Getty Realty Corp. 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Getty Realty Corp.
3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
January 19, 2011
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Getty Realty Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the
Underwriters, up to an additional 450,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option
Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares.”
The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the
Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock.”
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a
registration statement (File No. 333-165738), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such
registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if
any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the
registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to
herein as the “Registration Statement;” and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means
each prospectus included in such Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto) before
effectiveness, and any prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the
prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) included in the Registration Statement at the
time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the
prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) in the form first used (or made available upon
request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with
confirmation of sales of the Shares. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities
Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated
January 18, 2011 (including the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated January 18, 2011), the
price and number of Shares and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405
under the Securities Act) listed on Annex C hereto.
“Applicable Time” means 8:30 A.M., New York City time, on January 19, 2011.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of
Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per
share (the “Purchase Price”) of $26.74.
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option
Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions
declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option
Shares.
If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number
of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name
of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10
hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by
the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares
as the Representatives in its sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or
from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by
written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate
number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the
Option Shares are to
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be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing
Date (as hereinafter de-
fined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business
day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed
in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least
two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein, unless the Underwriters
exercise their option to purchase Option Shares prior to the Closing Date, in which case the
closing of the Option Shares shall be simultaneous with the Closing Date.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives
is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any
affiliate of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten
Shares, at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on January 24, 2011, unless another time or place shall be agreed to by the Representatives
and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at
the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’
election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten
Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date,” and the time and date for such payment for the
Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing
Date.”
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes
payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the
Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and
not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all
material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in
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order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the
Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to
the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and
representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared,
used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such
communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication
referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any
document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act
or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) each electronic road show and any other written
communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or
will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the
Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the
Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the
Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions
made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as
such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose
or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the
offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the
applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will
comply in all material respects with the
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Securities Act, and did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the
Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were
filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents
so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform
in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes
thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and
any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the other financial
information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby;
and the pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro
forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial
statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
(i) there has not been any material change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon
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exercise of stock options, restricted stock units and warrants
described as outstanding in, and the
grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), or a material
change in the short-term debt or long-term debt (other than the borrowings or repayments
under existing lines of credit to fund working capital consistent with past practices), of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or any dividend or distribution of
any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of
capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial
position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred
any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or
any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland,
with all requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and conducts its
business as described in the Registration Statement. Each of the subsidiaries of the
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited
partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its organization, with all requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability
company power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Registration Statement. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective
businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or
hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged,
except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or
authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse
Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Annual
Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the
heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not
subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly
contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding
rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire,
or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other
equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment,
agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind
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relating to the issuance of any capital
stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the
capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free
and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or
transfer or any other claim of any third party.
(j) Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted
pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the
“Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock
option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was
duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its
terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as
applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and
authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number
of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly
executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance
with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws
and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and
any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and (iv) each such grant was
properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the
related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in
accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not
knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of
granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with,
the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or
its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required
to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly
and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(m) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have
been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be
validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the descriptions
thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(n) Master Lease Agreement. The Consolidated, Amended and Restated Master Lease
Agreement, dated November 2, 2000, between Getty Properties Corp. and Getty Petroleum
Marketing Inc. has not been amended since its date of execution and has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, Getty Petroleum Marketing
Inc. enforceable against the Company and , to the Company’s knowledge, Getty Petroleum
Marketing Inc. in accordance
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with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or
by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
(i) in violation of its charter, by-laws, partnership agreement, limited liability company
agreement or similar organizational document, as the case may be; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained
in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment,
order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or
violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default 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 pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject,
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws, partnership
agreement, limited liability company agreement or similar organizational document of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or
any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such
conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license,
registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the Shares under
the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or
qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or
regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending, or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a
party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the
subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or
proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
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Prospectus and (ii) there are
no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(s) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified
certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within
the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(t) Title to Intellectual Property. Expect as would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all
material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses
as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and the conduct of their respective
businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. The
Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement,
misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others in connection with its patents,
patent rights, licenses, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and
know-how, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have
good and marketable title in fee simple to all the real properties, or any part thereof,
owned by them (collectively, and with all buildings, structures and other improvements
located thereon and all easements, rights and other appurtenances thereto, the “Properties”)
and good and marketable title to all the other properties and assets reflected in the
consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference or described in the
Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus subject to no lien,
security interest, mortgage, pledge, charge, claim, restriction or encumbrance of any kind
except those reflected in such financial statements or described in the Registration
Statement or which are not material in amount or which do not materially impair the use of
such Property for retail motor fuel and convenience store purposes; all liens, security
interests, mortgages, pledges, charges, claims, restrictions or encumbrances on or affecting
the properties and assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement are disclosed therein or in documents incorporated
by reference therein; the Company does not know of any violation of any municipal, state or
federal law, rule or regulation (including those pertaining to environmental matters)
concerning the Properties which would have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Properties
complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, regulations and deed restrictions or
other covenants in all material respects and, if and to the extent there is a failure to
comply, such failure does not result in a Material Adverse Effect and will not result in a
forfeiture or reversion of title; expect as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect,
none of the Company nor any subsidiary has received from any governmental authority any
written notice of any condemnation of or zoning change affecting the Properties or any part
thereof, and the Company does not know of any such condemnation or zoning change which is
threatened and which if consummated would have a Material Adverse Effect; no lessee of any
portion of any of the Properties is in default under any of the leases governing such
Properties and there is no event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice
or both, would constitute a default under any of such leases, except such defaults as are
described in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and
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Prospectus or that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and its subsidiaries occupy their
leased properties under valid and binding leases.
