Exhibit 10(xi)
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 22, 1997
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing
Agreements (each a "Pricing A reement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such
additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to
the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the
firms named in Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms
constituting the "Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the
securities specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities")
specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing
Agreement, the "Designated Securities").
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities
shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or
pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing
Agreement.
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time
to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such
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Securities in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives
(the "Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm
acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to an Underwriter or
Underwriters who act without any firm being designated as its or their
representatives. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as an
obligation of the Company to sell any of the Securities or as an obligation of
any of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities. The obligation of the
Company to issue and sell any of the Securities and the obligation of any of the
Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities specified therein. Each
Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount of such
Designated Securities, the initial public offering price of such Designated
Securities, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated
Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the
names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of
such Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set
forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and
payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not
set forth in the Indenture and the registration statement and prospectus with
respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement
shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and
may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid
transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications
transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each
Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-64275) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission");
the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to
the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such registration
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statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the
prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives for each of the
other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in
such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the
size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act), which became effective upon filing, no other document with
respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated
by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for
filing with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Act each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives); and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any
preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement
or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act, is
hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the
Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and the documents
incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the Initial
Registration Statement at the time such part of the registration
statement became effective but excluding Form T-1, each as amended at
the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became
effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter
collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus
relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently
been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior
to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus";
any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Act, as of
the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may
be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
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Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated
by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case
may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the
Company filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any reference
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the
applicable Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with
Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference
therein as of the date of such filing; and if the Company elects to
rely on Rule 434 under the Act, any reference to the Prospectus shall
be deemed to include, without limitation, the form of prospectus and
the abbreviated term sheet, taken together, provided to the
Underwriters by the Company in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act (the
"Rule 434 Prospectus"));
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case
may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or
supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed
with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be
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stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating
to such Securities;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date
as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of
the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of
Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities;
(d) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and
the Company is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions
in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification except
where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company;
(e) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
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organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability
company, limited partnership or real estate investment trust in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and
is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which
the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where
the failure to so be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; each such subsidiary is
duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, or in which the
failure to qualify would have a materially adverse effect upon the
business of such subsidiary; all of the issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock of each such corporate subsidiary and all of the
issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of each such real
estate investment trust subsidiary have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the
Company free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; and the Company and/or one such
corporate subsidiary are the only members or general partners of the
Company's limited liability company or limited partnership
subsidiaries, as applicable, and own the entire membership or general
partnership interest in each such subsidiary free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity;
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the
capital stock, total assets or long-term
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debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable;
(h) The Securities have been duly and validly authorized, and, when
Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits
provided by the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the Indenture has
been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
and, at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities (as defined
in Section 4 hereof), the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally
binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject,
as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture conforms,
and the Designated Securities will conform, to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to
such Designated Securities;
(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture,
this Agreement and any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
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which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles
of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing
Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been
prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(j) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Debt Securities" and "Description of Notes", insofar as
they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities,
and under the captions "Description of Capital Stock," "Plan of
Distribution" and "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe
the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are
accurate, complete and fair;
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation
of its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(l) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate
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have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(m) The financial statements together with related notes and
schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries as set forth or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly
the financial position and the results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted principles of accounting, consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, and all adjustments necessary for a
fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The
summary financial and statistical data included in the Prospectus
present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on
a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein;
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
to, or valid and enforceable leasehold estates in, all items of real
and personal property referred to in the Prospectus as owned or leased
by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
claims, security interests and defects, other than those referred to in
the Prospectus or which are not material in amount. Each lease of real
property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries as lessor requiring
annual lease payments in excess of $100,000 is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the lessee in accordance with its terms (except
that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms
of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought and to the Bankruptcy Act) and the rents which at present have
remained due and unpaid for more than 30 days are not payable under
leases such that, were no further rental payments to be received under
such leases, the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries would be materially adversely affected
thereby. The Company has no
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reason to believe that the lessee under any lease (excluding leases for
which rent payments due for the remainder of such lease are less than
$500,000) calling for annual lease payments in excess of $500,000 is
not financially capable of performing its obligations thereunder;
(o) The Company has filed all Federal, local and foreign income tax
returns which have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes
indicated by said returns and all assessments received by it to the
extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in
good faith;
(p) The Company and each of its subsidiaries hold all material
licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which
are necessary to the conduct of their respective businesses; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has infringed any
patents, patent rights, trade names, trademarks or copyrights, which
infringement is material to the business of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries;
(q) With respect to all tax periods regarding which the Internal
Revenue Service is or will be entitled to assert any claim, the Company
has met the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment
trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the Company's present and
contemplated opera tions, assets and income continue to meet such
requirements;
(r) The conditions for use of registration statements on Form S-3
set forth in the General Instructions on Form S-3 have been satisfied
and the Company is entitled to use such form for the transaction
contemplated herein;
(s) The Company has no knowledge of (a) the unlawful presence of
any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, toxic substances or
waste materials (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") on any of the
properties owned by it or any of its subsidiaries, or of (b) any
unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous
Materials that have occurred or are presently occurring off such
properties as a result of any construction on or operation and use of
such
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properties which presence or occurrence would materially adversely
affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries. In connection with the construction on or operation and
use of the properties owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
the Company represents that it has no knowledge of any material failure
to comply with all applicable local, state and federal environmental
laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative and judicial orders
relating to the generation, recycling, reuse, sale, storage, handling,
transport and disposal of any Hazardous Materials;
(t) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act"); and
(u) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and X.X. Xxxxxx &
Company, P.C. and Xxxxx, Xxxx & Co., L.L.P., who have certified certain
financial statements of certain of the Company's properties, are each
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated
Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such
Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such Designated
Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented.
