as tenants in ----------------
common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
For value received, ____________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
----------------------
----------------------
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING
POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE
----------------------
____________ Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________ Attorney to transfer the said
Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
--- ---------
NOTICE: The signature to the assignment must correspond
with the name as written upon the face of this
Receipt in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. "Articles of Incorporation"....................................................................1
Section 1.2. "Company"......................................................................................1
Section 1.3. "Corporate Office".............................................................................1
Section 1.4. "Deposit Agreement"............................................................................1
Section 1.5. "Depositary"...................................................................................1
Section 1.6. "Depositary Share".............................................................................2
Section 1.7. "Depositary's Agent"...........................................................................2
Section 1.8. "Designating Amendment"........................................................................2
Section 1.9. "Preferred Shares".............................................................................2
Section 1.10. "Receipt"......................................................................................2
Section 1.11. "record date"..................................................................................2
Section 1.12. "record holder" or "holder"....................................................................2
Section 1.13. "Registrar"....................................................................................2
Section 1.14. "Securities Act"...............................................................................2
Section 1.15. "Transfer Agent"...............................................................................2
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED SHARES,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER,
SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.1. Form and Transferability of Receipts...........................................................3
Section 2.2. Deposit of Preferred Shares; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof.............4
Section 2.3. Optional Redemption of Preferred Shares for Cash...............................................5
Section 2.4. Registration of Transfers of Receipts..........................................................6
Section 2.5. Combinations and Split-ups of Receipts.........................................................6
Section 2.6. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Shares.......................................6
Section 2.7. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-up, Combination, Surrender and
Exchange of Receipts...........................................................................7
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Section 2.8. Lost Receipts, etc.............................................................................8
Section 2.9. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts...........................................8
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
Section 3.1. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information..............................................8
Section 3.2. Payment of Fees and Expenses...................................................................8
Section 3.3. Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Shares..........................................9
Section 3.4. Representation and Warranty as to Receipts and Depositary Shares...............................9
ARTICLE IV
THE PREFERRED SHARES; NOTICES
Section 4.1. Cash Distributions.............................................................................9
Section 4.2. Distributions Other Than Cash..................................................................9
Section 4.3. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges................................................10
Section 4.4. Notice of Dividends; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts............................11
Section 4.5. Voting Rights.................................................................................11
Section 4.6. Changes Affecting Preferred Shares and Reclassifications, Recapitalization, etc...............11
Section 4.7. Inspection of Reports.........................................................................12
Section 4.8. Lists of Receipt Holders......................................................................12
Section 4.9. Tax and Regulatory Compliance.................................................................12
Section 4.10. Withholding...................................................................................13
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY AND THE COMPANY
Section 5.1. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary and the Registrar........13
Section 5.2. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the
Registrar or the Company.......................................................................14
Section 5.3. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company..........14
Section 5.4. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary.................15
Section 5.5. Notices, Reports and Documents.................................................................16
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Section 5.6. Indemnification by the Company.................................................................16
Section 5.7. Fees, Charges and Expenses.....................................................................16
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 6.1. Amendment.....................................................................................17
Section 6.2. Termination...................................................................................17
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1. Counterparts..................................................................................18
Section 7.2. Exclusive Benefit of Parties..................................................................18
Section 7.3. Invalidity of Provisions......................................................................18
Section 7.4. Notices.......................................................................................18
Section 7.5. Depositary's Agents...........................................................................19
Section 7.6. Holders of Receipts Are Parties...............................................................19
Section 7.7. Governing Law.................................................................................19
Section 7.8. Inspection of Deposit Agreement and Designating Amendment.....................................19
Section 7.9. Headings......................................................................................19
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