(v) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists
between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other
person required to be described in the Registration Statement, on the other, that is
required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure
Package.
(w) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be
required to register as an “investment company” nor will it be an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment
Company Act”).
(x) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal,
state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner, and all such
tax returns are correct and complete in all material respects, and have paid all taxes
required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar
assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments,
fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
(y) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or
the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make
the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has
any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not
be renewed in the ordinary course.
(z) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and
its subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and
the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources
or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment,
use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials
(collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all
permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received
notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential
violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any
Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge
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of any event or
condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not
conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other
corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party
to
any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any
Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i)
and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are
no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company
or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is
also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no
monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and its subsidiaries
are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or
liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat
of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material
effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its
subsidiaries, and (c) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital
expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(bb) Hazardous Materials. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no storage,
generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of
Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or,
to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, any other entity (including any
predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could
reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or
previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or at, on,
under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a
manner or amount or to a location that could reasonably be expected to result in any
liability under any Environmental Law. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical,
substance ,waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any
form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and
petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials,
naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can
give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking,
seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the
environment, or in, into from or through any building or structure.
(cc) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization
which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each,
a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any
applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and
the Code, except for noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) no prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has
occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory
or administrative exemption, that could
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reasonably be expected to result in a material
liability to the Company or its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) for each Plan that is
subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum
funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver
thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied
in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any
amortization period); (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions
used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of
ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or could
reasonably be expected to result, in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries
taken as a whole; (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has
incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than
contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without
default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) there is no pending audit or investigation by the
Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect
to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company
or its subsidiaries taken as a whole. None of the following events has occurred or is
reasonably likely to occur: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions
required to be made to all Plans by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal
year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made
in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material
increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit
obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106)
compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most
recently completed fiscal year.
(dd) REIT Status. Commencing with the Company’s taxable year that ended on
December 31, 2001, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”)
under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and its
actual method of operation as described in the Registration Statement has enabled, and its
proposed method of operation will continue to enable, it to meet the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2011 and
subsequent years. All statements regarding the Company’s qualification and taxation as a
REIT and descriptions of the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation set
forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are
true, complete and correct in all material respects.
(ee) Mortgages. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the mortgages
and deeds of trust encumbering the properties and assets described in the Registration
Statement are not convertible and neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries, nor any
person affiliated therewith holds a participating interest therein, and such mortgages and
deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized to any property not owned
directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(ff) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective
system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange
Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods
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specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and
procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
The Company and its
subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure
controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of
“internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange
Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or
under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial
officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including,
but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. Based on the Company’s most recent evaluation of
its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange
Act, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. The
Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have
been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls
over financial reporting.
(hh) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their
respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption
insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are
adequate for the conduct of the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective
businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from
any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are
required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business.
(ii) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used
any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to
any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated
or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv)
made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
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(jj) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the
rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines,
issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
(kk) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares
hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities
of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ll) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a
party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or
advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s
properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(mm) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party
to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(nn) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any
of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason
of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of
the Shares.
(oo) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(pp) Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from
the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board
of Governors.
(qq) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
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(xx) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Xxx. There is and has been no failure on the part of the
Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in
their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and
the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications
filed as exhibits to
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31,
2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010.