4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to
the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing
Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as
the Representatives may request upon at least twenty-four hours' prior notice to
the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against
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payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by
certified or official bank check or checks, payable to the order of the Company
in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement, all in the manner and at the
place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other
place and time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in
writing, such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for such
Securities.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Securities:
(a) If the Company does not elect to rely on Rule 434 under the
Act, immediately following execution and delivery of the applicable
Pricing Agreement, to prepare the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved
by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business
on the business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing
Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b), or if
the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, immediately
following execution and delivery of the applicable Pricing Agreement,
to prepare an abbreviated term sheet relating to the Designated
Securities in a form approved by the Representatives that complies with
the requirements of Rule 434 under the Act and to file such form of
Rule 434 Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the Act pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of
business on the business day following the execution and delivery of
the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated Securities
or if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b);
to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after the date of
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior to the Time
of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved by the
Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice
thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment
or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the
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Representatives with copies thereof; to 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 for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Securities,
and during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly
after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed
with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the
qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending
or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such
stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order;
(b) If necessary, promptly from time to time to take such action as
the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Securities
for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions
as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as
to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of such Securities, provided that in connection therewith
the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation
or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the New York business
day next succeeding the date of the applicable Pricing Agreement and
from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the
Prospectus in New York City as amended or supplemented in such
quantities as the
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Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or
sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for
any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend
or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any
document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply
with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify
the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any
dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from
time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a
supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and
including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for
such Designated Securities, as notified to the Company by the
Representatives and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose
of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year
after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially similar to such
Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the
Representatives;
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(f) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption
"Use of Proceeds"; and
(g) To continue to elect to qualify as a "real estate investment
trust" under the Code, and to use its best efforts to continue to meet
the requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust".
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the
Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto (including each abbreviated term sheet delivered by the
Company pursuant to Rule 434 under the Act) and the mailing and delivering of
copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or
producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing
Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Surveys, closing
documents (including any compilation thereof) and any other documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities;
(iii) all expenses, if any, in connection with the qualification of the
Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in
Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky and Legal Investment Surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities
rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to, and
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with,
any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of
the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the
Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any
Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection
with any Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that,
except as provided in this
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Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their
own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on
resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject,
in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have
performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the
applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act
and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the
Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, with respect to the
matters covered in paragraphs (i), (vi), (vii), (viii), (x), (xi) and
(xiv) of subsection (c) below as well as such other related matters as
the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have
received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Company, shall
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have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the
Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, with corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable;
(iii) The Company is duly qualified to transact business
in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, or in which the failure to
qualify would have a materially adverse effect upon the
business of the Company;
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited
liability company, limited partnership or real estate
investment trust in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power
and authority to own its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to
transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of
its business requires such qualification except where the
failure to so be in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or
the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise;
each such subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business in
all jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, or in which the failure to
qualify would have a materially
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adverse effect upon the business of such subsidiary; all of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
such corporate subsidiary and all of the issued and
outstanding shares of beneficial interest of each such real
estate investment trust subsidiary have been duly authorized
and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are
owned by the Company free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; and the
Company and/or one such corporate subsidiary are the only
members or general partners of the Company's limited liability
company or limited partnership subsidiaries, as applicable,
and own the entire membership or general partnership interest
in each such subsidiary free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity;
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than
as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, shareholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(vi) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect
to the Designated Securities have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(vii) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized,
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled
to the benefits provided by the Indenture; and the Designated
Securities and the Indenture conform to the descriptions
thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
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(viii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid
and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(ix) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities being
delivered at such Time of Delivery and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Designated
Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such
counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any
violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation
or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its properties;
(x) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale
of the Designated Securities being delivered at such Time of
Delivery or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing
Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained
under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under
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state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by the
Underwriters;
(xi) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
captions "Description of Debt Securities" and "Description of
Notes", insofar as they constitute a summary of documents
referred to therein or matters of law are accurate summaries
and fairly and correctly present the information called for
with respect to such documents and matters;
(xii) The Company is not required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act;
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became
effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
and they have no reason to believe that any of such documents,
when they became effective or were so filed, as the case may
be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which
became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were
filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission,
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading;
and
(xiv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any further amendments and
supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of
Delivery for the Designated Securities (other than the
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financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and
the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder; if applicable, the Rule 434 Prospectus complies as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of Rule
434 under the Act; although they do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in
subsection (xi) of this Section 7(c), they have no reason to
believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company
prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment
or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contained an 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 or that, as of the Time