(ss) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the
Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was
not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the
Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C
under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent
required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file promptly all reports and any
definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in
connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and will furnish copies of the Prospectus
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the
Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day
next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representatives, three signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith;
and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as
originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus
Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all
amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used
herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date
of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a
prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be
delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares
by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes
effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters
a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review
and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably objects.
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(d) Notice to the Representatives. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the
Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i)
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective
(excluding the filing of any documents that are deemed incorporated by reference); (ii) when
any supplement to
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus
has been filed (excluding the filing of any documents that are deemed incorporated by
reference); (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration
Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments
from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the
Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant
to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the
Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any
notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale
in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is
issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or
(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such
dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the
Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and
(2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall
exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or
(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with
law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and
furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such
amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a
purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
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(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall
reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the
Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a
foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to
service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security
holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission
promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first
fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158)
of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement
under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any
offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement
that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the
Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or
(ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than the Shares
to be sold hereunder, any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options
granted under Company Stock Plans, any shares of Stock issued in connection with the
Company’s dividend reinvestment plan and any shares of Stock issued in connection with the
vesting of equity awards granted under Company Stock Plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2)
prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the
occurrence of the material news or material event.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds.”
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to
notice of issuance, the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”).
(l) Reports. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will furnish to
the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other
communications
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(financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any
reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be
deemed to have furnished such
reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on
the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures
developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not
filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby
represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning
for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for
use of, any “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act
(which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the
Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press
release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no
“issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not
included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a
previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road
show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the
Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i)
or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use
any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms
have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission;
provided that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a
copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the
first use of such term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities
Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such
proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its
covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose,
pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the
Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely
filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance
with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
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(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the
Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred
stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the
Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (i) no downgrading shall
have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no
such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or
has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred
stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in
Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto)
and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which
in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of
the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the
chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior
executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming
that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the
representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii)
confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth
in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished
to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type
customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such
Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. DLA Piper LLP (US),
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the
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Company, their written opinions and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A
hereto.
(h) Opinion of General Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives, his written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex B hereto.
(i) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters. The
Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, an opinion and Negative Assurance Letter statement of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters
as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such
documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(j) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. On the date of this Agreement and on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Financial
Officer, in each case in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no
statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any
federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the
Shares; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been
issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(l) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of
the good standing of the Company and the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 in their respective
jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other
jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any
standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such
jurisdictions,provided, that this clause (j) will be deemed satisfied to the extent
the failure to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock
Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(n) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the
Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other
securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on
the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
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(o) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives
such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit,
action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or
several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package, or
caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out
of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise
out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the
Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the second paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in
the first, ninth and tenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting.”
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such
person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person
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shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b)
above. If any such
proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified
Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such
proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person 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 Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time
to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different
from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any
such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid
or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing
by Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and any such separate firm for the Company,
its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the
Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified
Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees
and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person 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 the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii)
the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written
consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or
could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
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clause (i) but also the relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions
as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the
Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in
connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear
to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred
by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase
obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified
Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of
the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the
Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or
by any of the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities
issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have
been declared by 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,
either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is
material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale
or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus.
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10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any
Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by
other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36
hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for
the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days
in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the
Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other
document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this
Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context
otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10,
purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right
to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the
number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the
right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional
Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date
shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination
of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the
Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set
forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate
and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it
may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs
incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes
payable in that connection;
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(ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under
the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits,
amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of
the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares under the
state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the
related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost of preparing stock
certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all
expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the
offering by, FINRA; (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show”
presentation to potential investors; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the
listing of the Shares on the Exchange.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any
reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters
decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, except that if this
Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under
any liability to any defaulting Underwriter pursuant to this Section 11(b), the Company agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such
purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution,
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or
any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares
and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where
otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are
permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning
set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated on behalf
of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o Attention
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Equity Syndicate Desk and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention Syndicate Department; X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000), with a copy to ECM Legal. Notices to the
Company shall be given to it at Getty Realty Corp., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000; Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, General Counsel.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor
any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are
not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, Getty Realty Corp. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Accepted:
January 19, 2011
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
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Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
1,050,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
1,050,000 | |||
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
300,000 | |||
RBC Capital Markets LLC |
300,000 | |||
Capital One Southcoast, Inc. |
100,000 | |||
Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
100,000 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
100,000 | |||
Total |
3,000,000 |
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Annex C
Pricing Disclosure Package
Public Offering Price: $28.00 per share
Offering Size: 3,000,000 shares (3,450,000 shares if the underwriters’ option to purchase
additional shares is exercised in full)
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