of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment
or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits 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 they do not know of
any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be
filed or any contracts or other documents of a character
required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or required to be
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incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented or required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which
are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as
required;
(d) Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Time
of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that the Company has
qualified to be taxed as a real estate investment trust pursuant to
Sections 856 through 860 of the Code for its most recently ended fiscal
year and for the four fiscal years immediately preceding such year, and
the Company's organization and contemplated method of operation are
such as to enable it to continue to so qualify for its current fiscal
year;
(e) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities at a time prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement
with respect to such Designated Securities and at the Time of Delivery
for such Designated Securities, the independent accountants of the
Company who have certified the financial statements of the Company and
its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall have furnished to the Representatives a
letter, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or the
date of the most recent report filed with the Commission containing
financial statements and incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, if the date of such report is later than such effective
date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to the
effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect to such letter
dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as the
Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives;
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended
prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities any loss or
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interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing
Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there shall not have
been any change in the capital stock, total assets or long-term debt of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general
affairs, management, financial position, shareholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause
(i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended
or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the
rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term
is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities or
preferred stock;
(h) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the
following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension
or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the
New York Stock
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Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
in New York declared by either Federal or New York State authorities;
or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United
States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency
or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv)
in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New
York business day next succeeding the date of the applicable Pricing
Agreement; and
(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
the Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated
Securities a certificate or certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such
Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its
obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of
this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any
amendment or supplement thereto (including the information deemed to be a part
of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 434 under the Act, if
applicable), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to
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state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or
any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Securities
through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Securities.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto (including
the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 434 under the Act, if applicable), or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will
reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
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the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent
of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or
claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party
to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to
or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute
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to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the
other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss, claim,
damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required
under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated
Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters.
The relative fault 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 on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
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Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the applicable Designated Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (d)
to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do
not arrange for the purchase of such Designated Securities, then the Company
shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to
procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to
purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the
respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they
have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company
notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such
Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right
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to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of
not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees
to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made
necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any
person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of
the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement
relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the
principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which remains unpurchased
exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated
Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
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non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne
by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the
indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9
hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter
with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement
except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but, if for any other
reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as
provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the
Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the
Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered
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or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Representatives as set forth in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company
shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the
address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention:
Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters'
Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be
supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt
thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent
provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company
and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein,
"business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or
more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us six (6) counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
By:_____________________________
(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
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PRICING AGREEMENT
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
January 22, 1997
Ladies and Gentlemen:
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and onditions stated herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement, dated January 22, 1997 (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
between the Company on the one hand and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. on the other hand, to
issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"Underwriters") the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated
Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set
forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth
therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing
Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the
Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in
relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and
warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the
subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein
and in the
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provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be
deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives
designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the
Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 12 of the
Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in
such Section 12 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us six (6) counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf
of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in
a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of
the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
United Dominion Realty Trust,
Inc.
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
________________________________
(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
Principal
Amount of
Designated
Securities
to be
Underwriter Purchased
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. $50,000,000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. 37,500,000
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. 37,500,000
-----------
Total $125,000,000
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
7 1/4% Notes due January 15, 2007 (the "Notes")
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
$125,000,000
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
99.576% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest
from January 15, 1997.
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
98.926% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued
interest from January 15, 1997.
FORM OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
Book-entry form only represented by a single global security deposited
with The Depositary Trust Company and registered in the name of its
nominee.
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
Same-day funds
INDENTURE:
Indenture dated November 1, 1995, between the Company and First Union
National Bank of Virginia, as Trustee
MATURITY:
January 15, 2007
INTEREST RATE:
7 1/4%
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 1997.
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company under the circumstances described in the Prospectus Supplement.
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS:
No sinking fund provisions.
DEFEASANCE PROVISIONS:
The provisions of Article 14 of the Indenture relating to defeasance
and covenant defeasance will apply to the Notes.
TIME OF DELIVERY:
10 a.m., New York time, on January 27, 1997.
CLOSING LOCATION FOR DELIVERY OF SECURITIES:
Offices of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, Riverfront Plaza, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Designated Representatives:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Address for Notices, etc.:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President
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